Rafael Picorel

3.6k total citations
118 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Rafael Picorel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Picorel has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 44 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Rafael Picorel's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (105 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (50 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (44 papers). Rafael Picorel is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (105 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (50 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (44 papers). Rafael Picorel collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Canada. Rafael Picorel's co-authors include Inmaculada Yruela, Michael Seibert, Miguel Alfonso, Gerald J. Small, Guillermo Montoya, N. R. S. Reddy, Gabriel Gingras, Ryszard Jankowiak, Pablo J. Alonso and R. Cases and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Picorel

115 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rafael Picorel 2.3k 1.1k 1.0k 816 339 118 2.9k
Patrick Jordan 2.2k 1.0× 731 0.7× 870 0.9× 376 0.5× 557 1.6× 10 2.5k
Parag R. Chitnis 3.4k 1.5× 922 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 573 0.7× 851 2.5× 75 3.6k
Mitsuo Nishimura 2.6k 1.1× 538 0.5× 747 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 471 1.4× 136 3.1k
Győző Garab 3.6k 1.6× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 1.8k 2.2× 709 2.1× 146 4.6k
Masayo Iwaki 1.9k 0.9× 658 0.6× 744 0.7× 359 0.4× 521 1.5× 72 2.4k
Wolfgang Haehnel 3.1k 1.4× 723 0.6× 918 0.9× 751 0.9× 621 1.8× 87 4.2k
Günter Hauska 3.6k 1.6× 600 0.5× 812 0.8× 588 0.7× 939 2.8× 98 4.1k
Heiko Lokstein 1.7k 0.8× 495 0.4× 468 0.5× 561 0.7× 445 1.3× 78 2.1k
J.B. Jackson 2.5k 1.1× 554 0.5× 954 0.9× 366 0.4× 434 1.3× 80 3.2k
John Biggins 2.6k 1.2× 487 0.4× 517 0.5× 837 1.0× 510 1.5× 58 3.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Picorel

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All Works

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Zazubovich, Valter, et al.. (2017). A simple and efficient method to prepare pure dimers and monomers of the cytochrome b6f complex from spinach. Photosynthesis Research. 132(3). 305–309. 3 indexed citations
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Renger, Thomas, et al.. (2016). The lowest-energy chlorophyll of photosystem II is adjacent to the peripheral antenna: Emitting states of CP47 assigned via circularly polarized luminescence. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1857(9). 1580–1593. 25 indexed citations
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Renger, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Circularly polarized luminescence spectroscopy reveals low-energy excited states and dynamic localization of vibronic transitions in CP43. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1857(1). 115–128. 37 indexed citations
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Lagunas, Beatriz, Ángela Román, Vanesa Andreu, Rafael Picorel, & Miguel Alfonso. (2013). A temporal regulatory mechanism controls the different contribution of endoplasmic reticulum and plastidial ω-3 desaturases to trienoic fatty acid content during leaf development in soybean (Glycine max cv Volania). Phytochemistry. 95. 158–167. 8 indexed citations
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Alonso, Pablo J., Fernando Guerrero, Mercedes Roncel, et al.. (2012). Reconstitution, spectroscopy, and redox properties of the photosynthetic recombinant cytochrome b 559 from higher plants. Photosynthesis Research. 112(3). 193–204. 2 indexed citations
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Seibert, Michael & Rafael Picorel. (2010). Isolation of Photosystem II Reaction Center Complexes from Plants. Methods in molecular biology. 684. 17–27. 3 indexed citations
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Roncel, Mercedes, Inmaculada Yruela, Diana Kirilovsky, et al.. (2007). Changes in photosynthetic electron transfer and state transitions in an herbicide-resistant D1 mutant from soybean cell cultures. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1767(6). 694–702. 8 indexed citations
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Picorel, Rafael, et al.. (2007). Selective Photobleaching of Chlorophylls and Carotenoids in Photosystem I Particles under High‐Light Treatment. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 83(6). 1301–1307. 24 indexed citations
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Bernal, María, Mercedes Roncel, José M. Ortega, Rafael Picorel, & Inmaculada Yruela. (2004). Copper effect on cytochrome b559 of photosystem II under photoinhibitory conditions. Physiologia Plantarum. 120(4). 686–694. 19 indexed citations
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Velitchkova, Maya & Rafael Picorel. (2003). Photobleaching of photosynthetic pigments in spinach thylakoid membranes. Effect of temperature, oxygen and DCMU. Biophysical Chemistry. 107(1). 25–32. 13 indexed citations
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Yruela, Inmaculada, Inés García‐Rubio, Mercedes Roncel, et al.. (2003). Detergent effect on Cytochrome bb559 electron paramagnetic resonance signals in the photosystem II reaction centre. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 2(4). 437–442. 7 indexed citations
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Yruela, Inmaculada, Miguel Alfonso, Inés García‐Rubio, et al.. (2001). Spin label electron paramagnetic resonance study in thylakoid membranes from a new herbicide-resistant D1 mutant from soybean cell cultures deficient in fatty acid desaturation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1515(1). 55–63. 6 indexed citations
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Oling, Frank, Egbert J. Boekema, Ronald W. Visschers, et al.. (1996). Two-dimensional crystals of LH2 light-harvesting complexes from Ectothiorhodospira sp. and Rhodobacter capsulatus investigated by electron microscopy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1273(1). 44–50. 21 indexed citations
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Pueyo, José J., et al.. (1995). Pigment Content of D1-D2-Cytochrome b559 Reaction Center Preparations after Removal of CP47 Contamination: An Immunological Study. Biochemistry. 34(46). 15214–15218. 7 indexed citations
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Alfonso, Miguel, Guillermo Montoya, R. Cases, Rosalı́a Rodrı́guez, & Rafael Picorel. (1994). Core Antenna Complexes, CP43 and CP47, of Higher Plant Photosystem II. Spectral Properties, Pigment Stoichiometry, and Amino Acid Composition. Biochemistry. 33(34). 10494–10500. 98 indexed citations
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Montoya, Guillermo, Inmaculada Yruela, & Rafael Picorel. (1991). Pigment stoichiometry of a newly isolated D1—D2—Cyt b559 complex from the higher plant Beta vulgaris L. FEBS Letters. 283(2). 255–258. 48 indexed citations

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