Richard H. Baltz

11.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Richard H. Baltz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard H. Baltz has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 74 papers in Pharmacology and 23 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Richard H. Baltz's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (74 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (38 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers). Richard H. Baltz is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (74 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (38 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers). Richard H. Baltz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Mexico. Richard H. Baltz's co-authors include Leonard Katz, Patti Matsushima, Vivian Miao, John W. Drake, Eugene T. Seno, Stephen K. Wrigley, Paul Brian, M A McHenney, Patricia J. Solenberg and Steven G. Van Lanen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Annual Review of Biochemistry and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Richard H. Baltz

117 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Natural product discovery: past, present, and future 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 250 500 750
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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. Natural product discovery: past, present, and future
    2016 811 citations Richard H. Baltz et al. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard H. Baltz United States 45 5.4k 4.6k 1.4k 1.1k 959 118 7.7k
Wolfgang Wohlleben Germany 51 6.8k 1.3× 5.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 1.7k 1.5× 1.4k 1.5× 202 9.6k
Stefano Donadio Italy 41 4.3k 0.8× 3.7k 0.8× 939 0.7× 833 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 138 6.2k
Kozo Ochi Japan 47 4.8k 0.9× 3.0k 0.6× 989 0.7× 986 0.9× 500 0.5× 179 6.9k
Barrie Wilkinson United Kingdom 45 4.4k 0.8× 3.0k 0.7× 908 0.7× 680 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 139 7.2k
Gregory L. Challis United Kingdom 50 6.3k 1.2× 6.5k 1.4× 2.2k 1.6× 1.8k 1.6× 1.5k 1.6× 138 10.1k
Rolf Jansen Germany 48 2.7k 0.5× 2.7k 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 644 0.6× 2.2k 2.2× 173 6.5k
Eriko Takano United Kingdom 45 7.8k 1.4× 6.0k 1.3× 1.9k 1.4× 2.0k 1.8× 773 0.8× 128 10.8k
Charles J. Thompson Switzerland 51 5.8k 1.1× 2.7k 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 2.0k 1.8× 621 0.6× 100 8.7k
Juan F. Martı́n Spain 62 8.5k 1.6× 7.2k 1.6× 2.2k 1.6× 2.8k 2.6× 1.1k 1.2× 352 12.8k
Tobias Kieser United Kingdom 28 6.6k 1.2× 5.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 51 10.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard H. Baltz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baltz, Richard H.. (2011). Strain improvement in actinomycetes in the postgenomic era. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 38(6). 657–666. 76 indexed citations
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Baltz, Richard H.. (2010). Genomics and the ancient origins of the daptomycin biosynthetic gene cluster. The Journal of Antibiotics. 63(8). 506–511. 31 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Kien T., Xiaowei He, Dylan C. Alexander, et al.. (2010). Genetically Engineered Lipopeptide Antibiotics Related to A54145 and Daptomycin with Improved Properties. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 54(4). 1404–1413. 82 indexed citations
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Baltz, Richard H.. (2010). Streptomyces and Saccharopolyspora hosts for heterologous expression of secondary metabolite gene clusters. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 37(8). 759–772. 171 indexed citations
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Penn, Julia, Xiang Li, Andrew Whiting, et al.. (2005). Heterologous production of daptomycin in Streptomyces lividans. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 33(2). 121–128. 62 indexed citations
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Baltz, Richard H., Paul Brian, Vivian Miao, & Stephen K. Wrigley. (2005). Combinatorial biosynthesis of lipopeptide antibiotics in Streptomyces roseosporus. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 33(2). 66–74. 47 indexed citations
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He, Xiaowei, Vivian Miao, & Richard H. Baltz. (2005). Spectinomycin Resistance in rpsE Mutants is Recessive in Streptomyces roseosporus. The Journal of Antibiotics. 58(4). 284–288. 7 indexed citations
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Baltz, Richard H., Vivian Miao, & Stephen K. Wrigley. (2005). Natural products to drugs: daptomycin and related lipopeptide antibiotics. Natural Product Reports. 22(6). 717–717. 297 indexed citations
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Baltz, Richard H., Franklin H. Norris, Patti Matsushima, et al.. (1998). DNA Sequence Sampling of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Genome to Identify Novel Targets for Antibiotic Development. Microbial Drug Resistance. 4(1). 1–9. 20 indexed citations
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Hosted, Thomas J. & Richard H. Baltz. (1996). Mutants of Streptomyces roseosporus that express enhanced recombination within partially homologous genes. Microbiology. 142(10). 2803–2813. 13 indexed citations
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Matsushima, Patti, Mary C. Broughton, Jan R. Turner, & Richard H. Baltz. (1994). Conjugal transfer of cosmid DNA from Escherichia coli to Saccharopolyspora spinosa: effects of chromosomal insertions on macrolide A83543 production. Gene. 146(1). 39–45. 76 indexed citations
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Baltz, Richard H., Donald R. Hahn, M A McHenney, & Patricia J. Solenberg. (1992). Transposition of Tn5096 and related transposons in Streptomyces species. Gene. 115(1-2). 61–65. 14 indexed citations
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Hahn, Donald R., M A McHenney, & Richard H. Baltz. (1991). Properties of the streptomycete temperate bacteriophage FP43. Journal of Bacteriology. 173(12). 3770–3775. 11 indexed citations
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Baltz, Richard H.. (1990). Gene expression using streptomycetes. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 1(1). 12–20. 12 indexed citations
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McHenney, M A & Richard H. Baltz. (1989). Transduction of plasmid DNA in macrolide producing streptomycetes.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 42(11). 1725–1727. 10 indexed citations
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Baltz, Richard H. & Eugene T. Seno. (1981). Properties of Streptomyces fradiae Mutants Blocked in Biosynthesis of the Macrolide Antibiotic Tylosin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 20(2). 214–225. 101 indexed citations
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Baltz, Richard H., et al.. (1976). Heat mutagenesis in bacteriophage T4: the transversion pathway.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 73(11). 4159–4163. 29 indexed citations
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Baltz, Richard H.. (1971). Infectious DNA of bacteriophage T4. Journal of Molecular Biology. 62(3). 425–437. 9 indexed citations

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