Richard W. Roberts

11.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
127 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Richard W. Roberts is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard W. Roberts has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Richard W. Roberts's work include Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (35 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (15 papers). Richard W. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (35 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (15 papers). Richard W. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Richard W. Roberts's co-authors include Jack W. Szostak, Stephen R. Quake, Frances H. Arnold, Todd Thorsen, Donald M. Crothers, Terry T. Takahashi, Steven W. Millward, Kenneth D. Poss, Hiroaki Matsunami and Irene A. Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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 Richard W. Roberts et al. 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 Richard W. Roberts, Kenneth D. Poss et al. profile →
The Emergence of Competition Between Model Protocells

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

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard W. Roberts United States	40	5.1k	2.1k	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	127	8.8k
Barbara Baird United States	56	6.6k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	369 0.3×	578 0.6×	194	11.0k
Alan S. Waggoner United States	54	6.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	547 0.4×	571 0.5×	2.0k 1.9×	127	11.0k
Warren R. Zipfel United States	49	5.1k 1.0×	5.9k 2.8×	869 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	132	15.6k
Peter T. C. So United States	64	3.4k 0.7×	5.0k 2.4×	1.2k 0.8×	629 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	327	12.8k
Daniel Axelrod United States	45	6.4k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	522 0.4×	493 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	129	10.5k
John G. White United States	57	8.0k 1.6×	2.5k 1.2×	687 0.5×	375 0.3×	1.5k 1.5×	150	18.4k
Bo Huang United States	51	9.1k 1.8×	4.0k 1.9×	725 0.5×	794 0.7×	1.6k 1.6×	133	16.8k
Toshio Yanagida Japan	62	8.2k 1.6×	3.0k 1.4×	992 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	953 0.9×	293	16.4k
Alex K. Shalek United States	45	9.2k 1.8×	2.0k 1.0×	270 0.2×	504 0.4×	907 0.9×	126	15.0k
Michael W. Berns United States	64	5.3k 1.0×	5.5k 2.6×	2.1k 1.5×	651 0.6×	706 0.7×	525	16.0k

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Kamalinia, Golnaz, Brian J. Grindel, Terry T. Takahashi, Steven W. Millward, & Richard W. Roberts. (2021). Directing evolution of novel ligands by mRNA display. Chemical Society Reviews. 50(16). 9055–9103. 45 indexed citations

Li, Jiahe, et al.. (2019). Broad-Spectrum Proteome Editing with an Engineered Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase Mimic. ACS Central Science. 5(5). 852–866. 34 indexed citations

Baggen, Jim, Yue Liu, Heyrhyoung Lyoo, et al.. (2019). Bypassing pan-enterovirus host factor PLA2G16. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3171–3171. 45 indexed citations

Peleg, Yonatan, Biliang Hu, Argentina Ornelas, et al.. (2016). Directed Evolution of Scanning Unnatural‐Protease‐Resistant (SUPR) Peptides for in Vivo Applications. ChemBioChem. 17(17). 1643–1651. 31 indexed citations

Takahashi, Terry T., Farzad Jalali‐Yazdi, Steven W. Millward, et al.. (2014). Serum Stable Natural Peptides Designed by mRNA Display. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6008–6008. 53 indexed citations

Olson, C. Anders, Jonathan D. Adams, Terry T. Takahashi, et al.. (2011). Rapid mRNA‐Display Selection of an IL‐6 Inhibitor Using Continuous‐Flow Magnetic Separation. Angewandte Chemie. 123(36). 8445–8448. 2 indexed citations

Ishikawa, Fumiaki N., Marco Curreli, C. Anders Olson, et al.. (2009). Label-Free, Electrical Detection of the SARS Virus N-Protein with Nanowire Biosensors Utilizing Antibody Mimics as Capture Probes. ACS Nano. 3(5). 1219–1224. 168 indexed citations

Waxman, Joshua S., Brian R. Keegan, Richard W. Roberts, Kenneth D. Poss, & Deborah Yelon. (2008). Hoxb5b acts downstream of retinoic acid signaling in the forelimb field to restrict heart field potential in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 319(2). 482–482. 5 indexed citations

Starck, Shelley R., Changying Jiang, Maria Tokuyama, et al.. (2008). A Distinct Translation Initiation Mechanism Generates Cryptic Peptides for Immune Surveillance. PLoS ONE. 3(10). e3460–e3460. 37 indexed citations

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Chizhikov, Victor V., et al.. (2006). Molecular definition of an allelic series of mutations disrupting the mouse Lmx1a (dreher) gene. Mammalian Genome. 17(10). 1025–1032. 26 indexed citations

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Ja, William W., Anirban Adhikari, Ryan J. Austin, Stephen R. Sprang, & Richard W. Roberts. (2005). A Peptide Core Motif for Binding to Heterotrimeric G Protein α Subunits. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(37). 32057–32060. 18 indexed citations

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Ja, William W., Brett N. Olsen, & Richard W. Roberts. (2005). Epitope mapping using mRNA display and a unidirectional nested deletion library. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 18(7). 309–319. 13 indexed citations

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Frankel, Adam & Richard W. Roberts. (2003). In vitro selection for sense codon suppression. RNA. 9(7). 780–786. 26 indexed citations

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Lane, Kirk B., John A. Phillips, Melissa Prince, et al.. (2002). Heterozygosity for a Surfactant Protein C Gene Mutation Associated with Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis and Cellular Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis in One Kindred. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 165(9). 1322–1328. 431 indexed citations

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Burgstaller, Petra, Stephen P. Hale, Meghan B. Lane‐Fall, et al.. (2002). Identification of epitope‐like consensus motifs using mRNA display. Journal of Molecular Recognition. 15(3). 126–134. 52 indexed citations

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Barrick, Jeffrey E., Terry T. Takahashi, Jinsong Ren, Tianbing Xia, & Richard W. Roberts. (2001). Large libraries reveal diverse solutions to an RNA recognition problem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(22). 12374–12378. 37 indexed citations

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Liu, Rihe, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Jack W. Szostak, & Richard W. Roberts. (2000). [19] Optimized synthesis of RNA-protein fusions for in vitro protein selection. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 318. 268–293. 131 indexed citations

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Roberts, Richard W., et al.. (1971). Mechanism of Iodine Lubrication. Nature Physical Science. 229(6). 183–184. 1 indexed citations

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Roberts, Richard W., et al.. (1964). A Bakeable Thermistor Vacuum Gauge. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. 1(2). 62–64. 10 indexed citations

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Roberts, Richard W.. (1957). The Esterification of Cellulose with Methanesulfonyl (Mesyl) Chloride¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79(5). 1175–1178. 17 indexed citations

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