Kellon Belfon

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kellon Belfon is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Kellon Belfon has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Materials Chemistry, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Kellon Belfon's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (2 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (2 papers) and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (2 papers). Kellon Belfon is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (2 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (2 papers) and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (2 papers). Kellon Belfon collaborates with scholars based in United States. Kellon Belfon's co-authors include Lauren Raguette, Carlos Simmerling, Yuzhang Wang, Koushik Kasavajhala, He Huang, Chuan Tian, Angela N. Migues, John D. Bickel, Qin Wu and Lorenzo Casalino and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biophysical Journal and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kellon Belfon

6 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

ff19SB: Amino-Acid-Specific Protein Backbone Parameters Trained against Quantum Mechanics Energy Surfaces in Solution

2019 1.4k citations Chuan Tian, Koushik Kasavajhala et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kellon Belfon United States	5	1.1k	242	232	191	125	6	1.5k
Lauren Raguette United States	5	1.1k 1.0×	243 1.0×	228 1.0×	191 1.0×	122 1.0×	7	1.6k
John D. Bickel United States	2	1.0k 0.9×	217 0.9×	225 1.0×	97 0.5×	121 1.0×	5	1.4k
Angela N. Migues United States	5	997 0.9×	208 0.9×	262 1.1×	97 0.5×	124 1.0×	6	1.5k
Karim M. ElSawy United Kingdom	11	1.2k 1.2×	236 1.0×	211 0.9×	174 0.9×	101 0.8×	26	1.7k
Boris Aguilar United States	14	1.3k 1.2×	291 1.2×	284 1.2×	124 0.6×	177 1.4×	34	1.9k
David Sehnal Czechia	14	1.2k 1.1×	166 0.7×	278 1.2×	94 0.5×	117 0.9×	37	1.7k
Gianluca Degliesposti United Kingdom	20	1.6k 1.5×	411 1.7×	188 0.8×	165 0.9×	158 1.3×	28	2.1k
Irene Luque Spain	27	1.4k 1.3×	302 1.2×	406 1.8×	223 1.2×	151 1.2×	65	2.2k
Lukáš Pravda Czechia	10	1.3k 1.2×	203 0.8×	255 1.1×	204 1.1×	106 0.8×	23	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kellon Belfon

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Raguette, Lauren, et al.. (2024). phosaa14SB and phosaa19SB: Updated Amber Force Field Parameters for Phosphorylated Amino Acids. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 4 indexed citations

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Belfon, Kellon, Lauren Raguette, Yuzhang Wang, et al.. (2021). Free Energy Landscapes from SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein Simulations Suggest that RBD Opening Can Be Modulated via Interactions in an Allosteric Pocket. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(30). 11349–11360. 46 indexed citations

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Barros, Emília P., Lorenzo Casalino, Zied Gaieb, et al.. (2020). The flexibility of ACE2 in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Biophysical Journal. 120(6). 1072–1084. 81 indexed citations

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Tian, Chuan, Koushik Kasavajhala, Kellon Belfon, et al.. (2019). ff19SB: Amino-Acid-Specific Protein Backbone Parameters Trained against Quantum Mechanics Energy Surfaces in Solution. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 16(1). 528–552. 1385 indexed citations breakdown →

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Belfon, Kellon & Jonathan D. Gough. (2014). Geometry deformation and mesomeric effect at the minimal-energy conical intersections and their relationship to the photoreactivity of indolylfulgides: A TD-DFT study. Chemical Physics Letters. 593. 174–180. 2 indexed citations

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Belfon, Kellon & Jonathan D. Gough. (2013). Theoretical analysis of an all-photonic multifunctional molecular logic device: Using TD-DFT//DFT to assess photochromic activity of multimeric photochrome. Chemical Physics Letters. 585. 63–68. 9 indexed citations

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