James P. Ferris

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
189 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

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James P. Ferris is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James P. Ferris has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 72 papers in Molecular Biology and 47 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James P. Ferris's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (69 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (34 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (31 papers). James P. Ferris is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (69 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (34 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (31 papers). James P. Ferris collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Netherlands. James P. Ferris's co-authors include Leslie E. Orgel, Gözen Ertem, Robert A. Sanchez, William J. Hagan, Rihe Liu, Aubrey R. Hill, Wenhua Huang, David W. Clarke, E. H. Edelson and Kunio Kawamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

James P. Ferris

187 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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Synthesis of long prebiotic oligomers on mineral surfaces

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Progress in demonstrating total homochiral selection in montmorillonite-catalyzed RNA synthesis 2011 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Prakash Chandra Joshi, Michael F. Aldersley, James P. Ferris	17
2	Homochiral Selectivity in RNA Synthesis: Montmorillonite-catalyzed Quaternary Reactions of D, L-Purine with D, L- Pyrimidine Nucleotides 2010 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·Prakash Chandra Joshi, Michael F. Aldersley, James P. Ferris	28
3	Studies in the Mineral and Salt-Catalyzed Formation of RNA Oligomers 2006 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·Shin Miyakawa, P. C. Joshi, M. J. Gaffey, Elena González‐Toril, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James P. Ferris	24
4	Laboratory simulation of photochemistry on Titan 2004 ·cosp ·James P. Ferris, Buu N. Tran, (unknown), Robert G. Briggs, V. Vuitton	1
5	Effect of Inhibitors on the Montmorillonite Clay-Catalyzed Formation of RNA: Studies on the Reaction Pathway 2001 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·(unknown), James P. Ferris	14
6	Clay Catalysis of Oligonucleotide Formation: Kinetics of the Reaction of the 5'-Phosphorimidazolides of Nucleotides with the Non-Basic Heterocycles Uracil and Hypoxanthine 1999 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·Kunio Kawamura, James P. Ferris	54
7	SYNTHESIS OF RNA OLIGOMERS AND THEIR TEMPLATE PROPERTIES 1998 ·Gözen Ertem, James P. Ferris	2
8	Synthesis of RNA oligomers on heterogeneous templates 1996 ·Nature ·Gözen Ertem, James P. Ferris	127
9	Potential Jupiter Atmospheric Constituents: Candidates for the Mass Spectrometer in the Galileo Atmospheric Probe 1996 ·Icarus ·(unknown), Yuan Feng, James P. Ferris	6
10	Ultraviolet photochemistry of cyanoacetylene: Application to Titan 1994 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·David W. Clarke, James P. Ferris	2
11	Oligomerization of mononucleotides on montmorillonite: A potential approach to the prebiotic synthesis of RNA 1994 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·James P. Ferris, Gözen Ertem, (unknown), (unknown)	4
12	Oligomerization reactions of ribonucleotides: The reaction of the 5′ -phosphorimidazolide of adenosine with diadenosine pyrophosphate on montmorillonite and other minerals 1993 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·James P. Ferris, (unknown)	20
13	Chapter 10 Future research 1992 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·Nils G. Holm, A. G. Cairns-Smith, Roy M. Daniel, James P. Ferris, Remy J.‐C. Hennet, Everett L. Shock, Bernd R.T. Simoneit, Hiroshi Yanagawa	34
14	Photochemical cycloaddition reactions of cyanoacetylene and dicyanoacetylene 1990 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·James P. Ferris, Jean‐Claude Guillemin	29
15	Prebiotic Synthesis: Problems and Challenges 1987 ·Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·James P. Ferris	25
16	Clays as prototypical enzymes for the prebiological formation of phosphate esters 1986 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·James P. Ferris, Chun‐Hsien Huang, William J. Hagan	7
17	The adsorption and reaction of adenine nucleotides on montmorillonite 1986 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·James P. Ferris, William J. Hagan	48
18	Photochemical reactions in interstellar grains photolysis of co, NH3, and H2O 1985 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·Vipin Agarwal, W. A. Schutte, J. Mayo Greenberg, James P. Ferris, Robert G. Briggs, (unknown), (unknown), F. Baas	107
19	HCN and chemical evolution: The possible role of cyano compounds in prebiotic synthesis 1984 ·Tetrahedron ·James P. Ferris, William J. Hagan	263
20	Prebiotic synthesis and reactions of nucleosides and nucleotides 1983 ·Advances in Space Research ·James P. Ferris, Hiroshi Yanagawa, William J. Hagan	5

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