D. L. Weaver

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

D. L. Weaver is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. L. Weaver has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in D. L. Weaver's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (29 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (16 papers) and stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (16 papers). D. L. Weaver is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (29 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (16 papers) and stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (16 papers). D. L. Weaver collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. D. L. Weaver's co-authors include Martin Karplus, F.A. Berends, A. Donnachie, Suhail A. Islam, F. Albert Cotton, R. H. Good, C. L. Hammer, Donald Bashford, M. J. Bennett and Youcef Fezoui and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

D. L. Weaver

101 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Protein-folding dynamics 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Protein-folding dynamics
    1976 509 citations Martin Karplus, D. L. Weaver profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. L. Weaver United States 26 1.5k 1.1k 433 405 339 103 3.0k
Mark S. Friedrichs United States 23 1.7k 1.1× 744 0.7× 531 1.2× 49 0.1× 130 0.4× 38 2.7k
Konrad Hinsen France 28 1.9k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 826 1.9× 48 0.1× 97 0.3× 96 3.5k
Ivan S. Ufimtsev United States 18 830 0.5× 929 0.9× 1.8k 4.1× 49 0.1× 362 1.1× 25 3.6k
Christopher D. Snow United States 31 3.5k 2.3× 1.5k 1.4× 594 1.4× 45 0.1× 215 0.6× 82 4.5k
Alan M. Ferrenberg United States 17 1.3k 0.9× 2.1k 2.0× 1.8k 4.2× 460 1.1× 257 0.8× 31 6.3k
Jed W. Pitera United States 30 3.3k 2.2× 2.2k 2.1× 1.6k 3.7× 58 0.1× 692 2.0× 68 6.1k
Aritomo Shinozaki United States 9 1.4k 0.9× 721 0.7× 345 0.8× 13 0.0× 191 0.6× 10 2.5k
Makoto Taiji Japan 27 1.2k 0.8× 415 0.4× 580 1.3× 29 0.1× 205 0.6× 106 2.8k
Pratul K. Agarwal United States 29 2.3k 1.5× 903 0.9× 495 1.1× 12 0.0× 221 0.7× 100 3.4k
David A. Pearlman United States 33 4.5k 3.0× 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 2.7× 23 0.1× 723 2.1× 62 6.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Islam, Suhail A., Martin Karplus, & D. L. Weaver. (2004). The Role of Sequence and Structure in Protein Folding Kinetics. Structure. 12(10). 1833–1845. 16 indexed citations
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Vasilkoski, Zlatko & D. L. Weaver. (2004). Diffusion–collision model algorithms for protein folding kinetics. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 25(8). 1101–1107. 3 indexed citations
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Islam, Suhail A., Martin Karplus, & D. L. Weaver. (2002). Application of the Diffusion–Collision Model to the Folding of Three-helix Bundle Proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 318(1). 199–215. 81 indexed citations
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Fezoui, Youcef, D. L. Weaver, & John J. Osterhout. (1995). Strategies and rationales for the de novo design of a helical hairpin peptide. Protein Science. 4(2). 286–295. 24 indexed citations
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Karplus, Martin & D. L. Weaver. (1994). Protein folding dynamics: The diffusion‐collision model and experimental data. Protein Science. 3(4). 650–668. 357 indexed citations
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Weaver, D. L., et al.. (1993). Simulation of α‐helix–coil transitions in simplified polyvaline: Equilibrium properties and brownian dynamics. Biopolymers. 33(10). 1519–1535. 12 indexed citations
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Weaver, D. L., et al.. (1992). β‐Sheet coil transitions in a simple polypeptide model. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 12(3). 237–265. 25 indexed citations
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Weaver, D. L.. (1992). Hydrophobic interaction between globin helices. Biopolymers. 32(5). 477–490. 14 indexed citations
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Islam, Suhail A. & D. L. Weaver. (1991). Variation of folded polypeptide surface area with probe size. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 10(4). 300–314. 8 indexed citations
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Islam, Suhail A. & D. L. Weaver. (1990). Molecular interactions in protein crystals: Solvent accessible surface and stability. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 8(1). 1–5. 38 indexed citations
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Weaver, D. L.. (1990). Functional acrylic monomers as modifiers for PVC plastisol formulations. Journal of Vinyl Technology. 12(2). 82–88. 3 indexed citations
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Bryant, Stephen H., Suhail A. Islam, & D. L. Weaver. (1989). The surface area of monomeric proteins: Significance of power law behavior. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 6(4). 418–423. 13 indexed citations
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Bashford, Donald, Fred E. Cohen, Martin Karplus, Irwin D. Kuntz, & D. L. Weaver. (1988). Diffusion‐collision model for the folding kinetics of myoglobin. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 4(3). 211–227. 60 indexed citations
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Bashford, Donald, D. L. Weaver, & Martin Karplus. (1984). Diffusion-Collision Model for the Folding Kinetics of the λ-Repressor Operator-Binding Domain. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 1(5). 1243–1255. 32 indexed citations
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Weaver, D. L.. (1979). Exact time-dependent desorption from a surface. Surface Science. 90(1). 197–200. 7 indexed citations
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Weaver, D. L.. (1978). Solving spin-1 problems using spin-1/2 methods. American Journal of Physics. 46(7). 721–724. 3 indexed citations
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Weaver, D. L.. (1977). Algebraic solutions to some spin-1 problems. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 18(6). 1295–1296.
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Weaver, D. L.. (1976). Unitary transformations of the Dirac equation. American Journal of Physics. 44(1). 32–35. 1 indexed citations
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Oosterhuis, W. T., et al.. (1974). Mössbauer effect experiments in a series of t2gn iron complexes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 60(3). 1018–1025. 2 indexed citations
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Weaver, D. L. & D. M. Fradkin. (1965). Symmetric spinor theory for any spin. Il Nuovo Cimento. 37(2). 440–449. 4 indexed citations

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