K. J. Yost

981 total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 585 citations indexed

About

K. J. Yost is a scholar working on Radiation, Molecular Biology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K. J. Yost has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 585 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Radiation, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in K. J. Yost's work include Nuclear Physics and Applications (9 papers), Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (5 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (3 papers). K. J. Yost is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Physics and Applications (9 papers), Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (5 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (3 papers). K. J. Yost collaborates with scholars based in United States and Israel. K. J. Yost's co-authors include L. E. Sommers, D. W. Nelson, R. R. Coveyou, Raymond L. Funk, Glen E. Gordon, Robert R. Greenberg, William H. Zoller, Martin Mandel, Kenneth B. Tomer and Joseph S. Merola and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

K. J. Yost

30 papers receiving 511 citations

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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.

Synthetic Biology in Natural Product Biosynthesis

2025 20 citations K. J. Yost, Yi Tang et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. J. Yost United States	14	136	113	90	87	61	32	585
A. Fajgelj Austria	16	89 0.7×	95 0.8×	53 0.6×	93 1.1×	40 0.7×	58	1.1k
Scott D. Harvey United States	16	64 0.5×	125 1.1×	30 0.3×	112 1.3×	28 0.5×	38	675
W. Emile Coleman United States	15	86 0.6×	103 0.9×	42 0.5×	472 5.4×	51 0.8×	26	809
Lawrence E. Wangen United States	12	46 0.3×	62 0.5×	23 0.3×	39 0.4×	106 1.7×	18	707
S. Ramachandran India	16	122 0.9×	40 0.4×	76 0.8×	61 0.7×	13 0.2×	43	788
K. Heydorn Denmark	21	105 0.8×	85 0.8×	22 0.2×	230 2.6×	27 0.4×	110	1.2k
Kikuo Yoshida Japan	16	39 0.3×	126 1.1×	24 0.3×	393 4.5×	34 0.6×	37	683
W.H. Griest United States	20	126 0.9×	202 1.8×	39 0.4×	419 4.8×	35 0.6×	73	1.1k
I. H. Qureshi Pakistan	18	43 0.3×	142 1.3×	89 1.0×	73 0.8×	77 1.3×	82	941
Warren J. Lyman United States	5	43 0.3×	339 3.0×	172 1.9×	457 5.3×	75 1.2×	12	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. J. Yost

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All Works

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Yost, K. J., et al.. (2025). Synthetic Biology in Natural Product Biosynthesis. Chemical Reviews. 125(7). 3814–3931. 20 indexed citations breakdown →

Yost, K. J., et al.. (2025). Biosynthesis of the 5-Isoxazolidinone-Containing Hexacyclic Structure of Parnafungin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(41). 37842–37853.

Yost, K. J., et al.. (2024). d‐Galactose‐Esterification of a Fungal Polyketide Catalyzed by a Carnitine Acyltransferase Domain. ChemBioChem. 26(4). e202400846–e202400846.

Xirasagar, Sandhya, Chengcheng Huang, Jennifer Fostel, et al.. (2006). Chemical effects in biological systems (CEBS) object model for toxicology data, SysTox-OM: design and application. Bioinformatics. 22(7). 874–882. 31 indexed citations

Atwal, Karnail S., Saleem Ahmad, Charles Z. Ding, et al.. (2004). N-[1-Aryl-2-(1-imidazolo)ethyl]-guanidine derivatives as potent inhibitors of the bovine mitochondrial F1F0 ATP hydrolase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(4). 1027–1030. 12 indexed citations

Xirasagar, Sandhya, B. Alex Merrick, Kenneth B. Tomer, et al.. (2004). CEBS object model for systems biology data, SysBio-OM. Bioinformatics. 20(13). 2004–2015. 37 indexed citations

Ahmad, Saleem, Sundeep Dugar, Khehyong Ngu, et al.. (2001). Arylcyclopropanecarboxyl Guanidines as Novel, Potent, and Selective Inhibitors of the Sodium Hydrogen Exchanger Isoform-1. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 44(20). 3302–3310. 34 indexed citations

Li, Bin, Murtaza F. Alibhai, K. J. Yost, et al.. (1994). Regeneration of catalytic activity of glutamine synthetase mutants by chemical activation: Exploration of the role of arginines 339 and 359 in activity. Protein Science. 3(3). 476–481. 26 indexed citations

Yost, K. J.. (1986). Cadmium, the environment and human health: an overview. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions. 50. 137–144. 3 indexed citations

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Yost, K. J., et al.. (1983). Pollutant sources and flows in a municipal sewage system. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 3(1). 61–76. 3 indexed citations

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Yost, K. J., et al.. (1982). Quality analysis of USGS precipitation chemistry data for New York. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 16(12). 2889–2898. 38 indexed citations

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Yost, K. J., et al.. (1980). A method for estimating dietary intake of environmental trace contaminants: Cadmium — a case study. Environment International. 3(6). 473–484. 4 indexed citations

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Yost, K. J.. (1979). Some aspects of cadmium flow in the U.S.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 28. 5–16. 17 indexed citations

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Yost, K. J., et al.. (1979). Environmental health assessment for cadmium: A systems approach. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A Environmental Science and Engineering. 14(4). 285–311. 8 indexed citations

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Greenberg, Robert R., et al.. (1978). Composition of particles emitted from the Nicosia municipal incinerator. Environmental Science & Technology. 12(12). 1329–1332. 66 indexed citations

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Sommers, L. E., D. W. Nelson, & K. J. Yost. (1976). Variable Nature of Chemical Composition of Sewage Sludges. Journal of Environmental Quality. 5(3). 303–306. 107 indexed citations

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Yost, K. J., J. E. White, C. Y. Fu, & William E. Ford. (1972). Neutron Energy-Dependent Capture Gamma-Ray Yields in Tantalum and Tungsten. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 47(2). 209–220. 3 indexed citations

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Yost, K. J., et al.. (1970). ADAPTATION OF THE CORE-QUASI-PARTICLE COUPLING MODEL FOR NEUTRON CROSS- SECTION GENERATION AND ANALYSIS.. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 1 indexed citations

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Penny, Simon, et al.. (1969). CALCULATION OF NEUTRON-CAPTURE GAMMA-RAY YIELDS FOR TUNGSTEN AND NEUTRON INELASTIC-SCATTERING CROSS SECTIONS FOR IRON.. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 1 indexed citations

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Yost, K. J., Petteri Pitkänen, & C. Y. Fu. (1969). A Unified Nuclear Model for the Generation of Nuclear Data. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 36(2). 189–201. 1 indexed citations

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