Richard P. Cheng

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Richard P. Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard P. Cheng has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Organic Chemistry and 7 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Richard P. Cheng's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (23 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). Richard P. Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (23 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). Richard P. Cheng collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and Canada. Richard P. Cheng's co-authors include William F. DeGrado, Samuel H. Gellman, Barbara Imperiali, Mary Struthers, Hsien‐Po Chiu, Robert Fairman, Bashkim Kokona, Stewart L. Fisher, Raheel Ahmad and Valerie Daggett and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Richard P. Cheng

46 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

β-Peptides: From Structure to Function

2001 1.7k citations Richard P. Cheng, William F. DeGrado et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard P. Cheng Taiwan	19	2.6k	1.6k	540	315	301	46	3.2k
Mark Overhand Netherlands	34	2.8k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	358 0.7×	516 1.6×	430 1.4×	109	3.7k
Masakazu Tanaka Japan	35	2.0k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	388 0.7×	290 0.9×	290 1.0×	173	3.5k
Krishna Kumar United States	25	1.4k 0.5×	855 0.5×	275 0.5×	214 0.7×	203 0.7×	67	2.0k
Javier Montenegro Spain	29	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 2.0×	801 2.5×	118 0.4×	79	3.3k
Mariano Venanzi Italy	30	1.3k 0.5×	784 0.5×	575 1.1×	1.2k 3.7×	377 1.3×	194	3.1k
Alessandro Moretto Italy	33	1.5k 0.6×	993 0.6×	458 0.8×	991 3.1×	101 0.3×	106	3.0k
Christian E. Schafmeister United States	17	1.5k 0.6×	804 0.5×	180 0.3×	190 0.6×	153 0.5×	45	1.9k
Annette Meister Germany	29	1.8k 0.7×	960 0.6×	874 1.6×	593 1.9×	40 0.1×	131	3.1k
Mark L. McLaughlin United States	25	978 0.4×	792 0.5×	101 0.2×	241 0.8×	211 0.7×	99	2.3k
Elsa Sánchez‐García Germany	31	1.1k 0.4×	698 0.4×	74 0.1×	385 1.2×	67 0.2×	116	2.6k

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All Works

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Cheng, Richard P., et al.. (2022). Structural impact of thioamide incorporation into a β-hairpin. RSC Chemical Biology. 3(5). 582–591. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Wei‐Ming, Chih‐Ting Liu, Daniel C. Lu, et al.. (2021). Longer charged amino acids favor β‐strand formation in hairpin peptides. Journal of Peptide Science. 27(9). e3333–e3333. 3 indexed citations

Lai, Chien‐Chen, et al.. (2018). [2]Catenanes Displaying Switchable Gin-Trap-Like Motion. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(10). 5619–5628. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Yet‐Ran, et al.. (2015). Nonorthogonal tRNA^cys_Amber for protein and nascent chain labeling. RNA. 21(9). 1672–1682. 4 indexed citations

Yao, Yun‐Chiao, et al.. (2015). Effect of arginine methylation on the RNA recognition and cellular uptake of Tat-derived peptides. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 23(9). 2281–2286. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Cheng‐Hsun, et al.. (2014). Effect of each guanidinium group on the RNA recognition and cellular uptake of Tat-derived peptides. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 22(11). 3016–3020. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Yet‐Ran, et al.. (2013). Strong anion-exchange fast performance liquid chromatography as a versatile tool for preparation and purification of RNA produced by in vitro transcription. RNA. 19(10). 1449–1459. 35 indexed citations

Kuo, Hsiou‐Ting, et al.. (2013). Effect of Charged Amino Acid Side Chain Length on Lateral Cross-Strand Interactions between Carboxylate-Containing Residues and Lysine Analogues in a β-Hairpin. Biochemistry. 52(51). 9212–9222. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Yi‐Ping, et al.. (2012). Altering the Tat-derived peptide bioactivity landscape by changing the arginine side chain length. Amino Acids. 44(2). 473–480. 13 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard P., et al.. (2012). Effect of Glutamate Side Chain Length on Intrahelical Glutamate–Lysine Ion Pairing Interactions. Biochemistry. 51(36). 7157–7172. 22 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard P., et al.. (2011). Helix formation and capping energetics of arginine analogs with varying side chain length. Amino Acids. 43(1). 195–206. 19 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard P., et al.. (2007). Effect of Lysine Side Chain Length on Intra-Helical Glutamate−Lysine Ion Pairing Interactions. Biochemistry. 46(37). 10528–10537. 27 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard P., et al.. (2006). Design and Synthesis of β-Peptides With Biological Activity. Humana Press eBooks. 340. 95–110. 14 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard P.. (2004). Beyond de novo protein design — de novo design of non-natural folded oligomers. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 14(4). 512–520. 113 indexed citations

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Walsh, Scott T.R., Richard P. Cheng, Wayne W. Wright, et al.. (2003). The hydration of amides in helices; a comprehensive picture from molecular dynamics, IR, and NMR. Protein Science. 12(3). 520–531. 127 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard P. & William F. DeGrado. (2002). Long-Range Interactions Stabilize the Fold of a Non-natural Oligomer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(39). 11564–11565. 79 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard P., et al.. (2001). Template-Constrained Somatostatin Analogues: A Biphenyl Linker Induces a Type-V‘ Turn. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123(50). 12710–12711. 15 indexed citations

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Cheng, Richard P., Stewart L. Fisher, & Barbara Imperiali. (1996). Metallopeptide Design: Tuning the Metal Cation Affinities with Unnatural Amino Acids and Peptide Secondary Structure. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(46). 11349–11356. 84 indexed citations

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Struthers, Mary, Richard P. Cheng, & Barbara Imperiali. (1996). Design of a Monomeric 23-Residue Polypeptide with Defined Tertiary Structure. Science. 271(5247). 342–345. 252 indexed citations

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Chýlek, Petr, V. Ramaswamy, Richard P. Cheng, & R. G. Pinnick. (1981). Optical properties and mass concentration of carbonaceous smokes. Applied Optics. 20(17). 2980–2980. 64 indexed citations

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