A. La Porta

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

A. La Porta is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computer Networks and Communications and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. La Porta has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 8 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 8 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in A. La Porta's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (8 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (4 papers). A. La Porta is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (8 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (4 papers). A. La Porta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and India. A. La Porta's co-authors include Michelle D. Wang, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Alice Crawford, Greg Voth, Jim Alexander, C. M. Surko, Bernard Yurke, R. E. Slusher, Rachel A. Mooney and Robert Landick and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

A. La Porta

28 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Measurement of particle accelerations in fully developed turbulence

2002 352 citations Greg Voth, A. La Porta et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. La Porta United States	16	648	622	434	308	274	28	1.8k
Jens H. Gundlach United States	27	1.7k 2.6×	502 0.8×	513 1.2×	127 0.4×	2.5k 9.1×	70	4.6k
Marcel G. Clerc Chile	33	236 0.4×	1.4k 2.3×	268 0.6×	49 0.2×	357 1.3×	216	3.5k
John C. Neu United States	26	612 0.9×	441 0.7×	182 0.4×	27 0.1×	770 2.8×	61	2.7k
Werner Horsthemke United States	33	567 0.9×	524 0.8×	126 0.3×	19 0.1×	305 1.1×	108	3.6k
Mark Paul United States	21	331 0.5×	347 0.6×	193 0.4×	17 0.1×	205 0.7×	70	1.3k
Haye Hinrichsen Germany	27	185 0.3×	513 0.8×	210 0.5×	34 0.1×	70 0.3×	102	3.3k
Andrew J. Bernoff United States	24	193 0.3×	104 0.2×	583 1.3×	36 0.1×	178 0.6×	58	1.6k
Kirstine Berg‐Sørensen Denmark	28	705 1.1×	1.6k 2.5×	68 0.2×	54 0.2×	1.2k 4.4×	78	3.3k
Fabio Cecconi Italy	21	431 0.7×	182 0.3×	187 0.4×	54 0.2×	452 1.6×	76	1.4k
Lewis Jonathan Dursi United States	17	692 1.1×	56 0.1×	200 0.5×	23 0.1×	149 0.5×	28	1.8k

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Chang, Jen-Chien, et al.. (2014). Fabrication of birefringent nanocylinders for single-molecule force and torque measurement. Nanotechnology. 25(23). 235304–235304. 8 indexed citations

Chang, Jen-Chien, et al.. (2013). Effect of handle length and microsphere size on transition kinetics in single-molecule experiments. Physical Review E. 87(1). 12721–12721. 14 indexed citations

Porta, A. La, et al.. (2013). Optimal reconstruction of the folding landscape using differential energy surface analysis. Physical Review E. 87(3). 2 indexed citations

Chang, Jen-Chien, et al.. (2012). Single-Molecule Study ofG-Quadruplex Disruption Using Dynamic Force Spectroscopy. Physical Review Letters. 109(5). 58101–58101. 36 indexed citations

Denesyuk, Natalia A., et al.. (2011). Noise associated with nonconservative forces in optical traps. Physical Review E. 84(3). 31108–31108. 3 indexed citations

Herbert, Kristina M., Jing Zhou, Rachel A. Mooney, et al.. (2010). E. coli NusG Inhibits Backtracking and Accelerates Pause-Free Transcription by Promoting Forward Translocation of RNA Polymerase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 399(1). 17–30. 98 indexed citations

Herbert, Kristina M., A. La Porta, Becky J. Wong, et al.. (2006). Sequence-Resolved Detection of Pausing by Single RNA Polymerase Molecules. Cell. 125(6). 1083–1094. 219 indexed citations

Porta, A. La & Michelle D. Wang. (2004). Optical Torque Wrench: Angular Trapping, Rotation, and Torque Detection of Quartz Microparticles. Physical Review Letters. 92(19). 190801–190801. 293 indexed citations

Adelman, Karen, Yulia Yuzenkova, A. La Porta, et al.. (2004). Molecular Mechanism of Transcription Inhibition by Peptide Antibiotic Microcin J25. Molecular Cell. 14(6). 753–762. 141 indexed citations

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Sawford, B. L., P. K. Yeung, M. S. Borgas, et al.. (2003). Conditional and unconditional acceleration statistics in turbulence. Physics of Fluids. 15(11). 3478–3489. 70 indexed citations

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Adelman, Karen, A. La Porta, Thomas J. Santangelo, et al.. (2002). Single molecule analysis of RNA polymerase elongation reveals uniform kinetic behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(21). 13538–13543. 154 indexed citations

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Voth, Greg, A. La Porta, Alice Crawford, Jim Alexander, & Eberhard Bodenschatz. (2002). Measurement of particle accelerations in fully developed turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 469. 121–160. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

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Crawford, Alice, A. La Porta, Eberhard Bodenschatz, & Jim Alexander. (2001). Effect of Dilute Polymer Solutions on Dissipation Range Quantities in Bulk Turbulence. APS. 54. 3 indexed citations

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Voth, Greg, et al.. (2001). A silicon strip detector system for high resolution particle tracking in turbulence. Review of Scientific Instruments. 72(12). 4348–4353. 23 indexed citations

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Porta, A. La & C. M. Surko. (2000). Predicting the motion of phase defects in a traveling-wave convection pattern. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 139(1-2). 177–185. 7 indexed citations

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Porta, A. La & C. M. Surko. (1998). Quantitative characterization of 2D traveling-wave patterns. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 123(1-4). 21–35. 6 indexed citations

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Porta, A. La & C. M. Surko. (1997). Phase defects and spatiotemporal disorder in traveling-wave convection patterns. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 56(5). 5351–5366. 8 indexed citations

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Porta, A. La & C. M. Surko. (1996). Dynamics of two-dimensional traveling-wave convection patterns. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 53(6). 5916–5934. 16 indexed citations

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Porta, A. La & Richart E. Slusher. (1991). Squeezing limits at high parametric gains. Physical Review A. 44(3). 2013–2022. 68 indexed citations

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Porta, A. La, R. E. Slusher, & Bernard Yurke. (1989). Back-Action Evading Measurements of an Optical Field Using Parametric Down Conversion. Physical Review Letters. 62(1). 28–31. 156 indexed citations

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