Victor A. Bloomfield

19.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
203 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Victor A. Bloomfield is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor A. Bloomfield has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 37 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Victor A. Bloomfield's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (73 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (40 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (31 papers). Victor A. Bloomfield is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (73 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (40 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (31 papers). Victor A. Bloomfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Victor A. Bloomfield's co-authors include Ioulia Rouzina, José Garcı́a de la Torre, Robert W. Wilson, Jay R. Wenner, Christoph G. Baumann, Daumantas Matulis, Carlos Bustamante, Patricia G. Arscott, Mark C. Williams and J.G. Duguid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Victor A. Bloomfield

201 papers receiving 15.5k 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.

DNA condensation by multivalent cations

1997 966 citations Victor A. Bloomfield Biopolymers profile →
DNA condensation

1996 924 citations Victor A. Bloomfield profile →
Ionic effects on the elasticity of single DNA molecules

1997 800 citations Victor A. Bloomfield et al. profile →
Condensation of DNA by multivalent cations: Considerations on mechanism

1991 601 citations Victor A. Bloomfield Biopolymers profile →
Counterion-induced condensation of deoxyribonucleic acid. A light-scattering study

1979 558 citations Victor A. Bloomfield et al. profile →
Nucleic Acids: Structures, Properties, and Functions

2000 547 citations Victor A. Bloomfield et al. profile →
Hydrodynamic properties of complex, rigid, biological macromolecules: theory and applications

1981 546 citations Victor A. Bloomfield et al. profile →

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Victor A. Bloomfield

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V. Adrian Parsegian United States

Kim A. Sharp United States

Gerald S. Manning United States

William M. Gelbart United States

M. Thomas Record United States

Peter L. Privalov United States

D. Chapman United Kingdom

Alexander Y. Grosberg United States

Serge N. Timasheff United States

John A. Schellman United States

V. Adrian Parsegian United States

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Bloomfield, Victor A., et al.. (2002). Assessing Accumulated Solvent Near a Macromolecular Solute by Preferential Interaction Coefficients. Biophysical Journal. 82(6). 2876–2891. 23 indexed citations

Wenner, Jay R., Mark C. Williams, Ioulia Rouzina, & Victor A. Bloomfield. (2002). Salt Dependence of the Elasticity and Overstretching Transition of Single DNA Molecules. Biophysical Journal. 82(6). 3160–3169. 275 indexed citations

Williams, Mark C., Jay R. Wenner, Ioulia Rouzina, & Victor A. Bloomfield. (2001). Entropy and Heat Capacity of DNA Melting from Temperature Dependence of Single Molecule Stretching. Biophysical Journal. 80(4). 1932–1939. 161 indexed citations

Williams, Mark C., Jay R. Wenner, Ioulia Rouzina, & Victor A. Bloomfield. (2001). Effect of pH on the Overstretching Transition of Double-Stranded DNA: Evidence of Force-Induced DNA Melting. Biophysical Journal. 80(2). 874–881. 192 indexed citations

Matulis, Daumantas, Ioulia Rouzina, & Victor A. Bloomfield. (2000). Thermodynamics of DNA binding and condensation: isothermal titration calorimetry and electrostatic mechanism 1 1Edited by I. Tinoco. Journal of Molecular Biology. 296(4). 1053–1063. 215 indexed citations

Bloomfield, Victor A.. (2000). Static and dynamic light scattering from aggregating particles. Biopolymers. 54(3). 168–172. 63 indexed citations

Rouzina, Ioulia & Victor A. Bloomfield. (1999). Heat Capacity Effects on the Melting of DNA. 1. General Aspects. Biophysical Journal. 77(6). 3242–3251. 135 indexed citations

Rouzina, Ioulia & Victor A. Bloomfield. (1999). Heat Capacity Effects on the Melting of DNA.2. Analysis of Nearest-Neighbor Base Pair Effects. Biophysical Journal. 77(6). 3252–3255. 56 indexed citations

Rouzina, Ioulia & Victor A. Bloomfield. (1998). DNA Bending by Small, Mobile Multivalent Cations. Biophysical Journal. 74(6). 3152–3164. 205 indexed citations

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Bloomfield, Victor A.. (1997). DNA condensation by multivalent cations. Biopolymers. 44(3). 269–282. 966 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duguid, J.G., Victor A. Bloomfield, James M. Benevides, & G.J. Thomas. (1996). DNA melting investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and Raman spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal. 71(6). 3350–3360. 152 indexed citations

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Arscott, Patricia G., Chenglie Ma, Jay R. Wenner, & Victor A. Bloomfield. (1995). DNA condensation by cobalt hexaammine(III) in alcohol–water mixtures: Dielectric constant and other solvent effects. Biopolymers. 36(3). 345–364. 194 indexed citations

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Bloomfield, Victor A., et al.. (1993). Brownian dynamics simulations of probe and self-diffusion in concentrated protein and DNA solutions. Biophysical Journal. 65(5). 1810–1816. 41 indexed citations

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Bloomfield, Victor A.. (1991). Condensation of DNA by multivalent cations: Considerations on mechanism. Biopolymers. 31(13). 1471–1481. 601 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arscott, Patricia G. & Victor A. Bloomfield. (1990). Scanning tunnelling microscopy of nucleic acids and polynucleotides. Ultramicroscopy. 33(2). 127–131. 6 indexed citations

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Bloomfield, Victor A., et al.. (1990). Scanning tunnelling microscopy in biotechnology. Trends in biotechnology. 8(6). 151–156. 5 indexed citations

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Plum, Georg & Victor A. Bloomfield. (1990). Contribution of asymmetric ligand binding to the apparent permanent dipole moment of DNA. Biopolymers. 29(8-9). 1137–1146. 7 indexed citations

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Arscott, Patricia G., Gil U. Lee, Victor A. Bloomfield, & D. F. Evans. (1989). Scanning tunnelling microscopy of Z-DNA. Nature. 339(6224). 484–486. 77 indexed citations

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Thomas, Thresia & Victor A. Bloomfield. (1985). Quasielastic laser light scattering and electron microscopy studies of the conformational transitions and condensation of poly(dA‐dT) · poly(dA‐dT). Biopolymers. 24(12). 2185–2194. 32 indexed citations

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Wei, Guangmin & Victor A. Bloomfield. (1979). Determination of polymer size distribution by combination of quasielastic light scattering and band transport: Evaluation of the effect of diffusion. Biophysical Chemistry. 9(2). 97–103. 2 indexed citations

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