Alex Kirui

1.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
14 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alex Kirui is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Biomaterials and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Kirui has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Spectroscopy, 5 papers in Biomaterials and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alex Kirui's work include Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (5 papers) and Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (5 papers). Alex Kirui is often cited by papers focused on Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (5 papers) and Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (5 papers). Alex Kirui collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Alex Kirui's co-authors include Tuo Wang, Xue Kang, Frédéric Mentink‐Vigier, Malitha C. Dickwella Widanage, Daniel J. Cosgrove, Wancheng Zhao, Fabien Deligey, Ping Wang, Artur Muszyński and Parastoo Azadi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Plant Cell and Carbohydrate Polymers.

In The Last Decade

Alex Kirui

14 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Lignin-polysaccharide interactions in plant secondary cel... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2019 2018 2022 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Lignin-polysaccharide interactions in plant secondary cell walls revealed by solid-state NMR
    2019 427 citations Xue Kang, Alex Kirui et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Molecular architecture of fungal cell walls revealed by solid-state NMR
    2018 251 citations Xue Kang, Alex Kirui et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Carbohydrate-aromatic interface and molecular architecture of lignocellulose
    2022 169 citations Alex Kirui, Wancheng Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex Kirui United States 13 558 421 302 295 228 14 1.3k
Malitha C. Dickwella Widanage United States 13 477 0.9× 301 0.7× 227 0.8× 284 1.0× 214 0.9× 19 1.2k
Andre M. Salazar United States 8 305 0.5× 118 0.3× 128 0.4× 122 0.4× 78 0.3× 8 522
Olga A. Zabotina United States 27 2.1k 3.8× 517 1.2× 261 0.9× 970 3.3× 118 0.5× 65 2.5k
Loïc Foucat France 20 279 0.5× 333 0.8× 214 0.7× 226 0.8× 45 0.2× 52 1.1k
В. В. Варламов Russia 13 154 0.3× 77 0.2× 241 0.8× 146 0.5× 47 0.2× 65 661
Shi‐You Ding United States 20 439 0.8× 1.0k 2.4× 359 1.2× 493 1.7× 12 0.1× 39 1.5k
R. Vuong France 18 611 1.1× 719 1.7× 1.0k 3.5× 166 0.6× 41 0.2× 22 1.8k
Jacob L.W. Morgan United States 9 504 0.9× 346 0.8× 444 1.5× 454 1.5× 19 0.1× 9 1.2k
Corinne Loutelier‐Bourhis France 21 381 0.7× 125 0.3× 51 0.2× 988 3.3× 248 1.1× 75 1.8k
Yong-Man Yu South Korea 20 510 0.9× 150 0.4× 94 0.3× 518 1.8× 8 0.0× 163 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Kirui

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Kirui

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Kirui. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Kirui based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex Kirui. Alex Kirui is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Deligey, Fabien, Sung Hyun Cho, Alex Kirui, et al.. (2022). Structure of In Vitro-Synthesized Cellulose Fibrils Viewed by Cryo-Electron Tomography and 13C Natural-Abundance Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Solid-State NMR. Biomacromolecules. 23(6). 2290–2301. 21 indexed citations
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Kirui, Alex, Wancheng Zhao, Fabien Deligey, et al.. (2022). Carbohydrate-aromatic interface and molecular architecture of lignocellulose. Nature Communications. 13(1). 538–538. 169 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ling, Zhe, Wei Tang, Yan Su, et al.. (2022). Stepwise allomorphic transformations by alkaline and ethylenediamine treatments on bamboo crystalline cellulose for enhanced enzymatic digestibility. Industrial Crops and Products. 177. 114450–114450. 24 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wancheng, Alex Kirui, Fabien Deligey, et al.. (2021). Solid-state NMR of unlabeled plant cell walls: high-resolution structural analysis without isotopic enrichment. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14(1). 14–14. 45 indexed citations
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Kirui, Alex, Juan Du, Wancheng Zhao, et al.. (2021). A pectin methyltransferase modulates polysaccharide dynamics and interactions in Arabidopsis primary cell walls: Evidence from solid-state NMR. Carbohydrate Polymers. 270. 118370–118370. 38 indexed citations
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Du, Juan, Alex Kirui, Shixin Huang, et al.. (2020). Mutations in the Pectin Methyltransferase QUASIMODO2 Influence Cellulose Biosynthesis and Wall Integrity in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 32(11). 3576–3597. 96 indexed citations
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Kang, Xue, et al.. (2020). CCMRD: a solid-state NMR database for complex carbohydrates. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 74(4-5). 239–245. 43 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wancheng, Liyanage D. Fernando, Alex Kirui, Fabien Deligey, & Tuo Wang. (2020). Solid-state NMR of plant and fungal cell walls: A critical review. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 107. 101660–101660. 66 indexed citations
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Kang, Xue, Alex Kirui, Malitha C. Dickwella Widanage, et al.. (2019). Lignin-polysaccharide interactions in plant secondary cell walls revealed by solid-state NMR. Nature Communications. 10(1). 347–347. 427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kang, Xue, et al.. (2019). Integrated solid-state NMR and molecular dynamics modeling determines membrane insertion of human β-defensin analog. Communications Biology. 2(1). 402–402. 19 indexed citations
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Kirui, Alex, Malitha C. Dickwella Widanage, Frédéric Mentink‐Vigier, et al.. (2019). Preparation of Fungal and Plant Materials for Structural Elucidation Using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Solid-State NMR. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 14 indexed citations
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Kirui, Alex, Malitha C. Dickwella Widanage, Frédéric Mentink‐Vigier, et al.. (2019). Preparation of Fungal and Plant Materials for Structural Elucidation Using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Solid-State NMR. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations
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Kirui, Alex, Zhe Ling, Xue Kang, et al.. (2018). Atomic resolution of cotton cellulose structure enabled by dynamic nuclear polarization solid-state NMR. Cellulose. 26(1). 329–339. 50 indexed citations
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Kang, Xue, Alex Kirui, Artur Muszyński, et al.. (2018). Molecular architecture of fungal cell walls revealed by solid-state NMR. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2747–2747. 251 indexed citations breakdown →

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