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Roger Y. Tsien 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 Roger Y. Tsien sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 467 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roger Y. Tsien 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 Roger Y. Tsien sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 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: 72 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
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This scientist: 183 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2009 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2008 - Nobel Prize for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP
  • 2008 - E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology
  • 2005 - J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute
  • 2004 - Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2004 - Perl-UNC Prize, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Development of Tools for Monitoring Signaling in Living Nerve Cells.
  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1995 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 1991 - W. Alden Spencer Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Overview

Roger Y. Tsien was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spanned several areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, focusing particularly on cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cell biology, biophysics, and immunology and allergy.

Their research topics included neuroscience and neuropharmacology, neuroscience and neural engineering, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and lipid membrane structure and behavior.

Roger Y. Tsien authored or co-authored multiple recent papers, including:

  • Structural and photophysical characterization of the small ultra-red fluorescent protein, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Do Perineuronal Nets Stabilize the Engram of a Synaptic Circuit?, 2024, Cells
  • Perineuronal nets and the neuronal extracellular matrix can be imaged by genetically encoded labeling of HAPLN1in vitro and in vivo, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Do perineuronal nets stabilize the engram of a synaptic circuit?, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequently collaborating co-authors included Varda Lev-Ram, Sakina P. Lemieux, Mark H. Ellisman, Thomas J. Deerinck, and Eric A. Bushong. Their work was often published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, and Cells.

Over the course of their career, Roger Y. Tsien received several awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2012
  • Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association, 2009
  • Nobel Prize in 2008, for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP
  • E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology, 2008
  • J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, 2005
  • Perl-UNC Prize, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004, for Development of Tools for Monitoring Signaling in Living Nerve Cells
  • Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, 2004
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1998
  • Canada Gairdner International Award, 1995
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1995
  • W. Alden Spencer Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1991

Best Publications

  • A new generation of Ca2+ indicators with greatly improved fluorescence properties.

    G. Grynkiewicz;Martin Poenie;R. Y. Tsien

  • THE GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN

    Roger Y. Tsien

  • Improved monomeric red, orange and yellow fluorescent proteins derived from Discosoma sp. red fluorescent protein.

    Nathan C Shaner;Robert E Campbell;Robert E Campbell;Paul A Steinbach;Ben N G Giepmans

  • Fluorescent indicators for Ca2+based on green fluorescent proteins and calmodulin

    Atsushi Miyawaki;Juan Llopis;Roger Heim;J. Michael McCaffery

  • A guide to choosing fluorescent proteins.

    Nathan C Shaner;Paul A Steinbach;Roger Y Tsien

  • The fluorescent toolbox for assessing protein location and function

    Ben N. G. Giepmans;Stephen R. Adams;Mark H. Ellisman;Roger Y. Tsien

  • New calcium indicators and buffers with high selectivity against magnesium and protons: design, synthesis, and properties of prototype structures.

    Roger Y. Tsien

  • Crystal structure of the Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein.

    M Ormö;A B Cubitt;K Kallio;L A Gross

  • A monomeric red fluorescent protein

    Robert E. Campbell;Oded Tour;Amy E. Palmer;Paul A. Steinbach

  • Calcium homeostasis in intact lymphocytes: cytoplasmic free calcium monitored with a new, intracellularly trapped fluorescent indicator.

    R Y Tsien;T Pozzan;T J Rink

  • Wavelength mutations and posttranslational autoxidation of green fluorescent protein

    Roger Heim;Douglas C. Prasher;Roger Y. Tsien

  • Improved green fluorescence

    Roger Heim;Andrew B. Cubitt;Roger Y. Tsien

  • Partitioning of lipid-modified monomeric GFPs into membrane microdomains of live cells.

    David A. Zacharias;Jonathan D. Violin;Alexandra C. Newton;Roger Y. Tsien

  • Creating new fluorescent probes for cell biology.

    Jin Zhang;Robert E. Campbell;Alice Y. Ting;Alice Y. Ting;Roger Y. Tsien

  • Engineering green fluorescent protein for improved brightness, longer wavelengths and fluorescence resonance energy transfer

    Roger Heim;Roger Y Tsien

  • Understanding, improving and using green fluorescent proteins.

    Andrew B. Cubitt;Roger Heim;Stephen R. Adams;Aileen E. Boyd

  • Fluorescent indicators for cytosolic calcium based on rhodamine and fluorescein chromophores.

    A Minta;J P Y Kao;R Y Tsien

  • Specific Covalent Labeling of Recombinant Protein Molecules Inside Live Cells

    B. Albert Griffin;Stephen R. Adams;Roger Y. Tsien

  • On/off blinking and switching behaviour of single molecules of green fluorescent protein

    Robert M. Dickson;Andrew B. Cubitt;Roger Y. Tsien;W. E. Moerner

  • Identification of a signal for rapid export of proteins from the nucleus

    Wei Wen;Judy L. Meinkoth;Roger Y. Tsien;Roger Y. Tsien;Susan S. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Ellisman
Mark H. Ellisman University of California, San Diego
Michael Z. Lin
Michael Z. Lin Stanford University
Susan S. Taylor
Susan S. Taylor University of California, San Diego
Lesley G. Ellies
Lesley G. Ellies University of California, San Diego
Jin Zhang
Jin Zhang University of California, San Diego
Carsten Schultz
Carsten Schultz Oregon Health & Science University
Robert E. Campbell
Robert E. Campbell University of Tokyo
David Kleinfeld
David Kleinfeld University of California, San Diego
Thomas J. Deerinck
Thomas J. Deerinck University of California, San Diego
Atsushi Miyawaki
Atsushi Miyawaki RIKEN

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