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Robert L. Letsinger

Active 1956–2002

40
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25,066
Citations
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Citations

Citations per year for Robert L. Letsinger1962: 1 citations1967: 1 citations1968: 2 citations1969: 3 citations1972: 1 citations1974: 1 citations1976: 3 citations1977: 2 citations1978: 7 citations1979: 1 citations1980: 4 citations1981: 7 citations1982: 5 citations1983: 12 citations1984: 6 citations1985: 8 citations1986: 5 citations1987: 4 citations1988: 2 citations1989: 2 citations1990: 10 citations1991: 10 citations1992: 20 citations1993: 24 citations1994: 11 citations1995: 11 citations1996: 12 citations1997: 27 citations1998: 68 citations1999: 72 citations2000: 136 citations2001: 225 citations2002: 247 citations2003: 308 citations2004: 384 citations2005: 388 citations2006: 320 citations2007: 273 citations2008: 348 citations2009: 360 citations2010: 321 citations2011: 324 citations2012: 281 citations2013: 243 citations2014: 151 citations2015: 165 citations2016: 141 citations2017: 128 citations2018: 117 citations2019: 319 citations2020: 266 citations2021: 199 citations2022: 154 citations2023: 146 citations2024: 157 citations2025: 68 citations2026: 1 citations1963–1966: no citations, so these years are not shown1970–1971: no citations, so these years are not shown1973: no citations, so this year is not shown1975: no citations, so this year is not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,772 citing papers, 33.5% of this breakdownChina: 1,021 citing papers, 19.3% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 223 citing papers, 4.2% of this breakdownGermany: 213 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 199 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownIndia: 197 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownCanada: 183 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownJapan: 166 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownFrance: 134 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownSingapore: 95 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownSpain: 94 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 75 citing papers, 1.4% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology56.4%
  • Materials Science26.1%
  • Engineering7.7%
  • Chemistry3.4%
  • Medicine2%
  • Physics and Astronomy0.9%
  • Other3.5%

Topics

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques23.3%
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications10.1%
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection7.5%
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry5.2%
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery5%
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications3%
  • Other45.9%

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  1. A DNA-Based Method for Rationally Assembling Nanoparticles into Macroscopic Materials*

    Authors: Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger, Robert C. Mucic, James J. Storhoff - Nature 1996 cited by 6,680

  2. Selective Colorimetric Detection of Polynucleotides Based on the Distance-Dependent Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles*

    Authors: Robert Elghanian, James J. Storhoff, Robert C. Mucic, Robert L. Letsinger, Chad A. Mirkin - Science 1997 cited by 4,392

  3. One-Pot Colorimetric Differentiation of Polynucleotides with Single Base Imperfections Using Gold Nanoparticle Probes

    Authors: James J. Storhoff, Robert Elghanian, Robert C. Mucic, Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger - Journal of the American Chemical Society 1998 cited by 2,271

  4. A Fluorescence-Based Method for Determining the Surface Coverage and Hybridization Efficiency of Thiol-Capped Oligonucleotides Bound to Gold Thin Films and Nanoparticles

    Authors: Linette M. Demers, Chad A. Mirkin, Robert C. Mucic, Robert Reynolds, Robert L. Letsinger, Robert Elghanian, G. Viswanadham - Analytical Chemistry 2000 cited by 1,098

  5. Scanometric DNA Array Detection with Nanoparticle Probes*

    Authors: T. Andrew Taton, Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger - Science 2000 cited by 2,410

  6. Sequence-Dependent Stability of DNA-Modified Gold Nanoparticles

    Authors: James J. Storhoff, Robert Elghanian, Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger - Langmuir 2002 cited by 444

  7. Homogeneous, Nanoparticle-Based Quantitative Colorimetric Detection of Oligonucleotides

    Authors: Robert Reynolds, Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger - Journal of the American Chemical Society 2000 cited by 439

  8. Programmed Assembly of DNA Functionalized Quantum Dots

    Authors: Gregory P. Mitchell, Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger - Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999 cited by 678

