Joseph Orgel

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Joseph Orgel is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Orgel has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Biomaterials, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Joseph Orgel's work include Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (28 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (10 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (6 papers). Joseph Orgel is often cited by papers focused on Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (28 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (10 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (6 papers). Joseph Orgel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Joseph Orgel's co-authors include Tim J. Wess, Olga Antipova, Thomas C. Irving, Andrew Miller, Shiamalee Perumal, Stephen C. Meredith, Andrew Miller, Andrzej Fertala, Jay D. Schieber and Sameer Varma and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Orgel

48 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Microfibrillar structure of type I collagen in situ

2006 739 citations Joseph Orgel, Thomas C. Irving et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph Orgel United States	26	1.8k	840	789	484	452	49	3.5k
Tim J. Wess United Kingdom	29	1.7k 0.9×	901 1.1×	490 0.6×	324 0.7×	416 0.9×	71	3.4k
Noor Azlin Yahya Malaysia	15	847 0.5×	1.3k 1.6×	1.5k 2.0×	334 0.7×	1.5k 3.3×	58	6.2k
Marco Franchi Italy	30	569 0.3×	838 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	157 0.3×	860 1.9×	69	3.7k
D. Herbage France	38	1.6k 0.9×	862 1.0×	723 0.9×	1.4k 2.9×	645 1.4×	107	4.2k
Mario Raspanti Italy	30	764 0.4×	822 1.0×	302 0.4×	261 0.5×	371 0.8×	121	2.9k
Andrzej Fertala United States	33	1.2k 0.7×	588 0.7×	992 1.3×	640 1.3×	603 1.3×	105	3.5k
Matthew D. Shoulders United States	26	1.8k 1.0×	682 0.8×	2.3k 2.9×	376 0.8×	922 2.0×	60	4.9k
Kolja Gelse Germany	36	983 0.5×	896 1.1×	1.6k 2.0×	1.6k 3.2×	342 0.8×	88	5.7k
Zamri Radzi Malaysia	11	851 0.5×	1.3k 1.6×	1.5k 2.0×	328 0.7×	1.5k 3.3×	34	5.9k
Michael A. Horton United Kingdom	33	643 0.4×	687 0.8×	1.8k 2.3×	540 1.1×	651 1.4×	72	4.2k

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Darula, Zsuzsanna, Maxwell C. McCabe, Alex Barrett, et al.. (2025). Proteomic characterization of type I collagen N-terminal crosslinked peptides. PubMed. 27. 100179–100179.

Wang, Songlin, Peter Pytel, Atul Srivastava, et al.. (2021). Atomic-level differences between brain parenchymal- and cerebrovascular-seeded Aβ fibrils. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 247–247. 10 indexed citations

Xu, Yaoyao, et al.. (2020). Functional Grading of a Transversely Isotropic Hyperelastic Model with Applications in Modeling Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Transition Regions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(18). 6503–6503. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Yifei, Fabio Nudelman, E. Deniz Eren, et al.. (2020). Intermolecular channels direct crystal orientation in mineralized collagen. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5068–5068. 116 indexed citations

Orgel, Joseph, et al.. (2019). A structural prospective for collagen receptors such as DDR and their binding of the collagen fibril. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1866(11). 118478–118478. 42 indexed citations

Orgel, Joseph, et al.. (2018). X-ray diffraction reveals blunt-force loading threshold for nanoscopic structural change in ex vivo neuronal tissues. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 26(1). 89–95. 3 indexed citations

Varma, Sameer, Joseph Orgel, & Jay D. Schieber. (2016). Nanomechanics of Type I Collagen. Biophysical Journal. 111(1). 50–56. 74 indexed citations

Antipova, Olga, et al.. (2016). Measurement of Elastic Modulus of Collagen Type I Single Fiber. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0145711–e0145711. 82 indexed citations

Kim, Tae Young, et al.. (2015). Effect of CNT on collagen fiber structure, stiffness assembly kinetics and stem cell differentiation. Materials Science and Engineering C. 49. 281–289. 45 indexed citations

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Orgel, Joseph, Anton V. Persikov, & Olga Antipova. (2014). Variation in the Helical Structure of Native Collagen. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89519–e89519. 47 indexed citations

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Zeltz, Cédric, Joseph Orgel, & Donald Gullberg. (2013). Molecular composition and function of integrin-based collagen glues—Introducing COLINBRIs. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1840(8). 2533–2548. 62 indexed citations

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Bertassoni, Luiz E., Joseph Orgel, Olga Antipova, & Michael V. Swain. (2012). The dentin organic matrix – limitations of restorative dentistry hidden on the nanometer scale. Acta Biomaterialia. 8(7). 2419–2433. 162 indexed citations

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Antipova, Olga, et al.. (2011). Mechanical Properties of Type I Collagen: Insights From Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 48a–48a. 1 indexed citations

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Landahl, Eric C., Olga Antipova, Raúl A. Barrea, et al.. (2011). X-ray diffraction from intact tau aggregates in human brain tissue. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 649(1). 184–187. 8 indexed citations

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Antipova, Olga & Joseph Orgel. (2010). In Situ D-periodic Molecular Structure of Type II Collagen. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(10). 7087–7096. 56 indexed citations

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Orgel, Joseph, Aya Eid, Olga Antipova, Jordi Bella, & J. E. Scott. (2009). Decorin Core Protein (Decoron) Shape Complements Collagen Fibril Surface Structure and Mediates Its Binding. PLoS ONE. 4(9). e7028–e7028. 121 indexed citations

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Perumal, Shiamalee, Olga Antipova, & Joseph Orgel. (2008). Collagen fibril architecture, domain organization, and triple-helical conformation govern its proteolysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(8). 2824–2829. 281 indexed citations

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Orgel, Joseph, et al.. (2007). Flanking Polyproline Sequences Inhibit β-Sheet Structure in Polyglutamine Segments by Inducing PPII-like Helix Structure. Journal of Molecular Biology. 374(3). 688–704. 128 indexed citations

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Twardowski, T.E., et al.. (2007). Type I Collagen and Collagen Mimetics as Angiogenesis Promoting Superpolymers. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 13(35). 3608–3621. 105 indexed citations

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Orgel, Joseph. (2004). Sequence context and modified hydrophobic moment plots help identify `horizontal' surface helices in transmembrane protein structure prediction. Journal of Structural Biology. 148(1). 51–65. 7 indexed citations

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