Ronald N. Zuckermann

17.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
193 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Ronald N. Zuckermann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald N. Zuckermann has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Organic Chemistry and 47 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Ronald N. Zuckermann's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (114 papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (38 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (34 papers). Ronald N. Zuckermann is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (114 papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (38 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (34 papers). Ronald N. Zuckermann collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Ronald N. Zuckermann's co-authors include Janice M. Kerr, Walter H. Moos, Annelise E. Barron, Jing Sun, Stephen B. H. Kent, Kent Kirshenbaum, Ken A. Dill, Reyna J. Simon, Steven C. Banville and Simon Ng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ronald N. Zuckermann

187 papers receiving 14.2k 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.

Efficient method for the preparation of peptoids [oligo(N-substituted glycines)] by submonomer solid-phase synthesis

1992 1.1k citations Ronald N. Zuckermann et al. profile →
Peptoids: a modular approach to drug discovery.

1992 772 citations Ronald N. Zuckermann et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Peptoids that mimic the structure, function, and mechanism of helical antimicrobial peptides

2008 533 citations Ronald N. Zuckermann et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronald N. Zuckermann United States	64	11.1k	5.1k	2.9k	1.9k	1.7k	193	14.5k
M. Reza Ghadiri United States	63	9.9k 0.9×	6.0k 1.2×	5.5k 1.9×	985 0.5×	3.3k 2.0×	120	16.0k
Derek N. Woolfson United Kingdom	65	10.1k 0.9×	2.3k 0.5×	4.5k 1.5×	425 0.2×	2.4k 1.4×	214	13.3k
David A. Tirrell United States	83	12.5k 1.1×	8.3k 1.6×	6.6k 2.2×	402 0.2×	2.7k 1.6×	325	25.7k
Joel P. Schneider United States	61	6.7k 0.6×	4.0k 0.8×	7.6k 2.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	165	12.5k
Annelise E. Barron United States	53	5.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.4×	999 0.3×	2.1k 1.1×	388 0.2×	197	10.1k
Anne S. Ulrich Germany	63	7.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	4.3k 2.2×	1.5k 0.9×	295	11.9k
Shiroh Futaki Japan	64	15.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.2×	2.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	944 0.6×	330	17.4k
Honggang Cui United States	65	6.0k 0.5×	5.5k 1.1×	8.6k 2.9×	630 0.3×	3.1k 1.9×	167	14.3k
Luis Moroder Germany	60	9.9k 0.9×	2.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	438 0.2×	2.5k 1.5×	408	14.3k
Rein V. Ulijn United Kingdom	65	8.9k 0.8×	7.5k 1.5×	13.7k 4.7×	1.1k 0.6×	3.9k 2.3×	232	18.3k

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Jin, Biao, et al.. (2025). Assembly of Metalloporphyrin Peptoids into Crystalline Nanomaterials as a Multifunctional System for Biomimetic Catalysis and Sensing. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(31). 44347–44359.

Prendergast, David, et al.. (2024). Unveiling Nanostructure Design in Ion-Containing Polymers Using Cryo-TEM. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 30(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Yu, Tianyi, Nan K. Li, Ronald N. Zuckermann, et al.. (2024). Thermodynamic Driving Forces for the Self-Assembly of Diblock Polypeptoids. ACS Nano. 18(23). 14917–14924. 8 indexed citations

Zuckermann, Ronald N., et al.. (2024). Evaluating Cryo‐TEM Reconstruction Accuracy of Self‐Assembled Polymer Nanostructures. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 46(1). e2400589–e2400589.

Chang, Boyce S., Whitney S. Loo, Scott Dhuey, et al.. (2024). Nanopatterned Monolayers of Bioinspired, Sequence-Defined Polypeptoid Brushes for Semiconductor/Bio Interfaces. ACS Nano. 18(10). 7411–7423. 9 indexed citations

Jiang, Xi, Ronald N. Zuckermann, & Nitash P. Balsara. (2023). Atomic-scale cryogenic electron microscopy imaging of self-assembled peptoid nanostructures. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 38(21). 4679–4691. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Tianyi, David Prendergast, Glenn L. Butterfoss, et al.. (2023). Structural Elucidation of a Polypeptoid Chain in a Crystalline Lattice Reveals Key Morphology-Directing Role of the N-Terminus. ACS Nano. 17(5). 4958–4970. 16 indexed citations

Jian, Tengyue, et al.. (2023). Designed Metal-Containing Peptoid Membranes as Enzyme Mimetics for Catalytic Organophosphate Degradation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(44). 51191–51203. 14 indexed citations

Kim, Jae Hong, Samuel Kim, Mark Kline, et al.. (2019). Discovery of Stable and Selective Antibody Mimetics from Combinatorial Libraries of Polyvalent, Loop-Functionalized Peptoid Nanosheets. ACS Nano. 14(1). 185–195. 44 indexed citations

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Wei, Tao, et al.. (2019). Aqueous dynamic covalent assembly of molecular ladders and grids bearing boronate ester rungs. Polymer Chemistry. 10(18). 2337–2343. 15 indexed citations

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Chio, Linda, Jackson Travis Del Bonis-O’Donnell, Mark Kline, et al.. (2019). Electrostatic Assemblies of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Sequence-Tunable Peptoid Polymers Detect a Lectin Protein and Its Target Sugars. Nano Letters. 19(11). 7563–7572. 40 indexed citations

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Battigelli, Alessia, Jae Hong Kim, Caroline Proulx, et al.. (2018). Glycosylated Peptoid Nanosheets as a Multivalent Scaffold for Protein Recognition. ACS Nano. 12(3). 2455–2465. 68 indexed citations

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Spencer, Ryan K., Glenn L. Butterfoss, Allon I. Hochbaum, et al.. (2018). Conformations of peptoids in nanosheets result from the interplay of backbone energetics and intermolecular interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(22). 5647–5651. 47 indexed citations

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Zuckermann, Ronald N., et al.. (2017). Foldamer hypothesis for the growth and sequence differentiation of prebiotic polymers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(36). E7460–E7468. 44 indexed citations

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Wang, Shih‐Ting, Yiyang Lin, Ryan K. Spencer, et al.. (2017). Sequence-Dependent Self-Assembly and Structural Diversity of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide-Derived β-Sheet Fibrils. ACS Nano. 11(9). 8579–8589. 48 indexed citations

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Gao, Jian, Markus de Raad, Benjamin P. Bowen, Ronald N. Zuckermann, & Trent R. Northen. (2016). Application of Black Silicon for Nanostructure-Initiator Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 88(3). 1625–1630. 28 indexed citations

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Proulx, Caroline, et al.. (2016). On‐resin N‐terminal peptoid degradation: Toward mild sequencing conditions. Biopolymers. 106(5). 726–736. 13 indexed citations

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Robertson, Ellen J., et al.. (2014). Assembly and molecular order of two-dimensional peptoid nanosheets through the oil–water interface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(37). 13284–13289. 87 indexed citations

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Lee, Byoung-Chul, Michael D. Connolly, & Ronald N. Zuckermann. (2007). Bio-inspired Polymers for Nanoscience Research. TechConnect Briefs. 2(2007). 28–31. 3 indexed citations

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Nuss, John M., Manoj C. Desai, Ronald N. Zuckermann, et al.. (1997). Developing a general strategy for the solid supported synthesis of heterocycles: Applications to the generation of molecular diversity and drug discovery. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 69(3). 447–452. 13 indexed citations

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