Leandro Martı́nez

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
90 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Leandro Martı́nez is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leandro Martı́nez has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Leandro Martı́nez's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (33 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (18 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (9 papers). Leandro Martı́nez is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (33 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (18 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (9 papers). Leandro Martı́nez collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and France. Leandro Martı́nez's co-authors include J. M. Martı́nez, Ernesto G. Birgin, Ricardo Andrade, Munir S. Skaf, Igor Polikarpov, Paul Webb, Charles J. Meliska, Barbara L. Parry, Roberto Andreani and Rodrigo L. Silveira and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Leandro Martı́nez

87 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

PACKMOL: A package for building initial configurations for molecular dynamics simulations

2009 7.3k citations Leandro Martı́nez, Ricardo Andrade et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →
Packing optimization for automated generation of complex system's initial configurations for molecular dynamics and docking

2003 604 citations J. M. Martı́nez, Leandro Martı́nez Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →
Automatic Identification of Mobile and Rigid Substructures in Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Fractional Structural Fluctuation Analysis

2015 490 citations Leandro Martı́nez PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leandro Martı́nez Brazil	24	2.5k	2.3k	1.7k	1.6k	1.4k	90	10.3k
Ricardo Andrade Brazil	10	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	15	7.7k
Aatto Laaksonen Sweden	48	2.2k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	788 0.5×	296	9.8k
Wataru Shinoda Japan	44	2.6k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	782 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	162	7.4k
M. Natália D. S. Cordeiro Portugal	50	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	877 0.6×	358	9.6k
Yanting Wang China	50	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	2.8k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	242	10.1k
Hiro‐o Hamaguchi Japan	58	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	2.7k 1.7×	1.4k 1.0×	329	10.8k
Linda J. Broadbelt United States	58	3.6k 1.5×	4.0k 1.7×	4.8k 2.8×	981 0.6×	509 0.4×	281	13.5k
Lidong Zhang China	55	1.9k 0.8×	3.9k 1.7×	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	4.5k 3.1×	396	15.7k
David S. Maxwell United States	34	5.2k 2.1×	3.3k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	88	16.1k
Nico F. A. van der Vegt Germany	56	2.6k 1.0×	3.8k 1.7×	2.4k 1.4×	272 0.2×	972 0.7×	189	9.8k

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Nakasu, Pedro Y. S., Antonio Ovejero-Pérez, Amir Al Ghatta, et al.. (2025). Fractionation of Squid Pens with Ionic Liquids─An Upgraded β-Chitin and Shellfish Protein Production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(7). 2649–2660. 1 indexed citations

Martı́nez, Leandro, et al.. (2024). Intrinsically Disordered Malaria Antigens: An Overview of Structures, Dynamics and Molecular Simulation Opportunities. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. 1 indexed citations

Parry, Barbara L., Charles J. Meliska, Leandro Martı́nez, et al.. (2022). A 1-week sleep and light intervention improves mood in premenstrual dysphoric disorder in association with shifting melatonin offset time earlier. Archives of Women s Mental Health. 26(1). 29–37. 5 indexed citations

Gozzo, Fábio C., et al.. (2019). Statistical force-field for structural modeling using chemical cross-linking/mass spectrometry distance constraints. Bioinformatics. 35(17). 3005–3012. 15 indexed citations

Santos, Ricardo Nascimento dos, et al.. (2019). Structural complementarity of distance constraints obtained from chemical cross‐linking and amino acid coevolution. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 88(4). 625–632. 3 indexed citations

Santos, Ricardo Nascimento dos, et al.. (2018). Enhancing protein fold determination by exploring the complementary information of chemical cross-linking and coevolutionary signals. Bioinformatics. 34(13). 2201–2208. 13 indexed citations

Parry, Barbara L., Charles J. Meliska, Ana María Vázquez López, et al.. (2018). Early versus late wake therapy improves mood more in antepartum versus postpartum depression by differentially altering melatonin-sleep timing disturbances. Journal of Affective Disorders. 245. 608–616. 15 indexed citations

Santos, Ricardo Nascimento dos, Xianli Jiang, Leandro Martı́nez, & Faruck Morcos. (2018). Coevolutionary Signals and Structure-Based Models for the Prediction of Protein Native Conformations. Methods in molecular biology. 1851. 83–103. 7 indexed citations

Martı́nez, Leandro, et al.. (2016). EFECTO DE LA TEMPERATURA DE ALMACENAJE SOBRE LAS CARACTERÍSTICAS ORGANOLÉPTICAS DE FRUTOS DE LIMÓN PERSA (Citrus latifolia Tanaka).. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 17(1). 8–14. 2 indexed citations

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Souza, Paulo C. T., Ana C. Puhl, Leandro Martı́nez, et al.. (2014). Identification of a New Hormone-Binding Site on the Surface of Thyroid Hormone Receptor. Molecular Endocrinology. 28(4). 534–545. 31 indexed citations

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Martı́nez, Leandro, et al.. (2013). Dynamics of Nuclear Receptor Helix-12 Switch of Transcription Activation by Modeling Time-Resolved Fluorescence Anisotropy Decays. Biophysical Journal. 105(7). 1670–1680. 33 indexed citations

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Silveira, Rodrigo L., Julián Martínez, Munir S. Skaf, & Leandro Martı́nez. (2012). Enzyme Microheterogeneous Hydration and Stabilization in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 116(19). 5671–5678. 32 indexed citations

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Liberato, M.V., Alessandro S. Nascimento, Jean Z. Lin, et al.. (2012). Medium Chain Fatty Acids Are Selective Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor (PPAR) γ Activators and Pan-PPAR Partial Agonists. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e36297–e36297. 357 indexed citations

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Martı́nez, Leandro, et al.. (2011). The redundancy of NMR restraints can be used to accelerate the unfolding behavior of an SH3 domain during molecular dynamics simulations. BMC Structural Biology. 11(1). 46–46. 1 indexed citations

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Martı́nez, Leandro, Thérèse E. Malliavin, & Arnaud Blondel. (2011). Mechanism of reactant and product dissociation from the anthrax edema factor: A locally enhanced sampling and steered molecular dynamics study. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 79(5). 1649–1661. 5 indexed citations

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Laine, Élodie, Leandro Martı́nez, Arnaud Blondel, & Thérèse E. Malliavin. (2010). Activation of the Edema Factor of Bacillus anthracis by Calmodulin: Evidence of an Interplay between the EF-Calmodulin Interaction and Calcium Binding. Biophysical Journal. 99(7). 2264–2272. 13 indexed citations

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Martı́nez, Leandro, Ricardo Andrade, Ernesto G. Birgin, & J. M. Martı́nez. (2009). PACKMOL: A package for building initial configurations for molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 30(13). 2157–2164. 7322 indexed citations breakdown →

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Parry, Barbara L., Leandro Martı́nez, Eva L. Maurer, et al.. (2006). Sleep, rhythms and women's mood. Part II. Menopause. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 10(3). 197–208. 45 indexed citations

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Martı́nez, Leandro, Milton T. Sonoda, Paul Webb, et al.. (2005). Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveal Multiple Pathways of Ligand Dissociation from Thyroid Hormone Receptors. Biophysical Journal. 89(3). 2011–2023. 57 indexed citations

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Parry, Barbara L., Charles J. Meliska, Leandro Martı́nez, et al.. (2004). Menopause: neuroendocrine changes and hormone replacement therapy.. PubMed. 59(2). 135–45. 14 indexed citations

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