David A. Brant

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

David A. Brant is a scholar working on Food Science, Plant Science and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Brant has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Food Science, 21 papers in Plant Science and 17 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in David A. Brant's work include Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (30 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (19 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (12 papers). David A. Brant is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (30 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (19 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (12 papers). David A. Brant collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Japan. David A. Brant's co-authors include Paul J. Flory, Theresa M. McIntire, Wilmer G. Miller, Bjørn T. Stokke, Gaio Paradossi, Daniel P. Miranker, Olav Smidsrød, Attilio Cesàro, Alan E. Tonelli and Kjell M. Vårum and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

David A. Brant

72 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Configuration of Random Polypeptide Chains. II. Theory 1965 2026 1985 2005 1965 1967 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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 Configuration of Random Polypeptide Chains. II. Theory
    1965 345 citations David A. Brant, Paul J. Flory Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. Conformational energy estimates for statistically coiling polypeptide chains
    1967 299 citations David A. Brant, Paul J. Flory 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
David A. Brant United States 35 1.2k 1.0k 987 704 583 74 3.6k
Takashi Norisuye Japan 36 746 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 1.5k 1.5× 1.7k 2.4× 1.0k 1.7× 145 5.0k
G. Holzwarth United States 26 1.5k 1.2× 458 0.4× 414 0.4× 320 0.5× 286 0.5× 71 3.3k
Henriette Molinari Italy 33 2.0k 1.7× 530 0.5× 134 0.1× 919 1.3× 719 1.2× 142 3.8k
A. Darke United Kingdom 17 768 0.6× 586 0.6× 611 0.6× 160 0.2× 62 0.1× 22 1.9k
Bijan Ranjbar Iran 34 2.6k 2.1× 179 0.2× 537 0.5× 301 0.4× 777 1.3× 162 4.2k
Michel Ollivon France 45 2.1k 1.7× 2.3k 2.2× 75 0.1× 1.3k 1.8× 526 0.9× 148 5.4k
David A. Pink Canada 33 1.8k 1.5× 793 0.8× 120 0.1× 450 0.6× 423 0.7× 154 3.6k
Robert J. Falconer Australia 29 1.1k 0.9× 555 0.5× 348 0.4× 116 0.2× 223 0.4× 75 2.6k
Elaine Stephens United Kingdom 29 1.8k 1.5× 178 0.2× 1.1k 1.1× 310 0.4× 193 0.3× 44 3.0k
Rajiv Bhat India 23 1.7k 1.4× 244 0.2× 197 0.2× 374 0.5× 454 0.8× 58 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David A. Brant

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David A. Brant

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brant, David A., et al.. (2002). Rheology of Concentrated Isotropic and Anisotropic Xanthan Solutions:  3. Temperature Dependence. Biomacromolecules. 3(4). 742–753. 29 indexed citations
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Miranker, Daniel P., et al.. (2002). Selective indexing speeds production systems. 416–423. 3 indexed citations
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Brant, David A., et al.. (2002). Rheology of Concentrated Isotropic and Anisotropic Xanthan Solutions. 2. A Semiflexible Wormlike Intermediate Molecular Weight Sample. Macromolecules. 35(6). 2223–2234. 50 indexed citations
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McIntire, Theresa M. & David A. Brant. (1999). Imaging of carrageenan macrocycles and amylose using noncontact atomic force microscopy. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 26(4). 303–310. 61 indexed citations
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Gregurick, Susan, et al.. (1999). Anharmonic Vibrational Self-Consistent Field Calculations as an Approach to Improving Force Fields for Monosaccharides. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 103(17). 3476–3488. 29 indexed citations
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McIntire, Theresa M. & David A. Brant. (1997). Imaging of individual biopolymers and supramolecular assemblies using noncontact atomic force microscopy. Biopolymers. 42(2). 133–146. 82 indexed citations
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Brant, David A., et al.. (1995). The dependence of glucan conformational dynamics on linkage position and stereochemistry. Carbohydrate Research. 278(1). 11–26. 27 indexed citations
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Stokke, Bjørn T., Todd Talashek, & David A. Brant. (1994). Influence of Aqueous Solvation on Side Chain-Backbone Interaction in Comblike Branched Bacterial Polysaccharides. Macromolecules. 27(5). 1124–1135. 5 indexed citations
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Stokke, Bjørn T., Arnljot Elgsaeter, David A. Brant, T. Kuge, & Shinichi Kitamura. (1993). Macromolecular cyclization of (1 → 6)‐branched‐(1 → 3)‐β‐D‐glucans observed after denaturation–renaturation of the triple‐helical structure. Biopolymers. 33(1). 193–198. 50 indexed citations
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Brant, David A.. (1993). Inferencing on large data sets. 4 indexed citations
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Brant, David A., et al.. (1993). Thermal treatment of semi-dilute aqueous xanthan solutions yields weak gels with properties resembling hyaluronic acid. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 15(1). 3–10. 24 indexed citations
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Brant, David A., et al.. (1991). Effects of Database Size on Rule System Performance: Five Case Studies. Very Large Data Bases. 287–296. 33 indexed citations
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Wu, Helen Y., et al.. (1991). Comparison of the conformational dynamics of the (1 → 4)‐ and (1 → 6)‐linked α‐D‐glucans using 13C‐NMR relaxation. Biopolymers. 31(13). 1581–1592. 25 indexed citations
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Miranker, Daniel P., et al.. (1990). On the performance of lazy matching in production systems. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 685–692. 56 indexed citations
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Stokke, Bjørn T. & David A. Brant. (1990). The reliability of wormlike polysaccharide chain dimensions estimated from electron micrographs. Biopolymers. 30(13-14). 1161–1181. 69 indexed citations
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Brant, David A.. (1981). Solution properties of polysaccharides : based on a symposium. 1 indexed citations
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Brant, David A., et al.. (1980). Unperturbed Dimensions of Amylose in Binary Water/Dimethyl Sulfoxide Mixtures. Macromolecules. 13(3). 491–499. 32 indexed citations
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Brant, David A.. (1976). Natural and synthetic polymers (Bolker, Henry I.). Journal of Chemical Education. 53(8). A346–A346.
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Brant, David A. & Paul Schimmel. (1967). Analysis of the skeletal configuration of crystalline hen egg-white lysozyme.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 58(2). 428–435. 16 indexed citations
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Brant, David A. & Paul J. Flory. (1965). The Role of Dipole Interactions in Determining Polypeptide Configurations. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 87(3). 663–664. 69 indexed citations

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