Frederic M. Richards

16.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
106 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Frederic M. Richards is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederic M. Richards has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Frederic M. Richards's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (39 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (37 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers). Frederic M. Richards is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (39 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (37 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers). Frederic M. Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frederic M. Richards's co-authors include Jay W. Ponder, Robert O. Fox, Craig E. Kundrot, Paul J. Vithayathil, Wendell A. Lim, David M. LeMaster, Timothy J. Richmond, Florante A. Quiocho, Kuan Wang and Harold W. Wyckoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Frederic M. Richards

106 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

AREAS, VOLUMES, PACKING, AND PROTEIN STRUCTURE 1959 2026 1981 2003 1977 1987 1987 1974 1982 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. AREAS, VOLUMES, PACKING, AND PROTEIN STRUCTURE
    1977 2.2k citations Frederic M. Richards profile →
  2. Tertiary templates for proteins
    1987 1.3k citations Frederic M. Richards et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  3. An efficient newton‐like method for molecular mechanics energy minimization of large molecules
    1987 792 citations Frederic M. Richards et al. profile →
  4. The interpretation of protein structures: Total volume, group volume distributions and packing density
    1974 765 citations Frederic M. Richards Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  5. A voltage-gated ion channel model inferred from the crystal structure of alamethicin at 1.5-Å resolution
    1982 626 citations Robert O. Fox, Frederic M. Richards profile →
  6. The Preparation of Subtilisin-modified Ribonuclease and the Separation of the Peptide and Protein Components
    1959 541 citations Frederic M. Richards et al. profile →
  7. The Three-Dimensional Structure of Ribonuclease-S
    1970 441 citations Frederic M. Richards 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
Frederic M. Richards United States 50 11.1k 4.8k 1.8k 1.5k 1.2k 106 14.2k
F.M. Richards United States 31 8.7k 0.8× 3.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 783 0.7× 47 11.4k
George D. Rose United States 52 10.9k 1.0× 5.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 846 0.6× 855 0.7× 112 12.6k
George Némethy United States 56 10.1k 0.9× 3.4k 0.7× 2.9k 1.6× 1.3k 0.9× 2.4k 2.0× 134 15.1k
C. Nick Pace United States 60 15.7k 1.4× 6.1k 1.3× 1.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 202 21.1k
Julian M. Sturtevant United States 64 10.8k 1.0× 2.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 951 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 222 13.4k
D. M. Blow United Kingdom 51 8.5k 0.8× 4.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 821 0.6× 419 0.4× 118 11.6k
S. Swaminathan United States 30 11.7k 1.1× 3.2k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 816 0.6× 2.5k 2.2× 54 16.8k
G. J. B. Williams United States 20 7.0k 0.6× 3.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 605 0.4× 512 0.4× 44 9.5k
Florante A. Quiocho United States 72 13.6k 1.2× 4.8k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 2.3k 1.6× 567 0.5× 205 19.1k
Alan R. Fersht United Kingdom 88 19.6k 1.8× 6.1k 1.3× 1.7k 0.9× 1.9k 1.3× 737 0.6× 246 23.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Richards, Frederic M., David Eisenberg, & Peter S. Kim. (2000). Protein folding mechanisms. Academic Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Richards, Frederic M., Richard Wynn, P.C. Harkins, & Robert O. Fox. (1997). Comparison of straight chain and cyclic unnatural amino acids embedded in the core of staphylococcal nuclease. Protein Science. 6(8). 1621–1626. 13 indexed citations
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Haber, Edgar, Frederic M. Richards, David Eisenberg, & Peter Kim. (1996). Antigen binding molecules : antibodies and T-cell receptors. Academic Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Wynn, Richard, Melanie J. Cocco, & Frederic M. Richards. (1995). Mixed disulfide intermediates during the reduction of disulfides by Escherichia coli thioredoxin. Biochemistry. 34(37). 11807–11813. 36 indexed citations
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Wynn, Richard & Frederic M. Richards. (1995). [33] Chemical modification of protein thiols: Formationof mixed disulfides. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 251. 351–356. 45 indexed citations
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Wishart, David S., Robert F. Boyko, Leigh Willard, Frederic M. Richards, & Brian D. Sykes. (1994). SEQSEE: a comprehensive program suite for protein sequence analysis. Computer applications in the biosciences. 10(2). 121–132. 49 indexed citations
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Lim, Wendell A., Robert O. Fox, & Frederic M. Richards. (1994). Stability and peptide binding affinity of an SH3 domain from the Caenorhabditis elegans signaling protein Sem‐5. Protein Science. 3(8). 1261–1266. 47 indexed citations
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Richards, Frederic M. & Wendell A. Lim. (1993). An analysis of packing in the protein folding problem. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics. 26(4). 423–498. 186 indexed citations
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Wishart, David S., Brian D. Sykes, & Frederic M. Richards. (1993). Improved synthetic methods for the selective deuteration of aromatic amino acids: applications of selective protonation towards the identification of protein folding intermediates through nuclear magnetic resonance. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1164(1). 36–46. 22 indexed citations
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Wishart, David S., Brian D. Sykes, & Frederic M. Richards. (1992). An improved synthesis of α‐13C glycine and heteronuclear NMR studies of its incorporation into thioredoxin. Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 31(12). 1019–1028. 2 indexed citations
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Varadarajan, Raghavan, Patrick R. Connelly, Julian M. Sturtevant, & Frederic M. Richards. (1992). Heat capacity changes for protein-peptide interactions in the ribonuclease S system. Biochemistry. 31(5). 1421–1426. 83 indexed citations
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Richards, Frederic M.. (1992). Linderstrøm‐Lang and the Carlsberg Laboratory: The view of a postdoctoral fellow in 1954. Protein Science. 1(12). 1721–1730. 22 indexed citations
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Richards, Frederic M.. (1991). The Protein Folding Problem. Scientific American. 264(1). 54–63. 88 indexed citations
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Borden, Katherine L. B. & Frederic M. Richards. (1990). Folding kinetics of phage T4 thioredoxin. Biochemistry. 29(12). 3071–3077. 12 indexed citations
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Borden, Katherine L. B. & Frederic M. Richards. (1990). Folding of the reduced form of the thioredoxin from bacteriophage T4. Biochemistry. 29(36). 8207–8210. 3 indexed citations
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Forman‐Kay, Julie D., G. Marius Clore, Paul C. Driscoll, et al.. (1989). A proton nuclear magnetic resonance assignment and secondary structure determination of recombinant human thioredoxin. Biochemistry. 28(17). 7088–7097. 19 indexed citations
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Kundrot, Craig E. & Frederic M. Richards. (1988). Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the solvent in crystals of hen egg-white lysozyme. Journal of Molecular Biology. 200(2). 401–410. 61 indexed citations
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Kelley, Robert F. & Frederic M. Richards. (1987). Replacement of proline-76 with alanine eliminates the slowest kinetic phase in thioredoxin folding. Biochemistry. 26(21). 6765–6774. 86 indexed citations
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Richmond, Timothy J. & Frederic M. Richards. (1978). Packing of α-helices: Geometrical constraints and contact areas. Journal of Molecular Biology. 119(4). 537–555. 320 indexed citations
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Phillips, David & Frederic M. Richards. (1973). Atlas of molecular structures in biology. Clarendon Press eBooks. 96 indexed citations

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