Chun Wu

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Chun Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chun Wu has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Physiology and 17 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Chun Wu's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (32 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (17 papers). Chun Wu is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (32 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (17 papers). Chun Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Indonesia. Chun Wu's co-authors include Yong Duan, Joan–Emma Shea, Wei Zhang, Piotr Cieplak, Shibasish Chowdhury, Guoming Xiong, Junmei Wang, Peter A. Kollman, Rong Yang and James W. Caldwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Chun Wu

111 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

A point‐charge force field for molecular mechanics simulations of proteins based on condensed‐phase quantum mechanical calculations

2003 3.9k citations Yong Duan, Chun Wu et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chun Wu United States	35	5.6k	1.5k	1.4k	873	788	114	8.0k
Yuguang Mu Singapore	42	4.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	834 1.0×	755 1.0×	188	7.1k
Justin A. Lemkul United States	30	4.3k 0.8×	821 0.5×	723 0.5×	428 0.5×	748 0.9×	76	6.4k
Jing Huang China	32	7.2k 1.3×	537 0.4×	1.8k 1.2×	979 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	135	11.0k
Shohei Koide United States	52	7.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	955 0.7×	571 0.7×	367 0.5×	169	9.7k
Phuong H. Nguyen France	38	3.5k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	686 0.8×	685 0.9×	127	5.0k
Joan–Emma Shea United States	64	7.3k 1.3×	3.7k 2.4×	2.5k 1.8×	1.4k 1.6×	928 1.2×	182	10.5k
Philippe Derreumaux France	56	7.8k 1.4×	3.9k 2.5×	1.6k 1.1×	723 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	223	10.2k
Duilio Cascio United States	55	8.0k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.4×	591 0.7×	259 0.3×	156	10.8k
G.N. Phillips United States	67	11.3k 2.0×	1.6k 1.0×	3.1k 2.2×	1.1k 1.2×	332 0.4×	300	16.5k
Witold K. Surewicz United States	65	11.3k 2.0×	3.1k 2.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	325 0.4×	174	13.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wu, Chun, et al.. (2025). Substitution-Mutation Rate Ratio (c/µ) As Molecular Adaptation Test Beyond Ka/Ks: A SARS-COV-2 Case Study. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 93(3). 322–349.

Oliveira, Helena, et al.. (2025). New acridone derivatives to target telomerase and oncogenes – an anticancer approach. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 16(6). 2785–2807.

Wu, Chun, et al.. (2024). Investigation of the stability of myoglobin in the presence of amino acid ionic liquids. Biophysical Journal. 123(3). 202a–203a. 1 indexed citations

Arba, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Computational study of binding of oseltamivir to neuraminidase mutants of influenza A virus. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 1 indexed citations

Moura, Nuno M. M., Sofia Guedes, Helena Oliveira, et al.. (2024). Oncogenic and telomeric G-quadruplexes: Targets for porphyrin-triphenylphosphonium conjugates. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 277(Pt 3). 134126–134126. 2 indexed citations

Uba, Abdullahi İbrahim, et al.. (2024). Computational analysis of natural compounds as potential phosphodiesterase type 5A inhibitors. Computational Biology and Chemistry. 113. 108239–108239. 1 indexed citations

Zengin, Gökhan, Abdullahi İbrahim Uba, Gianni Sagratini, et al.. (2023). Appraisals on the chemical characterization and biological potentials of Ranunculus constantinopolitanus extracts using chromatographic, computational, and molecular network approaches. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 181. 114064–114064. 1 indexed citations

Uba, Abdullahi İbrahim, et al.. (2023). Phenolic compounds as potential adenosine deaminase inhibitors: molecular docking and dynamics simulation coupled with MM-GBSA calculations. Amino Acids. 55(12). 1729–1743. 4 indexed citations

Vaden, Timothy D., et al.. (2021). Effects of Ionic Liquids on Metalloproteins. Molecules. 26(2). 514–514. 15 indexed citations

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Wu, Chun, et al.. (2021). Thermodynamic destabilization of azurin by four different tetramethylguanidinium amino acid ionic liquids. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 180. 355–364. 7 indexed citations

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Arba, Muhammad, et al.. (2020). Mechanistic insight on the remdesivir binding to RNA-Dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of SARS-cov-2. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 129. 104156–104156. 31 indexed citations

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Wu, Chun, et al.. (2020). QM/MM MD simulations reveal an asynchronous PCET mechanism for nitrite reduction by copper nitrite reductase. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(36). 20922–20928. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Chun, et al.. (2020). To probe the binding pathway of a selective compound (D089-0563) to c-MYC Pu24 G-quadruplex using free ligand binding simulations and Markov state model analysis. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(39). 22567–22583. 5 indexed citations

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Keck, Thomas M., R. Benjamin Free, Alessandro Bonifazi, et al.. (2019). Dopamine D₄ Receptor-Selective Compounds Reveal Structure–Activity Relationships that Engender Agonist Efficacy. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(7). 3722–3740. 22 indexed citations

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Wu, Chun & Joan–Emma Shea. (2013). Structural Similarities and Differences between Amyloidogenic and Non-Amyloidogenic Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP) Sequences and Implications for the Dual Physiological and Pathological Activities of These Peptides. PLoS Computational Biology. 9(8). e1003211–e1003211. 83 indexed citations

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Wu, Chun, Michael T. Bowers, & Joan–Emma Shea. (2010). Molecular Structures of Quiescently Grown and Brain-Derived Polymorphic Fibrils of the Alzheimer Amyloid Aβ9-40 Peptide: A Comparison to Agitated Fibrils. PLoS Computational Biology. 6(3). e1000693–e1000693. 51 indexed citations

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Lei, Hongxing, Chun Wu, Haiguang Liu, & Yong Duan. (2007). Folding free-energy landscape of villin headpiece subdomain from molecular dynamics simulations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(12). 4925–4930. 207 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhixiang, Chun Wu, Hongxing Lei, & Yong Duan. (2007). Accurate ab Initio Study on the Hydrogen-Bond Pairs in Protein Secondary Structures. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 3(4). 1527–1537. 33 indexed citations

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Wu, Chun, Hongxing Lei, & Yong Duan. (2005). The Role of Phe in the Formation of Well-Ordered Oligomers of Amyloidogenic Hexapeptide (NFGAIL) Observed in Molecular Dynamics Simulations with Explicit Solvent. Biophysical Journal. 88(4). 2897–2906. 56 indexed citations

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Duan, Yong, Chun Wu, Shibasish Chowdhury, et al.. (2003). A point‐charge force field for molecular mechanics simulations of proteins based on condensed‐phase quantum mechanical calculations. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 24(16). 1999–2012. 3867 indexed citations breakdown →

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