David E. Benson

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

David E. Benson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David E. Benson has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in David E. Benson's work include Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (10 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (9 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (7 papers). David E. Benson is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (10 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (9 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (7 papers). David E. Benson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. David E. Benson's co-authors include Stephen G. Sligar, Ann Stock, Ilme Schlichting, Dagmar Ringe, Shelley A. Maves, Kelvin Chu, Gregory A. Petsko, Joel Berendzen, Robert M. Sweet and Homme W. Hellinga and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

David E. Benson

28 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Catalytic Pathway of Cytochrome P450cam at Atomic Res... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750 1000
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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. The Catalytic Pathway of Cytochrome P450cam at Atomic Resolution
    2000 1.1k citations Ilme Schlichting, Joel Berendzen et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David E. Benson United States 20 1.2k 796 710 494 341 28 2.2k
Richard Lonsdale Germany 28 1.6k 1.4× 555 0.7× 314 0.4× 517 1.0× 208 0.6× 39 2.6k
Sang‐Choul Im United States 25 1.1k 1.0× 263 0.3× 274 0.4× 630 1.3× 287 0.8× 75 2.0k
John H. Horner United States 32 603 0.5× 859 1.1× 557 0.8× 216 0.4× 189 0.6× 72 2.8k
Z. Jane Wang United States 17 1.1k 0.9× 776 1.0× 277 0.4× 218 0.4× 90 0.3× 23 2.7k
Paul Helquist United States 37 1.6k 1.4× 840 1.1× 439 0.6× 52 0.1× 412 1.2× 169 4.9k
Lanny S. Liebeskind United States 48 1.2k 1.0× 913 1.1× 358 0.5× 101 0.2× 206 0.6× 136 7.4k
Michel Rougée France 30 1.6k 1.4× 176 0.2× 705 1.0× 34 0.1× 161 0.5× 51 2.5k
Jack Z. Gougoutas United States 30 876 0.7× 524 0.7× 707 1.0× 74 0.1× 362 1.1× 109 4.3k
Günter Haufe Germany 35 1.6k 1.3× 948 1.2× 388 0.5× 67 0.1× 246 0.7× 291 5.5k
Naoki Umezawa Japan 25 1.4k 1.2× 211 0.3× 971 1.4× 41 0.1× 192 0.6× 74 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David E. Benson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David E. Benson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Simulating Metal-Imidazole Complexes. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 20(15). 6706–6716. 11 indexed citations
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Hromada, Susan, et al.. (2017). Protein oxidation involved in Cys-Tyr post-translational modification. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 176. 168–174. 14 indexed citations
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Martinie, Ryan J., Pahan I. Godakumbura, Elizabeth G. Porter, et al.. (2012). Identifying proteins that can form tyrosine-cysteine crosslinks. Metallomics. 4(10). 1037–1037. 14 indexed citations
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Porter, Elizabeth G., et al.. (2012). Wide Dynamic Range Sensing with Single Quantum Dot Biosensors. ACS Nano. 6(9). 8078–8086. 23 indexed citations
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Sweatt, Andrew J., David E. Benson, Steven J. Geary, et al.. (2011). A Microarray Biosensor for Multiplexed Detection of Microbes Using Grating-Coupled Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging. Environmental Science & Technology. 46(1). 348–359. 41 indexed citations
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Benson, David E., et al.. (2008). Protein Design Provides Lead(II) Ion Biosensors for Imaging Molecular Fluxes around Red Blood Cells. Biochemistry. 48(2). 462–470. 38 indexed citations
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Trisler, Kirk, Loren L. Looger, Vikram Sharma, et al.. (2007). A Metalloantibody That Irreversibly Binds a Protein Antigen. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(36). 26344–26353. 11 indexed citations
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Aryal, Baikuntha, Kosh P. Neupane, Marinella G. Sandros, & David E. Benson. (2006). Metallothioneins Initiate Semiconducting Nanoparticle Cellular Toxicity. Small. 2(10). 1159–1163. 15 indexed citations
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Aryal, Baikuntha & David E. Benson. (2006). Electron Donor Solvent Effects Provide Biosensing with Quantum Dots. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(50). 15986–15987. 46 indexed citations
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Sandros, Marinella G., et al.. (2005). General, high-affinity approach for the synthesis of fluorophore appended protein nanoparticle assemblies. Chemical Communications. 2832–2832. 33 indexed citations
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Benson, David E., et al.. (2005). Geometric preferences of crosslinked protein‐derived cofactors reveal a high propensity for near‐sequence pairs. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 59(1). 64–71. 2 indexed citations
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Sandros, Marinella G., et al.. (2005). Selective, reversible, reagentless maltose biosensing with core–shell semiconducting nanoparticles. The Analyst. 131(2). 229–235. 39 indexed citations
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Dattelbaum, Jonathan D., et al.. (2005). Analysis of allosteric signal transduction mechanisms in an engineered fluorescent maltose biosensor. Protein Science. 14(2). 284–291. 33 indexed citations
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Sandros, Marinella G., De Gao, & David E. Benson. (2005). A Modular Nanoparticle-Based System for Reagentless Small Molecule Biosensing. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(35). 12198–12199. 127 indexed citations
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Unno, Masashi, James F. Christian, Theodore Sjodin, et al.. (2002). Complex Formation of Cytochrome P450cam with Putidaredoxin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(4). 2547–2553. 43 indexed citations
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Benson, David E., et al.. (2001). Design of Bioelectronic Interfaces by Exploiting Hinge-Bending Motions in Proteins. Science. 293(5535). 1641–1644. 131 indexed citations
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Schlichting, Ilme, Joel Berendzen, Kelvin Chu, et al.. (2000). The Catalytic Pathway of Cytochrome P450cam at Atomic Resolution. Science. 287(5458). 1615–1622. 1082 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benson, David E., et al.. (2000). Rational design of nascent metalloenzymes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(12). 6292–6297. 88 indexed citations
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Schlichting, Ilme, et al.. (1997). Crystal structures of intermediates occuring along the reaction pathway of cytochrome P450. 11(9). 2 indexed citations
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Unno, Masashi, James F. Christian, David E. Benson, et al.. (1997). Resonance Raman Investigations of Cytochrome P450cam Complexed with Putidaredoxin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(28). 6614–6620. 73 indexed citations

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