Ómar Valsson

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ómar Valsson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ómar Valsson has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 14 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ómar Valsson's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (13 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (11 papers). Ómar Valsson is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (13 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (11 papers). Ómar Valsson collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Ómar Valsson's co-authors include Michele Parrinello, Pratyush Tiwary, Claudia Filippi, Robert Send, Michael R. Shirts, Lucie Delemotte, Jérôme Hénin, Tony Lelièvre, Pablo M. Piaggi and Jakub Rydzewski and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ómar Valsson

37 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Enhancing Important Fluctuations: Rare Events and Metadynamics from a Conceptual Viewpoint

2016 452 citations Ómar Valsson, Pratyush Tiwary et al. profile →
Enhanced Sampling Methods for Molecular Dynamics Simulations [Article v1.0]

2022 185 citations Jérôme Hénin, Tony Lelièvre et al. arXiv (Cornell University) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ómar Valsson Switzerland	19	858	687	650	211	203	38	1.8k
Isabella Daidone Italy	27	1.4k 1.6×	593 0.9×	499 0.8×	233 1.1×	57 0.3×	106	2.1k
Fabrizio Marinelli United States	20	1.9k 2.2×	483 0.7×	647 1.0×	88 0.4×	117 0.6×	35	2.8k
Oren M. Becker Israel	25	1.4k 1.6×	498 0.7×	489 0.8×	70 0.3×	112 0.6×	52	2.1k
Walter Nadler Germany	26	644 0.8×	612 0.9×	399 0.6×	259 1.2×	274 1.3×	61	1.9k
Luca Maragliano Italy	20	1.5k 1.7×	587 0.9×	567 0.9×	53 0.3×	113 0.6×	60	2.3k
E. W. Knapp Germany	20	1.0k 1.2×	660 1.0×	507 0.8×	191 0.9×	60 0.3×	43	1.7k
Riccardo Chelli Italy	31	1.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	650 1.0×	521 2.5×	78 0.4×	96	2.7k
Mary A. Rohrdanz United States	12	491 0.6×	811 1.2×	570 0.9×	423 2.0×	63 0.3×	16	1.7k
Louis Lagardère France	24	930 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	522 0.8×	355 1.7×	37 0.2×	61	2.1k

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Rydzewski, Jakub, Ming Chen, & Ómar Valsson. (2023). Manifold learning in atomistic simulations: a conceptual review. Machine Learning Science and Technology. 4(3). 31001–31001. 9 indexed citations

Valsson, Ómar, et al.. (2023). Sampling rare event energy landscapes via birth-death augmented dynamics. Physical review. E. 107(2). 24141–24141.

Rydzewski, Jakub, Ming Chen, & Ómar Valsson. (2023). Manifold Learning in Atomistic Simulations: A Conceptual Review. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

Hénin, Jérôme, Tony Lelièvre, Michael R. Shirts, Ómar Valsson, & Lucie Delemotte. (2022). Enhanced Sampling Methods for Molecular Dynamics Simulations [Article v1.0]. arXiv (Cornell University). 4(1). 1583–1583. 185 indexed citations breakdown →

Valsson, Ómar, et al.. (2022). Improving the Efficiency of Variationally Enhanced Sampling with Wavelet-Based Bias Potentials. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations

Rydzewski, Jakub & Ómar Valsson. (2021). Multiscale Reweighted Stochastic Embedding: Deep Learning of Collective Variables for Enhanced Sampling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 125(28). 6286–6302. 28 indexed citations

Valsson, Ómar, et al.. (2020). Mg ²⁺ Sensing by an RNA Fragment: Role of Mg ²⁺ -Coordinated Water Molecules. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 16(10). 6702–6715. 10 indexed citations

Лю, Чан, Jan Gerit Brandenburg, Ómar Valsson, Kurt Kremer, & Tristan Bereau. (2020). Free-energy landscape of polymer-crystal polymorphism. Soft Matter. 16(42). 9683–9692. 12 indexed citations

Piaggi, Pablo M., Ómar Valsson, & Michele Parrinello. (2017). Enhancing Entropy and Enthalpy Fluctuations to Drive Crystallization in Atomistic Simulations. Physical Review Letters. 119(1). 15701–15701. 88 indexed citations

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Invernizzi, Michele, Ómar Valsson, & Michele Parrinello. (2017). Coarse graining from variationally enhanced sampling applied to the Ginzburg–Landau model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(13). 3370–3374. 24 indexed citations

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Palazzesi, Ferruccio, Ómar Valsson, & Michele Parrinello. (2017). Conformational Entropy as Collective Variable for Proteins. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 8(19). 4752–4756. 16 indexed citations

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Valsson, Ómar, et al.. (2016). Electrostatic versus Resonance Interactions in Photoreceptor Proteins: The Case of Rhodopsin. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 7(22). 4547–4553. 24 indexed citations

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Piaggi, Pablo M., Ómar Valsson, & Michele Parrinello. (2016). A variational approach to nucleation simulation. Faraday Discussions. 195. 557–568. 13 indexed citations

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Valsson, Ómar, et al.. (2016). Hierarchical Protein Free Energy Landscapes from Variationally Enhanced Sampling. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 12(12). 5751–5757. 3 indexed citations

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McCarty, J., Ómar Valsson, Pratyush Tiwary, & Michele Parrinello. (2015). Variationally Optimized Free-Energy Flooding for Rate Calculation. Physical Review Letters. 115(7). 70601–70601. 33 indexed citations

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Valsson, Ómar & Michele Parrinello. (2014). Variational Approach to Enhanced Sampling and Free Energy Calculations. Physical Review Letters. 113(9). 90601–90601. 214 indexed citations

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Valsson, Ómar & Michele Parrinello. (2013). Thermodynamical Description of a Quasi-First-Order Phase Transition from the Well-Tempered Ensemble. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 9(12). 5267–5276. 15 indexed citations

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Valsson, Ómar, Celestino Angeli, & Claudia Filippi. (2012). Excitation energies of retinal chromophores: critical role of the structural model. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(31). 11015–11015. 47 indexed citations

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Valsson, Ómar & Claudia Filippi. (2012). Gas-Phase Retinal Spectroscopy: Temperature Effects Are But a Mirage. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 3(7). 908–912. 19 indexed citations

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Send, Robert, Ómar Valsson, & Claudia Filippi. (2011). Electronic Excitations of Simple Cyanine Dyes: Reconciling Density Functional and Wave Function Methods. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 7(2). 444–455. 122 indexed citations

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