Saumen Datta

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Saumen Datta is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Saumen Datta has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Saumen Datta's work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (53 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (47 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (45 papers). Saumen Datta is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (53 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (47 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (45 papers). Saumen Datta collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Germany. Saumen Datta's co-authors include Péter Petreczky, F. Karsch, I. Wetzorke, Sourendu Gupta, Rajiv V. Gavai, E. Laermann, M. Cheng, Chuan Miao, Olaf Kaczmarek and J. van der Heide and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Saumen Datta

96 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

QCD equation of state with almost physical quark masses 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300
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.

  1. QCD equation of state with almost physical quark masses
    2008 389 citations Saumen Datta, Péter Petreczky 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
Saumen Datta India 23 1.8k 639 234 186 124 103 2.7k
M. Kohno Japan 27 878 0.5× 618 1.0× 34 0.1× 117 0.6× 73 0.6× 114 2.4k
Teruhiko Baba Japan 19 167 0.1× 840 1.3× 77 0.3× 61 0.3× 73 0.6× 72 1.4k
Alexander Klein Germany 22 500 0.3× 152 0.2× 60 0.3× 21 0.1× 137 1.1× 68 1.6k
Y. Matsuda Japan 25 397 0.2× 256 0.4× 292 1.2× 68 0.4× 190 1.5× 167 2.4k
T. Fehér Hungary 19 180 0.1× 933 1.5× 40 0.2× 101 0.5× 515 4.2× 47 2.2k
Yu Hirano Japan 19 236 0.1× 631 1.0× 56 0.2× 160 0.9× 212 1.7× 61 1.1k
Xizhen Zhang China 28 277 0.2× 346 0.5× 41 0.2× 108 0.6× 1.6k 12.8× 207 2.6k
L. Müller Germany 17 411 0.2× 1.1k 1.8× 70 0.3× 10 0.1× 215 1.7× 32 1.9k
Kotaro Nakanishi United States 22 229 0.1× 1.7k 2.7× 162 0.7× 15 0.1× 60 0.5× 47 2.2k
Peggy A. Thompson United States 23 344 0.2× 1.7k 2.6× 46 0.2× 37 0.2× 955 7.7× 82 2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saumen Datta

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All Works

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Siddiqui, Asim Azhar, Uttam Pal, Chinmoy Banerjee, et al.. (2024). Structure–function analysis of nucleotide housekeeping protein HAM1 from human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Journal. 291(19). 4349–4371.
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Sharma, Yogesh Kumar, et al.. (2023). Diversity in the ligand binding pocket of HapR attributes to its uniqueness towards several inhibitors with respect to other homologues - A structural and molecular perspective. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 233. 123495–123495. 3 indexed citations
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Datta, Saumen, et al.. (2021). Interaction potential between heavy QQ¯ in a color octet configuration in the QGP from a study of hybrid Wilson loops. Physical review. D. 103(1). 6 indexed citations
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Datta, Saumen, et al.. (2020). Nonperturbative potential for the study of quarkonia in QGP. Physical review. D. 101(3). 23 indexed citations
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Singh, Richa, et al.. (2020). Arginine 37 of Glycine Linker Dictates Regulatory Function of HapR. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 1949–1949. 6 indexed citations
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Datta, Saumen, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide survey and crystallographic analysis suggests a role for both horizontal gene transfer and duplication in pantothenate biosynthesis pathways. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1863(10). 1547–1559. 10 indexed citations
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Datta, Saumen, et al.. (2018). Crystal structure and substrate specificity of ExoY, a unique T3SS mediated secreted nucleotidyl cyclase toxin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1862(9). 2090–2103. 18 indexed citations
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Datta, Saumen, et al.. (2012). Characterization of Molten Globule PopB in Absence and Presence of Its Chaperone PcrH. The Protein Journal. 31(5). 401–416. 9 indexed citations
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Aravinda, S., Saumen Datta, N. Shamala, & Padmanabhan Balaram. (2004). Hydrogen‐Bond Lengths in Polypeptide Helices: No Evidence for Short Hydrogen Bonds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(48). 6728–6731. 26 indexed citations
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Petreczky, Péter, Saumen Datta, F. Karsch, & I. Wetzorke. (2003). 1 Charmonium at finite temperature. 5 indexed citations
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Datta, Saumen, et al.. (2003). Structural Insights into Single-Stranded DNA Binding and Cleavage by F Factor TraI. Structure. 11(11). 1369–1379. 85 indexed citations
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Datta, Saumen, et al.. (2003). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of the relaxase domain of F factor TraI. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 59(8). 1514–1516. 11 indexed citations
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Datta, Saumen, R.S. Rathore, Prema G. Vasudev, et al.. (2003). Peptide helices with pendant cycloalkane rings. Characterization of conformations of 1‐aminocyclooctane‐1‐carboxylic acid (Ac8c) residues in peptides. Journal of Peptide Science. 10(3). 160–172. 9 indexed citations
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Datta, Saumen & Sourendu Gupta. (1998). Dimensional Reduction and Screening Masses in Pure Gauge Theories at Finite Temperature. 17 indexed citations
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Reddy, Boojala Vijay B., Saumen Datta, & Shiv B. Tiwari. (1998). Use of propensities of amino acids to the local structural environments to understand effect of substitution mutations on protein stability. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 11(12). 1137–1145. 23 indexed citations
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