R. Pecora

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

R. Pecora is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Pecora has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 37 papers in Spectroscopy and 32 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R. Pecora's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (36 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (21 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (20 papers). R. Pecora is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (36 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (21 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (20 papers). R. Pecora collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Poland. R. Pecora's co-authors include B. J. Berne, Sergio R. Aragón, David R. Bauer, John I. Brauman, Rédouane Borsali, G. R. Alms, Hans Christian Andersen, Wolfgang Eimer, William A. Steele and K. Zero and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

R. Pecora

121 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Dynamic Light Scattering: With Applications to Chemistry, Biology, and Physics

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Author						Papers	Cites
R. Pecora	2.6k	2.4k	2.0k	1.9k	1.7k	121	9.0k
Robert G. Snyder	3.1k 1.2×	3.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	125	11.3k
Felix Franks	2.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	935 0.6×	120	10.0k
Håkan Wennerström	2.2k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	3.2k 1.6×	1.4k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	172	10.1k
J. Jonás̆	3.1k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	811 0.5×	276	9.1k
José Garcı́a de la Torre	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	4.4k 2.2×	1.6k 0.9×	794 0.5×	215	9.1k
Aatto Laaksonen	2.6k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	296	9.8k
Marshall Fixman	3.0k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.5×	120	10.1k
Herbert L. Strauss	1.9k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	837 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	176	7.4k
Dor Ben‐Amotz	1.4k 0.6×	3.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	192	7.3k
Henry Eyring	2.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	984 0.6×	370	9.8k

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

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Pecora, R.. (2005). Dynamics of Biological Polyelectrolytes. Macromolecular Symposia. 229(1). 18–23. 3 indexed citations

Borsali, Rédouane & R. Pecora. (2002). Structure and Dynamics of Polymer and Colloidal Systems. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 39 indexed citations

Borsali, Rédouane, et al.. (1998). Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Dynamic Light Scattering from a Polyelectrolyte Solution: DNA. Macromolecules. 31(5). 1548–1555. 107 indexed citations

Pecora, R., et al.. (1997). Skeletal muscle myosin subfragment 1 dimers. Biophysical Chemistry. 65(1). 85–90. 2 indexed citations

Tracy, Mark A., et al.. (1993). An investigation of the microstructure of a rod/sphere composite liquid. Macromolecules. 26(8). 1862–1868. 19 indexed citations

Tracy, Mark A. & R. Pecora. (1993). Application of probe diffusion models to sphere diffusion in a rod/sphere composite liquid. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1884. 88–88. 1 indexed citations

Eimer, Wolfgang, James R. Williamson, Steven G. Boxer, & R. Pecora. (1990). Characterization of the overall and internal dynamics of short oligonucleotides by depolarized dynamic light scattering and NMR relaxation measurements. Biochemistry. 29(3). 799–811. 115 indexed citations

Lewis, Roger & R. Pecora. (1986). Comparison of predicted Rouse-Zimm dynamics with observations for a 2311 base pair DNA fragment. Macromolecules. 19(7). 2074–2075. 9 indexed citations

Nelson, Walter, et al.. (1982). Use of ligand probes in light scattering. 3. Preresonance-enhanced depolarized Rayleigh scattering of dibenzoylmethane and selected diorganotin(IV) complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 21(4). 1483–1486. 10 indexed citations

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Michielsen, Stephen & R. Pecora. (1981). Solution dimensions of the gramicidin dimer by dynamic light scattering. Biochemistry. 20(24). 6994–6997. 10 indexed citations

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Pecora, R., et al.. (1980). Theory of dynamic depolarized light scattering from nonrigid polymer chains. II. Freely rotating chains. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 72(9). 4958–4963. 2 indexed citations

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Pecora, R.. (1979). Dynamic light scattering from polymers. Die Makromolekulare Chemie. 2(S19791). 73–80. 4 indexed citations

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Pecora, R., et al.. (1978). Theory of dynamic depolarized light scattering from nonrigid polymer chains. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 69(7). 3254–3261. 9 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Kenneth S. & R. Pecora. (1975). Quasi‐elastic light scattering by calf thymus DNA and λDNA. Biopolymers. 14(3). 521–542. 31 indexed citations

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Bauer, David R., Bruce S. Hudson, & R. Pecora. (1975). Resonance enhanced depolarized Rayleigh scattering from diphenylpolyenes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 63(1). 588–589. 36 indexed citations

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Andersen, Hans Christian, et al.. (1975). Light scattering measurement and theoretical interpretation of mutual diffusion coefficients in binary liquid mixtures. Chemical Physics. 11(3). 451–473. 65 indexed citations

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Alms, G. R., David R. Bauer, John I. Brauman, & R. Pecora. (1973). Generalized hydrodynamics and the depolarized Rayleigh doublet in anisaldehyde. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 59(10). 5304–5309. 66 indexed citations

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Tagami, Yukiko & R. Pecora. (1969). Light Scattering from Polydisperse Rods and Gaussian Coils. I. Integrated Intensities. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 51(8). 3293–3298. 36 indexed citations

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Pecora, R. & Yukiko Tagami. (1969). Light Scattering from Polydisperse Rods and Gaussian Coils. II. Spectral Distribution of the Pure Translational Term. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 51(8). 3298–3305. 41 indexed citations

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Pecora, R.. (1968). Spectral Distribution of Light Scattered by Monodisperse Rigid Rods. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 48(9). 4126–4128. 131 indexed citations

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