Palmer Taylor

26.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
382 papers, 21.6k citations indexed

About

Palmer Taylor is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Palmer Taylor has authored 382 papers receiving a total of 21.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 224 papers in Molecular Biology, 207 papers in Pharmacology and 115 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Palmer Taylor's work include Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (207 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (139 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (115 papers). Palmer Taylor is often cited by papers focused on Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (207 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (139 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (115 papers). Palmer Taylor collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Croatia. Palmer Taylor's co-authors include Zoran Radić, Steven M. Sine, Shelley Camp, P. Marchot, Yves Bourne, Scott B. Hansen, K. Barry Sharpless, Todd T. Talley, Davide Comoletti and Harvey Alan Berman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Palmer Taylor

379 papers receiving 21.0k citations

Hit Papers

Click Chemistry In Situ: Acetylcholinesterase as a Reacti... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2002 1994 2005 2005 2004 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Click Chemistry In Situ: Acetylcholinesterase as a Reaction Vessel for the Selective Assembly of a Femtomolar Inhibitor from an Array of Building Blocks
    2002 636 citations Zoran Radić, Palmer Taylor et al. profile →
  2. The Cholinesterases: From Genes to Proteins
    1994 560 citations Palmer Taylor, Zoran Radić profile →
  3. Structures of Aplysia AChBP complexes with nicotinic agonists and antagonists reveal distinctive binding interfaces and conformations
    2005 550 citations Scott B. Hansen, Gerlind Sulzenbacher et al. profile →
  4. A Splice Code for trans-Synaptic Cell Adhesion Mediated by Binding of Neuroligin 1 to α- and β-Neurexins
    2005 365 citations Palmer Taylor et al. profile →
  5. In Situ Click Chemistry:  Enzyme Inhibitors Made to Their Own Specifications
    2004 346 citations Zoran Radić, Palmer Taylor et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. In Situ Selection of Lead Compounds by Click Chemistry:  Target-Guided Optimization of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors
    2005 294 citations Zoran Radić, Palmer Taylor et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Palmer Taylor United States 78 12.7k 8.9k 4.5k 3.7k 3.6k 382 21.6k
Israel Silman Israel 76 12.1k 1.0× 11.6k 1.3× 7.2k 1.6× 5.2k 1.4× 3.9k 1.1× 267 24.3k
Michal Harel Israel 51 5.9k 0.5× 5.8k 0.7× 3.6k 0.8× 2.6k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 131 15.6k
Hermona Soreq Israel 75 12.7k 1.0× 7.2k 0.8× 3.3k 0.7× 822 0.2× 2.2k 0.6× 416 22.6k
Jean Massoulié France 58 4.3k 0.3× 6.8k 0.8× 3.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.3× 2.1k 0.6× 153 9.3k
Terrone L. Rosenberry United States 52 4.1k 0.3× 4.3k 0.5× 2.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 149 8.9k
H. Eric Xu China 77 14.5k 1.1× 1.5k 0.2× 1.1k 0.3× 1.3k 0.4× 2.4k 0.7× 326 24.1k
Benjamin F. Cravatt United States 128 26.4k 2.1× 25.4k 2.9× 1.4k 0.3× 11.2k 3.0× 3.6k 1.0× 583 60.0k
Michael R. Waterman United States 75 10.4k 0.8× 2.0k 0.2× 953 0.2× 1.4k 0.4× 794 0.2× 347 22.7k
Alan P. Kozikowski United States 76 12.4k 1.0× 2.8k 0.3× 1.1k 0.2× 9.1k 2.5× 543 0.2× 567 23.3k
Yuan‐Ping Pang United States 50 3.5k 0.3× 3.0k 0.3× 1.9k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 979 0.3× 187 7.8k

