Leslie E. Orgel

30.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
323 papers, 22.8k citations indexed

About

Leslie E. Orgel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Leslie E. Orgel has authored 323 papers receiving a total of 22.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 182 papers in Molecular Biology, 87 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 63 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Leslie E. Orgel's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (88 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (83 papers) and Origins and Evolution of Life (83 papers). Leslie E. Orgel is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (88 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (83 papers) and Origins and Evolution of Life (83 papers). Leslie E. Orgel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. Leslie E. Orgel's co-authors include Francis Crick, R. Lohrmann, Jack D. Dunitz, James P. Ferris, Gerald F. Joyce, Robert A. Sanchez, J. S. Griffith, Barbara C.F. Chu, Rihe Liu and Aubrey R. Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Leslie E. Orgel

320 papers receiving 21.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Selfish DNA: the ultimate parasite

1980 1.5k citations Leslie E. Orgel et al. Nature profile →
Evolution of the genetic apparatus

1968 685 citations Leslie E. Orgel Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ACCURACY OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AND ITS RELEVANCE TO AGEING

1963 678 citations Leslie E. Orgel profile →
Synthesis of long prebiotic oligomers on mineral surfaces

1996 625 citations Aubrey R. Hill, Leslie E. Orgel et al. Nature profile →
The crystal structure of ferrocene

1956 419 citations J. D. Dunitz, Leslie E. Orgel et al. Acta Crystallographica profile →
Ligand-field theory

1957 378 citations Leslie E. Orgel et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	2 Progress toward Understanding the Origin of the RNA World 2006 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Gerald F. Joyce, Leslie E. Orgel	39
2	The synthesis of β-peptides containing guanidino groups 2001 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Ke Wen, Hyunsoo Han, Timothy Z. Hoffman, Kim D. Janda, Leslie E. Orgel	3
3	The Specificity of Peptide Chain Extension by N-Carboxyanhydrides 2001 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·Ke Wen, Leslie E. Orgel	10
4	Polyphosphorylation and Non-Enzymatic Template-Directed Ligation of Oligonucleotides 2000 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·(unknown), Leslie E. Orgel	18
5	Remote Enantioselection Transmitted by an Achiral Peptide Nucleic Acid Backbone 2000 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Kozlov Ia, Leslie E. Orgel, Peter E. Nielsen	50
6	Are you serious, Dr Mitchell? 1999 ·Nature ·Leslie E. Orgel	11
7	2 Prospects for Understanding the Origin of the RNA World 1999 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Gerald F. Joyce, Leslie E. Orgel	21
8	Oligomerization of L-γ-carboxyglutamic Acid 1999 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·Aubrey R. Hill, Leslie E. Orgel	6
9	The Origin of Life – How Long did it Take? 1998 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·Leslie E. Orgel	36
10	Target-Sequence Preferences of HIV-1 Integration Complexesin Vitro 1996 ·Virology ·Yeou-Cherng Bor, Michael D. Miller, Frederic D. Bushman, Leslie E. Orgel	38
11	Template switching between PNA and RNA oligonucleotides 1995 ·Nature ·(unknown), Peter E. Nielsen, Leslie E. Orgel	178
12	Origen de la vida sobre la Tierra 1994 ·Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) ·Leslie E. Orgel	2
13	1 Prospects for Understanding the Origin of the RNA World 1993 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Gerald F. Joyce, Leslie E. Orgel	162
14	Nonenzymic template-directed synthesis on hairpin oligonucleotides. 2. Templates containing cytidine and guanosine residues 1992 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Taifeng Wu, Leslie E. Orgel	70
15	Synthesis of 5′-Deoxy-5′-nucleosideacetic Acid Derivatives 1990 ·Nucleosides and Nucleotides ·Kazuo Harada, Leslie E. Orgel	5
16	Ligation of oligonucleotides to nucleic acids or proteins via disulfide bonds 1988 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Barbara C.F. Chu, Leslie E. Orgel	58
17	Remarks on the Review Article “Replication and Evolution in Inorganic Systems” by Armin Weiss 1986 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English ·Gustaf Arrhenius, (unknown), Hyman Hartman, Stanley L. Miller, Leslie E. Orgel	2
18	Detection of Specific DNA Sequences With Short Biotin-Labeled Probes 1985 ·DNA ·Barbara C.F. Chu, Leslie E. Orgel	63
19	Efficient catalysis of polycytidylic acid-directed oligoguanylate formation by Pb2+ 1980 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·R. Lohrmann, Leslie E. Orgel	79
20	The crystal structure of ferrocene breakdown → 1956 ·Acta Crystallographica ·J. D. Dunitz, Leslie E. Orgel, Anne M. Rich	419

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