Elaine C. Meng

72.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
35 papers, 50.0k citations indexed

About

Elaine C. Meng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Elaine C. Meng has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 50.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Elaine C. Meng's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (12 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (8 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers). Elaine C. Meng is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (12 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (8 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers). Elaine C. Meng collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Elaine C. Meng's co-authors include Eric F. Pettersen, Thomas E. Ferrin, Thomas D. Goddard, Conrad C. Huang, Gregory S. Couch, John H. Morris, Tristan I. Croll, Irwin D. Kuntz, Brian K. Shoichet and Henry R. Bourne and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Elaine C. Meng

35 papers receiving 49.6k citations

Hit Papers

UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory rese... 1992 2026 2003 2014 2004 2020 2017 2023 1992 10.0k 20.0k 30.0k
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. UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
    2004 35.3k citations Eric F. Pettersen, Thomas D. Goddard et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →
  2. UCSF ChimeraX: Structure visualization for researchers, educators, and developers
    2020 5.3k citations Eric F. Pettersen, Thomas D. Goddard et al. Protein Science profile →
  3. UCSF ChimeraX: Meeting modern challenges in visualization and analysis
    2017 3.2k citations Thomas D. Goddard, Conrad C. Huang et al. Protein Science profile →
  4. UCSF ChimeraX: Tools for structure building and analysis
    2023 1.4k citations Elaine C. Meng, Thomas D. Goddard et al. Protein Science profile →
  5. Automated docking with grid‐based energy evaluation
    1992 715 citations Elaine C. Meng, Brian K. Shoichet et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →
  6. DOCK 6: Combining techniques to model RNA–small molecule complexes
    2009 603 citations P. Therese Lang, Scott R. Brozell et al. RNA profile →
  7. Tools for integrated sequence-structure analysis with UCSF Chimera
    2006 531 citations Elaine C. Meng, Eric F. Pettersen et al. BMC Bioinformatics profile →
  8. UCSF Chimera, MODELLER, and IMP: An integrated modeling system
    2011 500 citations Zheng Rong Yang, Keren Lasker et al. Journal of Structural Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elaine C. Meng United States 29 32.3k 4.9k 4.4k 4.4k 4.3k 35 50.0k
Eric F. Pettersen United States 13 31.0k 1.0× 4.7k 1.0× 4.4k 1.0× 4.2k 0.9× 4.3k 1.0× 15 48.2k
Conrad C. Huang United States 31 31.3k 1.0× 4.9k 1.0× 4.4k 1.0× 4.1k 0.9× 4.5k 1.0× 48 49.3k
Thomas E. Ferrin United States 43 35.6k 1.1× 5.5k 1.1× 4.8k 1.1× 4.6k 1.0× 4.8k 1.1× 93 55.6k
Thomas D. Goddard United States 13 30.2k 0.9× 4.6k 0.9× 4.4k 1.0× 4.0k 0.9× 4.2k 1.0× 13 47.2k
Gregory S. Couch United States 8 28.6k 0.9× 4.3k 0.9× 4.1k 0.9× 3.9k 0.9× 4.0k 0.9× 11 44.5k
Roman A. Laskowski United Kingdom 51 33.9k 1.1× 8.4k 1.7× 4.0k 0.9× 3.4k 0.8× 3.5k 0.8× 109 47.1k
Tom L. Blundell United Kingdom 94 34.2k 1.1× 7.7k 1.6× 3.6k 0.8× 3.3k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 505 45.7k
Jeremy C. Smith United States 92 32.0k 1.0× 7.8k 1.6× 4.2k 0.9× 3.9k 0.9× 1.7k 0.4× 848 58.8k
David Eisenberg United States 120 46.7k 1.4× 10.0k 2.1× 4.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.5× 2.9k 0.7× 409 62.2k
Andrej Săli United States 107 50.4k 1.6× 11.4k 2.4× 5.2k 1.2× 2.4k 0.6× 3.4k 0.8× 381 66.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elaine C. Meng

