Richard V. Eck

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Richard V. Eck is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard V. Eck has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Richard V. Eck's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (6 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (5 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). Richard V. Eck is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (6 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (5 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). Richard V. Eck collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Richard V. Eck's co-authors include M. O. Dayhoff, Min-Yen Chang, R.T. Hersh, Ellis R. Lippincott, Carl Sagan, Robert R. Smith, Helmut Simon, Arthur G. Ship, Hiltrud White and Michael Schulz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Richard V. Eck

21 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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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.

Atlas of protein sequence and structure

1965 3.7k citations Min-Yen Chang, M. O. Dayhoff et al. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) profile →
Atlas of Protein Sequence and Structure, 1966.

1967 1.4k citations R.T. Hersh, Richard V. Eck et al. Systematic Zoology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard V. Eck United States	13	4.0k	910	573	559	510	22	5.9k
Thomas H. Jukes United States	37	3.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	235 0.4×	473 0.8×	534 1.0×	237	5.7k
Harlyn O. Halvorson United States	35	3.3k 0.8×	629 0.7×	369 0.6×	679 1.2×	388 0.8×	112	4.7k
M. O. Dayhoff United States	32	7.9k 2.0×	1.7k 1.9×	1.1k 2.0×	1000 1.8×	971 1.9×	71	11.6k
Alexander S. Spirin Russia	45	5.9k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	210 0.4×	414 0.7×	748 1.5×	182	6.8k
Erwin Chargaff United States	44	5.7k 1.4×	856 0.9×	239 0.4×	634 1.1×	767 1.5×	201	7.6k
Arthur L. Koch United States	45	3.5k 0.9×	1.9k 2.1×	247 0.4×	409 0.7×	1.3k 2.5×	154	6.1k
Jean Thomas United Kingdom	53	9.5k 2.4×	1.2k 1.3×	356 0.6×	1.3k 2.3×	277 0.5×	161	11.7k
Michael A. Savageau United States	48	6.2k 1.6×	1.5k 1.7×	508 0.9×	521 0.9×	280 0.5×	133	7.8k
Cyrus Levinthal United States	40	4.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	627 1.1×	279 0.5×	956 1.9×	82	7.2k
F Jacob France	46	6.9k 1.8×	3.4k 3.8×	782 1.4×	611 1.1×	1.8k 3.6×	126	9.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Eck, Richard V. & Helmut Simon. (1994). Preparation of (S)-2-substituted succinates by stereospecific reductions of fumarate and derivatives with resting cells of Clostridium formicoaceticum. Tetrahedron. 50(48). 13631–13640. 15 indexed citations

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Eck, Richard V. & Helmut Simon. (1994). Synthesis of (R)-pantoyl lactone by reduction of ketopantoate with formate and Proteus species. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 5(8). 1419–1422. 5 indexed citations

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Eck, Richard V., et al.. (1993). Further Selective Redox Reactions on a Preparative Scale with Anaerobes and Facultative Anaerobes. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 47(4). 104–104. 3 indexed citations

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Dayhoff, M. O. & Richard V. Eck. (1970). MASSPEC: A computer program for complete sequence analysis of large proteins from mass spectrometry data of a single sample. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 1(1). 5–28. 6 indexed citations

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Sagan, Carl, Ellis R. Lippincott, M. O. Dayhoff, & Richard V. Eck. (1967). Organic Molecules and the Coloration of Jupiter. Nature. 213(5073). 273–274. 36 indexed citations

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Hersh, R.T., Richard V. Eck, & M. O. Dayhoff. (1967). Atlas of Protein Sequence and Structure, 1966.. Systematic Zoology. 16(3). 262–262. 1387 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dayhoff, M. O., Richard V. Eck, Ellis R. Lippincott, & Carl Sagan. (1967). Venus: Atmospheric Evolution. Science. 155(3762). 556–558. 25 indexed citations

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Lippincott, Ellis R., Richard V. Eck, M. O. Dayhoff, & Carl Sagan. (1967). Thermodynamic Equilibria in Planetary Atmospheres. The Astrophysical Journal. 147. 753–753. 49 indexed citations

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Dayhoff, M. O., et al.. (1966). Thermodynamic Equilibrium in the Origin of Organic Matter. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations

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Eck, Richard V. & M. O. Dayhoff. (1966). Evolution of the Structure of Ferredoxin Based on Living Relics of Primitive Amino Acid Sequences. Science. 152(3720). 363–366. 346 indexed citations

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Eck, Richard V., et al.. (1966). Thermodynamic Equilibrium and the Inorganic Origin of Organic Compounds. Science. 153(3736). 628–633. 58 indexed citations

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Chang, Min-Yen, et al.. (1965). Atlas of protein sequence and structure. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3736 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dayhoff, M. O., Ellis R. Lippincott, & Richard V. Eck. (1964). Thermodynamic Equilibria in Prebiological Atmospheres. Science. 146(3650). 1461–1464. 55 indexed citations

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Eck, Richard V.. (1963). Genetic Code: Emergence of a Symmetrical Pattern. Science. 140(3566). 477–481. 46 indexed citations

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Eck, Richard V.. (1962). The protein cryptogram I. Non-random occurrence of amino acid “alleles”. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2(2). 139–151. 6 indexed citations

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Eck, Richard V.. (1961). Non-Randomness in Amino-Acid ‘Alleles’. Nature. 191(4795). 1284–1285. 12 indexed citations

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Eck, Richard V., et al.. (1959). An experimental study of the effect of irradiation on the dissemination of cancer.. PubMed. 19(5). 464–7. 13 indexed citations

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Eck, Richard V., et al.. (1959). An experimental study of the effect of external irradiation on A “Primary” tumor and its distant metastases. Cancer. 12(1). 23–26. 22 indexed citations

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Ship, Arthur G., Richard V. Eck, & Robert R. Smith. (1958). Local chemotherapy of experimentally tumor-seeded wounds. Cancer. 11(4). 687–695. 16 indexed citations

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Krämer, W., Richard V. Eck, & Robert R. Smith. (1958). Inhibition of local tumor implantation with triethylenethiophosphoramide (TSPA). Cancer. 11(5). 999–1002. 1 indexed citations

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