Gemma Comellas

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Gemma Comellas is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Neurology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Gemma Comellas has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Spectroscopy, 5 papers in Neurology and 5 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Gemma Comellas's work include Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (10 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (5 papers) and Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (3 papers). Gemma Comellas is often cited by papers focused on Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (10 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (5 papers) and Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (3 papers). Gemma Comellas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Germany. Gemma Comellas's co-authors include Chad M. Rienstra, Andrew J. Nieuwkoop, Julia M. George, Marcus D. Tuttle, Luisel Lemkau, Kathryn D. Kloepper, Dominik Berthold, Eric H. Lee, Jen Hsin and Marcos Sotomayor and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Gemma Comellas

14 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Solid-state NMR structure of a pathogenic fibril of full-... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2016 2014 250 500 750
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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. Solid-state NMR structure of a pathogenic fibril of full-length human α-synuclein
    2016 777 citations Marcus D. Tuttle, Gemma Comellas et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
  2. Amphotericin forms an extramembranous and fungicidal sterol sponge
    2014 364 citations Thomas M. Anderson, Mary C. Clay et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gemma Comellas United States 13 810 680 668 499 296 14 2.1k
Andrew J. Nieuwkoop United States 19 834 1.0× 554 0.8× 501 0.8× 1.0k 2.0× 569 1.9× 35 2.4k
Birgit Habenstein France 28 1.3k 1.6× 873 1.3× 696 1.0× 698 1.4× 435 1.5× 79 2.8k
Marcus D. Tuttle United States 6 554 0.7× 469 0.7× 421 0.6× 161 0.3× 128 0.4× 9 1.3k
Amy Kendall United States 17 746 0.9× 555 0.8× 422 0.6× 178 0.4× 135 0.5× 37 1.5k
Thorsten Lührs Switzerland 13 2.9k 3.6× 2.1k 3.1× 400 0.6× 357 0.7× 434 1.5× 21 4.0k
Antoine Loquet France 34 1.6k 2.0× 592 0.9× 145 0.2× 1.5k 3.0× 802 2.7× 104 3.6k
Vincent Oliéric Switzerland 30 1.8k 2.3× 436 0.6× 495 0.7× 119 0.2× 696 2.4× 80 3.1k
Ansgar B. Siemer United States 21 2.3k 2.8× 918 1.4× 115 0.2× 900 1.8× 586 2.0× 33 3.4k
David A. Kocisko United States 24 2.8k 3.4× 548 0.8× 152 0.2× 273 0.5× 245 0.8× 33 3.3k
Elka R. Georgieva United States 17 579 0.7× 247 0.4× 197 0.3× 252 0.5× 325 1.1× 38 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gemma Comellas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gemma Comellas

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Tuttle, Marcus D., Gemma Comellas, Andrew J. Nieuwkoop, et al.. (2016). Solid-state NMR structure of a pathogenic fibril of full-length human α-synuclein. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(5). 409–415. 777 indexed citations breakdown →
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Courtney, Joseph M., Qing Ye, Ming Tang, et al.. (2015). Experimental Protein Structure Verification by Scoring with a Single, Unassigned NMR Spectrum. Structure. 23(10). 1958–1966. 12 indexed citations
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Anderson, Thomas M., Mary C. Clay, Alexander G. Cioffi, et al.. (2014). Amphotericin forms an extramembranous and fungicidal sterol sponge. Nature Chemical Biology. 10(5). 400–406. 364 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lemkau, Luisel, et al.. (2013). Site-Specific Perturbations of Alpha-Synuclein Fibril Structure by the Parkinson's Disease Associated Mutations A53T and E46K. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e49750–e49750. 49 indexed citations
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Comellas, Gemma & Chad M. Rienstra. (2013). Protein Structure Determination by Magic-Angle Spinning Solid-State NMR, and Insights into the Formation, Structure, and Stability of Amyloid Fibrils. Annual Review of Biophysics. 42(1). 515–536. 89 indexed citations
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Tang, Ming, Gemma Comellas, & Chad M. Rienstra. (2013). Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid Fibrils. Accounts of Chemical Research. 46(9). 2080–2088. 76 indexed citations
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Lemkau, Luisel, Gemma Comellas, Kathryn D. Kloepper, et al.. (2012). Mutant Protein A30P α-Synuclein Adopts Wild-type Fibril Structure, Despite Slower Fibrillation Kinetics. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(14). 11526–11532. 60 indexed citations
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Zhou, Donghua H., Andrew J. Nieuwkoop, Dominik Berthold, et al.. (2012). Solid-state NMR analysis of membrane proteins and protein aggregates by proton detected spectroscopy. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 54(3). 291–305. 92 indexed citations
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Comellas, Gemma, Luisel Lemkau, Donghua H. Zhou, Julia M. George, & Chad M. Rienstra. (2012). Structural Intermediates during α-Synuclein Fibrillogenesis on Phospholipid Vesicles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(11). 5090–5099. 118 indexed citations
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Comellas, Gemma, Jakob J. Lopez, Andrew J. Nieuwkoop, Luisel Lemkau, & Chad M. Rienstra. (2011). Straightforward, effective calibration of SPINAL-64 decoupling results in the enhancement of sensitivity and resolution of biomolecular solid-state NMR. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 209(2). 131–135. 50 indexed citations
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Comellas, Gemma, Luisel Lemkau, Andrew J. Nieuwkoop, et al.. (2011). Structured Regions of α-Synuclein Fibrils Include the Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease Mutation Sites. Journal of Molecular Biology. 411(4). 881–895. 132 indexed citations
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Tang, Ming, Gemma Comellas, Leonard J. Mueller, & Chad M. Rienstra. (2010). High resolution 13C-detected solid-state NMR spectroscopy of a deuterated protein. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 48(2). 103–111. 21 indexed citations
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Lee, Eric H., Jen Hsin, Marcos Sotomayor, Gemma Comellas, & Klaus Schulten. (2009). Discovery Through the Computational Microscope. Structure. 17(10). 1295–1306. 250 indexed citations
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Comellas, Gemma, Zuzanna Kaczmarska, Teresa Tarragó, Meritxell Teixidò, & Ernest Giralt. (2009). Exploration of the One-Bead One-Compound Methodology for the Design of Prolyl Oligopeptidase Substrates. PLoS ONE. 4(7). e6222–e6222. 6 indexed citations

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