Ray Luo

23.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
180 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Ray Luo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ray Luo has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Materials Chemistry and 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ray Luo's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (83 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (31 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (29 papers). Ray Luo is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (83 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (31 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (29 papers). Ray Luo collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Pakistan. Ray Luo's co-authors include Carlos Simmerling, Kenneth M. Merz, Alexey V. Onufriev, Holger Gohlke, Thomas E. Cheatham, Bing Wang, Robert J. Woods, Tom Darden, David A. Case and Junmei Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Ray Luo

171 papers receiving 17.3k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Amber biomolecular simulation programs

2005 7.5k citations Ray Luo et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →
A point‐charge force field for molecular mechanics simulations of proteins based on condensed‐phase quantum mechanical calculations

2003 3.9k citations Yong Duan, Chun Wu et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →
Recent Developments and Applications of the MMPBSA Method

2018 467 citations Ruxi Qi, Ray Luo et al. profile →
Role of artificial intelligence in revolutionizing drug discovery

2024 49 citations Ashfaq Ur Rehman, Yasir Ali et al. Fundamental Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ray Luo United States	43	12.6k	3.3k	2.3k	2.1k	1.6k	180	17.5k
Alexey V. Onufriev United States	37	13.7k 1.1×	3.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	100	19.0k
Yong Duan United States	41	10.5k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	197	14.8k
Teemu J. Murtola Finland	27	10.2k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	139	20.5k
M Abraham Australia	6	9.5k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	6	18.2k
Michael Feig United States	54	16.6k 1.3×	4.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	176	21.3k
Ross C. Walker United States	39	9.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	77	13.6k
James C. Gumbart United States	41	14.0k 1.1×	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	154	20.5k
Bert L. de Groot Germany	66	15.7k 1.2×	3.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	229	21.3k
Szilárd Páll Sweden	6	13.3k 1.1×	4.0k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	15	24.9k
Ulf Ryde Sweden	69	9.2k 0.7×	4.5k 1.4×	2.6k 1.1×	2.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	315	18.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ray Luo

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Duan, Yong, Junmei Wang, Piotr Cieplak, & Ray Luo. (2025). Refinement of Atomic Polarizabilities for a Polarizable Gaussian Multipole Force Field with Simultaneous Considerations of Both Molecular Polarizability Tensors and In-Solution Electrostatic Potentials. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(3). 1428–1440. 3 indexed citations

Gao, Yaohui, Jian‐Ming Lv, Zhiqin Cao, et al.. (2025). Engineered Fusion Enzyme‐Mediated Non‐Consecutive Cyclization‐Glycosylation Enables Heterologous Synthesis of Antifungal Enfumafungin. Advanced Science. 12(44). e07531–e07531.

Luo, Ray, et al.. (2025). A Stepwise decision tree model for differential diagnosis of Kimura’s disease in the head and neck. BMC Medical Imaging. 25(1). 90–90. 1 indexed citations

Li, Gang, et al.. (2024). A framework for developing a machine learning-based finite element model for structural analysis. Computers & Structures. 307. 107617–107617. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Tao, et al.. (2024). Study on seismic reliability and fragility of low-strength masonry structures reinforced by splint-wall. Journal of Building Engineering. 100. 111677–111677. 1 indexed citations

Han, Han, Zhen Huang, Congsheng Xu, et al.. (2024). Functional annotation of the Hippo pathway somatic mutations in human cancers. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10106–10106. 4 indexed citations

Cao, Zhiqin, Gao‐Qian Wang, Ray Luo, et al.. (2024). Biosynthesis of Enfumafungin-type Antibiotic Reveals an Unusual Enzymatic Fusion Pattern and Unprecedented C–C Bond Cleavage. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(18). 12723–12733. 14 indexed citations

Rehman, Ashfaq Ur, Yasir Ali, S. O. Shaheen, et al.. (2024). Role of artificial intelligence in revolutionizing drug discovery. Fundamental Research. 5(3). 1273–1287. 49 indexed citations breakdown →

Rehman, Ashfaq Ur, et al.. (2024). Targeting SHP2 Cryptic Allosteric Sites for Effective Cancer Therapy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(11). 6201–6201.

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Zhao, Shiji, Piotr Cieplak, Yong Duan, & Ray Luo. (2023). Transferability of the Electrostatic Parameters of the Polarizable Gaussian Multipole Model. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 19(3). 924–941. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weisi, et al.. (2023). Optimal production cooperation strategies for automakers considering different sales channels under dual credit policy. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 187. 109769–109769. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weisi, et al.. (2023). Sustainable strategies for green supply chain within the platform economy consider subsidies and marketing efforts. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0292349–e0292349. 5 indexed citations

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Wei, Haixin, et al.. (2022). Advancing MM/PBSA calculations with machine learning and cuda GPUs. Biophysical Journal. 121(3). 527a–528a. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Hao, et al.. (2021). Recent Force Field Strategies for Intrinsically Disordered Proteins. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 61(3). 1037–1047. 76 indexed citations

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Topál, Dániel, Qinghua Ding, Jonathan L. Mitchell, et al.. (2020). An Internal Atmospheric Process Determining Summertime Arctic Sea Ice Melting in the Next Three Decades: Lessons Learnt from 5 Large Ensembles and CMIP5 Simulations. 1 indexed citations

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Han, Han, Yuxuan Chen, Shiji Zhao, et al.. (2019). Elucidation of WW domain ligand binding specificities in the Hippo pathway reveals STXBP 4 as YAP inhibitor. The EMBO Journal. 39(1). e102406–e102406. 25 indexed citations

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Ward, Jas S., Mao Quan, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2019). A 2,3-dialkoxynaphthalene-based naphthocage. Chemical Communications. 56(6). 888–891. 12 indexed citations

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Jiang, Cheng, et al.. (2016). Allosteric pathways in tetrahydrofolate sensing riboswitch with dynamics correlation network. Molecular BioSystems. 13(1). 156–164. 8 indexed citations

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Botello‐Smith, Wesley M., Xingping Liu, Qin Cai, et al.. (2012). Numerical Poisson–Boltzmann model for continuum membrane systems. Chemical Physics Letters. 555. 274–281. 29 indexed citations

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Duan, Yong, Chun Wu, Shibasish Chowdhury, et al.. (2003). A point‐charge force field for molecular mechanics simulations of proteins based on condensed‐phase quantum mechanical calculations. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 24(16). 1999–2012. 3867 indexed citations breakdown →

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