Stephen J. Sowerby

1.3k total citations
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen J. Sowerby is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. Sowerby has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. Sowerby's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (12 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). Stephen J. Sowerby is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (12 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). Stephen J. Sowerby collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Germany and Sweden. Stephen J. Sowerby's co-authors include Wolfgang M. Heckl, George B. Petersen, Nils G. Holm, Michael Edelwirth, Corey A. Cohn, Murray F. Broom, Anthony E. Reeve, Mathias A.E. Frevel, Jean‐Noël Freund and Peter A. Stockwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Sowerby

27 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
Stephen J. Sowerby New Zealand 19 484 444 265 229 216 27 1.1k
George B. Petersen New Zealand 14 415 0.9× 207 0.5× 118 0.4× 93 0.4× 86 0.4× 25 682
Jan J. Spitzer Canada 17 384 0.8× 134 0.3× 100 0.4× 102 0.4× 39 0.2× 53 946
Michael P. Robertson United States 18 1.2k 2.4× 152 0.3× 626 2.4× 56 0.2× 72 0.3× 28 1.6k
Kaori Kobayashi Japan 20 450 0.9× 57 0.1× 119 0.4× 422 1.8× 92 0.4× 100 1.5k
Wataru Tanaka Japan 15 175 0.4× 151 0.3× 270 1.0× 61 0.3× 105 0.5× 66 978
Daniel E. Laney United States 7 650 1.3× 374 0.8× 23 0.1× 672 2.9× 290 1.3× 7 1.3k
Assaf Ben‐Moshe Israel 19 290 0.6× 536 1.2× 44 0.2× 294 1.3× 333 1.5× 25 1.8k
David Zbaida Israel 13 259 0.5× 191 0.4× 33 0.1× 73 0.3× 64 0.3× 27 734
Hiromichi Hoshina Japan 24 85 0.2× 314 0.7× 147 0.6× 652 2.8× 798 3.7× 81 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen J. Sowerby

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sowerby, Stephen J., Greg Mirams, Philip C. Hill, & Mathias Paulin. (2011). An axisymmetric meniscus converges particles for microscopy. Journal of Microscopy. 244(3). 230–234. 9 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J. & George B. Petersen. (2009). A proposition for single molecule DNA sequencing through a nanopore entropic trap. International Journal of Nanotechnology. 6(3/4). 398–398. 3 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., Murray F. Broom, & George B. Petersen. (2006). Dynamically resizable nanometre-scale apertures for molecular sensing. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 123(1). 325–330. 71 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., George B. Petersen, & Nils G. Holm. (2002). Primordial Coding of Amino Acids by Adsorbed Purine Bases. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 32(1). 35–46. 41 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J. & George B. Petersen. (2002). Life Before RNA. Astrobiology. 2(3). 231–239. 12 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., Nils G. Holm, & George B. Petersen. (2001). Origins of life: a route to nanotechnology. Biosystems. 61(1). 69–78. 29 indexed citations
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Cohn, Corey A., et al.. (2001). Fate of Prebiotic Adenine. Astrobiology. 1(4). 477–480. 39 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., Carl‐Magnus Mörth, & Nils G. Holm. (2001). Effect of Temperature on the Adsorption of Adenine. Astrobiology. 1(4). 481–487. 28 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., et al.. (2001). Biogenicity of silicified microbes from a hydrothermal system: relevance to the search for evidence of life on earth and other planets. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 191(3-4). 213–218. 23 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., Corey A. Cohn, Wolfgang M. Heckl, & Nils G. Holm. (2001). Differential adsorption of nucleic acid bases: Relevance to the origin of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(3). 820–822. 145 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., Peter A. Stockwell, Wolfgang M. Heckl, & George B. Petersen. (2000). Self-programmable, Self-assembling Two-dimensional Genetic Matter. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 30(1). 81–99. 55 indexed citations
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Jeffs, Aaron, et al.. (1999). 3?BCR recombines withIGL locus inBCR-ABL-positive Philadelphia-negative chronic myeloid leukemia. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 26(4). 366–371. 2 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J. & George B. Petersen. (1999). Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy and Molecular Modelling of Xanthine Monolayers Self-assembled at the Solid-Liquid Interface: Relevance to the Origin of Life. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 29(6). 597–614. 22 indexed citations
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Frevel, Mathias A.E., Stephen J. Sowerby, George B. Petersen, & Anthony E. Reeve. (1999). Methylation Sequencing Analysis Refines the Region ofH19 Epimutation in Wilms Tumor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(41). 29331–29340. 84 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., Michael Edelwirth, & Wolfgang M. Heckl. (1998). Molecular mechanics simulation of uracil adlayers on molybdenum disulfide and graphite surfaces. Applied Physics A. 66(7). S649–S653. 21 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J. & Wolfgang M. Heckl. (1998). The Role of Self-Assembled Monolayers of the Purine and Pyrimidine Bases in the Emergence of Life. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 28(3). 283–310. 72 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., Michael Edelwirth, Michael Reiter, & Wolfgang M. Heckl. (1998). Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Image Contrast as a Function of Scan Angle in Hydrogen-Bonded Self-Assembled Monolayers. Langmuir. 14(18). 5195–5202. 31 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., Wolfgang M. Heckl, & George B. Petersen. (1996). Chiral symmetry breaking during the self-assembly of monolayers from achiral purine molecules. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 43(5). 419–424. 93 indexed citations
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Sowerby, Stephen J., Wolfgang M. Heckl, & George B. Petersen. (1996). Chiral Symmetry Breaking During the Self-Assembly of Monolayers from Achiral Purine Molecules. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 43(5). 419–424. 2 indexed citations

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