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D-Index
47
Citations
10113
World Ranking
15510
National Ranking
3915

I. Jonathan Amster 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 I. Jonathan Amster sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 173 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

I. Jonathan Amster 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 I. Jonathan Amster sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

I. Jonathan Amster is a researcher affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their academic work predominantly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry, with significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, and Cell Biology. Their scholarship also touches upon Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research focuses on topics including Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, and Enzyme Structure and Function.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by I. Jonathan Amster include:

  • Developments in Mass Spectrometry for Glycosaminoglycan Analysis: A Review, 2020, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
  • Expression of divergent methyl/alkyl coenzyme M reductases from uncultured archaea, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Structural Characterization of Sulfated Glycosaminoglycans Using Charge-Transfer Dissociation, 2020, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • The specificity of the malarial VAR2CSA protein for chondroitin sulfate depends on 4-O-sulfation and ligand accessibility, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Sparse isotope labeling for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of glycoproteins using 13C-glucose, 2020, Glycobiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Amster include Elijah T. Roberts, Kelley W. Moremen, Robert V. Williams, Adam W. Barb, and Lauren E. Pepi.

Their publications often appear in venues such as the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, the Journal of Biomolecular NMR, ACS ES&T Air, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

In recognition of their contributions, I. Jonathan Amster was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Photoinduced Polymerization of Solid C60 Films

    A. M. Rao;Ping Zhou;Kai-An Wang;G. T. Hager

  • How many human proteoforms are there

    Ruedi Aebersold;Jeffrey N. Agar;I. Jonathan Amster;Mark S. Baker

  • Fourier transform mass spectrometry

    I. Jonathan Amster

  • Oligosaccharide analysis by mass spectrometry: A review of recent developments

    Muchena J. Kailemia;L. Renee Ruhaak;Carlito B. Lebrilla;I. Jonathan Amster

  • Modular synthesis of heparan sulfate oligosaccharides for structure-activity relationship studies.

    Sailaja Arungundram;Kanar Al-Mafraji;Jinkeng Asong;Franklin E. Leach

  • Proton affinities of the 20 common .alpha.-amino acids

    Greg S. Gorman;J. Paul Speir;Cheryl A. Turner;I. Jonathan Amster

  • Sulfur transfer from IscS to IscU : the first step in iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis

    A D Smith;J N Agar;K A Johnson;J Frazzon

  • The proteoglycan bikunin has a defined sequence.

    Mellisa Ly;Franklin E Leach;Tatiana N Laremore;Toshihiko Toida

  • Routine Part-per-Million Mass Accuracy for High- Mass Ions: Space-Charge Effects in MALDI FT-ICR.

    Michael L. Easterling;and Todd H. Mize;I. Jonathan Amster

  • Electron detachment dissociation of glycosaminoglycan tetrasaccharides

    Jeremy J. Wolff;I. Jonathan Amster;Lianli Chi;Robert J. Linhardt

  • Novel pathway for assimilation of dimethylsulphoniopropionate widespread in marine bacteria

    Chris R. Reisch;Melissa J. Stoudemayer;Vanessa A. Varaljay;I. Jonathan Amster

  • Remeasurement of ions using quadrupolar excitation Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance spectrometry.

    J. Paul. Speir;Greg S. Gorman;Cynthia C. Pitsenberger;Cheryl A. Turner

  • Distinguishing Glucuronic from Iduronic Acid in Glycosaminoglycan Tetrasaccharides by Using Electron Detachment Dissociation

    Jeremy J. Wolff;Lianli Chi;Robert J. Linhardt;I. Jonathan Amster

  • Negative electron transfer dissociation of glycosaminoglycans

    Jeremy J. Wolff;Franklin E. Leach;Tatiana N. Laremore;Desmond A. Kaplan

  • Developments in analytical fourier-transform mass spectrometry

    Robert B. Cody;James A. Kinsinger;Sahba Ghaderi;I.Jonathan Amster

  • Photoinduced polymerization of solid C70 films

    A.M. Rao;M. Menon;Kai-An Wang;P.C. Eklund

  • Electron-induced dissociation of glycosaminoglycan tetrasaccharides.

    Jeremy J. Wolff;Tatiana N. Laremore;Hammad Aslam;Robert J. Linhardt

  • Peptide mixture sequencing by tandem Fourier-transform mass spectrometry

    R B Cody;I J Amster;F W McLafferty

  • Proton affinities of lysine and histidine : a theoretical consideration of the discrepancy between experimental results from the kinetic and bracketing methods

    Andrey A. Bliznyuk;Henry F. Schaefer;I. Jonathan Amster

  • Laser desorption mass spectrometry of photopolymerized fullerene (C60) films

    D. S. Cornett;I. J. Amster;M. A. Duncan;A. M. Rao

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Linhardt
Robert J. Linhardt Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Geert-Jan Boons
Geert-Jan Boons University of Georgia
Fuming Zhang
Fuming Zhang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Keith A. Johnson
Keith A. Johnson Harvard University
Kelley W. Moremen
Kelley W. Moremen University of Georgia
Robert J. Woods
Robert J. Woods University of Georgia
James H. Prestegard
James H. Prestegard University of Georgia
Ron M. A. Heeren
Ron M. A. Heeren Maastricht University
Fred W. McLafferty
Fred W. McLafferty Cornell University
Ying Xu
Ying Xu University of Georgia

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