Simon Black

1.6k total citations
29 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Simon Black is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Black has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 3 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Simon Black's work include Enzyme function and inhibition (4 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (3 papers). Simon Black is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme function and inhibition (4 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (3 papers). Simon Black collaborates with scholars based in United States and Poland. Simon Black's co-authors include Nancy G. Wright, Fritz Lipmann, Mary Ellen Jones, Ruth M. Flynn, Leonard Wartofsky, Roberta F. Colman, Edith C. Wolff, Nancy M. Gray, Herman J. C. Yeh and Chien‐Hua Niu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Simon Black

26 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Black United States 13 871 292 190 131 100 29 1.1k
E.L. Pugh Canada 19 743 0.9× 344 1.2× 106 0.6× 93 0.7× 64 0.6× 25 1.0k
H. Eggerer Germany 14 838 1.0× 150 0.5× 259 1.4× 54 0.4× 113 1.1× 29 1.1k
E.F. Phares United States 14 536 0.6× 135 0.5× 81 0.4× 106 0.8× 52 0.5× 22 897
Robert Y. Hsu United States 21 828 1.0× 341 1.2× 168 0.9× 247 1.9× 60 0.6× 38 1.3k
Motohiro Iwatsubo France 23 824 0.9× 235 0.8× 211 1.1× 242 1.8× 59 0.6× 42 1.3k
Charles S. Hanes Canada 17 645 0.7× 197 0.7× 44 0.2× 164 1.3× 85 0.8× 25 1.1k
Carl S. Vestling United States 16 733 0.8× 171 0.6× 133 0.7× 193 1.5× 54 0.5× 32 1.1k
H. Paul Meloche United States 15 450 0.5× 338 1.2× 239 1.3× 68 0.5× 86 0.9× 35 728
Larry G. Howell United States 7 503 0.6× 261 0.9× 88 0.5× 53 0.4× 57 0.6× 8 874
Osvaldo Cori Chile 20 698 0.8× 142 0.5× 39 0.2× 60 0.5× 69 0.7× 42 899

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Black

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Black

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Black

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Black, Simon. (2006). Letters. The American Biology Teacher. 68(2). 71–71.
2.
Black, Simon. (2004). The Origin of Proteins. The American Biology Teacher. 66(6). 408–408.
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Black, Simon. (2004). The Origin of Proteins. The American Biology Teacher. 66(6). 407–407. 2 indexed citations
4.
Black, Simon. (2003). The Hidden History of the Genetic Code. The American Biology Teacher. 65(4). 245–245. 2 indexed citations
5.
Black, Simon. (2002). Why We Have Death. The American Biology Teacher. 64(9). 650–650.
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Black, Simon. (2002). Why We Have Death. The American Biology Teacher. 64(9). 648–648. 2 indexed citations
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Black, Simon. (2001). Why We Have Life. The American Biology Teacher. 63(8). 547–547. 4 indexed citations
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Black, Simon. (2000). A theory on the origin of life plus a brief history of biochemistry. 4 indexed citations
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Niu, Chien‐Hua, Kyou‐Hoon Han, Herman J. C. Yeh, & Simon Black. (1987). Hydrogen bonding between cytosine and peptides of threonine or serine: Is it relevant to the origin of the genetic code?. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 148(1). 456–462. 7 indexed citations
10.
Black, Simon. (1978). On the Thermodynamics of Evolution. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 21(3). 348–356. 18 indexed citations
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Black, Simon. (1973). A Theory on the Origin of Life. Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects. 38. 193–234. 9 indexed citations
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Black, Simon. (1970). Pre-cell Evolution and the Origin of Enzymes. Nature. 226(5247). 754–755. 11 indexed citations
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Colman, Roberta F. & Simon Black. (1965). On the Role of Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide and Thiol Groups in the Catalytic Mechanism of Yeast Glutathione Reductase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 240(4). 1796–1803. 54 indexed citations
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Wolff, Edith C. & Simon Black. (1959). Formation of the methylthiol ester of 3-phosphoglyceric acid catalyzed by glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 80(2). 236–245. 7 indexed citations
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Black, Simon & Nancy G. Wright. (1956). ENZYMATIC FORMATION OF GLYCERYL AND PHOSPHOGLYCERYL METHYLTHIOL ESTERS. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 221(1). 171–180. 22 indexed citations
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Wolff, Edith C., et al.. (1956). ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF S-METHYLCYSTEINE. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 78(22). 5958–5959. 28 indexed citations
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Black, Simon & Nancy G. Wright. (1955). β-ASPARTOKINASE AND β-ASPARTYL PHOSPHATE. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 213(1). 27–38. 157 indexed citations
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Black, Simon & Nancy G. Wright. (1953). ENZYMATIC REDUCTION OF β-ASPARTYL PHOSPHATE TO HOMOSERINE. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 75(22). 5766–5766. 17 indexed citations
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Black, Simon & Nancy M. Gray. (1953). ENZYMATIC PHOSPHORYLATION OF l-ASPARTATE. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 75(9). 2271–2272. 11 indexed citations
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Black, Simon. (1951). Yeast aldehyde dehydrogenase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 34(1). 86–97. 136 indexed citations

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