2026 William M. Bement: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	57	13901	12790	5875	5262	136	11007

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Biology and Biochemistry

13901

12790

5875

5262

136

11007

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

11007

World Ranking

13901

National Ranking

5875

Overview

William M. Bement is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience.

Within these broad domains, their work focuses on several specialized subfields including Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics.

The main topics covered by their research include:

Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Neural dynamics and brain function
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Cellular transport and secretion
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation

William M. Bement has coauthored frequently with several researchers, notably:

Andrew B. Goryachev
Ani Michaud
Marcin Leda
Zachary T. Swider
Jennifer Landino

Their publications appear regularly in specific scientific venues, including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Current Biology
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Biophysical Journal

Some of their recent papers include:

Patterning of the cell cortex by Rho GTPases, 2024, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
A versatile cortical pattern-forming circuit based on Rho, F-actin, Ect2, and RGA-3/4, 2022, The Journal of Cell Biology
Plasma membrane integrity: implications for health and disease, 2021, BMC Biology
Cortical excitability and cell division, 2021, Current Biology
Rho and F-actin self-organize within an artificial cell cortex, 2021, Current Biology

Best Publications

Conserved microtubule-actin interactions in cell movement and morphogenesis.

Olga C. Rodriguez;Andrew W. Schaefer;Craig A. Mandato;Paul Forscher

1112
Citations
Versatile fluorescent probes for actin filaments based on the actin-binding domain of utrophin.

Brian M. Burkel;George von Dassow;William M. Bement;William M. Bement

513
Citations
A microtubule-dependent zone of active RhoA during cleavage plane specification

William M. Bement;William M. Bement;Hélène A. Benink;George von Dassow

382
Citations
A novel cytoskeletal structure involved in purse string wound closure and cell polarity maintenance.

W M Bement;P Forscher;M S Mooseker

375
Citations
Concentric zones of active RhoA and Cdc42 around single cell wounds

Hélène A. Benink;William M. Bement

369
Citations
Wound repair: toward understanding and integration of single-cell and multicellular wound responses.

Kevin J. Sonnemann;William M. Bement

361
Citations
Regulation of cytokinesis by Rho GTPase flux.

Ann L. Miller;William M. Bement

301
Citations
A microtubule-binding myosin required for nuclear anchoring and spindle assembly

Kari L. Weber;Anna M. Sokac;Anna M. Sokac;Jonathan S. Berg;Richard E. Cheney

294
Citations
Activator–inhibitor coupling between Rho signalling and actin assembly makes the cell cortex an excitable medium

William M. Bement;Marcin Leda;Alison M. Moe;Angela M. Kita

292
Citations
Wound-induced assembly and closure of an actomyosin purse string in Xenopus oocytes

William M. Bement;Craig A. Mandato;Mary N. Kirsch

255
Citations
Myosin-10 and actin filaments are essential for mitotic spindle function

Sarah Woolner;Lori L. O'Brien;Christiane Wiese;William M. Bement

233
Citations
Identification and overlapping expression of multiple unconventional myosin genes in vertebrate cell types.

William M. Bement;Tama Hasson;Joel A. Wirth;Richard E. Cheney

213
Citations
TEDS rule: a molecular rationale for differential regulation of myosins by phosphorylation of the heavy chain head.

William M. Bement;Mark S. Mooseker

213
Citations
Contraction and polymerization cooperate to assemble and close actomyosin rings around Xenopus oocyte wounds

Craig A. Mandato;William M. Bement

191
Citations
Unconventional myosins acting unconventionally.

Sarah Woolner;William M. Bement;William M. Bement

179
Citations
Cdc42-dependent actin polymerization during compensatory endocytosis in Xenopus eggs.

Anna Marie Sokac;Anna Marie Sokac;Carl Co;Jack Taunton;William Bement

169
Citations
Action at a distance during cytokinesis

George von Dassow;George von Dassow;Koen J.C. Verbrugghe;Ann L. Miller;Jenny R. Sider

160
Citations
Rho GTPase activity zones and transient contractile arrays

William M. Bement;Ann L. Miller;George von Dassow

158
Citations
Activators of protein kinase C trigger cortical granule exocytosis, cortical contraction, and cleavage furrow formation in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs

W. M. Bement;David Capco

151
Citations
Plasma membrane integrity: implications for health and disease

Dustin A. Ammendolia;William M. Bement;John H. Brumell

150
Citations