M. C. Burla

25.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
90 papers, 23.7k citations indexed

About

M. C. Burla is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, M. C. Burla has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 23.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in M. C. Burla's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (36 papers), X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (28 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (23 papers). M. C. Burla is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (36 papers), X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (28 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (23 papers). M. C. Burla collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and Germany. M. C. Burla's co-authors include G. Polidori, Carmelo Giacovazzo, G. Cascarano, Angela Altomare, Antonietta Guagliardi, R. Spagna, Mercedes Camalli, M. Camalli, Anna Moliterni and Benedetta Carrozzini and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of Applied Crystallography and Inorganica Chimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

M. C. Burla

85 papers receiving 23.0k citations

Hit Papers

SIR97: a new tool for crystal structure determination and... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1999 1994 2005 1994 2003 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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.

  1. SIR97: a new tool for crystal structure determination and refinement
    1999 8.3k citations Angela Altomare, M. C. Burla et al. Journal of Applied Crystallography profile →
  2. SIRPOW.92 – a program for automatic solution of crystal structures by direct methods optimized for powder data
    1994 6.4k citations Angela Altomare, G. Cascarano et al. Journal of Applied Crystallography profile →
  3. SIR2004: an improved tool for crystal structure determination and refinement
    2005 2.4k citations M. C. Burla, Rocco Caliandro et al. Journal of Applied Crystallography profile →
  4. SIR92 – a program for automatic solution of crystal structures by direct methods
    1994 1.3k citations Angela Altomare, G. Cascarano et al. Journal of Applied Crystallography profile →
  5. SIR2002: the program
    2003 861 citations M. C. Burla, Mercedes Camalli et al. Journal of Applied Crystallography profile →
  6. Crystal structure determination and refinementviaSIR2014
    2015 734 citations M. C. Burla, Rocco Caliandro et al. Journal of Applied Crystallography profile →
  7. SIR88 – a direct-methods program for the automatic solution of crystal structures
    1989 706 citations M. C. Burla, M. Camalli et al. Journal of Applied Crystallography profile →
  8. IL MILIONE: a suite of computer programs for crystal structure solution of proteins
    2007 673 citations M. C. Burla, Rocco Caliandro et al. Journal of Applied Crystallography profile →
  9. SIR2011: a new package for crystal structure determination and refinement
    2012 515 citations M. C. Burla, Rocco Caliandro et al. Journal of Applied Crystallography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. C. Burla Italy 25 11.8k 11.0k 7.0k 6.0k 5.8k 90 23.7k
G. Polidori Italy 25 11.7k 1.0× 10.9k 1.0× 7.0k 1.0× 5.9k 1.0× 5.7k 1.0× 84 23.6k
G. Cascarano Italy 27 14.6k 1.2× 13.9k 1.3× 8.7k 1.2× 7.3k 1.2× 7.1k 1.2× 127 29.4k
Angela Altomare Italy 30 12.2k 1.0× 11.9k 1.1× 8.1k 1.2× 6.6k 1.1× 5.8k 1.0× 148 25.7k
Luc J. Bourhis United Kingdom 7 11.9k 1.0× 11.6k 1.1× 9.5k 1.4× 6.6k 1.1× 5.2k 0.9× 12 26.5k
Oleg V. Dolomanov United Kingdom 13 12.1k 1.0× 12.1k 1.1× 9.8k 1.4× 6.9k 1.2× 5.3k 0.9× 30 27.2k
Carmelo Giacovazzo Italy 35 14.9k 1.3× 14.6k 1.3× 10.8k 1.5× 7.9k 1.3× 7.2k 1.2× 259 32.3k
W. Clegg United Kingdom 71 19.4k 1.7× 13.7k 1.2× 6.5k 0.9× 4.1k 0.7× 3.6k 0.6× 1.3k 28.9k
Antonietta Guagliardi Italy 38 11.5k 1.0× 12.0k 1.1× 9.9k 1.4× 6.4k 1.1× 5.7k 1.0× 146 27.4k
Clare F. Macrae United Kingdom 8 9.5k 0.8× 9.9k 0.9× 6.3k 0.9× 4.3k 0.7× 4.6k 0.8× 8 21.2k
Richard J. Gildea United Kingdom 14 11.9k 1.0× 11.6k 1.1× 9.9k 1.4× 6.6k 1.1× 5.3k 0.9× 29 27.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burla, M. C., Carmelo Giacovazzo, & G. Polidori. (2024). Updating direct methods II. Reduction of the structural complexity when triplet invariants are estimated via the Patterson map. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 57(4). 1011–1022. 1 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Benedetta Carrozzini, G. Cascarano, Carmelo Giacovazzo, & G. Polidori. (2023). Extending Ab Initio Phasing up to 2.2 Å Resolution: New Superposition Techniques. Crystals. 13(6). 874–874. 2 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Benedetta Carrozzini, G. Cascarano, Carmelo Giacovazzo, & G. Polidori. (2019). How far are we from automatic crystal structure solution via molecular-replacement techniques?. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 76(1). 9–18. 3 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Benedetta Carrozzini, G. Cascarano, Carmelo Giacovazzo, & G. Polidori. (2018). Phasingviapure crystallographic least squares: an unexpected feature. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 74(2). 123–130.
