Ali Punjani

14.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
16 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Ali Punjani is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ali Punjani has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Structural Biology, 6 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ali Punjani's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (11 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (6 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (3 papers). Ali Punjani is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (11 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (6 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (3 papers). Ali Punjani collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Brazil and United States. Ali Punjani's co-authors include David J. Fleet, Marcus A. Brubaker, John L. Rubinstein, Haowei Zhang, Pieter Abbeel and Mohammad Norouzi and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Nature Methods and Journal of Structural Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ali Punjani

16 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

cryoSPARC: algorithms for rapid unsupervised cryo-EM stru... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2020 2021 2023 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. cryoSPARC: algorithms for rapid unsupervised cryo-EM structure determination
    2017 5.4k citations Ali Punjani, John L. Rubinstein et al. Nature Methods profile →
  2. Non-uniform refinement: adaptive regularization improves single-particle cryo-EM reconstruction
    2020 892 citations Ali Punjani, Haowei Zhang et al. Nature Methods profile →
  3. 3D variability analysis: Resolving continuous flexibility and discrete heterogeneity from single particle cryo-EM
    2021 577 citations Ali Punjani, David J. Fleet Journal of Structural Biology profile →
  4. 3DFlex: determining structure and motion of flexible proteins from cryo-EM
    2023 125 citations Ali Punjani, David J. Fleet Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ali Punjani Canada 11 4.9k 898 717 707 667 16 7.5k
Kliment A. Verba United States 9 4.3k 0.9× 648 0.7× 531 0.7× 643 0.9× 544 0.8× 19 5.9k
Jean‐Paul Armache United States 23 6.5k 1.3× 869 1.0× 595 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 604 0.9× 41 8.7k
Eugene Palovcak United States 10 4.1k 0.8× 718 0.8× 534 0.7× 675 1.0× 496 0.7× 13 5.9k
Takanori Nakane Japan 32 6.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.5× 720 1.0× 1.0k 1.5× 57 8.7k
Dari Kimanius United Kingdom 14 4.1k 0.8× 904 1.0× 527 0.7× 531 0.8× 562 0.8× 22 5.8k
Shawn Zheng United States 14 5.2k 1.1× 1.7k 1.8× 931 1.3× 856 1.2× 742 1.1× 19 8.0k
Jasenko Zivanov United Kingdom 10 4.3k 0.9× 772 0.9× 1.0k 1.4× 507 0.7× 474 0.7× 13 6.4k
Wim J. H. Hagen Germany 35 5.7k 1.2× 1.5k 1.7× 1.1k 1.5× 706 1.0× 721 1.1× 57 8.5k
Zhe Chen United States 42 3.6k 0.7× 586 0.7× 598 0.8× 448 0.6× 334 0.5× 123 6.0k
Martin Beck Germany 55 8.8k 1.8× 1.4k 1.6× 652 0.9× 550 0.8× 791 1.2× 136 11.6k

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Punjani, Ali & David J. Fleet. (2023). 3D Flexible Refinement: Determining Structure and Motion of Flexible Proteins from Cryo-EM. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29(Supplement_1). 1024–1024. 4 indexed citations
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Punjani, Ali & David J. Fleet. (2023). 3DFlex: determining structure and motion of flexible proteins from cryo-EM. Nature Methods. 20(6). 860–870. 125 indexed citations breakdown →
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Punjani, Ali & David J. Fleet. (2022). 3D Flexible Refinement: Structure and Motion of Flexible Proteins from Cryo-EM. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 28(S1). 1218–1218. 17 indexed citations
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Punjani, Ali & David J. Fleet. (2021). 3D variability analysis: Resolving continuous flexibility and discrete heterogeneity from single particle cryo-EM. Journal of Structural Biology. 213(2). 107702–107702. 577 indexed citations breakdown →
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Punjani, Ali & David J. Fleet. (2021). Advances in modelling continuous heterogeneity from single-particle cryo-EM data. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 77(a1). a235–a235. 1 indexed citations
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Punjani, Ali. (2021). Real-time cryo-EM structure determination. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 27(S1). 1156–1157. 10 indexed citations
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Punjani, Ali, Haowei Zhang, & David J. Fleet. (2020). Non-uniform refinement: adaptive regularization improves single-particle cryo-EM reconstruction. Nature Methods. 17(12). 1214–1221. 892 indexed citations breakdown →
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Punjani, Ali. (2020). Algorithmic Advances in Single Particle Cryo-EM Data Processing Using CryoSPARC. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 26(S2). 2322–2323. 18 indexed citations
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Punjani, Ali, John L. Rubinstein, David J. Fleet, & Marcus A. Brubaker. (2017). cryoSPARC: algorithms for rapid unsupervised cryo-EM structure determination. Nature Methods. 14(3). 290–296. 5446 indexed citations breakdown →
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Punjani, Ali, John L. Rubinstein, David J. Fleet, & Marcus A. Brubaker. (2017). Protocol for rapid unsupervised cryo-EM structure determination using cryoSPARC software. Protocol Exchange. 5 indexed citations
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Punjani, Ali, et al.. (2017). Automated attendance management system using face recognition. 7 indexed citations
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Punjani, Ali, Marcus A. Brubaker, & David J. Fleet. (2016). Building Proteins in a Day: Efficient 3D Molecular Structure Estimation with Electron Cryomicroscopy. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 39(4). 706–718. 38 indexed citations
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Punjani, Ali & Pieter Abbeel. (2015). Deep learning helicopter dynamics models. 3223–3230. 116 indexed citations
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Norouzi, Mohammad, Ali Punjani, & David J. Fleet. (2014). Fast Exact Search in Hamming Space With Multi-Index Hashing. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 36(6). 1107–1119. 102 indexed citations
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Punjani, Ali & Pieter Abbeel. (2014). Machine Learning for Helicopter Dynamics Models. 1 indexed citations
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Punjani, Ali, et al.. (2012). Fast search in Hamming space with multi-index hashing. 3108–3115. 168 indexed citations

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