James W. Lee

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

James W. Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. Lee has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in James W. Lee's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (21 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (16 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (12 papers). James W. Lee is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (21 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (16 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (12 papers). James W. Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and Ghana. James W. Lee's co-authors include Matthew Huff, Harold E. Brooks, Jeffrey P. Craven, Elias Greenbaum, Sandeep Kumar, Cameron Smith, Danny Day, Ida Lee, Barbara R. Evans and Michelle K. Kidder and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

James W. Lee

94 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

The spatial distribution of severe thunderstorm and torna... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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. The spatial distribution of severe thunderstorm and tornado environments from global reanalysis data
    2003 502 citations James W. Lee et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James W. Lee United States 27 688 657 612 505 493 101 3.4k
Hongmei Chen China 39 1.5k 2.1× 521 0.8× 361 0.6× 563 1.1× 384 0.8× 246 6.0k
Andrew L. Neal United Kingdom 32 440 0.6× 461 0.7× 524 0.9× 97 0.2× 338 0.7× 92 3.7k
Avinash C. Pandey India 51 982 1.4× 510 0.8× 331 0.5× 297 0.6× 369 0.7× 245 7.9k
Michael A. Jackson United States 31 1.8k 2.7× 817 1.2× 484 0.8× 82 0.2× 263 0.5× 106 4.5k
John V. Headley Canada 53 556 0.8× 416 0.6× 688 1.1× 121 0.2× 403 0.8× 264 8.9k
Neil Gray United Kingdom 34 368 0.5× 670 1.0× 166 0.3× 121 0.2× 423 0.9× 77 3.7k
Gary G. Leppard Canada 38 774 1.1× 486 0.7× 1.5k 2.5× 143 0.3× 139 0.3× 106 5.9k
Tommy J. Phelps United States 42 1.2k 1.7× 1.0k 1.5× 194 0.3× 310 0.6× 496 1.0× 121 5.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James W. Lee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James W. Lee

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All Works

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Lee, James W.. (2024). Type-B Energetic Processes: Their Identification and Implications. Symmetry. 16(7). 808–808. 6 indexed citations
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Lee, James W. & Daniel P. Sheehan. (2024). Type-B Energetic Processes: Introduction and Invitation to Special Issue of Energies. Energies. 17(23). 6076–6076. 2 indexed citations
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Sheehan, Daniel P., Garret Moddel, & James W. Lee. (2023). More on the demons of thermodynamics. Physics Today. 76(3). 12–12. 6 indexed citations
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Lee, James W.. (2023). Protonic conductor: Explaining the transient “excess protons” experiment of Pohl's group 2012. Biophysical Chemistry. 296. 106983–106983. 5 indexed citations
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Lee, James W.. (2023). Transient protonic capacitor: Explaining the bacteriorhodopsin membrane experiment of Heberle et al. 1994. Biophysical Chemistry. 300. 107072–107072. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, James W.. (2023). Method for reducing CO2, CO, NOX, and SOx emissions. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).
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Lee, James W.. (2023). DNA and RNA sequencing by nanoscale reading through programmable electrophoresis and nanoelectrode-gated tunneling and dielectric detection. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).
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Greene, Lesley H., et al.. (2020). Survivability of Wild-Type and Genetically Engineered Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP1 with Different Temperature Conditions. Applied Biosafety. 25(2). 104–117. 3 indexed citations
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Lee, James W.. (2019). Protocol measuring horizontal gene transfer from algae to non-photosynthetic organisms. MethodsX. 6. 1564–1574. 10 indexed citations
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Lee, James W.. (2017). Elucidating the 30-Year-Longstanding Bioenergetic Mystery in Alkalophilic Bacteria. Biophysical Journal. 112(3). 278a–279a. 8 indexed citations
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Huff, Matthew, Sandeep Kumar, & James W. Lee. (2014). Comparative analysis of pinewood, peanut shell, and bamboo biomass derived biochars produced via hydrothermal conversion and pyrolysis. Journal of Environmental Management. 146. 303–308. 141 indexed citations
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Lee, James W.. (2013). Electrostatically localized protons bioenergetics over Mitchells classic chemiosmotic theory. Biochemistry & Analytical Biochemistry. 7 indexed citations
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Walsh, Thomas J., William G. Merz, James W. Lee, et al.. (1995). Diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of invasive candidiasis by rapid enzymatic detection of serum d-arabinitol. The American Journal of Medicine. 99(2). 164–172. 55 indexed citations
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Liberski, Paweł P., Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson, Richard Yanagihara, et al.. (1994). Ultrastructural Pathology of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I Encephalomyelopathy in a White Patient with Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma. Ultrastructural Pathology. 18(5). 511–518. 2 indexed citations
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Walsh, Thomas J., James W. Lee, Emmanuel Roilides, & Philip A. Pizzo. (1992). Recent progress and current problems in management of invasive fungal infections in patients with neoplastic diseases. Current Opinion in Oncology. 4(4). 647–656. 19 indexed citations
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Davies, Peter J., et al.. (1989). Further Identification of Endogenous Gibberellins in the Shoots of Pea, Line G2. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 91(4). 1255–1258. 10 indexed citations
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Lee, James W., et al.. (1989). T-Cell Lymphoma, Tropical Spastic Paraparesis, and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma in a Patient with Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus, Type 1. Annals of Internal Medicine. 110(3). 239–241. 15 indexed citations
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Lee, James W., et al.. (1972). FRAMEWORK FOR USING SOCIAL INDICATORS TO MONITOR, EVALUATE, AND IMPROVE A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. Highway Research Record. 1 indexed citations

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