Jack Kyte

25.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 21.8k citations indexed

About

Jack Kyte is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack Kyte has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 21.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Jack Kyte's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers), Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (6 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (6 papers). Jack Kyte is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers), Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (6 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (6 papers). Jack Kyte collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Jack Kyte's co-authors include Russell F. Doolittle, Arnold E. Ruoho, W. S. Craig, Harry W. Jarrett, Kirk Tanner, Henry Rodriguez, Guido A. Zampighi, Kai Xu, Robert Bayer and Jay L. Degen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jack Kyte

32 papers receiving 20.8k citations

Hit Papers

A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character ... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k
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.

  1. A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein
    1982 19.9k citations Jack Kyte, Russell F. Doolittle Journal of Molecular 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
Jack Kyte United States 19 15.6k 2.7k 2.2k 1.8k 1.6k 34 21.8k
Hermann Schägger Germany 62 21.6k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 2.1k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 122 28.0k
Patrick Argos Germany 72 15.5k 1.0× 3.9k 1.4× 1.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 981 0.6× 191 21.6k
Peter Roepstorff Denmark 81 14.2k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 3.2k 1.5× 1.7k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 444 26.3k
D. S. Moss United Kingdom 22 16.8k 1.1× 2.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 56 23.2k
Gerald D. Fasman United States 64 22.3k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 2.3k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 234 30.2k
Ben de Kruijff Netherlands 84 22.3k 1.4× 3.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.6× 2.4k 1.4× 867 0.5× 378 28.0k
Gebhard von Jagow Germany 40 12.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 946 0.6× 72 16.8k
Russell F. Doolittle United States 67 23.3k 1.5× 4.9k 1.8× 3.2k 1.5× 3.0k 1.7× 2.8k 1.7× 221 37.7k
Malcolm W. MacArthur United Kingdom 18 18.7k 1.2× 2.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 2.0k 1.2× 20 25.5k
J.T. Finch United Kingdom 55 10.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 604 0.4× 111 15.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jack Kyte

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jack Kyte

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jack Kyte

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kyte, Jack. (2007). Structure in Protein Chemistry (2nd edition). eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Kyte, Jack. (2006). Structure in Protein Chemistry. 71 indexed citations
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Kyte, Jack. (2002). The basis of the hydrophobic effect. Biophysical Chemistry. 100(1-3). 193–203. 50 indexed citations
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Erickson, Hans K. & Jack Kyte. (1998). Lysine-691 of the anion exchanger from human erythrocytes is located on its cytoplasmic surface. Biochemical Journal. 336(2). 443–449. 2 indexed citations
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Zampighi, Guido A., Sidney A. Simon, Jack Kyte, & Michael Kreman. (1986). One-dimensional crystals of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase dimers. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 854(1). 45–57. 11 indexed citations
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Zampighi, Guido A., et al.. (1984). Structural organization of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase in purified membranes.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 98(5). 1851–1864. 46 indexed citations
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Kyte, Jack & Russell F. Doolittle. (1982). A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein. Journal of Molecular Biology. 157(1). 105–132. 19878 indexed citations breakdown →
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Craig, W. S. & Jack Kyte. (1980). Stoichiometry and molecular weight of the minimum asymmetric unit of canine renal sodium and potassium ion-activated adenosine triphosphatase.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 255(13). 6262–6269. 111 indexed citations
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Jarrett, Harry W. & Jack Kyte. (1979). Human erythrocyte calmodulin. Further chemical characterization and the site of its interaction with the membrane.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 254(17). 8237–8244. 89 indexed citations
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Kyte, Jack. (1978). Physiological Consequences of the Cellular Distribution of Sodium-plus-Potassium Ion-Dependent Adenosine Triphosphatase. Biochemical Society Transactions. 6(5). 833–836. 6 indexed citations
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Ruoho, Arnold E. & Jack Kyte. (1977). [59] The ouabain-binding site on (Na+ + K+) adenosinetriphosphatase. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 46. 523–531. 2 indexed citations
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Kyte, Jack. (1974). The Reactions of Sodium and Potassium Ion-activated Adenosine Triphosphatase with Specific Antibodies. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 249(11). 3652–3660. 78 indexed citations
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Kyte, Jack. (1972). The Titration of the Cardiac Glycoside Binding Site of the (Na+ + K+)-Adenosine Triphosphatase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 247(23). 7634–7641. 58 indexed citations
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Kyte, Jack. (1964). Nuclear extrusion in dissociated rat heart cells. Cell and Tissue Research. 62(4). 495–503. 5 indexed citations

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