Kien Nguyen

792 total citations
15 papers, 328 citations indexed

About

Kien Nguyen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kien Nguyen has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 328 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Infectious Diseases and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kien Nguyen's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers). Kien Nguyen is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers). Kien Nguyen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Taiwan. Kien Nguyen's co-authors include Paul C. Whitford, Srirupa Chakraborty, Rachael A. Mansbach, Bette Korber, S. Gnanakaran, David C. Montefiori, Huan Yang, Mariana Levi, Iyappan Ramachandiran and Michaela U. Gack and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kien Nguyen

15 papers receiving 328 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kien Nguyen United States 10 221 156 43 39 27 15 328
Ryan S. McCool United States 5 322 1.5× 170 1.1× 32 0.7× 50 1.3× 39 1.4× 6 462
Rajat Desikan India 12 156 0.7× 173 1.1× 23 0.5× 34 0.9× 20 0.7× 20 354
Tzu‐Jing Yang Taiwan 10 159 0.7× 237 1.5× 48 1.1× 50 1.3× 29 1.1× 15 364
Srirupa Chakraborty United States 11 243 1.1× 180 1.2× 12 0.3× 42 1.1× 40 1.5× 18 388
Ieva Drulyte Netherlands 7 159 0.7× 79 0.5× 17 0.4× 23 0.6× 23 0.9× 14 292
Cindy Hörner Germany 3 192 0.9× 365 2.3× 28 0.7× 72 1.8× 45 1.7× 4 499
Shawn M. Costello United States 6 128 0.6× 59 0.4× 36 0.8× 18 0.5× 16 0.6× 9 184
Chandran Nithin Poland 16 571 2.6× 88 0.6× 23 0.5× 49 1.3× 10 0.4× 26 675
Jhullian J. Alston United States 7 267 1.2× 221 1.4× 15 0.3× 67 1.7× 11 0.4× 8 463
Benjamin E. Draper United States 11 182 0.8× 82 0.5× 130 3.0× 47 1.2× 15 0.6× 24 398

Countries citing papers authored by Kien Nguyen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kien Nguyen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kien Nguyen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kien Nguyen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kien Nguyen 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 Kien Nguyen. Kien Nguyen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Nguyen, Kien, et al.. (2025). On-demand electrostatic droplet sorting and splitting. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 385. 116311–116311. 2 indexed citations
2.
Khan, Debjit, Fulvia Terenzi, Guanqun Liu, et al.. (2023). A viral pan-end RNA element and host complex define a SARS-CoV-2 regulon. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3385–3385. 9 indexed citations
3.
Nguyen, Kien, et al.. (2022). Ratchet, swivel, tilt and roll: a complete description of subunit rotation in the ribosome. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(2). 919–934. 17 indexed citations
4.
Manrique, Pedro D., Srirupa Chakraborty, Rory Henderson, et al.. (2022). Network analysis uncovers the communication structure of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein identifying sites for immunogen design. iScience. 26(1). 105855–105855. 6 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Kien, Srirupa Chakraborty, Rachael A. Mansbach, et al.. (2021). Exploring the Role of Glycans in the Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 RBD and Human Receptor ACE2. Biophysical Journal. 120(3). 15a–15a. 3 indexed citations
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Mansbach, Rachael A., et al.. (2021). The SARS-CoV-2 Spike Variant D614G Favors an Open Conformational State. Biophysical Journal. 120(3). 298a–298a. 21 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Kien, Srirupa Chakraborty, Rachael A. Mansbach, Bette Korber, & S. Gnanakaran. (2021). Exploring the Role of Glycans in the Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 RBD and Human Receptor ACE2. Viruses. 13(5). 927–927. 23 indexed citations
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Mansbach, Rachael A., Srirupa Chakraborty, Kien Nguyen, et al.. (2021). The SARS-CoV-2 Spike variant D614G favors an open conformational state. Science Advances. 7(16). 125 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Kien, et al.. (2020). Probing remote residues important for catalysis in Escherichia coli ornithine transcarbamoylase. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0228487–e0228487. 5 indexed citations
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Levi, Mariana, et al.. (2017). Quantifying the Relationship between Single-Molecule Probes and Subunit Rotation in the Ribosome. Biophysical Journal. 113(12). 2777–2786. 12 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Kien & Paul C. Whitford. (2017). Challenges in describing ribosome dynamics. Physical Biology. 14(2). 23001–23001. 4 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Kien, Huan Yang, & Paul C. Whitford. (2017). How the Ribosomal A-Site Finger Can Lead to tRNA Species-Dependent Dynamics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 121(13). 2767–2775. 19 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Kien & Paul C. Whitford. (2016). Capturing Transition States for tRNA Hybrid-State Formation in the Ribosome. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 120(34). 8768–8775. 14 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Kien & Paul C. Whitford. (2016). Steric interactions lead to collective tilting motion in the ribosome during mRNA–tRNA translocation. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10586–10586. 49 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Kien, et al.. (2015). Exploring the Balance between Folding and Functional Dynamics in Proteins and RNA. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 16(4). 6868–6889. 19 indexed citations

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