Christopher R. Staples

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

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Christopher R. Staples is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher R. Staples has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher R. Staples's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (13 papers), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (10 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers). Christopher R. Staples is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (13 papers), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (10 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers). Christopher R. Staples collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Norway. Christopher R. Staples's co-authors include Robert E. Blankenship, Jason Raymond, Janet L. Siefert, Paul W. Ludden, Jongyun Heo, Michael K. Johnson, Robert L. Kerby, Gary P. Roberts, Michael W. W. Adams and Peter Schürmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Christopher R. Staples

18 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

The Natural History of Nitrogen Fixation

2004 594 citations Jason Raymond, Janet L. Siefert et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher R. Staples United States	15	423	378	281	209	185	18	1.1k
D C Yoch United States	24	639 1.5×	523 1.4×	318 1.1×	213 1.0×	156 0.8×	44	1.4k
Duane C. Yoch United States	20	455 1.1×	331 0.9×	289 1.0×	113 0.5×	86 0.5×	30	1.2k
Kazuhito Inoue Japan	26	1.5k 3.5×	601 1.6×	404 1.4×	241 1.2×	174 0.9×	60	1.9k
Herbert Böhme Germany	25	1.4k 3.4×	809 2.1×	213 0.8×	439 2.1×	136 0.7×	57	1.8k
Marcus Ludwig United States	22	860 2.0×	1.1k 2.8×	410 1.5×	107 0.5×	61 0.3×	27	1.8k
Sriram Satagopan United States	15	816 1.9×	305 0.8×	384 1.4×	110 0.5×	51 0.3×	20	1.2k
Jonathan D. Caranto United States	17	335 0.8×	155 0.4×	230 0.8×	56 0.3×	277 1.5×	26	1.2k
Amaya M. Garcia Costas United States	11	660 1.6×	229 0.6×	365 1.3×	102 0.5×	40 0.2×	12	994
Manuel Losada Spain	22	668 1.6×	361 1.0×	126 0.4×	298 1.4×	35 0.2×	48	1.1k
Hirofumi Nishihara Japan	16	369 0.9×	473 1.3×	168 0.6×	38 0.2×	52 0.3×	37	963

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18 of 18 papers shown

Staples, Christopher R., et al.. (2007). Expression and Association of Group IV Nitrogenase NifD and NifH Homologs in the Non-Nitrogen-Fixing ArchaeonMethanocaldococcus jannaschii. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(20). 7392–7398. 45 indexed citations

Raymond, Jason, Janet L. Siefert, Christopher R. Staples, & Robert E. Blankenship. (2004). The Natural History of Nitrogen Fixation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21(3). 541–554. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

Heo, Jongyun, Marcus T. Wolfe, Christopher R. Staples, & Paul W. Ludden. (2002). Converting the NiFeS Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase to a Hydrogenase and a Hydroxylamine Reductase. Journal of Bacteriology. 184(21). 5894–5897. 25 indexed citations

Heo, Jongyun, Lars Skjeldal, Christopher R. Staples, & Paul W. Ludden. (2002). Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum produces formate. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 7(7-8). 810–814. 13 indexed citations

Youn, Hwan, Robert L. Kerby, Marc V. Thorsteinsson, et al.. (2001). The Heme Pocket Afforded by Gly117 Is Crucial for Proper Heme Ligation and Activity of CooA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(45). 41603–41610. 23 indexed citations

Thorsteinsson, Marc V., Robert L. Kerby, Hwan Youn, et al.. (2001). Redox-mediated Transcriptional Activation in a CooA Variant. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(29). 26807–26813. 14 indexed citations

Heo, Jongyun, Christopher R. Staples, & Paul W. Ludden. (2001). Redox-Dependent CO₂ Reduction Activity of CO Dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum. Biochemistry. 40(25). 7604–7611. 22 indexed citations

Thorsteinsson, Marc V., Robert L. Kerby, Mary Conrad, et al.. (2000). Characterization of Variants Altered at the N-terminal Proline, a Novel Heme-Axial Ligand in CooA, the CO-sensing Transcriptional Activator. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(50). 39332–39338. 38 indexed citations

Heo, Jongyun, et al.. (2000). Evidence for a Ligand CO That Is Required for Catalytic Activity of CO Dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum. Biochemistry. 39(27). 7956–7963. 23 indexed citations

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Rüttimann-Johnson, Carmen, Christopher R. Staples, Priya Rangaraj, Vinod K. Shah, & Paul W. Ludden. (1999). A Vanadium and Iron Cluster Accumulates on VnfX during Iron-Vanadium-cofactor Synthesis for the Vanadium Nitrogenase inAzotobacter vinelandii. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(25). 18087–18092. 23 indexed citations

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Staples, Christopher R., et al.. (1999). Effects of Mutations in Aspartate 14 on the Spectroscopic Properties of the [Fe₃S₄]^+,0 Clusters in Pyrococcus furiosus Ferredoxin. Biochemistry. 38(32). 10585–10593. 12 indexed citations

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Heo, Jongyun, Christopher R. Staples, Joshua Telser, & Paul W. Ludden. (1999). Rhodospirillum rubrum CO-Dehydrogenase. Part 2. Spectroscopic Investigation and Assignment of Spin−Spin Coupling Signals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121(48). 11045–11057. 16 indexed citations

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Brereton, Phillip S., et al.. (1999). Effect of Serinate Ligation at Each of the Iron Sites of the [Fe₄S₄] Cluster of Pyrococcus furiosus Ferredoxin on the Redox, Spectroscopic, and Biological Properties. Biochemistry. 38(32). 10594–10605. 45 indexed citations

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Staples, Christopher R., Jongyun Heo, Nathan J. Spangler, et al.. (1999). Rhodospirillum rubrum CO-Dehydrogenase. Part 1. Spectroscopic Studies of CODH Variant C531A Indicate the Presence of a Binuclear [FeNi] Cluster. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121(48). 11034–11044. 27 indexed citations

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Johnson, M K, et al.. (1998). Novel roles for Fe-S clusters in stabilizing or generating radical intermediates. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 70(4). 939–946. 18 indexed citations

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Staples, Christopher R., Joshua Telser, Brian M. Hoffman, et al.. (1998). Role of the [Fe₄S₄] Cluster in Mediating Disulfide Reduction in Spinach Ferredoxin:Thioredoxin Reductase. Biochemistry. 37(13). 4612–4620. 47 indexed citations

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Staples, Christopher R., Ish K. Dhawan, Michael G. Finnegan, et al.. (1997). Electronic, Magnetic, and Redox Properties of [MFe₃S₄] Clusters (M = Cd, Cu, Cr) in Pyrococcus furiosus Ferredoxin. Inorganic Chemistry. 36(25). 5740–5749. 24 indexed citations

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Staples, Christopher R., et al.. (1996). The Function and Properties of the Iron−Sulfur Center in Spinach Ferredoxin:Thioredoxin Reductase: A New Biological Role for Iron−Sulfur Clusters. Biochemistry. 35(35). 11425–11434. 60 indexed citations

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