Thomas E. Ferrin

80.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
93 papers, 55.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas E. Ferrin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas E. Ferrin has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 55.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Oncology and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas E. Ferrin's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (23 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (21 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (14 papers). Thomas E. Ferrin is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (23 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (21 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (14 papers). Thomas E. Ferrin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Thomas E. Ferrin's co-authors include Conrad C. Huang, Thomas D. Goddard, Eric F. Pettersen, Elaine C. Meng, Gregory S. Couch, John H. Morris, Robert Langridge, Tristan I. Croll, Irwin D. Kuntz and Stuart J. Oatley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas E. Ferrin

91 papers receiving 55.0k citations

Hit Papers

UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exp... 1982 2026 1996 2011 2004 2020 2017 1982 2023 10.0k 20.0k 30.0k
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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.

  1. UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
    2004 35.3k citations Eric F. Pettersen, Thomas D. Goddard et al. profile →
  2. UCSF ChimeraX: Structure visualization for researchers, educators, and developers
    2020 5.3k citations Eric F. Pettersen, Thomas D. Goddard et al. Protein Science profile →
  3. UCSF ChimeraX: Meeting modern challenges in visualization and analysis
    2017 3.2k citations Thomas D. Goddard, Conrad C. Huang et al. Protein Science profile →
  4. A geometric approach to macromolecule-ligand interactions
    1982 1.6k citations Robert Langridge, Thomas E. Ferrin et al. profile →
  5. UCSF ChimeraX: Tools for structure building and analysis
    2023 1.4k citations Elaine C. Meng, Thomas D. Goddard et al. Protein Science profile →
  6. The MIDAS display system
    1988 909 citations Thomas E. Ferrin, Conrad C. Huang et al. Journal of Molecular Graphics profile →
  7. Visualizing density maps with UCSF Chimera
    2006 696 citations Thomas D. Goddard, Conrad C. Huang et al. Journal of Structural Biology profile →
  8. ModBase, a database of annotated comparative protein structure models, and associated resources
    2010 672 citations Ursula Pieper, Avner Schlessinger et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  9. Tools for integrated sequence-structure analysis with UCSF Chimera
    2006 531 citations Elaine C. Meng, Eric F. Pettersen et al. profile →
  10. UCSF Chimera, MODELLER, and IMP: An integrated modeling system
    2011 500 citations Conrad C. Huang, Eric F. Pettersen et al. Journal of Structural Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas E. Ferrin United States 43 35.6k 5.5k 5.0k 4.8k 4.8k 93 55.6k
Conrad C. Huang United States 31 31.3k 0.9× 4.9k 0.9× 4.4k 0.9× 4.5k 0.9× 4.4k 0.9× 48 49.3k
Elaine C. Meng United States 29 32.3k 0.9× 4.9k 0.9× 3.5k 0.7× 4.3k 0.9× 4.4k 0.9× 35 50.0k
Eric F. Pettersen United States 13 31.0k 0.9× 4.7k 0.8× 3.4k 0.7× 4.3k 0.9× 4.4k 0.9× 15 48.2k
Gregory S. Couch United States 8 28.6k 0.8× 4.3k 0.8× 3.1k 0.6× 4.0k 0.8× 4.1k 0.9× 11 44.5k
Roman A. Laskowski United Kingdom 51 33.9k 1.0× 8.4k 1.5× 3.4k 0.7× 3.5k 0.7× 4.0k 0.8× 109 47.1k
Thomas D. Goddard United States 13 30.2k 0.9× 4.6k 0.8× 3.3k 0.7× 4.2k 0.9× 4.4k 0.9× 13 47.2k
Tom L. Blundell United Kingdom 94 34.2k 1.0× 7.7k 1.4× 3.5k 0.7× 2.6k 0.5× 3.6k 0.8× 505 45.7k
Andrej Săli United States 107 50.4k 1.4× 11.4k 2.1× 4.5k 0.9× 3.4k 0.7× 5.2k 1.1× 381 66.1k
Jeremy C. Smith United States 92 32.0k 0.9× 7.8k 1.4× 4.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.4× 4.2k 0.9× 848 58.8k
Jane S. Richardson United States 57 43.5k 1.2× 12.8k 2.3× 4.4k 0.9× 4.0k 0.8× 5.7k 1.2× 130 59.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas E. Ferrin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pettersen, Eric F., Thomas D. Goddard, Conrad C. Huang, et al.. (2020). UCSF ChimeraX: Structure visualization for researchers, educators, and developers. Protein Science. 30(1). 70–82. 5287 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fritz‐Laylin, Lillian K., Megan Riel‐Mehan, Bi‐Chang Chen, et al.. (2017). Actin-based protrusions of migrating neutrophils are intrinsically lamellar and facilitate direction changes. eLife. 6. 94 indexed citations
