Ralph Nossal

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Ralph Nossal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Nossal has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Cell Biology and 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ralph Nossal's work include Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (25 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (23 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (17 papers). Ralph Nossal is often cited by papers focused on Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (25 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (23 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (17 papers). Ralph Nossal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Ralph Nossal's co-authors include R. F. Bonner, George H. Weiss, Shlomo Havlin, Harold Lecar, Dan L. Sackett, Amir Gandjbakhche, Albert J. Jin, Benjamin Chu, Hacène Boukari and Gerald Ehrenstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Nossal

138 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Model for laser Doppler m... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 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. Model for laser Doppler measurements of blood flow in tissue
    1981 664 citations R. F. Bonner, Ralph Nossal profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ralph Nossal 1.6k 1.3k 1.1k 627 595 140 4.6k
Edward B. Brown 2.4k 1.5× 609 0.5× 3.2k 2.9× 618 1.0× 360 0.6× 143 8.7k
Philippe Cluzel 907 0.6× 945 0.7× 2.4k 2.2× 134 0.2× 1.4k 2.3× 102 7.7k
Peter Köhl 1.2k 0.7× 570 0.4× 4.0k 3.6× 502 0.8× 491 0.8× 282 9.8k
George I. Bell 1.0k 0.6× 753 0.6× 2.8k 2.6× 1.5k 2.4× 208 0.3× 92 8.7k
Yuval Garini 780 0.5× 193 0.2× 2.8k 2.6× 235 0.4× 450 0.8× 102 5.6k
Dieter Braun 2.4k 1.5× 535 0.4× 3.3k 3.0× 256 0.4× 137 0.2× 202 11.3k
Naoto Yagi 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 2.4k 2.2× 347 0.6× 279 0.5× 364 8.5k
Elliot L. Elson 2.2k 1.4× 625 0.5× 4.9k 4.4× 2.5k 3.9× 448 0.8× 114 10.3k
Peter D. Kaplan 2.5k 1.6× 230 0.2× 836 0.8× 254 0.4× 72 0.1× 52 5.2k
Lou Reinisch 327 0.2× 807 0.6× 1.2k 1.1× 810 1.3× 841 1.4× 131 4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralph Nossal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Nossal

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gershfeld, Norman L. & Ralph Nossal. (2023). Critical point for membrane bilayer formation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1865(3). 184116–184116. 1 indexed citations
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Nossal, Ralph, et al.. (2017). Modeling neutrophil migration in dynamic chemoattractant gradients: assessing the role of exosomes during signal relay. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(23). 3457–3470. 19 indexed citations
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Berezhkovskii, Alexander M., et al.. (2016). Kinetics of cellular uptake of viruses and nanoparticles via clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Physical Biology. 13(1). 16005–16005. 32 indexed citations
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Berezhkovskii, Alexander M., et al.. (2014). Modeling Nanoparticle Internalization via Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 309a–309a. 1 indexed citations
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Berezhkovskii, Alexander M., et al.. (2013). On the Size Dependence of Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticle via Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 622a–622a. 2 indexed citations
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Berezhkovskii, Alexander M., et al.. (2012). Stochastic Model of Clathrin-Coated Pit Assembly. Biophysical Journal. 102(12). 2725–2730. 21 indexed citations
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Zustiak, Silviya P., et al.. (2012). Effects of multiple scattering on fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements of particles moving within optically dense media. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 17(12). 125004–125004. 4 indexed citations
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Jin, Albert J., Svetlana Kotova, Dan L. Sackett, et al.. (2011). Nanomechanics of Clathrin Protein Shells. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 198a–199a.
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Zustiak, Silviya P., Ralph Nossal, & Dan L. Sackett. (2011). Hindered Diffusion in Polymeric Solutions Studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal. 101(1). 255–264. 35 indexed citations
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Boukari, Hacène, Beda Břicháček, Leonid Margolis, & Ralph Nossal. (2009). HIV-virions Appear To Be Trapped By Human Cervical Mucus. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 35a–35a. 2 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Matthew, Kondury Prasad, Hacène Boukari, et al.. (2008). Clathrin Triskelia Show Evidence of Molecular Flexibility. Biophysical Journal. 95(4). 1945–1955. 17 indexed citations
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Boukari, Hacène, Dan L. Sackett, Peter Schuck, & Ralph Nossal. (2007). Single‐walled tubulin ring polymers. Biopolymers. 86(5-6). 424–436. 11 indexed citations
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Jin, Albert J., Kondury Prasad, Paul D. Smith, Eileen M. Lafer, & Ralph Nossal. (2006). Measuring the Elasticity of Clathrin-Coated Vesicles via Atomic Force Microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 90(9). 3333–3344. 56 indexed citations
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Nossal, Ralph & Joshua Zimmerberg. (2002). Endocytosis: Curvature to the ENTH Degree. Current Biology. 12(22). R770–R772. 25 indexed citations
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Jin, Albert J. & Ralph Nossal. (2000). Rigidity of Triskelion Arms and Clathrin Nets. Biophysical Journal. 78(3). 1183–1194. 32 indexed citations
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Gandjbakhche, Amir, Ralph Nossal, & R. F. Bonner. (1994). Resolution limits for optical transillumination of abnormalities deeply embedded in tissues. Medical Physics. 21(2). 185–191. 70 indexed citations
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Nossal, Ralph, et al.. (1988). SANS studies of interacting hemoglobin in intact erythrocytes. Biophysical Journal. 53(1). 97–105. 45 indexed citations
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Nossal, Ralph, et al.. (1976). A procedure for determining mobility parameters for cells moving along surfaces.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 3(4). 247–51. 4 indexed citations
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Ehrenstein, Gerald, Harold Lecar, & Ralph Nossal. (1970). The Nature of the Negative Resistance in Bimolecular Lipid Membranes Containing Excitability-Inducing Material. The Journal of General Physiology. 55(1). 119–133. 181 indexed citations
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Nossal, Ralph & George H. Weiss. (1970). Sedimentation in a time-varying ultracentrifuge. Analytical Biochemistry. 38(1). 115–120. 1 indexed citations

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