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57
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11129
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11127
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3037

Melvin Y. Okamura 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 Melvin Y. Okamura sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 151 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Melvin Y. Okamura 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 Melvin Y. Okamura sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Melvin Y. Okamura is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their academic profile reflects a research career linked to this institution, although specific details about research areas, publications, and collaborations are not provided.

The available data does not list any recent papers authored or co-authored by Melvin Y. Okamura. Similarly, there is no information on frequent co-authors or collaborative networks that would indicate ongoing research partnerships.

No records are available regarding the venues where Melvin Y. Okamura has published research, including journals or conferences. This absence extends to book publications and publishers, about which no data is noted.

There is no detailed information concerning their main fields of study, subfields, or primary research topics. Consequently, the scope of their scientific inquiries and contributions remains unspecified in the provided data.

No awards or honors have been documented for Melvin Y. Okamura, and there is no indication that they are deceased.

Best Publications

  • Structure and function of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centres

    G. Feher;J. P. Allen;M. Y. Okamura;D. C. Rees

  • Primary acceptor in bacterial photosynthesis: obligatory role of ubiquinone in photoactive reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides.

    M Y Okamura;R A Isaacson;G Feher

  • Proton and electron transfer in bacterial reaction centers.

    M.Y Okamura;M.L Paddock;M.S Graige;G Feher

  • Electron-transfer kinetics in photosynthetic reaction centers cooled to cryogenic temperatures in the charge-separated state: evidence for light-induced structural changes.

    D. Kleinfeld;M. Y. Okamura;George Feher

  • Protonation of interacting residues in a protein by a Monte Carlo method: application to lysozyme and the photosynthetic reaction center of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    P Beroza;D R Fredkin;M Y Okamura;G Feher

  • Pathway of proton transfer in bacterial reaction centers: replacement of glutamic acid 212 in the L subunit by glutamine inhibits quinone (secondary acceptor) turnover.

    M L Paddock;S H Rongey;G Feher;M Y Okamura

  • Iron-depleted reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26.1: characterization and reconstitution with Fe2+, Mn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+.

    R. J. Debus;G. Feher;M. Y. Okamura

  • Electron transfer in reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. I. Determination of the charge recombination pathway of D+QAQ(-)B and free energy and kinetic relations between Q(-)AQB and QAQ(-)B.

    D. Kleinfeld;M.Y. Okamura;G. Feher

  • Conformational gating of the electron transfer reaction QA-.QB --> QAQB-. in bacterial reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides determined by a driving force assay.

    M. S. Graige;G. Feher;M. Y. Okamura

  • Spectroscopic and kinetic properties of the transient intermediate acceptor in reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides.

    M.Y. Okamura;R.A. Isaacson;G. Feher

  • Identification of an electron acceptor in reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides by EPR spectroscopy

    G. Feher;M.Y. Okamura;J.D. McElroy

  • Mechanism of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer for Quinone (QB) Reduction in Reaction Centers of Rb. Sphaeroides

    M. S. Graige;M. L. Paddock;J. M. Bruce;G. Feher

  • Electrostatic calculations of amino acid titration and electron transfer, Q-AQB-->QAQ-B, in the reaction center

    P. Beroza;D.R. Fredkin;M.Y. Okamura;G. Feher

  • Light-induced proton uptake by photosynthetic reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26. I. Protonation of the one-electron states D+QA−, DQA−, D+QAQB−, and DQAQB−☆

    P.H. McPherson;M.Y. Okamura;G. Feher

  • X-ray structure determination of the cytochrome c2: reaction center electron transfer complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    Herbert L. Axelrod;Edward C. Abresch;Melvin Y. Okamura;Andrew P. Yeh

  • Characterization of reaction centers from photosynthetic bacteria. I. Subunit structure of the protein mediating the primary photochemistry in Rhodopseudomonas spheroides R-26.

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  • Pathway of proton transfer in bacterial reaction centers: replacement of serine-L223 by alanine inhibits electron and proton transfers associated with reduction of quinone to dihydroquinone

    M L Paddock;P H McPherson;G Feher;M Y Okamura

  • The effect of an applied electric field on the charge recombination kinetics in reaction centers reconstituted in planar lipid bilayers

    A. Gopher;Y. Blatt;M. Schönfeld;M.Y. Okamura

  • LM complex of reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26: characterization and reconstitution with the H subunit

    R. J. Debus;G. Feher;M. Y. Okamura

  • The Stark effect in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26 and Rhodopseudomonas viridis.

    M Lösche;G Feher;M Y Okamura

  • Pathway of proton transfer in bacterial reaction centers : role of aspartate-L213 in proton transfers associated with reduction of quinone to dihydroquinone

    Paddock Ml;Rongey Sh;McPherson Ph;Juth A

Frequent Co-Authors

David Kleinfeld
David Kleinfeld University of California, San Diego
Hideki Kandori
Hideki Kandori Nagoya Institute of Technology
Wolfgang Lubitz
Wolfgang Lubitz Max Planck Society
José N. Onuchic
José N. Onuchic Rice University
James P. Allen
James P. Allen Arizona State University
Douglas C. Rees
Douglas C. Rees California Institute of Technology
Werner Mäntele
Werner Mäntele Goethe University Frankfurt
Francis Millett
Francis Millett University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Jacques Breton
Jacques Breton CEA Saclay
Peter Brzezinski
Peter Brzezinski Stockholm University

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