Eric F. Pettersen

70.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
15 papers, 48.2k citations indexed

About

Eric F. Pettersen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric F. Pettersen has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 48.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Eric F. Pettersen's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers), Scientific Computing and Data Management (5 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers). Eric F. Pettersen is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers), Scientific Computing and Data Management (5 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers). Eric F. Pettersen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Eric F. Pettersen's co-authors include Thomas E. Ferrin, Elaine C. Meng, Thomas D. Goddard, Conrad C. Huang, Gregory S. Couch, John H. Morris, Tristan I. Croll, P. Therese Lang, Irwin D. Kuntz and Robert C. Rizzo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Computational Chemistry and BMC Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Eric F. Pettersen

15 papers receiving 47.9k citations

Hit Papers

UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory resea... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2020 2017 2023 2010 10.0k 20.0k 30.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric F. Pettersen United States 13 31.0k 4.7k 4.4k 4.3k 4.2k 15 48.2k
Elaine C. Meng United States 29 32.3k 1.0× 4.9k 1.0× 4.4k 1.0× 4.3k 1.0× 4.4k 1.1× 35 50.0k
Thomas D. Goddard United States 13 30.2k 1.0× 4.6k 1.0× 4.4k 1.0× 4.2k 1.0× 4.0k 1.0× 13 47.2k
Conrad C. Huang United States 31 31.3k 1.0× 4.9k 1.0× 4.4k 1.0× 4.5k 1.0× 4.1k 1.0× 48 49.3k
Gregory S. Couch United States 8 28.6k 0.9× 4.3k 0.9× 4.1k 0.9× 4.0k 0.9× 3.9k 0.9× 11 44.5k
Thomas E. Ferrin United States 43 35.6k 1.1× 5.5k 1.2× 4.8k 1.1× 4.8k 1.1× 4.6k 1.1× 93 55.6k
Roman A. Laskowski United Kingdom 51 33.9k 1.1× 8.4k 1.8× 4.0k 0.9× 3.5k 0.8× 3.4k 0.8× 109 47.1k
Tom L. Blundell United Kingdom 94 34.2k 1.1× 7.7k 1.6× 3.6k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 3.3k 0.8× 505 45.7k
Torsten Schwede Switzerland 53 25.7k 0.8× 4.0k 0.9× 3.6k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 1.6k 0.4× 108 38.8k
David Eisenberg United States 120 46.7k 1.5× 10.0k 2.1× 4.0k 0.9× 2.9k 0.7× 2.1k 0.5× 409 62.2k
Andrej Săli United States 107 50.4k 1.6× 11.4k 2.4× 5.2k 1.2× 3.4k 0.8× 2.4k 0.6× 381 66.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Eric F. Pettersen

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Eric F. Pettersen's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Eric F. Pettersen with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Eric F. Pettersen more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Eric F. Pettersen

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Eric F. Pettersen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Eric F. Pettersen. The network helps show where Eric F. Pettersen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric F. Pettersen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Eric F. Pettersen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Eric F. Pettersen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Eric F. Pettersen. Eric F. Pettersen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
1.
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
2.
Meng, Elaine C., et al.. (2023). UCSF ChimeraX: Tools for structure building and analysis. Protein Science. 32(11). e4792–e4792. 1450 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
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 →
4.
Goddard, Thomas D., Conrad C. Huang, Elaine C. Meng, et al.. (2017). UCSF ChimeraX: Meeting modern challenges in visualization and analysis. Protein Science. 27(1). 14–25. 3207 indexed citations breakdown →
5.
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
6.
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 →
7.
Pieper, Ursula, Benjamin Webb, David T. Barkan, et al.. (2010). ModBase, a database of annotated comparative protein structure models, and associated resources. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(Database). D465–D474. 672 indexed citations breakdown →
8.
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 →
9.
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 →
10.
Moustakas, Demetri T., P. Therese Lang, Scott C.‐H. Pegg, et al.. (2006). Development and validation of a modular, extensible docking program: DOCK 5. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 20(10-11). 601–619. 325 indexed citations
11.
Pettersen, Eric F., Thomas D. Goddard, Conrad C. Huang, et al.. (2004). UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 25(13). 1605–1612. 35338 indexed citations breakdown →
12.
Couch, Gregory S., Eric F. Pettersen, Conrad C. Huang, & Thomas E. Ferrin. (1995). Annotating PDB files with scene information. Journal of Molecular Graphics. 13(3). 153–158. 8 indexed citations
13.
Huang, Conrad C., Eric F. Pettersen, Teri E. Klein, Thomas E. Ferrin, & Robert Langridge. (1991). Conic: A fast renderer for spacefilling molecules with shadows. Journal of Molecular Graphics. 9(4). 230–236. 130 indexed citations
14.
Ferrin, Thomas E., Gregory S. Couch, C.C. Huang, Eric F. Pettersen, & Robert Langridge. (1991). An affordable approach to interactive desktop molecular modeling. Journal of Molecular Graphics. 9(1). 27–32. 15 indexed citations
15.
Klein, Teri E., Conrad C. Huang, Eric F. Pettersen, et al.. (1990). A real-time malleable molecular surface. Journal of Molecular Graphics. 8(1). 16–24. 15 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Rankless by CCL
2026