Robert Tycko

36.1k total citations · 13 hit papers
246 papers, 29.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Tycko is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Tycko has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 29.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Spectroscopy, 77 papers in Materials Chemistry and 74 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert Tycko's work include Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (163 papers), NMR spectroscopy and applications (71 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (62 papers). Robert Tycko is often cited by papers focused on Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (163 papers), NMR spectroscopy and applications (71 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (62 papers). Robert Tycko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Japan. Robert Tycko's co-authors include Wai‐Ming Yau, Richard D. Leapman, Aneta T. Petkova, Gary Dabbagh, Kent R. Thurber, Yoshitaka Ishii, John J. Balbach, Oleg N. Antzutkin, Wei Qiang and Anant K. Paravastu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Robert Tycko

243 papers receiving 28.7k citations

Hit Papers

A structural model for Alzheimer's β-amyloid fibrils base... 1991 2026 2002 2014 2002 2012 2005 2008 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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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. A structural model for Alzheimer's β-amyloid fibrils based on experimental constraints from solid state NMR
    2002 1.6k citations Aneta T. Petkova, John J. Balbach et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Cell-free Formation of RNA Granules: Low Complexity Sequence Domains Form Dynamic Fibers within Hydrogels
    2012 1.5k citations Masato Kato, Robert Tycko et al. profile →
  3. Self-Propagating, Molecular-Level Polymorphism in Alzheimer's ß-Amyloid Fibrils
    2005 1.5k citations Aneta T. Petkova, Richard D. Leapman et al. profile →
  4. Molecular structural basis for polymorphism in Alzheimer's β-amyloid fibrils
    2008 994 citations Richard D. Leapman, Wai‐Ming Yau et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Experimental Constraints on Quaternary Structure in Alzheimer's β-Amyloid Fibrils
    2005 939 citations Aneta T. Petkova, Wai‐Ming Yau et al. Biochemistry profile →
  6. Molecular Structure of β-Amyloid Fibrils in Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Tissue
    2013 928 citations Junxia Lu, Wai‐Ming Yau et al. profile →
  7. Conducting films of C60 and C70 by alkali-metal doping
    1991 802 citations Robert C. Haddon, R. M. Fleming et al. profile →
  8. Amyloid Fibril Formation by Aβ16-22, a Seven-Residue Fragment of the Alzheimer's β-Amyloid Peptide, and Structural Characterization by Solid State NMR
    2000 612 citations John J. Balbach, Richard D. Leapman et al. Biochemistry profile →
  9. New Phases of C 60 Synthesized at High Pressure
    1994 566 citations R. M. Fleming, Theo Siegrist et al. profile →
  10. Structure of FUS Protein Fibrils and Its Relevance to Self-Assembly and Phase Separation of Low-Complexity Domains
    2017 565 citations Dylan T. Murray, Masato Kato et al. profile →
  11. Peptide Conformation and Supramolecular Organization in Amylin Fibrils:  Constraints from Solid-State NMR
    2007 519 citations Sorin Luca, Wai‐Ming Yau et al. Biochemistry profile →
  12. Structural variation in amyloid-β fibrils from Alzheimer's disease clinical subtypes
    2017 497 citations Wai‐Ming Yau, Junxia Lu et al. profile →
  13. Optically Pumped NMR Evidence for Finite-Size Skyrmions in GaAs Quantum Wells near Landau Level Fillingν=1
    1995 434 citations Gary Dabbagh, Robert Tycko 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
Robert Tycko United States 83 14.0k 10.6k 8.5k 8.3k 4.1k 246 29.2k
Beat H. Meier Switzerland 68 8.5k 0.6× 3.3k 0.3× 11.5k 1.4× 6.8k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 417 23.4k
Michele Vendruscolo United Kingdom 98 29.6k 2.1× 13.9k 1.3× 3.7k 0.4× 8.1k 1.0× 3.7k 0.9× 570 41.7k
Christian Griesinger Germany 79 14.2k 1.0× 3.4k 0.3× 9.3k 1.1× 4.4k 0.5× 458 0.1× 475 25.5k
Robert G. Griffin United States 104 9.1k 0.7× 2.6k 0.2× 26.4k 3.1× 19.1k 2.3× 1.9k 0.5× 545 40.0k
G. Marius Clore United States 117 47.7k 3.4× 2.0k 0.2× 9.9k 1.2× 14.7k 1.8× 655 0.2× 552 60.7k
Sheena E. Radford United Kingdom 84 18.7k 1.3× 7.4k 0.7× 3.1k 0.4× 6.2k 0.7× 3.1k 0.8× 355 25.2k
George B. Benedek United States 72 8.5k 0.6× 5.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.2× 3.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 188 18.6k
Daniel P. Raleigh United States 65 9.2k 0.7× 4.4k 0.4× 2.8k 0.3× 3.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 279 13.8k
Claudio Luchinat Italy 77 12.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.1× 7.0k 0.8× 6.7k 0.8× 644 0.2× 696 23.7k
Frank Delaglio United States 30 19.3k 1.4× 2.2k 0.2× 4.2k 0.5× 4.7k 0.6× 738 0.2× 61 24.8k

