Matthew W. Powner

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Matthew W. Powner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew W. Powner has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Matthew W. Powner's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (39 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (20 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers). Matthew W. Powner is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (39 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (20 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers). Matthew W. Powner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Czechia. Matthew W. Powner's co-authors include John D. Sutherland, Béatrice Gerland, Saidul Islam, Jack W. Szostak, Dejan-Krešimir Buč̌ar, Carole Anastasi, Shao‐Liang Zheng, Aaron E. Engelhart, Tom D. Sheppard and Daniel Whitaker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Matthew W. Powner

47 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in preb... 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. Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in prebiotically plausible conditions
    2009 905 citations Matthew W. Powner, Béatrice Gerland et al. Nature profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew W. Powner United Kingdom 23 2.0k 1.8k 605 349 230 47 2.7k
Giovanna Costanzo Italy 27 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 336 0.6× 223 0.6× 119 0.5× 63 2.2k
Arthur L. Weber United States 26 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 357 0.6× 190 0.5× 196 0.9× 59 1.8k
Dougal J. Ritson United Kingdom 19 1.0k 0.5× 831 0.5× 393 0.6× 143 0.4× 407 1.8× 28 1.8k
Judit E. Šponer Czechia 29 806 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 225 0.4× 298 0.9× 192 0.8× 85 2.2k
Alan W. Schwartz Netherlands 29 2.0k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 425 0.7× 224 0.6× 180 0.8× 96 2.9k
Fabio Mavelli Italy 24 465 0.2× 1.3k 0.7× 456 0.8× 305 0.9× 233 1.0× 68 2.0k
Matthew A. Carrigan United States 12 880 0.4× 794 0.4× 256 0.4× 172 0.5× 58 0.3× 17 1.4k
Stefan Pitsch Switzerland 28 535 0.3× 2.2k 1.2× 156 0.3× 281 0.8× 269 1.2× 65 2.7k
Béatrice Gerland France 7 809 0.4× 739 0.4× 229 0.4× 119 0.3× 115 0.5× 13 1.1k
Claudia Percivalle Italy 11 582 0.3× 673 0.4× 239 0.4× 223 0.6× 311 1.4× 13 1.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Islam, Saidul, et al.. (2024). Prebiotically plausible chemoselective pantetheine synthesis in water. Science. 383(6685). 911–918. 13 indexed citations
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Whitaker, Daniel & Matthew W. Powner. (2024). On the aqueous origins of the condensation polymers of life. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 8(11). 817–832. 11 indexed citations
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Powner, Matthew W., et al.. (2022). Photochemistry of 2-thiooxazole: a plausible prebiotic precursor to RNA nucleotides. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(35). 21406–21416. 3 indexed citations
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Singh, Jyoti, Daniel Whitaker, Saidul Islam, et al.. (2022). Prebiotic Catalytic Peptide Ligation Yields Proteinogenic Peptides by Intramolecular Amide Catalyzed Hydrolysis Facilitating Regioselective Lysine Ligation in Neutral Water. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(23). 10151–10155. 22 indexed citations
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Islam, Saidul, et al.. (2020). Prebiotic synthesis of cysteine peptides that catalyze peptide ligation in neutral water. Science. 370(6518). 865–869. 134 indexed citations
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Szabla, Rafał, Zoe R. Todd, Shaun Stairs, et al.. (2018). Selective prebiotic conversion of pyrimidine and purine anhydronucleosides into Watson-Crick base-pairing arabino-furanosyl nucleosides in water. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4073–4073. 35 indexed citations
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Whitaker, Daniel & Matthew W. Powner. (2018). Prebiotic nucleic acids need space to grow. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5172–5172. 12 indexed citations
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Islam, Saidul, Dejan-Krešimir Buč̌ar, & Matthew W. Powner. (2017). Prebiotic selection and assembly of proteinogenic amino acids and natural nucleotides from complex mixtures. Nature Chemistry. 9(6). 584–589. 87 indexed citations
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Stairs, Shaun, et al.. (2017). Divergent prebiotic synthesis of pyrimidine and 8-oxo-purine ribonucleotides. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15270–15270. 82 indexed citations
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Tocher, Derek A., et al.. (2015). One-step protecting-group-free synthesis of azepinomycin in water. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 13(11). 3378–3381. 7 indexed citations
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Powner, Matthew W., Shao‐Liang Zheng, & Jack W. Szostak. (2012). Multicomponent Assembly of Proposed DNA Precursors in Water. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(33). 13889–13895. 57 indexed citations
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Powner, Matthew W. & John D. Sutherland. (2011). Prebiotic chemistry: a new modus operandi. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 366(1580). 2870–2877. 105 indexed citations
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Powner, Matthew W., John D. Sutherland, & Jack W. Szostak. (2011). Chemoselective Multicomponent One-Pot Assembly of Purine Precursors in Water. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(11). 4149–4150. 6 indexed citations
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Powner, Matthew W., John D. Sutherland, & Jack W. Szostak. (2010). Chemoselective Multicomponent One-Pot Assembly of Purine Precursors in Water. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(46). 16677–16688. 123 indexed citations
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Powner, Matthew W., Béatrice Gerland, & John D. Sutherland. (2009). Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in prebiotically plausible conditions. Nature. 459(7244). 239–242. 905 indexed citations breakdown →
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Powner, Matthew W. & John D. Sutherland. (2008). Potentially Prebiotic Synthesis of Pyrimidine β‐D‐Ribonucleotides by Photoanomerization/Hydrolysis of α‐D‐Cytidine‐2′‐Phosphate. ChemBioChem. 9(15). 2386–2387. 27 indexed citations
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Powner, Matthew W., et al.. (2007). On the Prebiotic Synthesis of Ribonucleotides: Photoanomerisation of Cytosine Nucleosides and Nucleotides Revisited. ChemBioChem. 8(10). 1170–1179. 32 indexed citations
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Anastasi, Carole, et al.. (2007). RNA: Prebiotic Product, or Biotic Invention. ChemInform. 38(26). 1 indexed citations
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Anastasi, Carole, et al.. (2006). Direct Assembly of Nucleoside Precursors from Two‐ and Three‐Carbon Units. Angewandte Chemie. 118(37). 6322–6325. 18 indexed citations
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Anastasi, Carole, et al.. (2006). Direct Assembly of Nucleoside Precursors from Two‐ and Three‐Carbon Units. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(37). 6176–6179. 73 indexed citations

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