2026 Virginia W. Cornish: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	47	18539	17006	7570	6748	124	16493

Virginia W. Cornish 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 Virginia W. Cornish sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 124 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Virginia W. Cornish 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 Virginia W. Cornish sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% 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

2003 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Virginia W. Cornish is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions across several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Pharmacology, Cell Biology, and Biophysics.

The main topics of Virginia W. Cornish's work include:

Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Biotin and Related Studies
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
Microbial Metabolism and Applications
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Fungal and yeast genetics research

Virginia W. Cornish's recent publications reflect a focus on synthetic biology, genetic code expansion, and microbial biosynthesis. Notable papers include:

Genetic Code Expansion: A Brief History and Perspective (2021, Biochemistry)
Heterologous Catalysis of the Final Steps of Tetracycline Biosynthesis by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2021, ACS Chemical Biology)
FRAME-tags: genetically encoded fluorescent markers for multiplexed barcoding and time-resolved tracking of live cells (2021, bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Synthetic biology: at the crossroads of genetic engineering and human therapeutics-a Keystone Symposia report (2021, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)
High-Titer Production of the Fungal Anhydrotetracycline, TAN-1612, in Engineered Yeasts (2022, ACS Synthetic Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cornish include Arden Lee, Sonja Billerbeck, Ehud Herbst, Scott A. Snyder, and Jessica Castner. Collaborative efforts with these individuals have contributed to multiple publications.

The prominent venues where Virginia W. Cornish's work appears include:

Biochemistry
Journal of Emergency Nursing
ACS Chemical Biology
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
ACS Synthetic Biology

Virginia W. Cornish has been recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, receiving this distinction in 2003.

Best Publications

Regulation of Ferroptotic Cancer Cell Death by GPX4

Wan Seok Yang;Rohitha SriRamaratnam;Matthew E. Welsch;Kenichi Shimada

7194
Citations
Super-multiplex vibrational imaging

Lu Wei;Zhixing Chen;Lixue Shi;Rong Long

527
Citations
Probing Protein Structure and Function with an Expanded Genetic Code

Virginia W. Cornish;David Mendel;Peter G. Schultz

417
Citations
Site-Directed Mutagenesis with an Expanded Genetic Code

D Mendel;V W Cornish;P G Schultz

397
Citations
Live-cell super-resolution imaging with trimethoprim conjugates

Richard Wombacher;Meike Heidbreder;Sebastian van de Linde;Michael P Sheetz

392
Citations
Slow peptide bond formation by proline and other N-alkylamino acids in translation

Michael Y. Pavlov;Richard E. Watts;Zhongping Tan;Virginia W. Cornish

362
Citations
Programming peptidomimetic syntheses by translating genetic codes designed de novo

Anthony C. Forster;Zhongping Tan;Madhavi N. L. Nalam;Hening Lin

352
Citations
In vivo protein labeling with trimethoprim conjugates: a flexible chemical tag

Lawrence W Miller;Yunfei Cai;Michael P Sheetz;Virginia W Cornish

347
Citations
Site-specific incorporation of biophysical probes into proteins.

Virginia W. Cornish;David R. Benson;Christian A. Altenbach;Kalman Hideg

346
Citations
Ordered and Dynamic Assembly of Single Spliceosomes

Aaron A. Hoskins;Larry J. Friedman;Sarah S. Gallagher;Daniel J. Crawford;Daniel J. Crawford

329
Citations
Site-specific protein modification using a ketone handle

Virginia W. Cornish;Klaus Michael Hahn;Peter G. Schultz

327
Citations
The Genome Project-Write

Jef D. Boeke;George Church;Andrew Hessel;Nancy J. Kelley

258
Citations
Chemical tags for labeling proteins inside living cells.

Chaoran Jing;Virginia W. Cornish

240
Citations
Milestones in directed enzyme evolution.

Haiyan Tao;Virginia W Cornish

224
Citations
Screening and selection methods for large-scale analysis of protein function.

Hening Lin;Virginia W. Cornish

223
Citations
Cytoskeletal coherence requires myosin-IIA contractility

Yunfei Cai;Olivier Rossier;Nils C. Gauthier;Nicolas Biais

222
Citations
An experimental approach to evaluating the role of backbone interactions in proteins using unnatural amino acid mutagenesis.

John T. Koh;Virginia W. Cornish;Peter G. Schultz

188
Citations
Selective chemical labeling of proteins in living cells

Lawrence W Miller;Virginia W Cornish

180
Citations
An In Vivo Covalent TMP-Tag Based on Proximity-Induced Reactivity

Sarah S. Gallagher;Julia E. Sable;Michael P. Sheetz;Virginia W. Cornish

159
Citations
Chemical complementation: a reaction-independent genetic assay for enzyme catalysis

Kathleen Baker;Colleen Bleczinski;Hening Lin;Gilda Salazar-Jimenez

147
Citations