Bert L. de Groot

32.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
229 papers, 21.3k citations indexed

About

Bert L. de Groot is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert L. de Groot has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 21.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Materials Chemistry and 38 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Bert L. de Groot's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (108 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (43 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (39 papers). Bert L. de Groot is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (108 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (43 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (39 papers). Bert L. de Groot collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Bert L. de Groot's co-authors include Helmut Grubmüller, Daniel Seeliger, Jochen S. Hub, Sarah Rauscher, Grzegorz Nawrocki, Michael Feig, Ting Ran, Jing Huang, David van der Spoel and Vytautas Gapsys and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Bert L. de Groot

225 papers receiving 21.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

CHARMM36m: an improved force field for folded and intrinsically disordered proteins

2016 4.5k citations Bert L. de Groot, Helmut Grubmüller et al. profile →
Ligand docking and binding site analysis with PyMOL and Autodock/Vina

2010 1.8k citations Daniel Seeliger, Bert L. de Groot Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design profile →
g_wham—A Free Weighted Histogram Analysis Implementation Including Robust Error and Autocorrelation Estimates

2010 1.3k citations Bert L. de Groot et al. profile →
Recognition Dynamics Up to Microseconds Revealed from an RDC-Derived Ubiquitin Ensemble in Solution

2008 839 citations Gunnar F. Schröder, Stefan Becker et al. profile →
Water Permeation Across Biological Membranes: Mechanism and Dynamics of Aquaporin-1 and GlpF

2001 709 citations Bert L. de Groot, Helmut Grubmüller profile →
More bang for your buck: Improved use of GPU nodes for GROMACS 2018

2019 297 citations Carsten Kutzner, Bert L. de Groot et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bert L. de Groot Germany	66	15.7k	3.4k	2.4k	2.1k	2.0k	229	21.3k
Wonpil Im United States	64	20.2k 1.3×	2.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	3.1k 1.5×	319	27.4k
Michael Feig United States	54	16.6k 1.1×	4.4k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.4×	176	21.3k
James C. Gumbart United States	41	14.0k 0.9×	3.2k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	154	20.5k
Szilárd Páll Sweden	6	13.3k 0.9×	4.0k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	15	24.9k
Roland Schulz United States	13	13.0k 0.8×	3.8k 1.1×	2.9k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	23	24.7k
Laxmikant V. Kalé United States	41	11.3k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	293	22.6k
Helmut Grubmüller Germany	73	16.2k 1.0×	3.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	4.4k 2.2×	259	22.9k
Elizabeth Villa United States	39	14.0k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	83	20.5k
Christophe Chipot France	54	16.0k 1.0×	4.4k 1.3×	2.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	4.5k 2.2×	241	24.5k
Robert D. Skeel United States	36	12.4k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	105	20.9k

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Hehlert, Philip, Thomas Effertz, Ruo‐Xu Gu, et al.. (2025). NOMPC ion channel hinge forms a gating spring that initiates mechanosensation. Nature Neuroscience. 28(2). 259–267. 3 indexed citations

Matthes, Dirk, Hisham Mazal, Kumar Tekwani Movellan, et al.. (2025). Lipidic folding pathway of α-Synuclein via a toxic oligomer. Nature Communications. 16(1). 760–760. 8 indexed citations

Vries, Ronald de, et al.. (2025). Effective polarization in potassium channel simulations: Ion conductance, occupancy, voltage response, and selectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(21). e2423866122–e2423866122. 5 indexed citations

Frieg, Benedikt, Dirk Matthes, Andrei Leonov, et al.. (2025). Anle138b binds predominantly to the central cavity in lipidic Aβ₄₀ fibrils and modulates fibril formation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8850–8850.

Chiu, Po‐Lin, et al.. (2024). Structure and dynamics of cholesterol-mediated aquaporin-0 arrays and implications for lipid rafts. eLife. 12.

Matthes, Dirk, Rıza Dervişoğlu, Benedikt Frieg, et al.. (2022). The clinical drug candidate anle138b binds in a cavity of lipidic α-synuclein fibrils. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5385–5385. 34 indexed citations

Najbauer, Eszter E., Stefan Becker, Karin Giller, et al.. (2021). Structure, gating and interactions of the voltage-dependent anion channel. European Biophysics Journal. 50(2). 159–172. 37 indexed citations

Roy, Raktim N., Wojciech Kopeć, Kevin L. Weiss, et al.. (2021). Structural plasticity of the selectivity filter in a nonselective ion channel. IUCrJ. 8(3). 421–430. 11 indexed citations

Kim, Boram, Vytautas Gapsys, Jun‐Goo Jee, et al.. (2021). Repositioning Food and Drug Administration-Approved Drugs for Inhibiting Biliverdin IXβ Reductase B as a Novel Thrombocytopenia Therapeutic Target. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(3). 2548–2557. 3 indexed citations

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Vandavasi, Venu Gopal, Wojciech Kopeć, Brendan Sullivan, et al.. (2020). The structure of a potassium-selective ion channel reveals a hydrophobic gate regulating ion permeation. IUCrJ. 7(5). 835–843. 6 indexed citations

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Pappenheim, Fabian Rabe von, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for antibiotic action of the B1 antivitamin 2′-methoxy-thiamine. Nature Chemical Biology. 16(11). 1237–1245. 18 indexed citations

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Gapsys, Vytautas, Hauke Walter, Eva Heger, et al.. (2020). Non-active site mutants of HIV-1 protease influence resistance and sensitisation towards protease inhibitors. Retrovirology. 17(1). 13–13. 14 indexed citations

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Smith, Colin A., Artur Mazur, Ashok K. Rout, et al.. (2019). Enhancing NMR derived ensembles with kinetics on multiple timescales. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 74(1). 27–43. 10 indexed citations

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Assentoft, Mette, et al.. (2016). Aquaporin 4 as a NH3 Channel. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(36). 19184–19195. 24 indexed citations

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Kaptan, Shreyas, Mette Assentoft, Robert A. Fenton, et al.. (2015). H95 Is a pH-Dependent Gate in Aquaporin 4. Structure. 23(12). 2309–2318. 44 indexed citations

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Kutzner, Carsten, Helmut Grubmüller, Bert L. de Groot, & Ulrich Zachariae. (2011). Computational Electrophysiology: The Molecular Dynamics of Ion Channel Permeation and Selectivity in Atomistic Detail. Biophysical Journal. 101(4). 809–817. 173 indexed citations

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Seeliger, Daniel & Bert L. de Groot. (2010). Ligand docking and binding site analysis with PyMOL and Autodock/Vina. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 24(5). 417–422. 1809 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fenton, Robert A., Hanne B. Moeller, Søren B. Nielsen, Bert L. de Groot, & Michael Rützler. (2009). A plate reader-based method for cell water permeability measurement. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 298(1). F224–F230. 23 indexed citations

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Detmers, Frank, Bert L. de Groot, Andrew Hinton, et al.. (2006). Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Water Channel Blockers. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(20). 14207–14214. 118 indexed citations

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Saparov, Sapar M., Lo′ay A. Al-Momani, Guillem Portella, et al.. (2006). Mobility of a One-Dimensional Confined File of Water Molecules as a Function of File Length. Physical Review Letters. 96(14). 148101–148101. 42 indexed citations

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