Florian Leidner

417 total citations
16 papers, 260 citations indexed

About

Florian Leidner is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Florian Leidner has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 260 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Infectious Diseases, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Florian Leidner's work include HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (10 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (5 papers). Florian Leidner is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (10 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (5 papers). Florian Leidner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Florian Leidner's co-authors include Celia A. Schiffer, Neşe Kurt Yılmaz, Janet L. Paulsen, E.A. Nalivaika, M. Henes, G.J. Lockbaum, Akbar Ali, Shurong Hou, L.N. Rusere and Yves A. Muller and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Florian Leidner

15 papers receiving 257 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Florian Leidner United States 11 144 116 96 46 45 16 260
M. Henes United States 11 138 1.0× 102 0.9× 84 0.9× 48 1.0× 36 0.8× 16 268
Kristina Prachanronarong United States 9 150 1.0× 126 1.1× 71 0.7× 106 2.3× 89 2.0× 11 329
Jérôme Deval United States 8 237 1.6× 146 1.3× 114 1.2× 118 2.6× 36 0.8× 13 402
Madhavi Kolli United States 8 252 1.8× 87 0.8× 241 2.5× 36 0.8× 27 0.6× 8 316
Margaret Gartland United States 9 201 1.4× 82 0.7× 174 1.8× 156 3.4× 148 3.3× 15 404
Adele Boccuto Italy 15 236 1.6× 88 0.8× 98 1.0× 71 1.5× 16 0.4× 30 439
Brenda I. Hernández-Santiago United States 9 307 2.1× 143 1.2× 114 1.2× 167 3.6× 119 2.6× 16 451
Beata Nowicka-Sans United States 11 307 2.1× 86 0.7× 297 3.1× 72 1.6× 57 1.3× 11 423
Lucille L’Heureux Canada 9 169 1.2× 112 1.0× 58 0.6× 94 2.0× 164 3.6× 9 327
Peggy Geluykens Belgium 7 241 1.7× 126 1.1× 194 2.0× 91 2.0× 10 0.2× 10 345

Countries citing papers authored by Florian Leidner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Florian Leidner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Florian Leidner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Florian Leidner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Florian Leidner 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 Florian Leidner. Florian Leidner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Chen, Han, Constantin Cretu, Norbert Babai, et al.. (2025). Structure and function of otoferlin, a synaptic protein of sensory hair cells essential for hearing. Science Advances. 11(42). eady8532–eady8532. 1 indexed citations
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Leidner, Florian, N. N. Bhuvan Kumar, Peter Madzelan, et al.. (2025). Is a Malleable Active Site Loop the Key to High Substrate Promiscuity? Hybrid, Biocatalytic Route to Structurally Diverse Taxoid Side Chains with Remarkable Dual Stereocontrol. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(36). e202510889–e202510889.
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Leidner, Florian, Ashok K. Rout, Claudia Schmidt, et al.. (2024). Determinants of chemoselectivity in ubiquitination by the J2 family of ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes. The EMBO Journal. 43(24). 6705–6739. 3 indexed citations
4.
Leidner, Florian, Neşe Kurt Yılmaz, & Celia A. Schiffer. (2021). Deciphering Complex Mechanisms of Resistance and Loss of Potency through Coupled Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 17(4). 2054–2064. 13 indexed citations
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Leidner, Florian, Neşe Kurt Yılmaz, & Celia A. Schiffer. (2021). Deciphering Antifungal Drug Resistance in Pneumocystis jirovecii DHFR with Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 61(6). 2537–2541. 9 indexed citations
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Leidner, Florian, G.J. Lockbaum, M. Henes, et al.. (2021). Drug Design Strategies to Avoid Resistance in Direct-Acting Antivirals and Beyond. Chemical Reviews. 121(6). 3238–3270. 50 indexed citations
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Lockbaum, G.J., Florian Leidner, William E. Royer, Neşe Kurt Yılmaz, & Celia A. Schiffer. (2020). Optimizing the refinement of merohedrally twinned P61 HIV-1 protease–inhibitor cocrystal structures. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 76(3). 302–310. 1 indexed citations
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Henes, M., G.J. Lockbaum, Florian Leidner, et al.. (2019). Molecular Determinants of Epistasis in HIV-1 Protease: Elucidating the Interdependence of L89V and L90M Mutations in Resistance. Biochemistry. 58(35). 3711–3726. 12 indexed citations
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Henes, M., G.J. Lockbaum, Florian Leidner, et al.. (2019). Picomolar to Micromolar: Elucidating the Role of Distal Mutations in HIV-1 Protease in Conferring Drug Resistance. ACS Chemical Biology. 14(11). 2441–2452. 32 indexed citations
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Timm, Jennifer, M. Henes, Florian Leidner, et al.. (2019). Molecular and Structural Mechanism of Pan-Genotypic HCV NS3/4A Protease Inhibition by Glecaprevir. ACS Chemical Biology. 15(2). 342–352. 12 indexed citations
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Leidner, Florian, Neşe Kurt Yılmaz, & Celia A. Schiffer. (2019). Target-Specific Prediction of Ligand Affinity with Structure-Based Interaction Fingerprints. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 59(9). 3679–3691. 23 indexed citations
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Lockbaum, G.J., Florian Leidner, L.N. Rusere, et al.. (2018). Structural Adaptation of Darunavir Analogues against Primary Mutations in HIV-1 Protease. ACS Infectious Diseases. 5(2). 316–325. 27 indexed citations
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Leidner, Florian, Alicia Newton, Christos J. Petropoulos, et al.. (2018). Molecular Mechanism of Resistance in a Clinically Significant Double-Mutant Variant of HCV NS3/4A Protease. Structure. 26(10). 1360–1372.e5. 17 indexed citations
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Leidner, Florian, Neşe Kurt Yılmaz, Janet L. Paulsen, Yves A. Muller, & Celia A. Schiffer. (2018). Hydration Structure and Dynamics of Inhibitor-Bound HIV-1 Protease. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 14(5). 2784–2796. 24 indexed citations
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Hou, Shurong, Tania V. Silvas, Florian Leidner, et al.. (2018). Structural Analysis of the Active Site and DNA Binding of Human Cytidine Deaminase APOBEC3B. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 15(1). 637–647. 15 indexed citations
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Paulsen, Janet L., et al.. (2017). Interdependence of Inhibitor Recognition in HIV-1 Protease. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 13(5). 2300–2309. 21 indexed citations

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