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Read, Randy J., Eric F. Pettersen, Airlie J. McCoy, et al.. (2024). Likelihood-based interactive local docking into cryo-EM maps in ChimeraX. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 80(8). 588–598. 3 indexed citations
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Pettersen, Eric F., Thomas D. Goddard, Conrad C. Huang, et al.. (2020). UCSF ChimeraX: Structure visualization for researchers, educators, and developers. Protein Science. 30(1). 70–82. 5287 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holliday, Gemma L., Eyal Akiva, Elaine C. Meng, et al.. (2018). Atlas of the Radical SAM Superfamily: Divergent Evolution of Function Using a “Plug and Play” Domain. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 606. 1–71. 97 indexed citations
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Huang, Conrad C., Elaine C. Meng, John H. Morris, Eric F. Pettersen, & Thomas E. Ferrin. (2014). Enhancing UCSF Chimera through web services. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(W1). W478–W484. 126 indexed citations
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Akiva, Eyal, Shoshana Brown, Daniel E. Almonacid, et al.. (2013). The Structure–Function Linkage Database. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(D1). D521–D530. 189 indexed citations
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Meng, Elaine C. & Patricia C. Babbitt. (2011). Topological variation in the evolution of new reactions in functionally diverse enzyme superfamilies. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 21(3). 391–397. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Zheng Rong, Keren Lasker, Dina Schneidman‐Duhovny, et al.. (2011). UCSF Chimera, MODELLER, and IMP: An integrated modeling system. Journal of Structural Biology. 179(3). 269–278. 500 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morris, John H., Elaine C. Meng, & Thomas E. Ferrin. (2010). Computational Tools for the Interactive Exploration of Proteomic and Structural Data. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 9(8). 1703–1715. 7 indexed citations
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Lang, P. Therese, Scott R. Brozell, Sudipto Mukherjee, et al.. (2009). DOCK 6: Combining techniques to model RNA–small molecule complexes. RNA. 15(6). 1219–1230. 603 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ojha, Sunil, Elaine C. Meng, & Patricia C. Babbitt. (2007). Evolution of Function in the “Two Dinucleotide Binding Domains” Flavoproteins. PLoS Computational Biology. 3(7). e121–e121. 51 indexed citations
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Meng, Elaine C., Eric F. Pettersen, Gregory S. Couch, Conrad C. Huang, & Thomas E. Ferrin. (2006). Tools for integrated sequence-structure analysis with UCSF Chimera. BMC Bioinformatics. 7(1). 339–339. 531 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pegg, Scott C.‐H., Shoshana Brown, Sunil Ojha, et al.. (2006). Leveraging Enzyme Structure−Function Relationships for Functional Inference and Experimental Design:  The Structure−Function Linkage Database. Biochemistry. 45(8). 2545–2555. 130 indexed citations
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Meng, Elaine C., Benjamin J. Polacco, & Patricia C. Babbitt. (2004). Superfamily active site templates. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 55(4). 962–976. 42 indexed citations
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Madabushi, Srinivasan, Alecia K. Gross, Anne Philippi, et al.. (2004). Evolutionary Trace of G Protein-coupled Receptors Reveals Clusters of Residues That Determine Global and Class-specific Functions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(9). 8126–8132. 167 indexed citations
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Meng, Elaine C. & Henry R. Bourne. (2001). Receptor activation: what does the rhodopsin structure tell us?. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 22(11). 587–593. 128 indexed citations
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Meng, Elaine C. & Peter A. Kollman. (1996). Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Properties of Water around Simple Organic Solutes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(27). 11460–11470. 141 indexed citations
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Meng, Elaine C. & Irwin D. Kuntz. (1994). Molecular Docking: A Tool for Ligand Discovery and Design. Drug Information Journal. 28(3). 735–749. 1 indexed citations
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Meng, Elaine C., Daniel A. Gschwend, Jeffrey M. Blaney, & Irwin D. Kuntz. (1993). Orientational sampling and rigid‐body minimization in molecular docking. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 17(3). 266–278. 117 indexed citations
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Meng, Elaine C., Brian K. Shoichet, & Irwin D. Kuntz. (1992). Automated docking with grid‐based energy evaluation. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 13(4). 505–524. 715 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meng, Elaine C. & Richard A. Lewis. (1991). Determination of molecular topology and atomic hybridization states from heavy atom coordinates. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 12(7). 891–898. 27 indexed citations

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