Özlem Demir

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Özlem Demir is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Özlem Demir has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Özlem Demir's work include HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (8 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (7 papers). Özlem Demir is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (8 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (7 papers). Özlem Demir collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Austria. Özlem Demir's co-authors include Rommie E. Amaro, Jeremy C. Smith, J. Andrew McCammon, Jérôme Baudry, Yinglong Miao, John D. Chodera, Işıl Aksan Kurnaz, Reuben S. Harris, Haldun Müderrisoğlu and Hideki Aihara and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Özlem Demir

68 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Ensemble Docking in Drug Discovery

2018 313 citations Rommie E. Amaro, Özlem Demir et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Özlem Demir United States	22	1.1k	282	250	213	195	74	1.8k
Ganesha Rai United States	26	1.3k 1.2×	175 0.6×	163 0.7×	153 0.7×	104 0.5×	90	2.2k
Timothy K. Hart United States	19	903 0.8×	174 0.6×	106 0.4×	210 1.0×	157 0.8×	42	1.9k
T.C. Appleby United States	22	775 0.7×	162 0.6×	144 0.6×	272 1.3×	361 1.9×	29	1.5k
Christina Kiel Spain	26	2.6k 2.4×	329 1.2×	509 2.0×	145 0.7×	152 0.8×	60	3.4k
Tove Tuntland United States	25	732 0.7×	214 0.8×	126 0.5×	142 0.7×	151 0.8×	39	1.7k
S. Frank Yan United States	20	1.3k 1.2×	110 0.4×	260 1.0×	200 0.9×	121 0.6×	33	2.2k
Ted Fox United States	18	1.3k 1.1×	261 0.9×	144 0.6×	435 2.0×	198 1.0×	24	2.0k
Stephen P. Chambers United States	18	1.7k 1.5×	193 0.7×	121 0.5×	598 2.8×	294 1.5×	26	2.5k
Maulik Patel United States	25	981 0.9×	218 0.8×	167 0.7×	143 0.7×	113 0.6×	73	1.7k
Jim Zhen Wu United States	31	780 0.7×	200 0.7×	114 0.5×	518 2.4×	409 2.1×	50	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Özlem Demir

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Moorthy, Ramkumar, et al.. (2025). Development of a Real-Time Fluorescence-Based Deamination Assay and Identification of Inhibitors of Human Cytidine Deaminase. ACS Chemical Biology. 20(11). 2593–2600.

Demir, Özlem, et al.. (2025). Effect of adenosine triphosphate on methylphenidate-induced oxidative and inflammatory kidney damage in rats. Drug and Chemical Toxicology. 48(6). 1284–1292.

Demir, Özlem, Surl-Hee Ahn, Carla Calvó‐Tusell, et al.. (2025). Regulatory Interactions between APOBEC3B N- and C-Terminal Domains. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(7). 3593–3604. 1 indexed citations

Moorthy, Ramkumar, Özlem Demir, Michael A. Carpenter, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Sugar Conformation on the Single-Stranded DNA Selectivity of APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B Enzymes. ACS Chemical Biology. 20(1). 117–127.

Demir, Özlem, et al.. (2023). Protective effect of melatonin and ascorbic acid combination on sepsis‐induced lung injury: An Experimental study. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 50(8). 634–646. 13 indexed citations

Shi, Ke, Özlem Demir, Surajit Banerjee, et al.. (2022). Structure and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 proofreading exoribonuclease ExoN. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(9). 85 indexed citations

Barros, Emília P., et al.. (2020). Markov state models and NMR uncover an overlooked allosteric loop in p53. Chemical Science. 12(5). 1891–1900. 33 indexed citations

Wagner, Jeffrey, Özlem Demir, Michael A. Carpenter, et al.. (2018). Determinants of Oligonucleotide Selectivity of APOBEC3B. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 59(5). 2264–2273. 11 indexed citations

Demir, Özlem, et al.. (2018). İİBF Mezun Adaylarının İş Bulma Ümitlerini Etkileyen Faktörler Üzerine Nicel Bir Araştırma. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 9(1). 42–57. 1 indexed citations

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Salamango, Daniel J., Jennifer L. McCann, Özlem Demir, et al.. (2018). APOBEC3B Nuclear Localization Requires Two Distinct N-Terminal Domain Surfaces. Journal of Molecular Biology. 430(17). 2695–2708. 36 indexed citations

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Lee, John K., Thomas Lee, Jayakanth Kankanala, et al.. (2018). The substrate-binding cap of the UDP-diacylglucosamine pyrophosphatase LpxH is highly flexible, enabling facile substrate binding and product release. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(21). 7969–7981. 18 indexed citations

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Prabhu, Lakshmi, Lan Chen, Wei Han, et al.. (2017). Development of an AlphaLISA high throughput technique to screen for small molecule inhibitors targeting protein arginine methyltransferases. Molecular BioSystems. 13(12). 2509–2520. 27 indexed citations

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Demir, Özlem, et al.. (2017). KLASİK, NEO-KLASİK ve MODERN YÖNETİM YAKLAŞIMLARININ KARŞILAŞTIRILMASINA İLİŞKİN BİR ANALİZ. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 3(2). 119–134. 1 indexed citations

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Demir, Özlem, et al.. (2016). Mikrobiyal Yakıt Hücreleri ile Çamur Arıtımı ve Elektrik Üretimi. DergiPark (Istanbul University).

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Munoz‐Tello, Paola, Özlem Demir, Kevin J. Cheng, et al.. (2016). RNA Editing TUTase 1: structural foundation of substrate recognition, complex interactions and drug targeting. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(22). 10862–10878. 12 indexed citations

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Sørensen, Jesper Givskov, Özlem Demir, Robert V. Swift, Victoria A. Feher, & Rommie E. Amaro. (2014). Molecular Docking to Flexible Targets. Methods in molecular biology. 1215. 445–469. 20 indexed citations

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Baronio, Roberta, Özlem Demir, Chiung-Kuang Chen, et al.. (2013). Computational identification of a transiently open L1/S3 pocket for reactivation of mutant p53. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1407–1407. 180 indexed citations

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Demir, Özlem & Işıl Aksan Kurnaz. (2008). Wildtype Elk-1, but not a SUMOylation mutant, represses egr-1 expression in SH-SY5Y neuroblastomas. Neuroscience Letters. 437(1). 20–24. 17 indexed citations

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Gülmez, Öykü, Aylin Yı́ldı́rı́r, U. Bal, et al.. (2007). C-reactive protein levels increase after exercise testing in patients with increased platelet reactivity. Coronary Artery Disease. 18(6). 437–442. 3 indexed citations

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Yazar, Enver, Özlem Demir, Muammer Elmas, Ahmet Levent Baş, & Bünyamin Traş. (2002). Phenobarbital Effects on Brain and Liver Tissues Enzyme Activity in Balb/C Mice. Acta Veterinaria Brno. 71(3). 309–312. 2 indexed citations

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