| A model for photoreceptor-based magnetoreception in birds T Ritz, S Adem, K Schulten Biophysical journal 78 (2), 707-718, 2000 | 1401 | 2000 |
| The cryptochromes: blue light photoreceptors in plants and animals I Chaves, R Pokorny, M Byrdin, N Hoang, T Ritz, K Brettel, LO Essen, ... Annual review of plant biology 62 (1), 335-364, 2011 | 967 | 2011 |
| Resonance effects indicate a radical-pair mechanism for avian magnetic compass T Ritz, P Thalau, JB Phillips, R Wiltschko, W Wiltschko Nature 429 (6988), 177-180, 2004 | 742 | 2004 |
| Architecture and mechanism of the light-harvesting apparatus of purple bacteria X Hu, A Damjanoviæ, T Ritz, K Schulten Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95 (11), 5935-5941, 1998 | 551 | 1998 |
| Photosynthetic apparatus of purple bacteria X Hu, T Ritz, A Damjanoviæ, F Autenrieth, K Schulten Quarterly reviews of biophysics 35 (1), 1-62, 2002 | 483 | 2002 |
| Magnetic compass of birds is based on a molecule with optimal directional sensitivity T Ritz, R Wiltschko, PJ Hore, CT Rodgers, K Stapput, P Thalau, ... Biophysical journal 96 (8), 3451-3457, 2009 | 400 | 2009 |
| Pigment organization and transfer of electronic excitation in the photosynthetic unit of purple bacteria X Hu, T Ritz, A Damjanoviæ, K Schulten The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 101 (19), 3854-3871, 1997 | 372 | 1997 |
| Magnetic intensity affects cryptochrome-dependent responses in Arabidopsis thaliana M Ahmad, P Galland, T Ritz, R Wiltschko, W Wiltschko Planta 225, 615-624, 2007 | 291 | 2007 |
| Magnetoreception and its use in bird navigation H Mouritsen, T Ritz Current opinion in neurobiology 15 (4), 406-414, 2005 | 285 | 2005 |
| Magnetic compass orientation of migratory birds in the presence of a 1.315 MHz oscillating field P Thalau, T Ritz, K Stapput, R Wiltschko, W Wiltschko Naturwissenschaften 92, 86-90, 2005 | 237 | 2005 |
| Energy transfer between carotenoids and bacteriochlorophylls in light-harvesting complex II of purple bacteria A Damjanoviæ, T Ritz, K Schulten Physical Review E 59 (3), 3293, 1999 | 211 | 1999 |
| Efficient light harvesting through carotenoids T Ritz, A Damjanoviæ, K Schulten, JP Zhang, Y Koyama Photosynthesis Research 66, 125-144, 2000 | 199 | 2000 |
| Anisotropic recombination of an immobilized photoinduced radical pair in a 50-μT magnetic field: a model avian photomagnetoreceptor F Cintolesi, T Ritz, CWM Kay, CR Timmel, PJ Hore Chemical Physics 294 (3), 385-399, 2003 | 190 | 2003 |
| Kinetics of excitation migration and trapping in the photosynthetic unit of purple bacteria T Ritz, S Park, K Schulten The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 105 (34), 8259-8267, 2001 | 185 | 2001 |
| The quantum physics of photosynthesis T Ritz, A Damjanoviæ, K Schulten ChemPhysChem 3 (3), 243-248, 2002 | 177 | 2002 |
| Photoreceptor-based magnetoreception: optimal design of receptor molecules, cells, and neuronal processing T Ritz, M Ahmad, H Mouritsen, R Wiltschko, W Wiltschko Journal of the Royal Society Interface 7 (suppl_2), S135-S146, 2010 | 176 | 2010 |
| Robustness and optimality of light harvesting in cyanobacterial photosystem I MK Sener, D Lu, T Ritz, S Park, P Fromme, K Schulten The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 106 (32), 7948-7960, 2002 | 175 | 2002 |
| Excitation transfer in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein of Amphidinium carterae A Damjanoviæ, T Ritz, K Schulten Biophysical journal 79 (4), 1695-1705, 2000 | 162 | 2000 |
| The magnetic compass of domestic chickens, Gallus gallus W Wiltschko, R Freire, U Munro, T Ritz, L Rogers, P Thalau, R Wiltschko Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (13), 2300-2310, 2007 | 131 | 2007 |
| The magnetic compass mechanisms of birds and rodents are based on different physical principles P Thalau, T Ritz, H Burda, RE Wegner, R Wiltschko Journal of the royal Society Interface 3 (9), 583-587, 2006 | 123 | 2006 |
John B PhillipsProfessor of Biological Sciences, Virginia TechVerified email at vt.edu
