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

Molecular structure of a ... 1955 2026 1978 2002 1979 1968 1993 1984 1976 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. 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. Nature profile →
  2. Structural chemistry and molecular biology
    1968 1.3k citations Alexander Rich et al. profile →
  3. 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 →
  4. THE CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF LEFT-HANDED Z-DNA
    1984 1.0k citations Alexander Rich et al. profile →
  5. 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 →
  6. 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 →
  7. Three-Dimensional Tertiary Structure of Yeast Phenylalanine Transfer RNA
    1974 775 citations Gary J. Quigley, Alexander Rich et al. profile →
  8. FORMATION OF A THREE-STRANDED POLYNUCLEOTIDE MOLECULE
    1957 757 citations Alexander Rich et al. profile →
  9. Widespread A-to-I RNA Editing of Alu-Containing mRNAs in the Human Transcriptome
    2004 598 citations A. Athanasiadis, Alexander Rich et al. profile →
  10. Self-complementary oligopeptide matrices support mammalian cell attachment
    1995 540 citations Shuguang Zhang, Todd C. Holmes et al. Biomaterials profile →
  11. Transfer RNA: Molecular Structure, Sequence, and Properties
    1976 523 citations Alexander Rich et al. profile →
  12. Structural comparison of anticancer drug-DNA complexes: adriamycin and daunomycin
    1990 502 citations Loren Dean Williams, Giovanni Ughetto et al. Biochemistry profile →
  13. Left-Handed Double Helical DNA: Variations in the Backbone Conformation
    1981 483 citations Gary J. Quigley, Jacques H. van Boom et al. profile →
  14. Structural Domains of Transfer RNA Molecules
    1976 428 citations Gary J. Quigley, Alexander Rich profile →
  15. Structure of Polyglycine II
    1955 289 citations Alexander Rich et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alexander Rich 36.0k 3.7k 3.6k 3.5k 2.9k 450 43.6k
Gerald D. Fasman 22.3k 0.6× 2.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.3× 1.8k 0.5× 4.3k 1.5× 234 30.2k
David Eisenberg 46.7k 1.3× 2.1k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 5.0k 1.4× 10.0k 3.5× 409 62.2k
Peter H. von Hippel 23.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 3.2k 0.9× 846 0.2× 2.3k 0.8× 250 28.3k
William F. DeGrado 32.1k 0.9× 8.1k 2.2× 1.3k 0.4× 3.9k 1.1× 6.7k 2.3× 538 43.5k
William Humphrey 24.5k 0.7× 7.5k 2.0× 1.2k 0.3× 2.5k 0.7× 12.8k 4.5× 39 53.5k
Conrad C. Huang 31.3k 0.9× 4.1k 1.1× 3.0k 0.8× 684 0.2× 4.9k 1.7× 48 49.3k
Roger Y. Tsien 70.9k 2.0× 6.1k 1.7× 1.8k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 8.0k 2.8× 321 111.4k
Gregory S. Couch 28.6k 0.8× 3.9k 1.1× 2.8k 0.8× 593 0.2× 4.3k 1.5× 11 44.5k
Thomas E. Ferrin 35.6k 1.0× 4.6k 1.3× 3.2k 0.9× 663 0.2× 5.5k 1.9× 93 55.6k
Elaine C. Meng 32.3k 0.9× 4.4k 1.2× 3.0k 0.8× 624 0.2× 4.9k 1.7× 35 50.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burns, Jacob, Alexander Rich, Annette Peters, et al.. (2022). The effect of population-based blood pressure screening on long-term cardiometabolic morbidity and mortality in Germany: A regression discontinuity analysis. PLoS Medicine. 19(12). e1004151–e1004151. 3 indexed citations
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Rich, Alexander & Todd M. Gureckis. (2015). The attentional learning trap and how to avoid it. Cognitive Science. 2 indexed citations
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Rich, Alexander & Todd M. Gureckis. (2014). The value of approaching bad things. Cognitive Science. 36(36). 2 indexed citations
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Rich, Alexander. (2009). The Era of RNA Awakening: Structural biology of RNA in the early years. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics. 42(2). 117–137. 10 indexed citations
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Brown, Bernard A., et al.. (2007). A Left-Handed RNA Double Helix Bound by the Zα Domain of the RNA-Editing Enzyme ADAR1. Structure. 15(4). 395–404. 132 indexed citations
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Rich, Alexander. (2006). Discovery of the Hybrid Helix and the First DNA-RNA Hybridization. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(12). 7693–7696. 31 indexed citations
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Athanasiadis, A., et al.. (2005). THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE ZB DOMANIN OF THE RNA-EDITING ENZYME ADAR1 REVEALS DISTINCT CONSERVED SURFACES AMONG Z-DOMAINS. 528. 1 indexed citations
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Maas, Stefan, et al.. (2001). Underediting of glutamate receptor GluR-B mRNA in malignant gliomas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(25). 14687–14692. 308 indexed citations
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Brown, Bernard A., et al.. (2001). Crystallization of the Zα domain of the human editing enzyme ADAR1 complexed with a DNA–RNA chimeric oligonucleotide in the left-handed Z-conformation. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 58(1). 120–123. 2 indexed citations
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Maas, Stefan & Alexander Rich. (2000). Changing genetic information through RNA editing. BioEssays. 22(9). 790–802. 86 indexed citations
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Berger, Imre, et al.. (1995). Extension of the four-stranded intercalated cytosine motif by adenine•adenine base pairing in the crystal structure of d(CCCAAT). Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 2(5). 416–425. 62 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shuguang, Todd C. Holmes, C. Michael DiPersio, et al.. (1995). Self-complementary oligopeptide matrices support mammalian cell attachment. Biomaterials. 16(18). 1385–1393. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rich, Alexander. (1995). Linus Pauling: Chemist and Molecular Biologist. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 758(1). 74–74. 7 indexed citations
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Rich, Alexander. (1993). OBITUARY: Robert W. Holley (1922-1993). Nature. 362(6415). 16–16. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Loren Dean, Martin Egli, Giovanni Ughetto, et al.. (1990). Structure of 11-deoxydaunomycin bound to DNA containing a phosphorothioate. Journal of Molecular Biology. 215(2). 313–320. 28 indexed citations
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Carrondo, M.A., Miquel Coll, Joan Aymamı́, et al.. (1989). Binding of a Hoechst dye to d(CGCGATATCGCG) and its influence on the conformation of the DNA fragment. Biochemistry. 28(19). 7849–7859. 142 indexed citations
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Rich, Alexander, et al.. (1979). Recent Progress in tRNA Structural Analysis. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 101–113. 1 indexed citations
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Rich, Alexander. (1974). How Transfer RNA May Move Inside the Ribosome. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 4. 871–884. 6 indexed citations
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Kretsinger, Robert H., G. Männer, Bernard S. Gould, & Alexander Rich. (1964). Synthesis of Collagen on Polyribosomes. Nature. 202(4931). 438–441. 60 indexed citations

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