Paul S. Cremer

24.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
171 papers, 20.7k citations indexed

About

Paul S. Cremer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul S. Cremer has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 20.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Molecular Biology, 78 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 47 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Paul S. Cremer's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (67 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (55 papers) and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (20 papers). Paul S. Cremer is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (67 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (55 papers) and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (20 papers). Paul S. Cremer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Czechia. Paul S. Cremer's co-authors include Youmin Zhang, Yanjie Zhang, Tinglu Yang, Edward T. Castellana, Hagan Bayley, David E. Bergbreiter, Pavel Jungwirth, Steven G. Boxer, Hanbin Mao and Yanjie Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Paul S. Cremer

168 papers receiving 20.4k citations

Hit Papers

Interactions between macromolecules and ions: the Hofmeis... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2006 2005 2001 2006 1999 500 1000 1.5k
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. Interactions between macromolecules and ions: the Hofmeister series
    2006 1.7k citations Paul S. Cremer et al. profile →
  2. Specific Ion Effects on the Water Solubility of Macromolecules:  PNIPAM and the Hofmeister Series
    2005 1.2k citations David E. Bergbreiter, Paul S. Cremer et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Stochastic sensors inspired by biology
    2001 949 citations Hagan Bayley, Paul S. Cremer Nature profile →
  4. Solid supported lipid bilayers: From biophysical studies to sensor design
    2006 915 citations Paul S. Cremer et al. profile →
  5. Formation and Spreading of Lipid Bilayers on Planar Glass Supports
    1999 616 citations Paul S. Cremer et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  6. Chemistry of Hofmeister Anions and Osmolytes
    2010 550 citations Yanjie Zhang, Paul S. Cremer profile →
  7. Beyond the Hofmeister Series: Ion-Specific Effects on Proteins and Their Biological Functions
    2017 547 citations Halil İ. Okur, Younhee Cho et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  8. Beyond Hofmeister
    2014 439 citations Paul S. Cremer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul S. Cremer United States 77 7.8k 6.3k 5.8k 3.3k 2.7k 171 20.7k
Sanford A. Asher United States 80 4.9k 0.6× 7.9k 1.3× 4.6k 0.8× 5.4k 1.6× 1.9k 0.7× 301 20.9k
Zhan Chen United States 75 5.8k 0.7× 6.8k 1.1× 4.8k 0.8× 4.9k 1.5× 1.5k 0.6× 532 19.7k
D. Peter Tieleman Canada 80 22.2k 2.9× 5.4k 0.9× 4.3k 0.7× 3.4k 1.1× 3.3k 1.2× 271 29.3k
E. Sackmann Germany 80 14.3k 1.8× 8.8k 1.4× 6.0k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 3.0k 1.1× 328 24.5k
Werner Kunz Germany 64 3.2k 0.4× 3.6k 0.6× 2.7k 0.5× 2.8k 0.8× 4.8k 1.8× 495 18.0k
Igal Szleifer United States 67 4.1k 0.5× 2.5k 0.4× 5.9k 1.0× 4.7k 1.4× 4.5k 1.7× 284 18.2k
Jan Skov Pedersen Denmark 72 6.0k 0.8× 2.1k 0.3× 2.7k 0.5× 6.5k 2.0× 7.2k 2.7× 453 22.1k
‪Siewert J. Marrink Netherlands 100 30.4k 3.9× 8.3k 1.3× 6.2k 1.1× 6.2k 1.9× 5.3k 2.0× 363 41.1k
J.R. Haak Netherlands 10 12.0k 1.5× 5.0k 0.8× 3.1k 0.5× 7.0k 2.2× 2.7k 1.0× 11 26.0k
Nicholas L. Abbott United States 76 5.0k 0.6× 4.0k 0.6× 4.2k 0.7× 4.7k 1.4× 5.0k 1.9× 423 20.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul S. Cremer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Glaid, Andrew J., et al.. (2025). The Binding of Cu2+ to Lipid Membranes Is Not Substantially Influenced by Electrostatic Screening. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(10). 8386–8397. 1 indexed citations
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Okur, Halil İ., et al.. (2021). Local Electric Fields in Aqueous Electrolytes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(30). 8484–8493. 16 indexed citations
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Elacqua, Elizabeth, et al.. (2020). Comment on “Arresting an Unusual Amide Tautomer Using Divalent Cations”. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(1). 477–478. 4 indexed citations
