Alexander Rich

837 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 647 citations indexed

About

Alexander Rich is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Rich has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 647 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Molecular Biology, 1 paper in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 1 paper in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Alexander Rich's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (1 paper), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (1 paper) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (1 paper). Alexander Rich is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (1 paper), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (1 paper) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (1 paper). Alexander Rich collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Korea. Alexander Rich's co-authors include Paul M. Knopf, Jonathan R. Warner, Ky Lowenhaupt, Mary Lou Pardue, Alfred Nordheim, Joshua Lederberg, Harold P. Klein, Markus Schade, Jan D. Kahmann and Yang‐Gyun Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The EMBO Journal and Icarus.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Rich

5 papers receiving 600 citations

Hit Papers

A MULTIPLE RIBOSOMAL STRUCTURE IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS 1963 2026 1984 2005 1963 100 200 300 400
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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. A MULTIPLE RIBOSOMAL STRUCTURE IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
    1963 449 citations Jonathan R. Warner, Paul M. Knopf et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Rich United States 4 432 132 78 73 47 5 647
Peter Bromley Switzerland 16 547 1.3× 147 1.1× 84 1.1× 82 1.1× 62 1.3× 33 797
L. D. Hodge United States 13 452 1.0× 211 1.6× 41 0.5× 46 0.6× 30 0.6× 23 598
Richard P. Price United States 7 471 1.1× 164 1.2× 54 0.7× 28 0.4× 38 0.8× 8 592
Drew Sullivan United States 7 352 0.8× 130 1.0× 92 1.2× 47 0.6× 48 1.0× 11 525
Aimée H. Bakken United States 15 855 2.0× 178 1.3× 142 1.8× 53 0.7× 45 1.0× 21 1.2k
José L. Saborío Mexico 13 420 1.0× 158 1.2× 52 0.7× 141 1.9× 44 0.9× 22 704
Huw A. John United Kingdom 8 376 0.9× 117 0.9× 120 1.5× 29 0.4× 21 0.4× 26 565
Kristi Lea United States 12 732 1.7× 75 0.6× 115 1.5× 35 0.5× 35 0.7× 14 960
K Van Doren United States 14 679 1.6× 246 1.9× 74 0.9× 98 1.3× 52 1.1× 14 918
A Tereba United States 12 262 0.6× 108 0.8× 86 1.1× 75 1.0× 28 0.6× 13 420

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Rich

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Rich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Rich

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Rich. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Rich 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 Alexander Rich. Alexander Rich is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
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Kahmann, Jan D., Vera Pütter, Ky Lowenhaupt, et al.. (2004). The solution structure of the N-terminal domain of E3L shows a tyrosine conformation that may explain its reduced affinity to Z-DNA in vitro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(9). 2712–2717. 44 indexed citations
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Rich, Alexander. (1997). Gamow and the Genetic Code. 129. 114. 1 indexed citations
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Pardue, Mary Lou, Ky Lowenhaupt, Alexander Rich, & Alfred Nordheim. (1987). (dC-dA)n.(dG-dT)n sequences have evolutionarily conserved chromosomal locations in Drosophila with implications for roles in chromosome structure and function.. The EMBO Journal. 6(6). 1781–1789. 132 indexed citations
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Klein, Harold P., Joshua Lederberg, & Alexander Rich. (1972). Biological experiments: The viking Mars lander. Icarus. 16(1). 139–146. 21 indexed citations
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Warner, Jonathan R., Paul M. Knopf, & Alexander Rich. (1963). A MULTIPLE RIBOSOMAL STRUCTURE IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 49(1). 122–129. 449 indexed citations breakdown →

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