D. Thirumalai

2.3k total citations
30 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

D. Thirumalai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Thirumalai has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Materials Chemistry, 10 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in D. Thirumalai's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (17 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (10 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). D. Thirumalai is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (17 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (10 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). D. Thirumalai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Poland. D. Thirumalai's co-authors include Raymond D. Mountain, Dmitri K. Klimov, John E. Straub, T. R. Kirkpatrick, Phuong H. Nguyen, Mai Suan Li, Gerhard Stock, Bae‐Yeun Ha, Jared Honeycutt and Nam-Kyung Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

D. Thirumalai

30 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Thirumalai United States 22 1.1k 678 514 303 282 30 1.9k
Andrij Baumketner United States 23 1.5k 1.3× 650 1.0× 812 1.6× 303 1.0× 37 0.1× 59 2.2k
Dmitri K. Klimov United States 32 3.5k 3.2× 1.5k 2.2× 963 1.9× 739 2.4× 102 0.4× 100 4.1k
Jean‐Baptiste Fournier France 31 1.4k 1.3× 510 0.8× 189 0.4× 916 3.0× 207 0.7× 100 2.6k
Christian Rischel Denmark 23 778 0.7× 389 0.6× 261 0.5× 683 2.3× 240 0.9× 47 2.4k
George M. Thurston United States 21 828 0.8× 691 1.0× 94 0.2× 259 0.9× 49 0.2× 40 1.8k
Isabella Daidone Italy 27 1.4k 1.3× 499 0.7× 136 0.3× 593 2.0× 57 0.2× 106 2.1k
Anders Irbäck Sweden 29 1.5k 1.4× 749 1.1× 347 0.7× 414 1.4× 365 1.3× 75 2.3k
Fabrizio Marinelli United States 20 1.9k 1.7× 647 1.0× 99 0.2× 483 1.6× 117 0.4× 35 2.8k
Shyamsunder Erramilli United States 18 1.3k 1.2× 374 0.6× 146 0.3× 653 2.2× 130 0.5× 28 2.0k
Angelo Perico Italy 24 732 0.7× 398 0.6× 119 0.2× 404 1.3× 33 0.1× 76 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Thirumalai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Thirumalai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thirumalai, D., Guang Shi, Sucheol Shin, & Changbong Hyeon. (2025). Organization and Dynamics of Chromosomes. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 76(1). 565–588. 3 indexed citations
2.
Morrison, Greg & D. Thirumalai. (2009). Semiflexible chains in confined spaces. Physical Review E. 79(1). 11924–11924. 55 indexed citations
3.
Straub, John E., et al.. (2009). Sequence and Crowding Effects in the Aggregation of a 10-Residue Fragment Derived from Islet Amyloid Polypeptide. Biophysical Journal. 96(11). 4552–4560. 45 indexed citations
4.
Dima, Ruxandra I. & D. Thirumalai. (2006). Determination of network of residues that regulate allostery in protein families using sequence analysis. Protein Science. 15(2). 258–268. 74 indexed citations
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Vaitheeswaran, S. & D. Thirumalai. (2006). Hydrophobic and Ionic Interactions in Nanosized Water Droplets. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(41). 13490–13496. 53 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Phuong H., Mai Suan Li, Gerhard Stock, John E. Straub, & D. Thirumalai. (2006). Monomer adds to preformed structured oligomers of Aβ-peptides by a two-stage dock–lock mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(1). 111–116. 322 indexed citations
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Klimov, Dmitri K. & D. Thirumalai. (2003). Dissecting the Assembly of Aβ16–22 Amyloid Peptides into Antiparallel β Sheets. Structure. 11(3). 295–307. 329 indexed citations
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Stan, George, D. Thirumalai, George H. Lorimer, & Bernard R. Brooks. (2002). Annealing function of GroEL: structural and bioinformatic analysis. Biophysical Chemistry. 100(1-3). 453–467. 33 indexed citations
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Lee, Nam-Kyung & D. Thirumalai. (2000). Dynamics of collapse of flexible polyampholytes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 113(13). 5126–5129. 30 indexed citations
10.
Thirumalai, D. & Jayanta K. Bhattacharjee. (1996). Polymer-induced drag reduction in turbulent flows. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 53(1). 546–551. 13 indexed citations
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Thirumalai, D. & Raymond D. Mountain. (1993). Activated dynamics, loss of ergodicity, and transport in supercooled liquids. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 47(1). 479–489. 117 indexed citations
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Mountain, Raymond D. & D. Thirumalai. (1993). Relationship between the fluctuation metric and the non-ergodicity parameter: incoherent scattering function. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 192(4). 543–549. 5 indexed citations
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Mountain, Raymond D. & D. Thirumalai. (1992). Loss of ergodicity in glassy systems. AIP conference proceedings. 256. 165–172. 2 indexed citations
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Ha, Bae‐Yeun & D. Thirumalai. (1992). Conformations of a polyelectrolyte chain. Physical Review A. 46(6). R3012–R3015. 50 indexed citations
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Thirumalai, D.. (1992). Topologically entangled polymers. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. 82(5). 407–417. 3 indexed citations
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Bhattacharjee, Jayanta K. & D. Thirumalai. (1991). Drag reduction in turbulent flows by polymers. Physical Review Letters. 67(2). 196–199. 22 indexed citations
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Honeycutt, Jared & D. Thirumalai. (1990). Influence of optimal cavity shapes on the size of polymer molecules in random media. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 93(9). 6851–6858. 21 indexed citations
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Thirumalai, D., Raymond D. Mountain, & T. R. Kirkpatrick. (1989). Ergodic behavior in supercooled liquids and in glasses. Physical review. A, General physics. 39(7). 3563–3574. 147 indexed citations
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Honeycutt, Jared & D. Thirumalai. (1989). Static properties of polymer chains in porous media. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 90(8). 4542–4559. 66 indexed citations
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Honeycutt, Jared, D. Thirumalai, & Dmitri K. Klimov. (1989). Polymer chains in porous media. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 22(5). L169–L175. 8 indexed citations

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