B Zimm

7.8k citations

30 papers · 6.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes top 0.5%
- Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
Polymers and Plastics top 0.5%
- Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
- Polymer crystallization and properties

Papers in

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 10
- Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies 9
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 4
- Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions 3

Co-authors: J. K. Bragg Donald M. Crothers Victor A. Bloomfield Ruth Kavenoff Rodney E. Harrington Stephen D. Levene W. H. Stockmayer Marshall Fixman
Journals: The Journal of Chemical Physics (5 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry (3 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (3 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)Biopolymers (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Russia

In The Last Decade

B Zimm

30 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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The physics of rubber elasticity 1959 · 2.4k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1959 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
1959 The Journal of Chemical Physics

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All Works

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#	Work
1	The degradation of T7 DNA in converging flow Nucleic Acids Research ·B Zimm, Victoria Swejda	1990	7
2	Exactly solvable reptation model Physical review. A, General physics ·O. Lumpkin, Stephen D. Levene, B Zimm	1989	21
3	Separations of open-circular DNA using pulsed-field electrophoresis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stephen D. Levene, B Zimm	1987	136
4	Theory of electrophoresis of polyelectrolytes through gels Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Symposia ·Brett Barnes, O. Lumpkin, B Zimm	1985	11
5	Viscoelastic characterization of single-stranded DNA from Escherichia coli Biophysical Journal ·Sirpa Ojanen, B Zimm	1975	9
6	Cyclodromes and Palindromes in Chromosomes Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Isimeme N. Udu, Reed E. Pyeritz, Junior McGhee, Barry M. Dancis, Luo Guifang, Michael D. Bick, Kala Burrell-Craft, B Zimm	1974	17
7	On the Nature of Chromosome-sized DNA Molecules Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Ruth Kavenoff, Lynn C. Klotz, B Zimm	1974	41
8	Chromosome-sized DNA molecules from Drosophila Chromosoma ·Ruth Kavenoff, B Zimm	1973	209
9	Molecular weight of T7 and calf thymus DNA by low‐angle light scattering Biopolymers ·J. A. Harpst, Alvin I. Krasna, B Zimm	1968	41
10	Viscosity, Sedimentation, et Cetera, of Ring- and Straight-Chain Polymers in Dilute Solution The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Victor A. Bloomfield, B Zimm	1966	249
11	Molecular weight of the DNA in the chromosomes of E. coli and B. subtilis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Harold R. Massie, B Zimm	1965	54
12	Cluster Theory of Polyelectrolyte Solutions. I. Activity Coefficients of the Mobile Ions The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Gerald S. Manning, B Zimm	1965	56
13	Viscosity and sedimentation of the DNA from bacteriophages T2 and T7 and the relation to molecular weight Journal of Molecular Biology ·Donald M. Crothers, B Zimm	1965	318
14	Degradation of Polymers by Controlled Hydrodynamic Shear¹ The Journal of Physical Chemistry ·Rodney E. Harrington, B Zimm	1965	158
15	Further remarks concerning the rate of uncoiling of helices of two or more strands Journal of Molecular Biology ·H. C. Longuet–Higgins, B Zimm	1961	4
16	The physics of rubber elasticity Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids ·B Zimm, Neudys Hernández Hit paper breakdown →	1959	2362
17	DETERMINATION OF THE PARAMETERS FOR HELIX FORMATION IN POLY-γ-BENZYL-L-GLUTAMATE Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·B Zimm, Paul Doty, Ramirez Gilbon J	1959	145
18	Rotational Friction Coefficients of Models of Tobacco Mosaic Virus and the Size of the Virus Particle Nature ·Rita Jeffries, B Zimm	1959	21
19	Theory of the One-Dimensional Phase Transition in Polypeptide Chains The Journal of Chemical Physics ·B Zimm, J. K. Bragg	1958	93
20	THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF AMYLOPECTIN¹ Journal of the American Chemical Society ·B Zimm, C. D. Thurmond	1952	13

About B Zimm

B Zimm is a scholar working on Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Physiology and Molecular Biology, having authored 30 papers that have together received 6.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (9 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (3 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (3 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (3 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (781 citations), Polymers and Plastics (1.6k citations), Molecular Medicine (327 citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (444 citations) and Molecular Biology (2.3k citations). B Zimm has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Russia. Frequent co-authors include J. K. Bragg, Donald M. Crothers, Victor A. Bloomfield, Ruth Kavenoff, Rodney E. Harrington, Stephen D. Levene, W. H. Stockmayer, Marshall Fixman, Neville R. Kallenbach and Paul Doty. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Biopolymers.

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