James G. Lawless

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

James G. Lawless is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, James G. Lawless has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in James G. Lawless's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (15 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (12 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (8 papers). James G. Lawless is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (15 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (12 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (8 papers). James G. Lawless collaborates with scholars based in United States. James G. Lawless's co-authors include Keith A. Kvenvolden, Cyril Ponnamperuma, Etta Peterson, C. B. Moore, I. R. Kaplan, José Juan Alvarado Flores, Katherine L. Pering, George U. Yuen, M. Dale Hawley and E. H. Edelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James G. Lawless

31 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite

1970 617 citations Keith A. Kvenvolden, James G. Lawless et al. Nature profile →

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S. Chang United States

Richard M. Lemmon United States

John Lawless United States

Wolfram Thiemann Germany

Bernard Barbier France

José Juan Alvarado Flores United States

Sherwood Chang United States

Sidney W. Fox United States

W. Thiemann Germany

Kaoru Harada Japan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James G. Lawless

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Lawless, James G. & B. N. Rock. (1998). Student Scientist Partnerships and Data Quality. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 7(1). 5–13. 40 indexed citations

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Singh, H. B., G. L. Gregory, E. V. Browell, et al.. (1994). Low Ozone in the Marine Boundary Layer of the Tropical Pacific Ocean. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 7 indexed citations

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Palmer, Peter T., et al.. (1994). Direct Monitoring of Trace Atmospheric Species via Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations

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Lahav, N., et al.. (1985). Characterization of Dehydration-Induced Luminescence of Kaolinite. Clays and Clay Minerals. 33(3). 207–213. 10 indexed citations

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Luke, Brian T., et al.. (1984). Theoretical investigation of the role of clay edges in prebiotic peptide bond formation. I. Structures of acetic acid, glycine, H2SO4, H3PO4, Si(OH)4, and Al(OH)4?. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 26(S11). 117–135. 9 indexed citations

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Bada, Jeffrey L., John R. Cronin, Keith A. Kvenvolden, et al.. (1983). On the reported optical activity of amino acids in the Murchison meteorite. Nature. 301(5900). 494–496. 59 indexed citations

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Loew, Gilda H., et al.. (1982). Interaction of metal ions and nucleotides: possible mechanisms for the adsorption of nucleotides on homoionic bentonite clays. Inorganic Chemistry. 21(4). 1586–1594. 22 indexed citations

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Yuen, George U., James G. Lawless, & E. H. Edelson. (1981). Quantification of monocarboxylic acids from a spark discharge synthesis. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 17(1). 43–47. 27 indexed citations

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Lawless, James G. & George U. Yuen. (1979). Quantification of monocarboxylic acids in the Murchison carbonaceous meteorite. Nature. 282(5737). 396–398. 126 indexed citations

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Edelson, E. H., James G. Lawless, C. Timothy Wehr, & Seth R. Abbott. (1979). Ion-exchange separation of nucleic acid constituents by high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 174(2). 409–419. 45 indexed citations

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Lawless, James G., et al.. (1979). The role of metal ions in chemical evolution: Polymerization of alanine and glycine in a cation-exchanged clay environment. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 13(4). 281–286. 56 indexed citations

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Lawless, James G., et al.. (1975). The optical nature of methylsuccinic acid in human urine. Biochemical Medicine. 13(2). 111–116. 5 indexed citations

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Chang, Sherwood, et al.. (1974). Dicarboxylic acids from electric discharge. Nature. 251(5470). 42–43. 11 indexed citations

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Lawless, James G.. (1973). Amino acids in the Murchison meteorite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 37(9). 2207–2212. 68 indexed citations

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Lawless, James G., Keith A. Kvenvolden, Etta Peterson, Cyril Ponnamperuma, & E. Jarosewich. (1972). Physical Sciences: Evidence for Amino-acids of Extraterrestrial Origin in the Orgueil Meteorite. Nature. 236(5341). 66–67. 42 indexed citations

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Lawless, James G., Clair E. Folsome, & Keith A. Kvenvolden. (1972). Organic Matter in Meteorites. Scientific American. 226(6). 38–46. 45 indexed citations

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Chadha, Mohindra S., José Juan Alvarado Flores, James G. Lawless, & Cyril Ponnamperuma. (1971). Organic synthesis in a simulated Jovian atmosphere—II. Icarus. 15(1). 39–44. 19 indexed citations

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Lawless, James G. & Mohindra S. Chadha. (1971). Mass spectral analysis of C3 and C4 aliphatic amino acid derivatives. Analytical Biochemistry. 44(2). 473–485. 18 indexed citations

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Kvenvolden, Keith A., James G. Lawless, Katherine L. Pering, et al.. (1970). Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite. Nature. 228(5275). 923–926. 617 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lawless, James G., Duane E. Bartak, & M. Dale Hawley. (1969). Electrochemical reduction of nitrobenzyl halides in acetonitrile. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 91(25). 7121–7127. 53 indexed citations

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