Donald J. Jacobs

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Donald J. Jacobs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald J. Jacobs has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Materials Chemistry and 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Donald J. Jacobs's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (42 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (19 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (12 papers). Donald J. Jacobs is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (42 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (19 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (12 papers). Donald J. Jacobs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and New Zealand. Donald J. Jacobs's co-authors include M. F. Thorpe, Charles David, Dennis R. Livesay, Andrew J. Rader, Leslie A. Kuhn, Bruce Hendrickson, Sargis Dallakyan, Mykyta V. Chubynsky, J. C. Phillips and Hisao Nakanishi 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

Donald J. Jacobs

101 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

Principal Component Analysis: A Method for Determining the Essential Dynamics of Proteins

2013 836 citations Charles David, Donald J. Jacobs Methods in molecular biology profile →
Protein flexibility predictions using graph theory

2001 560 citations Donald J. Jacobs, Andrew J. Rader et al. profile →

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Pratyush Tiwary United States

Liang Hong China

I. Kovács Hungary

Alessandro Barducci Switzerland

Davide Branduardi Italy

Konrad Hinsen France

Wolfgang Wenzel Germany

Christopher R. Myers United States

Oliver Beckstein United States

Francesco Luigi Gervasio United Kingdom

Pratyush Tiwary United States

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jacobs, Donald J., et al.. (2023). Probability Density Estimation through Nonparametric Adaptive Partitioning and Stitching. Algorithms. 16(7). 310–310. 1 indexed citations

David, Charles, et al.. (2021). JEDi: java essential dynamics inspector — a molecular trajectory analysis toolkit. BMC Bioinformatics. 22(1). 226–226. 3 indexed citations

Liebovitch, Larry S., Peter T. Coleman, J. Kevin Donahue, et al.. (2019). Complexity analysis of sustainable peace: mathematical models and data science measurements. New Journal of Physics. 21(7). 73022–73022. 8 indexed citations

Gray, Alexander, et al.. (2019). Universal Sample Size Invariant Measures for Uncertainty Quantification in Density Estimation. Entropy. 21(11). 1120–1120. 6 indexed citations

Singam, Ettayapuram Ramaprasad Azhagiya, et al.. (2018). Molecular clustering and percolation characteristics near the glass transition in aqueous trehalose and choline dihydrogen phosphate solutions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(32). 20899–20909. 1 indexed citations

David, Charles, Ettayapuram Ramaprasad Azhagiya Singam, & Donald J. Jacobs. (2017). JED: a Java Essential Dynamics Program for comparative analysis of protein trajectories. BMC Bioinformatics. 18(1). 271–271. 12 indexed citations

González, Luis C., Hui Wang, Dennis R. Livesay, & Donald J. Jacobs. (2015). A virtual pebble game to ensemble average graph rigidity. Algorithms for Molecular Biology. 10(1). 11–11. 1 indexed citations

Li, Tong, Malgorzata B. Tracka, Shahid Uddin, et al.. (2015). Rigidity Emerges during Antibody Evolution in Three Distinct Antibody Systems: Evidence from QSFR Analysis of Fab Fragments. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(7). e1004327–e1004327. 32 indexed citations

Verma, Deeptak, Jun‐tao Guo, Donald J. Jacobs, & Dennis R. Livesay. (2013). Towards Comprehensive Analysis of Protein Family Quantitative Stability–Flexibility Relationships Using Homology Models. Methods in molecular biology. 1084. 239–254.

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Trivedi, Darshan V., Charles David, Donald J. Jacobs, & Christopher M. Yengo. (2012). Switch II Mutants Reveal Coupling between the Nucleotide- and Actin-Binding Regions in Myosin V. Biophysical Journal. 102(11). 2545–2555. 23 indexed citations

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Baker-Neblett, Katherine L., Andrij Baumketner, Yu‐Chun Lin, et al.. (2012). ICSM: An order method for calculating electrostatic interactions added to TINKER. Computer Physics Communications. 184(1). 19–26. 3 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Donald J., et al.. (2011). Ensemble Properties of Network Rigidity Reveal Allosteric Mechanisms. Methods in molecular biology. 796. 279–304. 14 indexed citations

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Mottonen, James, Donald J. Jacobs, & Dennis R. Livesay. (2010). Allosteric Response Is both Conserved and Variable across Three CheY Orthologs. Biophysical Journal. 99(7). 2245–2254. 25 indexed citations

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Livesay, Dennis R., et al.. (2008). Hydrogen bond networks determine emergent mechanical and thermodynamic properties across a protein family. Chemistry Central Journal. 2(1). 17–17. 42 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Donald J. & Sargis Dallakyan. (2004). Elucidating Protein Thermodynamics from the Three-Dimensional Structure of the Native State Using Network Rigidity. Biophysical Journal. 88(2). 903–915. 43 indexed citations

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Livesay, Dennis R., et al.. (2004). A flexible approach for understanding protein stability. FEBS Letters. 576(3). 468–476. 66 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Donald J., et al.. (2003). Network rigidity at finite temperature: Relationships between thermodynamic stability, the nonadditivity of entropy, and cooperativity in molecular systems. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(6). 61109–61109. 44 indexed citations

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Thorpe, M. F., Ming Lei, Andrew J. Rader, Donald J. Jacobs, & Leslie A. Kuhn. (2001). Protein flexibility and dynamics using constraint theory. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 19(1). 60–69. 95 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Donald J., et al.. (1996). Effects of a Cooperative Learning Method on Mathematics Achievement and Affective Outcomes of Students in a Private Elementary School.. Journal of research and development in education. 29(4). 195–202. 16 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Donald J.. (1996). Generic Rigidity: The Pebble Game. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 2 indexed citations

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