R. Contopoulou

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 778 citations indexed

About

R. Contopoulou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Contopoulou has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 778 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in R. Contopoulou's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (2 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (2 papers). R. Contopoulou is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (2 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (2 papers). R. Contopoulou collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. R. Contopoulou's co-authors include Michael Doudoroff, Riyo Kunisawa, Norberto J. Palleroni, Robert Mortimer, Roger Y. Stanier, David Schild, David M. Ogrydziak, Paul A. Castelfranco, P.K. Stumpf and E L Barrett and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

R. Contopoulou

9 papers receiving 677 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.

Nucleic Acid Homologies in the Genus Pseudomonas

1973 384 citations Norberto J. Palleroni, Riyo Kunisawa et al. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Contopoulou United States	8	506	260	129	64	56	9	778
T Harada Japan	19	395 0.8×	208 0.8×	61 0.5×	94 1.5×	45 0.8×	33	755
H. J. Kutzner Germany	15	461 0.9×	265 1.0×	155 1.2×	26 0.4×	76 1.4×	53	875
J. Chaloupka Czechia	15	431 0.9×	178 0.7×	54 0.4×	97 1.5×	18 0.3×	74	779
Janine Guespin‐Michel France	17	563 1.1×	128 0.5×	223 1.7×	71 1.1×	49 0.9×	54	854
W. F. Dudman Australia	23	228 0.5×	901 3.5×	151 1.2×	115 1.8×	56 1.0×	43	1.2k
Antonio H. Romano United States	21	677 1.3×	151 0.6×	68 0.5×	66 1.0×	34 0.6×	34	1.0k
Tsuneo Kaneshiro United States	15	494 1.0×	211 0.8×	41 0.3×	36 0.6×	31 0.6×	31	797
Michael A. Gealt United States	15	314 0.6×	156 0.6×	110 0.9×	30 0.5×	155 2.8×	29	667
John R. Sokatch United States	26	1.1k 2.1×	100 0.4×	114 0.9×	63 1.0×	99 1.8×	56	1.6k
Kieran Elborough United Kingdom	16	613 1.2×	326 1.3×	88 0.7×	53 0.8×	52 0.9×	23	988

Countries citing papers authored by R. Contopoulou

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. Contopoulou

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by R. Contopoulou. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by R. Contopoulou. The network helps show where R. Contopoulou may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Contopoulou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. Contopoulou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. Contopoulou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with R. Contopoulou. R. Contopoulou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Johnston, J. R., et al.. (1989). Electrophoretic karyotyping of commercial brewing and distilling strains of Saccharomyces and of other yeasts.. PubMed. 5 Spec No. S255–9. 6 indexed citations

2.

Mortimer, Robert, R. Contopoulou, & David Schild. (1981). Mitotic chromosome loss in a radiation-sensitive strain of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 78(9). 5778–5782. 89 indexed citations

3.

Barrett, E L, K. Soderberg, Riyo Kunisawa, et al.. (1980). Evolution in Pseudomonas fluorescens. Microbiology. 120(2). 485–511. 44 indexed citations

4.

Ogrydziak, David M., et al.. (1978). Development of genetic techniques and the genetic map of the yeast Saccharomycopis lipolytica. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 163(3). 229–239. 65 indexed citations

5.

Doudoroff, Michael, R. Contopoulou, Riyo Kunisawa, & Norberto J. Palleroni. (1974). Taxonomic Validity of Pseudomonas denitrificans (Christensen) Bergey et al. Request for an Opinion. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 24(2). 294–300. 17 indexed citations

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Palleroni, Norberto J., Riyo Kunisawa, R. Contopoulou, & Michael Doudoroff. (1973). Nucleic Acid Homologies in the Genus Pseudomonas. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 23(4). 333–339. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stanier, Roger Y., Michael Doudoroff, Riyo Kunisawa, & R. Contopoulou. (1959). THE ROLE OF ORGANIC SUBSTRATES IN BACTERIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 45(8). 1246–1260. 129 indexed citations

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Palleroni, Norberto J., R. Contopoulou, & Michael Doudoroff. (1956). METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES BY PSEUDOMONAS SACCHAROPHILA II. Journal of Bacteriology. 71(2). 202–207. 18 indexed citations

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Castelfranco, Paul A., P.K. Stumpf, & R. Contopoulou. (1955). FAT METABOLISM IN HIGHER PLANTS. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 214(2). 567–577. 26 indexed citations

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