Robert Palais

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Robert Palais is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Palais has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert Palais's work include Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (15 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (5 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers). Robert Palais is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (15 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (5 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers). Robert Palais collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Saudi Arabia. Robert Palais's co-authors include Carl T. Wittwer, Luming Zhou, Robert J. Pryor, Michael Liew, Maria Erali, Cindy Meadows, Elaine Lyon, Jesse Montgomery, Bruce K. Gale and Pınar Bayrak‐Toydemir and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Bioinformatics and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Robert Palais

30 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Genotyping of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms by High-Resolution Melting of Small Amplicons

2004 525 citations Michael Liew, Robert J. Pryor et al. Clinical Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Palais United States	17	1.0k	266	221	214	157	30	1.8k
Robert J. Pryor United States	12	1.3k 1.3×	401 1.5×	336 1.5×	271 1.3×	146 0.9×	13	2.3k
G. H. Reed United States	5	1.3k 1.3×	390 1.5×	374 1.7×	279 1.3×	142 0.9×	9	2.3k
Joshua G Vandersteen United States	5	923 0.9×	270 1.0×	251 1.1×	210 1.0×	85 0.5×	5	1.6k
Cameron N. Gundry United States	5	962 1.0×	257 1.0×	257 1.2×	222 1.0×	127 0.8×	5	1.7k
Mark G. Herrmann United States	13	1.1k 1.1×	205 0.8×	180 0.8×	240 1.1×	295 1.9×	21	2.0k
Jacob Durtschi United States	16	906 0.9×	506 1.9×	119 0.5×	104 0.5×	117 0.7×	35	1.7k
Afshin Ahmadian Sweden	25	1.4k 1.4×	332 1.2×	127 0.6×	209 1.0×	280 1.8×	59	2.2k
Luis Ugozzoli United States	12	726 0.7×	286 1.1×	124 0.6×	95 0.4×	110 0.7×	24	1.5k
Cord C. Uphoff Germany	27	945 0.9×	145 0.5×	131 0.6×	371 1.7×	71 0.5×	59	2.2k
C. Levenson United States	7	959 1.0×	371 1.4×	210 1.0×	193 0.9×	84 0.5×	9	1.9k

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Islam, Mohammad Mainul, et al.. (2020). Assessing the Potential Impact of the Declaration of Istanbul 2008 on Internet Reporting of Human Organ Transplantation-Related Crimes Using Interrupted Time Series Analysis and Meta-Analysis Approaches. Transplantation Proceedings. 52(1). 12–19. 2 indexed citations

Pryor, Robert J., et al.. (2018). Integrated Extreme Real-Time PCR and High-Speed Melting Analysis in 52 to 87 Seconds. Clinical Chemistry. 65(2). 263–271. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoqing, et al.. (2018). Accurate diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome using limited deoxynucleotide triphosphates and high-resolution melting. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 485–485. 7 indexed citations

Palais, Robert, et al.. (2017). Quantifying variant differences in DNA melting curves: Effects of length, melting rate, and curve overlay. Analytical Biochemistry. 539. 90–95. 17 indexed citations

Zhou, Luming, et al.. (2014). Genotyping Accuracy of High-Resolution DNA Melting Instruments. Clinical Chemistry. 60(6). 864–872. 36 indexed citations

Wittwer, Carl T., et al.. (2014). Quasi-digital PCR: Enrichment and quantification of rare DNA variants. Biomedical Microdevices. 16(4). 639–644. 5 indexed citations

Palais, Robert, et al.. (2013). Heterozygote PCR Product Melting Curve Prediction. Human Mutation. 35(3). 278–282. 4 indexed citations

Palais, Robert, et al.. (2012). uAnalyze: Web-Based High-Resolution DNA Melting Analysis with Comparison to Thermodynamic Predictions. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. 9(6). 1805–1811. 24 indexed citations

Svensson, Annika, Lan‐Szu Chou, Cindy Meadows, et al.. (2011). Implementation of a Cost-Effective Unlabeled Probe High-Resolution Melt Assay for Genotyping of Factor V Leiden. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 15(4). 207–213. 2 indexed citations

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Farrar, Jared S., Robert Palais, & Carl T. Wittwer. (2011). Snapback Primer Genotyping of the Gilbert Syndrome UGT1A1 (TA)n Promoter Polymorphism by High-Resolution Melting. Clinical Chemistry. 57(9). 1303–1310. 15 indexed citations

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Aboul‐Fadl, Tarek, et al.. (2011). Cell screening assay for identifying inhibitors of eosinophil proliferation. Drug Development Research. 72(4). 353–360. 2 indexed citations

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Palais, Robert, et al.. (2011). uMELT: prediction of high-resolution melting curves and dynamic melting profiles of PCR products in a rich web application. Bioinformatics. 27(7). 1019–1020. 196 indexed citations

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Zhou, Luming, Robert Palais, G. Denice Smith, et al.. (2010). Enrichment and Detection of Rare Alleles by Means of Snapback Primers and Rapid-Cycle PCR. Clinical Chemistry. 56(5). 814–822. 18 indexed citations

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Palais, Richard S. & Robert Palais. (2009). Differential Equations, Mechanics, and Computation. 9 indexed citations

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Palais, Robert & Carl T. Wittwer. (2009). Chapter 13 Mathematical Algorithms for High-Resolution DNA Melting Analysis. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 454. 323–343. 50 indexed citations

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Erali, Maria, Robert Palais, & Carl T. Wittwer. (2008). SNP Genotyping by Unlabeled Probe Melting Analysis. Methods in molecular biology. 429. 199–206. 38 indexed citations

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Crews, Niel, Carl T. Wittwer, Robert Palais, & Bruce K. Gale. (2008). Product differentiation during continuous-flow thermal gradient PCR. Lab on a Chip. 8(6). 919–919. 41 indexed citations

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Montgomery, Jesse, Carl T. Wittwer, Robert Palais, & Luming Zhou. (2007). Simultaneous mutation scanning and genotyping by high-resolution DNA melting analysis. Nature Protocols. 2(1). 59–66. 247 indexed citations

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Vandersteen, Joshua G, Pınar Bayrak‐Toydemir, Robert Palais, & Carl T. Wittwer. (2007). Identifying Common Genetic Variants by High-Resolution Melting. Clinical Chemistry. 53(7). 1191–1198. 40 indexed citations

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Palais, Robert, Michael Liew, & Carl T. Wittwer. (2005). Quantitative heteroduplex analysis for single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping. Analytical Biochemistry. 346(1). 167–175. 91 indexed citations

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