Colin A. Wraight

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Colin A. Wraight is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin A. Wraight has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 34 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Colin A. Wraight's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (96 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (47 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (34 papers). Colin A. Wraight is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (96 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (47 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (34 papers). Colin A. Wraight collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and United Kingdom. Colin A. Wraight's co-authors include A.R. Crofts, Antony R. Crofts, Eiji Takahashi, Péter Maróti, Roderick K. Clayton, Robert J. Shopes, Vladimir P. Shinkarev, R. E. Overfield, Joachim D. Müller and G. Ulrich Nienhaus and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Colin A. Wraight

100 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

The electrochemical domain of photosynthesis 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300 400 500
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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. The electrochemical domain of photosynthesis
    1983 521 citations Colin A. Wraight et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin A. Wraight United States 41 4.4k 2.0k 1.6k 757 728 101 5.1k
Paul Mathis France 41 4.2k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 761 1.0× 140 5.0k
Jacques Breton France 39 4.4k 1.0× 2.5k 1.2× 2.2k 1.4× 851 1.1× 528 0.7× 126 5.2k
A.J. Hoff Netherlands 43 5.1k 1.2× 3.4k 1.7× 1.9k 1.2× 672 0.9× 597 0.8× 208 6.6k
M. Y. Okamura United States 47 6.3k 1.4× 3.0k 1.5× 2.0k 1.3× 608 0.8× 1.0k 1.4× 117 7.3k
Klaus Brettel France 38 4.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 2.6k 1.6× 1.8k 2.4× 694 1.0× 76 5.5k
J. Amesz Netherlands 43 5.8k 1.3× 2.5k 1.3× 2.3k 1.5× 1.3k 1.7× 1.5k 2.1× 166 6.6k
E. Schlodder Germany 42 3.9k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 667 0.9× 595 0.8× 89 4.4k
Robert Bittl Germany 51 3.4k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 1.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.9× 722 1.0× 184 7.1k
Tomáš Polı́vka Czechia 47 5.0k 1.1× 2.7k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 551 0.7× 2.0k 2.8× 145 7.5k
Michael R. Jones United Kingdom 36 2.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 336 0.4× 649 0.9× 141 3.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Almeida, Wagner B. De, Alexander T. Taguchi, Sergei A. Dikanov, Colin A. Wraight, & Patrick J. O’Malley. (2014). The 2-Methoxy Group Orientation Regulates the Redox Potential Difference between the Primary (QA) and Secondary (QB) Quinones of Type II Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 5(15). 2506–2509. 14 indexed citations
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Wraight, Colin A., et al.. (2014). The rate of second electron transfer to Q B − in bacterial reaction center of impaired proton delivery shows hydrogen-isotope effect. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1847(2). 223–230. 6 indexed citations
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Martin, Erik, et al.. (2011). Hydrogen Bonding and Spin Density Distribution in the QBSemiquinone of Bacterial Reaction Centers and Comparison with the QASite. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(14). 5525–5537. 32 indexed citations
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Ham, Moon‐Ho, Jong Hyun Choi, Ardemis A. Boghossian, et al.. (2010). Photoelectrochemical complexes for solar energy conversion that chemically and autonomously regenerate. Nature Chemistry. 2(11). 929–936. 107 indexed citations
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Kokhan, Oleksandr, Colin A. Wraight, & Emad Tajkhorshid. (2010). The Binding Interface of Cytochrome c and Cytochrome c1 in the bc1 Complex: Rationalizing the Role of Key Residues. Biophysical Journal. 99(8). 2647–2656. 35 indexed citations
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Maróti, Péter & Colin A. Wraight. (2008). The redox midpoint potential of the primary quinone of reaction centers in chromatophores of Rhodobacter sphaeroides is pH independent. European Biophysics Journal. 37(7). 1207–1217. 19 indexed citations
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Shinkarev, Vladimir P. & Colin A. Wraight. (2007). Intermonomer electron transfer in the bc1 complex dimer is controlled by the energized state and by impaired electron transfer between low and high potential hemes. FEBS Letters. 581(8). 1535–1541. 35 indexed citations
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Shinkarev, Vladimir P., Antony R. Crofts, & Colin A. Wraight. (2006). Spectral and kinetic resolution of the bc1 complex components in situ: A simple and robust alternative to the traditional difference wavelength approach. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1757(4). 273–283. 3 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Eiji & Colin A. Wraight. (2005). Small Weak Acids Reactivate Proton Transfer in Reaction Centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides Mutated at AspL210 and AspM17. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(7). 4413–4422. 24 indexed citations
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Gerencsér, László, László Rinyu, László Kálmán, et al.. (2004). Competitive binding of quinone and antibiotic stigmatellin to reaction centers of photosynthetic bacteria. Acta Biologica Szegediensis. 48. 25–33. 7 indexed citations
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Wraight, Colin A.. (2004). Proton and electron transfer in the acceptor quinone complex of photosynthetic reaction centers from Rhodobacter Sphaeroides. Frontiers in bioscience. 9(1-3). 309–309. 147 indexed citations
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Osváth, Szabolcs, Jonathan W. Larson, & Colin A. Wraight. (2001). Site specific labeling of Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centers with dye probes for surface pH measurements. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1505(2-3). 238–247. 7 indexed citations
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Shinkarev, Vladimir P. & Colin A. Wraight. (1993). Kinetic factors in the bicycle model of oxygen evolution by Photosystem II. Photosynthesis Research. 38(3). 315–321. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Xilin, Jiangbei Cao, Péter Maróti, et al.. (1992). Is bicarbonate in Photosystem II the equivalent of the glutamate ligand to the iron atom in bacterial reaction centers?. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1100(1). 1–8. 57 indexed citations
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Wraight, Colin A., et al.. (1990). Investigations on the influence of headgroup substitution and isoprene side-chain length in the function of primary and secondary quinones of bacterial reaction centers. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1015(1). 156–171. 77 indexed citations
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Wraight, Colin A., et al.. (1990). Inhibition and labelling of isolated reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. Photosynthesis Research. 26(3). 195–201. 1 indexed citations
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Shopes, Robert J., Danny J. Blubaugh, Colin A. Wraight, & Govindjee. (1989). Absence of a bicarbonate-depletion effect in electron transfer between quinones in chromatophores and reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 974(1). 114–118. 28 indexed citations
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Shopes, Robert J. & Colin A. Wraight. (1987). Charge recombination from the P+Q−A state in reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas viridis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 893(3). 409–425. 70 indexed citations
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Overfield, R. E. & Colin A. Wraight. (1986). Photooxidation of mitochondrial cytochrome c by isolated bacterial reaction centers: Evidence for tight-binding and diffusional pathways. Photosynthesis Research. 9(1-2). 167–179. 15 indexed citations

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