Benoı̂t Roux

77.2k total citations · 12 hit papers
444 papers, 39.9k citations indexed

About

Benoı̂t Roux is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoı̂t Roux has authored 444 papers receiving a total of 39.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 327 papers in Molecular Biology, 155 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 75 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Benoı̂t Roux's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (162 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (129 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (117 papers). Benoı̂t Roux is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (162 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (129 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (117 papers). Benoı̂t Roux collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Benoı̂t Roux's co-authors include Alexander D. MacKerell, Simon Bernèche, Dmitrii Beglov, Guillaume Lamoureux, Wonpil Im, Sergei Y. Noskov, Yuqing Deng, Martin Karplus, Régis Pomès and Marc Souaille and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Benoı̂t Roux

432 papers receiving 39.5k citations

Hit Papers

The calculation of the potential of mean force using comp... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1995 1994 2001 1999 2001 400 800 1.2k
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. The calculation of the potential of mean force using computer simulations
    1995 1.4k citations Benoı̂t Roux profile →
  2. Finite representation of an infinite bulk system: Solvent boundary potential for computer simulations
    1994 848 citations Benoı̂t Roux et al. profile →
  3. Extension to the weighted histogram analysis method: combining umbrella sampling with free energy calculations
    2001 806 citations Benoı̂t Roux et al. profile →
  4. Implicit solvent models
    1999 699 citations Benoı̂t Roux, Thomas Simonson Biophysical Chemistry profile →
  5. Energetics of ion conduction through the K+ channel
    2001 638 citations Simon Bernèche, Benoı̂t Roux profile →
  6. A simple polarizable model of water based on classical Drude oscillators
    2003 570 citations Benoı̂t Roux et al. profile →
  7. Modeling induced polarization with classical Drude oscillators: Theory and molecular dynamics simulation algorithm
    2003 553 citations Benoı̂t Roux et al. profile →
  8. A polarizable model of water for molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules
    2005 544 citations Benoı̂t Roux et al. profile →
  9. Calculation of absolute protein–ligand binding free energy from computer simulations
    2005 524 citations Benoı̂t Roux et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ionic Liquids and Electrolytes Using Polarizable Force Fields
    2019 491 citations Benoı̂t Roux et al. profile →
  11. An Empirical Polarizable Force Field Based on the Classical Drude Oscillator Model: Development History and Recent Applications
    2016 474 citations Benoı̂t Roux et al. profile →
  12. The Cavity and Pore Helices in the KcsA K + Channel: Electrostatic Stabilization of Monovalent Cations
    1999 358 citations Benoı̂t Roux et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benoı̂t Roux United States 112 27.5k 11.0k 6.5k 5.6k 5.4k 444 39.9k
Alexander D. MacKerell United States 93 38.9k 1.4× 10.7k 1.0× 9.1k 1.4× 4.9k 0.9× 5.4k 1.0× 473 57.6k
Erik Lindahl Sweden 54 40.9k 1.5× 9.1k 0.8× 12.0k 1.8× 7.5k 1.3× 4.7k 0.9× 197 71.6k
Tom Darden United States 28 33.8k 1.2× 8.1k 0.7× 9.7k 1.5× 5.5k 1.0× 4.3k 0.8× 49 55.7k
David van der Spoel Sweden 57 31.8k 1.2× 10.4k 0.9× 12.3k 1.9× 7.3k 1.3× 5.5k 1.0× 168 61.7k
J. Andrew McCammon United States 118 50.8k 1.8× 12.7k 1.2× 13.7k 2.1× 4.6k 0.8× 6.4k 1.2× 841 71.8k
Andrew Dalke United States 9 26.7k 1.0× 5.1k 0.5× 13.0k 2.0× 5.9k 1.1× 3.6k 0.7× 13 56.0k
Jeffry D. Madura United States 37 24.2k 0.9× 9.7k 0.9× 8.3k 1.3× 5.5k 1.0× 4.2k 0.8× 127 43.4k
Lee G. Pedersen United States 43 29.2k 1.1× 7.8k 0.7× 8.7k 1.3× 5.2k 0.9× 4.1k 0.8× 222 50.5k
Barry Honig United States 108 37.5k 1.4× 6.9k 0.6× 9.0k 1.4× 2.9k 0.5× 4.1k 0.8× 347 51.3k
William Humphrey United States 21 24.5k 0.9× 5.2k 0.5× 12.8k 2.0× 5.9k 1.0× 3.6k 0.7× 39 53.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benoı̂t Roux