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Okur, Halil İ., et al.. (2020). Molecular Mechanism for the Interactions of Hofmeister Cations with Macromolecules in Aqueous Solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(45). 19094–19100. 80 indexed citations
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Rogers, Bradley, et al.. (2019). Counter Cations Affect Transport in Aqueous Hydroxide Solutions with Ion Specificity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(17). 6930–6936. 24 indexed citations
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Somasundar, Ambika, Subhadip Ghosh, Farzad Mohajerani, et al.. (2019). Positive and negative chemotaxis of enzyme-coated liposome motors. Nature Nanotechnology. 14(12). 1129–1134. 189 indexed citations
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Okur, Halil İ., et al.. (2018). The Jones–Ray Effect Is Not Caused by Surface-Active Impurities. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(23). 6739–6743. 15 indexed citations
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Monson, Christopher F., Xiao Cong, Aaron D. Robison, et al.. (2012). Phosphatidylserine Reversibly Binds Cu2+ with Extremely High Affinity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(18). 7773–7779. 59 indexed citations
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Flores, Sarah C., et al.. (2012). The Effects of Hofmeister Cations at Negatively Charged Hydrophilic Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116(9). 5730–5734. 128 indexed citations
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Huang, Da, Aaron D. Robison, Yiquan Liu, & Paul S. Cremer. (2012). Monitoring protein–small molecule interactions by local pH modulation. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 38(1). 74–78. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yanjie, et al.. (2007). Effects of Hofmeister Anions on the LCST of PNIPAM as a Function of Molecular Weight. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 111(25). 8916–8924. 353 indexed citations
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Kataoka-Hamai, Chiho, Paul S. Cremer, & Siegfried M. Musser. (2006). Single Giant Vesicle Rupture Events Reveal Multiple Mechanisms of Glass-Supported Bilayer Formation. Biophysical Journal. 92(6). 1988–1999. 89 indexed citations
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Chen, Xin & Paul S. Cremer. (2006). The Stochastic Nature of Gene Expression Revealed at the Single-Molecule Level. ACS Chemical Biology. 1(3). 129–131. 2 indexed citations
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Griffitts, Joel S., Stuart M. Haslam, Tinglu Yang, et al.. (2005). Glycolipids as Receptors for Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Toxin. Science. 307(5711). 922–925. 274 indexed citations
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Mao, Hanbin, Paul S. Cremer, & Michael D. Manson. (2003). A sensitive, versatile microfluidic assay for bacterial chemotaxis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(9). 5449–5454. 269 indexed citations
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Gurau, Marc C., et al.. (2003). Organization of Water Layers at Hydrophilic Interfaces. ChemPhysChem. 4(11). 1231–1233. 47 indexed citations
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Holden, Matthew A. & Paul S. Cremer. (2003). Light Activated Patterning of Dye-Labeled Molecules on Surfaces. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(27). 8074–8075. 86 indexed citations
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Bayley, Hagan & Paul S. Cremer. (2001). Stochastic sensors inspired by biology. Nature. 413(6852). 226–230. 949 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Joonyeong & Paul S. Cremer. (2001). Elucidating Changes in Interfacial Water Structure upon Protein Adsorption. ChemPhysChem. 2(8-9). 543–546. 76 indexed citations
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Su, Xingcai, Paul S. Cremer, Y. R. Shen, & Gábor A. Somorjai. (1997). High-Pressure CO Oxidation on Pt(111) Monitored with Infrared−Visible Sum Frequency Generation (SFG). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(17). 3994–4000. 179 indexed citations

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