Jerry M. Parks

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Jerry M. Parks is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jerry M. Parks has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 23 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jerry M. Parks's work include Mercury impact and mitigation studies (23 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (19 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers). Jerry M. Parks is often cited by papers focused on Mercury impact and mitigation studies (23 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (19 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers). Jerry M. Parks collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Jerry M. Parks's co-authors include Jeremy C. Smith, Liyuan Liang, Mircea Podar, Alexander Johs, Steven D. Brown, Connor J. Cooper, Dwayne A. Elias, Judy D. Wall, Richard A. Hurt and Steven D. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jerry M. Parks

107 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Genetic Basis for Bacterial Mercury Methylation

2013 778 citations Jerry M. Parks, Alexander Johs et al. Science profile →
AF2Complex predicts direct physical interactions in multimeric proteins with deep learning

2022 152 citations Jerry M. Parks et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jerry M. Parks United States	37	1.5k	1.2k	500	496	466	110	4.1k
Nigel J. Robinson United Kingdom	47	2.8k 1.8×	1.8k 1.5×	451 0.9×	451 0.9×	834 1.8×	115	9.4k
Kevin J. Waldron United Kingdom	29	1.4k 0.9×	631 0.5×	211 0.4×	336 0.7×	500 1.1×	58	3.8k
Alastair G. McEwan Australia	54	3.4k 2.3×	837 0.7×	1.1k 2.1×	504 1.0×	590 1.3×	205	9.1k
José Luís Capelo Portugal	39	1.7k 1.2×	629 0.5×	163 0.3×	720 1.5×	1.3k 2.9×	281	6.1k
David Giedroc United States	56	5.3k 3.6×	1.3k 1.1×	848 1.7×	625 1.3×	1.0k 2.2×	206	10.2k
Éric Chabrière France	35	1.9k 1.3×	312 0.3×	316 0.6×	163 0.3×	311 0.7×	118	3.6k
Bin Xia China	44	2.6k 1.7×	283 0.2×	366 0.7×	372 0.8×	839 1.8×	182	5.1k
Mikael Elias France	31	2.0k 1.3×	283 0.2×	217 0.4×	166 0.3×	382 0.8×	90	3.3k
Joël H. Weiner Canada	53	4.8k 3.2×	404 0.3×	805 1.6×	384 0.8×	1.3k 2.8×	194	8.9k
Anthony T. Iavarone United States	54	5.3k 3.5×	402 0.3×	359 0.7×	1.1k 2.3×	842 1.8×	139	9.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Gao, et al.. (2025). A novel bacterial protein family that catalyses nitrous oxide reduction. Nature. 646(8083). 152–160. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Jin, Pradeep Kumar Prabhakar, Mengjun Shu, et al.. (2025). Factors underlying a latitudinal gradient in the S/G lignin monomer ratio in natural poplar variants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(34). e2503491122–e2503491122.

Uddin, Muhammad Ramiz, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Katie M. Kuo, et al.. (2023). Conformational restriction shapes the inhibition of a multidrug efflux adaptor protein. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3900–3900. 15 indexed citations

Malchiodi, Zoe X., Allison A. Fitzgerald, Shangzi Wang, et al.. (2021). Antitumor T-cell Immunity Contributes to Pancreatic Cancer Immune Resistance. Cancer Immunology Research. 9(4). 386–400. 14 indexed citations

Lian, Peng, Zhongyu Mou, Connor J. Cooper, et al.. (2021). Mechanistic Investigation of Dimethylmercury Formation Mediated by a Sulfide Mineral Surface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 125(24). 5397–5405. 3 indexed citations

Moniruzzaman, Mohammad, Giuliano Malloci, Connor J. Cooper, et al.. (2021). Mechanistic Duality of Bacterial Efflux Substrates and Inhibitors: Example of Simple Substituted Cinnamoyl and Naphthyl Amides. ACS Infectious Diseases. 7(9). 2650–2665. 16 indexed citations

Moniruzzaman, Mohammad, Connor J. Cooper, John K. Walker, et al.. (2020). Discovery of multidrug efflux pump inhibitors with a novel chemical scaffold. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1864(6). 129546–129546. 34 indexed citations

Cooper, Connor J., Vincent de Paul N. Nziko, Ryne C. Johnston, et al.. (2020). Co(salen)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Lignin Models to Form Benzoquinones and Benzaldehydes: A Computational and Experimental Study. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(18). 7225–7234. 27 indexed citations

Hazel, Anthony, Inga V. Leus, Jerry M. Parks, et al.. (2019). Conformational Dynamics of AcrA Govern Multidrug Efflux Pump Assembly. ACS Infectious Diseases. 5(11). 1926–1935. 22 indexed citations

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Close, Dan, Connor J. Cooper, Xingyou Wang, et al.. (2019). Horizontal transfer of a pathway for coumarate catabolism unexpectedly inhibits purine nucleotide biosynthesis. Molecular Microbiology. 112(6). 1784–1797. 6 indexed citations

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Rapisuwon, Suthee, Benjamin Izar, Cory Batenchuk, et al.. (2019). Exceptional response and multisystem autoimmune-like toxicities associated with the same T cell clone in a patient with uveal melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 7(1). 61–61. 36 indexed citations

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Devarajan, Deepa, Peng Lian, Scott C. Brooks, Jerry M. Parks, & Jeremy C. Smith. (2018). Quantum Chemical Approach for Calculating Stability Constants of Mercury Complexes. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2(11). 1168–1178. 15 indexed citations

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Vandavasi, Venu Gopal, Connor J. Cooper, Kevin L. Weiss, et al.. (2018). Substrate Binding Induces Conformational Changes in a Class A β-lactamase That Prime It for Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 8(3). 2428–2437. 23 indexed citations

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Lian, Peng, et al.. (2018). Emerging investigator series: methylmercury speciation and dimethylmercury production in sulfidic solutions. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 20(4). 584–594. 19 indexed citations

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Parks, Jerry M., et al.. (2017). Direct evidence that an extended hydrogen-bonding network influences activation of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate in aspartate aminotransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(14). 5970–5980. 36 indexed citations

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Vandavasi, Venu Gopal, Kevin L. Weiss, Jerry M. Parks, et al.. (2016). Active-Site Protonation States in an Acyl-Enzyme Intermediate of a Class A β-Lactamase with a Monobactam Substrate. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 61(1). 25 indexed citations

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Parks, Jerry M., Alexander Johs, Mircea Podar, et al.. (2013). The Genetic Basis for Bacterial Mercury Methylation. Science. 339(6125). 1332–1335. 778 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brown, Steven D., Adam M. Guss, Tatiana V. Karpinets, et al.. (2011). Mutant alcohol dehydrogenase leads to improved ethanol tolerance in Clostridium thermocellum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(33). 13752–13757. 138 indexed citations

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Johs, Alexander, et al.. (2011). Structural Characterization of Intramolecular Hg2+ Transfer between Flexibly Linked Domains of Mercuric Ion Reductase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 413(3). 639–656. 24 indexed citations

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Guo, Hao‐Bo, Alexander Johs, Jerry M. Parks, et al.. (2010). Structure and Conformational Dynamics of the Metalloregulator MerR upon Binding of Hg(II). Journal of Molecular Biology. 398(4). 555–568. 31 indexed citations

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