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Burla, M. C., Benedetta Carrozzini, G. Cascarano, G. Polidori, & Carmelo Giacovazzo. (2018). CAB: a cyclic automatic model-building procedure. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 74(11). 1096–1104. 4 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., G. Cascarano, Carmelo Giacovazzo, & G. Polidori. (2017). Synergy among phase-refinement techniques in macromolecular crystallography. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 73(11). 877–888. 5 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Benedetta Carrozzini, G. Cascarano, Carmelo Giacovazzo, & G. Polidori. (2017). About difference electron densities and their properties. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 73(6). 460–473. 5 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., G. Cascarano, Carmelo Giacovazzo, & G. Polidori. (2017). The phantom derivative method when a structure model is available: about its theoretical basis. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 73(3). 218–226. 1 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Benedetta Carrozzini, G. Cascarano, Carmelo Giacovazzo, & G. Polidori. (2015). Refining a model electron-density mapviathePhantom Derivativemethod. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 71(9). 1864–1871. 5 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Benedetta Carrozzini, G. Cascarano, Carmelo Giacovazzo, & G. Polidori. (2011). About the hybrid Fourier syntheses: a probabilistic approach. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 67(5). 447–455. 3 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Carmelo Giacovazzo, A. Mazzone, G. Polidori, & Dritan Siliqi. (2011). About the σAestimate. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 67(3). 276–283. 5 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Rocco Caliandro, Carmelo Giacovazzo, & G. Polidori. (2010). The difference electron density: a probabilistic reformulation. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 66(3). 347–361. 33 indexed citations
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Altomare, Angela, M. C. Burla, Corrado Cuocci, et al.. (2009). MAD techniques applied to powder data: finding the structure given the substructure. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 65(4). 291–299. 3 indexed citations
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Carrozzini, Benedetta, M. C. Burla, Rocco Caliandro, et al.. (2005). SIR2004: new features forab-initiocrystal structure solution. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 61(a1). c151–c151. 1 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Benedetta Carrozzini, Rocco Caliandro, et al.. (2003). Ab initioprotein phasing at 1.4 Å resolution: the new phasing approach ofSIR2003-N. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 59(6). 560–568. 10 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Benedetta Carrozzini, G. Cascarano, et al.. (2003). Ab initioprotein phasing at 1.4 Å resolution. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 59(3). 245–249. 9 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Benedetta Carrozzini, G. Cascarano, et al.. (2002). MAD phasing: probabilistic estimate of |Foa|. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 58(6). 928–935. 5 indexed citations
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Burla, M. C., Carmelo Giacovazzo, Doriano Lamba, G. Polidori, & Giovanni Ughetto. (1999). Ab Initio Direct Phasing in Macromolecular Crystallography: an application of the Z-test. Croatica Chemica Acta. 72. 519–529. 1 indexed citations
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Altomare, Angela, M. C. Burla, Mercedes Camalli, et al.. (1999). EXPO: a program for full powder pattern decomposition and crystal structure solution. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 32(2). 339–340. 438 indexed citations
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Cini, R., M. Sundaralingam, M. C. Burla, et al.. (1983). Interaction of Adenosine 5′-Triphosphate with Metal Ions X-ray Structure of Ternary Complexes Containing Mg(II), Ca(II), Mn(II), Co(II), ATP and 2,2′ -Dipyridylamine. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 1(3). 633–637. 26 indexed citations

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