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D-Index
68
Citations
20974
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7677
National Ranking
3500

Terry P. Kenakin 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 Terry P. Kenakin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 363 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Terry P. Kenakin 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 Terry P. Kenakin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Terry P. Kenakin is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected disciplines with a focus on the biochemical and molecular mechanisms underlying receptor function and signaling.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

The subfields in which they have contributed include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

The primary topics of research are centered around:

  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects

Recent publications authored by or involving Terry P. Kenakin include:

  • Virtual discovery of melatonin receptor ligands to modulate circadian rhythms (2020), published in Nature
  • Community guidelines for GPCR ligand bias: IUPHAR review 32 (2022), published in British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Neurotensin Receptor Allosterism Revealed in Complex with a Biased Allosteric Modulator (2023), published in Biochemistry
  • The function and allosteric control of the human sweet taste receptor (2020), published in Advances in Pharmacology
  • Interdependent allosteric free fatty acid receptor 2 modulators synergistically induce functional selective activation and desensitization in neutrophils (2020), published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research

Frequent co-authors associated with this researcher include:

  • Bryan L. Roth
  • Xi-Ping Huang
  • Hye Jin Kang
  • B. Krumm
  • Susruta Majumdar

The scientist has published extensively, with many publications accessible through UNC Libraries and contributions appearing repeatedly in journals such as the British Journal of Pharmacology and Biochemistry. Their work often involves molecular and pharmacological characterization of receptor behavior and ligand interactions, highlighting an emphasis on computational approaches and experimental pharmacology.

Best Publications

  • G Protein-Coupled Receptor Allosterism and Complexing

    Arthur Christopoulos;Terry Kenakin

  • Agonist-receptor efficacy II: agonist trafficking of receptor signals

    Terry Kenakin

  • Seven Transmembrane Receptors as Shapeshifting Proteins: The Impact of Allosteric Modulation and Functional Selectivity on New Drug Discovery

    Terry P. Kenakin;Laurence J. Miller

  • Signalling bias in new drug discovery: detection, quantification and therapeutic impact

    Terrence Peter Kenakin;Arthur Christopoulos

  • International Union of Pharmacology Committee on Receptor Nomenclature and Drug Classification. XXXVIII. Update on Terms and Symbols in Quantitative Pharmacology

    Richard R. Neubig;Michael Spedding;Terry Kenakin;Arthur Christopoulos

  • Functional Selectivity and Biased Receptor Signaling

    Terry Kenakin

  • Inverse, protean, and ligand-selective agonism: matters of receptor conformation

    Terry Kenakin

  • Principles: receptor theory in pharmacology.

    Terry Kenakin

  • Physiological effects of inverse agonists in transgenic mice with myocardial overexpression of the β2-adrenoceptor

    R A Bond;P Leff;T D Johnson;C A Milano

  • A simple method for quantifying functional selectivity and agonist bias.

    Terry Kenakin;Christian Watson;Vanessa Muniz-Medina;Arthur Christopoulos

  • Ligand-selective receptor conformations revisited: the promise and the problem.

    Terry Kenakin

  • Drug Efficacy at G Protein–Coupled Receptors

    Terry Kenakin

  • New Concepts in Drug Discovery: Collateral Efficacy and Permissive Antagonism

    Terry Kenakin

  • The classification of seven transmembrane receptors in recombinant expression systems.

    Terry Kenakin

  • Functional selectivity through protean and biased agonism: who steers the ship?

    Terry P Kenakin

  • Efficacy at g-protein-coupled receptors

    Terry Kenakin

  • Biased signalling and allosteric machines: new vistas and challenges for drug discovery

    Terry P Kenakin

  • Efficacy as a vector: the relative prevalence and paucity of inverse agonism.

    Terry Kenakin

  • Collateral efficacy in drug discovery: taking advantage of the good (allosteric) nature of 7TM receptors.

    Terry Kenakin

  • The Cubic Ternary Complex Receptor-Occupancy Model III. Resurrecting Efficacy

    Jack M. Weiss;Paul H. Morgan;Michael W. Lutz;Terry P. Kenakin

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur Christopoulos
Arthur Christopoulos Monash University
Jenny L. Wiley
Jenny L. Wiley RTI International
Xi Ping Huang
Xi Ping Huang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brian K. Shoichet
Brian K. Shoichet University of California, San Francisco
Luc Maroteaux
Luc Maroteaux Université Paris Cité
Evi Kostenis
Evi Kostenis University of Bonn
Jenny L. Wiley
Jenny L. Wiley Research Triangle Park Foundation
Jian Jin
Jian Jin Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Claes Dahlgren
Claes Dahlgren University of Gothenburg
Jianjun Cheng
Jianjun Cheng University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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