H. A. Scheraga

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

H. A. Scheraga is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, H. A. Scheraga has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in H. A. Scheraga's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). H. A. Scheraga is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). H. A. Scheraga collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Argentina. H. A. Scheraga's co-authors include Christian B. Anfinsen, Matthew R. Pincus, Adam Liwo, Ryszard J. Wawak, S. Rackovsky, David M. Rothwarf, Daniel R. Ripoll, Jorge A. Vila, K.-C. Chou and Richard D. Klausner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

H. A. Scheraga

22 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Experimental and Theoretical Aspects of Protein Folding 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 250 500 750
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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. Experimental and Theoretical Aspects of Protein Folding
    1975 809 citations Christian B. Anfinsen, H. A. Scheraga Advances in protein chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
H. A. Scheraga United States 17 1.7k 889 266 226 198 22 2.0k
P.J. Artymiuk United Kingdom 17 1.5k 0.9× 865 1.0× 220 0.8× 134 0.6× 181 0.9× 21 2.1k
Julia M. Goodfellow United Kingdom 25 1.8k 1.1× 665 0.7× 341 1.3× 386 1.7× 148 0.7× 84 2.4k
Martin Karplus United States 16 2.1k 1.3× 1.0k 1.2× 286 1.1× 296 1.3× 209 1.1× 17 2.4k
Kenneth D. Gibson United States 20 1.3k 0.8× 468 0.5× 274 1.0× 197 0.9× 93 0.5× 35 1.8k
S. T. Rao United States 19 1.9k 1.1× 672 0.8× 256 1.0× 128 0.6× 142 0.7× 30 2.4k
Andrew Shrake United States 16 1.3k 0.8× 599 0.7× 284 1.1× 236 1.0× 164 0.8× 23 1.9k
Barry T. Nall United States 23 1.4k 0.8× 475 0.5× 166 0.6× 128 0.6× 215 1.1× 42 1.6k
Craig E. Kundrot United States 17 2.0k 1.2× 747 0.8× 153 0.6× 137 0.6× 111 0.6× 30 2.4k
Н. Н. Хечинашвили Russia 12 1.6k 0.9× 708 0.8× 186 0.7× 228 1.0× 203 1.0× 18 2.0k
Hugh Nymeyer United States 16 2.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 344 1.3× 522 2.3× 172 0.9× 21 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. A. Scheraga

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All Works

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Vila, Jorge A., Daniel R. Ripoll, & H. A. Scheraga. (2000). Physical reasons for the unusual α-helix stabilization afforded by charged or neutral polar residues in alanine-rich peptides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(24). 13075–13079. 126 indexed citations
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Liwo, Adam, Cezary Czaplewski, M. Groth, et al.. (1998). United-residue force field for off-lattice protein-structure simulations: III. Origin of backbone hydrogen-bonding cooperativity in united-residue potentials. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 19(3). 259–276. 142 indexed citations
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Juminaga, Darmawi, et al.. (1997). Tyrosyl Interactions in the Folding and Unfolding of Bovine Pancreatic Ribonuclease A:  A Study of Tyrosine-to-Phenylalanine Mutants. Biochemistry. 36(33). 10131–10145. 31 indexed citations
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Wawak, Ryszard J., K. D. Gibson, Adam Liwo, & H. A. Scheraga. (1996). Theoretical prediction of a crystal structure.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93(5). 1743–1746. 22 indexed citations
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Scheraga, H. A., et al.. (1996). How optimization of potential functions affects protein folding.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93(10). 4984–4989. 70 indexed citations
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Vorobjev, Yury N., et al.. (1992). A combined iterative and boundary-element approach for solution of the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 114(9). 3189–3196. 63 indexed citations
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Rothwarf, David M. & H. A. Scheraga. (1992). Equilibrium and kinetic constants for the thiol-disulfide interchange reaction between glutathione and dithiothreitol.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(17). 7944–7948. 89 indexed citations
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Scheraga, H. A., Y. Konishi, David M. Rothwarf, & Philip W. Mui. (1987). Toward an understanding of the folding of ribonuclease A.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(16). 5740–5744. 37 indexed citations
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Pincus, Matthew R., Jie Chen, Jack Lubowsky, et al.. (1987). On the biologically active structures of cholecystokinin, little gastrin, and enkephalin in the gastrointestinal system.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(14). 4821–4825. 25 indexed citations
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Purisima, Enrico O. & H. A. Scheraga. (1986). An approach to the multiple-minima problem by relaxing dimensionality.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(9). 2782–2786. 46 indexed citations
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Pincus, Matthew R., Richard D. Klausner, & H. A. Scheraga. (1982). Calculation of the three-dimensional structure of the membrane-bound portion of melittin from its amino acid sequence.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 79(16). 5107–5110. 78 indexed citations
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Chou, K.-C. & H. A. Scheraga. (1982). Origin of the right-handed twist of beta-sheets of poly(LVal) chains.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 79(22). 7047–7051. 80 indexed citations
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Meirovitch, Hagai & H. A. Scheraga. (1981). Introduction of short-range restrictions in a protein-folding algorithm involving a long-range geometrical restriction and short-, medium-, and long-range interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 78(11). 6584–6587. 21 indexed citations
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Fitzwater, Susan & H. A. Scheraga. (1980). A model-building procedure with particular application to proteins. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 36(2). 211–219. 9 indexed citations
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Wart, Harold E. Van & H. A. Scheraga. (1977). Stable conformations of aliphatic disulfides: influence of 1,4 interactions involving sulfur atoms.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 74(1). 13–17. 25 indexed citations
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Anfinsen, Christian B. & H. A. Scheraga. (1975). Experimental and Theoretical Aspects of Protein Folding. Advances in protein chemistry. 29. 205–300. 809 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scheraga, H. A., et al.. (1972). Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum of Deamino-Lysine-Vasopressin in Aqueous Solution and Its Structural Implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 69(11). 3322–3326. 2 indexed citations
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Scheraga, H. A.. (1959). Proteins and Synthetic Polypeptides. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 10(1). 191–218. 7 indexed citations

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