Michael L. Klein

116.3k total citations · 12 hit papers
876 papers, 94.5k citations indexed

About

Michael L. Klein is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Klein has authored 876 papers receiving a total of 94.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 380 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 236 papers in Molecular Biology and 221 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Klein's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (200 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (158 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (114 papers). Michael L. Klein is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (200 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (158 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (114 papers). Michael L. Klein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael L. Klein's co-authors include Roger Impey, Jeffry D. Madura, Jayaraman Chandrasekhar, William L. Jorgensen, Glenn Martyna, Mark E. Tuckerman, Douglas J. Tobias, Shūichi Nosé, Michiel Sprik and Ian R. McDonald and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Klein

857 papers receiving 92.7k citations

Hit Papers

Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating l... 1976 2026 1992 2009 1983 1992 1994 1983 1996 10.0k 20.0k 30.0k
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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. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
    1983 34.0k citations Michael L. Klein et al. profile →
  2. Nosé–Hoover chains: The canonical ensemble via continuous dynamics
    1992 4.6k citations Michael L. Klein et al. profile →
  3. Constant pressure molecular dynamics algorithms
    1994 4.5k citations Michael L. Klein et al. profile →
  4. Constant pressure molecular dynamics for molecular systems
    1983 2.6k citations Michael L. Klein et al. profile →
  5. Explicit reversible integrators for extended systems dynamics
    1996 1.4k citations Michael L. Klein et al. profile →
  6. Accurate first-principles structures and energies of diversely bonded systems from an efficient density functional
    2016 754 citations Richard C. Remsing, Michael L. Klein et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
  7. Using collective variables to drive molecular dynamics simulations
    2013 732 citations Michael L. Klein, Jérôme Hénin et al. profile →
  8. On the Quantum Nature of the Shared Proton in Hydrogen Bonds
    1997 617 citations Michael L. Klein et al. profile →
  9. Rare gas solids
    1976 507 citations Michael L. Klein et al. profile →
  10. De Novo Design of Antimicrobial Polymers, Foldamers, and Small Molecules: From Discovery to Practical Applications
    2009 469 citations Gregory N. Tew, Michael L. Klein et al. profile →
  11. Orientational ordering in mixed cyanide crystals: (NaCN)1−x(KCN)x
    1991 458 citations Michael L. Klein et al. profile →
  12. Ab initio theory and modeling of water
    2017 321 citations Richard C. Remsing, Michael L. Klein et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael L. Klein United States 110 39.2k 28.4k 23.0k 12.4k 12.0k 876 94.5k
Herman J. C. Berendsen Netherlands 67 60.3k 1.5× 23.3k 0.8× 24.0k 1.0× 11.8k 1.0× 13.3k 1.1× 164 112.9k
Klaus Schulten United States 126 63.9k 1.6× 21.5k 0.8× 23.6k 1.0× 10.3k 0.8× 15.1k 1.3× 532 120.6k
William L. Jorgensen United States 109 46.8k 1.2× 26.4k 0.9× 20.8k 0.9× 18.7k 1.5× 12.6k 1.0× 466 104.8k
Michele Parrinello Switzerland 135 33.5k 0.9× 38.2k 1.3× 40.5k 1.8× 10.5k 0.8× 11.2k 0.9× 672 113.7k
Wilfred F. van Gunsteren Switzerland 99 40.3k 1.0× 16.4k 0.6× 18.1k 0.8× 7.6k 0.6× 6.8k 0.6× 531 70.0k
Berk Hess Sweden 42 45.1k 1.1× 11.5k 0.4× 15.0k 0.7× 9.9k 0.8× 9.2k 0.8× 119 83.5k
Peter A. Kollman United States 105 68.8k 1.8× 22.8k 0.8× 22.5k 1.0× 17.0k 1.4× 7.5k 0.6× 458 116.3k
Martin Karplus United States 155 69.5k 1.8× 29.4k 1.0× 28.2k 1.2× 10.5k 0.8× 4.4k 0.4× 784 107.9k
David van der Spoel Sweden 57 31.8k 0.8× 10.4k 0.4× 12.3k 0.5× 6.9k 0.6× 7.3k 0.6× 168 61.7k
Erik Lindahl Sweden 54 40.9k 1.0× 9.1k 0.3× 12.0k 0.5× 7.4k 0.6× 7.5k 0.6× 197 71.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Klein, Michael L., et al.. (2023). Understanding the Anomalous Diffusion of Water in Aqueous Electrolytes Using Machine Learned Potentials. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(42). 9500–9507. 21 indexed citations
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DelloStritto, Mark, Aaron D. Kaplan, John P. Perdew, & Michael L. Klein. (2023). Predicting the properties of NiO with density functional theory: Impact of exchange and correlation approximations and validation of the r2SCAN functional. APL Materials. 11(6). 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shaohua, Jiabin Luan, Vincenzo Carnevale, et al.. (2022). Adaptive insertion of a hydrophobic anchor into a poly(ethylene glycol) host for programmable surface functionalization. Nature Chemistry. 15(2). 240–247. 25 indexed citations
