Richard D. Cummings

44.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
513 papers, 33.1k citations indexed

About

Richard D. Cummings is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard D. Cummings has authored 513 papers receiving a total of 33.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 370 papers in Molecular Biology, 215 papers in Immunology and 134 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Richard D. Cummings's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (311 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (153 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (133 papers). Richard D. Cummings is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (311 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (153 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (133 papers). Richard D. Cummings collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Brazil. Richard D. Cummings's co-authors include Rodger P. McEver, Tongzhong Ju, David F. Smith, Stuart Kornfeld, Sean R. Stowell, Kevin L. Moore, Ajit Varki, Xuezheng Song, Pamela Stanley and Jamie Heimburg‐Molinaro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Richard D. Cummings

504 papers receiving 32.6k citations

Hit Papers

Essentials of Glycobiology 1982 2026 1996 2011 1999 2004 2015 1995 1997 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Essentials of Glycobiology
    1999 2.0k citations Richard D. Cummings et al. profile →
  2. Printed covalent glycan array for ligand profiling of diverse glycan binding proteins
    2004 905 citations Ola Blixt, Steve Head et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Protein Glycosylation in Cancer
    2015 669 citations Sean R. Stowell, Tongzhong Ju et al. profile →
  4. P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 mediates rolling of human neutrophils on P-selectin.
    1995 587 citations Richard D. Cummings et al. profile →
  5. Perspectives series: cell adhesion in vascular biology. Role of PSGL-1 binding to selectins in leukocyte recruitment.
    1997 544 citations Richard D. Cummings et al. profile →
  6. Leukocyte Trafficking Mediated by Selectin-Carbohydrate Interactions
    1995 544 citations Richard D. Cummings et al. profile →
  7. Characterization of the structural determinants required for the high affinity interaction of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides with immobilized Phaseolus vulgaris leukoagglutinating and erythroagglutinating lectins.
    1982 493 citations Richard D. Cummings et al. profile →
  8. Fractionation of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides by serial lectin-Agarose affinity chromatography. A rapid, sensitive, and specific technique.
    1982 459 citations Richard D. Cummings et al. profile →
  9. Biosynthesis of N- and O-linked oligosaccharides of the low density lipoprotein receptor.
    1983 328 citations Richard D. Cummings et al. profile →
  10. Intestinal epithelial glycosylation in homeostasis and gut microbiota interactions in IBD
    2020 221 citations Matthew R. Kudelka, Sean R. Stowell et al. profile →
  11. A Useful Guide to Lectin Binding: Machine-Learning Directed Annotation of 57 Unique Lectin Specificities
    2022 175 citations David F. Smith, Richard D. Cummings et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard D. Cummings United States 96 22.1k 12.4k 7.1k 4.2k 3.8k 513 33.1k
Ajit Varki United States 115 34.3k 1.6× 13.8k 1.1× 11.3k 1.6× 3.8k 0.9× 6.8k 1.8× 502 50.1k
Yvette van Kooyk Netherlands 89 10.7k 0.5× 17.6k 1.4× 1.6k 0.2× 3.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.3× 324 29.1k
Anne Dell United Kingdom 88 18.0k 0.8× 5.7k 0.5× 5.9k 0.8× 719 0.2× 2.7k 0.7× 501 28.6k
James C. Paulson United States 117 26.2k 1.2× 13.6k 1.1× 9.5k 1.4× 3.0k 0.7× 3.8k 1.0× 393 42.7k
Sen‐itiroh Hakomori United States 109 34.0k 1.5× 10.7k 0.9× 8.5k 1.2× 3.6k 0.9× 7.3k 1.9× 493 42.9k
Minoru Fukuda Japan 81 13.8k 0.6× 6.7k 0.5× 3.8k 0.5× 1.9k 0.4× 3.3k 0.9× 547 22.1k
Jeffrey D. Esko United States 87 19.4k 0.9× 3.5k 0.3× 4.8k 0.7× 2.2k 0.5× 14.7k 3.8× 318 31.7k
Ten Feizi United Kingdom 74 13.3k 0.6× 5.5k 0.4× 4.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.3× 2.4k 0.6× 355 19.4k
Hidde L. Ploegh United States 133 30.3k 1.4× 25.9k 2.1× 2.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 8.0k 2.1× 607 62.0k
Raymond A. Dwek United Kingdom 110 29.4k 1.3× 9.9k 0.8× 13.3k 1.9× 759 0.2× 4.7k 1.2× 564 46.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ashwood, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Swift Universal Glycan Acquisition (SUGA) Enables Quantitative Glycan Profiling across Diverse Sample Types. Journal of Proteome Research. 24(3). 1030–1038. 1 indexed citations
