Scott R. Rajski

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Scott R. Rajski is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott R. Rajski has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Pharmacology and 27 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Scott R. Rajski's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (36 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (14 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers). Scott R. Rajski is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (36 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (14 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers). Scott R. Rajski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and China. Scott R. Rajski's co-authors include Robert M. Williams, Ben Shen, Jacqueline K. Barton, Tim S. Bugni, Ryan M. Peterson, Michael J. Smanski, Jianhua Ju, Navid Adnani, Brian A. Jackson and Yihua Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Scott R. Rajski

72 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

DNA Cross-Linking Agents as Antitumor Drugs

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott R. Rajski United States	29	1.8k	965	923	423	227	75	2.7k
Steven G. Van Lanen United States	32	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	397 0.9×	143 0.6×	80	3.3k
Ryûichi Sawa Japan	27	2.3k 1.3×	844 0.9×	916 1.0×	409 1.0×	112 0.5×	127	3.4k
Seth B. Herzon United States	39	1.5k 0.8×	2.7k 2.8×	716 0.8×	358 0.8×	171 0.8×	118	4.1k
David L. Jakeman Canada	30	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	493 0.5×	344 0.8×	72 0.3×	103	2.1k
Satoshi Ichikawa Japan	32	2.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.8×	610 0.7×	197 0.5×	167 0.7×	155	3.3k
Brian O. Bachmann United States	33	2.3k 1.3×	706 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	516 1.2×	128 0.6×	82	3.4k
Heinrich Steinmetz Germany	36	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.6×	1.5k 1.7×	854 2.0×	612 2.7×	81	3.6k
Chambers C. Hughes United States	28	848 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	667 0.7×	473 1.1×	77 0.3×	57	2.4k
Marshall M. Siegel United States	32	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	558 0.6×	134 0.3×	244 1.1×	82	3.1k
Susanne Grabley Germany	33	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	995 1.1×	529 1.3×	225 1.0×	108	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott R. Rajski

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Anderson, Julie A., et al.. (2025). Ion Mobility-Coupled Mass Spectrometry for Metallophore Detection. Journal of Natural Products. 88(2). 306–313.

Zhang, Fan, Christopher D. Roberts, Tae Hyun Lee, et al.. (2025). Actinomycetoquinones A–E, Anthraquinone-γ-Pyrones Discovered from Marine-Derived Actinomycetospora sp. Bacterium. Journal of Natural Products. 88(10). 2325–2332. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Fan, Wenhui Wang, Gene E. Ananiev, et al.. (2025). Isolation, Structure Elucidation and Biological Evaluation of Lomaiviticins F–H, Dimeric Benzofluorene Glycosides from Marine-Derived Micromonospora sp. Bacterium. Marine Drugs. 23(2). 65–65. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Miao, Fan Zhang, Robert Żarnowski, et al.. (2020). Turbinmicin inhibits Candida biofilm growth by disrupting fungal vesicle–mediated trafficking. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(5). 43 indexed citations

Chanana, Shaurya, Doug R. Braun, Scott R. Rajski, & Tim S. Bugni. (2020). Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudenhygromyxa sp. Strain WMMC2535, a Marine Ascidian-Associated Bacterium. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(34).

Wyche, Thomas P., Jeff S. Piotrowski, Megan Duster, et al.. (2017). Chemical Genomics, Structure Elucidation, and in Vivo Studies of the Marine-Derived Anticlostridial Ecteinamycin. ACS Chemical Biology. 12(9). 2287–2295. 23 indexed citations

Adnani, Navid, Scott R. Rajski, & Tim S. Bugni. (2017). Symbiosis-inspired approaches to antibiotic discovery. Natural Product Reports. 34(7). 784–814. 97 indexed citations

Chen, Yihua, Evelyn Wendt-Pienkowski, Jianhua Ju, et al.. (2010). Characterization of FdmV as an Amide Synthetase for Fredericamycin A Biosynthesis in Streptomyces griseus ATCC 43944. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(50). 38853–38860. 20 indexed citations

Luo, Yinggang, Wenli Li, Jianhua Ju, et al.. (2010). Functional Characterization of TtnD and TtnF, Unveiling New Insights into Tautomycetin Biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(19). 6663–6671. 20 indexed citations

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Powell, Emily, Sheng‐Xiong Huang, Yong Xu, et al.. (2010). Identification and characterization of a novel estrogenic ligand actinopolymorphol A. Biochemical Pharmacology. 80(8). 1221–1229. 28 indexed citations

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Rajski, Scott R. & Ben Shen. (2010). Multifaceted Modes of Action for the Glutarimide‐Containing Polyketides Revealed. ChemBioChem. 11(14). 1951–1954. 23 indexed citations

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Chen, Yihua, et al.. (2009). In Vivo Investigation of the Roles of FdmM and FdmM1 in Fredericamycin Biosynthesis Unveiling a New Family of Oxygenases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(37). 24735–24743. 18 indexed citations

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Ju, Jianhua, Wenli Li, Qiuping Yuan, et al.. (2009). Functional Characterization of ttmM Unveils New Tautomycin Analogs and Insight into Tautomycin Biosynthesis and Activity. Organic Letters. 11(7). 1639–1642. 18 indexed citations

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Lim, Si‐Kyu, Jianhua Ju, Emmanuel Zazopoulos, et al.. (2009). iso-Migrastatin, Migrastatin, and Dorrigocin Production in Streptomyces platensis NRRL 18993 Is Governed by a Single Biosynthetic Machinery Featuring an Acyltransferase-less Type I Polyketide Synthase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(43). 29746–29756. 54 indexed citations

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Sarfaraz, Sami, et al.. (2008). Identification, Synthesis, and Enzymology of Non‐natural Glucosinolate Chemopreventive Candidates. ChemBioChem. 9(5). 729–747. 56 indexed citations

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Chen, Yihua, Yinggang Luo, Jianhua Ju, et al.. (2008). Identification of Fredericamycin E from Streptomyces griseus: Insights into Fredericamycin A Biosynthesis Highlighting Carbaspirocycle Formation. Journal of Natural Products. 71(3). 431–437. 31 indexed citations

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Ju, Jianhua, Scott R. Rajski, Si‐Kyu Lim, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of new migrastatin and dorrigocin congeners unveils cell migration inhibitors with dramatically improved potency. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(22). 5951–5954. 27 indexed citations

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Rajski, Scott R., et al.. (2004). Aziridination of γ,δ-dibromoethyl-2-pentenoate with primary amines: extension of the Gabriel–Cromwell reaction. Tetrahedron Letters. 45(30). 5807–5810. 5 indexed citations

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Rajski, Scott R. & Jacqueline K. Barton. (2001). How Different DNA-Binding Proteins Affect Long-Range Oxidative Damage to DNA. Biochemistry. 40(18). 5556–5564. 59 indexed citations

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Rajski, Scott R. & Robert M. Williams. (2000). Observations on the covalent cross-linking of the binding domain (BD) of the high mobility group I/Y (HMG I/Y) proteins to DNA by FR66979. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 8(6). 1331–1342. 9 indexed citations

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