Shane Gonen

2.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
15 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Shane Gonen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shane Gonen has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Shane Gonen's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (3 papers). Shane Gonen is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (3 papers). Shane Gonen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Shane Gonen's co-authors include Tamir Gonen, David Baker, Jacob B. Bale, Neil P. King, William Sheffler, Todd O. Yeates, Yuxi Liu, Dan E. McNamara, Frank DiMaio and Duilio Cascio and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Shane Gonen

14 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Accurate design of co-assembling multi-component protein ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2016 2016 2020 2015 100 200 300 400
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. Accurate design of co-assembling multi-component protein nanomaterials
    2014 448 citations Neil P. King, Jacob B. Bale et al. Nature profile →
  2. Accurate design of megadalton-scale two-component icosahedral protein complexes
    2016 415 citations Jacob B. Bale, Shane Gonen et al. Science profile →
  3. Design of a hyperstable 60-subunit protein icosahedron
    2016 322 citations Yang Hsia, Jacob B. Bale et al. Nature profile →
  4. Structure of hepcidin-bound ferroportin reveals iron homeostatic mechanisms
    2020 242 citations Christian B. Billesbølle, Caleigh M. Azumaya et al. Nature profile →
  5. Design of ordered two-dimensional arrays mediated by noncovalent protein-protein interfaces
    2015 195 citations Shane Gonen, Frank DiMaio et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shane Gonen United States 8 1.2k 543 346 286 256 15 1.8k
Deborah A. Willits United States 22 1.2k 0.9× 998 1.8× 509 1.5× 424 1.5× 250 1.0× 23 2.4k
Lars Liepold United States 20 1.0k 0.8× 807 1.5× 376 1.1× 371 1.3× 305 1.2× 22 1.9k
Brendan P. Orner Singapore 21 1.3k 1.0× 198 0.4× 218 0.6× 136 0.5× 193 0.8× 36 1.7k
Aimee L. Boyle Netherlands 23 1.6k 1.3× 299 0.6× 732 2.1× 328 1.1× 221 0.9× 56 2.3k
Valerie A. Kickhoefer United States 33 2.1k 1.7× 396 0.7× 222 0.6× 231 0.8× 171 0.7× 58 3.0k
Ugutz Unzueta Spain 29 1.7k 1.3× 444 0.8× 620 1.8× 124 0.4× 408 1.6× 116 2.6k
Patrick S. Daugherty United States 32 2.3k 1.9× 428 0.8× 147 0.4× 135 0.5× 1.3k 4.9× 73 3.8k
Patrick Fuchs France 26 1.6k 1.3× 89 0.2× 115 0.3× 203 0.7× 265 1.0× 61 2.4k
Gabriel A. Kwong United States 24 1.7k 1.4× 113 0.2× 139 0.4× 240 0.8× 190 0.7× 49 3.2k
David Filpula United States 18 1.7k 1.4× 111 0.2× 176 0.5× 348 1.2× 789 3.1× 26 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shane Gonen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shane Gonen

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Lee, Chi Chung, et al.. (2026). Structural insights into metallocluster trafficking in the nitrogenase assembly scaffold NifEN. Nature Catalysis. 9(3). 281–294.
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Gonen, Shane, et al.. (2025). Structural basis of inhibition of human NaV1.8 by the tarantula venom peptide Protoxin-I. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1459–1459. 1 indexed citations
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Wiles, Elizabeth T., et al.. (2025). Phollow reveals in situ phage transmission dynamics in the zebrafish gut microbiome at single-virion resolution. Nature Microbiology. 10(5). 1067–1083. 1 indexed citations
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Dunham, Sage J. B., Mirjam Zünd, An T.T. Vo, et al.. (2025). Enhanced suppression of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia by a three-phage cocktail: genomic insights and kinetic profiling. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 69(3). e0116224–e0116224. 1 indexed citations
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Gonen, Shane, et al.. (2024). Mitigating the Blurring Effect of CryoEM Averaging on a Flexible and Highly Symmetric Protein Complex through Sub-Particle Reconstruction. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(11). 5665–5665. 2 indexed citations
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Gonen, Shane, et al.. (2024). δ‐Conotoxin Structure Prediction and Analysis through Large‐Scale Comparative and Deep Learning Modeling Approaches. Advanced Science. 11(35). e2404786–e2404786. 1 indexed citations
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Gonen, Shane, et al.. (2022). Improved interface packing and design opportunities revealed by CryoEM analysis of a designed protein nanocage. Heliyon. 8(12). e12280–e12280. 3 indexed citations
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Billesbølle, Christian B., Caleigh M. Azumaya, Rachael C. Kretsch, et al.. (2020). Structure of hepcidin-bound ferroportin reveals iron homeostatic mechanisms. Nature. 586(7831). 807–811. 242 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Yuxi, Shane Gonen, Tamir Gonen, & Todd O. Yeates. (2018). Near-atomic cryo-EM imaging of a small protein displayed on a designed scaffolding system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(13). 3362–3367. 72 indexed citations
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Bale, Jacob B., Shane Gonen, Yuxi Liu, et al.. (2016). Accurate design of megadalton-scale two-component icosahedral protein complexes. Science. 353(6297). 389–394. 415 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hsia, Yang, Jacob B. Bale, Shane Gonen, et al.. (2016). Design of a hyperstable 60-subunit protein icosahedron. Nature. 535(7610). 136–139. 322 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bale, Jacob B., Yuxi Liu, Shane Gonen, et al.. (2015). Structure of a designed tetrahedral protein assembly variant engineered to have improved soluble expression. Protein Science. 24(10). 1695–1701. 21 indexed citations
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Gonen, Shane, Frank DiMaio, Tamir Gonen, & David Baker. (2015). Design of ordered two-dimensional arrays mediated by noncovalent protein-protein interfaces. Science. 348(6241). 1365–1368. 195 indexed citations breakdown →
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King, Neil P., Jacob B. Bale, William Sheffler, et al.. (2014). Accurate design of co-assembling multi-component protein nanomaterials. Nature. 510(7503). 103–108. 448 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gonen, Shane, Bungo Akiyoshi, M.G. Iadanza, et al.. (2012). The structure of purified kinetochores reveals multiple microtubule-attachment sites. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(9). 925–929. 65 indexed citations

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