The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William Fenical sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 526 publications — 90th percentile
90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William Fenical sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 121 D-Index — 97th percentile
97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.
William Fenical is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable contributions to pharmacology, molecular biology, biotechnology, organic chemistry, and microbiology. Their scholarly activities concentrate on microbial natural products and biosynthesis, marine sponges and natural products, genomics and phylogenetic studies, antimicrobial peptides and activities, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, and enzyme production and characterization.
The scientist has authored numerous papers published in several key venues related to their field of study. Frequent publication venues include Marine Drugs, Journal of Natural Products, The Journal of Antibiotics, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
Collaboratively, William Fenical has worked with several frequent co-authors, reflecting interdisciplinary efforts within their research scope.
William Fenical's research interests manifest across a diversity of subfields and topics related to natural product chemistry and microbiology, with particular emphasis on marine sources and the biochemical mechanisms underlying antimicrobial activity.
Awards recognizing their contributions include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008 and receiving the Ernest Guenther Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2006.
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Mercedes Cueto;Paul R. Jensen;Chris Kauffman;William Fenical
Mark E. Hay;J. Emmett Duffy;Catherine A. Pfister;William Fenical
Paul R. Jensen;Tracy J. Mincer;Philip G. Williams;William Fenical
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Thomas Lindel;Paul R. Jensen;William Fenical;Byron H. Long
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