A. Warshel

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

A. Warshel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Warshel has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in A. Warshel's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (4 papers). A. Warshel is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (4 papers). A. Warshel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. A. Warshel's co-authors include Claudia Schütz, Martin Karplus, Walther Parson, Fredy Sussman, Jenn-Kang Hwang, Robert M. Weiss, Johan Åqvist, Steven Creighton, Arno Papazyan and Ingo Muegge and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

A. Warshel

15 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

What are the dielectric “constants” of ... 1972 2026 1990 2008 2001 1972 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. What are the dielectric “constants” of proteins and how to validate electrostatic models?
    2001 782 citations Claudia Schütz, A. Warshel Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics profile →
  2. Calculation of ground and excited state potential surfaces of conjugated molecules. I. Formulation and parametrization
    1972 631 citations A. Warshel, Martin Karplus Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Warshel United States 13 1.4k 1.1k 667 532 358 15 2.5k
Menachem Gutman Israel 32 1.8k 1.3× 793 0.8× 583 0.9× 304 0.6× 313 0.9× 109 2.9k
O. Tapia Sweden 35 2.4k 1.8× 1.4k 1.4× 647 1.0× 675 1.3× 909 2.5× 210 4.6k
Zhen T. Chu United States 21 1.8k 1.3× 699 0.7× 286 0.4× 446 0.8× 227 0.6× 29 2.3k
Godfrey S. Beddard United Kingdom 30 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 751 1.1× 751 1.4× 333 0.9× 101 2.9k
Alessandro Cembran United States 26 1.0k 0.7× 630 0.6× 482 0.7× 817 1.5× 321 0.9× 44 2.3k
Xiche Hu United States 24 2.0k 1.5× 1.8k 1.7× 364 0.5× 640 1.2× 229 0.6× 44 3.3k
G. Matthias Ullmann Germany 36 2.6k 1.9× 806 0.8× 246 0.4× 566 1.1× 344 1.0× 110 3.6k
Mitsunori Kato United States 12 1.6k 1.2× 586 0.6× 214 0.3× 555 1.0× 289 0.8× 18 2.4k
Alexander A. Rashin United States 21 1.6k 1.2× 718 0.7× 389 0.6× 794 1.5× 319 0.9× 34 2.5k
Arthur G. Szabo Canada 34 2.0k 1.5× 683 0.6× 719 1.1× 792 1.5× 501 1.4× 114 3.7k

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Schütz, Claudia & A. Warshel. (2001). What are the dielectric “constants” of proteins and how to validate electrostatic models?. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 44(4). 400–417. 782 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mehler, Ernest L. & A. Warshel. (2000). Comment on ?a fast and simple method to calculate protonation states in proteins?. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 40(1). 1–3. 8 indexed citations
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Warshel, A., Arno Papazyan, & Ingo Muegge. (1997). Microscopic and semimacroscopic redox calculations: what can and cannot be learned from continuum models. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 2(1). 143–152. 87 indexed citations
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Hwang, J.-K. & A. Warshel. (1997). On the relationship between the dispersed polaron and spin-boson models. Chemical Physics Letters. 271(4-6). 223–225. 18 indexed citations
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Schweins, Thomas, Matthias Geyer, Hans Robert Kalbitzer, A. Wittinghofer, & A. Warshel. (1996). Linear Free Energy Relationships in the Intrinsic and GTPase Activating Protein-Stimulated Guanosine 5‘-Triphosphate Hydrolysis of p21ras. Biochemistry. 35(45). 14225–14231. 64 indexed citations
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Warshel, A., Z. T. Chu, & William W. Parson. (1994). On the energetics of the primary electron-transfer process in bacterial reaction centers. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 82(1-3). 123–128. 42 indexed citations
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Warshel, A. & Walther Parson. (1991). Computer Simulations of Electron-Transfer Reactions in Solution and in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 42(1). 279–309. 164 indexed citations
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Warshel, A.. (1991). Computer Simulations Of Electron-Transfer Reactions In Solution And In Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 42(1). 279–309. 146 indexed citations
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Warshel, A., Johan Åqvist, & Steven Creighton. (1989). Enzymes work by solvation substitution rather than by desolvation.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(15). 5820–5824. 118 indexed citations
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Warshel, A., Fredy Sussman, & Jenn-Kang Hwang. (1988). Evaluation of catalytic free energies in genetically modified proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 201(1). 139–159. 156 indexed citations
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Warshel, A. & Fredy Sussman. (1986). Toward computer-aided site-directed mutagenesis of enzymes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(11). 3806–3810. 50 indexed citations
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Warshel, A., Antonie K. Churg, & Robert Huber. (1983). Converting structural changes upon oxidation of cytochrome c to electrostatic reorganization energy. Journal of Molecular Biology. 168(3). 693–697. 9 indexed citations
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Weiss, Robert M. & A. Warshel. (1979). A new view of the dynamics of singlet cis-trans photoisomerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 101(20). 6131–6133. 82 indexed citations
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Warshel, A.. (1975). Calculation of vibronic structure of the π→π* transition of t r a n s- and c i s-stilbene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 62(1). 214–221. 160 indexed citations
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Warshel, A. & Martin Karplus. (1972). Calculation of ground and excited state potential surfaces of conjugated molecules. I. Formulation and parametrization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94(16). 5612–5625. 631 indexed citations breakdown →

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