Scott J. Weiner

8.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Scott J. Weiner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott J. Weiner has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Spectroscopy and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Scott J. Weiner's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (5 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (2 papers). Scott J. Weiner is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (5 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (2 papers). Scott J. Weiner collaborates with scholars based in United States. Scott J. Weiner's co-authors include Peter A. Kollman, David A. Case, Dzung T. Nguyen, U. Chandra Singh, Paul K. Weiner, Caterina Ghio, Salvatore Profeta, G. Alagona, U. Chandra Singh and George Seibel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Scott J. Weiner

10 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

A new force field for molecular mechanical simulation of ... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 1986 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. A new force field for molecular mechanical simulation of nucleic acids and proteins
    1984 3.9k citations Scott J. Weiner, Peter A. Kollman et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. An all atom force field for simulations of proteins and nucleic acids
    1986 3.0k citations Scott J. Weiner, Peter A. Kollman et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →

Peers

Scott J. Weiner
Paul K. Weiner United States
Caterina Ghio Italy
Frank A. Momany United States
Thomas F. Hendrickson United States
David A. Pearlman United States
Michael L. Connolly United States
U. Chandra Singh United States
Rudi van Drunen Netherlands
Donald Bashford United States
John M. Rosenberg United States
Paul K. Weiner United States
Scott J. Weiner
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Countries citing papers authored by Scott J. Weiner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott J. Weiner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Scott J. Weiner. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Scott J. Weiner. The network helps show where Scott J. Weiner may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott J. Weiner

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Masters, Edwin J., et al.. (2003). Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Archives of Internal Medicine. 163(7). 769–769. 61 indexed citations
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Weiner, Scott J., Peter A. Kollman, Dzung T. Nguyen, & David A. Case. (1986). An all atom force field for simulations of proteins and nucleic acids. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 7(2). 230–252. 3004 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kollman, Peter A., Scott J. Weiner, George Seibel, et al.. (1986). Modeling Complex Molecular Interactions Involving Proteins and DNAa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 482(1). 234–244. 11 indexed citations
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Weiner, Scott J., George Seibel, & Peter A. Kollman. (1986). The nature of enzyme catalysis in trypsin.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(3). 649–653. 52 indexed citations
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Tilton, Robert F., U. Chandra Singh, Scott J. Weiner, et al.. (1986). Computational studies of the interaction of myoglobin and xenon. Journal of Molecular Biology. 192(2). 443–456. 74 indexed citations
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Weiner, Scott J., U. Chandra Singh, & Peter A. Kollman. (1985). Simulation of formamide hydrolysis by hydroxide ion in the gas phase and in aqueous solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 107(8). 2219–2229. 105 indexed citations
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Singh, U. Chandra, Scott J. Weiner, & Peter A. Kollman. (1985). Molecular dynamics simulations of d(C-G-C-G-A) X d(T-C-G-C-G) with and without "hydrated" counterions.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(3). 755–759. 105 indexed citations
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Weiner, Scott J., Peter A. Kollman, David A. Case, et al.. (1984). A new force field for molecular mechanical simulation of nucleic acids and proteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 106(3). 765–784. 3898 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weiner, Scott J., U. Chandra Singh, Timothy J. O’Donnell, & Peter A. Kollman. (1984). Quantum and molecular mechanical studies on alanyl dipeptide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 106(21). 6243–6245. 57 indexed citations

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