Robert Silvers

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Robert Silvers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Silvers has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Spectroscopy and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Robert Silvers's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers), Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (8 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Robert Silvers is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers), Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (8 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Robert Silvers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Sweden. Robert Silvers's co-authors include Robert G. Griffin, Sara Linse, Michael T. Colvin, K. J. Donovan, Thach V. Can, Harald Schwalbe, Brian Michael, Ivan V. Sergeyev, Mélanie Rosay and Qing Zhe Ni and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert Silvers

35 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Atomic Resolution Structure of Monomorphic Aβ42 Amyloid F... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. Atomic Resolution Structure of Monomorphic Aβ42 Amyloid Fibrils
    2016 671 citations Michael T. Colvin, Robert Silvers et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Silvers United States 18 991 690 424 308 222 38 1.6k
Marielle Aulikki Wälti Switzerland 16 798 0.8× 664 1.0× 273 0.6× 299 1.0× 195 0.9× 29 1.4k
Philip T. F. Williamson United Kingdom 22 933 0.9× 398 0.6× 379 0.9× 280 0.9× 134 0.6× 62 1.7k
Anne K. Schütz Switzerland 17 790 0.8× 460 0.7× 450 1.1× 243 0.8× 155 0.7× 33 1.3k
Anant K. Paravastu United States 24 1.6k 1.6× 1.4k 2.0× 459 1.1× 393 1.3× 924 4.2× 61 2.7k
Sorin Luca Germany 16 871 0.9× 441 0.6× 800 1.9× 430 1.4× 158 0.7× 19 1.6k
Magnus Kjærgaard Denmark 28 2.0k 2.0× 427 0.6× 265 0.6× 593 1.9× 93 0.4× 57 2.6k
P.J. Walsh Canada 10 837 0.8× 520 0.8× 170 0.4× 201 0.7× 181 0.8× 10 1.1k
Jiafei Mao Germany 16 408 0.4× 241 0.3× 425 1.0× 317 1.0× 105 0.5× 29 1.0k
Stefan Bibow Switzerland 15 1.1k 1.1× 571 0.8× 241 0.6× 253 0.8× 42 0.2× 25 1.5k
Atsuhiko Taniguchi Japan 22 947 1.0× 406 0.6× 99 0.2× 277 0.9× 294 1.3× 94 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Silvers

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Williams, Colin J., Robert Silvers, Fang Qian, et al.. (2025). Aducanumab binding to Aβ 1-42 fibrils alters dynamics of the N-terminal tail while preserving the fibril core. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(52). e2515673122–e2515673122.
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Silvers, Robert, et al.. (2025). Noncanonical RNA binding of human La-related protein 6. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(14).
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Silvers, Robert, et al.. (2025). A Robust Expression and Purification Protocol for the Production of the La Domain of Human LARP6. ACS Omega. 10(12). 12699–12709. 2 indexed citations
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Silvers, Robert, et al.. (2025). 1H, 13C, and 15N resonance assignment of the 5’SL-bound La domain of the human La-related protein 6. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 19(1). 165–173. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Benjamin C. & Robert Silvers. (2024). 1H, 13C, and 15N resonance assignments of the La Motif of the human La-related protein 1. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 18(1). 111–118. 2 indexed citations
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Silvers, Robert, Brian Michael, Kristaps Jaudzems, et al.. (2021). 1 H detection and dynamic nuclear polarization–enhanced NMR of Aβ 1-42 fibrils. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(1). 31 indexed citations
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Silvers, Robert, et al.. (2021). Molecular Basis of Ca(II)-Induced Tetramerization and Transition-Metal Sequestration in Human Calprotectin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(43). 18073–18090. 9 indexed citations
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Silvers, Robert & Matthew T. Eddy. (2021). NMR Spectroscopic Studies of Ion Channels in Lipid Bilayers: Sample Preparation Strategies Exemplified by the Voltage Dependent Anion Channel. Methods in molecular biology. 2302. 201–217. 3 indexed citations
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Iadanza, M.G., Robert Silvers, Theodoros K. Karamanos, et al.. (2018). The structure of a β2-microglobulin fibril suggests a molecular basis for its amyloid polymorphism. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4517–4517. 117 indexed citations
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Iadanza, M.G., Robert Silvers, Theodoros K. Karamanos, et al.. (2018). The structure of a β2-microglobulin fibril suggests a molecular basis for its amyloid polymorphism. Nature. 28 indexed citations
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Lehner, Florian K., D. Kudlinzki, Christian Richter, et al.. (2017). Impact of Azidohomoalanine Incorporation on Protein Structure and Ligand Binding. ChemBioChem. 18(23). 2340–2350. 17 indexed citations
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Silvers, Robert, Michael T. Colvin, Kendra K. Frederick, et al.. (2017). Aggregation and Fibril Structure of AβM01–42 and Aβ1–42. Biochemistry. 56(36). 4850–4859. 22 indexed citations
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Donovan, K. J., Sheetal Jain, Robert Silvers, Sara Linse, & Robert G. Griffin. (2017). Proton-Assisted Recoupling (PAR) in Peptides and Proteins. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 121(48). 10804–10817. 19 indexed citations
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Donovan, K. J., Robert Silvers, Sara Linse, & Robert G. Griffin. (2017). 3D MAS NMR Experiment Utilizing Through-Space 15N–15N Correlations. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(19). 6518–6521. 16 indexed citations
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Eddy, Matthew T., Yongchao Su, Robert Silvers, et al.. (2015). Lipid bilayer-bound conformation of an integral membrane beta barrel protein by multidimensional MAS NMR. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 61(3-4). 299–310. 34 indexed citations
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Silvers, Robert, et al.. (2015). 19F-labeling of the adenine H2-site to study large RNAs by NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 64(1). 63–74. 33 indexed citations
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Silvers, Robert, Deep Chatterjee, S.L. Gande, et al.. (2014). Characterization of the Simultaneous Decay Kinetics of Metarhodopsin States II and III in Rhodopsin by Solution‐State NMR Spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(8). 2078–2084. 22 indexed citations
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Reckel, Sina, Daniel Gottstein, Frank Löhr, et al.. (2011). Solution NMR Structure of Proteorhodopsin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(50). 11942–11946. 148 indexed citations
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Silvers, Robert, Florian Buhr, & Harald Schwalbe. (2010). The Molecular Mechanism of Spider‐Silk Formation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(32). 5410–5412. 20 indexed citations
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Silvers, Robert, et al.. (2009). Unfolded‐State Structure and Dynamics Influence the Fibril Formation of Human Prion Protein. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(50). 9452–9456. 30 indexed citations

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