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McKitrick, Tanya R., Lauren E. Pepi, Maxence Noël, et al.. (2025). Blood group O expression in normal tissues and tumors. FEBS Journal. 292(21). 5697–5722. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jane, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Kathryn A. Stackhouse, et al.. (2025). Differential expression of CD175 and CA19-9 in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 4177–4177. 5 indexed citations
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Arthur, Connie M., Marie A. Hollenhorst, Shang‐Chuen Wu, et al.. (2024). ABO blood groups and galectins: Implications in transfusion medicine and innate immunity. Seminars in Immunology. 74-75. 101892–101892. 4 indexed citations
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Aryal, Rajindra P., et al.. (2024). Thyroid Carcinoma Glycoproteins Express Altered N-Glycans with 3-O-Sulfated Galactose Residues. Biomolecules. 14(12). 1482–1482. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Kibum, Yerin Kim, Richard D. Cummings, et al.. (2024). Plant-Produced Therapeutic Crizanlizumab Monoclonal Antibody Binds P-Selectin to Alleviate Vaso-occlusive Pain Crises in Sickle Cell Disease. Molecular Biotechnology. 67(3). 834–844. 2 indexed citations
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Kudelka, Matthew R., Wei Yong Gu, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, et al.. (2023). Targeting altered glycosylation in secreted tumor glycoproteins for broad cancer detection. Glycobiology. 33(7). 567–578. 6 indexed citations
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Noël, Maxence, Richard D. Cummings, & Robert G. Mealer. (2023). N-glycans show distinct spatial distribution in mouse brain. Glycobiology. 33(11). 935–942. 5 indexed citations
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Mehta, Akul Y., Kristian Stengaard‐Pedersen, Pierre Busson, et al.. (2023). Increased Galectin-9 Levels Correlate with Disease Activity in Patients with DMARD-Naïve Rheumatoid Arthritis and Modulate the Secretion of MCP-1 and IL-6 from Synovial Fibroblasts. Cells. 12(2). 327–327. 7 indexed citations
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Zhou, Julie Y., Chao Gao, Richard D. Cummings, et al.. (2023). Platelet-localized ST6Gal1 does not impact IgG sialylation. Glycobiology. 33(11). 943–953. 4 indexed citations
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Matsumoto, Yasuyuki, Rajindra P. Aryal, Jamie Heimburg‐Molinaro, et al.. (2022). Identification and characterization of circulating immune complexes in IgA nephropathy. Science Advances. 8(43). eabm8783–eabm8783. 21 indexed citations
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Lehoux, Sylvain, et al.. (2022). ST6Gal1 in plasma is dispensable for IgG sialylation. Glycobiology. 32(9). 803–813. 15 indexed citations
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Wu, Shang‐Chuen, Connie M. Arthur, Jianmei Wang, et al.. (2021). The SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain preferentially recognizes blood group A. Blood Advances. 5(5). 1305–1309. 67 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, Lílian Cataldi, Ísis do Carmo Kettelhut, Luciane C. Alberici, et al.. (2021). Endogenous galectin-3 is required for skeletal muscle repair. Glycobiology. 31(10). 1295–1307. 6 indexed citations
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Wei, Mohui, Tanya R. McKitrick, Akul Y. Mehta, et al.. (2019). Novel Reversible Fluorescent Glycan Linker for Functional Glycomics. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 30(11). 2897–2908. 13 indexed citations
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Smith, David F., Richard D. Cummings, & Xuezheng Song. (2019). History and future of shotgun glycomics. Biochemical Society Transactions. 47(1). 1–11. 29 indexed citations
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Kudelka, Matthew R., Aristotelis Antonopoulos, Yingchun Wang, et al.. (2015). Cellular O-Glycome Reporter/Amplification to explore O-glycans of living cells. Nature Methods. 13(1). 81–86. 73 indexed citations
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Ju, Tongzhong, Grainger S. Lanneau, Tripti Gautam, et al.. (2008). Human Tumor Antigens Tn and Sialyl Tn Arise from Mutations in Cosmc. Cancer Research. 68(6). 1636–1646. 232 indexed citations
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Zupancic, Margaret L., Matthew B. Frieman, David F. Smith, et al.. (2008). Glycan microarray analysis of Candida glabrata adhesin ligand specificity. Molecular Microbiology. 68(3). 547–559. 112 indexed citations
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Blixt, Ola, Steve Head, Tony S. Mondala, et al.. (2004). Printed covalent glycan array for ligand profiling of diverse glycan binding proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(49). 17033–17038. 905 indexed citations breakdown →

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