Thomas Hermann

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Hermann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Hermann has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Hermann's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (55 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (18 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (18 papers). Thomas Hermann is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (55 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (18 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (18 papers). Thomas Hermann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and India. Thomas Hermann's co-authors include Dinshaw J. Patel, Sergey M. Dibrov, Jerod Parsons, Qiang Zhao, Qing Han, Klaus B. Simonsen, Dionisios Vourloumis, David Wyles, Mark A. Boerneke and Benjamin K. Ayida and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Hermann

76 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Adaptive Recognition by Nucleic Acid Aptamers 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 400 800 1.2k
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. Adaptive Recognition by Nucleic Acid Aptamers
    2000 1.3k citations Thomas Hermann et al. 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 Hermann United States 34 4.2k 771 443 426 380 76 4.8k
Jean‐Jacques Toulmé France 39 4.5k 1.1× 320 0.4× 379 0.9× 322 0.8× 309 0.8× 156 5.1k
Brian S. Sproat Germany 40 4.6k 1.1× 210 0.3× 260 0.6× 449 1.1× 402 1.1× 108 5.2k
Souvik Maiti India 43 4.3k 1.0× 349 0.5× 239 0.5× 215 0.5× 684 1.8× 182 5.6k
Per‐Åke Nygren Sweden 44 5.2k 1.3× 531 0.7× 719 1.6× 734 1.7× 252 0.7× 141 7.0k
Hanzhong Wang China 36 1.7k 0.4× 482 0.6× 139 0.3× 343 0.8× 118 0.3× 114 3.4k
José R. Casas‐Finet United States 31 2.3k 0.6× 311 0.4× 225 0.5× 251 0.6× 93 0.2× 77 3.0k
Aleš Štrancar Slovenia 37 2.3k 0.5× 1.6k 2.1× 392 0.9× 295 0.7× 98 0.3× 123 3.6k
Serge L. Beaucage United States 30 5.1k 1.2× 205 0.3× 243 0.5× 438 1.0× 1.3k 3.4× 115 6.9k
Anu Puri United States 33 2.6k 0.6× 766 1.0× 117 0.3× 225 0.5× 356 0.9× 92 4.8k
Robin J. Leatherbarrow United Kingdom 44 3.2k 0.8× 347 0.5× 53 0.1× 195 0.5× 748 2.0× 118 4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Hermann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boerneke, Mark A., et al.. (2020). Syntheses and Binding Testing of N1-Alkylamino-Substituted 2-Aminobenzimidazole Analogues Targeting the Hepatitis C Virus Internal Ribosome Entry Site*. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 73(3). 212–221. 5 indexed citations
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Boerneke, Mark A. & Thomas Hermann. (2017). Design and Crystallography of Self-Assembling RNA Nanostructures. Methods in molecular biology. 1632. 135–149. 3 indexed citations
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Boerneke, Mark A. & Thomas Hermann. (2015). Ligand-responsive RNA mechanical switches. RNA Biology. 12(8). 780–786. 8 indexed citations
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Rynearson, Kevin D., et al.. (2014). 2-Aminobenzoxazole ligands of the hepatitis C virus internal ribosome entry site. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24(15). 3521–3525. 23 indexed citations
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Chou, Fang‐Chieh, Parin Sripakdeevong, Sergey M. Dibrov, Thomas Hermann, & Rhiju Das. (2012). Correcting pervasive errors in RNA crystallography through enumerative structure prediction. Nature Methods. 10(1). 74–76. 117 indexed citations
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Brunn, Nicholas D., et al.. (2012). Targeting a Regulatory Element in Human Thymidylate Synthase mRNA. ChemBioChem. 13(18). 2738–2744. 6 indexed citations
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Dibrov, Sergey M., Maia Carnevali, & Thomas Hermann. (2010). (3,4-Dihydroxyoxolan-2-yl)methyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 66(12). o3088–o3088. 1 indexed citations
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Parsons, Jerod, M. Paola Castaldi, Sanjay Dutta, et al.. (2009). Conformational inhibition of the hepatitis C virus internal ribosome entry site RNA. Nature Chemical Biology. 5(11). 823–825. 132 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qiang, Qing Han, Charles R. Kissinger, Thomas Hermann, & Peggy A. Thompson. (2008). Structure of hepatitis C virus IRES subdomain IIa. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 64(4). 436–443. 24 indexed citations
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Dibrov, Sergey M., et al.. (2006). Functional Architecture of HCV IRES Domain II Stabilized by Divalent Metal Ions in the Crystal and in Solution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(1-2). 226–229. 56 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuefen, Zhongxiang Sun, Jamie M. Froelich, Thomas Hermann, & Daniel Wall. (2006). Structure–activity relationships of novel antibacterial translation inhibitors: 3,5-Diamino-piperidinyl triazines. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(20). 5451–5456. 40 indexed citations
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Hermann, Thomas. (2006). A-site model RNAs. Biochimie. 88(8). 1021–1026. 12 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuefen, V. Gregor, Zhongxiang Sun, et al.. (2005). Structure-Guided Discovery of Novel Aminoglycoside Mimetics as Antibacterial Translation Inhibitors. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 49(12). 4942–4949. 41 indexed citations
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Ayida, Benjamin K., Klaus B. Simonsen, Dionisios Vourloumis, & Thomas Hermann. (2005). Synthesis of dehydroalanine fragments as thiostrepton side chain mimetics. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(10). 2457–2460. 6 indexed citations
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Hermann, Thomas. (2005). Drugs targeting the ribosome. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 15(3). 355–366. 145 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fang, Qiang Zhao, Ken Blount, et al.. (2005). Molecular Recognition of RNA by Neomycin and a Restricted Neomycin Derivative. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(33). 5329–5334. 79 indexed citations
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Barluenga, Sofía, Klaus B. Simonsen, Ethel S. Littlefield, et al.. (2003). Rational design of azepane-glycoside antibiotics targeting the bacterial ribosome. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(3). 713–718. 41 indexed citations
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Simonsen, Klaus B., Benjamin K. Ayida, Dionisios Vourloumis, et al.. (2002). Novel Paromamine Derivatives Exploring Shallow-Groove Recognition of Ribosomal- Decoding-Site RNA. ChemBioChem. 3(12). 1223–1228. 45 indexed citations
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Hermann, Thomas. (2002). Rational ligand design for RNA: the role of static structure and conformational flexibility in target recognition. Biochimie. 84(9). 869–875. 82 indexed citations
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Jossinet, Fabrice, Jean‐Christophe Paillart, Éric Westhof, et al.. (1999). Dimerization of HIV-1 genomic RNA of subtypes A and B: RNA loop structure and magnesium binding. RNA. 5(9). 1222–1234. 83 indexed citations

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