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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
114
Citations
38019
World Ranking
843
National Ranking
528

Vann Bennett 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 Vann Bennett sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 257 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vann Bennett 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 Vann Bennett sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Vann Bennett is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

Their research addresses various topics related to Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Cellular transport and secretion, Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis.

Bennett's recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Live imaging of excitable axonal microdomains in ankyrin-G-GFP mice, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Live imaging of excitable axonal microdomains in ankyrin-G-GFP mice, 2023, eLife
  • Live imaging of excitable axonal microdomains in ankyrin-G-GFP mice, 2025, eLife
  • Use of Primary Cultured Hippocampal Neurons to Study the Assembly of Axon Initial Segments, 2021, Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Ankyrin-B is a PI3P effector that promotes polarized α5β1-integrin recycling via recruiting RabGAP1L to early endosomes, 2020, UNC Libraries

Bennett frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Christian Thome
  • Jan Maximilian Janssen
  • Seda Karabulut
  • Claudio Acuna
  • Elisa D'Este

Publications are often featured in these venues:

  • eLife
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries

Throughout their career, Bennett has been recognized with several distinctions, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2013 and elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Ankyrin-B mutation causes type 4 long-QT cardiac arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death

    Peter J. Mohler;Jean-Jacques Schott;Anthony O. Gramolini;Keith W. Dilly

  • Spectrin and Ankyrin-Based Pathways: Metazoan Inventions for Integrating Cells Into Tissues

    Vann Bennett;Anthony J. Baines

  • The membrane skeleton of human erythrocytes and its implications for more complex cells

    Vann Bennett

  • Analysis of cDNA for human erythrocyte ankyrin indicates a repeated structure with homology to tissue-differentiation and cell-cycle control proteins

    Samuel E. Lux;Kathryn M. John;Vann Bennett

  • AnkyrinG Is Required for Clustering of Voltage-gated Na Channels at Axon Initial Segments and for Normal Action Potential Firing

    Daixing Zhou;Stephen Lambert;Peter L. Malen;Scott Carpenter

  • Spectrin-based membrane skeleton: a multipotential adaptor between plasma membrane and cytoplasm

    Vann Bennett

  • A Common Ankyrin-G-Based Mechanism Retains KCNQ and NaV Channels at Electrically Active Domains of the Axon

    Zongming Pan;Tingching Kao;Zsolt Horvath;Julia Lemos

  • The spectrin-based membrane skeleton and micron-scale organization of the plasma membrane.

    Vann Bennett;Diana M. Gilligan

  • AnkyrinG. A new ankyrin gene with neural-specific isoforms localized at the axonal initial segment and node of Ranvier.

    Ekaterini Kordeli;Stephen Lambert;Vann Bennett

  • The membrane attachment protein for spectrin is associated with band 3 in human erythrocyte membranes.

    Vann Bennett;Peter J. Stenbuck

  • Ankyrin-G coordinates assembly of the spectrin-based membrane skeleton, voltage-gated sodium channels, and L1 CAMs at Purkinje neuron initial segments

    Scott M. Jenkins;Vann Bennett

  • Association between ankyrin and the cytoplasmic domain of band 3 isolated from the human erythrocyte membrane.

    V Bennett;P J Stenbuck

  • Ankyrin and spectrin associate with voltage-dependent sodium channels in brain

    Yogambal Srinivasan;Lawrence Elmer;Jonathan Davis;Vann Bennett

  • Nanospring behaviour of ankyrin repeats

    Gwangrog Lee;Khadar Abdi;Yong Jiang;Peter Michaely

  • Nav1.5 E1053K mutation causing Brugada syndrome blocks binding to ankyrin-G and expression of Nav1.5 on the surface of cardiomyocytes

    Peter J. Mohler;Ilaria Rivolta;Carlo Napolitano;Guy LeMaillet

  • Identification and partial purification of ankyrin, the high affinity membrane attachment site for human erythrocyte spectrin.

    V Bennett;P J Stenbuck

  • The spectrin-actin junction of erythrocyte membrane skeletons

    Vann Bennett

  • Ankyrin-based subcellular gradient of neurofascin, an immunoglobulin family protein, directs GABAergic innervation at purkinje axon initial segment.

    Fabrice Ango;Graziella di Cristo;Hiroyuki Higashiyama;Vann Bennett

  • A cardiac arrhythmia syndrome caused by loss of ankyrin-B function

    Peter J. Mohler;Igor Splawski;Carlo Napolitano;Georgia Bottelli

  • Molecular composition of the node of Ranvier: identification of ankyrin-binding cell adhesion molecules neurofascin (mucin+/third FNIII domain-) and NrCAM at nodal axon segments.

    Jonathan Q. Davis;Stephen Lambert;Vann Bennett

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Mohler
Peter J. Mohler The Ohio State University
Pedro Cuatrecasas
Pedro Cuatrecasas Research Triangle Park Foundation
Xiaowei Zhuang
Xiaowei Zhuang Harvard University
Edgar A. Otto
Edgar A. Otto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Edward J. O'Keefe
Edward J. O'Keefe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter Agre
Peter Agre Johns Hopkins University
Mingjie Zhang
Mingjie Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Christian Schultz
Christian Schultz Heidelberg University
Morley D. Hollenberg
Morley D. Hollenberg University of Calgary
Yong-hui Jiang
Yong-hui Jiang Yale School of Medicine

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