Eric Terzaghi

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Eric Terzaghi is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Terzaghi has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Eric Terzaghi's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (4 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (2 papers). Eric Terzaghi is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (4 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (2 papers). Eric Terzaghi collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Poland. Eric Terzaghi's co-authors include Akira Tsugita, George Streisinger, Yasushi Okada, Joyce Emrich, J. R. Newton, Michael Inouye, Masayori Inouye, Betty E. Terzaghi, Jacques Batut and Julie Collins‐Emerson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Eric Terzaghi

17 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Frameshift Mutations and the Genetic Code 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 250 500 750 1000
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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. Frameshift Mutations and the Genetic Code
    1966 1.2k citations George Streisinger, Yasushi Okada et al. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Terzaghi New Zealand 11 1.3k 421 304 217 183 17 1.6k
Joyce Emrich United States 10 1.4k 1.1× 540 1.3× 455 1.5× 155 0.7× 186 1.0× 11 1.7k
Christine Coulondre Switzerland 8 1.8k 1.4× 706 1.7× 176 0.6× 225 1.0× 261 1.4× 11 2.1k
Dale W. Mosbaugh United States 29 2.0k 1.5× 480 1.1× 363 1.2× 104 0.5× 179 1.0× 48 2.2k
Wilfried Kramer Germany 21 2.4k 1.8× 584 1.4× 228 0.8× 344 1.6× 277 1.5× 37 2.8k
Gérard Buttin France 22 1.7k 1.3× 1.0k 2.5× 193 0.6× 137 0.6× 208 1.1× 42 2.1k
Shirley McCready United Kingdom 29 2.2k 1.7× 297 0.7× 268 0.9× 381 1.8× 181 1.0× 50 2.7k
Claire G. Cupples Canada 21 1.5k 1.2× 538 1.3× 108 0.4× 95 0.4× 294 1.6× 32 1.7k
Lynn S. Ripley United States 18 1.3k 1.0× 578 1.4× 228 0.8× 161 0.7× 153 0.8× 35 1.5k
David C. Hinkle United States 25 2.8k 2.1× 937 2.2× 550 1.8× 317 1.5× 533 2.9× 32 3.0k
K Wiebauer United States 24 1.5k 1.2× 330 0.8× 60 0.2× 348 1.6× 113 0.6× 41 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Terzaghi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Terzaghi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Eric Terzaghi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Eric Terzaghi 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 Eric Terzaghi. Eric Terzaghi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Sharma, Shashi B., et al.. (1994). Construction of a bidirectional promoter probe vector and its use in analysing nod gene expression in Rhizobium loti. Gene. 150(1). 105–109. 10 indexed citations
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Collins‐Emerson, Julie, Eric Terzaghi, & David B. Scott. (1990). Nucleotide sequence ofRhizobium loti nodC. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(22). 6690–6690. 12 indexed citations
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Young, Carolyn A., Julie Collins‐Emerson, Eric Terzaghi, & David B. Scott. (1990). Nucleotide sequence ofRhizobium loti nodI. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(22). 6691–6691. 14 indexed citations
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Batut, Jacques, et al.. (1985). Localization of a symbiotic fix region on Rhizobium meliloti pSym megaplasmid more than 200 kilobases from the nod-nif region. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 199(2). 232–239. 66 indexed citations
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Terzaghi, Eric, et al.. (1984). Molecular evolution : an annotated reader. 409409. 6 indexed citations
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Phua, S. H., et al.. (1981). Curing of a Lysogenic Strain of Streptococcus cremoris and Characterization of the Temperate Bacteriophage. Microbiology. 122(2). 295–303. 16 indexed citations
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Terzaghi, Betty E., Eric Terzaghi, & David H. Coombs. (1979). The role of the collar/whisker complex in bacteriophage T4D tail fiber attachment. Journal of Molecular Biology. 127(1). 1–14. 20 indexed citations
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Terzaghi, Eric & Betty E. Terzaghi. (1978). Effect of Lactose Concentration on the Efficiency of Plating of Bacteriophages on Streptococcus cremoris. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 35(3). 471–478. 7 indexed citations
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Terzaghi, Eric & Betty E. Terzaghi. (1974). Purification and Characterization of the Protein Product of Gene 11 of Bacteriophage T4D. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 249(16). 5119–5125. 11 indexed citations
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Terzaghi, Eric, et al.. (1974). Selective blockage of bacteriophage T4 assembly by chemical modification. Nature. 252(5481). 321–323. 2 indexed citations
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Terzaghi, Eric. (1971). Alternative pathways of tail fiber assembly in bacteriophage T4?. Journal of Molecular Biology. 59(2). 319–327. 19 indexed citations
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Tsugita, Akira, Masayori Inouye, Eric Terzaghi, & George Streisinger. (1968). Purification of Bacteriophage T4 Lysozyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 243(2). 391–397. 192 indexed citations
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Okada, Yasushi, Eric Terzaghi, George Streisinger, et al.. (1966). A FRAME-SHIFT MUTATION INVOLVING THE ADDITION OF TWO BASE PAIRS IN THE LYSOZYME GENE OF PHAGE T4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 56(6). 1692–1698. 22 indexed citations
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Terzaghi, Eric, Yasushi Okada, George Streisinger, et al.. (1966). Change of a sequence of amino acids in phage T4 lysozyme by acridine-induced mutations.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 56(2). 500–507. 62 indexed citations
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Streisinger, George, Yasushi Okada, Joyce Emrich, et al.. (1966). Frameshift Mutations and the Genetic Code. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 31(0). 77–84. 1176 indexed citations breakdown →
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Terzaghi, Eric & Daniel R. Knapp. (1960). PATTERN OF CHROMOSOME VARIABILITY IN DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA. Evolution. 14(3). 347–350. 8 indexed citations
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Terzaghi, Eric & Daniel R. Knapp. (1960). Pattern of Chromosome Variability in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Evolution. 14(3). 347–347. 1 indexed citations

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