Elliot Volkin

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Elliot Volkin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Elliot Volkin has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Elliot Volkin's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers). Elliot Volkin is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers). Elliot Volkin collaborates with scholars based in United States. Elliot Volkin's co-authors include Waldo E. Cohn, Lazarus Astrachan, Joseph X. Khym, Daniel Billen, F.J. Finamore, John R. Totter, James D. Regan, Robert K. Fujimura, Pai C. Kao and David G. Doherty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Elliot Volkin

45 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Estimation of Nucleic Acids 1954 2026 1978 2002 1954 100 200 300
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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. Estimation of Nucleic Acids
    1954 387 citations Elliot Volkin, Waldo E. Cohn profile →

Peers

Elliot Volkin
Hazel D. Barner United States
Joel G. Flaks United States
Reiji Okazaki Japan
Joseph F. Speyer United States
Albert J. Wahba United States
David A. Goldthwait United States
John Josse United States
Morton Mandel United States
Elisabeth Bautz Freese United States
Jean Apgar United States
Hazel D. Barner United States
Elliot Volkin
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Countries citing papers authored by Elliot Volkin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elliot Volkin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elliot Volkin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Elliot Volkin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Elliot Volkin 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 Elliot Volkin. Elliot Volkin 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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Volkin, Elliot. (2001). The Discovery of mRNA. Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research. 488(2). 87–91. 2 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot. (1998). Synthesis and function of the DNA-like RNA.. PubMed. 21. 112–9.
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Volkin, Elliot. (1995). What was the message?. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 20(5). 206–209. 2 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot, et al.. (1983). The effect of chemical mutagens on purine and pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 755(2). 217–224. 14 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot, et al.. (1980). Chromatin-associated RNA: Differential extraction and characterization. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 607(2). 304–318. 11 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot, et al.. (1980). Suppression of the biosynthesis of guanosine triphosphate by protein synthesis inhibitors.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 255(19). 9105–9109. 12 indexed citations
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Regan, James D., et al.. (1977). RNA synthesis and processing as a measure of phenotypic variability in cytodifferentiation and neoplasia. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 91(1). 1–14. 9 indexed citations
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Khym, Joseph X., et al.. (1977). The co-use of retention time and bandwidth measurements in evaluations of nucleotide pools by ion-exchange chromatography. Analytical Biochemistry. 77(2). 446–463. 25 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot, et al.. (1976). Wasting of 18 S ribosomal RNA by human myeloma cells cultured in adenosine. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 88(2). 197–206. 16 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot, et al.. (1973). The integrity of human lymphoblastoid RNA after incorporation by human skin fibroblasts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 324(3). 334–345. 4 indexed citations
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Kao, Pai C., James D. Regan, & Elliot Volkin. (1973). Fate of homologous and heterologous DNAs after incorporation into human skin fibroblasts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 324(1). 1–13. 15 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot, et al.. (1972). DEAE-Sephadex chromatography of guanylate oligomers using guanidinium chloride. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 277(2). 290–300. 5 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot & W. Stuart Riggsby. (1969). Some properties of bacteriophage messenger RNA's.. PubMed. 61(1). Suppl:409–28. 1 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot. (1965). Genetic Recombination in Bacteriophage. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 4. 51–80. 4 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot, et al.. (1962). DISSOCIATION OF MACROMOLECULAR SYNTHETIC PROCESSES IN T2-INFECTED E. COLI. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 48(12). 2193–2200. 13 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot. (1960). THE FUNCTION OF RNA IN T2-INFECTED BACTERIA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 46(10). 1336–1349. 19 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot & Lazarus Astrachan. (1956). Intracellular distribution of labeled ribonucleic acid after phage infection of Escherichia coli. Virology. 2(4). 433–437. 27 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot & Lazarus Astrachan. (1956). Phosphorus incorporation in Escherichia coli ribonucleic acid after infection with bacteriophage T2. Virology. 2(2). 149–161. 248 indexed citations
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Volkin, Elliot & Waldo E. Cohn. (1953). ON THE STRUCTURE OF RIBONUCLEIC ACIDS. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 205(2). 767–782. 131 indexed citations

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