Howook Hwang

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Howook Hwang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Howook Hwang has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Howook Hwang's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (17 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (9 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers). Howook Hwang is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (17 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (9 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers). Howook Hwang collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Netherlands. Howook Hwang's co-authors include Zhiping Weng, Thom Vreven, Brian G. Pierce, Kevin Wiehe, Bong‐Hyun Kim, Joël Janin, Julian Mintseris, Panagiotis L. Kastritis, Paul A. Bates and Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Howook Hwang

18 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

ZDOCK server: interactive docking prediction of protein–p... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 400 800 1.2k
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. ZDOCK server: interactive docking prediction of protein–protein complexes and symmetric multimers
    2014 1.3k citations Brian G. Pierce, Kevin Wiehe et al. Bioinformatics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Howook Hwang United States 13 2.1k 622 533 262 209 18 2.5k
Stephen R. Comeau United States 11 2.1k 1.0× 441 0.7× 433 0.8× 371 1.4× 317 1.5× 19 2.7k
Ryan Brenke United States 11 1.5k 0.7× 536 0.9× 333 0.6× 266 1.0× 183 0.9× 13 1.9k
Björn Wallner Sweden 31 3.0k 1.5× 477 0.8× 884 1.7× 168 0.6× 172 0.8× 74 3.6k
Matthew J. O’Meara United States 17 2.0k 1.0× 656 1.1× 547 1.0× 257 1.0× 107 0.5× 29 2.7k
Ivan Anishchenko United States 19 2.5k 1.2× 372 0.6× 598 1.1× 196 0.7× 120 0.6× 37 3.1k
Brian Jiménez‐García Spain 19 1.6k 0.7× 389 0.6× 302 0.6× 290 1.1× 157 0.8× 30 1.9k
Julian Mintseris United States 24 2.9k 1.4× 640 1.0× 762 1.4× 168 0.6× 172 0.8× 35 3.3k
Andrew A. Bogan United States 6 1.9k 0.9× 379 0.6× 432 0.8× 328 1.3× 157 0.8× 8 2.3k
Adrien S. J. Melquiond Netherlands 19 2.4k 1.2× 403 0.6× 381 0.7× 304 1.2× 302 1.4× 23 3.2k
Zhenling Peng China 29 3.5k 1.7× 446 0.7× 725 1.4× 165 0.6× 148 0.7× 60 4.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Howook Hwang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Howook Hwang

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Miller, Edward B., Howook Hwang, Mee Shelley, et al.. (2024). Enabling structure-based drug discovery utilizing predicted models. Cell. 187(3). 521–525. 10 indexed citations
2.
Trudeau, Stephen J., Howook Hwang, Deepika Mathur, et al.. (2023). PrePCI : A structure‐ and chemical similarity‐informed database of predicted protein compound interactions. Protein Science. 32(4). e4594–e4594. 8 indexed citations
3.
Liu, Yuxuan, Jole Fiorito, Elisa Calcagno, et al.. (2019). Strategy for Overcoming Crebbp and EP300 Mutations in Lymphoma: Development of First-in-Class HAT Activators. Blood. 134(Supplement_1). 4068–4068. 4 indexed citations
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Hwang, Howook, Fabian Dey, Donald Petrey, & Barry Honig. (2017). Structure-based prediction of ligand–protein interactions on a genome-wide scale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(52). 13685–13690. 40 indexed citations
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Petrey, Donald, Lei Deng, José Ignacio Garzón, et al.. (2015). Template-based prediction of protein function. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 32. 33–38. 33 indexed citations
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Hwang, Howook, Donald Petrey, & Barry Honig. (2015). A hybrid method for protein–protein interface prediction. Protein Science. 25(1). 159–165. 27 indexed citations
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Pierce, Brian G., Kevin Wiehe, Howook Hwang, et al.. (2014). ZDOCK server: interactive docking prediction of protein–protein complexes and symmetric multimers. Bioinformatics. 30(12). 1771–1773. 1276 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vreven, Thom, Howook Hwang, & Zhiping Weng. (2013). Exploring Angular Distance in Protein-Protein Docking Algorithms. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56645–e56645. 10 indexed citations
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Hwang, Howook, Thom Vreven, & Zhiping Weng. (2013). Binding interface prediction by combining protein-protein docking results. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 82(1). 57–66. 23 indexed citations
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Vreven, Thom, Brian G. Pierce, Howook Hwang, & Zhiping Weng. (2013). Performance of ZDOCK in CAPRI rounds 20–26. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 81(12). 2175–2182. 21 indexed citations
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Vreven, Thom, Howook Hwang, Brian G. Pierce, & Zhiping Weng. (2012). Prediction of protein–protein binding free energies. Protein Science. 21(3). 396–404. 67 indexed citations
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Hwang, Howook, Thom Vreven, Troy W. Whitfield, Kevin Wiehe, & Zhiping Weng. (2011). A machine learning approach for the prediction of protein surface loop flexibility. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 79(8). 2467–2474. 6 indexed citations
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Vreven, Thom, Howook Hwang, & Zhiping Weng. (2011). Integrating atom‐based and residue‐based scoring functions for protein–protein docking. Protein Science. 20(9). 1576–1586. 67 indexed citations
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Kastritis, Panagiotis L., Iain H. Moal, Howook Hwang, et al.. (2011). A structure‐based benchmark for protein–protein binding affinity. Protein Science. 20(3). 482–491. 234 indexed citations
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Hwang, Howook, Thom Vreven, Brian G. Pierce, Jui‐Hung Hung, & Zhiping Weng. (2010). Performance of ZDOCK and ZRANK in CAPRI rounds 13–19. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 78(15). 3104–3110. 65 indexed citations
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Hwang, Howook, Thom Vreven, Joël Janin, & Zhiping Weng. (2010). Protein–protein docking benchmark version 4.0. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 78(15). 3111–3114. 391 indexed citations
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Hwang, Howook, Brian G. Pierce, Julian Mintseris, Joël Janin, & Zhiping Weng. (2008). Protein–protein docking benchmark version 3.0. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 73(3). 705–709. 206 indexed citations
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Wiehe, Kevin, Brian G. Pierce, Wei Tong, et al.. (2007). The performance of ZDOCK and ZRANK in rounds 6–11 of CAPRI. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 69(4). 719–725. 59 indexed citations

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