Oleg B. Ptitsyn

11.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
130 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Oleg B. Ptitsyn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oleg B. Ptitsyn has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Molecular Biology, 62 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Oleg B. Ptitsyn's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (71 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (53 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers). Oleg B. Ptitsyn is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (71 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (53 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers). Oleg B. Ptitsyn collaborates with scholars based in Russia, United States and United Kingdom. Oleg B. Ptitsyn's co-authors include Alexei V. Finkelstein, Valentina E. Bychkova, Vladimir N. Uversky, Gennady V. Semisotnov, Roger H. Pain, Д. А. Долгих, Rudolf Gilmanshin, Eva Žerovnik, E. I. Tiktopulo and Е. В. Бражников and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Oleg B. Ptitsyn

127 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Molten Globule and Protein Folding

1995 1.0k citations Oleg B. Ptitsyn profile →
Evidence for a molten globule state as a general intermediate in protein folding

1990 606 citations Oleg B. Ptitsyn, Gennady V. Semisotnov et al. FEBS Letters profile →
α‐lactalbumin: compact state with fluctuating tertiary structure?

1981 548 citations Д. А. Долгих, Е. В. Бражников et al. FEBS Letters profile →
Protein folding: Hypotheses and experiments

1987 495 citations Oleg B. Ptitsyn profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Oleg B. Ptitsyn Russia	50	7.6k	4.2k	1.1k	1.0k	924	130	9.5k
D. Wayne Bolen United States	44	7.3k 1.0×	3.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	567 0.6×	911 1.0×	70	9.3k
J. Martin Scholtz United States	45	8.5k 1.1×	3.0k 0.7×	748 0.7×	492 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	91	10.9k
Jen Tsi Yang United States	42	8.9k 1.2×	1.7k 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	644 0.6×	2.0k 2.2×	127	12.4k
George D. Rose United States	52	10.9k 1.4×	5.1k 1.2×	846 0.8×	390 0.4×	1.9k 2.0×	112	12.6k
F.M. Richards United States	31	8.7k 1.1×	3.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	225 0.2×	1.5k 1.6×	47	11.4k
Thomas E. Creighton United Kingdom	66	12.0k 1.6×	4.4k 1.1×	3.8k 3.4×	538 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	141	14.6k
P. Kraulis Sweden	16	12.1k 1.6×	4.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	594 0.6×	678 0.7×	18	16.1k
John F. Brandts United States	39	6.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	684 0.6×	326 0.3×	913 1.0×	71	8.0k
Robert W. Woody United States	46	8.3k 1.1×	2.2k 0.5×	914 0.8×	439 0.4×	2.4k 2.6×	114	11.9k
Kunihiro Kuwajima Japan	43	6.8k 0.9×	4.1k 1.0×	729 0.7×	1.8k 1.8×	629 0.7×	141	8.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ptitsyn, Oleg B.. (1998). Protein folding and protein evolution: common folding nucleus in different subfamilies of c-type cytochromes?. Journal of Molecular Biology. 278(3). 655–666. 111 indexed citations

Ptitsyn, Oleg B.. (1996). How molten is the molten globule?. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 3(6). 488–490. 54 indexed citations

Ptitsyn, Oleg B., Valentina E. Bychkova, & Vladimir N. Uversky. (1995). Kinetic and equilibrium folding intermediates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 348(1323). 35–41. 93 indexed citations

Ptitsyn, Oleg B.. (1994). Kinetic and equilibrium intermediates in protein folding. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 7(5). 593–596. 76 indexed citations

Ptitsyn, Oleg B. & Vladimir N. Uversky. (1994). The molten globule is a third thermodynamical state of protein molecules. FEBS Letters. 341(1). 15–18. 142 indexed citations

Ptitsyn, Oleg B., et al.. (1993). Mechanism of pH‐induced release of retinol from retinol‐binding protein. FEBS Letters. 317(3). 181–184. 18 indexed citations

Fedorov, A. N., Д. А. Долгих, Violetta V. Chemeris, et al.. (1992). De novo design, synthesis and study of albebetin, a polypeptide with a predetermined three-dimensional structure. Journal of Molecular Biology. 225(4). 927–931. 52 indexed citations

Crane‐Robinson, Colyn & Oleg B. Ptitsyn. (1989). Binding of the globular domain of linker histones H5/H1 to the nucleosome: a hypothesis. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 2(8). 577–582. 34 indexed citations

Ptitsyn, Oleg B. & Alexei V. Finkelstein. (1989). Prediction of protein secondary structure based on physical theory. Histones. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 2(6). 443–447. 15 indexed citations

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Semisotnov, Gennady V., et al.. (1987). Sequential mechanism of refolding of carbonic anhydrase B. FEBS Letters. 224(1). 9–13. 185 indexed citations

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Damaschun, G., et al.. (1986). Large-angle diffuse X-ray scattering from a homopolypeptide and some proteins. 112. 213–219. 1 indexed citations

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Ptitsyn, Oleg B.. (1985). Random sequences and protein folding. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 24(1-2). 45–65. 2 indexed citations

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Бражников, Е. В., Yu. N. Chirgadze, Д. А. Долгих, & Oleg B. Ptitsyn. (1985). Noncooperative temperature melting of a globular protein without specific tertiary structure: Acid form of bovine carbonic anhydrase B. Biopolymers. 24(10). 1899–1907. 28 indexed citations

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Ptitsyn, Oleg B., Alexei V. Finkelstein, & Alexey G. Murzin. (1985). Structural model for interferons. FEBS Letters. 186(2). 143–148. 21 indexed citations

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Finkelstein, Alexei V., et al.. (1977). Theory of protein molecule self‐organization. II. A comparison of calculated thermodynamic parameters of local secondary structures with experiments. Biopolymers. 16(3). 497–524. 43 indexed citations

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Ptitsyn, Oleg B., et al.. (1971). Thermodynamic parameters of helix‐coil transition in polypeptide chains I. Poly‐(L‐glutamic acid). Biopolymers. 10(11). 2161–2179. 56 indexed citations

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Birshtein, T.M. & Oleg B. Ptitsyn. (1967). The structure and flexibility of stereoregular macromolecules. The model of statistical zigzag chain. Journal of Polymer Science Part C Polymer Symposia. 16(8). 4617–4622. 3 indexed citations

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Nekrasova, T. N., et al.. (1965). Potentiometric titration of polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid and poly-l-glutamic acid. Polymer Science U.S.S.R.. 7(5). 1008–1018. 21 indexed citations

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Ptitsyn, Oleg B.. (1960). Geometry of linear polymers—VI. The theory of volume effects in polymer chains. Polymer Science U.S.S.R.. 1(2). 259–275. 2 indexed citations

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Birshtein, T.M. & Oleg B. Ptitsyn. (1960). Stereospecificity of polymers as a function of the conditions of polymerization. Polymer Science U.S.S.R.. 1(2). 288–294. 2 indexed citations

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