James A. Given

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

James A. Given is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Given has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Materials Chemistry, 20 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in James A. Given's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (20 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (17 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers). James A. Given is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (20 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (17 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (9 papers). James A. Given collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Israel. James A. Given's co-authors include Michael K. Gilson, J. Andrew McCammon, Bruce L. Bush, G. Stell, Martha S. Head, J. M. H. Levelt Sengers, Chi‐Ok Hwang, Benoît B. Mandelbrot, B. B. Mandelbrot and Wayde R. Schmidt and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

James A. Given

55 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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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.

The statistical-thermodynamic basis for computation of binding affinities: a critical review

1997 973 citations Michael K. Gilson, James A. Given et al. Biophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James A. Given United States	20	1.1k	939	525	515	499	57	2.5k
Hagai Meirovitch United States	29	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	631 1.2×	364 0.7×	652 1.3×	114	2.7k
S G Whittington Canada	35	791 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	1.9k 3.6×	553 1.1×	925 1.9×	228	4.5k
Matej Praprotnik Slovenia	27	975 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	388 0.7×	743 1.4×	824 1.7×	67	2.5k
Konrad Hinsen France	28	1.9k 1.7×	1.4k 1.5×	163 0.3×	298 0.6×	826 1.7×	96	3.5k
Song‐Ho Chong South Korea	31	857 0.8×	980 1.0×	170 0.3×	255 0.5×	693 1.4×	92	2.8k
Weiqing Ren United States	25	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	409 0.8×	401 0.8×	998 2.0×	61	4.4k
Celeste Sagui United States	28	1.9k 1.7×	772 0.8×	226 0.4×	335 0.7×	936 1.9×	88	3.4k
Douglas Poland United States	27	2.0k 1.8×	665 0.7×	405 0.8×	319 0.6×	627 1.3×	120	3.1k
Paul R. Gerber Switzerland	26	2.1k 1.9×	568 0.6×	187 0.4×	232 0.5×	720 1.4×	53	3.7k
Aritomo Shinozaki United States	9	1.4k 1.3×	721 0.8×	234 0.4×	304 0.6×	345 0.7×	10	2.5k

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Hwang, Chi‐Ok & James A. Given. (2006). Last-passage Monte Carlo algorithm for mutual capacitance. Physical Review E. 74(2). 27701–27701. 13 indexed citations

Given, James A. & Wayde R. Schmidt. (2005). Generalized ISAR - part I: an optimal method for imaging large naval vessels. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 14(11). 1783–1791. 14 indexed citations

Given, James A. & Wayde R. Schmidt. (2005). Generalized ISAR-part II: interferometric techniques for three-dimensional location of scatterers. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 14(11). 1792–1797. 41 indexed citations

Given, James A. & Chi‐Ok Hwang. (2003). Edge distribution method for solving elliptic boundary value problems with boundary singularities. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(4). 46128–46128. 12 indexed citations

Given, James A., Chi‐Ok Hwang, & Michael Mascagni. (2002). First- and last-passage Monte Carlo algorithms for the charge density distribution on a conducting surface. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(5). 56704–56704. 24 indexed citations

Hwang, Chi‐Ok, Michael Mascagni, & James A. Given. (2001). Rapid Diffusion Monte Carlo Algorithms for Fluid Dynamic Permeability. Monte Carlo Methods and Applications. 7(3-4). 3 indexed citations

Luo, Ray, Martha S. Head, James A. Given, & Michael K. Gilson. (1999). Nucleic acid base-pairing and N-methylacetamide self-association in chloroform: affinity and conformation. Biophysical Chemistry. 78(1-2). 183–193. 30 indexed citations

Given, James A. & Michael K. Gilson. (1998). A hierarchical method for generating low-energy conformers of a protein-ligand complex. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 33(4). 475–495. 20 indexed citations

Gilson, Michael K., James A. Given, Bruce L. Bush, & J. Andrew McCammon. (1997). The Statistical-Thermodynamic Basis for Computation of Binding Affinities. Biophysical Journal. 72. 7 indexed citations

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Gilson, Michael K., James A. Given, & Martha S. Head. (1997). A new class of models for computing receptor-ligand binding affinities. Chemistry & Biology. 4(2). 87–92. 58 indexed citations

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Gilson, Michael K., James A. Given, Bruce L. Bush, & J. Andrew McCammon. (1997). The statistical-thermodynamic basis for computation of binding affinities: a critical review. Biophysical Journal. 72(3). 1047–1069. 973 indexed citations breakdown →

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Braxenthaler, Michael, Ron Unger, Daniel J. Auerbach, James A. Given, & John Moult. (1997). Chaos in protein dynamics.. PubMed. 29(4). 417–25. 56 indexed citations

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Given, James A.. (1995). On the thermodynamics of fluids adsorbed in porous media. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 102(7). 2934–2945. 41 indexed citations

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Given, James A. & G. Stell. (1994). The replica Ornstein-Zernike equations and the structure of partly quenched media. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 209(3-4). 495–510. 113 indexed citations

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Lomba, E., et al.. (1993). Ornstein-Zernike equations and simulation results for hard-sphere fluids adsorbed in porous media. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 48(1). 233–244. 122 indexed citations

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Given, James A.. (1992). Liquid-state theory for irreversible surface adsorption. 1 indexed citations

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Given, James A. & G. Stell. (1992). Direct integral-equation method for three-point bounds on diffusion-limited reactions. Physical Review A. 45(4). 2485–2492. 2 indexed citations

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Given, James A. & G. Stell. (1991). Ornstein–Zernike formalism for reaction rates in random media. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 94(4). 3060–3069. 6 indexed citations

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Given, James A., In Chan Kim, Salvatore Torquato, & G. Stell. (1990). Comparison of analytic and numerical results for the mean cluster density in continuum percolation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 93(7). 5128–5139. 17 indexed citations

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Given, James A. & E. Clementi. (1989). Molecular dynamics and Rayleigh–Benard convection. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 90(12). 7376–7383. 15 indexed citations

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