Stephen W. Provencher

16.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
31 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen W. Provencher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen W. Provencher has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Spectroscopy and 6 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Stephen W. Provencher's work include Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (6 papers), Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (4 papers) and Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Stephen W. Provencher is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (6 papers), Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (4 papers) and Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Stephen W. Provencher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Stephen W. Provencher's co-authors include Rolf Gruetter, Josef Pfeuffer, Robert Vogel, Ivan Tkáč, J. Hendrix, L. De Maeyer, Petr Štěpánek, M. Adrian, Jacques Dubochet and C.‐H. von Bonsdorff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Stephen W. Provencher

31 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Estimation of metabolite concentrations from localized in vivo proton NMR spectra

1993 3.1k citations Stephen W. Provencher Magnetic Resonance in Medicine profile →
CONTIN: A general purpose constrained regularization program for inverting noisy linear algebraic and integral equations

1982 2.3k citations Stephen W. Provencher Computer Physics Communications profile →
A constrained regularization method for inverting data represented by linear algebraic or integral equations

1982 2.3k citations Stephen W. Provencher Computer Physics Communications profile →
Estimation of globular protein secondary structure from circular dichroism

1981 1.9k citations Stephen W. Provencher et al. profile →
Automatic quantitation of localized in vivo¹H spectra with LCModel

2001 1.3k citations Stephen W. Provencher NMR in Biomedicine profile →
Inverse problems in polymer characterization: Direct analysis of polydispersity with photon correlation spectroscopy

1979 658 citations Stephen W. Provencher profile →
An eigenfunction expansion method for the analysis of exponential decay curves

1976 540 citations Stephen W. Provencher profile →
A Fourier method for the analysis of exponential decay curves

1976 536 citations Stephen W. Provencher Biophysical Journal profile →

Peers

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David M. Doddrell Australia

Brian D. Ross United States

Klaas Nicolay Netherlands

James S. Hyde United States

Joachim Seelig Switzerland

Paul C. Lauterbur United States

Robert S. Balaban United States

Deepak Gill Australia

W. Richter Germany

Richard D. Leapman United States

David M. Doddrell Australia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen W. Provencher

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Opstad, Kirstie S., Stephen W. Provencher, B. Anthony Bell, John R. Griffiths, & Franklyn A. Howe. (2003). Detection of elevated glutathione in meningiomas by quantitative in vivo¹H MRS. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 49(4). 632–637. 75 indexed citations

Henry, Pierre‐Gilles, Gülin Öz, Stephen W. Provencher, & Rolf Gruetter. (2003). Toward dynamic isotopomer analysis in the rat brain in vivo: automatic quantitation of ¹³C NMR spectra using LCModel. NMR in Biomedicine. 16(6-7). 400–412. 59 indexed citations

Provencher, Stephen W.. (2001). Automatic quantitation of localized in vivo¹H spectra with LCModel. NMR in Biomedicine. 14(4). 260–264. 1312 indexed citations breakdown →

Pfeuffer, Josef, Stephen W. Provencher, & Rolf Gruetter. (1999). Water diffusion in rat brain in vivo as detected at very largeb values is multicompartmental. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and Medicine. 8(2). 98–108. 99 indexed citations

Pfeuffer, Josef, Ivan Tkáč, Stephen W. Provencher, & Rolf Gruetter. (1999). Toward an in Vivo Neurochemical Profile: Quantification of 18 Metabolites in Short-Echo-Time 1H NMR Spectra of the Rat Brain. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 141(1). 104–120. 395 indexed citations

Kuliński, Tadeusz, Rudolf Rigler, Stephen W. Provencher, et al.. (1997). Conformational analysis of galanin using end to end distance distribution observed by Förster resonance energy transfer. European Biophysics Journal. 26(2). 145–154. 19 indexed citations

Provencher, Stephen W. & Petr Štěpánek. (1996). Global Analysis of Dynamic Light Scattering Autocorrelation Functions. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. 13(5). 291–294. 70 indexed citations

Provencher, Stephen W.. (1993). Estimation of metabolite concentrations from localized in vivo proton NMR spectra. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 30(6). 672–679. 3085 indexed citations breakdown →

Provencher, Stephen W.. (1991). Low-bias macroscopic analysis of polydispersity. Biochemical Society Transactions. 19(2). 479–480. 10 indexed citations

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Provencher, Stephen W. & Robert Vogel. (1988). Three-dimensional reconstruction from electron micrographs of disordered specimens I. Method. Ultramicroscopy. 25(3). 209–221. 50 indexed citations

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Vogel, Robert & Stephen W. Provencher. (1988). Three-dimensional reconstruction from electron micrographs of disordered specimens II. Implementation and results. Ultramicroscopy. 25(3). 223–239. 41 indexed citations

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Vogel, Robert, Stephen W. Provencher, C.‐H. von Bonsdorff, M. Adrian, & Jacques Dubochet. (1986). Envelope structure of Semliki Forest virus reconstructed from cryo-electron micrographs. Nature. 320(6062). 533–535. 152 indexed citations

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Provencher, Stephen W.. (1984). Contin: A general purpose constrainded regularization program for inverting noisy linear algebraic and integral equations. Computer Physics Communications. 35. C–818. 9 indexed citations

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Provencher, Stephen W.. (1982). A constrained regularization method for inverting data represented by linear algebraic or integral equations. Computer Physics Communications. 27(3). 213–227. 2283 indexed citations breakdown →

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Provencher, Stephen W. & James F. Glockner. (1982). Rapid analytic approximations for disorientation integrals in fiber diffraction. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 15(1). 132–135. 2 indexed citations

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Provencher, Stephen W.. (1982). CONTIN: A general purpose constrained regularization program for inverting noisy linear algebraic and integral equations. Computer Physics Communications. 27(3). 229–242. 2318 indexed citations breakdown →

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Resandt, R. W. Wijnaendts van, Robert Vogel, & Stephen W. Provencher. (1982). Double beam fluorescence lifetime spectrometer with subnanosecond resolution: Application to aqueous tryptophan. Review of Scientific Instruments. 53(9). 1392–1397. 84 indexed citations

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Nave, C., Robert S. Brown, Jane E. Ladner, et al.. (1981). Pf1 filamentous bacterial virus. Journal of Molecular Biology. 149(4). 675–707. 53 indexed citations

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Provencher, Stephen W.. (1976). A Fourier method for the analysis of exponential decay curves. Biophysical Journal. 16(1). 27–41. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

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Onsager, Lars & Stephen W. Provencher. (1968). Relaxation effects in associating electrolytes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(12). 3134–3140. 8 indexed citations

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