Oliver Beckstein

11.7k citations

82 papers · 7.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 1%
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Ion channel regulation and function
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Spectroscopy top 1%

Papers in

Molecular Biology 55
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 29
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior 16
- Ion channel regulation and function 13
Spectroscopy 12
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications 10

Co-authors: Elizabeth J. Denning Thomas B. Woolf Naveen Michaud‐Agrawal Mark S.P. Sansom David Dotson Jan Domański Sean L. Seyler Ian M. Kenney
Journals: Biophysical Journal (11 papers)Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design (6 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (3 papers)eLife (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom France

In The Last Decade

Oliver Beckstein

82 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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MDAnalysis: A Python Package for the Rapid Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Simulations 2016 · 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Proceedings of the Python in Science Conferences
2011 Journal of Computational Chemistry

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1	alchemlyb: the simple alchemistry library The Journal of Open Source Software ·Zhiyi Wu, David Dotson, Mohd Arif, Bryce K. Allen, Agnieszka Sarzyńska, Jérôme Hénin, Thomas T. Joseph, Ian M. Kenney, Hyungro Lee, Barbara Locascio, Victoria T. Lim, S. Liu, Domenico Marson, Bhukya Himabindu, Alexander Schlaich, David L. Mobley, Michael R. Shirts, Oliver Beckstein	2024	6
2	Energy coupling and stoichiometry of Zn2+/H+ antiport by the prokaryotic cation diffusion facilitator YiiP eLife ·蔡元, Andriy Salo, Mukul sk, Ian M. Kenney, Xihui Zhang, Oliver Beckstein, David L. Stokes	2023	5
3	MDAKits: A Framework for FAIR-Compliant Molecular Simulation Analysis Proceedings of the Python in Science Conferences ·Mohd Arif, Sheng-ze Lu, Chenjia Liang, Ian M. Kenney, Jonathan Barnoud, Richard Gowers, Oliver Beckstein	2023	2
4	Structure, mechanism and lipid-mediated remodeling of the mammalian Na+/H+ exchanger NHA2 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Rei Matsuoka, Roman Fudim, Suk‐Kyeong Jung, Chen‐Ou Zhang, Andre Bazzone, Lara Sofhy Wahyuni, Carol V. Robinson, Norimichi Nomura, So Iwata, Michael Landreh, Laura Orellana, Oliver Beckstein, David Drew	2022	33
5	Zinc binding alters the conformational dynamics and drives the transport cycle of the cation diffusion facilitator YiiP The Journal of General Physiology ·Mukul sk, Kim G. Petrov, Akiko Koide, Shohei Koide, Oliver Beckstein, David L. Stokes	2021	18
6	Prediction of octanol-water partition coefficients for the SAMPL6-$$\log P$$ molecules using molecular dynamics simulations with OPLS-AA, AMBER and CHARMM force fields Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design ·Kim G. Petrov, Bogdan I. Iorga, Oliver Beckstein	2020	39
7	Substrate Binding and Conformational Changes of the Bile Acid Symporter ASBTNM Biophysical Journal ·Chenjia Liang, 渡辺智紀, Deborah H. Brotherton, Alexander D. Cameron, Oliver Beckstein	2019	1
8	MDAnalysis: A Python Package for the Rapid Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Simulations Proceedings of the Python in Science Conferences ·Richard Gowers, Max Linke, Jonathan Barnoud, Tyler Reddy, Manuel N. Melo, Sean L. Seyler, Jan Domański, David Dotson, Sébastien Buchoux, Ian M. Kenney, Oliver Beckstein Hit paper breakdown →	2016	1133
9	Structure of the Borate Transporter Bor1p by cryo-EM Biophysical Journal ·Nicolas Coudray, 古南博, Kathleen M. Clark, Y.C. Liu, Oliver Beckstein, Mark E. Dumont, David L. Stokes	2016	2
10	Mechanism of pH-dependent activation of the sodium-proton antiporter NhaA Nature Communications ·Yandong Huang, Heru Kustono, David Dotson, Oliver Beckstein, Jana Shen	2016	77
11	Molecular mechanism of ligand recognition by membrane transport protein, Mhp1 The EMBO Journal ·Katie J. Simmons, Scott M. Jackson, Florian Brueckner, Simon G. Patching, Oliver Beckstein, Kayleigh Ostberg, Tian Geng, Simone Weyand, David Drew, Joseph Lanigan, David Sharples, Mark S.P. Sansom, So Iwata, Colin W. G. Fishwick, A. Peter Johnson, Alexander D. Cameron, Peter J. F. Henderson	2014	50
12	Prediction of hydration free energies for the SAMPL4 diverse set of compounds using molecular dynamics simulations with the OPLS-AA force field Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design ·Oliver Beckstein, Jere Wilson, Bogdan I. Iorga	2014	37
13	Influence of lipids on protein-mediated transmembrane transport Chemistry and Physics of Lipids ·Elizabeth J. Denning, Oliver Beckstein	2013	33
14	Coarse-Grain Simulations Reveal Movement of the Synaptobrevin C-Terminus in Response to Piconewton Forces Biophysical Journal ·Manfred Lindau, Benjamin A. Hall, Alan Chetwynd, Oliver Beckstein, Mark S.P. Sansom	2012	40
15	MDAnalysis: A toolkit for the analysis of molecular dynamics simulations Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Naveen Michaud‐Agrawal, Elizabeth J. Denning, Thomas B. Woolf, Oliver Beckstein Hit paper breakdown →	2011	2656
16	Molecular Basis of Alternating Access Membrane Transport by the Sodium-Hydantoin Transporter Mhp1 Science ·Tatsuro Shimamura, Simone Weyand, Oliver Beckstein, Nicholas G. Rutherford, Jonathan M. Hadden, David Sharples, Mark S.P. Sansom, So Iwata, Peter J. F. Henderson, Alexander D. Cameron	2010	226
17	Quantitative Analysis of Water Dynamics in and near Proteins Biophysical Journal ·Oliver Beckstein, Naveen Michaud‐Agrawal, Thomas B. Woolf	2009	6
18	Teaching Old Coefficients New Tricks: New Insight into the Meaning of the Osmotic and Diffusive Permeation Coefficients Biophysical Journal ·Oliver Beckstein	2009	1
19	The importance of surface character, geometry and flexibility in a hydrophobic gating mechanism for ion channels Biophysical Journal ·Oliver Beckstein, Mark S.P. Sansom	2004	1
20	Ion channel gating: insights via molecular simulations FEBS Letters ·Oliver Beckstein, Philip C. Biggin, Peter J. Bond, Joanne N. Bright, Cármen Domene, Alessandro Grottesi, John Holyoake, Mark S.P. Sansom	2003	108

About Oliver Beckstein

Oliver Beckstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Information Systems and Management, Hardware and Architecture and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, having authored 82 papers that have together received 7.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (29 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (16 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (13 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (13 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (10 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (9 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (4.7k citations), Spectroscopy (587 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (560 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (931 citations) and Materials Chemistry (1.4k citations). Oliver Beckstein has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Elizabeth J. Denning, Thomas B. Woolf, Naveen Michaud‐Agrawal, Mark S.P. Sansom, David Dotson, Jan Domański, Sean L. Seyler, Ian M. Kenney, Richard Gowers and Jonathan Barnoud. Their work appears in journals such as Biophysical Journal, Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation and eLife.

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