Shneior Lifson

7.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
72 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Shneior Lifson is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Shneior Lifson has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Spectroscopy, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Shneior Lifson's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (12 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (10 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (10 papers). Shneior Lifson is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (12 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (10 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (10 papers). Shneior Lifson collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Japan. Shneior Lifson's co-authors include A. Roig, Carl L. Schildkraut, Mark M. Green, Akio Teŕamoto, Takahiro Sato, Michael Levitt, Arieh Warshel, Norman C. Peterson, Robert Cook and Julius L. Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Shneior Lifson

72 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

A Helical Polymer with a Cooperative Response to Chiral Information

1995 793 citations Mark M. Green, Norman C. Peterson et al. Science profile →
On the Theory of Helix—Coil Transition in Polypeptides

1961 681 citations Shneior Lifson et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
The Macromolecular Route to Chiral Amplification

1999 672 citations Mark M. Green, Ji‐Woong Park et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Dependence of the melting temperature of DNA on salt concentration

1965 590 citations Shneior Lifson et al. Biopolymers profile →
Refinement of protein conformations using a macromolecular energy minimization procedure

1969 346 citations Shneior Lifson et al. profile →
Consistent Force Field Calculations. II. Crystal Structures, Sublimation Energies, Molecular and Lattice Vibrations, Molecular Conformations, and Enthalpies of Alkanes

1970 287 citations Shneior Lifson et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	ChemInform Abstract: The Macromolecular Route to Chiral Amplification 2000 ·ChemInform ·Mark M. Green, Ji‐Woong Park, Takahiro Sato, Akio Teŕamoto, Shneior Lifson, Robin L. B. Selinger, Jonathan V. Selinger	1
2	A Model of Prebiotic Replication: Survival of the Fittest versus Extinction of the Unfittest 1999 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Shneior Lifson, (unknown)	37
3	A Modular Treatment of Molecular Traffic Through the Active Site of Cholinesterase 1999 ·Biophysical Journal ·Simone Botti, Clifford E. Felder, Shneior Lifson, Joel L. Sussman, Israel Silman	50
4	The Macromolecular Route to Chiral Amplification breakdown → 1999 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Mark M. Green, Ji‐Woong Park, Takahiro Sato, Akio Teŕamoto, Shneior Lifson, Robin L. B. Selinger, Jonathan V. Selinger	672
5	On the Crucial Stages in the Origin of Animate Matter 1997 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Shneior Lifson	94
6	External and internal electrostatic potentials of cholinesterase models 1997 ·Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling ·Clifford E. Felder, Simone Botti, Shneior Lifson, Israel Silman, Joel L. Sussman	62
7	Following the polyisocyanate helix reversal from dilute solution through the liquid crystal and into the solid state 1996 ·Macromolecular Symposia ·Mark M. Green, Takahiro Sato, Akio Teŕamoto, Shneior Lifson	3
8	A Helical Polymer with a Cooperative Response to Chiral Information breakdown → 1995 ·Science ·Mark M. Green, Norman C. Peterson, Takahiro Sato, Akio Teŕamoto, Robert Cook, Shneior Lifson	793
9	Helical conformations, internal motion, and helix sense reversal in polyisocyanates and the preferred helix sense of an optically active polyisocyanate 1992 ·Macromolecules ·Shneior Lifson, Clifford E. Felder, Mark M. Green	95
10	Enniatin B and Valinomycin as Ion Carriers: An Empirical Force Field Analysis 1984 ·Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics ·Shneior Lifson, Clifford E. Felder, Abraham Shanzer	20
11	Design, synthesis, and conformation of ion carriers 1983 ·Biopolymers ·Abraham Shanzer, Clifford E. Felder, Shneior Lifson	7
12	Molecular structure and dynamics : lectures on biological and chemical physics : proceedings of a symposium in honor of Shneior Lifson on his 65th birthday, July 2-5, 1979, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 1980 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·(unknown), Shneior Lifson	1
13	A Double-bridged Binuclear Chromium(III) Complex with 2-Picolylamine. Preparation, Resolution and Stereochemistry of the Di-mu-hydroxo-bis{bis(2-picolylamine)chromium(III)} Ion. 1976 ·Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry ·Kirsten Michelsen, Grete Gundersen, Fred Karlsson, Shneior Lifson, Jouko Koskikallio	9
14	Conformational Analysis of Coordination Compounds. III. Tris-diamine Cobalt(III) and Chromium(III) Complexes with Six-membered Chelate Rings. 1976 ·Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry ·Svetozar R. Niketić, Kjeld Rasmussen, Flemming Woldbye, Shneior Lifson, Jouko Koskikallio	20
15	Consistent force field calculations. III. Vibrations, conformations, and heats of hydrogenation of nonconjugated olefins 1973 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Otto Ermer, Shneior Lifson	178
16	Statistical—Mechanical Treatment of Multistranded Polynucleotide Molecules 1965 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·(unknown), Shneior Lifson	13
17	Neighbor Interactions and Internal Rotations in Polymer Molecules. III. Statistics of Interdependent Rotations and Their Application to the Polyethylene Molecule 1959 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Shneior Lifson	79
18	Neighbor Interactions and Internal Rotations in Polymer Molecules. I. Stereospecific Structure and Average Dimensions 1958 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Shneior Lifson	46
19	On the additivity of the configurational and electrostatic properties of polyelectrolytes in solution 1957 ·Journal of Polymer Science ·Shneior Lifson	15
20	Improved Approximation for the Potential of Spherical Polyelectrolyte Molecules in Solution 1957 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Shneior Lifson	28

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