David Popp

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

David Popp is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Popp has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cell Biology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in David Popp's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (15 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers). David Popp is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (15 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers). David Popp collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Singapore and Germany. David Popp's co-authors include Kenneth C. Holmes, Wolfgang Kabsch, Michael G. Lorenz, Robert Robinson, Yuichiro Maéda, Umesh Ghoshdastider, Akihiro Narita, Mitsusada Iwasa, Peter W. Gunning and G. Rosenbaum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David Popp

50 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Atomic model of the actin filament 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 400 800 1.2k
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. Atomic model of the actin filament
    1990 1.4k citations Kenneth C. Holmes, David Popp 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 Popp Japan 20 1.6k 1.4k 1.3k 639 315 52 3.2k
Yuichiro Maéda Japan 35 2.2k 1.4× 1.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.4× 675 1.1× 320 1.0× 126 4.3k
Albina Orlova United States 35 1.4k 0.9× 2.1k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 877 1.4× 275 0.9× 59 3.4k
Peter A. Rubenstein United States 37 2.4k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 334 0.5× 260 0.8× 118 4.0k
Brian Pope United Kingdom 35 2.4k 1.5× 2.3k 1.7× 1.5k 1.2× 529 0.8× 181 0.6× 48 4.7k
Akihiro Narita Japan 24 928 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 439 0.3× 424 0.7× 295 0.9× 67 2.0k
Akihiko Ishijima Japan 29 1.5k 0.9× 944 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 1.1k 1.7× 278 0.9× 60 3.3k
Dorit Hanein United States 42 3.1k 1.9× 3.1k 2.3× 809 0.6× 768 1.2× 235 0.7× 86 6.3k
Kazuo Sutoh Japan 40 3.1k 1.9× 2.8k 2.0× 1.6k 1.2× 397 0.6× 311 1.0× 97 4.9k
Takeyuki Wakabayashi Japan 29 1.8k 1.1× 885 0.6× 1.7k 1.3× 463 0.7× 73 0.2× 84 3.1k
Atsuko H. Iwane Japan 26 1.2k 0.7× 804 0.6× 703 0.5× 645 1.0× 121 0.4× 68 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by David Popp

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Popp

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Popp

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Popp. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Popp based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Popp. David Popp is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Narita, Akihiro, Kotaro Tanaka, Yong Zi Tan, et al.. (2019). The structure of a 15-stranded actin-like filament from Clostridium botulinum. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2856–2856. 4 indexed citations
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Ujfalusi, Zoltán, et al.. (2016). Large-scale purification and in vitro characterization of the assembly of MreB from Leptospira interrogans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1860(9). 1942–1952. 9 indexed citations
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Popp, David, et al.. (2012). Microtubule-like Properties of the Bacterial Actin Homolog ParM-R1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(44). 37078–37088. 3 indexed citations
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Popp, David & Robert Robinson. (2012). Supramolecular cellular filament systems: How and why do they form?. Cytoskeleton. 69(2). 71–87. 13 indexed citations
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Popp, David & Robert Robinson. (2011). Many ways to build an actin filament. Molecular Microbiology. 80(2). 300–308. 15 indexed citations
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Popp, David, Weijun Xu, Akihiro Narita, et al.. (2010). Structure and Filament Dynamics of the pSK41 Actin-like ParM Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(13). 10130–10140. 39 indexed citations
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Popp, David, Mitsusada Iwasa, Harold Erickson, et al.. (2010). Suprastructures and Dynamic Properties of Mycobacterium tuberculosis FtsZ. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(15). 11281–11289. 38 indexed citations
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Popp, David & Robert Robinson. (2010). Bacterial cytoskeleton suprastructures and their physical origin. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 3(5). 451–453. 1 indexed citations
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Popp, David, Mitsusada Iwasa, Akihiro Narita, Harold Erickson, & Yuichiro Maéda. (2009). FtsZ condensates: An in vitro electron microscopy study. Biopolymers. 91(5). 340–350. 92 indexed citations
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Popp, David, Akihiro Narita, Mitsusada Iwasa, Yuichiro Maéda, & Robert Robinson. (2009). Molecular mechanism of bundle formation by the bacterial actin ParM. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 391(4). 1598–1603. 16 indexed citations
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Popp, David, Nir S. Gov, Mitsusada Iwasa, & Yuichiro Maéda. (2008). Effect of short‐range forces on the length distribution of fibrous cytoskeletal proteins. Biopolymers. 89(9). 711–721. 17 indexed citations
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Popp, David, Akihiro Narita, Toshiro Oda, et al.. (2008). Molecular structure of the ParM polymer and the mechanism leading to its nucleotide‐driven dynamic instability. The EMBO Journal. 27(3). 570–579. 65 indexed citations
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Popp, David, Akihiro Yamamoto, Mitsusada Iwasa, Yasushi Nitanai, & Yuichiro Maéda. (2007). Single molecule polymerization, annealing and bundling dynamics of SipA induced actin filaments. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 65(2). 165–177. 9 indexed citations
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Popp, David, Akihiro Yamamoto, Mitsusada Iwasa, et al.. (2006). Concerning the dynamic instability of actin homolog ParM. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 353(1). 109–114. 27 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Michael G., David Popp, K. J. V. Poole, G. Rosenbaum, & Kenneth C. Holmes. (1995). An Atomic Model of the Unregulated Thin Filament Obtained by X-Ray Fiber Diffraction on Oriented Actin-Tropomyosin Gels.. Biophysical Journal. 68.
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Popp, David & Yuichiro Maéda. (1993). Calcium Ions and the Structure of Muscle Actin Filament An X-ray Diffraction Study. Journal of Molecular Biology. 229(2). 279–285. 14 indexed citations
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Maéda, Yuichiro, David Popp, & Alex Stewart. (1992). Time-resolved x-ray diffraction study of the troponin-associated reflexions from the frog muscle. Biophysical Journal. 63(3). 815–822. 15 indexed citations
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Popp, David. (1991). X-ray diffraction studies on muscle regulation. Advances in Biophysics. 27. 89–103. 16 indexed citations
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Lowy, J., David Popp, & Alex Stewart. (1991). X-ray studies of order-disorder transitions in the myosin heads of skinned rabbit psoas muscles. Biophysical Journal. 60(4). 812–824. 37 indexed citations
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Popp, David, et al.. (1990). Supercoiling of f-Actin filaments. Journal of Structural Biology. 103(3). 225–231. 7 indexed citations

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