R.N. McElhaney

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

R.N. McElhaney is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, R.N. McElhaney has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Organic Chemistry and 9 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in R.N. McElhaney's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (46 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (18 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (11 papers). R.N. McElhaney is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (46 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (18 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (11 papers). R.N. McElhaney collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. R.N. McElhaney's co-authors include Rebecca Lewis, Henry H. Mantsch, Jack Maniloff, J. B. Baseman, Lloyd R. Finch, John R. Silvius, Walter Pohle, David A. Mannock, Todd McMullen and Brian D. Sykes and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

R.N. McElhaney

59 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Mycoplasmas: molecular biology and pathogenesis. 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Mycoplasmas: molecular biology and pathogenesis.
    1992 611 citations Jack Maniloff, R.N. McElhaney et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R.N. McElhaney Canada 31 2.3k 715 566 401 287 59 3.4k
Narasimha Sreerama United States 20 4.8k 2.1× 392 0.5× 421 0.7× 290 0.7× 329 1.1× 32 6.6k
Anthony A. Ribeiro United States 35 2.3k 1.0× 239 0.3× 686 1.2× 161 0.4× 468 1.6× 99 4.5k
Régine Maget‐Dana France 22 1.7k 0.8× 556 0.8× 357 0.6× 131 0.3× 267 0.9× 51 2.6k
Walter Richter Germany 28 1.7k 0.7× 452 0.6× 520 0.9× 111 0.3× 379 1.3× 77 3.1k
Lee Whitmore United Kingdom 13 3.5k 1.5× 447 0.6× 325 0.6× 131 0.3× 263 0.9× 21 5.3k
Marta Bruix Spain 38 3.0k 1.3× 425 0.6× 560 1.0× 124 0.3× 661 2.3× 164 4.6k
Marius Ptak France 34 2.4k 1.0× 859 1.2× 479 0.8× 243 0.6× 353 1.2× 117 3.8k
Åke Wieslander Sweden 32 1.8k 0.8× 315 0.4× 246 0.4× 187 0.5× 128 0.4× 71 2.4k
Raquel F. Epand Canada 38 3.0k 1.3× 1.2k 1.7× 384 0.7× 107 0.3× 384 1.3× 67 3.8k
Lynette Cegelski United States 37 2.3k 1.0× 437 0.6× 496 0.9× 368 0.9× 131 0.5× 86 4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by R.N. McElhaney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R.N. McElhaney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R.N. McElhaney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R.N. McElhaney based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with R.N. McElhaney. R.N. McElhaney is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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d’Alnoncourt, Raoul Naumann, et al.. (2004). The study of the interaction of a model α-helical peptide with lipid bilayers and monolayers. Bioelectrochemistry. 63(1-2). 169–176. 15 indexed citations
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Takeuchi, Kosei, Tamio Mase, Kim Oikawa, et al.. (1996). The consequences of engineering an extra disulfide bond in the Penicillium camembertii mono-and diglyceride specific lipase. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 9(9). 789–795. 26 indexed citations
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Axelsen, Paul H., et al.. (1995). The infrared dichroism of transmembrane helical polypeptides. Biophysical Journal. 69(6). 2770–2781. 78 indexed citations
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Trouard, Theodore P., David A. Mannock, G. Lindblom, et al.. (1994). Thermotropic phase properties of 1,2-di-O-tetradecyl-3-O-(3-O-methyl- beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-sn-glycerol. Biophysical Journal. 67(3). 1090–1100. 9 indexed citations
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Lewis, Rebecca, R.N. McElhaney, Walter Pohle, & Henry H. Mantsch. (1994). Components of the carbonyl stretching band in the infrared spectra of hydrated 1,2-diacylglycerolipid bilayers: a reevaluation. Biophysical Journal. 67(6). 2367–2375. 268 indexed citations
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Lewis, Rebecca, R.N. McElhaney, Paul E. Harper, David C. Turner, & Sol M. Grüner. (1994). Studies of the thermotropic phase behavior of phosphatidylcholines containing 2-alkyl substituted fatty acyl chains: a new class of phosphatidylcholines forming inverted nonlamellar phases. Biophysical Journal. 66(4). 1088–1103. 38 indexed citations
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Monck, Myrna A., M. Bloom, Michel Lafleur, et al.. (1993). Evidence for two pools of cholesterol in the Acholeplasma laidlawii strain B membrane: A deuterium NMR and DSC study. Biochemistry. 32(12). 3081–3088. 12 indexed citations
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Lewis, Rebecca & R.N. McElhaney. (1993). Calorimetric and spectroscopic studies of the polymorphic phase behavior of a homologous series of n-saturated 1,2-diacyl phosphatidylethanolamines. Biophysical Journal. 64(4). 1081–1096. 127 indexed citations
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Maniloff, Jack, R.N. McElhaney, Lloyd R. Finch, & J. B. Baseman. (1992). Mycoplasmas: molecular biology and pathogenesis.. 611 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mannock, David A., Rebecca Lewis, R.N. McElhaney, et al.. (1992). Effect of the chirality of the glycerol backbone on the bilayer and nonbilayer phase transitions in the diastereomers of di-dodecyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl glycerol. Biophysical Journal. 63(5). 1355–1368. 30 indexed citations
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Crews, Fulton T., R.N. McElhaney, Gerhard Freund, William E. Ballinger, & Mohan K. Raizada. (1992). Insulin‐Like Growth Factor I Receptor Binding in Brains of Alzheimer's and Alcoholic Patients. Journal of Neurochemistry. 58(4). 1205–1210. 33 indexed citations
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Lewis, Rebecca & R.N. McElhaney. (1992). Structures of the subgel phases of n-saturated diacyl phosphatidylcholine bilayers: FTIR spectroscopic studies of 13C = O and 2H labeled lipids. Biophysical Journal. 61(1). 63–77. 66 indexed citations
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Mannock, David A. & R.N. McElhaney. (1991). Differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction studies of a series of synthetic β-D-galactosyl diacylglycerols. Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 69(12). 863–867. 28 indexed citations
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Asgharian, Bahman, et al.. (1989). A comparative monomolecular film study of 1,2-di-O-palmitoyl-3-O-(.alpha.- and .beta.-D-glucopyranosyl)-sn-glycerols. Biochemistry. 28(17). 7102–7106. 20 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Peter M., et al.. (1988). Calorimetric and spectroscopic studies of lipid thermotropic phase behavior in liver inner mitochondrial membranes from a mammalian hibernator. Biochemistry. 27(13). 4632–4638. 17 indexed citations
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Golde, L.M.G. Van, R.N. McElhaney, & L.L.M. Van Deenen. (1971). A membrane-bound lysophospholipase from Mycoplasma laidlawii strain B. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 231(1). 245–249. 56 indexed citations

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