Vance I. Oyama

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Vance I. Oyama is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physiology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Vance I. Oyama has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Physiology and 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Vance I. Oyama's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (23 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (11 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (9 papers). Vance I. Oyama is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (23 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (11 papers) and Space Exploration and Technology (9 papers). Vance I. Oyama collaborates with scholars based in United States, North Macedonia and Germany. Vance I. Oyama's co-authors include Harry Eagle, B. J. Berdahl, Mina Levy, G. C. Carle, Karl A. Piez, Ralph Fleischman, Aaron E. Freeman, F. Woeller, James B. Pollack and G. E. Pollock and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Vance I. Oyama

52 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Measurement of Cell Growth in Tissue Culture with a Phenol Reagent (Folin-Ciocalteau)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vance I. Oyama United States	25	1000	832	286	263	239	52	3.1k
Hiroshi Imanaka Japan	42	2.3k 2.3×	856 1.0×	104 0.4×	133 0.5×	204 0.9×	138	5.6k
H. Kurokawa Japan	27	2.7k 2.7×	828 1.0×	189 0.7×	201 0.8×	65 0.3×	123	4.5k
John M. Brewer United States	32	2.0k 2.0×	667 0.8×	501 1.8×	95 0.4×	70 0.3×	114	3.6k
A. L. Burlingame United States	28	2.8k 2.8×	197 0.2×	137 0.5×	83 0.3×	262 1.1×	99	4.6k
Harold P. Klein United States	25	757 0.8×	707 0.8×	193 0.7×	19 0.1×	223 0.9×	112	1.9k
Robert D. Stephens United States	24	1.3k 1.3×	447 0.5×	107 0.4×	433 1.6×	151 0.6×	155	3.7k
E. C. Anderson United States	24	648 0.6×	169 0.2×	175 0.6×	87 0.3×	83 0.3×	80	2.2k
David J. Morris United Kingdom	40	1.4k 1.4×	209 0.3×	242 0.8×	697 2.7×	869 3.6×	271	5.8k
N. H. Horowitz United States	27	816 0.8×	579 0.7×	78 0.3×	17 0.1×	250 1.0×	72	2.2k
Laura Schaefer United States	40	3.0k 3.0×	1.6k 1.9×	360 1.3×	345 1.3×	218 0.9×	101	6.0k

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Hoffman, J. H., Vance I. Oyama, & U. von Zahn. (1980). Measurements of the Venus lower atmosphere composition: A comparison of results. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 85(A13). 7871–7881. 72 indexed citations

Oyama, Vance I.. (1979). Comments on the Carbon Monoxide Content of the Atmosphere of Venus.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 11. 539. 1 indexed citations

Oyama, Vance I., G. C. Carle, F. Woeller, & James B. Pollack. (1979). Venus Lower Atmospheric Composition: Analysis by Gas Chromatography. Science. 203(4382). 802–805. 70 indexed citations

Oyama, Vance I., et al.. (1978). THE CHEMICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE VIKING BIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS AND THE ARGUMENTS FOR THE PRESENCE OF SUPEROXIDES, PEROXIDES, γ-Fe2O3 AND CARBON SUBOXIDE POLYMER IN THE MARTIAN SOIL. Elsevier eBooks. 16. 3–8. 21 indexed citations

Hoffman, J. H., G. M. Keating, H. Niemann, et al.. (1977). Composition and structure of the atmosphere of Venus. Space Science Reviews. 20(3). 307–327. 5 indexed citations

Klein, Harold P., Joshua Lederberg, Alexander Rich, et al.. (1976). The Viking Mission search for life on Mars. Nature. 262(5563). 24–27. 37 indexed citations

Oyama, Vance I., et al.. (1973). Photoinduced fixation of CO2 by amino acids: Implications for nonbiological reactions on the martian soil. Biosystems. 5(2). 98–102. 1 indexed citations

Oyama, Vance I., et al.. (1972). Search for Viable Organisms in Lunar Samples: Gas Changes over Apollo 14 Fines Wet by Aqueous Media. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 3. 590. 1 indexed citations

Oyama, Vance I.. (1972). Search for biogenic structures and viable organisms in lunar samples: A review. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 3(4). 377–382. 2 indexed citations

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Boylen, Charles W., et al.. (1971). Search for viable organisms in lunar samples - Further biological studies on Apollo 11 core, Apollo 12 bulk, and Apollo 12 core samples. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings. 2. 1931. 4 indexed citations

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Carle, G. C., et al.. (1971). Automatic amino acid analyzer. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations

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Silverman, Melvin, et al.. (1971). Physical Sciences: Effect of Apollo 11 Lunar Samples on Terrestrial Microorganisms. Nature. 230(5290). 169–170. 15 indexed citations

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Oyama, Vance I., et al.. (1970). Integration of experiments for the detection of biological activity in extraterrestrial exploration.. PubMed. 8. 108–15. 3 indexed citations

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Oyama, Vance I., et al.. (1969). Integration of experiments for the detection of biological activity in extraterrestrial exploration.. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations

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Oyama, Vance I. & G. C. Carle. (1967). Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Application to Life Detection and Chemotaxonomy. Journal of Chromatographic Science. 5(3). 151–154. 34 indexed citations

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Oyama, Vance I.. (1963). Mars biological analysis by gas chromatography. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations

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Eagle, Harry, Vance I. Oyama, & Karl A. Piez. (1960). The Reversible Binding of Half-cystine Residues to Serum Protein, and Its Bearing on the Cystine Requirement of Cultured Mammalian Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 235(6). 1719–1726. 62 indexed citations

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Eagle, Harry, Karl A. Piez, Ralph Fleischman, & Vance I. Oyama. (1959). Protein Turnover in Mammalian Cell Cultures. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 234(3). 592–597. 174 indexed citations

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Eagle, Harry, Vance I. Oyama, Mina Levy, & Aaron E. Freeman. (1957). myo-INOSITOL AS AN ESSENTIAL GROWTH FACTOR FOR NORMAL AND MALIGNANT HUMAN CELLS IN TISSUE CULTURE. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 226(1). 191–205. 231 indexed citations

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Eagle, Harry, et al.. (1956). THE GROWTH RESPONSE OF MAMMALIAN CELLS IN TISSUE CULTURE TO l-GLUTAMINE AND l-GLUTAMIC ACID. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 218(2). 607–616. 288 indexed citations

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