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Wang, Ruiyu, Michael L. Klein, Vincenzo Carnevale, & Eric Borguet. (2021). Investigations of water/oxide interfaces by molecular dynamics simulations. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science. 11(6). 36 indexed citations
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Piontek, Stefan, et al.. (2020). Probing Heterogeneous Charge Distributions at the α-Al2O3(0001)/H2O Interface. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(28). 12096–12105. 29 indexed citations
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Kostina, Nina Yu., Khosrow Rahimi, Qi Xiao, et al.. (2019). Membrane-Mimetic Dendrimersomes Engulf Living Bacteria via Endocytosis. Nano Letters. 19(8). 5732–5738. 49 indexed citations
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Wang, Ruiyu, Mark DelloStritto, Richard C. Remsing, et al.. (2019). Sodium Halide Adsorption and Water Structure at the α-Alumina(0001)/Water Interface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(25). 15618–15628. 27 indexed citations
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Kasimova, Marina A., Aysenur Torun Yazici, Yevgen Yudin, et al.. (2018). Ion Channel Sensing: Are Fluctuations the Crux of the Matter?. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(6). 1260–1264. 32 indexed citations
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Jishkariani, Davit, Christopher M. MacDermaid, Silvia Grama, et al.. (2017). Self-interrupted synthesis of sterically hindered aliphatic polyamide dendrimers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(12). E2275–E2284. 25 indexed citations
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König, René & Michael L. Klein. (2014). Aufgaben des Soziologen und die Perspektiven der Soziologie : Schriften zur Entwicklung der Soziologie nach 1945. Springer eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Brannigan, Grace, David N. LeBard, Jérôme Hénin, Roderic G. Eckenhoff, & Michael L. Klein. (2010). Multiple binding sites for the general anesthetic isoflurane identified in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor transmembrane domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(32). 14122–14127. 99 indexed citations
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Butts, Christopher A., Xi Jin, Grace Brannigan, et al.. (2009). Identification of a fluorescent general anesthetic, 1-aminoanthracene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(16). 6501–6506. 46 indexed citations
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Pantano, Diego A. & Michael L. Klein. (2009). Characterization of Membrane−Protein Interactions for the Leucine Transporter from Aquifex aeolicus by Molecular Dynamics Calculations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 113(42). 13715–13722. 16 indexed citations
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Brannigan, Grace, Jérôme Hénin, Richard Law, Roderic G. Eckenhoff, & Michael L. Klein. (2008). Embedded cholesterol in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(38). 14418–14423. 139 indexed citations
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Johnson, Robert R., A. T. Charlie Johnson, & Michael L. Klein. (2007). Probing the Structure of DNA-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids with Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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Balagurusamy, Venkatachalapathy S. K., et al.. (2004). アルミニウムクロロハイドレートポリマAl 13 O 4 (OH) 24 (H 2 O) 12 Cl 7 の構造と動力学. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 6(5). 919–923. 11 indexed citations
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Simon, Christian & Michael L. Klein. (2004). Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation of a Water–Hydrogen Fluoride Equimolar Mixture. ChemPhysChem. 6(1). 148–153. 19 indexed citations
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Tew, Gregory N., Dahui Liu, Robert J. Doerksen, et al.. (2002). De novo design of biomimetic antimicrobial polymers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(8). 5110–5114. 362 indexed citations
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Klein, Michael L. & Ian R. McDonald. (1982). Properties of the paraelectric-solid and molten phases of sodium nitrite. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 382(1783). 471–482. 16 indexed citations

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