2026 I. Jonathan Amster: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	47	15512	13992	3916	3215	173	10113

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

1480
Citations
How many human proteoforms are there

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

1011
Citations
Fourier transform mass spectrometry

I. Jonathan Amster

537
Citations
Oligosaccharide analysis by mass spectrometry: A review of recent developments

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

423
Citations
Modular synthesis of heparan sulfate oligosaccharides for structure-activity relationship studies.

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

299
Citations
Proton affinities of the 20 common .alpha.-amino acids

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

244
Citations
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

234
Citations
The proteoglycan bikunin has a defined sequence.

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

211
Citations
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

207
Citations
Electron detachment dissociation of glycosaminoglycan tetrasaccharides

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

197
Citations
Novel pathway for assimilation of dimethylsulphoniopropionate widespread in marine bacteria

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

187
Citations
Remeasurement of ions using quadrupolar excitation Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance spectrometry.

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

172
Citations
Distinguishing Glucuronic from Iduronic Acid in Glycosaminoglycan Tetrasaccharides by Using Electron Detachment Dissociation

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

165
Citations
Negative electron transfer dissociation of glycosaminoglycans

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

156
Citations
Developments in analytical fourier-transform mass spectrometry

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

147
Citations
Photoinduced polymerization of solid C70 films

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

133
Citations
Electron-induced dissociation of glycosaminoglycan tetrasaccharides.

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

122
Citations
Peptide mixture sequencing by tandem Fourier-transform mass spectrometry

R B Cody;I J Amster;F W McLafferty

113
Citations
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

109
Citations
Laser desorption mass spectrometry of photopolymerized fullerene (C60) films

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

108
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Linhardt Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Geert-Jan Boons University of Georgia

Fuming Zhang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Keith A. Johnson Harvard University

Kelley W. Moremen University of Georgia

Robert J. Woods University of Georgia

James H. Prestegard University of Georgia

Ron M. A. Heeren Maastricht University

Fred W. McLafferty Cornell University

Ying Xu University of Georgia

External Links

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