L. Spencer Roach

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

L. Spencer Roach is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Spencer Roach has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in L. Spencer Roach's work include Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (5 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (5 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (3 papers). L. Spencer Roach is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (5 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (5 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (3 papers). L. Spencer Roach collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. L. Spencer Roach's co-authors include Rustem F. Ismagilov, Bo Zheng, Joshua D. Tice, Helen Song, Takuji Hatakeyama, Maneesh K. Yadav, Liang Li, Raymond C. Stevens, Jason E. Kreutz and Ruslan Sanishvili and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

L. Spencer Roach

8 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Screening of Protein Crystallization Conditions on a Micr... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Screening of Protein Crystallization Conditions on a Microfluidic Chip Using Nanoliter-Size Droplets
    2003 570 citations Bo Zheng, L. Spencer Roach et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L. Spencer Roach United States 7 1.1k 539 231 179 93 8 1.3k
Masanori Ueda Japan 15 705 0.7× 158 0.3× 60 0.3× 206 1.2× 26 0.3× 40 897
A. B. D. Brown United Kingdom 9 346 0.3× 237 0.4× 287 1.2× 261 1.5× 21 0.2× 11 918
Michael Goryll United States 18 458 0.4× 491 0.9× 240 1.0× 191 1.1× 12 0.1× 59 948
Luis M. Fidalgo United Kingdom 9 677 0.6× 407 0.8× 34 0.1× 49 0.3× 82 0.9× 9 762
Benno Rothenhäusler Germany 14 591 0.5× 303 0.6× 38 0.2× 334 1.9× 28 0.3× 17 937
Xiuyou Han China 19 295 0.3× 1.1k 2.0× 95 0.4× 157 0.9× 27 0.3× 105 1.3k
Ryohei Yasukuni Japan 15 267 0.2× 93 0.2× 220 1.0× 132 0.7× 30 0.3× 35 582
Kaoru Tachikawa Germany 3 1.0k 0.9× 317 0.6× 22 0.1× 87 0.5× 61 0.7× 4 1.1k
Tracy Melvin United Kingdom 11 338 0.3× 264 0.5× 149 0.6× 72 0.4× 9 0.1× 24 562
Aurelian John‐Herpin Switzerland 11 702 0.6× 344 0.6× 50 0.2× 223 1.2× 57 0.6× 15 973

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Spencer Roach

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All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Kreutz, Jason E., Liang Li, L. Spencer Roach, Takuji Hatakeyama, & Rustem F. Ismagilov. (2009). Laterally Mobile, Functionalized Self-Assembled Monolayers at the Fluorous−Aqueous Interface in a Plug-Based Microfluidic System: Characterization and Testing with Membrane Protein Crystallization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(17). 6042–6043. 46 indexed citations
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Yadav, Maneesh K., Cory J. Gerdts, Ruslan Sanishvili, et al.. (2005). In situdata collection and structure refinement from microcapillary protein crystallization. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 38(6). 900–905. 74 indexed citations
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Zheng, Bo, Joshua D. Tice, L. Spencer Roach, & Rustem F. Ismagilov. (2004). A Droplet‐Based, Composite PDMS/Glass Capillary Microfluidic System for Evaluating Protein Crystallization Conditions by Microbatch and Vapor‐Diffusion Methods with On‐Chip X‐Ray Diffraction. Angewandte Chemie. 116(19). 2562–2565. 30 indexed citations
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Zheng, Bo, Joshua D. Tice, L. Spencer Roach, & Rustem F. Ismagilov. (2004). A Droplet‐Based, Composite PDMS/Glass Capillary Microfluidic System for Evaluating Protein Crystallization Conditions by Microbatch and Vapor‐Diffusion Methods with On‐Chip X‐Ray Diffraction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(19). 2508–2511. 310 indexed citations
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Roach, L. Spencer, Helen Song, & Rustem F. Ismagilov. (2004). Controlling Nonspecific Protein Adsorption in a Plug-Based Microfluidic System by Controlling Interfacial Chemistry Using Fluorous-Phase Surfactants. Analytical Chemistry. 77(3). 785–796. 228 indexed citations
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Zheng, Bo, L. Spencer Roach, & Rustem F. Ismagilov. (2003). Screening of Protein Crystallization Conditions on a Microfluidic Chip Using Nanoliter-Size Droplets. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(37). 11170–11171. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roach, L. Spencer & Michael Guilhaus. (1992). Evolving factor analysis in gas chromatography/mass spectrometry—a feasibility study. Organic Mass Spectrometry. 27(10). 1071–1076. 9 indexed citations

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