Michael T. Bowers

32.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
444 papers, 27.5k citations indexed

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Michael T. Bowers is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael T. Bowers has authored 444 papers receiving a total of 27.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 246 papers in Spectroscopy, 190 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 95 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael T. Bowers's work include Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (169 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (158 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (69 papers). Michael T. Bowers is often cited by papers focused on Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (169 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (158 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (69 papers). Michael T. Bowers collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Michael T. Bowers's co-authors include Thomas Wyttenbach, Paul R. Kemper, Gert von Helden, Timothy A. Su, Walter J. Chesnavich, Joan–Emma Shea, Nigel G. Gotts, Nicholas Dupuis, Summer L. Bernstein and Donald H. Aue and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael T. Bowers

442 papers receiving 26.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gas phase ion chemistry

1979 939 citations Michael T. Bowers CERN Bulletin profile →
Amyloid-β protein oligomerization and the importance of tetramers and dodecamers in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease

2009 803 citations Summer L. Bernstein, Noel D. Lazo et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
An investigation of the mobility separation of some peptide and protein ions using a new hybrid quadrupole/travelling wave IMS/oa-ToF instrument

2006 683 citations Michael T. Bowers et al. profile →
Carbon cluster cations with up to 84 atoms: structures, formation mechanism, and reactivity

1993 500 citations Gert von Helden, Michael T. Bowers et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →
Ion-Polar molecule collisions: the effect of ion size on ion-polar molecule rate constants; the parameterization of the average-dipole-orientation theory

1973 464 citations Timothy A. Su, Michael T. Bowers International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics profile →
Structures of carbon cluster ions from 3 to 60 atoms: Linears to rings to fullerenes

1991 437 citations Gert von Helden, Michael T. Bowers et al. profile →
Theory of ion-polar molecule collisions. Comparison with experimental charge transfer reactions of rare gas ions to geometric isomers of difluorobenzene and dichloroethylene

1973 361 citations Timothy A. Su, Michael T. Bowers profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael T. Bowers	14.6k	9.3k	7.2k	4.5k	3.7k	444	27.5k
Fred W. McLafferty	21.1k 1.4×	4.1k 0.4×	10.2k 1.4×	2.0k 0.4×	2.5k 0.7×	424	30.2k
František Tureček	7.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.2×	5.7k 0.8×	683 0.2×	2.6k 0.7×	413	14.0k
Gert von Helden	7.3k 0.5×	5.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.3×	3.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	235	13.9k
Ahmed H. Zewail	8.6k 0.6×	25.1k 2.7×	5.5k 0.8×	5.9k 1.3×	2.8k 0.8×	580	38.5k
Douglas J. Tobias	2.9k 0.2×	9.8k 1.1×	10.9k 1.5×	4.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	229	24.5k
Jos Oomens	10.0k 0.7×	5.6k 0.6×	3.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	492	15.3k
Keli Han	7.8k 0.5×	10.1k 1.1×	2.9k 0.4×	15.9k 3.5×	7.2k 2.0×	537	34.6k
Jan H. Jensen	5.0k 0.3×	11.0k 1.2×	10.7k 1.5×	8.0k 1.8×	7.7k 2.1×	155	34.6k
James T. Hynes	4.8k 0.3×	18.5k 2.0×	4.9k 0.7×	3.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	323	27.1k
Mark E. Tuckerman	3.8k 0.3×	12.4k 1.3×	5.4k 0.7×	8.5k 1.9×	2.3k 0.6×	225	29.5k

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Graf, Erin H., Andrew Bryan, Michael T. Bowers, & Thomas E. Grys. (2025). One Size Fits Small: The Narrow Utility for Plasma Metagenomics. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 10(1). 171–183. 1 indexed citations

Arsiccio, Andrea, et al.. (2023). Effect of Cosolutes on the Aggregation of a Tau Fragment: A Combined Experimental and Simulation Approach. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 127(18). 4022–4031. 1 indexed citations

Scutelnic, Valeriu, Marta A. S. Perez, Mateusz Marianski, et al.. (2018). The Structure of the Protonated Serine Octamer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(24). 7554–7560. 65 indexed citations

