Jan Hermans

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Jan Hermans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Hermans has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Jan Hermans's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (53 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (25 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (19 papers). Jan Hermans is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (53 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (25 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (19 papers). Jan Hermans collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Jan Hermans's co-authors include C. Nick Pace, Harold A. Scheraga, Marcus E. Carr, Amil G. Anderson, Lu Wang, Li Zhang, Linus L. Shen, Hao Hu, R. H. Yun and Marcus Elstner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jan Hermans

106 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Stability of Globular Protein 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 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. The Stability of Globular Protein
    1975 587 citations Jan Hermans et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Hermans United States 42 4.0k 1.4k 1.2k 853 657 109 6.8k
Joseph Beechem United States 47 5.3k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 634 0.5× 918 1.1× 550 0.8× 145 7.6k
José Garcı́a de la Torre Spain 43 4.4k 1.1× 2.3k 1.7× 1.2k 1.1× 772 0.9× 550 0.8× 215 9.1k
Donald J. Winzor Australia 41 4.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 388 0.3× 1.2k 1.5× 936 1.4× 329 6.9k
Ian C. P. Smith Canada 52 7.9k 2.0× 784 0.6× 944 0.8× 1.3k 1.5× 463 0.7× 186 14.2k
John F. Brandts United States 39 6.1k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 565 0.5× 913 1.1× 684 1.0× 71 8.0k
Shuichi Miyamoto Japan 21 4.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 667 0.8× 520 0.8× 90 7.7k
Barry R. Lentz United States 45 5.8k 1.5× 299 0.2× 986 0.9× 619 0.7× 985 1.5× 143 7.9k
Kurt Wuethrich Switzerland 37 4.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 403 0.3× 1.7k 1.9× 526 0.8× 50 5.8k
Tai‐Sung Lee United States 31 8.0k 2.0× 1.9k 1.4× 1.7k 1.5× 926 1.1× 446 0.7× 76 11.8k
Rudolf Rigler Sweden 57 7.8k 1.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.5× 734 0.9× 577 0.9× 213 13.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Hermans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Hermans

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hermans, Jan. (2005). Hydrogen Bonds In Molecular Mechanics Force Fields. Advances in protein chemistry. 72. 105–119. 13 indexed citations
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Hu, Hao, Jan Hermans, & Andrew L. Lee. (2005). Relating side-chain mobility in proteins to rotameric transitions: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations and NMR. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 32(2). 151–162. 40 indexed citations
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Butterfoss, Glenn L., Jane S. Richardson, & Jan Hermans. (2004). Protein imperfections: separating intrinsic from extrinsic variation of torsion angles. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 61(1). 88–98. 15 indexed citations
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Butterfoss, Glenn L. & Jan Hermans. (2003). Boltzmann‐type distribution of side‐chain conformation in proteins. Protein Science. 12(12). 2719–2731. 36 indexed citations
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Liu, Haiyan, Marcus Elstner, Efthimios Kaxiras, et al.. (2001). Quantum mechanics simulation of protein dynamics on long timescale. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 44(4). 484–489. 123 indexed citations
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Vorobjev, Yury N. & Jan Hermans. (2001). Free energies of protein decoys provide insight into determinants of protein stability. Protein Science. 10(12). 2498–2506. 26 indexed citations
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Ochsenbein, Adrian F., Sophie Sierro, Bernhard Odermatt, et al.. (2001). Roles of tumour localization, second signals and cross priming in cytotoxic T-cell induction. Nature. 411(6841). 1058–1064. 426 indexed citations
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Mann, Geoffrey & Jan Hermans. (2000). Modeling protein-small molecule interactions: structure and thermodynamics of noble gases binding in a cavity in mutant phage T4 Lysozyme L99A. Journal of Molecular Biology. 302(4). 979–989. 45 indexed citations
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Deuflhard, Peter, Robert D. Skeel, Jan Hermans, et al.. (1999). Computational Molecular Dynamics: Challenges, Methods, Ideas: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Algorithms for Macromolecular Modellin. Springer eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Vorobjev, Yury N. & Jan Hermans. (1999). ES/IS: Estimation of conformational free energy by combining dynamics simulations with explicit solvent with an implicit solvent continuum model. Biophysical Chemistry. 78(1-2). 195–205. 68 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Thomas M., et al.. (1998). Energetic decomposition of the α-helix-coil equilibrium of a dynamic model system. Biopolymers. 39(4). 479–489. 15 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Thomas M., et al.. (1996). Molecular Simulations of β-Sheet Twisting. Journal of Molecular Biology. 262(2). 283–293. 41 indexed citations
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Zhang, Li & Jan Hermans. (1996). Hydrophilicity of cavities in proteins. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 24(4). 433–438. 329 indexed citations
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Zhang, Li & Jan Hermans. (1993). Molecular dynamics study of structure and stability of a model coiled coil. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 16(4). 384–392. 17 indexed citations
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Tropsha, Alexander & Jan Hermans. (1992). Application of free energy simulations to the binding of a transition-state-analogue inhibitor to HTV protease. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 5(1). 29–33. 35 indexed citations
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Hermans, Jan, Amil G. Anderson, & R. H. Yun. (1992). Differential helix propensity of small apolar side chains studied by molecular dynamics simulations. Biochemistry. 31(24). 5646–5653. 86 indexed citations
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Binnie, Cameron G., Bruce W. Erickson, & Jan Hermans. (1990). Inhibition of thrombin by synthetic hirudin peptides. FEBS Letters. 270(1-2). 85–89. 9 indexed citations
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Anderson, Amil G. & Jan Hermans. (1988). Microfolding: Conformational probability map for the alanine dipeptide in water from molecular dynamics simulations. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 3(4). 262–265. 143 indexed citations
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Shen, Linus L. & Jan Hermans. (1972). Kinetics of conformation change of sperm-whale myoglobin. II. Characterization of the rapidly and slowly formed denatured species (D and D*). Biochemistry. 11(10). 1842–1844. 18 indexed citations

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