Richard Gordon

11.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
214 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Richard Gordon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Gordon has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 41 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Richard Gordon's work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (35 papers), Diatoms and Algae Research (24 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (19 papers). Richard Gordon is often cited by papers focused on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (35 papers), Diatoms and Algae Research (24 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (19 papers). Richard Gordon collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Richard Gordon's co-authors include Gábor T. Herman, Rangaraj M. Rangayyan, Antone G. Jacobson, John Parkinson, Atam P. Dhawan, F. A. S. Sterrenburg, Natalie K. Gordon, Ryan W. Drum, Steven A. Johnson and Mary Ann Tiffany and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Chemical Physics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Richard Gordon

211 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Algebraic Reconstruction Techniques (ART) for three-dimensional electron microscopy and X-ray photography

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Gordon Canada	38	2.0k	1.9k	1.1k	849	815	214	7.5k
Marco Stampanoni Switzerland	65	2.4k 1.2×	3.7k 2.0×	1.0k 0.9×	338 0.4×	897 1.1×	460	17.3k
Chris Jacobsen United States	57	778 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	439 0.4×	633 0.7×	200 0.2×	261	10.8k
Edward M. Purcell United States	31	2.1k 1.0×	3.3k 1.8×	2.1k 2.0×	158 0.2×	113 0.1×	73	15.0k
Tony Yu United States	28	506 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	808 0.7×	310 0.4×	532 0.7×	95	7.2k
Stéfan van der Walt United States	11	1.3k 0.6×	836 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	60 0.1×	844 1.0×	24	11.8k
Salvatore Torquato United States	92	459 0.2×	5.2k 2.7×	1.1k 1.0×	579 0.7×	838 1.0×	417	30.4k
P. R. Bevington United States	16	630 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	70 0.1×	145 0.2×	34	12.2k
Barry Lai United States	60	577 0.3×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.6×	565 0.7×	63 0.1×	488	13.4k
Vadim Backman United States	53	2.6k 1.3×	6.2k 3.3×	1.8k 1.6×	114 0.1×	152 0.2×	331	11.0k
S. A. Stern United States	68	660 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	990 0.9×	181 0.2×	136 0.2×	659	16.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Gordon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Gordon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Gordon

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

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Gordon, Richard. (2024). Origin of Life via Archaea.

Igamberdiev, Abir U. & Richard Gordon. (2023). Macroevolution, differentiation trees, and the growth of coding systems. Biosystems. 234. 105044–105044. 11 indexed citations

Annenkov, Vadim V., et al.. (2020). The Probable Mechanism for Silicon Capture by Diatom Algae: Assimilation of Polycarbonic Acids with Diatoms—Is Endocytosis a Key Stage in Building of Siliceous Frustules?. Journal of Phycology. 56(6). 1729–1737. 8 indexed citations

Alicea, Bradly, et al.. (2018). Morphogenetic processes as data: Quantitative structure in the Drosophila eye imaginal disc. Biosystems. 173. 256–265. 2 indexed citations

Damer, Bruce, et al.. (2010). The EvoGrid: A Framework for Distributed Artificial Chemistry Cameo Simulations Supporting Computational Origins of Life Endeavors. Artificial Life. 73–79. 5 indexed citations

Tiffany, Mary Ann, Richard Gordon, & Ille C. Gebeshuber. (2010). Hyalodiscopsis plana, a sublittoral centric marine diatom, and its potential for nanotechnology as a natural zipper-like nanoclasp. Polish Botanical Journal. 55(1). 27–41. 6 indexed citations

Gordon, Richard, et al.. (2009). Halting HIV/AIDS with avatars and havatars: a virtual world approach to modelling epidemics. BMC Public Health. 9(S1). S13–S13. 22 indexed citations

Smith, Robert J. & Richard Gordon. (2009). The OptAIDS project: towards global halting of HIV/AIDS. BMC Public Health. 9(S1). S1–S1. 37 indexed citations

Veldman, A.E.P., et al.. (2008). Rayleigh instability of the inverted one-cell amphibian embryo. Physical Biology. 5(1). 15006–15006. 11 indexed citations

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Gordon, Richard. (2006). Mechanics in embryogenesis and embryonics: prime mover or epiphenomenon?. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 50(2-3). 245–253. 31 indexed citations

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Thulasiraman, Parimala, et al.. (2003). Parallel Algebraic Reconstruction Technique for Computed Tomography.. Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications. 532–536. 4 indexed citations

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Gordon, Richard, et al.. (2003). Reverse engineering the embryo: a graduate course in developmental biology for engineering students at the University of Manitoba, Canada. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 47(2-3). 183–187. 6 indexed citations

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Drum, Ryan W. & Richard Gordon. (2003). Star Trek replicators and diatom nanotechnology. Trends in biotechnology. 21(8). 325–328. 95 indexed citations

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Kaler, K.V.I.S., et al.. (2002). Electrorotation of axolotl embryos. Bioelectromagnetics. 23(3). 214–223. 6 indexed citations

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Sun, Jingru, et al.. (2002). Survival From Primary Breast Cancer After Routine Clinical Use of Mammography. The Breast Journal. 8(4). 199–208. 16 indexed citations

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Gordon, Richard, Natalie K. Gordon, & P. D. Nieuwkoop. (1994). Appendix: Dialogue on Embryonic Induction and Differentiation Waves. International review of cytology. 150. 373–420. 28 indexed citations

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Gordon, Richard. (1994). Mechanical engineering of the cytoskeleton in developmental biology. Academic Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Gordon, Richard. (1989). A Critical Review of the Physics and Statistics of Condoms and their Role in Individual versus Societal Survival of the AIDS Epidemic. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 15(1). 5–30. 14 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Antone G. & Richard Gordon. (1976). Nature and origin of patterns of changes in cell shape in embryos. Journal of Supramolecular Structure. 5(3). 371–380. 12 indexed citations

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Gordon, Richard, et al.. (1974). Three-Dimensional Reconstruction from Projections: A Review of Algorithms. International review of cytology. 38(0). 111–151. 227 indexed citations

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