R.K. Scopes

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

R.K. Scopes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, R.K. Scopes has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in R.K. Scopes's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (14 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (10 papers). R.K. Scopes is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (14 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (10 papers). R.K. Scopes collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. R.K. Scopes's co-authors include Michael Zachariou, R. P. Newbold, A. D. Neale, I. F. Penny, John A. Smith, Don Leigh, Peter L. Rogers, Elizabeth M. Algar, Theodora Fifis and Mélanie Cohn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

R.K. Scopes

65 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Measurement of protein by spectrophotometry at 205 nm

1974 672 citations R.K. Scopes Analytical Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.K. Scopes Australia	30	2.0k	458	430	414	327	65	3.0k
Robert K. Scopes Australia	24	2.0k 1.0×	441 1.0×	517 1.2×	255 0.6×	228 0.7×	56	3.0k
Elbert A. Peterson United States	26	2.3k 1.1×	366 0.8×	273 0.6×	459 1.1×	335 1.0×	82	4.3k
Antoine Puigserver France	32	2.0k 1.0×	149 0.3×	304 0.7×	224 0.5×	192 0.6×	142	4.0k
J. J. Sedmak United States	14	1.7k 0.8×	167 0.4×	233 0.5×	227 0.5×	165 0.5×	36	3.5k
Arthur J.G. Moir United Kingdom	30	2.1k 1.0×	196 0.4×	123 0.3×	282 0.7×	146 0.4×	76	3.7k
Kenneth J. Monty United States	21	2.2k 1.1×	302 0.7×	98 0.2×	427 1.0×	293 0.9×	37	3.3k
Arthur M. Crestfield United States	18	3.0k 1.5×	503 1.1×	101 0.2×	523 1.3×	289 0.9×	21	4.3k
G. David Novelli United States	34	4.2k 2.1×	291 0.6×	125 0.3×	484 1.2×	474 1.4×	109	6.1k
Kung‐Tsung Wang Taiwan	20	1.8k 0.9×	183 0.4×	152 0.4×	231 0.6×	196 0.6×	141	2.9k
William J. Whelan United States	44	2.2k 1.1×	229 0.5×	842 2.0×	393 0.9×	202 0.6×	168	5.9k

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Scopes, R.K., et al.. (2000). Saccharococcus caldoxylosilyticus sp. nov., an obligately thermophilic, xylose-utilizing, endospore-forming bacterium.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 50(2). 517–523. 45 indexed citations

Scopes, R.K.. (1995). Strategies for Protein Purification. Current Protocols in Protein Science. 0(1). Unit 1.2–Unit 1.2. 8 indexed citations

Rellos, Peter & R.K. Scopes. (1994). Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Random Mutagenesis: Production and Characterization of Thermostable Mutants of Zymomonas mobilis Alcohol Dehydrogenase-2. Protein Expression and Purification. 5(3). 270–277. 12 indexed citations

Menting, John G., R.K. Scopes, & Trevor W. Stevenson. (1994). Characterization of Flavonoid 3[prime],5[prime]-Hydroxylase in Microsomal Membrane Fraction of Petunia hybrida Flowers. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 106(2). 633–642. 40 indexed citations

Menting, John G., Edwina C. Cornish, & R.K. Scopes. (1994). Purification and Partial Characterization of NADPH-Cytochrome c Reductase from Petunia hybrida Flowers. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 106(2). 643–650. 27 indexed citations

Yomano, Lorraine P., R.K. Scopes, & L. O. Ingram. (1993). Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the Zymomonas mobilis phosphoglycerate mutase gene (pgm) in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 175(13). 3926–3933. 19 indexed citations

Kanagasundaram, Varuni & R.K. Scopes. (1992). Cloning, sequence analysis, and expression of the structural gene encoding glucose-fructose oxidoreductase from Zymomonas mobilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 174(5). 1439–1447. 38 indexed citations

Scopes, R.K., et al.. (1986). Fermentation capabilities ofZymomonas mobilis glycolytic enzymes. Biotechnology Letters. 8(9). 653–656. 18 indexed citations

Scopes, R.K.. (1985). 6‐Phosphogluconolactonase from Zymomonas mobilis. FEBS Letters. 193(2). 185–188. 12 indexed citations

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Scopes, R.K.. (1984). Use of differential dye-ligand chromatography with affinity elution for enzyme purification: 2-Keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase from Zymomonas mobilis. Analytical Biochemistry. 136(2). 525–529. 45 indexed citations

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Scopes, R.K., et al.. (1981). Rapid purification and crystallization of yeast phosphofructokinase. Analytical Biochemistry. 112(1). 154–157. 12 indexed citations

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Scopes, R.K. & Elizabeth M. Algar. (1979). Yeast phosphoglycerate kinase — evidence from affinity elution studies for conformational changes on binding of substrates. FEBS Letters. 106(1). 239–242. 13 indexed citations

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Scopes, R.K.. (1974). Measurement of protein by spectrophotometry at 205 nm. Analytical Biochemistry. 59(1). 277–282. 672 indexed citations breakdown →

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Newbold, R. P. & R.K. Scopes. (1971). POST‐MORTEM GLYCOLYSIS IN OX SKELETAL MUSCLE: EFFECTS OF MINCING AND OF DILUTION WITH OR WITHOUT ADDITION OF ORTHOPHOSPHATE. Journal of Food Science. 36(2). 209–214. 29 indexed citations

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Watson, H.C., P.L. Wendell, & R.K. Scopes. (1971). Crystallographic study of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 57(3). 623–625. 13 indexed citations

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Watson, H.C., et al.. (1971). A preliminary X-ray crystallographic investigation of yeast phosphoglycerate mutase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 61(1). 257–259. 12 indexed citations

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Hamoir, G., et al.. (1968). Localization of Creatine Kinase in the Starch–Gel and Moving-Boundary Electrophoretic Patterns of Fish Muscle. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 25(12). 2711–2714. 11 indexed citations

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Scopes, R.K., et al.. (1968). Polymorphism in Carp Muscle Creatine Kinase. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 25(12). 2715–2716. 13 indexed citations

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Scopes, R.K.. (1965). Acid denaturation of creatine kinase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 110(2). 320–324. 14 indexed citations

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Scopes, R.K.. (1964). The influence of post-mortem conditions on the solubilities of muscle proteins. Biochemical Journal. 91(1). 201–207. 104 indexed citations

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