Kelvin Chu

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Kelvin Chu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelvin Chu has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kelvin Chu's work include Hemoglobin structure and function (9 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers). Kelvin Chu is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobin structure and function (9 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers). Kelvin Chu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Hong Kong. Kelvin Chu's co-authors include Joel Berendzen, Ilme Schlichting, Robert M. Sweet, Hans Frauenfelder, Stephen G. Sligar, Ann Stock, Dagmar Ringe, Gregory A. Petsko, Shelley A. Maves and David E. Benson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kelvin Chu

13 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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 Catalytic Pathway of Cytochrome P450cam at Atomic Resolution

2000 1.1k citations Ilme Schlichting, Joel Berendzen et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kelvin Chu United States	12	1.7k	1.3k	650	568	408	13	2.8k
Francis Millett United States	40	3.0k 1.8×	582 0.5×	421 0.6×	528 0.9×	177 0.4×	128	4.0k
Gaston Hui Bon Hoa France	31	1.7k 1.0×	530 0.4×	278 0.4×	334 0.6×	865 2.1×	101	2.9k
James E. Erman United States	32	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	424 0.7×	410 0.7×	61 0.1×	117	3.3k
J. Timothy Sage United States	36	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	602 0.9×	926 1.6×	43 0.1×	92	3.3k
P. M. Champion United States	51	3.3k 1.9×	3.1k 2.4×	745 1.1×	1.2k 2.1×	378 0.9×	294	6.6k
Pierre Gans France	31	1.8k 1.0×	402 0.3×	258 0.4×	592 1.0×	129 0.3×	80	2.6k
Marcellus Ubbink Netherlands	42	3.7k 2.1×	720 0.6×	444 0.7×	1.6k 2.9×	138 0.3×	177	5.5k
Beatrice Vallone Italy	33	2.4k 1.4×	1.9k 1.5×	98 0.2×	339 0.6×	117 0.3×	100	3.4k
Songzhou Hu United States	18	763 0.4×	590 0.5×	196 0.3×	330 0.6×	68 0.2×	23	1.4k
James D. Satterlee United States	25	1.2k 0.7×	867 0.7×	186 0.3×	410 0.7×	28 0.1×	105	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Kelvin Chu

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Kelvin Chu's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Kelvin Chu with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Kelvin Chu more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Kelvin Chu

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kelvin Chu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kelvin Chu. The network helps show where Kelvin Chu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kelvin Chu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kelvin Chu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kelvin Chu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kelvin Chu. Kelvin Chu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

13 of 13 papers shown

1.

Tyagi, Abhishek, Kelvin Chu, Md Delowar Hossain, et al.. (2019). Revealing the mechanism of DNA passing through graphene and boron nitride nanopores. Nanoscale. 11(48). 23438–23448. 16 indexed citations

2.

Miller, Kelly, Nathaniel Lasry, Kelvin Chu, & Eric Mazur. (2013). Role of physics lecture demonstrations in conceptual learning. Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research. 9(2). 53 indexed citations

3.

Frauenfelder, Hans, Benjamin H. McMahon, Robert H. Austin, Kelvin Chu, & John T. Groves. (2001). The role of structure, energy landscape, dynamics, and allostery in the enzymatic function of myoglobin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(5). 2370–2374. 280 indexed citations

4.

Schlichting, Ilme & Kelvin Chu. (2000). Trapping intermediates in the crystal: ligand binding to myoglobin. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 10(6). 744–752. 59 indexed citations

5.

Chu, Kelvin, et al.. (2000). Structure of a ligand-binding intermediate in wild-type carbonmonoxy myoglobin. Nature. 403(6772). 921–923. 198 indexed citations

6.

Schlichting, Ilme, Joel Berendzen, Kelvin Chu, et al.. (2000). The Catalytic Pathway of Cytochrome P450cam at Atomic Resolution. Science. 287(5458). 1615–1622. 1082 indexed citations breakdown →

7.

Brunori, Maurizio, Beatrice Vallone, Francesca Cutruzzolà, et al.. (2000). The role of cavities in protein dynamics: Crystal structure of a photolytic intermediate of a mutant myoglobin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(5). 2058–2063. 127 indexed citations

8.

Vojtěchovský, J., Kelvin Chu, Joel Berendzen, Robert M. Sweet, & Ilme Schlichting. (1999). Crystal Structures of Myoglobin-Ligand Complexes at Near-Atomic Resolution. Biophysical Journal. 77(4). 2153–2174. 486 indexed citations

9.

Nienhaus, G. Ulrich, et al.. (1998). Structural Heterogeneity and Ligand Binding in Carbonmonoxy Myoglobin Crystals at Cryogenic Temperatures. Biochemistry. 37(19). 6819–6823. 22 indexed citations

10.

Nienhaus, G. Ulrich, Judith R. Mourant, Kelvin Chu, & Hans Frauenfelder. (1994). Ligand Binding to Heme Proteins: The Effect of Light on Ligand Binding in Myoglobin. Biochemistry. 33(45). 13413–13430. 96 indexed citations

11.

Chu, Kelvin, et al.. (1993). Structural heterogeneity in proteins at cryogenic temperatures. Cooling rate dependence. Chemical Physics Letters. 216(3-6). 275–280. 4 indexed citations

12.

Ormos, Pál, Kelvin Chu, & Judith R. Mourant. (1992). Infrared study of the L, M, and N intermediates of bacteriorhodopsin using the photoreaction of M. Biochemistry. 31(30). 6933–6937. 39 indexed citations

13.

Steinbach, Peter, Anjum Ansari, Joel Berendzen, et al.. (1991). Ligand binding to heme proteins: connection between dynamics and function. Biochemistry. 30(16). 3988–4001. 341 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact