David Freifelder

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

David Freifelder is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Freifelder has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in David Freifelder's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (46 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (44 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers). David Freifelder is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (46 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (44 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers). David Freifelder collaborates with scholars based in United States and Denmark. David Freifelder's co-authors include Peter F. Davison, Bruce E. Trumbo, Frank C. Bancroft, Albrecht K. Kleinschmidt, Robert B. Uretz, B. W. Holloway, E. Peter Geiduschek, George B. Benedek, Stuart B. Dubin and George M. Malacinski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Freifelder

89 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular weights of coliphages and coliphage DNA 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 100 200 300 400
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. Molecular weights of coliphages and coliphage DNA
    1970 429 citations David Freifelder Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Freifelder United States 32 2.7k 1.1k 734 356 303 92 3.5k
C.A. Thomas United States 36 3.3k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.6× 319 0.9× 494 1.6× 80 4.4k
A. D. Hershey United States 21 3.9k 1.4× 2.1k 1.9× 1.3k 1.8× 303 0.9× 481 1.6× 31 5.0k
David E. Pettijohn United States 32 3.3k 1.2× 844 0.8× 1.4k 1.9× 261 0.7× 253 0.8× 61 3.9k
Elizabeth Burgi United States 21 2.1k 0.8× 936 0.9× 807 1.1× 182 0.5× 156 0.5× 25 2.6k
Jacob Lebowitz United States 32 2.8k 1.0× 688 0.6× 618 0.8× 344 1.0× 254 0.8× 74 4.3k
E.F.J. Van Bruggen Netherlands 37 2.5k 0.9× 658 0.6× 322 0.4× 123 0.3× 305 1.0× 111 3.8k
Geoffrey Zubay United States 38 4.8k 1.8× 770 0.7× 1.4k 1.9× 396 1.1× 335 1.1× 105 5.9k
Jean‐Pierre Ebel France 47 7.0k 2.6× 654 0.6× 950 1.3× 283 0.8× 555 1.8× 200 7.6k
Abraham Worcel United States 38 4.3k 1.6× 600 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 200 0.6× 536 1.8× 60 4.8k
Niels Ole Kjeldgaard Denmark 26 2.3k 0.9× 563 0.5× 1.3k 1.8× 192 0.5× 175 0.6× 45 3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Freifelder

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Malacinski, George M. & David Freifelder. (1998). Student manual to accompany Essentials of molecular biology : a user-friendly guide for learning molecular biology. 2 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David. (1985). Principles of physical chemistry, with applications to the biological sciences. 20 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David. (1978). Molecular biology and biochemistry : problems and applications.
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Freifelder, David. (1978). The DNA molecule : structure and properties : original papers, analyses, and problems. 3 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David. (1978). Recombinant DNA : readings from Scientific American. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 1 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David, et al.. (1977). Thermal hydrolysis as a means of opening supercoiled circles of DNA. Gene. 1(5-6). 385–387. 10 indexed citations
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Ross, Donald G. & David Freifelder. (1976). Maturation of a single λ phage particle from a dimeric circular λ DNA. Virology. 74(2). 414–425. 11 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David & Elizabeth Levine. (1975). The formation of polylysogens during infection of Escherichia coli with bacteriophage λ. Virology. 63(2). 428–437. 5 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David, et al.. (1973). Physical study of prophage excision and curing of λ prophage from lysogenic Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 74(4). 703–720. 16 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David, et al.. (1972). X-ray inactivation of bacteriophages: Role of O2-dependent damage in single- and double-strand DNA phages. Virology. 50(2). 516–519. 5 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David, et al.. (1971). The formation of homoimmune double lysogens of phage λ and the segregation of single lysogens from them. Virology. 44(3). 633–637. 16 indexed citations
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Dubin, Stuart B., George B. Benedek, Frank C. Bancroft, & David Freifelder. (1970). Molecular weights of coliphages and coliphage DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 54(3). 547–556. 109 indexed citations
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Donta, Sam T. & David Freifelder. (1970). Physical Studies of Glycerol Protection against X-Ray Inactivation of Bacteriophage. Radiation Research. 43(3). 654–654. 4 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David & Bruce E. Trumbo. (1969). Matching of single‐strand breaks to form double‐strand breaks in DNA. Biopolymers. 7(5). 681–693. 150 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David, et al.. (1966). Mechanism of X-ray sensitization of bacteriophage T7 by 5-bromouracil. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 3(3). 177–184. 24 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David. (1965). Technique for starvation of Escherichia coli of thymine. Journal of Bacteriology. 90(4). 1153–1154. 24 indexed citations
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Davison, Peter F., David Freifelder, & B. W. Holloway. (1964). Interruptions in the polynucleotide strands in bacteriophage DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 8(1). 1–10. 123 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David, Peter F. Davison, & E. Peter Geiduschek. (1961). Damage by Visible Light to the Acridine Orange-DNA Complex. Biophysical Journal. 1(5). 389–400. 119 indexed citations
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Freifelder, David & Robert B. Uretz. (1960). Dye-sensitized Photo-reactivation of X-ray Damage in Diploid Yeast. Nature. 187(4741). 953–954. 3 indexed citations

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