P Shing Ho

13.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
149 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

P Shing Ho is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, P Shing Ho has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 28 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in P Shing Ho's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (50 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (38 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (33 papers). P Shing Ho is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (50 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (38 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (33 papers). P Shing Ho collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. P Shing Ho's co-authors include Franklin A. Hays, Pascal Auffinger, Éric Westhof, Andrea Regier Voth, Gautam R. Desiraju, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Lars Kloo, Kari Rissanen, Roberto Marquardt and A. C. Legon and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

P Shing Ho

145 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

Definition of the halogen bon... 1989 2026 2001 2013 2013 2004 1989 2012 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Definition of the halogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)
    2013 1.7k citations P Shing Ho et al. profile →
  2. Halogen bonds in biological molecules
    2004 1.4k citations Pascal Auffinger, Franklin A. Hays et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Electromigration in metals
    1989 661 citations P Shing Ho et al. profile →
  4. Halogen bonding (X‐bonding): A biological perspective
    2012 384 citations Matthew R. Scholfield, Crystal M. Vander Zanden et al. Protein Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P Shing Ho United States 48 3.9k 3.8k 2.1k 2.0k 2.0k 149 11.0k
Jean‐Philip Piquemal France 51 3.0k 0.8× 3.1k 0.8× 2.9k 1.4× 4.2k 2.1× 1.6k 0.8× 192 12.0k
Michael C. Zerner United States 48 3.4k 0.9× 2.0k 0.5× 5.3k 2.5× 4.0k 2.0× 1.6k 0.8× 231 12.9k
Eamonn F. Healy United States 16 2.6k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 2.9k 1.4× 2.7k 1.3× 836 0.4× 48 12.7k
Petr Jurečka Czechia 41 2.4k 0.6× 5.6k 1.5× 2.4k 1.1× 3.4k 1.7× 760 0.4× 85 10.9k
Bruce S. Hudson United States 48 1.7k 0.4× 3.4k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 2.9k 1.4× 623 0.3× 215 8.5k
Kazuo Kitaura Japan 52 2.3k 0.6× 4.0k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 5.7k 2.8× 1.1k 0.5× 166 12.0k
Jan Řezáč Czechia 47 3.1k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 2.8k 1.3× 3.9k 1.9× 1.2k 0.6× 123 8.7k
John R. Miller United States 48 3.6k 0.9× 1.0k 0.3× 3.1k 1.5× 2.4k 1.2× 828 0.4× 184 9.6k
Tadashi Okada Japan 55 4.2k 1.1× 2.6k 0.7× 4.9k 2.3× 1.7k 0.8× 428 0.2× 340 10.8k
Bernd Giese Germany 59 1.8k 0.5× 6.3k 1.7× 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 334 16.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rappé, Anthony K., et al.. (2025). Design of a halogen bond catalyzed DNA endonuclease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(14). e2500099122–e2500099122. 3 indexed citations
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Scott, Kristin, Nan Dai, Ryan T. Fuchs, et al.. (2024). A novel N 4, N 4-dimethylcytidine in the archaeal ribosome enhances hyperthermophily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(45). e2405999121–e2405999121. 1 indexed citations
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Ho, P Shing, et al.. (2023). Non‐classical Non‐covalent σ‐Hole Interactions in Protein Structure and Function: Concepts for Potential Protein Engineering Applications. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 18(7). e202300026–e202300026. 16 indexed citations
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Ho, P Shing, et al.. (2017). Relationships between hydrogen bonds and halogen bonds in biological systems. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials. 73(2). 255–264. 45 indexed citations
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Ho, P Shing. (2014). Biomolecular Halogen Bonds. Topics in current chemistry. 358. 241–276. 45 indexed citations
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Scholfield, Matthew R., et al.. (2012). Halogen bonding (X‐bonding): A biological perspective. Protein Science. 22(2). 139–152. 384 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ho, P Shing, et al.. (2007). The Role of Halogen Bonding in Inhibitor Recognition and Binding by Protein Kinases. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 7(14). 1336–1348. 147 indexed citations
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Deinzer, Max L., et al.. (2007). Phosphoinositide binding regulates α‐actinin CH2 domain structure: Analysis by hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry. Protein Science. 16(12). 2597–2604. 10 indexed citations
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Auffinger, Pascal, Franklin A. Hays, Éric Westhof, & P Shing Ho. (2004). Halogen bonds in biological molecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(48). 16789–16794. 1447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vargason, J.M., Keith Henderson, & P Shing Ho. (2001). A crystallographic map of the transition from B-DNA to A-DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(13). 7265–7270. 98 indexed citations
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Ho, P Shing, J.M. Vargason, & Brandt F. Eichman. (2000). The extended and eccentric E-DNA structure induced by cytosine methylation or bromination.. Nature Structural Biology. 7(9). 758–761. 48 indexed citations
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Eichman, Brandt F., et al.. (1999). The intrinsic structure and stability of out-of-alternation base pairs in Z-DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 27(2). 543–550. 28 indexed citations
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Ho, P Shing & Blaine H. M. Mooers. (1997). Z-DNA crystallography. Biopolymers. 44(1). 65–90. 32 indexed citations
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Schroth, Gary P. & P Shing Ho. (1995). Occurrence of potential cruciform and H-DNA forming sequences in genomic DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 23(11). 1977–1983. 143 indexed citations
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Ho, P Shing, et al.. (1993). Effects of base substituents on the hydration of B- and ZDNA: correlations to the B- to Z-DNA transition. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(25). 5978–5986. 25 indexed citations
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Kagawa, Todd F., et al.. (1989). Quantitative analysis of DNA secondary structure from solvent-accessible surfaces: the B- to Z-DNA transition as a model. Biochemistry. 28(16). 6642–6651. 37 indexed citations

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