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benoı̂t Roux. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benoı̂t Roux based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Benoı̂t Roux. Benoı̂t Roux is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harris, Jonathan J., Christophe Chipot, & Benoı̂t Roux. (2024). Statistical Mechanical Theories of Membrane Permeability. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 128(38). 9183–9196. 4 indexed citations
2.
Lyubimova, Tatyana, et al.. (2024). Vibration-induced wall–bubble interactions under zero-gravity conditions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 992. 1 indexed citations
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Lemieux, M. Joanne, et al.. (2024). Probing the formation of a hetero-dimeric membrane transport complex with dual in vitro and in silico mutagenesis. Chemical Science. 15(35). 14310–14322.
4.
Shen, Rong, Benoı̂t Roux, & Eduardo Perozo. (2023). Anionic omega currents from single countercharge mutants in the voltage-sensing domain of Ci-VSP. The Journal of General Physiology. 156(1). 3 indexed citations
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Vermeulen, Bram J. A., Jing Li, Lydia Blachowicz, et al.. (2022). A distinct mechanism of C-type inactivation in the Kv-like KcsA mutant E71V. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1574–1574. 6 indexed citations
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Shen, Rong, Yilin Meng, Benoı̂t Roux, & Eduardo Perozo. (2022). Mechanism of voltage gating in the voltage-sensing phosphatase Ci-VSP. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(44). e2206649119–e2206649119. 17 indexed citations
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Roux, Benoı̂t, et al.. (2022). The emergence of protein dynamics simulations: how computational statistical mechanics met biochemistry. The European Physical Journal H. 47(1). 5 indexed citations
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Li, Ying, Andrew C. Hunt, Bingqing Liu, et al.. (2022). Metal-responsive regulation of enzyme catalysis using genetically encoded chemical switches. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1864–1864. 25 indexed citations
9.
Chen, Haochuan, Shashank Pant, Wensheng Cai, et al.. (2022). A Companion Guide to the String Method with Swarms of Trajectories: Characterization, Performance, and Pitfalls. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 18(3). 1406–1422. 17 indexed citations
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Bignucolo, Olivier, Christophe Chipot, Stephan Kellenberger, & Benoı̂t Roux. (2022). Galvani Offset Potential and Constant-pH Simulations of Membrane Proteins. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 126(36). 6868–6877. 16 indexed citations
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He, Peng, Valerie Grum‐Tokars, Ying Li, et al.. (2021). Synthesis, Characterization, and Simulation of Four-Armed Megamolecules. Biomacromolecules. 22(6). 2363–2372. 8 indexed citations
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Ramezani‐Dakhel, Hadi, Mohammad Rahimi, Young‐Ki Kim, et al.. (2018). Amphiphile-Induced Phase Transition of Liquid Crystals at Aqueous Interfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(43). 37618–37624. 24 indexed citations
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Gates, Zachary P., Michael C. Baxa, Wookyung Yu, et al.. (2017). Perplexing cooperative folding and stability of a low-sequence complexity, polyproline 2 protein lacking a hydrophobic core. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(9). 2241–2246. 27 indexed citations
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Simonson, Thomas, Gerhard Hummer, & Benoı̂t Roux. (2017). Equivalence of M- and P-Summation in Calculations of Ionic Solvation Free Energies. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121(7). 1525–1530. 14 indexed citations
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Ramezani‐Dakhel, Hadi, Monirosadat Sadati, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2017). Water Flux Induced Reorientation of Liquid Crystals. ACS Central Science. 3(12). 1345–1349. 10 indexed citations
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Kratochvil, Huong T., Joshua K. Carr, Kimberly Matulef, et al.. (2016). Instantaneous ion configurations in the K + ion channel selectivity filter revealed by 2D IR spectroscopy. Science. 353(6303). 1040–1044. 167 indexed citations
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Meng, Yilin, Diwakar Shukla, Vijay S. Pande, & Benoı̂t Roux. (2016). Transition path theory analysis of c-Src kinase activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(33). 9193–9198. 60 indexed citations
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Robertson, Janice, Lawrence G. Palmer, & Benoı̂t Roux. (2012). Multi-Ion Distributions in the Cytoplasmic Domain of Inward Rectifier Potassium Channels. Biophysical Journal. 103(3). 434–443. 6 indexed citations
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Bernèche, Simon & Benoı̂t Roux. (2003). A microscopic view of ion conduction through the K+ channel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(15). 8644–8648. 196 indexed citations
20.
Nina, Mafalda, Wonpil Im, & Benoı̂t Roux. (1999). Optimized atomic radii for protein continuum electrostatics solvation forces. Biophysical Chemistry. 78(1-2). 89–96. 89 indexed citations

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