David W. Deerfield

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

David W. Deerfield is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David W. Deerfield has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Spectroscopy and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in David W. Deerfield's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (5 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers). David W. Deerfield is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (5 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers). David W. Deerfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Spain. David W. Deerfield's co-authors include Hugh B. Nicholas, Lee G. Pedersen, Richard G. Hiskey, Tom Darden, Troy Wymore, Michael F. Crowley, Thomas E. Cheatham, Alexander J. Ropelewski, Richard A. Caruana and J Hempel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

David W. Deerfield

50 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

GeneDoc : analysis and visualization of genetic variation

1997 2.3k citations Hugh B. Nicholas, David W. Deerfield et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David W. Deerfield United States	18	1.5k	775	292	291	261	51	3.2k
Hugh B. Nicholas United States	18	2.0k 1.4×	876 1.1×	334 1.1×	326 1.1×	159 0.6×	46	3.5k
Dmitry Kuznetsov Russia	24	2.3k 1.6×	531 0.7×	510 1.7×	288 1.0×	179 0.7×	73	3.8k
Silvano Squizzato United Kingdom	8	2.2k 1.5×	565 0.7×	472 1.6×	381 1.3×	272 1.0×	8	3.6k
Joon Lee South Korea	7	2.4k 1.6×	697 0.9×	411 1.4×	449 1.5×	294 1.1×	14	4.0k
Christian J A Sigrist Switzerland	12	3.3k 2.3×	977 1.3×	408 1.4×	317 1.1×	235 0.9×	15	4.8k
Herbert H. Winkler United States	29	2.3k 1.6×	532 0.7×	781 2.7×	481 1.7×	208 0.8×	63	3.6k
Da-Fei Feng United States	17	3.0k 2.1×	754 1.0×	763 2.6×	473 1.6×	228 0.9×	22	4.3k
Tamer Gür United Kingdom	5	2.3k 1.6×	743 1.0×	419 1.4×	442 1.5×	284 1.1×	6	3.9k
Laurent Falquet Switzerland	27	2.7k 1.8×	1.2k 1.6×	430 1.5×	330 1.1×	306 1.2×	79	4.6k
Patrick Marks United States	11	2.4k 1.7×	902 1.2×	402 1.4×	852 2.9×	207 0.8×	13	3.9k

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Deerfield, David W., et al.. (2007). Quantum Chemical Study of the Mechanism of Action of Vitamin K Carboxylase (VKC). IV. Intermediates and Transition States. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 111(31). 7257–7261. 9 indexed citations

Deerfield, David W., et al.. (2006). A quantum chemical study of the mechanism of action of Vitamin K carboxylase (VKC). Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 26(2). 409–414. 7 indexed citations

Wymore, Troy, J Hempel, Samuel S. Cho, et al.. (2004). Molecular recognition of aldehydes by aldehyde dehydrogenase and mechanism of nucleophile activation. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 57(4). 758–771. 23 indexed citations

Brothers, Edward N., Dimas Suárez, David W. Deerfield, & Kenneth M. Merz. (2004). PM3‐compatible zinc parameters optimized for metalloenzyme active sites. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 25(14). 1677–1692. 31 indexed citations

Wagner, Michael M., Fuchiang Tsui, Jeremy U. Espino, et al.. (2001). The Emerging Science of Very Early Detection of Disease Outbreaks. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 7(6). 51–59. 160 indexed citations

Ropelewski, Alexander J., Hugh B. Nicholas, & David W. Deerfield. (1999). Selective and sensitive comparison of genetic sequence data. 453–479. 1 indexed citations

Wetzel, Arthur W., Rebecca S. Crowley, Sujin Kim, et al.. (1999). <title>Evaluation of prostate tumor grades by content-based image retrieval</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3584. 244–252. 34 indexed citations

Nicholas, Hugh B., et al.. (1997). GeneDoc : analysis and visualization of genetic variation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4. 1–4. 2256 indexed citations breakdown →

Deerfield, David W. & Lee G. Pedersen. (1997). Structure and relative acidity for a model zinc finger. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 419(1-3). 221–226. 10 indexed citations

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Deerfield, David W. & Lee G. Pedersen. (1995). An ab initio quantum mechanical study of thioesters. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 358(1-3). 99–106. 15 indexed citations

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Deerfield, David W., Douglas J. Fox, Martin Head‐Gordon, Richard G. Hiskey, & Lee G. Pedersen. (1995). The first solvation shell of magnesium ion in a model protein environment with formate, water, and X‐NH₃, H₂S, imidazole, formaldehyde, and chloride as ligands: An ab initio study. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 21(3). 244–255. 17 indexed citations

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Smith, Paul, et al.. (1991). A simple approach for the distribution of computationally intense tasks in an heterogeneous environment: distribution of the MDPP image-processing package. Computer applications in the biosciences. 7(4). 501–507. 2 indexed citations

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Deerfield, David W., et al.. (1990). Generation of potential structures for the G‐domain of chloroplast EF‐Tu using comparative molecular modeling. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 8(3). 237–250. 5 indexed citations

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Deerfield, David W., et al.. (1989). The Role of Hydrated Divalent Metal Ions in the Bridging of Two Anionic Groups. Anab initioQuantum Chemical and Molecular Mechanics Study of Dimethyl Phosphate and Formate Bridged by Calcium and Magnesium Ions. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 6(6). 1077–1091. 16 indexed citations

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Zapata, Gerardo, Claudia M. Noyes, Jennifer S. Pollock, et al.. (1988). Chemical modification of bovine prothrombin fragment 1 in the presence of Tb3+ ions. Sequence studies on 3-gamma-MGlu-fragment.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(17). 8150–8156. 11 indexed citations

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Maynard, Andrew, Margaret A. Eastman, Tom Darden, et al.. (1988). Effect of calcium (II) and magnesium (II) ions on the 18–23 γ‐carboxyglutamic acid containing cyclic peptide loop of bovine prothrombin An AMBER molecular mechanics study. International journal of peptide & protein research. 31(2). 137–149. 12 indexed citations

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Marsh, Henry C., et al.. (1986). Terbium ion binding to a synthetic .gamma.-carboxyglutamic acid containing heptapeptide corresponding to bovine prothrombin residues 17-23. Inorganic Chemistry. 25(25). 4503–4506. 2 indexed citations

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Deerfield, David W., et al.. (1986). Synthesis of a γ‐carboxyglutamic acid containing heptapeptide corresponding to bovine prothrombin residues 17–23. International journal of peptide & protein research. 28(6). 569–578. 3 indexed citations

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Deerfield, David W., et al.. (1986). Relative spectral response as a function of sequential ligand binding. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 141(3). 1207–1212. 5 indexed citations

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Deerfield, David W., et al.. (1985). Side-chain interactions between arginine and .gamma.-carboxyglutamic acid. Studies on decarboxylation of .gamma.-carboxyglutamic acid in the presence of guanidine. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 50(12). 2189–2191. 3 indexed citations

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