John A. Tainer

794 total papers · 55.2k total citations
451 papers, 41.0k citations indexed

About

John A. Tainer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Tainer has authored 451 papers receiving a total of 41.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 359 papers in Molecular Biology, 75 papers in Materials Chemistry and 54 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in John A. Tainer's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (178 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (80 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (73 papers). John A. Tainer is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (178 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (80 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (73 papers). John A. Tainer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. John A. Tainer's co-authors include Elizabeth D. Getzoff, A.S. Arvai, Robert P. Rambo, Clifford D. Mol, Michal Hammel, Christopher D. Putnam, Lisa Craig, David Richardson, Jane S. Richardson and Greg L. Hura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John A. Tainer

444 papers receiving 40.3k citations

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John A. Tainer 29.9k 5.3k 4.8k 4.5k 2.9k 451 41.0k
W. Minor 25.7k 0.9× 4.2k 0.8× 10.8k 2.2× 3.7k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 232 42.4k
Christopher T. Walsh 39.0k 1.3× 4.2k 0.8× 5.4k 1.1× 4.4k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 718 61.6k
Robert Huber 46.8k 1.6× 9.2k 1.7× 11.3k 2.3× 5.0k 1.1× 6.8k 2.3× 601 66.6k
Garib N. Murshudov 34.8k 1.2× 3.9k 0.7× 12.0k 2.5× 4.9k 1.1× 4.0k 1.4× 120 48.4k
Zbyszek Otwinowski 27.2k 0.9× 3.9k 0.7× 10.4k 2.2× 5.5k 1.2× 3.6k 1.2× 109 43.3k
Gerhard Wagner 29.7k 1.0× 3.0k 0.6× 5.6k 1.2× 2.1k 0.5× 3.3k 1.1× 534 41.7k
Thomas C. Terwilliger 39.3k 1.3× 3.4k 0.6× 11.2k 2.3× 6.9k 1.5× 4.4k 1.5× 215 52.9k
Jane S. Richardson 43.3k 1.4× 4.4k 0.8× 12.7k 2.6× 5.7k 1.3× 4.4k 1.5× 130 59.5k
G. Marius Clore 47.7k 1.6× 4.1k 0.8× 14.7k 3.0× 5.2k 1.2× 4.5k 1.6× 551 60.6k
Christopher J. Schofield 27.9k 0.9× 3.1k 0.6× 1.9k 0.4× 4.5k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 801 45.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John A. Tainer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John A. Tainer

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