Erik D. Carlson

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 947 citations indexed

About

Erik D. Carlson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik D. Carlson has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 947 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Erik D. Carlson's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Erik D. Carlson is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Erik D. Carlson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Erik D. Carlson's co-authors include Michael C. Jewett, Rui Gan, C. Eric Hodgman, Teresa Szal, Alexander S. Mankin, Tanja Florin, Cédric Orelle, Do Soon Kim, Brian R. Fritz and Michael J. Hammerling and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Erik D. Carlson

9 papers receiving 934 citations

Hit Papers

Cell-free protein synthesis: Applications come of age 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Cell-free protein synthesis: Applications come of age
    2011 522 citations Erik D. Carlson, Rui Gan et al. Biotechnology Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erik D. Carlson United States 8 868 164 127 121 97 9 947
Benjamin J. Des Soye United States 13 651 0.8× 139 0.8× 160 1.3× 81 0.7× 58 0.6× 19 817
Doreen A. Wüstenhagen Germany 17 657 0.8× 103 0.6× 226 1.8× 118 1.0× 87 0.9× 28 789
Marlitt Stech Germany 15 630 0.7× 83 0.5× 252 2.0× 114 0.9× 76 0.8× 23 755
Hung‐Ju Chang Taiwan 14 405 0.5× 101 0.6× 137 1.1× 57 0.5× 83 0.9× 23 530
Lena Thoring Germany 10 416 0.5× 66 0.4× 123 1.0× 82 0.7× 58 0.6× 16 500
James Zawada United States 8 614 0.7× 93 0.6× 223 1.8× 128 1.1× 70 0.7× 10 685
Weston Kightlinger United States 13 498 0.6× 67 0.4× 115 0.9× 82 0.7× 48 0.5× 19 605
Andreas Christmann Germany 13 523 0.6× 72 0.4× 237 1.9× 106 0.9× 60 0.6× 18 672
Anne Zemella Germany 9 374 0.4× 55 0.3× 104 0.8× 73 0.6× 46 0.5× 30 458
Sau‐Ching Wu Canada 15 535 0.6× 139 0.8× 119 0.9× 103 0.9× 47 0.5× 21 748

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erik D. Carlson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik D. Carlson

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All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Carlson, Erik D., Jakub Rajniak, & Elizabeth S. Sattely. (2023). Multiplicity of the Agrobacterium Infection of Nicotiana benthamiana for Transient DNA Delivery. ACS Synthetic Biology. 12(8). 2329–2338. 24 indexed citations
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Perez, Jessica G., et al.. (2021). Improving genomically recoded Escherichia coli to produce proteins containing non‐canonical amino acids. Biotechnology Journal. 17(4). e2100330–e2100330. 7 indexed citations
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Hammerling, Michael J., et al.. (2020). In vitro ribosome synthesis and evolution through ribosome display. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1108–1108. 60 indexed citations
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Carlson, Erik D., Anne E. d’Aquino, Do Soon Kim, et al.. (2019). Engineered ribosomes with tethered subunits for expanding biological function. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3920–3920. 55 indexed citations
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Yesselman, Joseph D., Daniel Eiler, Erik D. Carlson, et al.. (2019). Computational design of three-dimensional RNA structure and function. Nature Nanotechnology. 14(9). 866–873. 49 indexed citations
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Gan, Rui, Jessica G. Perez, Erik D. Carlson, et al.. (2016). Translation system engineering in Escherichia coli enhances non‐canonical amino acid incorporation into proteins. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 114(5). 1074–1086. 49 indexed citations
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Orelle, Cédric, Erik D. Carlson, Teresa Szal, et al.. (2015). Protein synthesis by ribosomes with tethered subunits. Nature. 524(7563). 119–124. 176 indexed citations
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Carlson, Erik D.. (2015). Creating Ribo-T: (Design, Build, Test)n. ACS Synthetic Biology. 4(11). 1173–1175. 5 indexed citations
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Carlson, Erik D., Rui Gan, C. Eric Hodgman, & Michael C. Jewett. (2011). Cell-free protein synthesis: Applications come of age. Biotechnology Advances. 30(5). 1185–1194. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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