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D-Index
53
Citations
12588
World Ranking
12944
National Ranking
3424

Donald L.D. Caspar publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald L.D. Caspar sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 126 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Donald L.D. Caspar D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald L.D. Caspar sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1972 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Donald L.D. Caspar is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. The scientist is recognized for contributions in their academic discipline, with a career that spans several decades.

The academic has received several notable awards, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972. In 1994, they were honored as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation as well as being elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

The available data does not include specific publications, frequent coauthors, or main fields and subfields of study. Additionally, there is no detailed information on main topics of work or frequent publication venues provided.

Best Publications

  • Physical Principles in the Construction of Regular Viruses

    D. L. D. Caspar;A. Klug

  • Assembly and Stability of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Particle

    D.L.D. Caspar

  • Self-assembly of purified polyomavirus capsid protein VP1

    Dinakar M. Salunke;Donald L.D. Caspar;Robert L. Garcea

  • Gap junction structures. I. Correlated electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction

    D L Caspar;D A Goodenough;L Makowski;W C Phillips

  • Polyoma virus capsid structure at 22.5 Å resolution

    I. Rayment;T. S. Baker;D. L. D. Caspar;W. T. Murakami

  • The structure of small viruses.

    A. Klug;D.L.D. Caspar

  • Tropomyosin: crystal structure, polymorphism and molecular interactions.

    D.L.D. Caspar;Carolyn Cohen;William Longley

  • Myelin membrane structure at 10 A resolution.

    D. L. D. Caspar;Daniel A. Kirschner

  • Movement and self-control in protein assemblies. Quasi-equivalence revisited.

    D.L. Caspar

  • Gap junction structures. V. Structural chemistry inferred from X-ray diffraction measurements on sucrose accessibility and trypsin susceptibility.

    Lee Makowski;D.L.D. Caspar;W.C. Phillips;D.A. Goodenough

  • Polymorphism in the assembly of polyomavirus capsid protein VP1

    D. M. Salunke;D. L. D. Caspar;R. L. Garcea

  • Isotropic-nematic phase transition and angular correlations in isotropic suspensions of tobacco mosaic virus

    Seth Fraden;Georg Maret;D. L. D. Caspar;Robert B. Meyer

  • Structure of Bushy Stunt Virus

    D. L. D. Caspar

  • Nuclear assembly of polyomavirus capsids in insect cells expressing the major capsid protein VP1.

    L. Montross;S. Watkins;R. B. Moreland;H. Mamon

  • Structure of Tobacco Mosaic Virus: Radial Density Distribution in the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Particle

    D. L. D. Caspar;D. L. D. Caspar

  • Refined atomic model of the four-layer aggregate of the tobacco mosaic virus coat protein at 2.4-A resolution.

    Balaji Bhyravbhatla;Stanley J. Watowich;Donald L.D. Caspar

  • Disordered water within a hydrophobic protein cavity visualized by x-ray crystallography

    B. Yu;M. Blaber;A. M. Gronenborn;G. M. Clore

  • Lipid and protein arrangement in bacteriophage PM2.

    S. C. Harrison;D. L. D. Caspar;R. D. Camerini-Otero;R. M. Franklin

  • Inside polyomavirus at 25-Å resolution

    James P. Griffith;Diana L. Griffith;Ivan Rayment;Ivan Rayment;William T. Murakami

  • Orientational distribution function in nematic tobacco-mosaic-virus liquid crystals measured by X-ray diffraction

    R. Oldenbourg;X. Wen;R. B. Meyer;D. L. D. Caspar

  • Liquid-like movements in crystalline insulin

    D. L. D. Caspar;J. Clarage;D. M. Salunke;M. Clarage

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel A. Goodenough
Daniel A. Goodenough Harvard University
Timothy S. Baker
Timothy S. Baker University of California, San Diego
Daniel A. Kirschner
Daniel A. Kirschner Boston College
Keiichi Namba
Keiichi Namba Osaka University
Ivan Rayment
Ivan Rayment University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert B. Meyer
Robert B. Meyer Brandeis University
David J. DeRosier
David J. DeRosier Brandeis University
Robert L. Garcea
Robert L. Garcea University of Colorado Boulder
Aaron Klug
Aaron Klug MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Carolyn Cohen
Carolyn Cohen Brandeis University

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