R. A. Mathies

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

R. A. Mathies is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. A. Mathies has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in R. A. Mathies's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (7 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (6 papers). R. A. Mathies is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (7 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (6 papers). R. A. Mathies collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. R. A. Mathies's co-authors include C. V. Shank, Linda A. Peteanu, R. W. Schoenlein, A. C. Albrecht, Lubert Stryer, Glen R. Loppnow, M Eisenberg, William R. Veatch, Teresa B. Freedman and Qing Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. A. Mathies

18 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

The First Step in Vision: Femtosecond Isomerization of Rhodopsin

1991 671 citations R. W. Schoenlein, Linda A. Peteanu et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. A. Mathies United States	13	1.0k	755	694	310	271	18	1.7k
Raymond Birge United States	16	873 0.9×	661 0.9×	353 0.5×	164 0.5×	251 0.9×	36	1.6k
Piero Altoè Italy	15	787 0.8×	612 0.8×	770 1.1×	356 1.1×	209 0.8×	22	1.6k
Remedios González-Luque Spain	17	400 0.4×	552 0.7×	580 0.8×	439 1.4×	135 0.5×	36	1.3k
Rolf Diller Germany	24	726 0.7×	629 0.8×	322 0.5×	188 0.6×	171 0.6×	63	1.6k
Georg Büldt Germany	33	1.4k 1.4×	2.3k 3.1×	940 1.4×	100 0.3×	417 1.5×	68	3.4k
Valentyn I. Prokhorenko Canada	25	719 0.7×	909 1.2×	1.7k 2.4×	348 1.1×	427 1.6×	54	2.2k
Noga Friedman Israel	30	1.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.7×	587 0.8×	119 0.4×	293 1.1×	102	2.7k
L. Eisenstein United States	22	864 0.9×	2.4k 3.1×	1.1k 1.6×	103 0.3×	627 2.3×	40	3.6k
Georg Büldt Germany	22	1.1k 1.1×	1.7k 2.3×	373 0.5×	57 0.2×	280 1.0×	50	2.3k
Samer Gozem United States	26	797 0.8×	571 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	515 1.7×	407 1.5×	68	2.2k

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Tan, Guoqiang, et al.. (2016). Development of an Extraterrestrial Organic Analyzer (EOA) for Highly Sensitive Organic Detection on a Kinetic Penetrator. 1912. 2067. 1 indexed citations

Glavin, D. P., Jason P. Dworkin, J. L. Eigenbrode, et al.. (2008). Astrobiology Sample Analysis Program (ASAP) for Advanced Life Detection Instrumentation Development and Calibration. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations

Cherepy, Nerine J., et al.. (1997). ChemInform Abstract: Electronic and Nuclear Dynamics of the Accessory Bacteriochlorophylls in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers from Resonance Raman Intensities.. ChemInform. 28(28). 1 indexed citations

Peteanu, Linda A., R. W. Schoenlein, Qing Wang, R. A. Mathies, & C. V. Shank. (1993). The first step in vision occurs in femtoseconds: complete blue and red spectral studies.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(24). 11762–11766. 159 indexed citations

Dexheimer, S. L., et al.. (1992). Femtosecond impulsive excitation of nonstationary vibrational states in bacteriorhodopsin. Chemical Physics Letters. 188(1-2). 61–66. 126 indexed citations

Schoenlein, R. W., Linda A. Peteanu, R. A. Mathies, & C. V. Shank. (1991). The First Step in Vision: Femtosecond Isomerization of Rhodopsin. Science. 254(5030). 412–415. 671 indexed citations breakdown →

Kraft, Timothy W., et al.. (1990). Cone Excitations and Color Vision. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 55(0). 635–641. 4 indexed citations

Makino, Clint L., Timothy W. Kraft, R. A. Mathies, et al.. (1990). Effects of modified chromophores on the spectral sensitivity of salamander, squirrel and macaque cones.. The Journal of Physiology. 424(1). 545–560. 29 indexed citations

Loppnow, Glen R., Bridgette A. Barry, & R. A. Mathies. (1989). Why are blue visual pigments blue? A resonance Raman microprobe study.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(5). 1515–1518. 35 indexed citations

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Loppnow, Glen R. & R. A. Mathies. (1988). Excited-state structure and isomerization dynamics of the retinal chromophore in rhodopsin from resonance Raman intensities. Biophysical Journal. 54(1). 35–43. 92 indexed citations

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Fodor, Stephen P. A., Roberto A. Bogomolni, & R. A. Mathies. (1987). Structure of the retinal chromophore in the hRL intermediate of halorhodopsin from resonance Raman spectroscopy. Biochemistry. 26(21). 6775–6778. 36 indexed citations

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Smith, Steven O., Anne B. Myers, R. A. Mathies, et al.. (1985). Vibrational analysis of the all-trans retinal protonated Schiff base. Biophysical Journal. 47(5). 653–664. 94 indexed citations

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Mathies, R. A., Teresa B. Freedman, & Lubert Stryer. (1977). Resonance Raman studies of the conformation of retinal in rhodopsin and isorhodopsin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 109(2). 367–372. 100 indexed citations

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Veatch, William R., R. A. Mathies, M Eisenberg, & Lubert Stryer. (1975). Simultaneous fluorescence and conductance studies of planar bilayer membranes containing a highly active and fluorescent analog of gramicidin A. Journal of Molecular Biology. 99(1). 75–92. 149 indexed citations

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Mathies, R. A. & A. C. Albrecht. (1974). Electric field broadening of the 1A1(2) transition in azulene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 60(4). 1420–1423. 9 indexed citations

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Mathies, R. A. & A. C. Albrecht. (1974). Experimental and theoretical studies on the excited state polarizabilities of benzene, naphthalene, and anthracene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 60(6). 2500–2508. 94 indexed citations

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Friedrich, Donald M., R. A. Mathies, & A. C. Albrecht. (1974). Studies of excited electronic states of anthracene and some of its derivatives by photoselection and PPP-SCF calculations. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 51(1). 166–188. 30 indexed citations

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Mathies, R. A. & A. C. Albrecht. (1972). Electric field perturbation of the 1A1g1B2u transition of benzene. Chemical Physics Letters. 16(2). 231–234. 19 indexed citations

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