Douglas H. Turner

27.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
248 papers, 20.8k citations indexed

About

Douglas H. Turner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas H. Turner has authored 248 papers receiving a total of 20.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 219 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 25 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Douglas H. Turner's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (195 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (98 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (92 papers). Douglas H. Turner is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (195 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (98 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (92 papers). Douglas H. Turner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Canada. Douglas H. Turner's co-authors include David H. Mathews, Michael Zuker, Ryszard Kierzek, Jeffrey Sabina, J. A. Jaeger, Susan M. Freier, Naoki Sugimoto, Susan J. Schroeder, John SantaLucia and Matthew D. Disney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Douglas H. Turner

248 papers receiving 20.3k citations

Hit Papers

Expanded sequence dependence of thermodynamic paramete... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1999 1986 2004 1998 1989 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Expanded sequence dependence of thermodynamic parameters improves prediction of RNA secondary structure
    1999 3.2k citations David H. Mathews, Michael Zuker et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  2. Improved free-energy parameters for predictions of RNA duplex stability.
    1986 1.3k citations Ryszard Kierzek, Douglas H. Turner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Incorporating chemical modification constraints into a dynamic programming algorithm for prediction of RNA secondary structure
    2004 1.2k citations David H. Mathews, Matthew D. Disney et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Thermodynamic Parameters for an Expanded Nearest-Neighbor Model for Formation of RNA Duplexes with Watson−Crick Base Pairs
    1998 920 citations Mark E. Burkard, Ryszard Kierzek et al. Biochemistry profile →
  5. Improved predictions of secondary structures for RNA.
    1989 701 citations Douglas H. Turner, Michael Zuker et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. RNA Structure Prediction
    1988 542 citations Douglas H. Turner et al. profile →
  7. Base-stacking and base-pairing contributions to helix stability: thermodynamics of double-helix formation with CCGG, CCGGp, CCGGAp, ACCGGp, CCGGUp, and ACCGGUp
    1983 446 citations Douglas H. Turner et al. Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Douglas H. Turner United States 67 18.6k 2.0k 1.9k 1.4k 1.1k 248 20.8k
Éric Westhof France 85 21.5k 1.2× 2.4k 1.2× 2.5k 1.3× 1.0k 0.8× 976 0.9× 334 24.6k
Olke C. Uhlenbeck United States 75 20.6k 1.1× 3.4k 1.7× 3.0k 1.6× 840 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 212 22.4k
Nenad Ban Switzerland 66 15.1k 0.8× 2.8k 1.4× 1.4k 0.7× 667 0.5× 740 0.7× 173 17.8k
V. Ramakrishnan United Kingdom 77 20.3k 1.1× 4.3k 2.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 797 0.7× 167 22.2k
Jacques H. van Boom Netherlands 72 20.7k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 854 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 624 26.1k
Joseph D. Puglisi United States 61 11.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 340 0.3× 173 13.3k
Larry Gold United States 58 19.3k 1.0× 3.6k 1.8× 3.1k 1.6× 409 0.3× 523 0.5× 144 21.3k
Harry F. Noller United States 86 26.4k 1.4× 6.0k 3.0× 4.5k 2.4× 1.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.4× 220 29.6k
J.H.D. Cate United States 62 14.7k 0.8× 2.2k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 826 0.6× 1.7k 1.6× 154 17.0k
Patrick Cramer Germany 88 22.2k 1.2× 3.0k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 369 0.3× 1.5k 1.4× 283 25.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Turner, Douglas H., et al.. (2024). NNDB: An Expanded Database of Nearest Neighbor Parameters for Predicting Stability of Nucleic Acid Secondary Structures. Journal of Molecular Biology. 436(17). 168549–168549. 7 indexed citations
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Zuber, Jeffrey, et al.. (2022). Nearest neighbor rules for RNA helix folding thermodynamics: improved end effects. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(9). 5251–5262. 26 indexed citations
