David Richardson

79.3k total citations · 17 hit papers
165 papers, 54.9k citations indexed

About

David Richardson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Richardson has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 54.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Materials Chemistry and 41 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in David Richardson's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (59 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (58 papers) and Colonialism, slavery, and trade (40 papers). David Richardson is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (59 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (58 papers) and Colonialism, slavery, and trade (40 papers). David Richardson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. David Richardson's co-authors include Jane S. Richardson, Gary J. Kapral, Vincent B. Chen, Jeffrey J. Headd, W.B. Arendall, Ian Davis, D.A. Keedy, Paul D. Adams, Nigel W. Moriarty and Robert M. Immormino and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Richardson

158 papers receiving 54.1k citations

Hit Papers

PHENIX: a comprehensive... 1971 2026 1989 2007 2010 2009 2003 2007 2017 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k
What are hit papers?

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. PHENIX: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
    2010 19.0k citations Paul D. Adams, Pavel V. Afonine et al. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography profile →
  2. MolProbity: all-atom structure validation for macromolecular crystallography
    2009 11.4k citations Vincent B. Chen, W.B. Arendall et al. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography profile →
  3. Structure validation by Cα geometry: ϕ,ψ and Cβ deviation
    2003 3.9k citations Simon C. Lovell, W.B. Arendall et al. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics profile →
  4. MolProbity: all-atom contacts and structure validation for proteins and nucleic acids
    2007 3.3k citations Gary J. Kapral, W.B. Arendall et al. profile →
  5. MolProbity: More and better reference data for improved all‐atom structure validation
    2017 2.8k citations Christopher J. Williams, Jeffrey J. Headd et al. Protein Science profile →
  6. Amino Acid Preferences for Specific Locations at the Ends of α Helices
    1988 1.2k citations Jane S. Richardson, David Richardson profile →
  7. Asparagine and glutamine: using hydrogen atom contacts in the choice of side-chain amide orientation 1 1Edited by J. Thornton
    1999 1.2k citations J. Michael Word, Simon C. Lovell et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  8. The penultimate rotamer library
    2000 868 citations Simon C. Lovell, J. Michael Word et al. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics profile →
  9. Determination and analysis of the 2 Å structure of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase
    1982 808 citations Jane S. Richardson, David Richardson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  10. MOLPROBITY: structure validation and all-atom contact analysis for nucleic acids and their complexes
    2004 797 citations Jane S. Richardson, David Richardson et al. profile →
  11. Structure and mechanism of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase
    1983 792 citations Jane S. Richardson, David Richardson et al. profile →
  12. The Phenix software for automated determination of macromolecular structures
    2011 691 citations Paul D. Adams, Pavel V. Afonine et al. profile →
  13. Natural β-sheet proteins use negative design to avoid edge-to-edge aggregation
    2002 612 citations Jane S. Richardson, David Richardson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  14. Electrostatic recognition between superoxide and copper, zinc superoxide dismutase
    1983 447 citations Jane S. Richardson, David Richardson et al. profile →
  15. Alternate States of Proteins Revealed by Detailed Energy Landscape Mapping
    2010 275 citations D.A. Keedy, David Richardson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  16. Structure of proteins: packing of alpha-helices and pleated sheets.
    1977 267 citations David Richardson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  17. A High Resolution Structure of an Inhibitor Complex of the Extracellular Nuclease of Staphylococcus aureus
    1971 219 citations David Richardson, Jane S. Richardson et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry 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 Richardson United States 52 39.2k 11.2k 5.3k 4.2k 4.1k 165 54.9k
Jane S. Richardson United States 57 43.5k 1.1× 12.8k 1.1× 5.7k 1.1× 4.5k 1.1× 4.4k 1.1× 130 59.8k
Thomas C. Terwilliger United States 65 39.5k 1.0× 11.2k 1.0× 6.9k 1.3× 4.4k 1.1× 3.4k 0.8× 215 53.2k
Garib N. Murshudov United Kingdom 52 34.9k 0.9× 12.0k 1.1× 5.0k 0.9× 4.0k 1.0× 3.9k 1.0× 120 48.6k
Andrej Săli United States 107 50.4k 1.3× 11.4k 1.0× 5.2k 1.0× 4.8k 1.2× 4.5k 1.1× 381 66.1k
Roman A. Laskowski United Kingdom 51 33.9k 0.9× 8.4k 0.8× 4.0k 0.8× 3.0k 0.7× 3.4k 0.8× 109 47.1k
David Eisenberg United States 120 46.7k 1.2× 10.0k 0.9× 4.0k 0.8× 3.9k 0.9× 2.5k 0.6× 409 62.2k
Paul Emsley United Kingdom 23 44.0k 1.1× 12.1k 1.1× 7.1k 1.3× 5.3k 1.3× 5.5k 1.3× 45 61.8k
G. Marius Clore United States 117 47.7k 1.2× 14.7k 1.3× 5.2k 1.0× 4.5k 1.1× 4.1k 1.0× 552 60.7k
Airlie J. McCoy United Kingdom 43 43.0k 1.1× 12.2k 1.1× 6.7k 1.3× 6.2k 1.5× 4.9k 1.2× 96 60.1k
