W.F. DeGrado

648 total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 537 citations indexed

About

W.F. DeGrado is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, W.F. DeGrado has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 537 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Molecular Biology, 1 paper in Biomaterials and 1 paper in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in W.F. DeGrado's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (2 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (2 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (1 paper). W.F. DeGrado is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (2 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (2 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (1 paper). W.F. DeGrado collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. W.F. DeGrado's co-authors include Zelda R. Wasserman, Holly Gratkowski, James D. Lear, Dotsevi Y. Sogah, Normand Voyer, Dieter Engel, Steven E. Stayrook, Benjamin North, Steven J. Lahr and Angela Lombardi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Biochemical Society Transactions.

In The Last Decade

W.F. DeGrado

4 papers receiving 521 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.

Synthetic Amphiphilic Peptide Models for Protein Ion Channels

1988 507 citations Zelda R. Wasserman, W.F. DeGrado et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W.F. DeGrado United States	3	437	116	77	77	65	4	537
Suat Özdirekcan Netherlands	8	506 1.2×	135 1.2×	63 0.8×	75 1.0×	53 0.8×	9	598
Y. Trudelle France	13	483 1.1×	75 0.6×	79 1.0×	100 1.3×	38 0.6×	37	562
Stefan Stankowski Switzerland	14	823 1.9×	246 2.1×	76 1.0×	79 1.0×	45 0.7×	18	932
J.C. Franklin United States	8	340 0.8×	52 0.4×	35 0.5×	61 0.8×	26 0.4×	10	416
Šárka Pokorná Czechia	12	381 0.9×	73 0.6×	33 0.4×	43 0.6×	36 0.6×	20	502
Heather E. Findlay United Kingdom	15	474 1.1×	28 0.2×	46 0.6×	82 1.1×	37 0.6×	25	692
Gustavo Fuertes Spain	13	560 1.3×	119 1.0×	40 0.5×	51 0.7×	35 0.5×	25	715
Sabine Danner Austria	5	382 0.9×	135 1.2×	17 0.2×	24 0.3×	37 0.6×	7	450
Andrée E. Gravel Canada	4	279 0.6×	79 0.7×	31 0.4×	66 0.9×	19 0.3×	7	339
Rachel Marrington United Kingdom	11	366 0.8×	24 0.2×	38 0.5×	82 1.1×	39 0.6×	26	524

Countries citing papers authored by W.F. DeGrado

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.F. DeGrado

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W.F. DeGrado. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W.F. DeGrado based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with W.F. DeGrado. W.F. DeGrado is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Lahr, Steven J., Dieter Engel, Steven E. Stayrook, et al.. (2005). Analysis and design of turns in alpha-helical hairpins.. Physical Review Letters. 346(5). 1441–54. 1 indexed citations

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Lear, James D., Holly Gratkowski, & W.F. DeGrado. (2001). De novo design, synthesis and characterization of membrane-active peptides. Biochemical Society Transactions. 29(4). 559–564. 25 indexed citations

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Sogah, Dotsevi Y., et al.. (1994). Design and synthesis of polytripeptide (leuglnpro)n based upon the matrix protein amelogenin. Macromolecular Symposia. 88(1). 149–163. 4 indexed citations

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Wasserman, Zelda R., et al.. (1988). Synthetic Amphiphilic Peptide Models for Protein Ion Channels. Science. 240(4856). 1177–1181. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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