Jiřı́ Šponer

34.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
443 papers, 26.7k citations indexed

About

Jiřı́ Šponer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jiřı́ Šponer has authored 443 papers receiving a total of 26.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 375 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 51 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Jiřı́ Šponer's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (275 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (224 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (89 papers). Jiřı́ Šponer is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (275 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (224 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (89 papers). Jiřı́ Šponer collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, United States and Italy. Jiřı́ Šponer's co-authors include Pavel Hobza, Petr Jurečka, Thomas E. Cheatham, Jerzy Leszczyński, Michal Otyepka, Pavel Banáš, Marie Zgarbová, Modesto Orozco, Nad’a Špačková and Jiří Černý and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jiřı́ Šponer

436 papers receiving 26.5k citations

Hit Papers

Refinement of the AMBER Force Field for Nucleic Acids... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2007 2006 1999 2011 1995 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Refinement of the AMBER Force Field for Nucleic Acids: Improving the Description of α/γ Conformers
    2007 1.8k citations Jiřı́ Šponer, Thomas E. Cheatham et al. profile →
  2. Benchmark database of accurate (MP2 and CCSD(T) complete basis set limit) interaction energies of small model complexes, DNA base pairs, and amino acid pairs
    2006 1.5k citations Petr Jurečka, Jiřı́ Šponer et al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics profile →
  3. Structure, Energetics, and Dynamics of the Nucleic Acid Base Pairs:  NonempiricalAb InitioCalculations
    1999 901 citations Jiřı́ Šponer et al. profile →
  4. Refinement of the Cornell et al. Nucleic Acids Force Field Based on Reference Quantum Chemical Calculations of Glycosidic Torsion Profiles
    2011 872 citations Marie Zgarbová, Michal Otyepka et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →
  5. Density functional theory and molecular clusters
    1995 467 citations Jiřı́ Šponer et al. profile →
  6. Refinement of the Sugar–Phosphate Backbone Torsion Beta for AMBER Force Fields Improves the Description of Z- and B-DNA
    2015 401 citations Marie Zgarbová, Jiřı́ Šponer et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →
  7. RNA Structural Dynamics As Captured by Molecular Simulations: A Comprehensive Overview
    2018 398 citations Jiřı́ Šponer, Miroslav Krepl et al. profile →
  8. Assessing the Current State of Amber Force Field Modifications for DNA
    2016 397 citations Rodrigo Galindo‐Murillo, Marie Zgarbová et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jiřı́ Šponer Czechia 79 20.3k 5.2k 4.3k 2.8k 2.8k 443 26.7k
Modesto Orozco Spain 83 17.5k 0.9× 4.0k 0.8× 3.3k 0.8× 4.4k 1.6× 3.1k 1.1× 481 25.8k
Kim A. Sharp United States 65 15.7k 0.8× 3.8k 0.7× 2.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.6× 4.3k 1.5× 150 22.7k
Wendy D. Cornell United States 19 13.1k 0.6× 3.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.4× 2.9k 1.0× 4.6k 1.6× 36 21.8k
Ian R. Gould United Kingdom 47 10.1k 0.5× 4.3k 0.8× 3.7k 0.8× 3.6k 1.3× 4.5k 1.6× 156 19.4k
Thomas Fox Germany 28 9.2k 0.5× 3.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 1.9k 0.7× 3.4k 1.2× 56 15.1k
M. Thomas Record United States 74 16.1k 0.8× 2.1k 0.4× 2.5k 0.6× 910 0.3× 2.6k 0.9× 187 19.7k
Richard W. Pastor United States 65 16.3k 0.8× 5.2k 1.0× 942 0.2× 2.2k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 176 22.1k
J. Deisenhofer United States 72 19.4k 1.0× 3.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 4.4k 1.5× 134 27.5k
Steven G. Boxer United States 86 14.7k 0.7× 8.4k 1.6× 3.7k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 3.6k 1.3× 352 24.1k
Hartmut Michel Germany 67 17.9k 0.9× 4.7k 0.9× 1.5k 0.3× 663 0.2× 3.7k 1.3× 259 21.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Šponer, Jiřı́, et al.. (2025). How Binding Site Flexibility Promotes RNA Scanning by TbRGG2 RRM: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(2). 896–907.
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Mlýnský, Vojtěch, Martin Pykal, Jiřı́ Šponer, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive Assessment of Force-Field Performance in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of DNA/RNA Hybrid Duplexes. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 20(15). 6917–6929. 13 indexed citations
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Cassone, Giuseppe, et al.. (2021). Intrinsically Polar Piezoelectric Self‐Assembled Oligopeptide Monolayers. Advanced Materials. 33(17). e2007486–e2007486. 22 indexed citations
