Alfonso Mondragón

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Alfonso Mondragón is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfonso Mondragón has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Alfonso Mondragón's work include Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (29 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers). Alfonso Mondragón is often cited by papers focused on Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (29 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers). Alfonso Mondragón collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and United Kingdom. Alfonso Mondragón's co-authors include Tao Pan, Thomas V. O’Halloran, Anita Changela, Andrey S. Krasilnikov, Yi Xue, Ruby I. MacDonald, Russell J. DiGate, Christopher D. Lima, Alfredo Torres‐Larios and Kerren K. Swinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alfonso Mondragón

91 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular Basis of Metal-Ion Selectivity and Ze... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2003 1984 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Molecular Basis of Metal-Ion Selectivity and Zeptomolar Sensitivity by CueR
    2003 518 citations Anita Changela, Kui Chen et al. Science profile →
  2. Correlation between segmental mobility and the location of antigenic determinants in proteins
    1984 493 citations Alfonso Mondragón et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alfonso Mondragón United States 37 3.4k 566 494 472 424 92 4.8k
Giorgio Colombo Italy 47 5.9k 1.8× 356 0.6× 152 0.3× 489 1.0× 551 1.3× 262 7.7k
David Neuhaus United Kingdom 44 4.6k 1.4× 720 1.3× 296 0.6× 1.0k 2.2× 146 0.3× 102 6.6k
Michael A. Baldwin United States 39 4.3k 1.3× 317 0.6× 1.1k 2.2× 237 0.5× 494 1.2× 99 6.1k
Sarah Rauscher Canada 14 4.3k 1.3× 434 0.8× 115 0.2× 273 0.6× 451 1.1× 32 5.8k
Richard A. Engh Germany 39 5.0k 1.5× 456 0.8× 229 0.5× 1.3k 2.7× 316 0.7× 99 8.0k
Martial Piotto France 28 4.4k 1.3× 316 0.6× 152 0.3× 371 0.8× 227 0.5× 78 6.1k
Ting Ran China 19 4.1k 1.2× 259 0.5× 106 0.2× 376 0.8× 344 0.8× 60 5.7k
Jerson L. Silva Brazil 53 6.3k 1.9× 333 0.6× 559 1.1× 1.2k 2.6× 1.1k 2.6× 233 9.0k
Elizabeth A. Komives United States 51 5.4k 1.6× 493 0.9× 140 0.3× 341 0.7× 486 1.1× 197 7.8k
Alexandre Urzhumtsev France 25 6.2k 1.9× 911 1.6× 198 0.4× 548 1.2× 239 0.6× 103 8.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Alfonso Mondragón

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alfonso Mondragón

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alfonso Mondragón

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rahnamoun, Homa, Bei Liu, Prachi Patel, et al.. (2024). RNA interacts with topoisomerase I to adjust DNA topology. Molecular Cell. 84(17). 3192–3208.e11. 5 indexed citations
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Paul, Sneha, et al.. (2024). Translational T-box riboswitches bind tRNA by modulating conformational flexibility. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6592–6592. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Lei, et al.. (2019). Structural organization of a Type III-A CRISPR effector subcomplex determined by X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(7). 3765–3783. 7 indexed citations
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Chan, Clarence W., et al.. (2018). Crystal Structure of Human Rpp20/Rpp25 Reveals Quaternary Level Adaptation of the Alba Scaffold as Structural Basis for Single-stranded RNA Binding. Journal of Molecular Biology. 430(10). 1403–1416. 7 indexed citations
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Yildirim, Ilyas, et al.. (2015). Allosteric transcriptional regulation via changes in the overall topology of the core promoter. Science. 349(6250). 877–881. 119 indexed citations
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Reiter, Nicholas J., et al.. (2012). The bacterial ribonuclease P holoenzyme requires specific, conserved residues for efficient catalysis and substrate positioning. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(20). 10384–10393. 16 indexed citations
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Marko, John F., et al.. (2012). Bacterial topoisomerase I and topoisomerase III relax supercoiled DNA via distinct pathways. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(20). 10432–10440. 43 indexed citations
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Patel, Asmita V., et al.. (2010). Crystal Structure of a Bacterial Topoisomerase IB in Complex with DNA Reveals a Secondary DNA Binding Site. Structure. 18(6). 725–733. 25 indexed citations
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Mondragón, Alfonso. (2009). Manuel Sandoval Vallarta y la física en México. Ciencias (México, D.F.). 32–39. 1 indexed citations
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Alvarez, Hamsell M., et al.. (2009). Tetrathiomolybdate Inhibits Copper Trafficking Proteins Through Metal Cluster Formation. Science. 327(5963). 331–334. 161 indexed citations
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Mondragón, Alfonso, et al.. (2007). Crossings and Anticrossings of Unbound States. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 46(8). 1890–1913. 3 indexed citations
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Changela, Anita, Russell J. DiGate, & Alfonso Mondragón. (2007). Structural Studies of E. coli Topoisomerase III-DNA Complexes Reveal a Novel Type IA Topoisomerase-DNA Conformational Intermediate. Journal of Molecular Biology. 368(1). 105–118. 31 indexed citations
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Mondragón, Alfonso, et al.. (2005). Energy eigenvalue surfaces close to a degeneracy of unbound states: Crossings and anticrossings of energies and widths. Physical Review E. 72(2). 26221–26221. 15 indexed citations
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Changela, Anita, Kui Chen, Yi Xue, et al.. (2003). Molecular Basis of Metal-Ion Selectivity and Zeptomolar Sensitivity by CueR. Science. 301(5638). 1383–1387. 518 indexed citations breakdown →
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Krasilnikov, Andrey S., Xiaojing Yang, Tao Pan, & Alfonso Mondragón. (2003). Crystal structure of the specificity domain of ribonuclease P. Nature. 421(6924). 760–764. 183 indexed citations
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Li, Zhiyu, Alfonso Mondragón, & Russell J. DiGate. (2001). The Mechanism of Type IA Topoisomerase-Mediated DNA Topological Transformations. Molecular Cell. 7(2). 301–307. 45 indexed citations
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Mondragón, Alfonso. (1999). Manuel Sandoval Vallarta: iniciador de la Física Teórica e impulsor de la ciencia en México. 13(3). 109–119.
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Sharma, Amit Raj & Alfonso Mondragón. (1995). DNA topoisomerases. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 5(1). 39–47. 29 indexed citations
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Mondragón, Alfonso & Eduardo Hernández. (1993). Degeneracy and crossing of resonance energy surfaces. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 26(20). 5595–5611. 48 indexed citations

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