Lee Macomber

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Lee Macomber is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee Macomber has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 4 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Lee Macomber's work include Trace Elements in Health (4 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (4 papers) and Chromium effects and bioremediation (2 papers). Lee Macomber is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (4 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (4 papers) and Chromium effects and bioremediation (2 papers). Lee Macomber collaborates with scholars based in United States. Lee Macomber's co-authors include James A. Imlay, Robert P. Hausinger, Christopher Rensing, Glória C. Ferreira, Gang Liu, Oleksandr Gakh, Sungjo Park, Grazia Isaya, Elena A. Kouzminova and Andrei Kuzminov and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Lee Macomber

10 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The iron-sulfur clusters ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750
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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. The iron-sulfur clusters of dehydratases are primary intracellular targets of copper toxicity
    2009 864 citations Lee Macomber, James A. Imlay Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lee Macomber 637 606 372 322 231 10 1.8k
Thomas Eitinger 1.1k 1.8× 444 0.7× 298 0.8× 227 0.7× 334 1.4× 37 2.6k
Rakesh Sharma 1.5k 2.3× 468 0.8× 279 0.8× 157 0.5× 250 1.1× 91 2.7k
José M. Pérez‐Donoso 441 0.7× 189 0.3× 128 0.3× 799 2.5× 312 1.4× 77 1.8k
Amit Gupta 841 1.3× 222 0.4× 239 0.6× 363 1.1× 213 0.9× 45 1.9k
T. V. Kulakovskaya 1.2k 1.8× 450 0.7× 112 0.3× 133 0.4× 180 0.8× 131 2.4k
Xianwei Liu 774 1.2× 184 0.3× 85 0.2× 131 0.4× 200 0.9× 52 2.3k
F. Wayne Outten 1.7k 2.7× 1.1k 1.8× 399 1.1× 390 1.2× 362 1.6× 41 3.8k
Dong‐Woo Lee 1.5k 2.4× 163 0.3× 72 0.2× 307 1.0× 324 1.4× 117 3.2k
Daniela Uccelletti 832 1.3× 97 0.2× 139 0.4× 461 1.4× 595 2.6× 110 2.2k
Xueyu Wang 422 0.7× 183 0.3× 81 0.2× 317 1.0× 317 1.4× 119 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Lee Macomber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lee Macomber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lee Macomber. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Lee Macomber. The network helps show where Lee Macomber may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lee Macomber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lee Macomber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lee Macomber 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 Lee Macomber. Lee Macomber is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Macomber, Lee, et al.. (2019). Glutarate L-2-hydroxylase (CsiD/GlaH) is an archetype Fe(II)/2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase. Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology. 117. 63–90. 3 indexed citations
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Macomber, Lee, et al.. (2015). Reduction of Urease Activity by Interaction with the Flap Covering the Active Site. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 55(2). 354–361. 29 indexed citations
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Macomber, Lee, et al.. (2013). Biosynthesis of the Urease Metallocenter. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(19). 13178–13185. 88 indexed citations
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Macomber, Lee, et al.. (2011). Fructose‐1,6‐bisphosphate aldolase (class II) is the primary site of nickel toxicity in Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 82(5). 1291–1300. 54 indexed citations
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Macomber, Lee & Robert P. Hausinger. (2011). Mechanisms of nickel toxicity in microorganisms. Metallomics. 3(11). 1153–1153. 263 indexed citations
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Macomber, Lee & James A. Imlay. (2009). The iron-sulfur clusters of dehydratases are primary intracellular targets of copper toxicity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(20). 8344–8349. 864 indexed citations breakdown →
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Macomber, Lee, Christopher Rensing, & James A. Imlay. (2006). Intracellular Copper Does Not Catalyze the Formation of Oxidative DNA Damage in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(5). 1616–1626. 287 indexed citations
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Gakh, Oleksandr, Sungjo Park, Gang Liu, et al.. (2005). Mitochondrial iron detoxification is a primary function of frataxin that limits oxidative damage and preserves cell longevity. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(3). 467–479. 156 indexed citations
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Kouzminova, Elena A., Ella Rotman, Lee Macomber, Jian Zhang, & Andrei Kuzminov. (2004). RecA-dependent mutants in Escherichia coli reveal strategies to avoid chromosomal fragmentation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(46). 16262–16267. 56 indexed citations
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Lee, Dong Yun, Adela R. Ramos, Lee Macomber, & James P. Shapleigh. (2002). Taxis Response of Various Denitrifying Bacteria to Nitrate and Nitrite. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68(5). 2140–2147. 32 indexed citations

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