William M. Gelbart

17.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
210 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

William M. Gelbart is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Gelbart has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 51 papers in Ecology and 50 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William M. Gelbart's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (50 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (38 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (34 papers). William M. Gelbart is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (50 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (38 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (34 papers). William M. Gelbart collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and France. William M. Gelbart's co-authors include Avinoam Ben‐Shaul, Charles M. Knobler, Robijn Bruinsma, Pamela C. Ohara, James R. Heath, D. Roux, Igal Szleifer, Daniel V. Leff, Karl F. Freed and David W. Oxtoby and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William M. Gelbart

206 papers receiving 13.4k citations

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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.

Micelles, Membranes, Microemulsions, and Monolayers

1994 615 citations William M. Gelbart, Avinoam Ben‐Shaul et al. profile →
Thermodynamic Control of Gold Nanocrystal Size: Experiment and Theory

1995 564 citations James R. Heath, William M. Gelbart et al. profile →
Nonradiative electronic relaxation under collision-free conditions

1977 417 citations William M. Gelbart et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Designing Amphiphilic Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for Self-Assembly into Straight-Chain Rod-like Micelles 2023 ·Macromolecules ·(unknown), Patrick Yee, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xinyu Liu, (unknown), Robert J. Thompson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin J. Schwartz, William M. Gelbart, Yves Rubin, Sarah H. Tolbert	1
2	Delivery of self-amplifying RNA vaccines in in vitro reconstituted virus-like particles 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Habtom H. Habte, Katherine McGrath, Sharmila Sambanthamoorthy, Melanie Wurm, Martina M. Sykora, Charles M. Knobler, Ivo C. Lorenz, Marcio O. Lasaro, Knut Elbers, William M. Gelbart	51
3	RNA Homopolymers Form Higher-Curvature Virus-like Particles Than Do Normal-Composition RNAs 2019 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart	5
4	The effect of macromolecular crowding on single-round transcription by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase 2018 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Sangyoon Chung, Eitan Lerner, Yan Jin, Soohong Kim, Yazan Alhadid, (unknown), (unknown), Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart, Shimon Weiss	34
5	The Effect of RNA Secondary Structure on the Self-Assembly of Viral Capsids 2017 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart	27
6	Sizes of Long RNA Molecules Are Determined by the Branching Patterns of Their Secondary Structures 2016 ·Biophysical Journal ·Alexander Borodavka, (unknown), Peter G. Stockley, William M. Gelbart, Avinoam Ben‐Shaul, Roman Tůma	40
7	Bacteriophage P22 ejects all of its internal proteins before its genome 2015 ·Virology ·Yan Jin, Sophia M. Sdao, (unknown), (unknown), Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart, Kristin N. Parent	33
8	Visualizing the global secondary structure of a viral RNA genome with cryo-electron microscopy 2015 ·RNA ·Rees F. Garmann, Ajaykumar Gopal, Shreyas S. Athavale, Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart, Stephen C. Harvey	38
9	Reconstituted plant viral capsids can release genes to mammalian cells 2013 ·Virology ·(unknown), Rees F. Garmann, Rubén D. Cadena‐Nava, Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart	75
10	Visualizing Large RNA Molecules in Solution 2012 ·Biophysical Journal ·Ajaykumar Gopal, Z. Hong Zhou, Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart	2
11	Packaging of a Polymer by a Viral Capsid: The Interplay between Polymer Length and Capsid Size 2007 ·Biophysical Journal ·Yufang Hu, Roya Zandi, (unknown), Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart	178
12	Genome-scale analysis of positionally relocated genes 2007 ·Genome Research ·Arjun Bhutkar, Susan Russo, Temple F. Smith, William M. Gelbart	39
13	Effects of Salt Concentrations and Bending Energy on the Extent of Ejection of Phage Genomes 2007 ·Biophysical Journal ·Alex Evilevitch, Li Tai Fang, Aron M. Yoffe, Martin Castelnovo, Donald C. Rau, V. Adrian Parsegian, William M. Gelbart, Charles M. Knobler	73
14	The effect of genome length on ejection forces in bacteriophage lambda 2006 ·Virology ·Paul Grayson, Alex Evilevitch, Mandar M. Inamdar, Prashant K. Purohit, William M. Gelbart, Charles M. Knobler, Rob Phillips	105
15	Continuum Theory of Retroviral Capsids 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·Toan T. Nguyen, Robijn Bruinsma, William M. Gelbart	51
16	Measurements of DNA Lengths Remaining in a Viral Capsid after Osmotically Suppressed Partial Ejection 2004 ·Biophysical Journal ·Alex Evilevitch, James W. Gober, Martin L. Phillips, Charles M. Knobler, William M. Gelbart	59
17	Osmotic Shock and the Strength of Viral Capsids 2003 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), Markus Deserno, William M. Gelbart, Avinoam Ben‐Shaul	86
18	Forces and Pressures in DNA Packaging and Release from Viral Capsids 2003 ·Biophysical Journal ·Shelly Tzlil, James T. Kindt, William M. Gelbart, Avinoam Ben‐Shaul	221
19	Spontaneous patterning of quantum dots at the air-water interface 1999 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·Richard P. Sear, Sungwook Chung, Gil Markovich, William M. Gelbart, James R. Heath	151
20	Collision-induced and multiple light scattering by simple fluids 1979 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·William M. Gelbart	8

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