Richard W. Roberts

11.6k citations

127 papers · 8.8k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 40

Molecular Biology top 1%
Biomedical Engineering top 1%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 1%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 2%

Co-authors: Jack W. Szostak Frances H. Arnold Todd Thorsen Stephen R. Quake Donald M. Crothers Terry T. Takahashi Steven W. Millward Kenneth D. Poss
Topics: Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (35 papers)RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers)Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (15 papers)
Cited by: Sensory Systems Molecular Biology Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States Germany United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Richard W. Roberts

125 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Dynamic Pattern Formation in a Vesicle-Generating Microfluidic Device

2001 1.6k citations Todd Thorsen, Richard W. Roberts et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
RNA-peptide fusions for the in vitro selection of peptides and proteins

1997 816 citations Richard W. Roberts, Jack W. Szostak Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A Dynamic Epicardial Injury Response Supports Progenitor Cell Activity during Zebrafish Heart Regeneration

2006 629 citations Kazu Kikuchi, Jennifer E. Holdway et al. Cell profile →
The Emergence of Competition Between Model Protocells

2004 316 citations Richard W. Roberts, Jack W. Szostak et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Directing evolution of novel ligands by mRNA display 2021 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Golnaz Kamalinia,Brian J. Grindel,Terry T. Takahashi,Steven W. Millward,Richard W. Roberts	45
2	Broad-Spectrum Proteome Editing with an Engineered Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase Mimic 2019 ·ACS Central Science ·(unknown),Jiahe Li,(unknown),Richard W. Roberts,Shohei Koide,Paula T. Hammond,Matthew P. DeLisa	34
3	Bypassing pan-enterovirus host factor PLA2G16 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Jim Baggen,Yue Liu,Heyrhyoung Lyoo,Arno L. W. van Vliet,(unknown),(unknown),Richard W. Roberts,Pier Paul Overduin,Adam Meijer,Michael G. Rossmann,Hendrik Jan Thibaut,Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld	45
4	RasIns: Genetically Encoded Intrabodies of Activated Ras Proteins 2016 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown),William E. Evenson,Garrett G. Gross,Farzad Jalali‐Yazdi,(unknown),Don B. Arnold,Terry T. Takahashi,Richard W. Roberts	29
5	Serum Stable Natural Peptides Designed by mRNA Display 2014 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown),(unknown),Terry T. Takahashi,Farzad Jalali‐Yazdi,Steven W. Millward,Biliang Hu,Pin Wang,Richard W. Roberts	53
6	The Drosophila G protein‐coupled receptor, Methuselah, exhibits a promiscuous response to peptides 2009 ·Protein Science ·William W. Ja,Gil B. Carvalho,(unknown),Richard W. Roberts,Seymour Benzer	32
7	Hoxb5b acts downstream of retinoic acid signaling in the forelimb field to restrict heart field potential in zebrafish 2008 ·Developmental Biology ·Joshua S. Waxman,Brian R. Keegan,Richard W. Roberts,Kenneth D. Poss,Deborah Yelon	5
8	Evolution of Class-Specific Peptides Targeting a Hot Spot of the Gαs Subunit 2008 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Ryan J. Austin,William W. Ja,Richard W. Roberts	24
9	A Dynamic Epicardial Injury Response Supports Progenitor Cell Activity during Zebrafish Heart Regenerationbreakdown → 2006 ·Cell ·(unknown),(unknown),Kazu Kikuchi,Jennifer E. Holdway,Richard W. Roberts,C. Geoffrey Burns,Kenneth D. Poss	629
10	Modulation of Basal and Receptor-Induced GIRK Potassium Channel Activity and Neuronal Excitability by the Mammalian PINS Homolog LGN 2006 ·Neuron ·Ofer Wiser,Xiang Qian,(unknown),William W. Ja,Richard W. Roberts,Eitan Reuveny,Yuh Nung Jan,Lily Yeh Jan	51
11	Dopaminergic Stimulation of Local Protein Synthesis Enhances Surface Expression of GluR1 and Synaptic Transmission in Hippocampal Neurons 2005 ·Neuron ·W. Bryan Smith,Shelley Starck,Richard W. Roberts,Erin M. Schuman	200
12	Context and conformation dictate function of a transcription antitermination switch 2003 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Tianbing Xia,Adam Frankel,Terry T. Takahashi,Jinsong Ren,Richard W. Roberts	18
13	mRNA display: ligand discovery, interaction analysis and beyond 2003 ·Trends in Biochemical Sciences ·Terry T. Takahashi,Ryan J. Austin,Richard W. Roberts	115
14	In vitro selection for sense codon suppression 2003 ·RNA ·Adam Frankel,Richard W. Roberts	26
15	Heterozygosity for a Surfactant Protein C Gene Mutation Associated with Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis and Cellular Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis in One Kindred 2002 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·(unknown),Kirk B. Lane,John A. Phillips,Melissa Prince,Cheryl Markin,Marcy C. Speer,David A. Schwartz,Radhika Gaddipati,Annis Marney,Joyce E. Johnson,Richard W. Roberts,Jonathan L. Haines,Mildred T. Stahlman,James E. Loyd	431
16	Large libraries reveal diverse solutions to an RNA recognition problem 2001 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jeffrey E. Barrick,Terry T. Takahashi,Jinsong Ren,Tianbing Xia,Richard W. Roberts	37
17	Dynamic Pattern Formation in a Vesicle-Generating Microfluidic Devicebreakdown → 2001 ·Physical Review Letters ·Todd Thorsen,Richard W. Roberts,Frances H. Arnold,Stephen R. Quake	1648
18	Selection of RNA-Binding Peptides Using mRNA-Peptide Fusions 2001 ·Methods ·Jeffrey E. Barrick,Terry T. Takahashi,Andrey Balakin,Richard W. Roberts	39
19	[19] Optimized synthesis of RNA-protein fusions for in vitro protein selection 2000 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Rihe Liu,Jeffrey E. Barrick,Jack W. Szostak,Richard W. Roberts	131
20	Totally in vitro protein selection using mRNA-protein fusions and ribosome display 1999 ·Current Opinion in Chemical Biology ·Richard W. Roberts	91

About Richard W. Roberts

Richard W. Roberts is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology and Sensory Systems, having authored 127 papers that have together received 8.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (35 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sensory Systems (436 citations), Molecular Biology (5.1k citations) and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (1.4k citations). Richard W. Roberts has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Jack W. Szostak, Frances H. Arnold, Todd Thorsen, Stephen R. Quake, Donald M. Crothers, Terry T. Takahashi, Steven W. Millward, Kenneth D. Poss, Hiroaki Matsunami and Irene A. Chen. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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