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Gilski, Mirosław, et al.. (2019). Accurate geometrical restraints for Watson–Crick base pairs. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials. 75(2). 235–245. 16 indexed citations
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Bottaro, Sandro, Giovanni Bussi, Scott D. Kennedy, Douglas H. Turner, & Kresten Lindorff‐Larsen. (2018). Conformational ensembles of RNA oligonucleotides from integrating NMR and molecular simulations. Science Advances. 4(5). eaar8521–eaar8521. 92 indexed citations
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Liu, Biao, David H. Mathews, & Douglas H. Turner. (2010). RNA pseudoknots: folding and finding. F1000 Biology Reports. 2. 8–8. 31 indexed citations
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Kierzek, Elżbieta, Anna Pasternak, Zofia Gdaniec, et al.. (2009). Contributions of Stacking, Preorganization, and Hydrogen Bonding to the Thermodynamic Stability of Duplexes between RNA and 2′- O -Methyl RNA with Locked Nucleic Acids. Biochemistry. 48(20). 4377–4387. 42 indexed citations
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Tolbert, Blanton S., Scott D. Kennedy, Susan J. Schroeder, Thomas R. Krugh, & Douglas H. Turner. (2007). NMR Structures of (rGCUGAGGCU)2 and (rGCGGAUGCU)2:  Probing the Structural Features That Shape the Thermodynamic Stability of GA Pairs,. Biochemistry. 46(6). 1511–1522. 29 indexed citations
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Jang, Se Bok, Li‐Wei Hung, Mi Suk Jeong, et al.. (2006). The Crystal Structure at 1.5 Å Resolution of an RNA Octamer Duplex Containing Tandem G·U Basepairs. Biophysical Journal. 90(12). 4530–4537. 5 indexed citations
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Mathews, David H., Susan J. Schroeder, Douglas H. Turner, & Michael Zuker. (2006). 22 Predicting RNA Secondary Structure. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 43. 631–657. 19 indexed citations
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Childs‐Disney, Jessica L., et al.. (2003). Inhibition of Escherichia coli RNase P by oligonucleotide directed misfolding of RNA. RNA. 9(12). 1437–1445. 14 indexed citations
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Childs‐Disney, Jessica L., Matthew D. Disney, & Douglas H. Turner. (2002). Oligonucleotide directed misfolding of RNA inhibits Candida albicans group I intron splicing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(17). 11091–11096. 52 indexed citations
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Disney, Matthew D., Tracy J. Matray, Sergei Gryaznov, & Douglas H. Turner. (2001). Binding Enhancement by Tertiary Interactions and Suicide Inhibition of a Candida albicans Group I Intron by Phosphoramidate and 2‘-O-Methyl Hexanucleotides. Biochemistry. 40(21). 6520–6526. 12 indexed citations
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Kierzek, Ryszard, et al.. (2000). The Chemical Synthesis of Oligoribonucleotides with Selectively Placed 2′- O -Phosphates. Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids. 19(5-6). 917–933. 3 indexed citations
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Burkard, Mark E., Douglas H. Turner, & Ignacio Tinoco. (1999). APPENDIX 2: Schematic Diagrams of Secondary and Tertiary Structure Elements. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 37. 681–685. 1 indexed citations
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Spinelli, Sherry L., Ryszard Kierzek, Douglas H. Turner, & Eric M. Phizicky. (1999). Transient ADP-ribosylation of a 2′-Phosphate Implicated in Its Removal from Ligated tRNA during Splicing in Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(5). 2637–2644. 59 indexed citations
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Burkard, Mark E., Douglas H. Turner, & Ignacio Tinoco. (1999). 10 The Interactions That Shape RNA Structure. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 37. 233–264. 9 indexed citations
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Schroeder, Susan J., James Kim, & Douglas H. Turner. (1996). G·A and U·U Mismatches Can Stabilize RNA Internal Loops of Three Nucleotides. Biochemistry. 35(50). 16105–16109. 30 indexed citations
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Turner, Douglas H. & Philip C. Bevilacqua. (1993). 17 Thermodynamic Considerations for Evolution by RNA. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 24. 447–464. 22 indexed citations

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