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Robert E. Canfield

Robert E. Canfield

Columbia University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
15187
World Ranking
12384
National Ranking
5303

Robert E. Canfield publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert E. Canfield sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 153 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Robert E. Canfield D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert E. Canfield sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Robert E. Canfield was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research focused primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with subfields including Molecular Biology and Ecology. Their work frequently addressed topics related to Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, as well as Redox biology and oxidative stress.

Throughout their career, Canfield contributed to multiple publications. Notable recent papers included:

  • Structural and mechanistic basis for redox sensing by the cyanobacterial transcription regulator RexT, 2022, published in Communications Biology
  • Eliciting STING pathway activation and a type 1 interferon response in bladder cancer cells with double stranded DNA delivered by lambda phage based nanoparticles 3231, 2025, published in The Journal of Immunology

They collaborated often with several coauthors, including Bin Li, Minshik Jo, Jianxin Liu, Jiayi Tian, and Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb. Their frequent publishing venues reflected these collaborations, notably Communications Biology and The Journal of Immunology.

Over the course of their career, Canfield was recognized with honors such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1933. Additionally, they were a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Canfield's research contributions were situated within molecular and ecological contexts, addressing biochemical processes underlying photosynthesis and microbial physiology, with a strong focus on mechanisms of oxidative stress and redox regulation in cellular systems.

Best Publications

  • Incidence of Early Loss of Pregnancy

    Allen Wilcox;Clarice Weinberg;John O'connor;Donna Baird

  • Crystal structure of human chorionic gonadotropin.

    A. J. Lapthorn;D. C. Harris;A. Littlejohn;J. W. Lustbader

  • Efficacy of Superovulation and Intrauterine Insemination in the Treatment of Infertility

    David S. Guzick;Sandra Ann Carson;Christos Coutifaris;James W. Overstreet

  • Structure of human chorionic gonadotropin at 2.6 A resolution from MAD analysis of the selenomethionyl protein.

    Hao Wu;Joyce W Lustbader;Yee Liu;Robert E Canfield

  • The amino acid sequence of human plasma prealbumin.

    Yoshikazu Kanda;DeWitt S. Goodman;Robert E. Canfield;Francis J. Morgan

  • The amino acid sequence of human chorionic gonadotropin. The alpha subunit and beta subunit.

    F J Morgan;S Birken;R E Canfield

  • THE DISULFIDE BONDS OF EGG WHITE LYSOZYME (MURAMIDASE).

    Robert E. Canfield;Anne K. Liu

  • Evidence for a gonadotropin from nonpregnant subjects that has physical, immunological, and biological similarities to human chorionic gonadotropin

    Hao-Chia Chen;Gary D. Hodgen;Shuji Matsuura;Lawrence J. Lin

  • Effects of dichloromethylene diphosphonate on skeletal mobilization of calcium in multiple myeloma.

    Ethel S. Siris;William H. Sherman;Delia C. Baquiran;John P. Schlatterer

  • Radioimmunoassay of Human Fibrinopeptide A

    H. L. Nossel;L. R. Younger;G. D. Wilner;T. Procupez

  • Primary structure of lysozymes from man and goose.

    R. E. Canfield;S. Kammerman;J. H. Sobel;F. J. Morgan

  • Mixing two monoclonal antibodies yields enhanced affinity for antigen

    P H Ehrlich;W R Moyle;Z A Moustafa;R E Canfield

  • Structure of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin β-Subunit Fragment from Pregnancy Urine*

    S Birken;E G Armstrong;M A Kolks;L A Cole

  • Measuring early pregnancy loss: laboratory and field methods.

    Allen J. Wilcox;Clarice R. Weinberg;Robert E. Wehmann;E. Glenn Armstrong

  • Purification and characterization of a lysozyme from goose egg white.

    Robert E. Canfield;Susan McMurry

  • Use of monoclonal antibodies to subunits of human chorionic gonadotropin to examine the orientation of the hormone in its complex with receptor

    W R Moyle;P H Ehrlich;R E Canfield

  • CHROMATOGRAPHY OF PEPSIN AND CHYMOTRYPSIN DIGESTS OF EGG WHITE LYSOZYME ON PHOSPHOCELLULOSE.

    Robert E. Canfield;Christian B. Anfinsen

  • Hypercalcemia of Malignancy: Treatment with Intravenous Dichloromethylene Diphosphonate

    Thomas P. Jacobs;Ethel S. Siris;John P. Bilezikian;Delia C. Baquiran

  • Use of a highly sensitive and specific immunoradiometric assay for detection of human chorionic gonadotropin in urine of normal, nonpregnant, and pregnant individuals.

    E. G. Armstrong;P. H. Ehrlich;S. Birken;J. P. Schlatterer

  • Development of Highly Sensitive Immunoassays to Measure Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, Its β-Subunit, and β Core Fragment in the Urine: Application to Malignancies

    John F. O'Connor;John P. Schlatterer;Steven Birken;Alexander Krichevsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Ethel S. Siris
Ethel S. Siris Columbia University
Allen J. Wilcox
Allen J. Wilcox National Institutes of Health
Irving Boime
Irving Boime Washington University in St. Louis
Clarice R. Weinberg
Clarice R. Weinberg National Institutes of Health
James W. Overstreet
James W. Overstreet University of California, Davis
Donald J. McMahon
Donald J. McMahon Columbia University
Donna D. Baird
Donna D. Baird National Institutes of Health
John P. Bilezikian
John P. Bilezikian Columbia University
Wayne A. Hendrickson
Wayne A. Hendrickson Columbia University
Hao Wu
Hao Wu Harvard University

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Best Scientists Citing Robert E. Canfield

Irving Boime

Irving Boime

Washington University in St. Louis

Publications: 56

Allen J. Wilcox

Allen J. Wilcox

National Institutes of Health

Publications: 52

Donna D. Baird

Donna D. Baird

National Institutes of Health

Publications: 48

Clarice R. Weinberg

Clarice R. Weinberg

National Institutes of Health

Publications: 42

David Puett

David Puett

University of Georgia

Publications: 41

Ulf-Håkan Stenman

Ulf-Håkan Stenman

University of Helsinki

Publications: 34

Bruce D. Weintraub

Bruce D. Weintraub

Trophogen (United States)

Publications: 29

Robert M. Silver

Robert M. Silver

University of Utah

Publications: 27

David B. Dunson

David B. Dunson

Duke University

Publications: 24

Dominique Bellet

Dominique Bellet

Institute Curie

Publications: 23

James W. Overstreet

James W. Overstreet

University of California, Davis

Publications: 22

Maria João Saraiva

Maria João Saraiva

University of Porto

Publications: 22

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DeWitt S. Goodman

Columbia University

Publications: 21

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Ben Willem J. Mol

Monash University

Publications: 21

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Gursaran P. Talwar

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Publications: 18

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Birger Blombäck

Karolinska Institute

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