Steven B. Smith

13.9k citations

39 papers · 10.7k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Structural Biology top 0.5%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.2%
- Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 19
- Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications 16
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators 5
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics 4
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 3

Co-authors: Carlos Bustamante Yujia Cui Laura Finzi Ignacio Tinoco Jan Liphardt Miklós Kellermayer Henk L. Granzier Yann R. Chemla
Journals: Biophysical Journal (10 papers)Science (7 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)Nature (2 papers)Biopolymers (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Spain United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Steven B. Smith

38 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Recent Advances in Optical Tweezers 2008 · 831 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Annual Review of Biochemistry
2005 Nature
2002 Science
2001 Science
1997 Science
1996 Science
1992 Science

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All Works

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1	Effect of temperature and nucleotide on the binding of BiP chaperone to a protein substrate Protein Science ·A. Blees, Francesca Burgos‐Bravo, Felipe Engelberger, Roi Asor, Lucia Taranto, Maximiliano Figueroa, Philipp Kukura, César A. Ramírez‐Sarmiento, Mauricio Báez, Steven B. Smith, Christian A.M. Wilson	2023	11
2	Temperature dependent mechanical unfolding and refolding of a protein studied by thermo-regulated optical tweezers Biophysical Journal ·A. Blees, 舞斗上野, Steven B. Smith, Mauricio Báez, Christian A.M. Wilson	2022	4
3	A Temperature-Jump Optical Trap for Single-Molecule Manipulation Biophysical Journal ·Sergey Anatolyevich Kurakov, Marco Ribezzi‐Crivellari, J. Ricardo Arias‐Gonzalez, Steven B. Smith, Félix Ritort	2015	48
4	Tension Induces a Base-Paired Overstretched DNA Conformation Biophysical Journal ·Ms Sadigale, Afaf H. El‐Sagheer, Tom Brown, Steven B. Smith, Björn Åkerman, Carlos Bustamante, Bengt Nordén	2013	4
5	Single-molecule derivation of salt dependent base-pair free energies in DNA Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Josep Maria Huguet, Cristiano Valim Bizarro, Núria Forns, Steven B. Smith, Carlos Bustamante, Félix Ritort	2010	186
6	Force Unfolding Kinetics of RNA Using Optical Tweezers. I. Effects of Experimental Variables on Measured Results Biophysical Journal ·Jin‐Der Wen, Maria Mañosas, Pan T.X. Li, Steven B. Smith, Carlos Bustamante, Félix Ritort, Ignacio Tinoco	2007	109
7	Force Unfolding Kinetics of RNA using Optical Tweezers. II. Modeling Experiments Biophysical Journal ·Maria Mañosas, Jin‐Der Wen, Yuni Nur Fatwaeni, Steven B. Smith, Carlos Bustamante, I Tinoco, Félix Ritort	2007	54
8	DNA Translocation and Loop Formation Mechanism of Chromatin Remodeling by SWI/SNF and RSC Molecular Cell ·Yongli Zhang, Corey L. Smith, Anjanabha Saha, Stephan W. Grill, Shirley Mihardja, Steven B. Smith, Bradley R. Cairns, Craig L. Peterson, Carlos Bustamante	2006	168
9	Temperature Control Methods in a Laser Tweezers System Biophysical Journal ·Hanbin Mao, J. Ricardo Arias‐Gonzalez, Steven B. Smith, Ignacio Tinoco, Carlos Bustamante	2005	140
10	Molecular Handles for the Mechanical Manipulation of Single-Membrane Proteins in Living Cells IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience ·Pau Gorostiza, Francesco Tombola, Albert Verdaguer, Steven B. Smith, Carlos Bustamante, Ehud Y. Isacoff	2005	3
11	Direct measurement of RNA folding/unfolding rates under tension Biophysical Journal ·Josep Falgas, Delphine Collin, Steven B. Smith, Carlos Bustamante, I Tinoco	2004	1
12	Identifying Kinetic Barriers to Mechanical Unfolding of the T. thermophila Ribozyme Science ·Bibiana Onoa, Sophie Dumont, Jan Liphardt, Steven B. Smith, Ignacio Tinoco, Carlos Bustamante	2003	180
13	[7] Optical-trap force transducer that operates by direct measurement of light momentum Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Steven B. Smith, Yujia Cui, Carlos Bustamante	2003	237
14	Structural transitions and elasticity from torque measurements on DNA Nature ·Zev Bryant, Michael D. Stone, Jeff Gore, Steven B. Smith, Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, Carlos Bustamante	2003	433
15	Mechanical Fatigue in Repetitively Stretched Single Molecules of Titin Biophysical Journal ·Miklós Kellermayer, Steven B. Smith, Carlos Bustamante, Henk L. Granzier	2001	82
16	motor can package DNA against a large internal force Douglas E. Smith, Sander J. Tans, Steven B. Smith, Shelley Grimes, Dwight L. Anderson, Carlos Bustamante	2001	2
17	Stretching of Single Collapsed DNA Molecules Biophysical Journal ·Christoph G. Baumann, Victor A. Bloomfield, Steven B. Smith, Carlos Bustamante, Michelle D. Wang, Steven M. Block	2000	210
18	Complete Unfolding of the Titin Molecule under External Force Journal of Structural Biology ·Miklós Kellermayer, Steven B. Smith, Carlos Bustamante, Henk Granzier	1998	61
19	Model and computer simulations of the motion of DNA molecules during pulse field gel electrophoresis Biochemistry ·Steven B. Smith, Christoph Heller, Carlos Bustamante	1991	29
20	Electrophoretic charge density and persistence length of DNA as measured by fluorescence microscopy Biopolymers ·Steven B. Smith, Arnold J. Bendich	1990	116

About Steven B. Smith

Steven B. Smith is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 39 papers that have together received 10.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (16 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (5 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (5 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (5 papers) and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (333 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (5.3k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (1.4k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (739 citations) and Molecular Biology (5.4k citations). Steven B. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Carlos Bustamante, Yujia Cui, Laura Finzi, Ignacio Tinoco, Jan Liphardt, Miklós Kellermayer, Henk L. Granzier, Yann R. Chemla, Jeffrey R. Moffitt and Sophie Dumont. Their work appears in journals such as Biophysical Journal, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature and Biopolymers.

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