Igor Vorobyov

16.7k citations

67 papers · 12.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Ion channel regulation and function
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Electrochemistry 8
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications 8
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 25
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias 25

Co-authors: Alexander D. MacKerell (11 shared papers)Pedro E. M. Lopes (2 shared papers)Chitrangada Acharya (1 shared paper)Eva Darian (1 shared paper)Olgun Guvench (1 shared paper)Shan Zhong (1 shared paper)Subhas C. Kundu (1 shared paper)Kenno Vanommeslaeghe (1 shared paper)
Journals: Biophysical Journal (16 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (9 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (6 papers)The Journal of Physiology (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia Canada

In The Last Decade

Igor Vorobyov

61 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Update of the CHARMM All-Atom Additive Force Field for Lipids: Validation on Six Lipid Types 2010 · 3.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
2009 Journal of Computational Chemistry
2005 Chemical Physics Letters

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1	CHARMM general force field: A force field for drug‐like molecules compatible with the CHARMM all‐atom additive biological force fields Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Kenno Vanommeslaeghe, Elizabeth Hatcher, Chitrangada Acharya, Subhas C. Kundu, Shan Zhong, J. Shim, Eva Darian, Olgun Guvench, Pedro E. M. Lopes, Igor Vorobyov, Alexander D. MacKerell Hit paper breakdown →	2009	5554
2	Update of the CHARMM All-Atom Additive Force Field for Lipids: Validation on Six Lipid Types The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Jeffery B. Klauda, Richard M. Venable, J. Alfredo Freites, Joseph W. O’Connor, Douglas J. Tobias, Carlos Mondragon-Ramirez, Igor Vorobyov, Alexander D. MacKerell, Richard W. Pastor Hit paper breakdown →	2010	3536
3	A polarizable model of water for molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules Chemical Physics Letters ·Guillaume Lamoureux, Edward Harder, Igor Vorobyov, Benoı̂t Roux, Alexander D. MacKerell Hit paper breakdown →	2005	544
4	Simulating Monovalent and Divalent Ions in Aqueous Solution Using a Drude Polarizable Force Field Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ·Haibo Yu, Troy W. Whitfield, Edward Harder, Guillaume Lamoureux, Igor Vorobyov, Victor M. Anisimov, Alexander D. MacKerell, Benoı̂t Roux	2010	384
5	The Different Interactions of Lysine and Arginine Side Chains with Lipid Membranes The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Libo Li, Igor Vorobyov, Toby W. Allen	2013	274
6	Determination of Electrostatic Parameters for a Polarizable Force Field Based on the Classical Drude Oscillator Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ·Victor M. Anisimov, Guillaume Lamoureux, Igor Vorobyov, Niu Huang, Benoı̂t Roux, Alexander D. MacKerell	2004	232
7	Additive and Classical Drude Polarizable Force Fields for Linear and Cyclic Ethers Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ·Igor Vorobyov, Victor M. Anisimov, Shannon N. Greene, Richard M. Venable, Adam Moser, Richard W. Pastor, Alexander D. MacKerell	2007	205
8	Polarizable Empirical Force Field for Alkanes Based on the Classical Drude Oscillator Model The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Igor Vorobyov, Victor M. Anisimov, Alexander D. MacKerell	2005	170
9	Atomic Level Anisotropy in the Electrostatic Modeling of Lone Pairs for a Polarizable Force Field Based on the Classical Drude Oscillator Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ·Edward Harder, Victor M. Anisimov, Igor Vorobyov, Pedro E. M. Lopes, Sergei Y. Noskov, Alexander D. MacKerell, Benoı̂t Roux	2006	133
10	Polarizable Empirical Force Field for the Primary and Secondary Alcohol Series Based on the Classical Drude Model Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ·Victor M. Anisimov, Igor Vorobyov, Benoı̂t Roux, Alexander D. MacKerell	2007	120
11	Atomistic Simulations of Membrane Ion Channel Conduction, Gating, and Modulation Chemical Reviews ·E. A. Flood, Céline Boiteux, Bogdan Lev, Igor Vorobyov, Toby W. Allen	2019	101
12	Potential of Mean Force and p K _a Profile Calculation for a Lipid Membrane-Exposed Arginine Side Chain The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Libo Li, Igor Vorobyov, Toby W. Allen	2008	100
13	Assessing Atomistic and Coarse-Grained Force Fields for Protein−Lipid Interactions: the Formidable Challenge of an Ionizable Side Chain in a Membrane The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Igor Vorobyov, Libo Li, Toby W. Allen	2008	92
14	Conformational studies of sphingolipids by NMR spectroscopy. II. Sphingomyelin Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·C.Mark Talbott, Igor Vorobyov, Douglas Borchman, K. Grant Taylor, Donald B. DuPré, Marta C. Yappert	2000	90
15	Ion-Induced Defect Permeation of Lipid Membranes Biophysical Journal ·Igor Vorobyov, Timothy E. Olson, Jung Ho Kim, Roger E. Koeppe, Olaf S. Andersen, Toby W. Allen	2014	90
16	Hydrogen Bonding in Monomers and Dimers of 2-Aminoethanol The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·Igor Vorobyov, Marta C. Yappert, Donald B. DuPré	2002	89
17	Ion conduction and conformational flexibility of a bacterial voltage-gated sodium channel Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Céline Boiteux, Igor Vorobyov, Toby W. Allen	2014	85
18	Local anesthetic and antiepileptic drug access and binding to a bacterial voltage-gated sodium channel Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Céline Boiteux, Igor Vorobyov, Robert J. French, Chris French, Vladimir Yarov‐Yarovoy, Toby W. Allen	2014	77
19	Glycero- versus sphingo-phospholipids: correlations with human and non-human mammalian lens growth Experimental Eye Research ·Marta C. Yappert, Madalina Rujoi, Douglas Borchman, Igor Vorobyov, Rosendo Estrada	2003	74
20	Structural basis for antiarrhythmic drug interactions with the human cardiac sodium channel Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Phuong T. Nguyen, Kevin R. DeMarco, Igor Vorobyov, Colleen E. Clancy, Vladimir Yarov‐Yarovoy	2019	72

About Igor Vorobyov

Igor Vorobyov is a scholar working on Electrochemistry, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Spectroscopy, having authored 67 papers that have together received 12.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (25 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (22 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (20 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (13 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (8 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (8.4k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.8k citations), Filtration and Separation (167 citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (716 citations) and Spectroscopy (1.2k citations). Igor Vorobyov has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Alexander D. MacKerell, Pedro E. M. Lopes, Chitrangada Acharya, Eva Darian, Olgun Guvench, Shan Zhong, Subhas C. Kundu, Kenno Vanommeslaeghe, Elizabeth Hatcher and J. Shim. Their work appears in journals such as Biophysical Journal, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation and The Journal of Physiology.

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