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All Works

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Hrvat, Nikolina Maček, Goran Šinko, Jarosław Kalisiak, et al.. (2025). Click-chemistry-derived oxime library reveals efficient reactivators of nerve agent-inhibited butyrylcholinesterase suitable for pseudo-catalytic bioscavenging. Archives of Toxicology. 99(5). 2107–2131. 5 indexed citations
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Taylor, Palmer, et al.. (2021). Ligand design for human acetylcholinesterase and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, extending beyond the conventional and canonical. Journal of Neurochemistry. 158(6). 1217–1222. 4 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, Donald, Xiaolin Cheng, Mikolai Fajer, et al.. (2021). Covalent inhibition of hAChE by organophosphates causes homodimer dissociation through long-range allosteric effects. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(3). 101007–101007. 10 indexed citations
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Górecki, Lukáš, Oksana Gerlits, Xiaolin Cheng, et al.. (2020). Rational design, synthesis, and evaluation of uncharged, “smart” bis-oxime antidotes of organophosphate-inhibited human acetylcholinesterase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(13). 4079–4092. 30 indexed citations
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Stokes, Clare, Brendan M. Duggan, Katarzyna Kaczanowska, et al.. (2019). Synthesis, Pharmacological Characterization, and Structure–Activity Relationships of Noncanonical Selective Agonists for α7 nAChRs. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(22). 10376–10390. 18 indexed citations
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Kovarik, Zrinka, Nikolina Maček Hrvat, Jarosław Kalisiak, et al.. (2019). Counteracting tabun inhibition by reactivation by pyridinium aldoximes that interact with active center gorge mutants of acetylcholinesterase. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 372. 40–46. 10 indexed citations
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Gerlits, Oksana, Xiaolin Cheng, Troy Wymore, et al.. (2019). Productive reorientation of a bound oxime reactivator revealed in room temperature X-ray structures of native and VX-inhibited human acetylcholinesterase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(27). 10607–10618. 14 indexed citations
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Hrvat, Nikolina Maček, Jarosław Kalisiak, Goran Šinko, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of high-affinity phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline aldoximes, linked through anti-triazoles, as reactivators of phosphylated cholinesterases. Toxicology Letters. 321. 83–89. 15 indexed citations
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Taylor, Palmer, Jeremiah D. Momper, Zoran Radić, et al.. (2019). Assessment of ionizable, zwitterionic oximes as reactivating antidotal agents for organophosphate exposure. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 308. 194–197. 17 indexed citations
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Kaczanowska, Katarzyna, et al.. (2017). Substituted 2-Aminopyrimidines Selective for α7-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Activation and Association with Acetylcholine Binding Proteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(10). 3676–3684. 16 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Hayden R., Zoran Radić, Palmer Taylor, & Erica A. Fradinger. (2015). Quaternary and tertiary aldoxime antidotes for organophosphate exposure in a zebrafish model system. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 284(2). 197–203. 14 indexed citations
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Hansen, Scott B., Gerlind Sulzenbacher, Tom Huxford, et al.. (2005). Structures of Aplysia AChBP complexes with nicotinic agonists and antagonists reveal distinctive binding interfaces and conformations. EMBO Reports. 24. 5 indexed citations
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Kovarik, Zrinka, Zoran Radić, Vera Simeon-Rudolf, Elsa Reiner, & Palmer Taylor. (2005). (24) Acetylcholinesterase mutants—oxime-assisted catalytic scavengers of organophosphonates. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 157-158. 388–390. 2 indexed citations
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Kovarik, Zrinka, Zoran Radić, & Palmer Taylor. (2004). Site-directed mutagenesis of acetylcholinesterase - a tool for studying structure/function relationship. Periodicum Biologorum. 106(3). 289–294. 4 indexed citations
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Khan, Imran Mahmood, Martin Maršala, Morton P. Printz, Palmer Taylor, & Tony L. Yaksh. (1996). Intrathecal nicotinic agonist-elicited release of excitatory amino acids as measured by in vivo spinal microdialysis in rats.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 278(1). 97–106. 39 indexed citations
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Sine, Steven M. & Palmer Taylor. (1979). Functional consequences of agonist-mediated state transitions in the cholinergic receptor. Federation Proceedings. 38. 52 indexed citations
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Wee, Victorio T., Birandra K. Sinha, Palmer Taylor, & Colin F. Chignell. (1976). Interaction of spin-labeled bidquaternary ammonium ligands with acetylocholinesterase.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 12(4). 667–77. 5 indexed citations
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Taylor, Palmer, Jonathan Jones, & Norman M. Jacobs. (1974). Acetylcholinesterase from Torpedo: Characterization of an Enzyme Species Isolated by Lytic Procedures. Molecular Pharmacology. 10(1). 78–92. 74 indexed citations

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