John A. Rupley

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

John A. Rupley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Rupley has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in John A. Rupley's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers) and Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis (7 papers). John A. Rupley is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers) and Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis (7 papers). John A. Rupley collaborates with scholars based in United States. John A. Rupley's co-authors include G. Careri, Enrico Gratton, Hans Neurath, Harold A. Scheraga, Pang-Hsiong Yang, Andrea Giansanti, Thomas L. Coombs, Bert L. Vallée, Robert E. Johnson and Eggehard Holler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John A. Rupley

41 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Protein Hydration and Function 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 200 400 600
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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. Protein Hydration and Function
    1991 728 citations John A. Rupley, G. Careri Advances in protein chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John A. Rupley United States 23 1.9k 712 544 402 263 42 2.6k
J.A. Rupley United States 23 2.4k 1.3× 1.0k 1.5× 307 0.6× 397 1.0× 309 1.2× 41 3.1k
Kozo HAMAGUCHI Japan 31 2.4k 1.3× 708 1.0× 245 0.5× 328 0.8× 384 1.5× 137 3.0k
Akiyoshi Wada Japan 35 3.0k 1.6× 970 1.4× 463 0.9× 586 1.5× 237 0.9× 144 4.2k
R. W. Woody United States 15 2.2k 1.2× 490 0.7× 225 0.4× 499 1.2× 245 0.9× 17 3.0k
Andrew D. McLachlan United Kingdom 16 2.3k 1.2× 851 1.2× 476 0.9× 380 0.9× 378 1.4× 23 3.5k
Darwin O. V. Alonso United States 28 2.4k 1.3× 1.0k 1.5× 327 0.6× 358 0.9× 251 1.0× 36 3.1k
Motohisa Oobatake Japan 26 2.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 429 0.8× 413 1.0× 106 0.4× 57 2.8k
Andrew Shrake United States 16 1.3k 0.7× 599 0.8× 236 0.4× 284 0.7× 164 0.6× 23 1.9k
A. Ducruix France 32 2.6k 1.4× 1.5k 2.1× 336 0.6× 271 0.7× 332 1.3× 103 3.8k
Wayne J. Becktel United States 16 2.8k 1.5× 1.4k 2.0× 210 0.4× 287 0.7× 286 1.1× 26 3.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John A. Rupley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roland, Kenneth L., et al.. (1992). In vitro analysis of mutant LexA proteins with an increased rate of specific cleavage. Journal of Molecular Biology. 228(2). 395–408. 28 indexed citations
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Rupley, John A. & G. Careri. (1991). Protein Hydration and Function. Advances in protein chemistry. 41. 37–172. 728 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rupley, John A., et al.. (1988). Two-dimensional protonic percolation on lightly hydrated purple membrane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(23). 9022–9025. 35 indexed citations
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Slilaty, Steve N., John A. Rupley, & John W. Little. (1986). Intramolecular cleavage of lexA and phage .lambda. repressors: dependence of kinetics on repressor concentration, pH, temperature, and solvent. Biochemistry. 25(22). 6866–6875. 85 indexed citations
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Downer, Nancy W., et al.. (1985). Hydrogen exchange of lysozyme powders. Hydration dependence of internal motions. Biochemistry. 24(2). 352–366. 66 indexed citations
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Rupley, John A., Enrico Gratton, & G. Careri. (1983). Water and globular proteins. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 8(1). 18–22. 346 indexed citations
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Shrake, Andrew & John A. Rupley. (1980). Oxindolealanine-62 lysozyme: equilibrium calorimetric, and kinetic studies of the reaction with N-acetylglucosamine oligosaccharides. Biochemistry. 19(17). 4044–4051. 11 indexed citations
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Rupley, John A., Pang-Hsiong Yang, & Gordon Tollin. (1980). Water-protein interactions. Biophysical Journal. 32(1). 88–90. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Pang-Hsiong & John A. Rupley. (1979). Protein-water interactions. Heat capacity of the lysozyme-water system. Biochemistry. 18(12). 2654–2661. 141 indexed citations
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Johnson, Robert E., Victor J. Hruby, & John A. Rupley. (1979). Thermodynamics of glucagon aggregation. Biochemistry. 18(7). 1176–1179. 15 indexed citations
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Johnson, Robert E. & John A. Rupley. (1979). Binding of reduced and oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide to pig heart supernatant malate dehydrogenase. Biochemistry. 18(16). 3611–3616. 11 indexed citations
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Johnson, Robert E., Patricia H. Adams, & John A. Rupley. (1978). Thermodynamics of protein cross-links. Biochemistry. 17(8). 1479–1484. 77 indexed citations
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Shindo, Heisaburo, Jack S. Cohen, & John A. Rupley. (1977). Self-association of hen egg-white lysozyme as studied by nuclear magnetic resonance. Biochemistry. 16(17). 3879–3882. 17 indexed citations
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Vandenhoff, George E., et al.. (1974). Dependence on pH of the Free Energy and Enthalpy of Interaction of Monosaccharides and Disaccharides with Lysozyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 249(5). 1439–1444. 9 indexed citations
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Kregar, I., et al.. (1973). Lysozyme-catalyzed Reaction of the N-Acetylglucosamine Hexasaccharide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 248(13). 4786–4792. 46 indexed citations
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Rossi, Gianluigi, Eggehard Holler, Suriender Kumar, John A. Rupley, & George P. Hess. (1969). Labelling of the catalytic site of lysozyme. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 37(5). 757–766. 28 indexed citations
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Rupley, John A. & Harold A. Scheraga. (1963). Structural Studies of Ribonuclease. VII. Chymotryptic Hydrolysis of Ribonuclease A at Elevated Temperatures*. Biochemistry. 2(3). 421–431. 84 indexed citations
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Scheraga, Harold A. & John A. Rupley. (1962). Structure and Function of Ribonuclease. Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects. 24. 161–261. 28 indexed citations
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Rupley, John A. & Hans Neurath. (1960). The Physical Properties of Metal-free Carboxypeptidase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 235(3). 609–615. 35 indexed citations
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Rupley, John A., William J. Dreyer, & Hans Neurath. (1955). Structural changes in the activation of chymotrypsinogen. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 18(1). 162–163. 15 indexed citations

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