Michael L. Simpson

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
198 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Michael L. Simpson is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Simpson has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Materials Chemistry, 63 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 59 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Simpson's work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (48 papers), Graphene research and applications (33 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (31 papers). Michael L. Simpson is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (48 papers), Graphene research and applications (33 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (31 papers). Michael L. Simpson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Sweden. Michael L. Simpson's co-authors include Anatoli V. Melechko, Michael Guillorn, D. H. Lowndes, V. I. Merkulov, Timothy E. McKnight, Gary S. Sayler, Chris D. Cox, Roy D. Dar, Kate L. Klein and Leor S. Weinberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Simpson

190 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Vertically aligned carbon nanofibers and related structur... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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. Vertically aligned carbon nanofibers and related structures: Controlled synthesis and directed assembly
    2005 524 citations Anatoli V. Melechko, V. I. Merkulov et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael L. Simpson United States 47 2.6k 2.5k 1.7k 1.5k 450 198 7.0k
Ichiro Yamashita Japan 46 1.7k 0.7× 3.8k 1.6× 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 352 0.8× 347 7.4k
Andreas R. Bausch Germany 59 4.0k 1.5× 2.8k 1.1× 3.9k 2.3× 1.1k 0.7× 216 0.5× 185 14.8k
Tim Salditt Germany 49 1.1k 0.4× 4.7k 1.9× 1.6k 0.9× 904 0.6× 482 1.1× 337 10.9k
Giovanni Dietler Switzerland 50 1.5k 0.6× 3.0k 1.2× 2.3k 1.3× 1.6k 1.0× 207 0.5× 255 9.6k
David M. Tanenbaum United States 26 2.9k 1.1× 1.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 2.0k 1.3× 1.5k 3.4× 47 7.5k
Ralf Schmidt Germany 32 2.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.5× 406 0.2× 1.3k 0.8× 178 0.4× 113 5.4k
Hazen P. Babcock United States 33 848 0.3× 3.7k 1.5× 1.9k 1.1× 418 0.3× 322 0.7× 38 7.7k
Xavier Michalet United States 35 5.8k 2.2× 5.4k 2.2× 3.3k 1.9× 2.3k 1.5× 293 0.7× 109 12.2k
Suliana Manley Switzerland 45 1.4k 0.6× 3.8k 1.5× 2.0k 1.2× 330 0.2× 387 0.9× 106 9.2k
Christoph Bräuchle Germany 54 3.4k 1.3× 3.2k 1.3× 2.1k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 514 1.1× 222 10.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael L. Simpson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael L. Simpson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simpson, Michael L., et al.. (2023). Central aortic versus axillary artery cannulation for aortic arch surgery. JTCVS Open. 14. 14–25. 8 indexed citations
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Collier, C. Patrick, et al.. (2022). Crowding-Induced Spatial Organization of Gene Expression in Cell-Sized Vesicles. ACS Synthetic Biology. 11(11). 3733–3742. 10 indexed citations
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Taylor, Graham J., et al.. (2020). Macromolecular Crowding Affects Voltage-Dependent Alamethicin Pore Formation in Lipid Bilayer Membranes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 124(25). 5095–5102. 6 indexed citations
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Beven, Keith, Susana Almeida, Willy Aspinall, et al.. (2017). Epistemic uncertainties and natural hazard risk assessment. 1. A review of different natural hazard areas. 6 indexed citations
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Iyer, Sukanya, et al.. (2013). Multi-Input Regulation and Logic with T7 Promoters in Cells and Cell-Free Systems. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78442–e78442. 37 indexed citations
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Karig, David, Sukanya Iyer, Michael L. Simpson, & Mitchel J. Doktycz. (2012). Expression Optimization and Inducible Negative Feedback in Cell-Free Systems. Molecular Systems Biology. 40(8). 1 indexed citations
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Bolovan‐Fritts, Cynthia, et al.. (2012). An Endogenous Accelerator for Viral Gene Expression Confers a Fitness Advantage. Cell. 151(7). 1569–1580. 40 indexed citations
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Karig, David, Sukanya Iyer, Michael L. Simpson, & Mitchel J. Doktycz. (2011). Expression optimization and synthetic gene networks in cell-free systems. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(8). 3763–3774. 92 indexed citations
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Simpson, Michael L. & Peter T. Cummings. (2011). Fluctuations and Correlations in Physical and Biological Nanosystems: The Tale Is in the Tails. ACS Nano. 5(4). 2425–2432. 6 indexed citations
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Klein, Kate L., Jason D. Fowlkes, Lawrence F. Allard, et al.. (2008). Single-crystal nanowires grown via electron-beam-induced deposition. Advanced Materials. 19(34). 1 indexed citations
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Klein, Kate L., Anatoli V. Melechko, Timothy E. McKnight, et al.. (2008). Surface characterization and functionalization of carbon nanofibers. Journal of Applied Physics. 103(6). 146 indexed citations
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Allen, Michael S., et al.. (2006). A destabilized bacterial luciferase for dynamic gene expression studies. PubMed. 1(1). 3–9. 21 indexed citations
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McCollum, James M., Gregory D. Peterson, Chris D. Cox, et al.. (2005). Accelerating Exact Stochastic Simulation Using Reconfigurable Computing.. 105–111. 3 indexed citations
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Simpson, Michael L., Chris D. Cox, Gregory D. Peterson, & Gary S. Sayler. (2004). Engineering in the biological substrate: information processing in genetic circuits. Proceedings of the IEEE. 92(5). 848–863. 41 indexed citations
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Britt, P.F., Mitchel J. Doktycz, Kate L. Klein, et al.. (2003). Nanofiber Structures as Mimics for Cellular Membranes. TechConnect Briefs. 3(2003). 420–423. 1 indexed citations
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Wintenberg, A.L., T. C. Awes, C.L. Britton, et al.. (2002). Monolithic circuits for the WA98 lead class calorimeter. 1. 493–497. 4 indexed citations
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Guillorn, Michael, Timothy E. McKnight, Anatoli V. Melechko, et al.. (2002). Individually addressable vertically aligned carbon nanofiber-based electrochemical probes. Journal of Applied Physics. 91(6). 3824–3828. 86 indexed citations
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Simpson, Michael L., C.L. Britton, A.L. Wintenberg, & G. R. Young. (1995). An integrated, CMOS, constant-fraction timing discriminator for multichannel detector systems. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 42(4). 762–766. 26 indexed citations
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Simpson, Michael L.. (1983). Why the Past Comes Last.. 36(2). 5–17. 3 indexed citations
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Simpson, Michael L. & Roger Penrose. (1973). Internal instability in a Reissner-Nordstr�m black hole. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 7(3). 183–197. 175 indexed citations

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