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All Works

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Tycko, Robert. (2025). The evolving role of solid state nuclear magnetic resonance methods in studies of amyloid fibrils. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 92. 103043–103043. 3 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Ujjayini, Kent R. Thurber, Wai‐Ming Yau, & Robert Tycko. (2021). Molecular structure of a prevalent amyloid-β fibril polymorph from Alzheimer's disease brain tissue. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(4). 125 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaoming, Yi Lin, Masato Kato, et al.. (2021). Transiently structured head domains control intermediate filament assembly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(8). 43 indexed citations
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Murray, Dylan T., Xiaoming Zhou, Masato Kato, et al.. (2018). Structural characterization of the D290V mutation site in hnRNPA2 low-complexity–domain polymers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(42). E9782–E9791. 38 indexed citations
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Lu, Junxia, et al.. (2015). Preparation of Amyloid Fibrils Seeded from Brain and Meninges. Methods in molecular biology. 1345. 299–312. 10 indexed citations
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Hu, Kan‐Nian, Ryan P. McGlinchey, Reed B. Wickner, & Robert Tycko. (2011). Segmental Polymorphism in a Functional Amyloid. Biophysical Journal. 101(9). 2242–2250. 54 indexed citations
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Yang, Yanwu, Aneta T. Petkova, Kun Huang, et al.. (2010). An Achilles' Heel in an Amyloidogenic Protein and Its Repair. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(14). 10806–10821. 44 indexed citations
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Hu, Kan‐Nian & Robert Tycko. (2010). What can solid state NMR contribute to our understanding of protein folding?. Biophysical Chemistry. 151(1-2). 10–21. 24 indexed citations
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Shewmaker, Frank, Ryan P. McGlinchey, Kent R. Thurber, et al.. (2009). The Functional Curli Amyloid Is Not Based on In-register Parallel β-Sheet Structure. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(37). 25065–25076. 109 indexed citations
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Luca, Sorin, Wai‐Ming Yau, Richard D. Leapman, & Robert Tycko. (2007). Peptide Conformation and Supramolecular Organization in Amylin Fibrils:  Constraints from Solid-State NMR. Biochemistry. 46(47). 13505–13522. 519 indexed citations breakdown →
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Havlin, Robert H. & Robert Tycko. (2005). Probing site-specific conformational distributions in protein folding with solid-state NMR. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(9). 3284–3289. 89 indexed citations
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Buchete, Nicolae‐Viorel, Robert Tycko, & Gerhard Hummer. (2005). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Alzheimer's β-Amyloid Protofilaments. Journal of Molecular Biology. 353(4). 804–821. 233 indexed citations
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Tycko, Robert. (2005). Special issue in honor of Alex Pines. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 29(1-3). 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Gordon, David J., John J. Balbach, Robert Tycko, & Stephen C. Meredith. (2004). Increasing the Amphiphilicity of an Amyloidogenic Peptide Changes the β-Sheet Structure in the Fibrils from Antiparallel to Parallel. Biophysical Journal. 86(1). 428–434. 101 indexed citations
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Tycko, Robert. (1996). Prospects for resonance assignments in multidimensional solid-state NMR spectra of uniformly labeled proteins. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 8(3). 239–251. 46 indexed citations
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Fleming, R. M., B. Hessen, Theo Siegrist, et al.. (1992). Crystalline Fullerenes. Round Pegs in Square Holes. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2 indexed citations
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Tycko, Robert. (1987). Theory for zero-field NMR entirely in high field. Journal of Magnetic Resonance (1969). 75(1). 193–197. 9 indexed citations

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