R.P. Rand

14.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
94 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

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R.P. Rand is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R.P. Rand has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 14 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R.P. Rand's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (61 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (16 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers). R.P. Rand is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (61 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (16 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers). R.P. Rand collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. R.P. Rand's co-authors include V. Adrian Parsegian, Nola Fuller, N. L. Fuller, D C Rau, L.J. Lis, Sergey Leikin, Alan C. Burton, Sudipto Das, Sonali Sengupta and Donald C. Rau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

R.P. Rand

94 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

Hydration forces between phospholipid bilayers

1989 919 citations R.P. Rand, V. Adrian Parsegian profile →
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NEUTRAL PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER MEMBRANES

1982 644 citations Nola Fuller, R.P. Rand et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
Measurement of forces between lecithin bilayers

1976 457 citations R.P. Rand, V. Adrian Parsegian et al. profile →
[29] Osmotic stress for the direct measurement of intermolecular forces

1986 443 citations V. Adrian Parsegian, R.P. Rand et al. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.P. Rand Canada	53	8.7k	3.2k	1.7k	1.7k	1.5k	94	12.1k
Thomas J. McIntosh United States	60	9.9k 1.1×	2.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	622 0.4×	151	12.2k
T. E. Thompson United States	61	10.2k 1.2×	2.0k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	880 0.5×	567 0.4×	163	12.2k
Derek Marsh Germany	71	15.1k 1.7×	4.4k 1.4×	2.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	942 0.6×	372	19.0k
D. Chapman United Kingdom	69	13.8k 1.6×	3.2k 1.0×	2.7k 1.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	303	20.2k
Rudolf Rigler Sweden	57	7.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	649 0.4×	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	213	13.2k
Joachim Seelig Switzerland	78	15.2k 1.8×	3.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	948 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	239	20.4k
Demetrios Papahadjopoulos United States	82	18.2k 2.1×	1.3k 0.4×	2.0k 1.2×	3.9k 2.3×	731 0.5×	178	26.2k
V. Adrian Parsegian United States	74	9.8k 1.1×	6.7k 2.1×	2.1k 1.3×	4.0k 2.4×	3.9k 2.6×	198	18.8k
Douglas Magde United States	38	3.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	90	9.9k
George Némethy United States	56	10.1k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.4×	865 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	134	15.1k

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Rand, R.P.. (2002). The lipid-water interface: Revelations by osmotic stress. International review of cytology. 215. 33–48. 4 indexed citations

Fuller, Nola & R.P. Rand. (1999). Water in Actin Polymerization. Biophysical Journal. 76(6). 3261–3266. 27 indexed citations

Reid, C. & R.P. Rand. (1997). Fits to Osmotic Pressure Data. Biophysical Journal. 73(3). 1692–1694. 15 indexed citations

Reid, C. & R.P. Rand. (1997). Probing protein hydration and conformational states in solution. Biophysical Journal. 72(3). 1022–1030. 85 indexed citations

Epand, Richard M., Nola Fuller, & R.P. Rand. (1996). Role of the position of unsaturation on the phase behavior and intrinsic curvature of phosphatidylethanolamines. Biophysical Journal. 71(4). 1806–1810. 54 indexed citations

Parsegian, V. Adrian, R.P. Rand, & Donald C. Rau. (1995). [3] Macromolecules and water: Probing with osmotic stress. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 259. 43–94. 338 indexed citations

Coorssen, Jens R. & R.P. Rand. (1995). Structural effects of neutral lipids on divalent cation-induced interactions of phosphatidylserine-containing bilayers. Biophysical Journal. 68(3). 1009–1018. 31 indexed citations

Rand, R.P. & Fang Ye. (1993). Structure and energetics of phospholipid and diacylglycerol assemblies relative to membrane fusion. Biochemical Society Transactions. 21(2). 266–270. 4 indexed citations

Gawrisch, Klaus, V. Adrian Parsegian, Damian A. Hajduk, et al.. (1992). Energetics of a hexagonal-lamellar-hexagonal-phase transition sequence in dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine membranes. Biochemistry. 31(11). 2856–2864. 130 indexed citations

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Leventis, Rania, Nola Fuller, R.P. Rand, et al.. (1991). Molecular organization and stability of hydrated dispersions of headgroup-modified phosphatidylethanolamine analogs. Biochemistry. 30(29). 7212–7219. 11 indexed citations

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Parsegian, V. Adrian & R.P. Rand. (1991). On molecular protrusion as the source of hydration forces. Langmuir. 7(6). 1299–1301. 43 indexed citations

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Rand, R.P., et al.. (1989). Direct transition of dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine from lamellar gel to inverted hexagonal phase caused by trehalose. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 984(2). 238–242. 24 indexed citations

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Das, Sudipto & R.P. Rand. (1986). Modification by diacylglycerol of the structure and interaction of various phospholipid bilayer membranes. Biochemistry. 25(10). 2882–2889. 205 indexed citations

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Rand, R.P., Bechara Kachar, & T.S. Reese. (1985). Dynamic morphology of calcium-induced interactions between phosphatidylserine vesicles. Biophysical Journal. 47(4). 483–489. 55 indexed citations

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Parsegian, V. Adrian, R.P. Rand, & J. Stamatoff. (1981). Perturbation of membrane structure by uranyl acetate labeling. Biophysical Journal. 33(3). 475–477. 10 indexed citations

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Fuller, N. L., et al.. (1978). Measurement of repulsive forces between charged phospholipid bilayers. Biochemistry. 17(15). 3163–3168. 251 indexed citations

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Rand, R.P. & Sonali Sengupta. (1972). Cardiolipin forms hexagonal structures with divalent cations. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 255(2). 484–492. 283 indexed citations

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Rand, R.P., David O. Tinker, & Paul G. Fast. (1971). Polymorphism of phosphatidylethanolamines from two natural sources. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 6(4). 333–342. 81 indexed citations

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Luzzati, Vittorio, T. Gulik‐Krzywicki, Emilio Rivas, F. Reiss‐Husson, & R.P. Rand. (1968). X-Ray Study of Model Systems: Structure of the Lipid-Water Phases in Correlation with the Chemical Composition of the Lipids. The Journal of General Physiology. 51(5). 37–43. 21 indexed citations

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Rand, R.P.. (1964). Mechanical Properties of the Red Cell Membrane. Biophysical Journal. 4(4). 303–316. 275 indexed citations

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