V. Adrian Parsegian

23.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
198 papers, 18.8k citations indexed

About

V. Adrian Parsegian is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Adrian Parsegian has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 18.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Molecular Biology, 81 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 52 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in V. Adrian Parsegian's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (48 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (41 papers) and Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (38 papers). V. Adrian Parsegian is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (48 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (41 papers) and Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (38 papers). V. Adrian Parsegian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovenia and Canada. V. Adrian Parsegian's co-authors include R.P. Rand, D C Rau, Barry W. Ninham, Rudolf Podgornik, Donald C. Rau, Nola Fuller, Sergey Leikin, N. L. Fuller, L.J. Lis and David Gingell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

V. Adrian Parsegian

198 papers receiving 18.1k 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.

Hydration forces between phospholipid bilayers

1989 919 citations R.P. Rand, V. Adrian Parsegian profile →
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NEUTRAL PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER MEMBRANES

1982 644 citations R.P. Rand, V. Adrian Parsegian et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
Electrostatic potential between surfaces bearing ionizable groups in ionic equilibrium with physiologic saline solution

1971 582 citations Barry W. Ninham, V. Adrian Parsegian profile →
Van der Waals Forces

2005 521 citations V. Adrian Parsegian profile →
Measured long-range repulsive Casimir–Lifshitz forces

2009 479 citations V. Adrian Parsegian et al. profile →
Measurement of forces between lecithin bilayers

1976 457 citations R.P. Rand, V. Adrian Parsegian et al. profile →
[29] Osmotic stress for the direct measurement of intermolecular forces

1986 443 citations V. Adrian Parsegian, R.P. Rand et al. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
V. Adrian Parsegian United States	74	9.8k	6.7k	4.0k	3.9k	2.5k	198	18.8k
Kenichi Yoshikawa Japan	68	9.6k 1.0×	2.2k 0.3×	4.9k 1.2×	1.9k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	827	20.5k
Johan P. M. Postma Netherlands	11	13.3k 1.4×	5.4k 0.8×	3.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.4×	7.3k 2.9×	14	27.7k
J.R. Haak Netherlands	10	12.0k 1.2×	5.0k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	7.0k 2.8×	11	26.0k
W. Helfrich Germany	55	7.7k 0.8×	4.7k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	2.9k 1.2×	124	16.1k
Roland R. Netz Germany	68	3.7k 0.4×	6.5k 1.0×	5.8k 1.4×	4.8k 1.3×	3.8k 1.5×	402	18.3k
Reinhard Lipowsky Germany	80	13.5k 1.4×	6.3k 0.9×	5.5k 1.4×	968 0.3×	4.4k 1.7×	408	24.9k
Alexander Y. Grosberg United States	59	4.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.3×	4.0k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	4.0k 1.6×	235	13.2k
S. A. Safran Israel	71	4.6k 0.5×	4.5k 0.7×	4.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	4.3k 1.7×	257	16.8k
Richard W. Pastor United States	65	16.3k 1.7×	5.2k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	942 0.2×	3.0k 1.2×	176	22.1k
J. Raúl Grigera Argentina	21	3.2k 0.3×	5.1k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.4×	3.3k 1.3×	83	12.8k

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Schimelman, Jacob, et al.. (2016). X-ray characterization of mesophases of human telomeric G-quadruplexes and other DNA analogues. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27079–27079. 5 indexed citations

Podgornik, Rudolf, et al.. (2015). Packing and Phase Transitions in DNA Duplexes and Tetraplexes: Similarities and Differences. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 396a–396a. 1 indexed citations

Podgornik, Rudolf, et al.. (2014). Continuity of states between the cholesteric → line hexatic transition and the condensation transition in DNA solutions. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6877–6877. 36 indexed citations

Gurnev, Philip A., Thai Leong Yap, Candace M. Pfefferkorn, et al.. (2014). Alpha-Synuclein Lipid-Dependent Membrane Binding and Translocation through the α-Hemolysin Channel. Biophysical Journal. 106(3). 556–565. 30 indexed citations

Cohen, Joel A., Rudolf Podgornik, & V. Adrian Parsegian. (2012). Finite Length Effects for Osmotic Pressures of PEG Polymers. Biophysical Journal. 102(3). 400a–400a. 4 indexed citations

DeRouchey, Jason E., V. Adrian Parsegian, & Donald C. Rau. (2010). Cation Charge Dependence of the Forces Driving DNA Assembly. Biophysical Journal. 99(8). 2608–2615. 42 indexed citations

Šiber, Antonio, et al.. (2009). Dispersion interactions between optically anisotropic cylinders at all separations: Retardation effects for insulating and semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes. Physical Review B. 80(16). 27 indexed citations

Petrache, Horia I., Thomas Zemb, Luc Belloni, & V. Adrian Parsegian. (2006). Salt screening and specific ion adsorption determine neutral-lipid membrane interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(21). 7982–7987. 233 indexed citations

Svenšek, Daniel, et al.. (1999). Buckling, fluctuations, and collapse in semiflexible polyelectrolytes. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(2). 1956–1966. 37 indexed citations

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Kuznetsova, Natalia V., D C Rau, V. Adrian Parsegian, & Sergey Leikin. (1997). Solvent hydrogen-bond network in protein self-assembly: solvation of collagen triple helices in nonaqueous solvents. Biophysical Journal. 72(1). 353–362. 55 indexed citations

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Parsegian, V. Adrian. (1995). The cows or the fence?. Molecular Membrane Biology. 12(1). 5–7. 9 indexed citations

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Podgornik, Rudolf, Helmut H. Strey, D C Rau, & V. Adrian Parsegian. (1995). Watching molecules crowd: DNA double helices under osmotic stress. Biophysical Chemistry. 57(1). 111–121. 42 indexed citations

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Parsegian, V. Adrian, R.P. Rand, & Donald C. Rau. (1995). [3] Macromolecules and water: Probing with osmotic stress. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 259. 43–94. 338 indexed citations

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Rau, D C, et al.. (1984). Measurement of the repulsive force between polyelectrolyte molecules in ionic solution: hydration forces between parallel DNA double helices.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 81(9). 2621–2625. 347 indexed citations

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Evans, EA, N. L. Gershfeld, Lionel Ginsberg, & V. Adrian Parsegian. (1982). CAVEATS AGAINST THE USE OF THERMODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE VESICLES AS MODELS FOR BIOLOGICAL-SYSTEMS. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Parsegian, V. Adrian. (1975). A comment on models of ion transport across cell membranes. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 3(4). 433–438. 2 indexed citations

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Parsegian, V. Adrian. (1974). POSSIBLE MODULATION OF REACTIONS ON THE CELL SURFACE BY CHANGES IN ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL THAT ACCOMPANY CELL CONTACT. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 238(1). 362–371. 28 indexed citations

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Weiss, George H., James E. Kiefer, & V. Adrian Parsegian. (1973). Effects of dielectric inhomogeneity on the magnitude of van der Waals interactions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 45(3). 615–625. 9 indexed citations

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Parsegian, V. Adrian & George H. Weiss. (1972). Dielectric Anisotropy and the van der Waals Interaction between Bulk Media. The Journal of Adhesion. 3(4). 259–267. 102 indexed citations

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Ninham, Barry W. & V. Adrian Parsegian. (1970). van der Waals Forces. Biophysical Journal. 10(7). 646–663. 397 indexed citations

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