Rainer A. Böckmann

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
80 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Rainer A. Böckmann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer A. Böckmann has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Rainer A. Böckmann's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (47 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (20 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (15 papers). Rainer A. Böckmann is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (47 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (20 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (15 papers). Rainer A. Böckmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Italy. Rainer A. Böckmann's co-authors include Kristýna Pluháčková, Tsjerk A. Wassenaar, ‪Siewert J. Marrink, D. Peter Tieleman, Helmut Grubmüller, Shirley W. I. Siu, Helgi I. Ingólfsson, Thomas Heimburg, Jing Han and Stefan Gahbauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Rainer A. Böckmann

77 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Computational Lipidomics with insane: A Versatile Tool for Generating Custom Membranes for Molecular Simulations

2015 842 citations Tsjerk A. Wassenaar, Rainer A. Böckmann et al. profile →
Going Backward: A Flexible Geometric Approach to Reverse Transformation from Coarse Grained to Atomistic Models

2013 534 citations Tsjerk A. Wassenaar, Kristýna Pluháčková et al. profile →
Optimization of the OPLS-AA Force Field for Long Hydrocarbons

2012 521 citations Kristýna Pluháčková, Rainer A. Böckmann et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer A. Böckmann Germany	34	4.1k	1.1k	870	563	471	80	5.7k
Erdinç Sezgin United Kingdom	38	4.6k 1.1×	736 0.7×	966 1.1×	917 1.6×	379 0.8×	101	6.2k
Tsjerk A. Wassenaar Netherlands	24	4.3k 1.1×	656 0.6×	505 0.6×	501 0.9×	439 0.9×	52	5.3k
Manuel N. Melo Portugal	33	4.1k 1.0×	573 0.5×	520 0.6×	367 0.7×	310 0.7×	62	5.6k
Lars V. Schäfer Germany	37	3.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	572 0.7×	360 0.6×	621 1.3×	106	5.8k
Thorsten Wohland Singapore	42	3.4k 0.8×	508 0.4×	764 0.9×	593 1.1×	390 0.8×	169	5.4k
Luís A. Bagatolli Denmark	45	6.4k 1.5×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	803 1.4×	383 0.8×	119	8.0k
Christopher M. Yip Canada	46	3.6k 0.9×	701 0.6×	776 0.9×	761 1.4×	338 0.7×	147	7.0k
Samuel T. Hess United States	29	4.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	2.6k 3.0×	784 1.4×	505 1.1×	77	8.9k
J. Alfredo Freites United States	24	4.4k 1.1×	832 0.7×	528 0.6×	298 0.5×	800 1.7×	67	5.3k
Sarah L. Veatch United States	33	6.3k 1.5×	1.9k 1.7×	1.7k 2.0×	867 1.5×	293 0.6×	76	7.5k

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Popov, Cyril, Richard W. Taylor, Vahid Sandoghdar, et al.. (2025). Bottom-up Investigation of Spatiotemporal Glycocalyx Dynamics with Interferometric Scattering Microscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(36). 32799–32808.

Gutsmann, Thomas, et al.. (2025). From Membrane Composition to Antimicrobial Strategies: Experimental and Computational Approaches to AMP Design and Selectivity. Small. 22(16). e2411476–e2411476.

Böckmann, Rainer A., et al.. (2024). Characterization of domain formation in complex membranes. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 701. 1–46. 1 indexed citations

Kluge, Christoph, et al.. (2022). Spontaneous local membrane curvature induced by transmembrane proteins. Biophysical Journal. 121(5). 671–683. 17 indexed citations

Lühr, Jennifer J., Lukas Amon, Martin Kräter, et al.. (2020). Maturation of Monocyte-Derived DCs Leads to Increased Cellular Stiffness, Higher Membrane Fluidity, and Changed Lipid Composition. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 590121–590121. 26 indexed citations

Kirsch, Sonja A., et al.. (2018). Phosphatidylinositol-3,5-bisphosphate lipid-binding-induced activation of the human two-pore channel 2. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 75(20). 3803–3815. 30 indexed citations

Sun, Liping & Rainer A. Böckmann. (2017). Membrane phase transition during heating and cooling: molecular insight into reversible melting. European Biophysics Journal. 47(2). 151–164. 34 indexed citations

Han, Jing, Kristýna Pluháčková, & Rainer A. Böckmann. (2016). Exploring the Formation and the Structure of Synaptobrevin Oligomers in a Model Membrane. Biophysical Journal. 110(9). 2004–2015. 13 indexed citations

Han, Jing, Kristýna Pluháčková, Dieter Bruns, & Rainer A. Böckmann. (2016). Synaptobrevin transmembrane domain determines the structure and dynamics of the SNARE motif and the linker region. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1858(4). 855–865. 32 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Sonja A., et al.. (2016). The function of the two-pore channel TPC1 depends on dimerization of its carboxy-terminal helix. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 73(13). 2565–2581. 25 indexed citations

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Pluháčková, Kristýna, et al.. (2016). Binding Characteristics of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate to ApoM hints to Assisted Release Mechanism via the ApoM Calyx-Opening. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 30655–30655. 19 indexed citations

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Reeves, Philip J., et al.. (2016). The Molecular Switching Mechanism at the Conserved D(E)RY Motif in Class-A GPCRs. Biophysical Journal. 111(1). 79–89. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Liping, et al.. (2016). Characteristics of Sucrose Transport through the Sucrose-Specific Porin ScrY Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 4. 9–9. 13 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Sonja A. & Rainer A. Böckmann. (2015). Membrane pore formation in atomistic and coarse-grained simulations. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1858(10). 2266–2277. 65 indexed citations

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Wassenaar, Tsjerk A., Kristýna Pluháčková, Rainer A. Böckmann, ‪Siewert J. Marrink, & D. Peter Tieleman. (2014). Going Backward: An Efficient Multiscale Approach using Reverse Transformation. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 640a–640a. 1 indexed citations

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Sorrentino, Rosa, Rainer A. Böckmann, & Maria Teresa Fiorillo. (2013). HLA-B27 and antigen presentation: At the crossroads between immune defense and autoimmunity. Molecular Immunology. 57(1). 22–27. 32 indexed citations

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Narzi, Daniele, Alberto Cauli, Alessandro Mathieu, et al.. (2012). Interaction Pattern of Arg 62 in the A-Pocket of Differentially Disease-Associated HLA-B27 Subtypes Suggests Distinct TCR Binding Modes. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e32865–e32865. 16 indexed citations

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Liberali, Prisca, Gabriele Turacchio, Carmen Valente, et al.. (2008). The closure of Pak1‐dependent macropinosomes requires the phosphorylation of CtBP1/BARS. The EMBO Journal. 27(7). 970–981. 156 indexed citations

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Schneider, Matthias F., et al.. (2007). 1-Alkanols and membranes: A story of attraction. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1768(11). 2899–2913. 65 indexed citations

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Stirnimann, Christian U., Ulla Grauschopf, Rainer A. Böckmann, et al.. (2006). High-resolution Structures of Escherichia coli cDsbD in Different Redox States: A Combined Crystallographic, Biochemical and Computational Study. Journal of Molecular Biology. 358(3). 829–845. 31 indexed citations

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