Nobuhiro Gō

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
159 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Nobuhiro Gō is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuhiro Gō has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Materials Chemistry and 27 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Nobuhiro Gō's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (90 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (48 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (19 papers). Nobuhiro Gō is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (90 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (48 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (19 papers). Nobuhiro Gō collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Nobuhiro Gō's co-authors include Akio Kitao, Harold A. Scheraga, Steven Hayward, Hiroshi Taketomi, Fumio Hirata, Tosiyuki Noguti, Haruo Abe, Akinori Kidera, Yasunobu Seno and Mitiko Gō and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Nobuhiro Gō

154 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

STUDIES ON PROTEIN FOLDING, UNFOLDING AND FLUCTUATIONS BY... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1975 1970 100 200 300 400 500
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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. STUDIES ON PROTEIN FOLDING, UNFOLDING AND FLUCTUATIONS BY COMPUTER SIMULATION
    1975 554 citations Nobuhiro Gō et al. profile →
  2. Ring Closure and Local Conformational Deformations of Chain Molecules
    1970 339 citations Nobuhiro Gō et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nobuhiro Gō Japan 45 6.4k 3.1k 1.6k 1.4k 643 159 7.7k
Susan Marqusee United States 46 7.0k 1.1× 2.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 636 1.0× 128 8.3k
Hue Sun Chan Canada 56 10.2k 1.6× 5.3k 1.7× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 738 1.1× 149 11.7k
Alexei V. Finkelstein Russia 50 7.7k 1.2× 3.0k 1.0× 578 0.4× 685 0.5× 650 1.0× 182 9.4k
Zaida Luthey‐Schulten United States 50 8.1k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 786 0.6× 539 0.8× 133 9.6k
Víctor Muñoz United States 50 7.8k 1.2× 4.2k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 759 1.2× 111 8.6k
F.M. Richards United States 31 8.7k 1.4× 3.1k 1.0× 783 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.0k 1.6× 47 11.4k
George D. Rose United States 52 10.9k 1.7× 5.1k 1.6× 855 0.5× 1.9k 1.3× 846 1.3× 112 12.6k
Dorothee Kern United States 40 8.7k 1.4× 2.9k 0.9× 925 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 75 10.5k
Ron Elber United States 53 7.0k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 2.9k 1.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 2.0× 206 10.2k
Werner Braun United States 50 8.3k 1.3× 2.5k 0.8× 571 0.4× 2.1k 1.5× 557 0.9× 147 12.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nobuhiro Gō

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kawabata, Takeshi & Nobuhiro Gō. (2007). Detection of pockets on protein surfaces using small and large probe spheres to find putative ligand binding sites. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 68(2). 516–529. 90 indexed citations
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Kitao, Akio, Koji Yonekura, Saori Maki-Yonekura, et al.. (2006). Switch interactions control energy frustration and multiple flagellar filament structures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(13). 4894–4899. 46 indexed citations
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Gong, Xiujun, Kensuke Nakamura, Kei Yura, & Nobuhiro Gō. (2006). Toward building grid applications in bioinformatics. 17–23. 1 indexed citations
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Basu, Gautam, Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy, Takeshi Kawabata, & Nobuhiro Gō. (2004). Electrostatic Potential of Nucleotide-free Protein is Sufficient for Discrimination Between Adenine and Guanine-specific Binding Sites. Journal of Molecular Biology. 342(3). 1053–1066. 22 indexed citations
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Joti, Yasumasa, Masayoshi Nakasako, Akinori Kidera, & Nobuhiro Gō. (2002). Nonlinear temperature dependence of the crystal structure of lysozyme: correlation between coordinate shifts and thermal factors. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 58(9). 1421–1432. 25 indexed citations
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Sugita, Yuji, Akio Kitao, & Nobuhiro Gō. (1998). Computational analysis of thermal stability: effect of Ile→Val mutations in human lysozyme. PubMed. 3(3). 173–181. 13 indexed citations
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Kitao, Akio, Steven Hayward, & Nobuhiro Gō. (1998). Energy landscape of a native protein: Jumping-among-minima model. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 33(4). 496–517. 200 indexed citations
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Matsuda, K., Kenji Mizuguchi, Takaaki Nishi­oka, et al.. (1996). Crystal structure of glutathione synthetase at optimal pH: domain architecture and structural similarity with other proteins. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 9(12). 1083–1092. 28 indexed citations
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Mizuguchi, Kenji & Nobuhiro Gō. (1995). Seeking significance in three-dimensional protein structure comparisons. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 5(3). 377–382. 39 indexed citations
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Mizuguchi, Kenji & Nobuhiro Gō. (1995). Comparison of spatial arrangements of secondary structural elements in proteins. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 8(4). 353–362. 79 indexed citations
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Alexandrov, Nickolai & Nobuhiro Gō. (1994). Biological meaning, statistical significance, and classification of local spatial similarities in nonhomologous proteins. Protein Science. 3(6). 866–875. 60 indexed citations
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Hayward, Steven, Akio Kitao, & Nobuhiro Gō. (1994). Harmonic and anharmonic aspects in the dynamics of BPTI: A normal mode analysis and principal component analysis. Protein Science. 3(6). 936–943. 109 indexed citations
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Ikura, Teikichi & Nobuhiro Gō. (1993). Normal mode analysis of mouse epidermal growth factor: Characterization of the harmonic motion. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 16(4). 423–436. 15 indexed citations
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Kidera, Akinori, Koji Inaka, Masaaki Matsushima, & Nobuhiro Gō. (1992). Normal mode refinement: Crystallographic refinement of protein dynamic structure applied to human lysozyme. Biopolymers. 32(4). 315–319. 11 indexed citations
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Gibrat, Jean‐François & Nobuhiro Gō. (1990). Normal mode analysis of human lysozyme: Study of the relative motion of the two domains and characterization of the harmonic motion. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 8(3). 258–279. 78 indexed citations
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Noguti, Tosiyuki & Nobuhiro Gō. (1989). Structural basis of hierarchical multiple substates of a protein. IV: Rearrangements in atom packing and local deformations. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 5(2). 125–131. 26 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Yuji, Tadayasu Ohkubo, Yoshimasa Kyōgoku, et al.. (1988). The Conformation of α-Human Atrial Natriuretic Polypeptide in Solution. The Journal of Biochemistry. 104(3). 322–325. 20 indexed citations
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Nishikawa, Tetsuo & Nobuhiro Gō. (1987). Normal modes of vibration in bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor and its mechanical property. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 2(4). 308–329. 94 indexed citations
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Gō, Nobuhiro. (1977). . Kobunshi. 26(3). 193–197. 1 indexed citations

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