Patrick Argos

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Patrick Argos is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Argos has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Patrick Argos's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (11 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (9 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Patrick Argos is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (11 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (9 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Patrick Argos collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and Australia. Patrick Argos's co-authors include Gerhard Vogt, Domenico Bordo, Frank Eisenhaber, Oliviero Carugo, Gareth Griffiths, Thomas E. Kreis, Rainer Duden, Rainer Frank, Thomas Dandekar and Thure Etzold and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Molecular Biology and Current Opinion in Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Argos

19 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Protein thermal stability, hydrogen bonds, and ion pairs 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 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. Protein thermal stability, hydrogen bonds, and ion pairs
    1997 613 citations Gerhard Vogt, Patrick Argos et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Argos Germany 17 2.1k 757 466 186 176 19 2.6k
Gerald Böhm Germany 21 1.9k 0.9× 728 1.0× 207 0.4× 241 1.3× 183 1.0× 28 2.5k
G.E. Wesenberg United States 19 2.6k 1.2× 648 0.9× 513 1.1× 100 0.5× 86 0.5× 43 3.5k
Kyoko Ogasahara Japan 33 2.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.9× 257 0.6× 152 0.8× 224 1.3× 91 2.8k
David P. Goldenberg United States 32 2.7k 1.3× 981 1.3× 556 1.2× 242 1.3× 213 1.2× 58 3.2k
F. Niesen United Kingdom 19 2.7k 1.3× 443 0.6× 401 0.9× 261 1.4× 191 1.1× 25 3.5k
L. Serrano Germany 12 2.6k 1.3× 726 1.0× 254 0.5× 337 1.8× 125 0.7× 18 3.2k
H.T. Wright United States 26 2.0k 1.0× 563 0.7× 296 0.6× 201 1.1× 279 1.6× 61 3.0k
S. James Remington United States 28 1.6k 0.7× 752 1.0× 160 0.3× 240 1.3× 128 0.7× 42 2.1k
Eric de La Fortelle United Kingdom 11 2.2k 1.0× 898 1.2× 239 0.5× 326 1.8× 102 0.6× 14 2.8k
Wayne J. Becktel United States 16 2.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.9× 286 0.6× 242 1.3× 267 1.5× 26 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Argos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Argos

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Patrick Argos. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Patrick Argos based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Patrick Argos. Patrick Argos is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Argos, Patrick, et al.. (1998). Accessibility to internal cavities and ligand binding sites monitored by protein crystallographic thermal factors. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 31(2). 201–213. 71 indexed citations
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Selbig, Joachim & Patrick Argos. (1998). Relationships between protein sequence and structure patterns based on residue contacts. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 31(2). 172–185. 16 indexed citations
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Vogt, Gerhard, et al.. (1997). Protein thermal stability, hydrogen bonds, and ion pairs. Journal of Molecular Biology. 269(4). 631–643. 613 indexed citations breakdown →
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Argos, Patrick, et al.. (1997). Protein—protein crystal‐packing contacts. Protein Science. 6(10). 2261–2263. 160 indexed citations
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Carugo, Oliviero & Patrick Argos. (1997). NADP-Dependent enzymes. I: Conserved stereochemistry of cofactor binding. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 28(1). 10–28. 182 indexed citations
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Whang, Ilson, et al.. (1997). Probing Flp: a new approach to analyze the structure of a DNA recognizing protein by combining the genetic algorithm, mutagenesis and non-canonical DNA target sites. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1340(2). 187–204. 10 indexed citations
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Eisenhaber, Frank, et al.. (1996). Prediction of secondary structural content of proteins from their amino acid composition alone. II. The paradox with secondary structural class. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 25(2). 169–179. 62 indexed citations
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Walther, Dirk, Frank Eisenhaber, & Patrick Argos. (1996). Principles of Helix-Helix Packing in Proteins: The Helical Lattice Superposition Model. Journal of Molecular Biology. 255(3). 536–553. 100 indexed citations
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Hubbard, Simon J. & Patrick Argos. (1996). A Functional Role for Protein Cavities in Domain:Domain Motions. Journal of Molecular Biology. 261(2). 289–300. 41 indexed citations
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Vogt, Gerhard, Thure Etzold, & Patrick Argos. (1995). An Assessment of Amino Acid Exchange Matrices in Aligning Protein Sequences: The Twilight Zone Revisited. Journal of Molecular Biology. 249(4). 816–831. 130 indexed citations
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Eisenhaber, Frank, Bengt Persson, & Patrick Argos. (1995). Protein Structure Prediction: Recognition of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Structural Features from Amino Acid Sequence. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 30(1). 1–94. 114 indexed citations
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Bordo, Domenico & Patrick Argos. (1994). The Role of Side-chain Hydrogen Bonds in the Formation and Stabilization of Secondary Structure in Soluble Proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 243(3). 504–519. 59 indexed citations
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Argos, Patrick. (1994). Sensitive methods for determining the relatedness of proteins with limited sequence homology. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 5(4). 361–371. 5 indexed citations
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Chelvanayagam, Gareth, Jaap Heringa, & Patrick Argos. (1992). Anatomy and evolution of proteins displaying the viral capsid jellyroll topology. Journal of Molecular Biology. 228(1). 220–242. 53 indexed citations
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Dandekar, Thomas & Patrick Argos. (1992). Potential of genetic algorithms in protein folding and protein engineering simulations. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 5(7). 637–645. 89 indexed citations
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Duden, Rainer, Gareth Griffiths, Rainer Frank, Patrick Argos, & Thomas E. Kreis. (1991). β-COP, a 110 kd protein associated with non-clathrin-coated vesicles and the golgi complex, shows homology to β-adaptin. Cell. 64(3). 649–665. 446 indexed citations
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Argos, Patrick, Martin Vingron, & Gerhard Vogt. (1991). Protein sequence comparison: methods and significance. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 4(4). 375–383. 26 indexed citations
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Bordo, Domenico & Patrick Argos. (1991). Suggestions for “safe” residue substitutions in site-directed mutagenesis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 217(4). 721–729. 344 indexed citations
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Sibbald, Peter R. & Patrick Argos. (1990). Weighting aligned protein or nucleic acid sequences to correct for unequal representation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 216(4). 813–818. 64 indexed citations

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