Richard J. Lewis

27.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
467 papers, 20.9k citations indexed

About

Richard J. Lewis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard J. Lewis has authored 467 papers receiving a total of 20.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 318 papers in Molecular Biology, 103 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 95 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Richard J. Lewis's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (213 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (124 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (111 papers). Richard J. Lewis is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (213 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (124 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (111 papers). Richard J. Lewis collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Richard J. Lewis's co-authors include Paul F. Alewood, Irina Vetter, Sébastien Dutertre, David J. Adams, María L. García, Alun Jones, David J. Craik, Michael J. Holmes, Jean‐Paul Vernoux and Leigh Lehane and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Lewis

454 papers receiving 20.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Toxicogenomic Multiverse: Convergent Recruitment of Proteins Into Animal Venoms

2009 625 citations Glenn F. King, Richard J. Lewis et al. profile →
Therapeutic potential of venom peptides

2003 607 citations Richard J. Lewis et al. profile →
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

1986 572 citations Richard J. Lewis et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard J. Lewis Australia	74	12.7k	4.6k	2.9k	2.7k	2.3k	467	20.9k
E. G. Bligh Canada	13	27.2k 2.1×	1.8k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	24	64.3k
John W. Eaton United States	80	8.9k 0.7×	942 0.2×	818 0.3×	978 0.4×	701 0.3×	271	24.3k
W. J. Dyer Canada	19	27.5k 2.2×	1.8k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	61	65.0k
Marjorie B. Lees United States	39	23.2k 1.8×	610 0.1×	2.2k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	110	65.3k
Wernér E.G. Müller Germany	102	20.0k 1.6×	717 0.2×	3.6k 1.2×	2.1k 0.8×	383 0.2×	1.7k	57.0k
Jordi Folch United States	14	21.3k 1.7×	607 0.1×	1.8k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	23	60.8k
G H S Stanley Lithuania	4	19.9k 1.6×	596 0.1×	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	8	58.2k
Edward S. Reynolds United States	30	9.5k 0.7×	443 0.1×	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	350 0.2×	78	25.6k
Angelo Fontana Italy	54	6.0k 0.5×	746 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	372 0.1×	209 0.1×	376	13.1k
Sten Orrenius Sweden	122	28.6k 2.2×	495 0.1×	4.6k 1.6×	1.7k 0.6×	427 0.2×	455	51.5k

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Murray, Shauna A., Arjun Verma, Mona Hoppenrath, et al.. (2025). High ciguatoxin-producing Gambierdiscus clade (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae) as a source of toxins causing ciguatera poisoning. The Science of The Total Environment. 994. 179990–179990. 3 indexed citations

Hopping, Gene, Eivind A. B. Undheim, Johannes Zuegg, et al.. (2025). PeptideMiner—neuropeptide discovery across the animal kingdom. GigaScience. 14. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Dan, Volker Herzig, Zoltan Dekan, et al.. (2024). Novel Scorpion Toxin ω-Buthitoxin-Hf1a Selectively Inhibits Calcium Influx via CaV3.3 and CaV3.2 and Alleviates Allodynia in a Mouse Model of Acute Postsurgical Pain. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(9). 4745–4745. 3 indexed citations

Wilson, David T., et al.. (2023). Structure-function and rational design of a spider toxin Ssp1a at human voltage-gated sodium channel subtypes. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1277143–1277143. 1 indexed citations

Pottier, Ivannah, Richard J. Lewis, & Jean‐Paul Vernoux. (2023). Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean: Reconciling the Multiplicity of Ciguatoxins and Analytical Chemistry Approach for Public Health Safety. Toxins. 15(7). 453–453. 12 indexed citations

Himaya, S.W.A., et al.. (2022). Comparative Venomics of C. flavidus and C. frigidus and Closely Related Vermivorous Cone Snails. Marine Drugs. 20(3). 209–209. 3 indexed citations

Dutertre, Sébastien, et al.. (2022). Venomics Reveals a Non-Compartmentalised Venom Gland in the Early Diverged Vermivorous Conus distans. Toxins. 14(3). 226–226. 2 indexed citations

Armstrong, David A., Aihua Jin, Nayara Braga Emídio, et al.. (2021). Chemical Synthesis and NMR Solution Structure of Conotoxin GXIA from Conus geographus. Marine Drugs. 19(2). 60–60. 6 indexed citations

Nevin, Simon T., Nicole Lawrence, Annette Nicke, Richard J. Lewis, & David J. Adams. (2020). Functional modulation of the human voltage-gated sodium channel Na_V1.8 by auxiliary β subunits. Channels. 15(1). 79–93. 4 indexed citations

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Starobova, Hana, S.W.A. Himaya, Richard J. Lewis, & Irina Vetter. (2018). Transcriptomics in pain research: insights from new and old technologies. Molecular Omics. 14(6). 389–404. 16 indexed citations

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Larsson, Michaela E., Olivier Laczka, D. Tim Harwood, et al.. (2018). Toxicology of Gambierdiscus spp. (Dinophyceae) from Tropical and Temperate Australian Waters. Marine Drugs. 16(1). 7–7. 46 indexed citations

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Touška, Filip, et al.. (2017). Ciguatoxins Evoke Potent CGRP Release by Activation of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Subtypes NaV1.9, NaV1.7 and NaV1.1. Marine Drugs. 15(9). 269–269. 14 indexed citations

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McArthur, Jeffrey R., et al.. (2017). Inhibition of human N‐ and T‐type calcium channels by anortho‐phenoxyanilide derivative, MONIRO‐1. British Journal of Pharmacology. 175(12). 2284–2295. 9 indexed citations

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Windley, Monique J., Irina Vetter, Richard J. Lewis, & Graham M. Nicholson. (2017). Lethal effects of an insecticidal spider venom peptide involve positive allosteric modulation of insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Neuropharmacology. 127. 224–242. 14 indexed citations

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Cardoso, Fernanda C., Zoltan Dekan, Jennifer J. Smith, et al.. (2017). Modulatory features of the novel spider toxin μ‐TRTX‐Df1a isolated from the venom of the spider Davus fasciatus. British Journal of Pharmacology. 174(15). 2528–2544. 44 indexed citations

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Vetter, Irina, et al.. (2015). Inhibition of N-Type Calcium Channels by Fluorophenoxyanilide Derivatives. Marine Drugs. 13(4). 2030–2045. 10 indexed citations

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Dekan, Zoltan, et al.. (2012). Conotoxin engineering: dual pharmacophoric noradrenaline transport inhibitor/integrin binding peptide with improved stability. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(30). 5791–5791. 13 indexed citations

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Ekberg, Jenny, Christopher W. Vaughan, Sevda C. Aslan, et al.. (2006). μO-conotoxin MrVIB selectively blocks Na _v 1.8 sensory neuron specific sodium channels and chronic pain behavior without motor deficits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(45). 17030–17035. 161 indexed citations

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Pearn, John & Richard J. Lewis. (1994). Ciguatera: Dilemmas in clinical recognition, presentation and management. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 34(3). 605–6068. 14 indexed citations

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Lewis, Richard J., et al.. (1971). Basal cell carcinoma in Gardner's syndrome.. PubMed. 51(1). 67–8. 1 indexed citations

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