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ArticlePhotosynthesis research2020

Remembering Melvin Calvin (1911-1997), a highly versatile scientist of the 20th century.

Govindjee Govindjee, Arthur Nonomura, Hartmut K Lichtenthaler

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Article in Photosynthesis research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Govindjee GovindjeeDepartment of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and the Center of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. gov@illinois.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3774-0638
Arthur NonomuraCarbon Reactions of Photosynthesis Sector, Brandt iHammer, 479 Village Park Drive, Powell, OH, 43065-9178, USA.
Hartmut K LichtenthalerBotanisches Institut II, Molekularbiologie und Biochemie der Pflanzen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76133, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology · DEUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melvin Calvin (1911-1997) was the recipient of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the canonical photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle. We present here a very brief glimpse of this extraordinary American scientist, who in his time was a preeminent force in physical and organic chemistry. Besides natural photosynthesis, Calvin's prolific career included artificial photosynthesis, colors of organic substances, the origin of life, cancer, moon rocks, molecular basis of learning, and plant lipids & algal hydrocarbons as potential renewable sources of transport fuels.

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BotanyHistory, 20th CenturyPhotosynthesisAmerican ingenuityAndrew A. BensonCalvin LabCarbon reduction cycleJames A. BasshamMr. Photosynthesis

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PMID31792877
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