Sandro Bottaro

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sandro Bottaro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandro Bottaro has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Sandro Bottaro's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers). Sandro Bottaro is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers). Sandro Bottaro collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Italy and United States. Sandro Bottaro's co-authors include Kresten Lindorff‐Larsen, Giovanni Bussi, Jiřı́ Šponer, Pavel Banáš, Alejandro Gil-Ley, Giovanni Pinamonti, Michal Otyepka, Simón Poblete, Petr Jurečka and Nils G. Walter and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sandro Bottaro

31 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

RNA Structural Dynamics As Captured by Molecular Simulati... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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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. RNA Structural Dynamics As Captured by Molecular Simulations: A Comprehensive Overview
    2018 398 citations Jiřı́ Šponer, Giovanni Bussi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sandro Bottaro Denmark 20 1.5k 314 150 127 110 32 1.6k
Abhishek Singharoy United States 23 1.0k 0.7× 294 0.9× 108 0.7× 204 1.6× 107 1.0× 76 1.5k
Weihua Zheng United States 21 1.2k 0.8× 406 1.3× 139 0.9× 136 1.1× 82 0.7× 36 1.4k
Jaewoon Jung Japan 19 937 0.6× 351 1.1× 160 1.1× 259 2.0× 69 0.6× 45 1.3k
Roberto Covino Germany 16 1.0k 0.7× 209 0.7× 68 0.5× 145 1.1× 108 1.0× 37 1.6k
Tod D. Romo United States 17 1.2k 0.8× 281 0.9× 135 0.9× 121 1.0× 53 0.5× 40 1.4k
Matías Machado Uruguay 17 981 0.7× 252 0.8× 80 0.5× 119 0.9× 175 1.6× 31 1.2k
Timothy R. Lezon United States 13 1.3k 0.9× 334 1.1× 141 0.9× 111 0.9× 58 0.5× 24 1.6k
Jakob Dogan Sweden 21 1.3k 0.9× 565 1.8× 156 1.0× 65 0.5× 43 0.4× 33 1.6k
Samuel S. Cho United States 17 1.2k 0.8× 562 1.8× 107 0.7× 148 1.2× 87 0.8× 33 1.4k
Kei-ichi Okazaki Japan 16 1.1k 0.7× 349 1.1× 138 0.9× 185 1.5× 44 0.4× 28 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sandro Bottaro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandro Bottaro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sandro Bottaro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sandro Bottaro 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 Sandro Bottaro. Sandro Bottaro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wacker, Anna, Elke Duchardt‐Ferner, Christian Richter, et al.. (2024). The 5′-terminal stem–loop RNA element of SARS-CoV-2 features highly dynamic structural elements that are sensitive to differences in cellular pH. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(13). 7971–7986. 7 indexed citations
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Bottaro, Sandro, Robbin Schnieders, Hendrik R. A. Jonker, et al.. (2023). Integrated NMR/Molecular Dynamics Determination of the Ensemble Conformation of a Thermodynamically Stable CUUG RNA Tetraloop. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(30). 16557–16572. 16 indexed citations
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Cagiada, Matteo, Sandro Bottaro, Søren Lindemose, et al.. (2023). Discovering functionally important sites in proteins. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4175–4175. 42 indexed citations
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Bergonzo, Christina, Alexander Grishaev, & Sandro Bottaro. (2022). Conformational heterogeneity of UCAAUC RNA oligonucleotide from molecular dynamics simulations, SAXS, and NMR experiments. RNA. 28(7). 937–946. 16 indexed citations
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Bottaro, Sandro, Giovanni Bussi, & Kresten Lindorff‐Larsen. (2021). Conformational Ensembles of Noncoding Elements in the SARS-CoV-2 Genome from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(22). 8333–8343. 17 indexed citations
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Midtgaard, Søren Roi, Nicolai Tidemand Johansen, Giulio Tesei, et al.. (2020). Structure and dynamics of a nanodisc by integrating NMR, SAXS and SANS experiments with molecular dynamics simulations. eLife. 9. 48 indexed citations
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Bottaro, Sandro. (2020). Integrating NMR and Simulations Reveals Motions in the UUCG Tetraloop. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Bottaro, Sandro, Parker J. Nichols, Beat Vögeli, Michele Parrinello, & Kresten Lindorff‐Larsen. (2020). Integrating NMR and simulations reveals motions in the UUCG tetraloop. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(11). 5839–5848. 22 indexed citations
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Bottaro, Sandro, et al.. (2018). Barnaba: software for analysis of nucleic acid structures and trajectories. RNA. 25(2). 219–231. 61 indexed citations
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Bottaro, Sandro & Kresten Lindorff‐Larsen. (2018). Biophysical experiments and biomolecular simulations: A perfect match?. Science. 361(6400). 355–360. 202 indexed citations
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Bottaro, Sandro, Giovanni Bussi, Scott D. Kennedy, Douglas H. Turner, & Kresten Lindorff‐Larsen. (2018). Conformational ensembles of RNA oligonucleotides from integrating NMR and molecular simulations. Science Advances. 4(5). eaar8521–eaar8521. 92 indexed citations
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Poblete, Simón, Sandro Bottaro, & Giovanni Bussi. (2017). Effects and limitations of a nucleobase-driven backmapping procedure for nucleic acids using steered molecular dynamics. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 498(2). 352–358. 9 indexed citations
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Bottaro, Sandro & Kresten Lindorff‐Larsen. (2017). Mapping the Universe of RNA Tetraloop Folds. Biophysical Journal. 113(2). 257–267. 33 indexed citations
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Gil-Ley, Alejandro, Sandro Bottaro, & Giovanni Bussi. (2016). RNA Conformational Ensembles: Narrowing the GAP between Experiments and Simulations with Metadynamics. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 522a–523a.
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Kührová, Petra, Robert B. Best, Sandro Bottaro, et al.. (2016). Computer Folding of RNA Tetraloops: Identification of Key Force Field Deficiencies. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 12(9). 4534–4548. 101 indexed citations
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Bottaro, Sandro, Alejandro Gil-Ley, & Giovanni Bussi. (2016). RNA folding pathways in stop motion. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(12). 5883–5891. 32 indexed citations
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Pinamonti, Giovanni, Sandro Bottaro, Cristian Micheletti, & Giovanni Bussi. (2015). Elastic network models for RNA: a comparative assessment with molecular dynamics and SHAPE experiments. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(15). 7260–7269. 42 indexed citations
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Borg, Mikael, Sandro Bottaro, Wouter Boomsma, et al.. (2012). An Efficient Null Model for Conformational Fluctuations in Proteins. Structure. 20(6). 1028–1039. 7 indexed citations
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Olsson, Simon, Wouter Boomsma, Jes Frellsen, et al.. (2011). Generative probabilistic models extend the scope of inferential structure determination. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 213(1). 182–186. 14 indexed citations
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Hamelryck, Thomas, Mikael Borg, Jonas Paulsen, et al.. (2010). Potentials of Mean Force for Protein Structure Prediction Vindicated, Formalized and Generalized. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e13714–e13714. 52 indexed citations

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