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Šponer, Judit E., Jiřı́ Šponer, Ondřej Šedo, et al.. (2021). Nonenzymatic, Template‐Free Polymerization of 3’,5’ Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate on Mineral Surfaces. ChemSystemsChem. 3(6). 7 indexed citations
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Costanzo, Giovanna, Judit E. Šponer, Jiřı́ Šponer, et al.. (2020). Sustainability and Chaos in the Abiotic Polymerization of 3′,5′ Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate: The Role of Aggregation. ChemSystemsChem. 3(1). 4 indexed citations
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Ferus, Martin, Paul B. Rimmer, Giuseppe Cassone, et al.. (2020). One-Pot Hydrogen Cyanide-Based Prebiotic Synthesis of Canonical Nucleobases and Glycine Initiated by High-Velocity Impacts on Early Earth. Astrobiology. 20(12). 1476–1488. 28 indexed citations
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Mohammadi, Elmira, Homa Saeidfirozeh, Antonín Knížek, et al.. (2020). Formic Acid, a Ubiquitous but Overlooked Component of the Early Earth Atmosphere. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(52). 12075–12080. 14 indexed citations
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Saladino, Raffaele, Judit E. Šponer, Jiřı́ Šponer, & Ernesto Di Mauro. (2017). Rewarming the Primordial Soup: Revisitations and Rediscoveries in Prebiotic Chemistry. ChemBioChem. 19(1). 22–25. 9 indexed citations
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Šponer, Judit E., Jiřı́ Šponer, Olga Nováková, et al.. (2016). Emergence of the First Catalytic Oligonucleotides in a Formamide‐Based Origin Scenario. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(11). 3572–3586. 56 indexed citations
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Šponer, Judit E., Rafał Szabla, Robert W. Góra, et al.. (2016). Prebiotic synthesis of nucleic acids and their building blocks at the atomic level – merging models and mechanisms from advanced computations and experiments. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18(30). 20047–20066. 40 indexed citations
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Zgarbová, Marie, Jiřı́ Šponer, Michal Otyepka, et al.. (2015). Refinement of the Sugar–Phosphate Backbone Torsion Beta for AMBER Force Fields Improves the Description of Z- and B-DNA. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 11(12). 5723–5736. 401 indexed citations breakdown →
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Šponer, Judit E., et al.. (2013). Structural and energetic factors controlling the enantioselectivity of dinucleotide formation under prebiotic conditions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(17). 6235–6235. 3 indexed citations
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Szabla, Rafał, Judit E. Šponer, Jiřı́ Šponer, & Robert W. Góra. (2013). Theoretical studies of the mechanism of 2-aminooxazole formation under prebiotically plausible conditions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(20). 7812–7812. 12 indexed citations
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Šponer, Jiřı́, Judit E. Šponer, Arnošt Mládek, et al.. (2013). Nature and magnitude of aromatic base stacking in DNA and RNA: Quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics, and experiment. Biopolymers. 99(12). 978–988. 105 indexed citations
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Vázquez‐Mayagoitia, Álvaro, Scott R. Horton, Bobby G. Sumpter, et al.. (2011). On the Stabilization of Ribose by Silicate Minerals. Astrobiology. 11(2). 115–121. 20 indexed citations
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Mládek, Arnošt, et al.. (2011). Theoretical modeling on the kinetics of the arsenate-ester hydrolysis: implications to the stability of As-DNA. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(23). 10869–10869. 9 indexed citations
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Šponer, Judit E., Pablo J. Sanz Miguel, Luis Rodríguez‐Santiago, et al.. (2004). Metal‐Mediated Deamination of Cytosine: Experiment and DFT Calculations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(40). 5396–5399. 34 indexed citations
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Šponer, Jiřı́, et al.. (2003). Unique Tertiary and Neighbor Interactions Determine Conservation Patterns of Cis Watson–Crick A/G Base-pairs. Journal of Molecular Biology. 330(5). 967–978. 62 indexed citations
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Šponer, Jiřı́, et al.. (2001). Ab initio quantum chemical study on the zeolite catalyzed transformations of para-xylene. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 540(1-3). 145–152. 3 indexed citations

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