George Oster

24.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
187 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

George Oster is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, George Oster has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Cell Biology and 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in George Oster's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (33 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (27 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (23 papers). George Oster is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (33 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (27 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (23 papers). George Oster collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Slovakia. George Oster's co-authors include Alex Mogilner, Pere Alberch, Hongyun Wang, Alan S. Perelson, Robert M. May, Garrett M. Odell, Charles S. Peskin, J. D. Murray, David B. Wake and Stephen Jay Gould and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

George Oster

186 papers receiving 16.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Size and shape in ontogeny and phylogeny

1979 1.2k citations Pere Alberch, Stephen Jay Gould et al. Paleobiology profile →
Bifurcations and Dynamic Complexity in Simple Ecological Models

1976 893 citations George Oster et al. profile →
Cell motility driven by actin polymerization

1996 689 citations Alex Mogilner, George Oster Biophysical Journal profile →
Cellular motions and thermal fluctuations: the Brownian ratchet

1993 667 citations George Oster et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
The mechanical basis of morphogenesis

1981 463 citations George Oster, Pere Alberch et al. profile →
Caste and ecology in the social insects.

1978 414 citations George Oster et al. profile →
Theoretical studies of clonal selection: Minimal antibody repertoire size and reliability of self-non-self discrimination

1979 402 citations George Oster et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Oster

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Design principles for robust vesiculation in clathrin-mediated endocytosis 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), George Oster, David G. Drubin, Padmini Rangamani	113
2	Design Principles for Robust Vesiculation in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis 2017 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), George Oster, David G. Drubin, Padmini Rangamani	11
3	Paradoxical signaling regulates structural plasticity in dendritic spines 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Padmini Rangamani, Michael G. Levy, Shahid Khan, George Oster	40
4	Paradoxical Signaling Regulates Structural Plasticity in Dendritic Spines 2016 ·Biophysical Journal ·Padmini Rangamani, Michael B. Levy, Shahid Khan, George Oster	1
5	Bacteria that Glide with Helical Tracks 2014 ·Current Biology ·Beiyan Nan, Mark J. McBride, Jing Chen, David R. Zusman, George Oster	62
6	Dual Biochemical Oscillators May Control Cellular Reversals in Myxococcus xanthus 2014 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), Padmini Rangamani, (unknown), George Oster, James E. Berleman	7
7	Molecular Origins of the Ripple Phase 2014 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), Padmini Rangamani, George Oster, Berend Smit	1
8	Myxobacteria gliding motility requires cytoskeleton rotation powered by proton motive force 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Beiyan Nan, Jing Chen, John C. Neu, Richard M. Berry, George Oster, David R. Zusman	105
9	Coupling Translocation with Nucleic Acid Unwinding by NS3 Helicase 2011 ·Biophysical Journal ·Jin Yu, Wei Cheng, Carlos Bustamante, George Oster	1
10	Experimentalist Meets Theoretician: A Tale of Two Scientific Cultures 2010 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·David G. Drubin, George Oster	10
11	The neural origins of shell structure and pattern in aquatic mollusks 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alistair N. Boettiger, Bard Ermentrout, George Oster	75
12	Endocytic vesicle scission by lipid phase boundary forces 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jian Liu, Marko Kaksonen, David G. Drubin, George Oster	146
13	Torque Generation by the Fo motor of the Sodium ATPase 2004 ·Biophysical Journal ·Jianhua Xing, Hongyun Wang, Christoph von Ballmoos, Peter Dimroth, George Oster	39
14	The Hydration Dynamics of Polyelectrolyte Gels 2002 ·APS March Meeting Abstracts ·Charles W. Wolgemuth, Alex Mogilner, George Oster	1
15	Reverse engineering a protein: the mechanochemistry of ATP synthase 2000 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·George Oster, Hongyun Wang	158
16	ATP synthase: two motors, two fuels 1999 ·Structure ·George Oster, Hongyun Wang	49
17	A cisternal maturation mechanism can explain the asymmetry of the Golgi stack 1997 ·FEBS Letters ·Benjamin S. Glick, Timothy C. Elston, George Oster	138
18	Cell motility driven by actin polymerization breakdown → 1996 ·Biophysical Journal ·Alex Mogilner, George Oster	689
19	Some mathematical questions in biology 1980 ·American Mathematical Society eBooks ·George Oster	2
20	Size and shape in ontogeny and phylogeny breakdown → 1979 ·Paleobiology ·Pere Alberch, Stephen Jay Gould, George Oster, David B. Wake	1246

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