R. Fourme

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

R. Fourme is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Fourme has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Materials Chemistry, 43 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in R. Fourme's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (50 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (29 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (12 papers). R. Fourme is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (50 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (29 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (12 papers). R. Fourme collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. R. Fourme's co-authors include Richard Kahn, Boaz Shaanan, M. F. Perutz, G. Fermi, T. Prangé, Kurt Drickamer, Wayne A. Hendrickson, William I. Weis, Daniel André and M. Schiltz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

R. Fourme

92 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

The crystal structure of human deoxyhaemoglobin at 1.74 Å... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 200 400 600
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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.

  1. The crystal structure of human deoxyhaemoglobin at 1.74 Å resolution
    1984 630 citations R. Fourme 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
R. Fourme France 29 1.8k 1.3k 618 477 370 92 3.3k
Dominique Bourgeois France 39 3.1k 1.8× 1.6k 1.2× 965 1.6× 488 1.0× 202 0.5× 116 5.1k
S. Michael Soltis United States 23 2.5k 1.4× 1.2k 0.9× 428 0.7× 219 0.5× 314 0.8× 38 4.1k
Hiroshi Kihara Japan 31 2.2k 1.2× 891 0.7× 455 0.7× 331 0.7× 270 0.7× 270 3.4k
Stanley W. Botchway United Kingdom 39 2.1k 1.2× 2.0k 1.5× 448 0.7× 625 1.3× 514 1.4× 152 5.5k
Ichiro Tanaka Japan 36 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 216 0.3× 349 0.7× 399 1.1× 271 4.7k
Zhong Ren United States 28 2.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 535 0.9× 326 0.7× 103 0.3× 89 3.8k
Jan Pieter Abrahams Netherlands 44 6.1k 3.4× 2.0k 1.5× 749 1.2× 361 0.8× 373 1.0× 138 9.3k
Dean A. A. Myles United States 30 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 159 0.3× 455 1.0× 150 0.4× 102 3.0k
B. P. Schoenborn United States 33 2.2k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 924 1.5× 643 1.3× 191 0.5× 97 3.5k
Alfredo Di Nola Italy 35 2.4k 1.4× 721 0.5× 515 0.8× 442 0.9× 300 0.8× 133 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. Fourme

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fourme, R.. (2014). Apports historiques du rayonnement synchrotron. OpenEdition (OpenEdition). Tome III - N°1. 56–59. 1 indexed citations
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Kahn, Richard, Éric Girard, & R. Fourme. (2012). The prominent role of resonant elastic scattering for solving the X-ray structure of macromolecules. The European Physical Journal Special Topics. 208(1). 15–20. 1 indexed citations
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Ascone, I., C. Savino, Richard Kahn, & R. Fourme. (2010). Flexibility of the Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase structure investigated at 0.57 GPa. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 66(6). 654–663. 19 indexed citations
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Fourme, R., Éric Girard, Kadda Medjoubi, et al.. (2010). A new paradigm for macromolecular crystallography beamlines derived from high-pressure methodology and results. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 18(1). 31–36. 10 indexed citations
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Girard, Éric, Anne‐Claire Dhaussy, Richard Kahn, et al.. (2006). High pressure macromolecular crystallography: The 140-MPa crystal structure at 2.3 Å resolution of urate oxidase, a 135-kDa tetrameric assembly. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1764(3). 391–397. 40 indexed citations
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Schiltz, M., R. Fourme, & T. Prangé. (2003). Use of Noble Gases Xenon and Krypton as Heavy Atoms in Protein Structure Determination. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 374. 83–119. 36 indexed citations
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Fourme, R., I. Ascone, Richard Kahn, et al.. (2002). Opening the High-Pressure Domain beyond 2 kbar to Protein and Virus Crystallography—Technical Advance. Structure. 10(10). 1409–1414. 34 indexed citations
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Ascone, I., R. Fourme, & S. Samar Hasnain. (2002). Introductory overview: X-ray absorption spectroscopy and structural genomics. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 10(1). 1–3. 12 indexed citations
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Fourme, R., Richard Kahn, Mohamed Mézouar, et al.. (2001). High-pressure protein crystallography (HPPX): instrumentation, methodology and results on lysozyme crystals. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 8(5). 1149–1156. 60 indexed citations
10.
Shepard, William, et al.. (1999). Multiwavelength anomalous solvent contrast (MASC): derivation of envelope structure-factor amplitudes and comparison with model values. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 55(1). 157–167. 7 indexed citations
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Fourme, R., William Shepard, & Richard Kahn. (1995). Application of the anomalous dispersion of X-rays to macromolecular crystallography. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 64(2-3). 167–199. 13 indexed citations
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Schiltz, M., R. Fourme, Isabelle Broutin, & T. Prangé. (1995). The catalytic site of serine proteinases as a specific binding cavity for xenon. Structure. 3(3). 309–316. 43 indexed citations
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Fourme, R., William Shepard, Richard Kahn, Guillaume L’Hermite, & I. Li de la Sierra-Gallay. (1995). The Multiwavelength Anomalous Solvent Contrast (MASC) Method in Macromolecular Crystallography. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2(1). 36–48. 13 indexed citations
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Tavernier, Jan, Xaveer Van Ostade, T. Prangé, et al.. (1989). Conserved residues of tumour necrosis factor and lymphotoxin constitute the framework of the trimeric structure. FEBS Letters. 257(2). 315–318. 10 indexed citations
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André, Daniel, et al.. (1982). Crystal structure of the metastable β-phase of toluene. Journal of Molecular Structure. 81(3-4). 253–259. 19 indexed citations
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Bosio, Louis, et al.. (1977). Toluène : structure cristalline et moléculaire de la variété stable α et état amorphe. Journal de Chimie Physique. 74. 68–73. 49 indexed citations
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Roques, R., et al.. (1974). The crystal and molecular structure of the alkaloid lycorine. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 30(2). 296–299. 4 indexed citations
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Fourme, R., et al.. (1972). Transition Ordre-Désordre d'Orientation dans le 1,2,3-Trichloro-4,5,6-Triméthylbenzène II. Structure Cristalline à 173 K. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 17(3). 223–236. 7 indexed citations
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André, Daniel, et al.. (1972). Crystal and molecular structure of diethyl ether at 128°K. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 28(8). 2389–2395. 28 indexed citations
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André, Daniel, et al.. (1971). Structure cristalline du monochlorobenzéne à 393 K et 14,2 kbars: un affinement par groupe rigide. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 27(12). 2371–2380. 55 indexed citations

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