R. Graham Cooks

78.5k total citations · 16 hit papers
1.2k papers, 64.9k citations indexed

About

R. Graham Cooks is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Graham Cooks has authored 1.2k papers receiving a total of 64.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 989 papers in Spectroscopy, 215 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 214 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in R. Graham Cooks's work include Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (948 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (454 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (212 papers). R. Graham Cooks is often cited by papers focused on Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (948 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (454 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (212 papers). R. Graham Cooks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Germany. R. Graham Cooks's co-authors include Zheng Ouyang, Zoltán Takáts, Justin M. Wiseman, Demian R. Ifa, Bogdan Gologan, Nicholas E. Manicke, J. H. Beynon, Lívia S. Eberlin, Nari Talaty and André Venter and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

R. Graham Cooks

1.2k papers receiving 62.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mass Spectrometry Sampling Under Ambient ... 1981 2026 1996 2011 2004 2006 2005 2005 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. Mass Spectrometry Sampling Under Ambient Conditions with Desorption Electrospray Ionization
    2004 2.7k citations Zoltán Takáts, Justin M. Wiseman et al. Science profile →
  2. Ambient Mass Spectrometry
    2006 1.2k citations R. Graham Cooks, Zheng Ouyang et al. Science profile →
  3. The Orbitrap: a new mass spectrometer
    2005 825 citations Robert J. Noll, R. Graham Cooks et al. Journal of Mass Spectrometry profile →
  4. Ambient mass spectrometry using desorption electrospray ionization (DESI): instrumentation, mechanisms and applications in forensics, chemistry, and biology
    2005 676 citations Zoltán Takáts, Justin M. Wiseman et al. Journal of Mass Spectrometry profile →
  5. Paper Spray for Direct Analysis of Complex Mixtures Using Mass Spectrometry
    2010 666 citations R. Graham Cooks, Zheng Ouyang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. Low-Temperature Plasma Probe for Ambient Desorption Ionization
    2008 624 citations Christopher C. Mulligan, Xinrong Zhang et al. profile →
  7. Development, Characterization, and Application of Paper Spray Ionization
    2010 600 citations R. Graham Cooks, Zheng Ouyang et al. profile →
  8. Tissue Imaging at Atmospheric Pressure Using Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) Mass Spectrometry
    2006 495 citations Justin M. Wiseman, R. Graham Cooks et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  9. Ambient desorption ionization mass spectrometry
    2008 449 citations R. Graham Cooks et al. profile →
  10. Thermochemical determinations by the kinetic method
    1994 445 citations R. Graham Cooks et al. profile →
  11. Accelerated Reaction Kinetics in Microdroplets: Overview and Recent Developments
    2020 442 citations R. Graham Cooks et al. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry profile →
  12. Organic Reactions in Microdroplets: Reaction Acceleration Revealed by Mass Spectrometry
    2016 442 citations R. Graham Cooks et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  13. Instrumentation, applications, and energy deposition in quadrupole ion-trap tandem mass spectrometry
    1987 406 citations R. Graham Cooks et al. profile →
  14. Mass spectrometry imaging under ambient conditions
    2012 384 citations Allison L. Dill, Lívia S. Eberlin et al. profile →
  15. Proton affinities from dissociations of proton-bound dimers
    1981 374 citations R. Graham Cooks et al. profile →
  16. Spontaneous Oxidation in Aqueous Microdroplets: Water Radical Cation as Primary Oxidizing Agent
    2024 68 citations R. Graham Cooks et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 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. Graham Cooks United States 117 49.9k 15.3k 13.5k 11.6k 10.2k 1.2k 64.9k
Richard Smith United States 129 43.0k 0.9× 34.4k 2.3× 13.9k 1.0× 4.8k 0.4× 4.3k 0.4× 1.2k 74.6k
Richard N. Zare United States 122 25.8k 0.5× 8.7k 0.6× 15.4k 1.1× 3.4k 0.3× 1.8k 0.2× 1.1k 67.4k
Fred W. McLafferty United States 86 21.1k 0.4× 10.2k 0.7× 2.5k 0.2× 2.3k 0.2× 3.3k 0.3× 424 30.2k
Renato Zenobi Switzerland 78 10.5k 0.2× 7.1k 0.5× 8.3k 0.6× 2.8k 0.2× 2.5k 0.2× 664 26.7k
Georges Guiochon United States 85 28.3k 0.6× 12.2k 0.8× 19.5k 1.4× 12.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.1× 969 37.2k
Michael Karas Germany 80 15.9k 0.3× 12.8k 0.8× 2.3k 0.2× 2.3k 0.2× 4.1k 0.4× 320 28.3k
Herman J. C. Berendsen Netherlands 67 10.2k 0.2× 60.3k 3.9× 13.3k 1.0× 1.0k 0.1× 1.6k 0.2× 164 112.9k
Michael L. Gross United States 80 12.5k 0.2× 10.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.1× 2.0k 0.2× 1.5k 0.1× 714 24.8k
Michael T. Bowers United States 83 14.6k 0.3× 7.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.1× 1.3k 0.1× 2.2k 0.2× 444 27.5k
