Richard A. Gross

25.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
329 papers, 20.9k citations indexed

About

Richard A. Gross is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Gross has authored 329 papers receiving a total of 20.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 191 papers in Biomaterials, 129 papers in Molecular Biology and 77 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Gross's work include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (170 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (79 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (50 papers). Richard A. Gross is often cited by papers focused on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (170 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (79 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (50 papers). Richard A. Gross collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Richard A. Gross's co-authors include Bhanu Kalra, Stephen P. McCarthy, Ajay Kumar, Robert W. Lenz, Wenchun Xie, David L. Kaplan, R. Clinton Fuller, Helmut Brandl, Wenhua Lu and T. K. Kwei and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Gross

322 papers receiving 20.1k 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.

Biodegradable Polymers for the Environment

2002 1.6k citations Richard A. Gross, Bhanu Kalra profile →
Pseudomonas oleovorans as a Source of Poly(β-Hydroxyalkanoates) for Potential Applications as Biodegradable Polyesters

1988 748 citations Helmut Brandl, Richard A. Gross et al. profile →
Polymer Synthesis by In Vitro Enzyme Catalysis

2001 578 citations Richard A. Gross, Bhanu Kalra et al. profile →
Cutinase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

2009 517 citations Richard A. Gross et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard A. Gross United States	77	13.4k	6.7k	4.3k	4.3k	4.2k	329	20.9k
Yoshiharu Doi Japan	79	18.1k 1.4×	4.9k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	8.1k 1.9×	446	22.1k
Frederik R. Wurm Germany	57	6.0k 0.4×	2.8k 0.4×	5.3k 1.2×	3.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	307	14.7k
Hiroshi Uyama Japan	64	7.4k 0.6×	4.4k 0.6×	4.4k 1.0×	3.1k 0.7×	526 0.1×	638	18.0k
Alexander Steinbüchel Germany	83	11.6k 0.9×	14.6k 2.2×	1.2k 0.3×	5.4k 1.2×	6.2k 1.5×	431	24.1k
Shiro Kobayashi Japan	64	7.4k 0.6×	5.7k 0.8×	7.5k 1.7×	2.1k 0.5×	429 0.1×	498	17.2k
Armando J. D. Silvestre Portugal	79	7.4k 0.6×	2.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.5×	6.7k 1.5×	588 0.1×	423	20.6k
R. H. Marchessault Canada	56	6.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.3×	1.8k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	1.9k 0.4×	218	10.9k
Mahdi M. Abu‐Omar United States	67	2.1k 0.2×	1.3k 0.2×	4.0k 0.9×	6.8k 1.6×	2.2k 0.5×	237	15.7k
Carmen S. R. Freire Portugal	71	7.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.2×	1.2k 0.3×	4.4k 1.0×	436 0.1×	279	15.0k
Katja Loos Netherlands	49	3.1k 0.2×	1.9k 0.3×	2.2k 0.5×	2.7k 0.6×	313 0.1×	273	8.7k

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Xia, Ke, et al.. (2025). Protease-Catalyzed Synthesis of Water-Soluble Oligohistidine. Industrial Biotechnology. 21(3). 140–145.

Dordick, Jonathan S., et al.. (2024). Synergistic Treatment of Breast Cancer by Combining the Antimicrobial Peptide Piscidin with a Modified Glycolipid. ACS Omega. 9(31). 33408–33424. 2 indexed citations

Gross, Richard A.. (2024). Perspectives on the Pursuit of Low-Cost, Non-Food Derived Glucose to Fuel the Bioeconomy. Industrial Biotechnology. 20(1). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

Kingsley, David M., et al.. (2023). Sophorolipid Candidates Demonstrate Cytotoxic Efficacy against 2D and 3D Breast Cancer Models. Journal of Natural Products. 86(5). 1159–1170. 4 indexed citations

Gross, Richard A.. (2022). Microbial Surfactants: Bright Prospects for Innovation, New Product Categories, and Commercialization. Industrial Biotechnology. 18(3). 108–109. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Fuming, et al.. (2022). Ionically Complexed Nanoparticles for Heparin Oral Delivery. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 3 indexed citations

Li, Changcun, Shuaijun Pan, Weijian Xu, et al.. (2020). Lipase-catalyzed ring-opening copolymerization of ω-pentadecalactone and δ-valerolactone by reactive extrusion. Green Chemistry. 22(3). 662–668. 15 indexed citations

Li, Changcun, Weijian Xu, Yanbing Lu, & Richard A. Gross. (2020). Lipase‐Catalyzed Reactive Extrusion: Copolymerization of ε‐Caprolactone and ω‐Pentadecalactone. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 41(22). e2000417–e2000417. 10 indexed citations

Su, An, et al.. (2019). Cutinases as stereoselective catalysts: Specific activity and enantioselectivity of cutinases and lipases for menthol and its analogs. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 133. 109467–109467. 11 indexed citations

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Díaz‐Rodríguez, Patricia, Josh Erndt‐Marino, Filbert Totsingan, et al.. (2018). Effect of Poly(sophorolipid) Functionalization on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenesis and Immunomodulation. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2(1). 118–126. 11 indexed citations

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Díaz‐Rodríguez, Patricia, Hongyu Chen, Fei Liu, et al.. (2018). Impact of Select Sophorolipid Derivatives on Macrophage Polarization and Viability. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2(1). 601–612. 25 indexed citations

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Dawson, Nathan J., Stephen Spinella, Anthony Maiorana, et al.. (2017). Optical interactions of silver nanoparticle decorated cellulose nanocrystals created from a one-pot reduction method. Journal of Applied Physics. 121(9). 4 indexed citations

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Ibrahim, Mohammad H.A., Brady F. Cress, Robert J. Linhardt, Mattheos Koffas, & Richard A. Gross. (2016). Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus subtilis Ia1a, a New Strain for Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid and Exopolysaccharide Production. Genome Announcements. 4(6). 1 indexed citations

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Spinella, Stephen, Giada Lo Re, Бо Лю, et al.. (2015). Modification of cellulose nanocrystals with lactic acid for direct melt blending with PLA. AIP conference proceedings. 1664. 70019–70019. 5 indexed citations

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Nakaoki, Takahiko, Ying Mei, Lisa M. Miller, et al.. (2005). Candida antarctica lipase B catalyzed polymerization of lactones: Effects of immobilization matrices on polymerization kinetics & molecular weight. Industrial Biotechnology. 1(2). 126–134. 27 indexed citations

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Kumar, Ajay, Ashok K. Prasad, Ishwar Singh, et al.. (2003). Synthesis of novel heterocyclic compounds: Routes to pyrazolyl 1,2,3-triazoles and their biological activity evaluation. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 42(8). 1950–1957. 1 indexed citations

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Orts, William J., R.E. Sojka, Gregory M. Glenn, & Richard A. Gross. (1999). Preventing soil erosion with polymer additives. Northwest Irrigation & Soils Research Laboratory Publications (United States Department of Agriculture). 33 indexed citations

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Gross, Richard A., David L. Kaplan, & Graham Swift. (1998). Enzymes in polymer synthesis. American Chemical Society eBooks. 46 indexed citations

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Gross, Richard A.. (1995). Laboratory-scale composting test methods to determine polymer biodegradability. 32. 613–628. 2 indexed citations

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Lenz, Robert W., Richard A. Gross, Helmut Brandl, & R. Clinton Fuller. (1989). POLY ( -HYDROXYALKANOATES): NATURAL BIOCOMPATIBLE AND BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTERS PRODUCED BY BACTERIA. 7(4). 289–298. 4 indexed citations

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