Alexander Rich

54.0k total citations · 15 hit papers
450 papers, 43.6k citations indexed

About

Alexander Rich is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Rich has authored 450 papers receiving a total of 43.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 369 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Ecology and 33 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alexander Rich's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (206 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (171 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (83 papers). Alexander Rich is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (206 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (171 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (83 papers). Alexander Rich collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Alexander Rich's co-authors include Gary J. Quigley, Andrew H.‐J. Wang, Alfred Nordheim, Jacques H. van Boom, Shuguang Zhang, Nadrian C. Seeman, John M. Rosenberg, Todd C. Holmes, David R. Davies and Alan Herbert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Rich

447 papers receiving 40.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Molecular structure of a left-handed double helical DNA fragment at atomic resolution

1979 1.7k citations Gary J. Quigley, Jacques H. van Boom et al. profile →
Structural chemistry and molecular biology

1968 1.3k citations Alexander Rich et al. profile →
Spontaneous assembly of a self-complementary oligopeptide to form a stable macroscopic membrane.

1993 1.0k citations Shuguang Zhang, Todd C. Holmes et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
THE CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF LEFT-HANDED Z-DNA

1984 1.0k citations Alexander Rich, Alfred Nordheim et al. profile →
Sequence-specific recognition of double helical nucleic acids by proteins.

1976 930 citations Alexander Rich et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Extensive neurite outgrowth and active synapse formation on self-assembling peptide scaffolds

2000 907 citations Todd C. Holmes, Xing Su et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Three-Dimensional Tertiary Structure of Yeast Phenylalanine Transfer RNA

1974 775 citations Gary J. Quigley, Alexander Rich et al. profile →
FORMATION OF A THREE-STRANDED POLYNUCLEOTIDE MOLECULE

1957 757 citations Alexander Rich et al. profile →
Widespread A-to-I RNA Editing of Alu-Containing mRNAs in the Human Transcriptome

2004 598 citations A. Athanasiadis, Alexander Rich et al. profile →
Self-complementary oligopeptide matrices support mammalian cell attachment

1995 540 citations Shuguang Zhang, Todd C. Holmes et al. Biomaterials profile →
Transfer RNA: Molecular Structure, Sequence, and Properties

1976 523 citations Alexander Rich et al. profile →
Structural comparison of anticancer drug-DNA complexes: adriamycin and daunomycin

1990 502 citations G. A. VAN DER MAREL, Jacques H. van Boom et al. Biochemistry profile →
Left-Handed Double Helical DNA: Variations in the Backbone Conformation

1981 483 citations Gary J. Quigley, Jacques H. van Boom et al. profile →
Structural Domains of Transfer RNA Molecules

1976 428 citations Gary J. Quigley, Alexander Rich profile →
Structure of Polyglycine II

1955 289 citations Alexander Rich et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The effect of population-based blood pressure screening on long-term cardiometabolic morbidity and mortality in Germany: A regression discontinuity analysis 2022 ·PLoS Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Jacob Burns, Alexander Rich, Annette Peters, Margit Heier, Lars Schwettmann, Jacob Bor, Till Bärnighausen, Michael Laxy	3
2	The attentional learning trap and how to avoid it 2015 ·Cognitive Science ·Alexander Rich, Todd M. Gureckis	2
3	psiTurk: An open-source framework for conducting replicable behavioral experiments online 2015 ·Behavior Research Methods ·Todd M. Gureckis, Jay B. Martin, John V. McDonnell, Alexander Rich, Doug Markant, Anna Coenen, David Halpern, Jessica B. Hamrick, Patricia P. Chan	136
4	The value of approaching bad things 2014 ·Cognitive Science ·Alexander Rich, Todd M. Gureckis	2
5	Epigenetic Regulation by Z-DNA Silencer Function Controls Cancer-Associated ADAM-12 Expression in Breast Cancer: Cross-talk between MeCP2 and NF1 Transcription Factor Family 2012 ·Cancer Research ·Bimal K. Ray, (unknown), Carolyn J. Henry, Alexander Rich, Alpana Ray	44
6	The Era of RNA Awakening: Structural biology of RNA in the early years 2009 ·Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics ·Alexander Rich	10
7	A Left-Handed RNA Double Helix Bound by the Zα Domain of the RNA-Editing Enzyme ADAR1 2007 ·Structure ·(unknown), Bernard A. Brown, Ky Lowenhaupt, Alexander Rich, A. Athanasiadis	132
8	THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE ZB DOMANIN OF THE RNA-EDITING ENZYME ADAR1 REVEALS DISTINCT CONSERVED SURFACES AMONG Z-DOMAINS 2005 ·A. Athanasiadis, (unknown), Stefan Maas, Billyde Brown, Ky Lowenhaupt, Alexander Rich	1
9	A-to-I RNA Editing: Recent News and Residual Mysteries 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Stefan Maas, Alexander Rich, Kazuko Nishikura	149
10	Underediting of glutamate receptor GluR-B mRNA in malignant gliomas 2001 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stefan Maas, Stephan Patt, (unknown), Alexander Rich	308
11	Changing genetic information through RNA editing 2000 ·BioEssays ·Stefan Maas, Alexander Rich	86
12	Proteolytic Dissection of Zab, the Z-DNA-binding Domain of Human ADAR1 1999 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Thomas Schwartz, Ky Lowenhaupt, Yang‐Gyun Kim, Liyun Li, Bernard A. Brown, Alan Herbert, Alexander Rich	58
13	Intercalated cytosine motif and novel adenine clusters in the crystal structure of the Tetrahymena telomere 1998 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Cai Li, Lianmin Chen, (unknown), Alexander Rich, Robert L. Ratliff, Robert K. Moyzis	42
14	Self-complementary oligopeptide matrices support mammalian cell attachment breakdown → 1995 ·Biomaterials ·Shuguang Zhang, Todd C. Holmes, C. Michael DiPersio, Richard O. Hynes, Xing Su, Alexander Rich	540
15	Molecular structure of the A-tract DNA dodecamer d(CGCAAATTTGCG) complexed with the minor groove binding drug netropsin 1993 ·Biochemistry ·Lydia Tabernero, Núria Verdaguer, Miquel Coll, Ignasi Fita, G. A. VAN DER MAREL, Jacques H. van Boom, Alexander Rich, Joan Aymamı́	87
16	Binding of a Hoechst dye to d(CGCGATATCGCG) and its influence on the conformation of the DNA fragment 1989 ·Biochemistry ·M.A. Carrondo, Miquel Coll, Joan Aymamı́, (unknown), Gijs A. van der Marel, Jacques H. van Boom, Alexander Rich	142
17	Crystallization of a small fragment of an aminoacyl tRNA synthetase 1988 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Christin Frederick, (unknown), Alexander Rich, Lynne Regan, Paul Schimmel	11
18	Stabilization and Detection of Natural Left-Handed Z-DNA 1983 ·Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics ·Alexander Rich, Alfred Nordheim, Fernando Azorı́n	63
19	Recent Progress in tRNA Structural Analysis 1979 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Alexander Rich, Gary J. Quigley, Martha M. Teeter, A. Ducruix, (unknown)	1
20	How Transfer RNA May Move Inside the Ribosome 1974 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Alexander Rich	6

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