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Donald M. Crothers

Donald M. Crothers

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
104
Citations
40498
World Ranking
465
National Ranking
263

Chemistry

D-Index
104
Citations
39175
World Ranking
1057
National Ranking
421

Donald M. Crothers publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald M. Crothers sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 264 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Donald M. Crothers D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Donald M. Crothers was affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to the scientific community, holding a position at this institution.

They were recognized with several notable awards throughout their professional life. In 1978, they became a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. In 1987, they were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences. Later, in 1992, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Equilibria and kinetics of lac repressor-operator interactions by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

    Michael Fried;Donald M. Crothers

  • Improved Estimation of Secondary Structure in Ribonucleic Acids

    I. Tinoco;P. N. Borer;B. Dengler;M. D. Levin

  • Studies of the binding of actinomycin and related compounds to DNA

    Werner Müller;Donald M. Crothers

  • The locus of sequence-directed and protein-induced DNA bending

    Unknown

  • Studies on interaction of anthracycline antibiotics and deoxyribonucleic acid: equilibrium binding studies on interaction of daunomycin with deoxyribonucleic acid.

    Jonathan B. Chaires;Nanibhushan Dattagupta;Donald M. Crothers

  • DNA bending at adenine · thymine tracts

    Unknown

  • Bent helical structure in kinetoplast DNA.

    Joan C. Marini;Stephen D. Levene;Donald M. Crothers;Paul T. Englund

  • Stability and properties of double and triple helices: dramatic effects of RNA or DNA backbone composition.

    Richard W. Roberts;Donald M. Crothers

  • Fragments of the HIV-1 Tat protein specifically bind TAR RNA

    Kevin M. Weeks;Christophe Ampe;Steve C. Schultz;Thomas A. Steitz

  • Relaxation kinetics of dimer formation by self complementary oligonucleotides

    Mary E. Craig;Mary E. Craig;Donald M. Crothers;Donald M. Crothers;Paul Doty;Paul Doty

  • The Speed of RNA Transcription and Metabolite Binding Kinetics Operate an FMN Riboswitch

    J. Kenneth Wickiser;Wade C. Winkler;Ronald R. Breaker;Donald M. Crothers

  • The influence of polyvalency on the binding properties of antibodies.

    Donald M. Crothers;Donald M. Crothers;Henry Metzger;Henry Metzger

  • Viscosity and sedimentation of the DNA from bacteriophages T2 and T7 and the relation to molecular weight

    D.M. Crothers;B.H. Zimm

  • Interactions of heteroaromatic compounds with nucleic acids. 1. The influence of heteroatoms and polarizability on the base specificity of intercalating ligands.

    Werner Muller;Donald M. Crothers

  • Artificial nucleosome positioning sequences

    Thomas E. Shrader;Donald M. Crothers

  • RNA recognition by Tat-derived peptides: Interaction in the major groove?

    Kevin M. Weeks;Donald M. Crothers

  • The DNA binding domain and bending angle of E. coli CAP protein

    Huei-Nin Liu-Johnson;Marc R. Gartenberg;Donald M. Crothers

  • Free energy of imperfect nucleic acid helices. II. Small hairpin loops.

    Jay Gralla;Donald M. Crothers

  • Theory of the melting transition of synthetic polynucleotides: Evaluation of the stacking free energy

    Donald M. Crothers;Bruno H. Zimm

  • Relaxation studies of the proflavine-DNA complex: The kinetics of an intercalation reaction

    Hsueh Jei Li;Donald M. Crothers

  • Calculation of binding isotherms for heterogeneous polymers

    Unknown

  • Calibration of DNA curvature and a unified description of sequence-directed bending.

    Hyeon-Sook Koo;Donald M. Crothers

  • Free energy of imperfect nucleic acid helices: III. Small internal loops resulting from mismatches☆☆☆

    Jay Gralla;Donald M. Crothers

  • The molecular mechanism of thermal unfolding of Escherichia coli formylmethionine transfer RNA

    D.M. Crothers;P.E. Cole;C.W. Hilbers;R.G. Shulman

  • Intrinsically bent DNA.

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah A. Woodson
Sarah A. Woodson Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan B. Chaires
Jonathan B. Chaires University of Louisville
Vincent T. Marchesi
Vincent T. Marchesi Yale University
Kevin M. Weeks
Kevin M. Weeks University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Samuel J. Danishefsky
Samuel J. Danishefsky Columbia University
Michael Fried
Michael Fried University of Zurich
Dipankar Sen
Dipankar Sen Simon Fraser University
Thomas A. Steitz
Thomas A. Steitz Yale University
Carleen Cullinane
Carleen Cullinane Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Joan A. Steitz
Joan A. Steitz Yale University

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