Eric F. Pettersen

70.1k citations
15 papers · 48.2k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 13
Topics
Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers)Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers)Scientific Computing and Data Management (5 papers)

In The Last Decade

Eric F. Pettersen

15 papers receiving 47.9k citations

Hit Papers

UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory resea...20042026201120182004202020172023201010.0k20.0k30.0k

Peers

Eric F. Pettersen
Comparison fields: 5 of 201
  • Molecular Biology 31.0k
  • Materials Chemistry 4.7k
  • Genetics 4.4k
  • Infectious Diseases 4.3k
  • Organic Chemistry 4.2k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric F. Pettersen

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All Works

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UCSF ChimeraX: Tools for structure building and analysisbreakdown →
1450
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UCSF ChimeraX: Structure visualization for researchers, educators, and developersbreakdown →
5287
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UCSF ChimeraX: Meeting modern challenges in visualization and analysisbreakdown →
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UCSF Chimera, MODELLER, and IMP: An integrated modeling systembreakdown →
500
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ModBase, a database of annotated comparative protein structure models, and associated resourcesbreakdown →
672
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DOCK 6: Combining techniques to model RNA–small molecule complexesbreakdown →
603
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Tools for integrated sequence-structure analysis with UCSF Chimerabreakdown →
531
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UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysisbreakdown →
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About Eric F. Pettersen

Eric F. Pettersen is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Information Systems and Management and Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, having authored 15 papers that have together received 48.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers) and Scientific Computing and Data Management (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (1.5k citations), Molecular Biology (31.0k citations) and Infectious Diseases (4.3k citations). Eric F. Pettersen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Frequent 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, Robert C. Rizzo and Irwin D. Kuntz. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Computational Chemistry and BMC Bioinformatics.

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