Radostin Danev

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Radostin Danev is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Molecular Biology and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Radostin Danev has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Structural Biology, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 34 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Radostin Danev's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (54 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (34 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (20 papers). Radostin Danev is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (54 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (34 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (20 papers). Radostin Danev collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and United States. Radostin Danev's co-authors include Kuniaki Nagayama, Wolfgang Baumeister, Maryam Khoshouei, Jürgen M. Plitzko, Patrick M. Sexton, Denise Wootten, Friedrich Förster, Arthur Christopoulos, Mazdak Radjainia and Haruaki Yanagisawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Radostin Danev

85 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Phase-plate cryo-EM structure of a class B GPCR–G-protein complex

2017 362 citations Yi-Lynn Liang, Maryam Khoshouei et al. Nature profile →
Volta potential phase plate for in-focus phase contrast transmission electron microscopy

2014 352 citations Radostin Danev, Bart Buijsse et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Radostin Danev Japan	41	3.2k	2.3k	1.2k	850	590	88	5.3k
Shawn Zheng United States	14	5.2k 1.6×	1.7k 0.7×	746 0.6×	460 0.5×	264 0.4×	19	8.0k
Takanori Nakane Japan	32	6.1k 1.9×	1.1k 0.5×	399 0.3×	506 0.6×	300 0.5×	57	8.7k
Michael F. Schmid United States	40	3.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	468 0.4×	358 0.4×	195 0.3×	129	5.3k
Michael Radermacher United States	41	3.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	614 0.5×	311 0.4×	343 0.6×	114	5.2k
Xueming Li China	38	4.2k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	593 0.5×	381 0.4×	194 0.3×	100	7.0k
A.R. Faruqi United Kingdom	26	1.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	861 0.7×	347 0.4×	472 0.8×	75	3.6k
Holger Stark Germany	68	12.5k 3.9×	1.6k 0.7×	651 0.5×	583 0.7×	256 0.4×	152	14.9k
Marc Adrian Switzerland	24	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	613 0.5×	133 0.2×	251 0.4×	38	5.9k
Jasenko Zivanov United Kingdom	10	4.3k 1.3×	772 0.3×	273 0.2×	717 0.8×	117 0.2×	13	6.4k
Dari Kimanius United Kingdom	14	4.1k 1.3×	904 0.4×	358 0.3×	338 0.4×	140 0.2×	22	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Radostin Danev

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Radostin Danev

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Jiang, Xuguang, Radostin Danev, Sumio Ohtsuki, et al.. (2025). The hook-like adaptor and cargo-binding (HAC) domain in the kinesin-2 tail enables adaptor assembly and cargo recognition. Science Advances. 11(43). eady5861–eady5861.

Cao, Jianjun, Matthew J. Belousoff, Radostin Danev, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM Structure of the Human Amylin 1 Receptor in Complex with CGRP and Gs Protein. Biochemistry. 63(9). 1089–1096. 4 indexed citations

Pham, Vi, Ziva Vuckovic, Alexander S. Powers, et al.. (2023). Xanomeline displays concomitant orthosteric and allosteric binding modes at the M4 mAChR. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5440–5440. 24 indexed citations

Cao, Jianjun, Matthew J. Belousoff, Yi-Lynn Liang, et al.. (2022). A structural basis for amylin receptor phenotype. Science. 375(6587). eabm9609–eabm9609. 53 indexed citations

Deganutti, Giuseppe, Yi-Lynn Liang, Xin Zhang, et al.. (2022). Dynamics of GLP-1R peptide agonist engagement are correlated with kinetics of G protein activation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 92–92. 49 indexed citations

Piper, Sarah, Giuseppe Deganutti, Jessica Bo Li Lu, et al.. (2022). Understanding VPAC receptor family peptide binding and selectivity. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7013–7013. 10 indexed citations

Josephs, Tracy M., Matthew J. Belousoff, Yi-Lynn Liang, et al.. (2021). Structure and dynamics of the CGRP receptor in apo and peptide-bound forms. Science. 372(6538). 63 indexed citations

Mobbs, Jesse I., Matthew J. Belousoff, Kaleeckal G. Harikumar, et al.. (2021). Structures of the human cholecystokinin 1 (CCK1) receptor bound to Gs and Gq mimetic proteins provide insight into mechanisms of G protein selectivity. PLoS Biology. 19(6). e3001295–e3001295. 47 indexed citations

Cary, Brian P., Giuseppe Deganutti, Peishen Zhao, et al.. (2021). Structural and functional diversity among agonist-bound states of the GLP-1 receptor. Nature Chemical Biology. 18(3). 256–263. 35 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xin, Antao Dai, Matthew J. Belousoff, et al.. (2020). Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the glucagon receptor with a dual-agonist peptide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(28). 9313–9325. 32 indexed citations

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Liang, Yi-Lynn, Maryam Khoshouei, Mazdak Radjainia, et al.. (2017). Phase-plate cryo-EM structure of a class B GPCR–G-protein complex. Nature. 546(7656). 118–123. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mahamid, Julia, Stefan Pfeffer, Miroslava Schaffer, et al.. (2016). Visualizing the molecular sociology at the HeLa cell nuclear periphery. Science. 351(6276). 969–972. 402 indexed citations

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Asano, Shoh, Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Florian Beck, et al.. (2015). A molecular census of 26 S proteasomes in intact neurons. Science. 347(6220). 439–442. 245 indexed citations

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Fukuda, Yoshiyuki, Ulrike Laugks, Vladan Lučić, Wolfgang Baumeister, & Radostin Danev. (2015). Electron cryotomography of vitrified cells with a Volta phase plate. Journal of Structural Biology. 190(2). 143–154. 110 indexed citations

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Glaeser, Robert M., Rossana Cambié, Jian Xun Jin, et al.. (2013). Minimizing electrostatic charging of an aperture used to produce in-focus phase contrast in the TEM. Ultramicroscopy. 135. 6–15. 17 indexed citations

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Danev, Radostin & Kuniaki Nagayama. (2011). Optimizing the phase shift and the cut-on periodicity of phase plates for TEM. Ultramicroscopy. 111(8). 1305–1315. 43 indexed citations

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Danev, Radostin & Kuniaki Nagayama. (2010). Phase Plates for Transmission Electron Microscopy. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 481. 343–369. 40 indexed citations

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Nitta, Koji, Kuniaki Nagayama, Radostin Danev, & Yasuko Kaneko. (2009). Visualization of BrdU‐labelled DNA in cyanobacterial cells by Hilbert differential contrast transmission electron microscopy. Journal of Microscopy. 234(2). 118–123. 21 indexed citations

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Kaneko, Yasuko, Radostin Danev, Kuniaki Nagayama, & Hitoshi Nakamoto. (2005). Intact Carboxysomes in a Cyanobacterial Cell Visualized by Hilbert Differential Contrast Transmission Electron Microscopy. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(2). 805–808. 59 indexed citations

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Danov, Krassimir D., Radostin Danev, & Kuniaki Nagayama. (2002). Reconstruction of the electric charge density in thin films from the contrast transfer function measurements. Ultramicroscopy. 90(2-3). 85–95. 16 indexed citations

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