Joseph R. Lakowicz United States 98 10.8k 0.2× 38.2k 2.5× 18.1k 1.3× 1.8k 0.2× 299 0.0× 779 85.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cooks, R. Graham, et al.. (2025). Chemoselective cyclodesulfurization vs. dehydration enabled by aqueous microdroplet chemistry. Chemical Science. 16(43). 20438–20444. 1 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Jyotirmoy, et al.. (2025). High‐Throughput Drug Derivatization and Bioassay by Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. ChemPlusChem. 90(6). e202500164–e202500164. 3 indexed citations
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Kim, Ahram, Nicolás M. Morato, Partha Saha, et al.. (2025). Selective Phosphorylation of Phenols and Benzenediols by the Kinase PsiK and Variants Thereof. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(34). e202503538–e202503538.
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Morato, Nicolás M., Dylan T. Holden, & R. Graham Cooks. (2020). High‐Throughput Label‐Free Enzymatic Assays Using Desorption Electrospray‐Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Angewandte Chemie. 132(46). 20639–20644. 14 indexed citations
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Moore, Michael G., Don‐John Summerlin, Alan K. Jarmusch, et al.. (2017). Feasibility of desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for diagnosis of oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 32(2). 133–141. 19 indexed citations
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Vickman, Renee E., Scott A. Crist, Lívia S. Eberlin, et al.. (2016). Cholesterol Sulfonation Enzyme, SULT2B1b, Modulates AR and Cell Growth Properties in Prostate Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 14(9). 776–786. 23 indexed citations
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Jarmusch, Alan K., Valentina Pirro, Zane Baird, et al.. (2016). Lipid and metabolite profiles of human brain tumors by desorption electrospray ionization-MS. PMC. 1 indexed citations
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Jarmusch, Alan K., Valentina Pirro, Michael O. Koch, et al.. (2015). Differentiation of Prostate Cancer from Normal Tissue in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens by Desorption Electrospray Ionization and Touch Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry.. PMC. 2 indexed citations
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Badu‐Tawiah, Abraham K., Lívia S. Eberlin, Zheng Ouyang, & R. Graham Cooks. (2013). Chemical Aspects of the Extractive Methods of Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 64(1). 481–505. 100 indexed citations
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Wleklinski, Michael, et al.. (2012). Arrays of low‐temperature plasma probes for ambient ionization mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 27(1). 135–142. 35 indexed citations
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Pirro, Valentina, Lívia S. Eberlin, Paolo Oliveri, & R. Graham Cooks. (2012). Interactive hyperspectral approach for exploring and interpreting DESI-MS images of cancerous and normal tissue sections. The Analyst. 137(10). 2374–2374. 45 indexed citations
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Eberlin, Lívia S., Isaiah Norton, Allison L. Dill, et al.. (2011). Classifying Human Brain Tumors by Lipid Imaging with Mass Spectrometry. Cancer Research. 72(3). 645–654. 241 indexed citations
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Noll, Robert J., et al.. (2011). Facility monitoring of chemical warfare agent simulants in air using an automated, field‐deployable, miniature mass spectrometer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 25(10). 1437–1444. 38 indexed citations
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Wiley, Joshua S., et al.. (2011). In situ analysis of agrochemical residues on fruit using ambient ionization on a handheld mass spectrometer. The Analyst. 136(21). 4392–4392. 93 indexed citations
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Na, Na, Yu Xia, Zhenli Zhu, Xinrong Zhang, & R. Graham Cooks. (2009). Birch Reduction of Benzene in a Low‐Temperature Plasma. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(11). 2017–2019. 80 indexed citations
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Wiseman, Justin M., Satu M. Puolitaival, Zoltán Takáts, R. Graham Cooks, & Richard M. Caprioli. (2005). Mass Spectrometric Profiling of Intact Biological Tissue by Using Desorption Electrospray Ionization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(43). 7094–7097. 190 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Zheng, Zoltán Takáts, Thomas A. Blake, et al.. (2003). Preparing Protein Microarrays by Soft-Landing of Mass-Selected Ions. Science. 301(5638). 1351–1354. 230 indexed citations
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Terwilliger, D. T., et al.. (1974). Kinetic energy distributions from the shapes of metastable peaks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 341(1625). 135–146. 69 indexed citations
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Cooks, R. Graham, et al.. (1972). The mass and ion kinetic energy spectra of H2, HD and D2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 327(1568). 1–11. 8 indexed citations

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