Standout Papers

Optical trapping 1990 2026 2002 2014 1.7k
  1. Optical trapping (2004)
    Keir C. Neuman, Steven M. Block Review of Scientific Instruments
  2. Direct observation of kinesin stepping by optical trapping interferometry (1993)
    Karel Svoboda, Christoph F. Schmidt et al. Nature
  3. Bead movement by single kinesin molecules studied with optical tweezers (1990)
    Steven M. Block, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein et al. Nature
  4. Single kinesin molecules studied with a molecular force clamp (1999)
    Koen Visscher, Mark J. Schnitzer et al. Nature
  5. Force and velocity measured for single kinesin molecules (1994)
    Karel Svoboda, Steven M. Block Cell
  6. Force and Velocity Measured for Single Molecules of RNA Polymerase (1998)
    Michelle D. Wang, Mark J. Schnitzer et al. Science
  7. Direct observation of base-pair stepping by RNA polymerase (2005)
    Elio A. Abbondanzieri, William J. Greenleaf et al. Nature
  8. Kinesin hydrolyses one ATP per 8-nm step (1997)
    Mark J. Schnitzer, Steven M. Block Nature
  9. Optical trapping of metallic Rayleigh particles (1994)
    Karel Svoboda, Steven M. Block Optics Letters
  10. Characterization of Photodamage to Escherichia coli in Optical Traps (1999)
    Keir C. Neuman, Edmund Chadd et al. Biophysical Journal

Immediate Impact

22 by Nobel laureates 100 from Science/Nature 94 standout
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Steven M. Block 9257 7208 5176 5395 133 19.3k
Jonathon Howard 10363 2535 12239 3081 214 22.1k
Robert H. Austin 6856 2956 2583 10952 253 20.8k
James A. Spudich 15190 4859 12927 3263 269 29.2k
Toshio Yanagida 7880 3565 4587 2821 260 15.7k
Christoph F. Schmidt 4064 3649 4102 3237 135 11.6k
Carlos Bustamante 23042 13514 2567 7806 359 37.3k
Reinhard Lipowsky 13427 6307 3551 5471 406 24.6k
F. C. MacKintosh 3863 4336 9804 6021 194 20.2k
Frank Jülicher 12286 2622 10059 5628 304 26.6k
Sherwin J. Singer 14161 3477 6278 2031 244 25.1k

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