Teague Sterling

6.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
9 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Teague Sterling is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Teague Sterling has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 2 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Teague Sterling's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (7 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (2 papers). Teague Sterling is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (7 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (2 papers). Teague Sterling collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Teague Sterling's co-authors include John J. Irwin, Ryan G. Coleman, Michael M. Mysinger, Erin S. D. Bolstad, Brian K. Shoichet, Allison K. Doak, Da Duan, Hayarpi Torosyan, Sarah Barelier and Matthew J. O’Meara and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Teague Sterling

9 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

ZINC 15 – Ligand Discovery for Everyone 2012 2026 2016 2021 2015 2012 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. ZINC 15 – Ligand Discovery for Everyone
    2015 2.2k citations Teague Sterling, John J. Irwin Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling profile →
  2. ZINC: A Free Tool to Discover Chemistry for Biology
    2012 1.9k citations John J. Irwin, Teague Sterling et al. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling profile →
  3. An Aggregation Advisor for Ligand Discovery
    2015 328 citations John J. Irwin, Da Duan et al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Teague Sterling United States 9 2.9k 2.5k 832 598 539 9 4.8k
Michael M. Mysinger United States 8 2.8k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 684 0.8× 558 0.9× 514 1.0× 8 4.4k
Niu Huang China 37 3.3k 1.2× 1.8k 0.7× 632 0.8× 808 1.4× 382 0.7× 130 5.4k
Jianfeng Pei China 34 3.2k 1.1× 2.4k 1.0× 752 0.9× 575 1.0× 482 0.9× 88 5.3k
Samuel Genheden Sweden 30 4.1k 1.4× 2.0k 0.8× 922 1.1× 899 1.5× 412 0.8× 70 6.2k
George Papadatos United Kingdom 19 3.0k 1.0× 3.0k 1.2× 793 1.0× 455 0.8× 624 1.2× 27 4.5k
Markus K. Dahlgren United States 12 2.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 564 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 431 0.8× 17 4.9k
Jacob D. Durrant United States 33 2.9k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 666 0.8× 487 0.8× 336 0.6× 78 4.2k
A. Geoffrey Skillman United States 17 2.5k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 614 0.7× 693 1.2× 404 0.7× 26 3.8k
Jiyao Wang China 13 2.6k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 577 0.7× 459 0.8× 560 1.0× 57 5.2k
Maria A. Miteva France 37 3.2k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 442 0.5× 728 1.2× 541 1.0× 129 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Teague Sterling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Teague Sterling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Teague Sterling

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Estrada, Karol, Steven Froelich, Arthur Wüster, et al.. (2021). Identifying therapeutic drug targets using bidirectional effect genes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2224–2224. 18 indexed citations
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Spence, Allyson L., Whitney E. Purtha, Janice Tam, et al.. (2018). Revealing the specificity of regulatory T cells in murine autoimmune diabetes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(20). 5265–5270. 59 indexed citations
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Irwin, John J., et al.. (2017). Predicted Biological Activity of Purchasable Chemical Space. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 58(1). 148–164. 37 indexed citations
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Irwin, John J., Da Duan, Hayarpi Torosyan, et al.. (2015). An Aggregation Advisor for Ligand Discovery. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 58(17). 7076–7087. 328 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barelier, Sarah, et al.. (2015). The Recognition of Identical Ligands by Unrelated Proteins. ACS Chemical Biology. 10(12). 2772–2784. 45 indexed citations
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Sterling, Teague & John J. Irwin. (2015). ZINC 15 – Ligand Discovery for Everyone. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 55(11). 2324–2337. 2218 indexed citations breakdown →
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Coleman, Ryan G., Teague Sterling, & Dahlia R. Weiss. (2014). SAMPL4 & DOCK3.7: lessons for automated docking procedures. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 28(3). 201–209. 17 indexed citations
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Coleman, Ryan G., et al.. (2013). Ligand Pose and Orientational Sampling in Molecular Docking. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e75992–e75992. 141 indexed citations
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Irwin, John J., Teague Sterling, Michael M. Mysinger, Erin S. D. Bolstad, & Ryan G. Coleman. (2012). ZINC: A Free Tool to Discover Chemistry for Biology. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 52(7). 1757–1768. 1902 indexed citations breakdown →

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