C. Nick Pace

25.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
202 papers, 21.1k citations indexed

About

C. Nick Pace is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Nick Pace has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 21.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Molecular Biology, 77 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 65 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in C. Nick Pace's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (70 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (60 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (43 papers). C. Nick Pace is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (70 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (60 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (43 papers). C. Nick Pace collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Belgium. C. Nick Pace's co-authors include J. Martin Scholtz, Gerald R. Grimsley, Jeffrey K. Myers, Lanette Fee, F.F. Vajdos, Raymond F. Greene, Kevin L. Shaw, Jan Hermans, Saul Treviño and Bret A. Shirley and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

C. Nick Pace

200 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

How to measure and predict the molar absorption coe... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1995 1986 1995 1998 1974 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. How to measure and predict the molar absorption coefficient of a protein
    1995 3.4k citations C. Nick Pace, Gerald R. Grimsley et al. Protein Science profile →
  2. [14]Determination and analysis of urea and guanidine hydrochloride denaturation curves
    1986 2.1k citations C. Nick Pace Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →
  3. Denaturant m values and heat capacity changes: Relation to changes in accessible surface areas of protein unfolding
    1995 1.5k citations Jeffrey K. Myers, C. Nick Pace et al. Protein Science profile →
  4. A Helix Propensity Scale Based on Experimental Studies of Peptides and Proteins
    1998 841 citations C. Nick Pace, J. Martin Scholtz Biophysical Journal profile →
  5. Urea and Guanidine Hydrochloride Denaturation of Ribonuclease, Lysozyme, α-Chymotrypsin, and b-Lactoglobulin
    1974 720 citations C. Nick Pace et al. profile →
  6. The Stability of Globular Protein
    1975 587 citations C. Nick Pace et al. profile →
  7. Forces contributing to the conformational stability of proteins
    1996 516 citations C. Nick Pace et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. Nick Pace United States 60 15.7k 6.1k 1.8k 1.8k 1.4k 202 21.1k
Huan‐Xiang Zhou United States 69 14.3k 0.9× 4.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 896 0.6× 407 18.9k
Kim A. Sharp United States 65 15.7k 1.0× 4.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 150 22.7k
Bert L. de Groot Germany 66 15.7k 1.0× 3.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.2× 815 0.6× 229 21.3k
Yuji Goto Japan 79 15.7k 1.0× 4.2k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 377 21.7k
Michael Feig United States 54 16.6k 1.1× 4.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 176 21.3k
Sheena E. Radford United Kingdom 84 18.7k 1.2× 6.2k 1.0× 2.4k 1.3× 3.1k 1.8× 1.7k 1.2× 355 25.2k
Stephen J. Benkovic United States 84 20.8k 1.3× 4.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 2.7k 2.0× 457 28.6k
Thomas M. Jovin Germany 73 11.8k 0.8× 2.4k 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 791 0.6× 298 19.4k
Elizabeth Villa United States 39 14.0k 0.9× 3.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 83 20.5k
Anthony L. Fink United States 86 17.8k 1.1× 4.7k 0.8× 3.0k 1.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 231 28.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Caccamo, Maria Teresa, et al.. (2016). New generation non-stationary portable neutron generators for biophysical applications of Neutron Activation Analysis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1861(1). 3661–3670. 34 indexed citations
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Mitkevich, Vladimir A., C. Nick Pace, Andreas Koschinski, Alexander А. Makarov, & О. N. Ilinskaya. (2015). Cytotoxicity mechanism of the RNase Sa cationic mutants involves inhibition of potassium current through Ca2+-activated channels. Molecular Biology. 49(6). 933–938. 1 indexed citations
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Pace, C. Nick, et al.. (2010). Urea denatured state ensembles contain extensive secondary structure that is increased in hydrophobic proteins. Protein Science. 19(5). 929–943. 41 indexed citations
