Janos Κ. Lanyi

20.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
274 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Janos Κ. Lanyi is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Janos Κ. Lanyi has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 183 papers in Molecular Biology and 47 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Janos Κ. Lanyi's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (251 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (177 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (82 papers). Janos Κ. Lanyi is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (251 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (177 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (82 papers). Janos Κ. Lanyi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Hungary. Janos Κ. Lanyi's co-authors include Richard Needleman, Brigitte Schobert, Leonid S. Brown, György Váró, Hartmut Luecke, Hans-Thomas Richter, Russell E. MacDonald, Sergei P. Balashov, László Zimányi and Andrei K. Dioumaev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Janos Κ. Lanyi

273 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

Salt-dependent properties of proteins from extremely halo... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Salt-dependent properties of proteins from extremely halophilic bacteria
    1974 477 citations Janos Κ. Lanyi profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Janos Κ. Lanyi United States 70 13.2k 10.4k 2.3k 1.5k 1.2k 274 16.5k
Walther Stoeckenius United States 54 10.3k 0.8× 8.2k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 963 0.8× 127 14.0k
Hideki Kandori Japan 56 10.1k 0.8× 7.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 409 12.9k
Dieter Oesterhelt Germany 85 16.3k 1.2× 18.8k 1.8× 3.5k 1.5× 2.2k 1.5× 1.4k 1.2× 451 28.2k
Johan Lugtenburg Netherlands 58 5.7k 0.4× 6.0k 0.6× 3.4k 1.5× 430 0.3× 442 0.4× 418 11.9k
John L. Spudich United States 54 9.6k 0.7× 7.8k 0.8× 570 0.3× 1.7k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 196 12.3k
Leonid S. Brown Canada 48 5.3k 0.4× 4.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 658 0.5× 505 0.4× 136 7.2k
Roberto A. Bogomolni United States 35 5.0k 0.4× 4.0k 0.4× 816 0.4× 737 0.5× 443 0.4× 74 6.8k
Thomas G. Ebrey United States 47 6.3k 0.5× 4.5k 0.4× 1.0k 0.4× 469 0.3× 692 0.6× 178 7.3k
H. G. Khorana United States 73 5.6k 0.4× 13.4k 1.3× 1.5k 0.7× 381 0.3× 201 0.2× 247 17.1k
Kenneth J. Rothschild United States 50 5.0k 0.4× 5.0k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 476 0.3× 387 0.3× 169 7.6k

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All Works

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Petrovskaya, L. E., Sergei P. Balashov, Е. П. Лукашев, et al.. (2015). ESR — A retinal protein with unusual properties from Exiguobacterium sibiricum. Biochemistry (Moscow). 80(6). 688–700. 12 indexed citations
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Morgan, Joel E., Ahmet S. Vakkasoglu, Janos Κ. Lanyi, et al.. (2012). Structure Changes upon Deprotonation of the Proton Release Group in the Bacteriorhodopsin Photocycle. Biophysical Journal. 103(3). 444–452. 13 indexed citations
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Hirai, Teruhisa, Sriram Subramaniam, & Janos Κ. Lanyi. (2009). Structural snapshots of conformational changes in a seven-helix membrane protein: lessons from bacteriorhodopsin. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 19(4). 433–439. 51 indexed citations
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Dioumaev, Andrei K. & Janos Κ. Lanyi. (2009). Infrared Monitoring of Interlayer Water in Stacks of Purple Membranes†. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 85(2). 598–608. 6 indexed citations
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Lanyi, Janos Κ. & Sergei P. Balashov. (2008). Xanthorhodopsin: A bacteriorhodopsin-like proton pump with a carotenoid antenna. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777(7-8). 684–688. 38 indexed citations
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Balashov, Sergei P., et al.. (2005). Xanthorhodopsin: A Proton Pump with a Light-Harvesting Carotenoid Antenna. Science. 309(5743). 2061–2064. 268 indexed citations
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Luecke, Hartmut & Janos Κ. Lanyi. (2003). Structural clues to the mechanism of ion pumping in bacteriorhodopsin. Advances in protein chemistry. 63. 111–130. 48 indexed citations
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Lanyi, Janos Κ., et al.. (2003). The Photochemical Reaction Cycle of Proteorhodopsin at Low pH. Biophysical Journal. 84(5). 3252–3256. 55 indexed citations
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Groma, Géza I., et al.. (2002). Characterization of the Azide-Dependent Bacteriorhodopsin-Like Photocycle of Salinarum Halorhodopsin. Biophysical Journal. 82(4). 1687–1695. 9 indexed citations
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Luecke, Hartmut, Brigitte Schobert, Janos Κ. Lanyi, Elena N. Spudich, & John L. Spudich. (2001). Crystal Structure of Sensory Rhodopsin II at 2.4 Angstroms: Insights into Color Tuning and Transducer Interaction. Science. 293(5534). 1499–1503. 285 indexed citations
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Renthal, Robert, et al.. (1997). Guanidinium restores the chromophore but not rapid proton release in bacteriorhodopsin mutant R82Q. Biophysical Journal. 73(5). 2711–2717. 6 indexed citations
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Richter, Hans-Thomas, Richard Needleman, & Janos Κ. Lanyi. (1996). Perturbed interaction between residues 85 and 204 in Tyr-185-->Phe and Asp-85-->Glu bacteriorhodopsins. Biophysical Journal. 71(6). 3392–3398. 23 indexed citations
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Lanyi, Janos Κ. & György Váró. (1995). The Photocycles of Bacteriorhodopsin. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 35(3-4). 365–385. 132 indexed citations
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Váró, György, László Zimányi, Xiaoning Fan, et al.. (1995). Photocycle of halorhodopsin from Halobacterium salinarium. Biophysical Journal. 68(5). 2062–2072. 85 indexed citations
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Druckmann, S., Noga Friedman, Janos Κ. Lanyi, et al.. (1992). The back photoreaction of the M intermediate in the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin: mechanism and evidence for two M species. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 56(6). 1041–1047. 50 indexed citations
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Váró, György, László Zimányi, Mi Chang, et al.. (1992). A residue substitution near the beta-ionone ring of the retinal affects the M substates of bacteriorhodopsin. Biophysical Journal. 61(3). 820–826. 25 indexed citations
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Lanyi, Janos Κ.. (1992). Proton transfer and energy coupling in the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 24(2). 169–179. 99 indexed citations
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Lanyi, Janos Κ. & Russell E. MacDonald. (1977). Light-dependent cation gradients and electrical potential in Halobacterium halobium cell envelope vesicles.. Library Stack (Library Stack). 36(6). 1824–7. 3 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Russell E. & Janos Κ. Lanyi. (1977). Light-activated amino acid transport in Halobacterium halobium envelope vesicles.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 36(6). 1828–32. 7 indexed citations
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Lanyi, Janos Κ.. (1968). Studies of the electron transport chain of extremelv halophilic bacteria. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 128(3). 716–724. 56 indexed citations

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