Chris Bystroff

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 528 citations indexed

About

Chris Bystroff is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Bystroff has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 528 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Materials Chemistry and 1 paper in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Chris Bystroff's work include Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (7 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers). Chris Bystroff is often cited by papers focused on Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (7 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers). Chris Bystroff collaborates with scholars based in United States. Chris Bystroff's co-authors include David Baker, Charles Kooperberg, Brian A. Fox, Kim T. Simons, Ingo Ruczinski, Mohammed J. Zaki, Saeed Salem, Jingjing Hu, Yu Shao and Rachel E. Klevit and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, Journal of Molecular Biology and Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Chris Bystroff

9 papers receiving 517 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Improved recognition of native-like protein structures using a combination of sequence-dependent and sequence-independent features of proteins

1999 358 citations Kim T. Simons, Ingo Ruczinski et al. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Bystroff United States	7	482	283	61	58	19	10	528
Helen M. Grindley United Kingdom	10	410 0.9×	228 0.8×	116 1.9×	36 0.6×	12 0.6×	15	559
Osvaldo Olmea Spain	9	972 2.0×	368 1.3×	84 1.4×	43 0.7×	9 0.5×	10	1.1k
Guoying Qi United Kingdom	9	393 0.8×	143 0.5×	54 0.9×	56 1.0×	14 0.7×	9	455
Naomi K. Fox United States	7	766 1.6×	226 0.8×	98 1.6×	33 0.6×	9 0.5×	9	855
Volker A. Eyrich United States	10	431 0.9×	222 0.8×	77 1.3×	33 0.6×	5 0.3×	12	455
Bernd N. M. van Buuren Sweden	8	537 1.1×	82 0.3×	57 0.9×	103 1.8×	7 0.4×	11	714
Tamotsu Noguchi Japan	12	533 1.1×	156 0.6×	43 0.7×	36 0.6×	6 0.3×	29	600
Alex C.W. May United Kingdom	14	327 0.7×	133 0.5×	41 0.7×	24 0.4×	4 0.2×	17	427
Badri Adhikari United States	17	841 1.7×	293 1.0×	143 2.3×	33 0.6×	22 1.2×	31	956
Genki Terashi United States	17	638 1.3×	366 1.3×	110 1.8×	33 0.6×	5 0.3×	62	819

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Bystroff

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All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Salem, Saeed, Mohammed J. Zaki, & Chris Bystroff. (2010). FlexSnap: Flexible Non-sequential Protein Structure Alignment. Algorithms for Molecular Biology. 5(1). 12–12. 28 indexed citations

2.

Zaki, Mohammed J. & Chris Bystroff. (2008). Protein Structure Prediction. Humana Press eBooks. 413. v–vii. 13 indexed citations

3.

Bystroff, Chris, et al.. (2007). Protein Structure Prediction, Second Edition. Humana Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

4.

Zaki, Mohammed J., et al.. (2004). Predicting protein folding pathways. Bioinformatics. 20(suppl_1). i386–i393. 19 indexed citations

5.

Hu, Jingjing, et al.. (2002). Mining protein contact maps. 11(128). 3–10. 41 indexed citations

6.

Bystroff, Chris. (2002). Introduction. Scientific Programming. 10(3). 183–184. 1 indexed citations

7.

Thayer, Edward C., Chris Bystroff, & David Baker. (2000). Detection of Protein Coding Sequences Using a Mixture Model for Local Protein Amino Acid Sequence. Journal of Computational Biology. 7(1-2). 317–327. 6 indexed citations

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Simons, Kim T., Ingo Ruczinski, Charles Kooperberg, et al.. (1999). Improved recognition of native-like protein structures using a combination of sequence-dependent and sequence-independent features of proteins. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 34(1). 82–95. 358 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simons, Kim T., Ingo Ruczinski, Charles Kooperberg, et al.. (1999). Improved recognition of native‐like protein structures using a combination of sequence‐dependent and sequence‐independent features of proteins. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 34(1). 82–95. 23 indexed citations

10.

Qian, Yi, Chris Bystroff, Ponni Rajagopal, Rachel E. Klevit, & David Baker. (1998). Prediction and structural characterization of an independently folding substructure in the src SH3 domain. Journal of Molecular Biology. 283(1). 293–300. 36 indexed citations

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