Paul Langan

17.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
160 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Paul Langan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Langan has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 70 papers in Materials Chemistry and 56 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Paul Langan's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (63 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (46 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (34 papers). Paul Langan is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (63 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (46 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (34 papers). Paul Langan collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Paul Langan's co-authors include Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Henri Chanzy, H. Chanzy, Junji Sugiyama, Brian H. Davison, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Charles E. Wyman, Gregg T. Beckham, Richard A. Dixon and Mark F. Davis 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

Paul Langan

157 papers receiving 13.7k 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.

Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery

2014 3.2k citations Arthur J. Ragauskas, Brian H. Davison et al. profile →
Crystal Structure and Hydrogen-Bonding System in Cellulose Iβ from Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Fiber Diffraction

2002 2.4k citations Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Paul Langan et al. profile →
Crystal Structure and Hydrogen Bonding System in Cellulose I_α from Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Fiber Diffraction

2003 1.2k citations Yoshiharu Nishiyama, H. Chanzy et al. profile →
Structural plasticity of SARS-CoV-2 3CL Mpro active site cavity revealed by room temperature X-ray crystallography

2020 338 citations Daniel W. Kneller, G.N. Phillips et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Langan United States	45	7.4k	6.0k	3.0k	2.9k	2.2k	160	13.9k
Alfred D. French United States	49	3.9k 0.5×	6.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	162	11.3k
Jean‐Luc Putaux France	57	3.0k 0.4×	6.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	250	12.8k
H. Chanzy France	57	4.5k 0.6×	7.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	2.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	138	11.9k
John H. T. Luong Canada	76	8.3k 1.1×	2.2k 0.4×	6.3k 2.1×	716 0.2×	4.4k 1.9×	366	21.0k
Wei Qi China	60	4.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.4×	4.4k 1.5×	632 0.2×	3.8k 1.7×	507	12.6k
Claudia Crestini Italy	49	5.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.2×	1.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	883 0.4×	179	8.5k
John W. Brady United States	41	4.4k 0.6×	2.0k 0.3×	3.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	132	9.3k
Harvey W. Blanch United States	77	10.0k 1.4×	1.5k 0.2×	9.1k 3.0×	883 0.3×	2.1k 0.9×	308	19.3k
Ilkka Kilpeläinen Finland	46	3.3k 0.4×	2.3k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	450 0.2×	199	7.7k
R. H. Marchessault Canada	56	1.8k 0.2×	6.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	956 0.4×	218	10.9k

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Wan, Qun, B. Bennett, Troy Wymore, et al.. (2021). Capturing the Catalytic Proton of Dihydrofolate Reductase: Implications for General Acid–Base Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 11(9). 5873–5884. 9 indexed citations

Kneller, Daniel W., G.N. Phillips, Hugh O’Neill, et al.. (2020). Structural plasticity of SARS-CoV-2 3CL Mpro active site cavity revealed by room temperature X-ray crystallography. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3202–3202. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

Sullivan, Brendan, Richard Archibald, Jahaun Azadmanesh, et al.. (2019). BraggNet: integrating Bragg peaks using neural networks. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 52(4). 854–863. 29 indexed citations

Liebschner, Dorothée, Pavel V. Afonine, Nigel W. Moriarty, Paul Langan, & Paul D. Adams. (2018). Evaluation of models determined by neutron diffraction and proposed improvements to their validation and deposition. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 74(8). 800–813. 15 indexed citations

Sullivan, Brendan, Richard Archibald, Holger Dobbek, et al.. (2018). Improving the accuracy and resolution of neutron crystallographic data by three-dimensional profile fitting of Bragg peaks in reciprocal space. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 74(11). 1085–1095. 29 indexed citations

Hurst, Gregory B., Mitchel J. Doktycz, Volker S. Urban, et al.. (2017). In Vivo Protein Dynamics on the Nanometer Length Scale and Nanosecond Time Scale. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 8(8). 1899–1904. 29 indexed citations

Langan, Paul, Hugh O’Neill, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, et al.. (2016). Neutron Scattering for Biological Research: Progress at the Bio-SANS Beam Line. TechConnect Briefs. 1(2016). 16–19. 1 indexed citations

Coates, Leighton, M.J. Cuneo, Matthew Frost, et al.. (2015). The Macromolecular Neutron Diffractometer MaNDi at the Spallation Neutron Source. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 48(4). 1302–1306. 57 indexed citations

Vandavasi, Venu Gopal, Daniel K. Putnam, Qiu Zhang, et al.. (2015). A Structural Study of CESA1 Catalytic Domain of Arabidopsis Cellulose Synthesis Complex: Evidence for CESA Trimers. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 170(1). 123–135. 88 indexed citations

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Wymore, Troy, Martin J. Field, Paul Langan, Jeremy C. Smith, & Jerry M. Parks. (2014). Hydrolysis of DFP and the Nerve Agent (S)-Sarin by DFPase Proceeds along Two Different Reaction Pathways: Implications for Engineering Bioscavengers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 1 indexed citations

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Wan, Qun, Andrey Kovalevsky, Scott D. Hamilton-Brehm, et al.. (2013). Heterologous expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis ofTrichoderma reeseixylanase II and four variants. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 69(3). 320–323. 2 indexed citations

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Langan, Paul, Barbara R. Evans, Marcus Foston, et al.. (2012). Neutron Technologies for Bioenergy Research. Industrial Biotechnology. 8(4). 209–216. 18 indexed citations

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Daniels, Marcus, Anurag Sethi, Tongye Shen, et al.. (2012). A coarse-grained model for synergistic action of multiple enzymes on cellulose. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 5(1). 55–55. 30 indexed citations

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Langan, Paul. (2011). New Insights into Hydrogen Bonding and Stacking Interactions in Cellulose. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 115. 3 indexed citations

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Jogl, G., Xiaoping Wang, Sax A. Mason, et al.. (2011). High-resolution neutron crystallographic studies of the hydration of the coenzyme cob(II)alamin. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 67(6). 584–591. 28 indexed citations

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Sukumar, N., F. Scott Mathews, Paul Langan, & Victor L. Davidson. (2010). A joint x-ray and neutron study on amicyanin reveals the role of protein dynamics in electron transfer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(15). 6817–6822. 29 indexed citations

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Kovalevsky, Andrey, et al.. (2010). Macromolecular neutron crystallography at the Protein Crystallography Station (PCS). Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 66(11). 1206–1212. 10 indexed citations

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Adams, Paul D., Marat Mustyakimov, Pavel V. Afonine, & Paul Langan. (2009). Generalized X-ray and neutron crystallographic analysis: more accurate and complete structures for biological macromolecules. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 65(6). 567–573. 126 indexed citations

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Wada, Masahisa, Yoshiharu Nishiyama, H. Chanzy, V. Trevor Forsyth, & Paul Langan. (2008). The structure of celluloses. Powder Diffraction. 23(2). 92–95. 40 indexed citations

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Erskine, P.T., et al.. (2007). Preliminary neutron and ultrahigh-resolution X-ray diffraction studies of the aspartic proteinase endothiapepsin cocrystallized with agem-diol inhibitor. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 63(12). 1080–1083. 8 indexed citations

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