| Towards an evolutionary theory of the origin of life based on kinetics and thermodynamics R Pascal, A Pross, JD Sutherland Open biology 3 (11), 130156, 2013 | 230 | 2013 |
| Pathways for the formation and evolution of peptides in prebiotic environments G Danger, R Plasson, R Pascal Chemical Society Reviews 41 (16), 5416-5429, 2012 | 211 | 2012 |
| From the prebiotic synthesis of α-amino acids towards a primitive translation apparatus for the synthesis of peptides R Pascal, L Boiteau, A Commeyras Prebiotic chemistry, 69-122, 2005 | 156 | 2005 |
| The origin of life: what we know, what we can know and what we will never know A Pross, R Pascal Open biology 3 (3), 120190, 2013 | 132 | 2013 |
| Stability and its manifestation in the chemical and biological worlds R Pascal, A Pross Chemical Communications 51 (90), 16160-16165, 2015 | 101 | 2015 |
| Preservation of the protective group under alkaline conditions by using CaCl2. Applications in peptide synthesis R Pascal, R Sola Tetrahedron letters 39 (28), 5031-5034, 1998 | 91 | 1998 |
| Mapping a systematic ribozyme fitness landscape reveals a frustrated evolutionary network for self-aminoacylating RNA AD Pressman, Z Liu, E Janzen, C Blanco, UF Müller, GF Joyce, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (15), 6213-6223, 2019 | 83 | 2019 |
| The Peptide Formation Mediated by Cyanate Revisited. N-Carboxyanhydrides as Accessible Intermediates in the Decomposition of N-Carbamoylamino Acids G Danger, L Boiteau, H Cottet, R Pascal Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 (23), 7412-7413, 2006 | 82 | 2006 |
| A strategy for origins of life research C Scharf, N Virgo, HJ Cleaves, M Aono, N Aubert-Kato, A Aydinoglu, ... Astrobiology 15 (12), 1031-1042, 2015 | 75 | 2015 |
| Expeditious, potentially primordial, aminoacylation of nucleotides JP Biron, AL Parkes, R Pascal, JD Sutherland Angewandte Chemie 117 (41), 6889-6892, 2005 | 74 | 2005 |
| An Expeditious Multigram‐Scale Synthesis of Lysine Dendrigraft (DGL) Polymers by Aqueous N‐Carboxyanhydride Polycondensation H Collet, E Souaid, H Cottet, A Deratani, L Boiteau, G Dessalces, ... Chemistry–A European Journal 16 (7), 2309-2316, 2010 | 73 | 2010 |
| Astrobiology and the possibility of life on earth and elsewhere… H Cottin, JM Kotler, K Bartik, HJ Cleaves, CS Cockell, JPP De Vera, ... Space Science Reviews 209, 1-42, 2017 | 63 | 2017 |
| A computational analysis of intramolecularity in proton transfer reactions R Karaman, R Pascal Organic & biomolecular chemistry 8 (22), 5174-5178, 2010 | 63 | 2010 |
| Amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides: activated peptide monomers behaving as phosphate-activating agents in aqueous solution JP Biron, R Pascal Journal of the American Chemical Society 126 (30), 9198-9199, 2004 | 63 | 2004 |
| 5 (4 H)-Oxazolones as Intermediates in the Carbodiimide-and Cyanamide-Promoted Peptide Activations in Aqueous Solution. G Danger, A Michaut, M Bucchi, L Boiteau, J Canal, R Plasson, R Pascal Angewandte Chemie 125 (2), 2013 | 59 | 2013 |
| Systemes de Strecker et apparentes—X: decomposition et hydratation en milieu aqueux basique des α-aminonitriles secondaires. Processus d'hydratation autocatalytique et … R Pascal, J Taillades, A Commeyras Tetrahedron 34 (15), 2275-2281, 1978 | 56 | 1978 |
| Fatty acids' double role in the prebiotic formation of a hydrophobic dipeptide S Murillo-Sánchez, D Beaufils, JMG Mañas, R Pascal, K Ruiz-Mirazo Chemical Science 7 (5), 3406-3413, 2016 | 54 | 2016 |
| Catalysis through induced intramolecularity: what can be learned by mimicking enzymes with carbonyl compounds that covalently bind substrates? R Pascal European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2003 (10), 1813-1824, 2003 | 54 | 2003 |
| How and why kinetics, thermodynamics, and chemistry induce the logic of biological evolution A Pross, R Pascal Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 13 (1), 665-674, 2017 | 53 | 2017 |
| How prebiotic chemistry and early life chose phosphate Z Liu, JC Rossi, R Pascal Life 9 (1), 26, 2019 | 52 | 2019 |