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Hertig, Samuel, Thomas D. Goddard, Graham T. Johnson, & Thomas E. Ferrin. (2015). Multidomain Assembler (MDA) Generates Models of Large Multidomain Proteins. Biophysical Journal. 108(9). 2097–2102. 13 indexed citations
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Huang, Conrad C., Elaine C. Meng, John H. Morris, Eric F. Pettersen, & Thomas E. Ferrin. (2014). Enhancing UCSF Chimera through web services. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(W1). W478–W484. 126 indexed citations
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Akiva, Eyal, Shoshana Brown, Daniel E. Almonacid, et al.. (2013). The Structure–Function Linkage Database. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(D1). D521–D530. 189 indexed citations
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Yee, Sook Wah, Lijun Xu, Congcong Wen, et al.. (2012). Genetic and epigenetic regulation of the organic cation transporter 3, SLC22A3. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 13(2). 110–120. 67 indexed citations
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Schlessinger, Avner, Pär Matsson, James E. Shima, et al.. (2010). Comparison of human solute carriers. Protein Science. 19(3). 412–428. 87 indexed citations
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Bromberg, Sarina, Wah Chiu, & Thomas E. Ferrin. (2010). Workshop on Molecular Animation. Structure. 18(10). 1261–1265. 5 indexed citations
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Morris, John H., Elaine C. Meng, & Thomas E. Ferrin. (2010). Computational Tools for the Interactive Exploration of Proteomic and Structural Data. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 9(8). 1703–1715. 7 indexed citations
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Choi, Ji Ha, Sook Wah Yee, Mee J. Kim, et al.. (2009). Identification and characterization of novel polymorphisms in the basal promoter of the human transporter, MATE1. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. 19(10). 770–780. 45 indexed citations
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Chen, Ying, Shuanglian Li, Sook Wah Yee, et al.. (2009). Genetic variants in multidrug and toxic compound extrusion-1, hMATE1, alter transport function. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 9(2). 127–136. 85 indexed citations
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Abla, Nada, Leslie W. Chinn, Tsutomu Nakamura, et al.. (2008). The Human Multidrug Resistance Protein 4 (MRP4, ABCC4): Functional Analysis of a Highly Polymorphic Gene. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 325(3). 859–868. 88 indexed citations
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Urban, Thomas, Chen Yang, Leah L. Lagpacan, et al.. (2007). Functional effects of protein sequence polymorphisms in the organic cation/ergothioneine transporter OCTN1 (SLC22A4). Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. 17(9). 773–782. 40 indexed citations
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Goddard, Thomas D., Conrad C. Huang, & Thomas E. Ferrin. (2006). Visualizing density maps with UCSF Chimera. Journal of Structural Biology. 157(1). 281–287. 696 indexed citations breakdown →
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Urban, Thomas, Renata C. Gallagher, Chaline Brown, et al.. (2006). Functional Genetic Diversity in the High-Affinity Carnitine Transporter OCTN2 (SLC22A5). Molecular Pharmacology. 70(5). 1602–1611. 42 indexed citations
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Huang, Conrad C., et al.. (2006). Comparison of methods for genomic localization of gene trap sequences. BMC Genomics. 7(1). 236–236. 2 indexed citations
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Yoshikuni, Yasuo, Thomas E. Ferrin, & Jay D. Keasling. (2006). Designed divergent evolution of enzyme function. Nature. 440(7087). 1078–1082. 348 indexed citations
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Couch, Gregory S., Conrad C. Huang, & Thomas E. Ferrin. (1999). Wrappy — a Python Wrapper Generator for C++ Classes. 3(0). 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Langridge, Robert, Thomas E. Ferrin, C.C. Huang, et al.. (1986). The UCSF computer graphics laboratory: tenth anniversary progress report. Journal of Molecular Graphics. 4(3). 179–179. 1 indexed citations
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Ferrin, Thomas E., et al.. (1984). Molecular interactive display and simulation: MIDAS. Journal of Molecular Graphics. 2(2). 55–55. 17 indexed citations

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