Seo, Jongcheol, Waldemar Hoffmann, Stephan Warnke, et al.. (2016). Die Erhaltung nativer Proteinstrukturen unter Ausschluss von Lösungsmittel: eine Untersuchung mit Hilfe der Kombination von Ionenmobilität mit Spektroskopie. Angewandte Chemie. 128(45). 14380–14384. 3 indexed citations

Seo, Jongcheol, Stephan Warnke, Sandy Gewinner, et al.. (2016). The impact of environment and resonance effects on the site of protonation of aminobenzoic acid derivatives. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18(36). 25474–25482. 70 indexed citations

Seo, Jongcheol, Waldemar Hoffmann, Stephan Warnke, et al.. (2016). An infrared spectroscopy approach to follow β-sheet formation in peptide amyloid assemblies. Nature Chemistry. 9(1). 39–44. 197 indexed citations

Seo, Jongcheol, Waldemar Hoffmann, Stephan Warnke, et al.. (2016). Retention of Native Protein Structures in the Absence of Solvent: A Coupled Ion Mobility and Spectroscopic Study. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(45). 14173–14176. 109 indexed citations

LaPointe, Nichole E., Srinivasan Ramachandran, D. Thanh, et al.. (2016). Oligomerization of the microtubule‐associated protein tau is mediated by its N‐terminal sequences: implications for normal and pathological tau action. Journal of Neurochemistry. 137(6). 939–954. 30 indexed citations

Economou, Nicholas J., et al.. (2014). Interactions between Amyloid-β and Tau Fragments Promote Aberrant Aggregates: Implications for Amyloid Toxicity. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 1 indexed citations

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Roychaudhuri, Robin, Aleksey Lomakin, Summer L. Bernstein, et al.. (2014). Gly25-Ser26 Amyloid β-Protein Structural Isomorphs Produce Distinct Aβ42 Conformational Dynamics and Assembly Characteristics. Journal of Molecular Biology. 426(13). 2422–2441. 28 indexed citations

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Wu, Chun, Michael T. Bowers, & Joan–Emma Shea. (2011). On the Origin of the Stronger Binding of PIB over Thioflavin T to Protofibrils of the Alzheimer Amyloid-β Peptide: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Biophysical Journal. 100(5). 1316–1324. 78 indexed citations

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Wu, Chun, Michael T. Bowers, & Joan–Emma Shea. (2010). Molecular Structures of Quiescently Grown and Brain-Derived Polymorphic Fibrils of the Alzheimer Amyloid Aβ9-40 Peptide: A Comparison to Agitated Fibrils. PLoS Computational Biology. 6(3). e1000693–e1000693. 51 indexed citations

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Baumketner, Andrij, Summer L. Bernstein, Thomas Wyttenbach, et al.. (2008). Effects of Familial Alzheimer’s Disease Mutations on the Folding Nucleation of the Amyloid β-Protein. Journal of Molecular Biology. 381(1). 221–228. 90 indexed citations

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Segev, Elad, Thomas Wyttenbach, Michael T. Bowers, & R. Benny Gerber. (2008). Conformational evolution of ubiquitin ions in electrospray mass spectrometry: molecular dynamics simulations at gradually increasing temperatures. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 10(21). 3077–3077. 48 indexed citations

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Baumketner, Andrij, Summer L. Bernstein, Thomas Wyttenbach, et al.. (2006). Amyloid β‐protein monomer structure: A computational and experimental study. Protein Science. 15(3). 420–428. 225 indexed citations

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Austin, J., B. G. Cassidy, T. A. Olson, et al.. (2002). Abstracts for Oral and Poster Presentations for the American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology 40th International Conference. Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology. 34(1). 41–78. 1 indexed citations

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Bowers, Michael T., et al.. (1981). Temperature dependence of the hydrogen atom abstraction reactions of Cl/+/ and HCl/+/ with H2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 85. 313–315. 6 indexed citations

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Bowers, Michael T.. (1979). Gas phase ion chemistry. CERN Bulletin. 939 indexed citations breakdown →

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Su, Timothy A. & Michael T. Bowers. (1975). Parameterization of the average dipole orientation theory: temperature dependence. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics. 17(2). 211–212. 103 indexed citations

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O'Malley, Rebecca M., Keith R. Jennings, Michael T. Bowers, & V. G. Anicich. (1973). ICR Mass spectra of fluoroalkenes. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics. 11(2). 89–98. 24 indexed citations

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