  9. Synthesis of thymidine oligonucleotides by phosphite triester intermediates

    Authors: Robert L. Letsinger, Willie B. Lunsford - Journal of the American Chemical Society 1976 cited by 281

  10. Oligonucleotide Synthesis on a Polymer Support1,2

    Authors: Robert L. Letsinger, V. Mahadevan - Journal of the American Chemical Society 1965 cited by 203

  11. What Controls the Optical Properties of DNA-Linked Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies?

    Authors: James J. Storhoff, Anne A. Lazarides, Robert C. Mucic, Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger, George C. Schatz - Journal of the American Chemical Society 2000 cited by 1,176

  12. Cholesteryl-conjugated oligonucleotides: synthesis, properties, and activity as inhibitors of replication of human immunodeficiency virus in cell culture.

    Authors: Robert L. Letsinger, G R Zhang, Di Sun, T Ikeuchi, Prem S. Sarin - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1989 cited by 303

  13. Nucleotide chemistry. XIII. Synthesis of oligothymidylates via phosphotriester intermediates

    Authors: Robert L. Letsinger, Kelvin K. Ogilvie - Journal of the American Chemical Society 1969 cited by 125

  14. DNA-Directed Synthesis of Binary Nanoparticle Network Materials

    Authors: Robert C. Mucic, James J. Storhoff, Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger - Journal of the American Chemical Society 1998 cited by 676

  15. Use of a Steroid Cyclic Disulfide Anchor in Constructing Gold Nanoparticle−Oligonucleotide Conjugates

    Authors: Robert L. Letsinger, Robert Elghanian, G. Viswanadham, Chad A. Mirkin - Bioconjugate Chemistry 2000 cited by 152

  16. Convenient method for stepwise synthesis of oligothymidylate derivatives in large-scale quantities

    Authors: Robert L. Letsinger, Kelvin K. Ogilvie - Journal of the American Chemical Society 1967 cited by 82

  17. A gold nanoparticle/latex microsphere-based colorimetric oligonucleotide detection method

    Authors: Robert Reynolds, Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger - Pure and Applied Chemistry 2000 cited by 76

  18. Dynamics of Photoinduced Charge Transfer and Hole Transport in Synthetic DNA Hairpins

    Authors: Frederick D. Lewis, Robert L. Letsinger, Michael R. Wasielewski - Accounts of Chemical Research 2000 cited by 546

  19. Distance-Dependent Electron Transfer in DNA Hairpins

    Authors: Frederick D. Lewis, Taifeng Wu, Yifan Zhang, Robert L. Letsinger, Scott R. Greenfield, Michael R. Wasielewski - Science 1997 cited by 514

  20. Nucleotide chemistry. XX. Phosphite coupling procedure for generating internucleotide links

    Authors: Robert L. Letsinger, Jeffrey L. Finnan, George A. Heavner, Willie B. Lunsford - Journal of the American Chemical Society 1975 cited by 149

  21. Bispyrenyl Excimer Fluorescence: A Sensitive Oligonucleotide Probe

    Authors: Frederick D. Lewis, Yifan Zhang, Robert L. Letsinger - Journal of the American Chemical Society 1997 cited by 143

  22. Oxalyl-CPG: a labile support for synthesis of sensitive oligonucleotide derivatives

    Authors: Rushdi Alul, Charles N. Singman, Guangrong Zhang, Robert L. Letsinger - Nucleic Acids Research 1991 cited by 106

  23. A Covalent Lock for Self-Assembled Oligonucleotide Conjugates

    Authors: Mathias K. Herrlein, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Robert L. Letsinger - Journal of the American Chemical Society 1995 cited by 85

  24. Mode of action of 5'-linked cholesteryl phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides in inhibiting syncytia formation and infection by HIV-1 and HIV-2 in vitro

    Authors: Christian Stein, Ranajit Pal, Anthony L. DeVico, George Hoke, S. Mumbauer, Olaf Kinstler, M. G. Sarngadharan, Robert L. Letsinger - Biochemistry 1991 cited by 83