Hernán Alonso

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Hernán Alonso is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hernán Alonso has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hernán Alonso's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (4 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (3 papers). Hernán Alonso is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (4 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (3 papers). Hernán Alonso collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Hernán Alonso's co-authors include Jill E. Gready, Andrey A. Bliznyuk, Spencer M. Whitney, Robert L. Houtz, Robert H. Wilson, Douglas J. Orr, Jeroni Galmés, Robert E. Sharwood, Anna Roujeinikova and Jennifer L. Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Hernán Alonso

15 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Combining docking and molecular dynamic simulations in dr... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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. Combining docking and molecular dynamic simulations in drug design
    2006 560 citations Hernán Alonso, Andrey A. Bliznyuk et al. Medicinal Research Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hernán Alonso Australia 12 903 258 247 211 120 15 1.3k
Jianxin Wang China 20 515 0.6× 162 0.6× 333 1.3× 62 0.3× 127 1.1× 60 1.3k
Cheng Zhao United States 22 1.2k 1.4× 256 1.0× 499 2.0× 74 0.4× 105 0.9× 48 2.0k
Hugo Verli Brazil 30 1.3k 1.4× 132 0.5× 534 2.2× 59 0.3× 499 4.2× 112 2.4k
Pamela Lane United States 13 778 0.9× 95 0.4× 33 0.1× 253 1.2× 60 0.5× 22 1.2k
Shoshana Brown United States 20 1.4k 1.6× 105 0.4× 81 0.3× 161 0.8× 115 1.0× 37 1.8k
Bing Xia China 16 1.5k 1.7× 253 1.0× 328 1.3× 16 0.1× 95 0.8× 31 2.2k
Adrián K. Arakaki United States 21 1.5k 1.7× 144 0.6× 177 0.7× 93 0.4× 12 0.1× 28 2.0k
Marcia J. Holden United States 22 709 0.8× 31 0.1× 294 1.2× 71 0.3× 40 0.3× 48 1.3k
Andreas Hauser Germany 10 1.6k 1.7× 173 0.7× 196 0.8× 14 0.1× 39 0.3× 16 2.1k
Ruihan Zhang China 19 1.0k 1.1× 73 0.3× 274 1.1× 19 0.1× 102 0.8× 116 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hernán Alonso

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hernán Alonso

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hernán Alonso. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hernán Alonso 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 Hernán Alonso. Hernán Alonso 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
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Wilson, Robert H., Hernán Alonso, & Spencer M. Whitney. (2016). Evolving Methanococcoides burtonii archaeal Rubisco for improved photosynthesis and plant growth. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22284–22284. 72 indexed citations
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Alonso, Hernán, Marta Enciso, Saskia Egarter, et al.. (2015). Two Essential Light Chains Regulate the MyoA Lever Arm To Promote Toxoplasma Gliding Motility. mBio. 6(5). e00845–15. 34 indexed citations
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Alonso, Hernán, Oded Kleifeld, Adva Yeheskel, et al.. (2014). Structural and mechanistic insight into alkane hydroxylation by Pseudomonas putida AlkB. Biochemical Journal. 460(2). 283–293. 17 indexed citations
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Tohidpour, Abolghasem, et al.. (2013). Conformational Analysis of Isolated Domains of Helicobacter pylori CagA. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79367–e79367. 15 indexed citations
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Alonso, Hernán & Anna Roujeinikova. (2012). Characterization and Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Membrane Component AlkB of the Medium-Chain Alkane Hydroxylase System from Pseudomonas putida GPo1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(22). 7946–7953. 24 indexed citations
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Xie, Meng, Hernán Alonso, & Anna Roujeinikova. (2011). An Improved Procedure for the Purification of Catalytically Active Alkane Hydroxylase from Pseudomonas putida GPo1. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 165(3-4). 823–831. 11 indexed citations
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Whitney, Spencer M., et al.. (2011). Isoleucine 309 acts as a C 4 catalytic switch that increases ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) carboxylation rate in Flaveria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(35). 14688–14693. 119 indexed citations
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Whitney, Spencer M., Robert L. Houtz, & Hernán Alonso. (2010). Advancing Our Understanding and Capacity to Engineer Nature’s CO2-Sequestering Enzyme, Rubisco . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 155(1). 27–35. 338 indexed citations
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Alonso, Hernán, et al.. (2009). Substrate-induced Assembly of Methanococcoides burtoniid-Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Dimers into Decamers. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(49). 33876–33882. 39 indexed citations
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Alonso, Hernán, Peter L. Cummins, & Jill E. Gready. (2009). Methyltetrahydrofolate:corrinoid/iron−sulfur Protein Methyltransferase (MeTr): Protonation State of the Ligand and Active-Site Residues. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 113(44). 14787–14796. 5 indexed citations
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Alonso, Hernán, et al.. (2009). Evaluación del proceso de coagulación - floculación de una planta de tratamiento de agua potable. 2 indexed citations
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Alonso, Hernán & Jill E. Gready. (2006). Integron-sequestered dihydrofolate reductase: a recently redeployed enzyme. Trends in Microbiology. 14(5). 236–242. 17 indexed citations
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Alonso, Hernán, Andrey A. Bliznyuk, & Jill E. Gready. (2006). Combining docking and molecular dynamic simulations in drug design. Medicinal Research Reviews. 26(5). 531–568. 560 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alonso, Hernán, Andrey A. Bliznyuk, & Jill E. Gready. (2006). Combining Docking and Molecular Dynamic Simulations in Drug Design. ChemInform. 37(45). 11 indexed citations
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Alonso, Hernán, M. Gillies, Peter L. Cummins, Andrey A. Bliznyuk, & Jill E. Gready. (2005). Multiple ligand-binding modes in bacterial R67 dihydrofolate reductase. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 19(3). 165–187. 11 indexed citations

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