L. Waters

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

L. Waters is a scholar working on Radiation, Aerospace Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Waters has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Radiation, 20 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 12 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in L. Waters's work include Nuclear Physics and Applications (22 papers), Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (17 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (9 papers). L. Waters is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Physics and Applications (22 papers), Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (17 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (9 papers). L. Waters collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Russia. L. Waters's co-authors include Gisela Storz, Graham C. Walker, Sanjay D’Souza, Mary Ellen Wiltrout, Brenda K. Minesinger, Julia E. Martin, M. B. Chadwick, Joe W. Durkee, P.G. Young and S.C. Frankle and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

L. Waters

45 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Regulatory RNAs in Bacteria 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. Regulatory RNAs in Bacteria
    2009 1.2k citations L. Waters, Gisela Storz Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L. Waters United States 17 1.8k 772 526 454 273 51 3.1k
A.A. Katsanos Greece 15 777 0.4× 329 0.4× 353 0.7× 164 0.4× 49 0.2× 41 2.0k
Marie‐Christine Maurel France 29 901 0.5× 211 0.3× 113 0.2× 131 0.3× 65 0.2× 108 2.1k
Gerhard Sauer Germany 27 1.7k 1.0× 879 1.1× 35 0.1× 349 0.8× 92 0.3× 146 4.5k
Michael Nelson United States 26 1.6k 0.9× 454 0.6× 88 0.2× 448 1.0× 31 0.1× 67 3.0k
Christian Rausch Germany 20 1.8k 1.0× 268 0.3× 89 0.2× 249 0.5× 11 0.0× 46 3.1k
Zhiheng Yu United States 33 1.9k 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 57 0.1× 193 0.4× 12 0.0× 75 3.3k
Alexander Long United States 16 1.7k 0.9× 392 0.5× 64 0.1× 212 0.5× 24 0.1× 47 2.5k
Mikel Valle Spain 39 4.4k 2.4× 913 1.2× 138 0.3× 624 1.4× 11 0.0× 69 5.5k
Marc Salit United States 28 2.0k 1.1× 927 1.2× 29 0.1× 179 0.4× 23 0.1× 79 3.7k
Yong Shin South Korea 30 971 0.5× 49 0.1× 107 0.2× 166 0.4× 30 0.1× 143 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by L. Waters

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Waters

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of L. Waters. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of L. Waters based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with L. Waters. L. Waters is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Martin, Julia E. & L. Waters. (2022). Regulation of Bacterial Manganese Homeostasis and Usage During Stress Responses and Pathogenesis. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9. 945724–945724. 15 indexed citations
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Cohen, Susan, Sara M. Hashmi, Vasiliki Lykourinou, et al.. (2021). Adapting Undergraduate Research to Remote Work to Increase Engagement. PubMed. 2(2). 28–32. 1 indexed citations
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Zeinert, Rilee, et al.. (2018). Structure–function analysis of manganese exporter proteins across bacteria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(15). 5715–5730. 48 indexed citations
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Dambach, Michael, Taylor B. Updegrove, Vivek Anantharaman, et al.. (2015). The Ubiquitous yybP-ykoY Riboswitch Is a Manganese-Responsive Regulatory Element. Molecular Cell. 57(6). 1099–1109. 113 indexed citations
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Martin, Julia E., L. Waters, Gisela Storz, & James A. Imlay. (2015). The Escherichia coli Small Protein MntS and Exporter MntP Optimize the Intracellular Concentration of Manganese. PLoS Genetics. 11(3). e1004977–e1004977. 103 indexed citations
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Durkee, Joe W., et al.. (2015). MCNP6 moving objects part I: Theory. Progress in Nuclear Energy. 87. 104–121. 5 indexed citations
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Durkee, Joe W., et al.. (2015). MCNP6 moving objects. Part II: Simulations. Progress in Nuclear Energy. 87. 122–143. 4 indexed citations
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Durkee, Joe W., Michael R. James, G.W. McKinney, & L. Waters. (2010). MCNPX Delayed-Gamma Feature Enhancements. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 103(1). 651–652. 2 indexed citations
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Simon, Sharotka M., L. Waters, Daniel F. Jarosz, & Penny J. Beuning. (2009). Song: SOS (To the Tune of ABBA's “SOS”). Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 37(5). 316–316. 1 indexed citations
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Durkee, Joe W., G.W. McKinney, Holly Trellue, L. Waters, & W.B. Wilson. (2009). Delayed-Gamma Simulation Using MCNPX. Nuclear Technology. 168(3). 761–764. 5 indexed citations
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Durkee, Joe W., Michael R. James, G.W. McKinney, et al.. (2009). Delayed-gamma signature calculation for neutron-induced fission and activation using MCNPX, Part I: Theory. Progress in Nuclear Energy. 51(8). 813–827. 8 indexed citations
12.
Waters, L. & Gisela Storz. (2009). Regulatory RNAs in Bacteria. Cell. 136(4). 615–628. 1228 indexed citations breakdown →
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Waters, L., et al.. (2009). Eukaryotic Translesion Polymerases and Their Roles and Regulation in DNA Damage Tolerance. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 73(1). 134–154. 465 indexed citations
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D’Souza, Sanjay, L. Waters, & Graham C. Walker. (2008). Novel conserved motifs in Rev1 C-terminus are required for mutagenic DNA damage tolerance. DNA repair. 7(9). 1455–1470. 37 indexed citations
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Newhauser, Wayne, J Fontenot, Nicholas Koch, et al.. (2007). Monte Carlo simulations of the dosimetric impact of radiopaque fiducial markers for proton radiotherapy of the prostate. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 52(11). 2937–2952. 73 indexed citations
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Waters, L. & Graham C. Walker. (2006). The critical mutagenic translesion DNA polymerase Rev1 is highly expressed during G 2 /M phase rather than S phase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(24). 8971–8976. 141 indexed citations
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McKinney, G.W., et al.. (2006). Review Of Monte Carlo All-particle Transport Codes And Overview Of Recent Mcnpx Features. CERN Bulletin. 88. 8 indexed citations
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Waters, L.. (1994). Data analysis and visualization in MCNP. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 71. 1 indexed citations
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Bloomer, M., William Love, & L. Waters. (1991). New results from AGS heavy-ion experiments. Nuclear Physics A. 527. 595–600.
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Csernai, L. P., P. S. Freier, J. Mevissen, H. Nguyen, & L. Waters. (1986). Identification of collective flow by transverse-momentum analysis of emulsion data for Au+AgBr and Xe+AgBr. Physical Review C. 34(4). 1270–1273. 13 indexed citations

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