Kevin Cowtan United Kingdom 30 44.2k 1.1× 12.7k 1.1× 7.3k 1.4× 5.3k 1.3× 5.1k 1.2× 63 62.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Richardson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Richardson, Jane S., Lizbeth L. Videau, Christopher J. Williams, et al.. (2025). Cis ‐ nonProline peptides: Genuine occurrences and their functional roles. Protein Science. 34(6). e70157–e70157.
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Richardson, Jane S., Christopher J. Williams, Vincent B. Chen, Michael G. Prisant, & David Richardson. (2023). The bad and the good of trends in model building and refinement for sparse-data regions: pernicious forms of overfitting versus good new tools and predictions. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 79(12). 1071–1078. 4 indexed citations
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Richardson, Jane S., David Richardson, & David S. Goodsell. (2021). Seeing the PDB. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100742–100742. 12 indexed citations
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Williams, Christopher J., David Richardson, & Jane S. Richardson. (2021). The importance of residue‐level filtering and the Top2018 best‐parts dataset of high‐quality protein residues. Protein Science. 31(1). 290–300. 11 indexed citations
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Prisant, Michael G., Christopher J. Williams, Vincent B. Chen, Jane S. Richardson, & David Richardson. (2019). New tools in MolProbity validation: CaBLAM for CryoEM backbone, UnDowser to rethink “waters,” and NGL Viewer to recapture online 3D graphics. Protein Science. 29(1). 315–329. 99 indexed citations
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Hintze, Bradley J., Steven M. Lewis, Jane S. Richardson, & David Richardson. (2016). Molprobity's ultimate rotamer-library distributions for model validation. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 84(9). 1177–1189. 79 indexed citations
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Jain, Swati, David Richardson, & Jane S. Richardson. (2015). Computational Methods for RNA Structure Validation and Improvement. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 558. 181–212. 23 indexed citations
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Deis, L.N., C.W. Pemble, Andrew Hagarman, et al.. (2014). Multiscale Conformational Heterogeneity in Staphylococcal Protein A: Possible Determinant of Functional Plasticity. Structure. 22(10). 1467–1477. 33 indexed citations
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Gaínza, Pablo, Kyle E. Roberts, Ivelin S. Georgiev, et al.. (2013). osprey. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 523. 87–107. 86 indexed citations
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Headd, Jeffrey J., Nathaniel Echols, Pavel V. Afonine, et al.. (2012). Use of knowledge-based restraints in phenix.refine to improve macromolecular refinement at low resolution. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 68(4). 381–390. 195 indexed citations
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Chen, Vincent B., W.B. Arendall, Jeffrey J. Headd, et al.. (2009). MolProbity: all-atom structure validation for macromolecular crystallography. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 66(1). 12–21. 11415 indexed citations breakdown →
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Georgiev, Ivelin S., D.A. Keedy, Jane S. Richardson, David Richardson, & Bruce R. Donald. (2008). Algorithm for backrub motions in protein design. Bioinformatics. 24(13). i196–i204. 65 indexed citations
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Eltis, David, Frank D. Lewis, & David Richardson. (2005). Slave Prices, the African Slave Trade, and Productivity in the Caribbean, 1674-1807. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Xu, Hao, Cheng Yang, Lirong Chen, et al.. (2005). Away from the edge II: in-house Se-SAS phasing with chromium radiation. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 61(7). 960–966. 10 indexed citations
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Richardson, David, et al.. (2004). Dr. Richardson's missions to Siam, 1829-1839. 4 indexed citations
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Arendall, W.B., et al.. (2003). RNA backbone is rotameric. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(24). 13904–13909. 148 indexed citations
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Eltis, David, Stephen D. Behrendt, & David Richardson. (2000). A participação dos países da Europa e das Américas no tráfico transatlântico de escravos: novas evidências. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations
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Richardson, Jane S. & David Richardson. (1999). Kinemage supplement to introduction to protein structure. Garland eBooks.
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Word, J. Michael, Simon C. Lovell, Jane S. Richardson, & David Richardson. (1999). Asparagine and glutamine: using hydrogen atom contacts in the choice of side-chain amide orientation 1 1Edited by J. Thornton. Journal of Molecular Biology. 285(4). 1735–1747. 1185 indexed citations breakdown →
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Varshney, Amitabh, Frederick P. Brooks, Dinesh Manocha, William V. Wright, & David Richardson. (1995). Defining, computing, and visualizing molecular interfaces. IEEE Visualization. 36–43. 19 indexed citations

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