Thomas E. Exner

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas E. Exner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas E. Exner has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas E. Exner's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (29 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (23 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers). Thomas E. Exner is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (29 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (23 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers). Thomas E. Exner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Canada. Thomas E. Exner's co-authors include Oliver Korb, Thomas Stützle, Paul G. Mezey, Tim ten Brink, Heiko M. Möller, Jürgen Brickmann, Frank M. Boeckler, Alexander Titz, Malte Drescher and Martin Dračínský and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thomas E. Exner

88 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Empirical Scoring Functions for Advanced Protein−Ligand Docking with PLANTS

2009 1.1k citations Oliver Korb, Thomas E. Exner et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas E. Exner Germany	29	1.8k	930	609	526	439	93	3.3k
Wenbo Yu United States	30	1.9k 1.0×	819 0.9×	822 1.3×	358 0.7×	390 0.9×	100	3.4k
Felice C. Lightstone United States	32	2.2k 1.2×	661 0.7×	733 1.2×	500 1.0×	282 0.6×	105	3.9k
Kyoung Tai No South Korea	33	1.3k 0.7×	723 0.8×	549 0.9×	704 1.3×	553 1.3×	167	3.1k
David S. Cerutti United States	16	2.3k 1.3×	820 0.9×	656 1.1×	681 1.3×	283 0.6×	28	3.7k
Yixiang Cao United States	14	1.5k 0.8×	597 0.6×	687 1.1×	453 0.9×	241 0.5×	23	3.1k
Markus A. Lill United States	29	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	550 0.9×	431 0.8×	258 0.6×	93	3.3k
Michel A. Cuendet Switzerland	22	2.1k 1.2×	639 0.7×	577 0.9×	490 0.9×	268 0.6×	54	4.0k
Goran Krilov United States	19	2.1k 1.2×	948 1.0×	771 1.3×	489 0.9×	250 0.6×	38	3.9k
Jennifer L. Knight United States	16	2.2k 1.2×	878 0.9×	682 1.1×	501 1.0×	246 0.6×	23	3.5k
Chia‐en A. Chang United States	30	2.1k 1.2×	612 0.7×	418 0.7×	676 1.3×	304 0.7×	87	3.0k

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Larrea‐Gallegos, Gustavo, Sabine Hofer, Karin Wiench, et al.. (2025). Integrate & balance aspects for safe and sustainable innovation: Needs analysis on SSbD categories and product development stage requirements to cover the entire life cycle. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 29. 201–221. 1 indexed citations

Papadiamantis, Anastasios G., Amaia Green Etxabe, Lee A. Walker, et al.. (2025). Instance maps as an organising concept for complex experimental workflows as demonstrated for (nano)material safety research. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 16. 57–77. 1 indexed citations

Exner, Thomas E., Martin Himly, Andreas Falk, et al.. (2024). The role of FAIR nanosafety data and nanoinformatics in achieving the UN sustainable development goals: the NanoCommons experience. RSC Sustainability. 2(5). 1378–1399. 7 indexed citations

Mortensen, Holly M., et al.. (2022). The AOP-DB RDF: Applying FAIR Principles to the Semantic Integration of AOP Data Using the Research Description Framework. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 803983–803983. 9 indexed citations

Chandrasekaran, Vidya, et al.. (2021). Temporal transcriptomic alterations of cadmium exposed human iPSC-derived renal proximal tubule-like cells. Toxicology in Vitro. 76. 105229–105229. 12 indexed citations

Papadiamantis, Anastasios G., Frederick C. Klaessig, Thomas E. Exner, et al.. (2020). Metadata Stewardship in Nanosafety Research: Community-Driven Organisation of Metadata Schemas to Support FAIR Nanoscience Data. Nanomaterials. 10(10). 2033–2033. 40 indexed citations

Exner, Thomas E., et al.. (2019). Binding of HasA by its transmembrane receptor HasR follows a conformational funnel mechanism. European Biophysics Journal. 49(1). 39–57. 5 indexed citations

Exner, Thomas E., et al.. (2014). Cα torsion angles as a flexible criterion to extract secrets from a molecular dynamics simulation. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 20(4). 2196–2196. 1 indexed citations

Sommer, Roman, Thomas E. Exner, & Alexander Titz. (2014). A Biophysical Study with Carbohydrate Derivatives Explains the Molecular Basis of Monosaccharide Selectivity of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lectin LecB. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e112822–e112822. 33 indexed citations

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Hauck, Dirk, Annabelle Varrot, Bodo Philipp, et al.. (2013). Discovery of Two Classes of Potent Glycomimetic Inhibitors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LecB with Distinct Binding Modes. ACS Chemical Biology. 8(8). 1775–1784. 76 indexed citations

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Jamieson, Bruce, et al.. (2012). HOW DO YOU STRESS THE SNOWPACK. 506–512. 1 indexed citations

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Möller, Heiko M., et al.. (2011). Toward the quantum chemical calculation of nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shifts of proteins. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 79(7). 2189–2202. 43 indexed citations

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Betz, Karin, et al.. (2010). Structures of DNA Polymerases Caught Processing Size‐Augmented Nucleotide Probes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(30). 5181–5184. 22 indexed citations

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Diederichs, Kay, et al.. (2010). A short note on the analysis of distance measurements by electron paramagnetic resonance. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 208(1). 167–170. 11 indexed citations

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Exner, Thomas E. & Bruce Jamieson. (2009). The effect of daytime warming on snowpack creep. 271–275. 1 indexed citations

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Exner, Thomas E. & Bruce Jamieson. (2008). THE EFFECT OF SNOWPACK WARMING ON THE STRESS BULB BELOW A SKIER. 415. 5 indexed citations

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Zerara, Mohamed, Jürgen Brickmann, Robert Kretschmer, & Thomas E. Exner. (2008). Parameterization of an empirical model for the prediction of n-octanol, alkane and cyclohexane/water as well as brain/blood partition coefficients. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 23(2). 105–111. 16 indexed citations

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Korb, Oliver & Thomas E. Exner. (2006). PLANTS: Application of ant colony optimization to structure-based drug design. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 1 indexed citations

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Exner, Thomas E. & Paul G. Mezey. (2005). Evaluation of the field-adapted ADMA approach: absolute and relative energies of crambin and derivatives. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 7(24). 4061–4061. 39 indexed citations

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Exner, Thomas E., et al.. (1998). Molecular modeling information transfer with VRML: from small molecules to large systems in bioscience.. PubMed. 327–38.

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