Christopher O. Barnes

14.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher O. Barnes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher O. Barnes has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Christopher O. Barnes's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (12 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (9 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (8 papers). Christopher O. Barnes is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (12 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (9 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (8 papers). Christopher O. Barnes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Christopher O. Barnes's co-authors include Pamela J. Björkman, Michel C. Nussenzweig, Anthony P. West, Yu E. Lee, Naima G. Sharaf, Gary J. Pielak, Davide F. Robbiani, Claudia A. Jette, Harry B. Gristick and Kathryn E. Huey‐Tubman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher O. Barnes

36 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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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.

SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody structures inform therapeutic strategies

2020 832 citations Christopher O. Barnes, Claudia A. Jette et al. Nature profile →
Mosaic nanoparticles elicit cross-reactive immune responses to zoonotic coronaviruses in mice

2021 209 citations Alexander A. Cohen, Priyanthi N.P. Gnanapragasam et al. Science profile →
Mapping mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 RBD that escape binding by different classes of antibodies

2021 205 citations Christopher O. Barnes, Fabian Schmidt et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher O. Barnes United States	20	1.4k	1.1k	398	327	282	37	2.4k
Priyamvada Acharya United States	23	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	431 1.1×	417 1.3×	684 2.4×	56	2.3k
Jesper Pallesen United States	17	1.5k 1.0×	897 0.9×	231 0.6×	248 0.8×	245 0.9×	23	2.4k
Ponraj Prabakaran United States	24	698 0.5×	860 0.8×	757 1.9×	461 1.4×	359 1.3×	63	2.0k
Yongfei Cai United States	20	2.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	299 0.8×	309 0.9×	135 0.5×	30	2.9k
Youwei Yan United States	22	625 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	275 0.7×	282 0.9×	521 1.8×	34	2.4k
Yanling Wu China	20	2.0k 1.4×	775 0.7×	481 1.2×	378 1.2×	75 0.3×	64	2.9k
Ethan C. Settembre United States	22	1.0k 0.7×	857 0.8×	233 0.6×	353 1.1×	124 0.4×	44	2.8k
Tianshu Xiao United States	19	1.9k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	235 0.6×	228 0.7×	78 0.3×	26	2.4k
Gwo‐Yu Chuang United States	25	408 0.3×	1.2k 1.2×	460 1.2×	443 1.4×	573 2.0×	44	2.0k
Michael S. Kay United States	24	610 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	312 0.8×	233 0.7×	728 2.6×	49	2.4k

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Saouaf, Olivia M., Ben S. Ou, Joshua Carter, et al.. (2025). Sustained Vaccine Exposure Elicits More Rapid, Consistent, and Broad Humoral Immune Responses to Multivalent Influenza Vaccines. Advanced Science. 12(18). e2404498–e2404498. 3 indexed citations

Barnes, Christopher O., Simon C. Weiss, Chenxi Qiu, et al.. (2024). Structural basis of transcription: RNA polymerase II substrate binding and metal coordination using a free-electron laser. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(36). e2318527121–e2318527121. 7 indexed citations

Martin, Timothy J., Christopher O. Barnes, Gary Gréwal, & Shawki Areibi. (2023). FPGA Placement: Dynamic Decision Making Via Machine Learning. 12. 1–6.

Barnes, Christopher O., Till Schoofs, Priyanthi N.P. Gnanapragasam, et al.. (2022). A naturally arising broad and potent CD4-binding site antibody with low somatic mutation. Science Advances. 8(32). eabp8155–eabp8155. 10 indexed citations

Dam, Kim-Marie A., Christopher O. Barnes, Harry B. Gristick, et al.. (2022). HIV-1 CD4-binding site germline antibody–Env structures inform vaccine design. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6123–6123. 5 indexed citations

Tanaka, Shiho, C. Anders Olson, Christopher O. Barnes, et al.. (2022). Rapid identification of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants by mRNA display. Cell Reports. 38(6). 110348–110348. 13 indexed citations

Gruell, Henning, Kanika Vanshylla, Timm Weber, et al.. (2022). Antibody-mediated neutralization of SARS-CoV-2. Immunity. 55(6). 925–944. 76 indexed citations

Martin, Timothy J., Christopher O. Barnes, Shawki Areibi, & Gary Gréwal. (2022). An Adaptive Sequential Decision Making Flow for FPGAs using Machine Learning. 12. 34–37. 1 indexed citations

Jette, Claudia A., Alexander A. Cohen, Priyanthi N.P. Gnanapragasam, et al.. (2021). Broad cross-reactivity across sarbecoviruses exhibited by a subset of COVID-19 donor-derived neutralizing antibodies. Cell Reports. 36(13). 109760–109760. 45 indexed citations

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Cohen, Alexander A., Priyanthi N.P. Gnanapragasam, Yu E. Lee, et al.. (2021). Mosaic nanoparticles elicit cross-reactive immune responses to zoonotic coronaviruses in mice. Science. 371(6530). 735–741. 209 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bárcena, Montserrat, Christopher O. Barnes, Martin Beck, et al.. (2021). Structural biology in the fight against COVID-19. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 28(1). 2–7. 19 indexed citations

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Barnes, Christopher O., et al.. (2020). Living and Dying in a Disparate Health Care System: Rationale and Strategies for Cultural Humility in Palliative and Hospice Care Physical Therapy. Rehabilitation Oncology. 38(1). 30–38. 7 indexed citations

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Barnes, Christopher O., Claudia A. Jette, Morgan E. Abernathy, et al.. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody structures inform therapeutic strategies. Nature. 588(7839). 682–687. 832 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barnes, Christopher O., Ying Wu, Jinhu Song, et al.. (2019). The crystal structure of dGTPase reveals the molecular basis of dGTP selectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(19). 9333–9339. 13 indexed citations

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Schoofs, Till, Christopher O. Barnes, Jovana Golijanin, et al.. (2019). Broad and Potent Neutralizing Antibodies Recognize the Silent Face of the HIV Envelope. Immunity. 50(6). 1513–1529.e9. 57 indexed citations

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Vergara, Sandra, Michael W. Martynowycz, Ulises Santiago, et al.. (2017). MicroED Structure of Au₁₄₆(p-MBA)₅₇ at Subatomic Resolution Reveals a Twinned FCC Cluster. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 8(22). 5523–5530. 96 indexed citations

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Barnes, Christopher O., Elena G. Kovaleva, Xiaofeng Fu, et al.. (2016). Assessment of microcrystal quality by transmission electron microscopy for efficient serial femtosecond crystallography. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 602. 61–68. 15 indexed citations

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Barnes, Christopher O., William Monteith, & Gary J. Pielak. (2010). Internal and Global Protein Motion Assessed with a Fusion Construct and In‐Cell NMR Spectroscopy. ChemBioChem. 12(3). 390–391. 43 indexed citations

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Barnes, Christopher O. & Gary J. Pielak. (2010). In‐cell protein NMR and protein leakage. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 79(2). 347–351. 60 indexed citations

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Sharaf, Naima G., Christopher O. Barnes, Lisa M. Charlton, Gregory B. Young, & Gary J. Pielak. (2009). A bioreactor for in-cell protein NMR. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 202(2). 140–146. 59 indexed citations

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