R. Weis

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 921 citations indexed

About

R. Weis is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Weis has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 921 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R. Weis's work include Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (5 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (4 papers) and Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (3 papers). R. Weis is often cited by papers focused on Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (5 papers), Quantum optics and atomic interactions (4 papers) and Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (3 papers). R. Weis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. R. Weis's co-authors include Harden M. McConnell, A A Brian, Tania H. Watts, Krishna Balakrishnan, Barton A. Smith, Steven J. Sandler, Douglas Koshland, C. Enss, Daniel E. Koshland and Lloyd M. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

R. Weis

20 papers receiving 885 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.

Supported planar membranes in studies of cell-cell recognition in the immune system

1986 484 citations Harden M. McConnell, Tania H. Watts et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Biomembranes profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Weis United States	12	618	263	158	107	76	20	921
Pierre Parot France	18	460 0.7×	328 1.2×	99 0.6×	125 1.2×	14 0.2×	33	838
Ralph Wieneke Germany	20	656 1.1×	77 0.3×	488 3.1×	156 1.5×	116 1.5×	37	1.3k
George R. Heath United Kingdom	17	550 0.9×	235 0.9×	228 1.4×	104 1.0×	43 0.6×	29	1.1k
Harold D. Kim United States	17	1.8k 2.9×	168 0.6×	176 1.1×	123 1.1×	44 0.6×	37	2.1k
Jan Willem de Vries Netherlands	15	573 0.9×	29 0.1×	146 0.9×	61 0.6×	109 1.4×	33	900
Yunze Yang United States	19	801 1.3×	149 0.6×	724 4.6×	195 1.8×	20 0.3×	45	1.5k
Beau R. Peelle United States	11	523 0.8×	36 0.1×	131 0.8×	131 1.2×	65 0.9×	11	893
Siegfried M. Musser United States	22	1.2k 2.0×	116 0.4×	129 0.8×	41 0.4×	64 0.8×	40	1.4k
Pierre Burgos United Kingdom	11	428 0.7×	231 0.9×	165 1.0×	71 0.7×	90 1.2×	14	738
Kem A. Sochacki United States	20	877 1.4×	163 0.6×	147 0.9×	32 0.3×	46 0.6×	33	1.4k

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. Weis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. Weis 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. Weis. R. Weis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sandler, Steven J., et al.. (2012). Two Isoforms of Geobacter sulfurreducens PilA Have Distinct Roles in Pilus Biogenesis, Cytochrome Localization, Extracellular Electron Transfer, and Biofilm Formation. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(10). 2551–2563. 73 indexed citations

Yi, Xianjin & R. Weis. (2002). The receptor docking segment and S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine bind independently to the methyltransferase of bacterial chemotaxis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1596(1). 28–35. 16 indexed citations

Rao, Jianghong, Lin Yan, Joydeep Lahiri, et al.. (1999). Binding of a dimeric derivative of vancomycin to l-Lys-d-Ala- d-lactate in solution and at a surface. Chemistry & Biology. 6(6). 353–359. 42 indexed citations

Enss, C., et al.. (1997). Novel Dielectric Relaxation inLi+doped KCl. Physical Review Letters. 78(2). 370–373. 4 indexed citations

Weis, R., C. Winkler, & R. Schrittwieser. (1997). A nozzle beam source for the production of metastable rare gas atoms. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 6(2). 247–249. 4 indexed citations

Weis, R., C. Enss, Aloïs Würger, & Fritz Lüty. (1997). Coherent tunneling of lithium defect pairs in KCl crystals. Annalen der Physik. 509(4). 263–286. 3 indexed citations

Würger, Aloïs, et al.. (1996). Cross-over to incoherent tunnelling of substitutional defects in alkali halide crystals. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 33(7). 533–538. 8 indexed citations

Enss, C., et al.. (1996). Low-frequency dielectric susceptibility ofLi+-doped KCl. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 53(18). 12094–12106. 17 indexed citations

Enss, C., R. Weis, Stefan Ludwig, & Siegfried Hunklinger. (1996). Coherent echoes in glasses and crystals with point defects. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 46(S6). 3287–3294. 14 indexed citations

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Enss, C., Stefan Ludwig, R. Weis, & Siegfried Hunklinger. (1996). Decay of spontaneous echoes in glasses. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 46(S4). 2247–2248. 3 indexed citations

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Weis, R., et al.. (1995). Isotope Effect of Pairs of Coupled Tunneling Systems. Physical Review Letters. 75(11). 2220–2223. 14 indexed citations

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Weis, R., et al.. (1994). Dielectric measurements on Li+ doped KCl. Physica B Condensed Matter. 194-196. 1063–1064. 6 indexed citations

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Long, David G. & R. Weis. (1992). Escherichia coli aspartate receptor. Oligomerization of the cytoplasmic fragment. Biophysical Journal. 62(1). 69–71. 8 indexed citations

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Weis, R., Scott D. Chasalow, & Daniel E. Koshland. (1990). The role of methylation in chemotaxis. An explanation of outstanding anomalies.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265(12). 6817–6826. 14 indexed citations

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Weis, R. & Daniel E. Koshland. (1990). Chemotaxis in Escherichia coli proceeds efficiently from different initial tumble frequencies. Journal of Bacteriology. 172(2). 1099–1105. 18 indexed citations

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Koshland, D E, D.A.R. Sanders, & R. Weis. (1988). Roles of Methylation and Phosphorylation in the Bacterial Sensing System. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 53(0). 11–17. 8 indexed citations

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Weis, R. & Douglas Koshland. (1988). Reversible receptor methylation is essential for normal chemotaxis of Escherichia coli in gradients of aspartic acid.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(1). 83–87. 45 indexed citations

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McConnell, Harden M., Tania H. Watts, R. Weis, & A A Brian. (1986). Supported planar membranes in studies of cell-cell recognition in the immune system. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Biomembranes. 864(1). 95–106. 484 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weis, R., Krishna Balakrishnan, Barton A. Smith, & Harden M. McConnell. (1982). Stimulation of fluorescence in a small contact region between rat basophil leukemia cells and planar lipid membrane targets by coherent evanescent radiation.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257(11). 6440–6445. 100 indexed citations

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Smith, Lloyd M., R. Weis, & Harden M. McConnell. (1981). Measurement of rotational motion in membranes using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. Biophysical Journal. 36(1). 73–91. 40 indexed citations

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