Stephen J. Benkovic

35.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
457 papers, 28.6k citations indexed

About

Stephen J. Benkovic is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. Benkovic has authored 457 papers receiving a total of 28.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 370 papers in Molecular Biology, 69 papers in Materials Chemistry and 61 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. Benkovic's work include Biochemical and Molecular Research (100 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (89 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (82 papers). Stephen J. Benkovic is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Molecular Research (100 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (89 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (82 papers). Stephen J. Benkovic collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Stephen J. Benkovic's co-authors include Sharon Hammes‐Schiffer, Nina M. Goodey, Anthony M. Pedley, Patricia A. Benkovic, James A. Peliska, Richard A. Lerner, P. T. Ravi Rajagopalan, Frank Salinas, Kenneth A. Johnson and John W. Tomsho and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Benkovic

450 papers receiving 27.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A Perspective on Enzyme Catalysis

2003 1.0k citations Stephen J. Benkovic, Sharon Hammes‐Schiffer Science profile →
Colloidal Au-Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance for Ultrasensitive Detection of DNA Hybridization

2000 780 citations Stephen J. Benkovic et al. profile →
On-chip manipulation of single microparticles, cells, and organisms using surface acoustic waves

2012 735 citations Xiaoyun Ding, Sz‐Chin Steven Lin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Generation of a Large Combinatorial Library of the Immunoglobulin Repertoire in Phage Lambda

1989 617 citations Stephen J. Benkovic et al. Science profile →
Allosteric regulation and catalysis emerge via a common route

2008 549 citations Stephen J. Benkovic et al. profile →
An Antifungal Agent Inhibits an Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase by Trapping tRNA in the Editing Site

2007 502 citations Fernando Rock, Weimin Mao et al. Science profile →
A New View into the Regulation of Purine Metabolism: The Purinosome

2016 429 citations Stephen J. Benkovic et al. profile →
Construction and evaluation of the kinetic scheme associated with dihydrofolate reductase from Escherichia coli

1987 426 citations Carol A. Fierke, Stephen J. Benkovic et al. profile →
Controlling cell–cell interactions using surface acoustic waves

2014 343 citations Sixing Li, Stephen J. Benkovic et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen J. Benkovic

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The bacteriophage T4 replisome: a model system for understanding DNA replication mechanisms 2025 ·EcoSal Plus ·Michelle M. Spiering, Stephen J. Benkovic	0
2	Structural basis of the T4 bacteriophage primosome assembly and primer synthesis 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Xiang Feng, Michelle M. Spiering, (unknown), Stephen J. Benkovic, Huilin Li	4
3	Substrate-driven chemotactic assembly in an enzyme cascade 2017 ·Nature Chemistry ·Xi Zhao, (unknown), Vinita Yadav, Michelle M. Spiering, Michael K. Gilson, Peter C. Butler, Henry Hess, Stephen J. Benkovic, Ayusman Sen	132
4	On-chip manipulation of single microparticles, cells, and organisms using surface acoustic waves breakdown → 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xiaoyun Ding, Sz‐Chin Steven Lin, Brian Kiraly, Hongjun Yue, Sixing Li, I‐Kao Chiang, Jinjie Shi, Stephen J. Benkovic, Tony Jun Huang	735
5	Direct Observation of Stalled Fork Restart via Fork Regression in the T4 Replication System 2012 ·Science ·Maria Mañosas, Senthil K. Perumal, Vincent Croquette, Stephen J. Benkovic	70
6	A Dynamic Knockout Reveals That Conformational Fluctuations Influence the Chemical Step of Enzyme Catalysis 2011 ·Science ·Gira Bhabha, Jeeyeon Lee, Damian C. Ekiert, Jongsik Gam, Ian A. Wilson, H. Jane Dyson, Stephen J. Benkovic, Peter E. Wright	380
7	Surface Sites for Engineering Allosteric Control in Proteins 2008 ·Science ·Jeeyeon Lee, Madhusudan Natarajan, Vishal Nashine, Michael Socolich, Tina Vo, William P. Russ, Stephen J. Benkovic, Rama Ranganathan	275
8	Repetitive lagging strand DNA synthesis by the bacteriophage T4 replisome 2008 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Michelle M. Spiering, Scott W. Nelson, Stephen J. Benkovic	8
9	An Antifungal Agent Inhibits an Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase by Trapping tRNA in the Editing Site breakdown → 2007 ·Science ·Fernando Rock, Weimin Mao, A. Yaremchuk, M. A. Tukalo, Thibaut Crépin, Huchen Zhou, (unknown), Vincent Hernandez, Tsutomu Akama, Stephen J. Baker, Jacob J. Plattner, Lucy Shapiro, Susan A. Martinis, Stephen J. Benkovic, S. Cusack, M.R. Alley	502
10	Genetic Selection of Cyclic Peptide Dam Methyltransferase Inhibitors 2007 ·ChemBioChem ·Todd A. Naumann, Ali Tavassoli, Stephen J. Benkovic	36
11	Design and Evolution of New Catalytic Activity with an Existing Protein Scaffold 2006 ·Science ·Hee‐Sung Park, (unknown), (unknown), Chang No Yoon, Bengt Mannervik, Stephen J. Benkovic, Hak‐Sung Kim	209
12	Relating Protein Motion to Catalysis 2006 ·Annual Review of Biochemistry ·Sharon Hammes‐Schiffer, Stephen J. Benkovic	493
13	A systematic method for identifying small-molecule modulators of protein–protein interactions 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alexander R. Horswill, Sergey N. Savinov, Stephen J. Benkovic	95
14	A Perspective on Enzyme Catalysis breakdown → 2003 ·Science ·Stephen J. Benkovic, Sharon Hammes‐Schiffer	1014
15	Production of cyclic peptides and proteins in vivo 1999 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Charles P. Scott, Ernesto Abel‐Santos, Mark J. Wall, Daphne Wahnon, Stephen J. Benkovic	337
16	[13] Purification and characterization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase 1995 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Stuart F.J. Le Grice, Craig E. Cameron, Stephen J. Benkovic	111
17	Insights into Enzymic Catalysis from Studies on Dihydrofolate Reductases 1989 ·Pteridines ·Stephen J. Benkovic, Joseph A. Adams, Carol A. Fierke, Adel M. Naylor	2
18	Nutritional, pharmacological, and physiological aspects 1986 ·Wiley eBooks ·Raymond L. Blakley, Stephen J. Benkovic, Victor Whitehead	13
19	Chemistry and biochemistry of pterins 1985 ·J. Wiley eBooks ·Raymond L. Blakley, Stephen J. Benkovic	34
20	Chemistry and biochemistry of folates 1984 ·Wiley eBooks ·Raymond L. Blakley, Stephen J. Benkovic	85

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