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McLean, Janel R., John A. McLean, Zhaoxiang Wu, et al.. (2009). Factors That Influence Helical Preferences for Singly Charged Gas-Phase Peptide Ions: The Effects of Multiple Potential Charge-Carrying Sites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 114(2). 809–816. 26 indexed citations
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Scholtz, J. Martin, Gerald R. Grimsley, & C. Nick Pace. (2009). Chapter 23 Solvent Denaturation of Proteins and Interpretations of the m Value. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 466. 549–565. 73 indexed citations
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Ilinskaya, О. N., Andreas Koschinski, Holger Repp, et al.. (2008). RNase-induced apoptosis: Fate of calcium-activated potassium channels. Biochimie. 90(5). 717–725. 18 indexed citations
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Crupi, Felice, Gino Giusi, C. Nick Pace, et al.. (2008). On the dc and noise properties of the gate current in epitaxial Ge p-channel metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors with TiN∕TaN∕HfO2∕SiO2 gate stack. Applied Physics Letters. 92(16). 15 indexed citations
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Alston, Roy W., et al.. (2007). Peptide Sequence and Conformation Strongly Influence Tryptophan Fluorescence. Biophysical Journal. 94(6). 2280–2287. 47 indexed citations
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Gaudioso, Manlio, et al.. (2007). On the Use of the SVM Approach in Analyzing an Electronic Nose. 42–46. 4 indexed citations
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Thurlkill, Richard L., Gerald R. Grimsley, J. Martin Scholtz, & C. Nick Pace. (2006). Hydrogen Bonding Markedly Reduces the pK of Buried Carboxyl Groups in Proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 362(3). 594–604. 58 indexed citations
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Giusi, Gino, Felice Crupi, C. Ciofi, & C. Nick Pace. (2006). Instrumentation Design for Gate and Drain Low Frequency Noise Measurements. Conference proceedings - IEEE Instrumentation/Measurement Technology Conference. 53. 1747–1750. 15 indexed citations
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Pace, C. Nick, et al.. (2005). Charge–charge interactions in the denatured state influence the folding kinetics of ribonuclease Sa. Protein Science. 14(7). 1934–1938. 42 indexed citations
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Ilinskaya, О. N., Florian Dreyer, Vladimir A. Mitkevich, et al.. (2002). Changing the net charge from negative to positive makes ribonuclease Sa cytotoxic. Protein Science. 11(10). 2522–2525. 53 indexed citations
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Allegrini, M., A. Arena, M. Labardi, et al.. (1999). Photoluminescence from a soluble semiconducting polymer in waveguide and microcavity configurations. Applied Surface Science. 142(1-4). 603–607. 3 indexed citations
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Pace, C. Nick & J. Martin Scholtz. (1998). A Helix Propensity Scale Based on Experimental Studies of Peptides and Proteins. Biophysical Journal. 75(1). 422–427. 841 indexed citations breakdown →
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Myers, Jeffrey K., C. Nick Pace, & J. Martin Scholtz. (1995). Denaturant m values and heat capacity changes: Relation to changes in accessible surface areas of protein unfolding. Protein Science. 4(10). 2138–2148. 1508 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pace, C. Nick, et al.. (1992). Urea denaturation of barnase: pH dependence and characterization of the unfolded state. Biochemistry. 31(10). 2728–2734. 116 indexed citations
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Pace, C. Nick, et al.. (1992). Temperature and guanidine hydrochloride dependence of the structural stability of ribonuclease T1. Biochemistry. 31(45). 11196–11202. 32 indexed citations
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Mullins, Leisha S., et al.. (1990). Contribution of histidine residues to the conformational stability of ribonuclease T1 and mutant Glu-58 .fwdarw. Ala. Biochemistry. 29(33). 7572–7576. 51 indexed citations
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Pace, C. Nick, et al.. (1979). Determining globular protein stability: guanidine hydrochloride denaturation of myoglobin. Biochemistry. 18(2). 288–292. 142 indexed citations

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