Leaderboards/lipid metabolism and biosynthesis

lipid metabolism and biosynthesis

Last updated June 2, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Yuqi Wang
Westlake University
99
2
Qingbin Liu
Shandong University
80
3
Shuyan Zhou
Georgetown University
60
4
Can Liu
Southwest University
40
5
Nannan Li
Southwest University
30

Rising Stars Papers

1
Prenylation-dependent membrane localization of a deubiquitinating enzyme and its role in regulating G protein–mediated signaling in yeast
Journal of Biological Chemistry|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Lauren Davey
Duke University
99
2
Uche N. Medoh
Stanford University
90
3
Xuezhao Liu
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
80
4
Hiroshi Tsugawa
Yokohama City University Medical Center
70
5
Ruiyuan Xu
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
60
6
Melissa A. Roberts
University of California, Berkeley
50
7
Margaret Dreishpoon
Broad Institute
40
8
Alexandra Litvinchuk
Hope Center for Neurological Disorders
20
9
Shuyan Zhou
Georgetown University
10

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
SQLE promotes pancreatic cancer growth by attenuating ER stress and activating lipid rafts-regulated Src/PI3K/Akt signaling pathway
Cell Death and Disease|2023
82 cit.
2
Parallel CRISPR-Cas9 screens identify mechanisms of PLIN2 and lipid droplet regulation
Developmental Cell|2023
64 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Gregory Stephanopoulos
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
99
2
Peter D. Karp
SRI International
90
3
Brent R. Stockwell
Columbia University
80
4
Alec C. Kimmelman
Harvard University
60
5
Mark M. Davis
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
30
6
Teun Munnik
University of Amsterdam
20
7
Ken Duncan
Unknown
10

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids by lipoxygenases drives ferroptosis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2016
2.2k cit.
2
Rapid phosphatidic acid accumulation in response to low temperature stress in Arabidopsis is generated through diacylglycerol kinase
Frontiers in Plant Science|2013
1.9k cit.
3
Pancreatic cancers require autophagy for tumor growth
Genes & Development|2011
1.5k cit.
4
Evaluation of a nutrient starvation model of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> persistence by gene and protein expression profiling
Molecular Microbiology|2002
1.4k cit.
5
Regulation of lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis in diverse species
Genes & Development|2018
526 cit.
6
Engineering <i>Yarrowia lipolytica</i> as a platform for synthesis of drop-in transportation fuels and oleochemicals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2016
446 cit.
7
Identification of essential sites of lipid peroxidation in ferroptosis
Nature Chemical Biology|2023
388 cit.
8
Phospholipids with two polyunsaturated fatty acyl tails promote ferroptosis
Cell|2024
338 cit.
9
Engineering <i>Escherichia coli</i> coculture systems for the production of biochemical products
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2015
326 cit.
10
MDM2 and MDMX promote ferroptosis by PPARα-mediated lipid remodeling
Genes & Development|2020
282 cit.

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