Tom Oldfield

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Tom Oldfield is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Oldfield has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Tom Oldfield's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (3 papers). Tom Oldfield is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (3 papers). Tom Oldfield collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Russia. Tom Oldfield's co-authors include C. M. Venkatachalam, Xiaoman Jiang, Marvin Waldman, Roderick E. Hubbard, Adel Golovin, Kim Henrick, Dimitris Dimitropoulos, R.L. Brady, Stephen J. Smerdon and Guy Dodson and has published in prestigious journals such as Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology, Journal of Applied Crystallography and Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Tom Oldfield

8 papers receiving 979 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

LigandFit: a novel method for the shape-directed rapid docking of ligands to protein active sites

2002 801 citations C. M. Venkatachalam, Xiaoman Jiang et al. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Oldfield United Kingdom	6	741	431	189	178	106	8	1.0k
John Marelius Sweden	10	828 1.1×	382 0.9×	161 0.9×	193 1.1×	78 0.7×	11	1.1k
Mark McGann United States	7	893 1.2×	600 1.4×	303 1.6×	157 0.9×	144 1.4×	11	1.4k
Irene Nobeli United Kingdom	19	1.1k 1.5×	278 0.6×	154 0.8×	247 1.4×	92 0.9×	42	1.5k
Miriam Sgobba Italy	15	1.0k 1.4×	414 1.0×	178 0.9×	127 0.7×	81 0.8×	17	1.4k
F. Raymond Salemme United States	13	749 1.0×	237 0.5×	163 0.9×	151 0.8×	66 0.6×	22	1.1k
Sathesh Bhat United States	13	968 1.3×	375 0.9×	157 0.8×	163 0.9×	83 0.8×	21	1.5k
Lazaros Mavridis United Kingdom	13	668 0.9×	319 0.7×	116 0.6×	171 1.0×	114 1.1×	25	1.1k
Kenneth Borrelli United States	17	898 1.2×	373 0.9×	247 1.3×	147 0.8×	84 0.8×	17	1.3k
Andrew Smellie United States	11	740 1.0×	616 1.4×	234 1.2×	73 0.4×	122 1.2×	19	1.1k
Megan L. Peach United States	20	745 1.0×	324 0.8×	345 1.8×	109 0.6×	163 1.5×	50	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Oldfield

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Oldfield

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Oldfield

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All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Oldfield, Tom, et al.. (2016). Influence of Cold Formed Bending on Strain Based Design Buckling Limits. 2 indexed citations

2.

Golovin, Adel, et al.. (2004). MSDsite: A database search and retrieval system for the analysis and viewing of bound ligands and active sites. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 58(1). 190–199. 85 indexed citations

3.

Oldfield, Tom. (2003). Applications for Macromolecular Map Interpretation: X-AUTOFIT, X-POWERFIT, X-BUILD, X-LIGAND, and X-SOLVATE. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 374. 271–300. 5 indexed citations

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Venkatachalam, C. M., Xiaoman Jiang, Tom Oldfield, & Marvin Waldman. (2002). LigandFit: a novel method for the shape-directed rapid docking of ligands to protein active sites. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 21(4). 289–307. 801 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oldfield, Tom. (2001). X-LIGAND: an application for the automated addition of flexible ligands into electron density. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(5). 696–705. 36 indexed citations

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Oldfield, Tom & Roderick E. Hubbard. (1994). Analysis of Cα geometry in protein structures. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 18(4). 324–337. 69 indexed citations

7.

Oldfield, Tom, T.A. Ceska, & R.L. Brady. (1991). A flexible approach to automated protein crystallization. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 24(3). 255–260. 13 indexed citations

8.

Dodson, Guy, Roderick E. Hubbard, Tom Oldfield, Stephen J. Smerdon, & Anthony J. Wilkinson. (1988). Apomyoglobin as a molecular recognition surface: expression, reconstitution and crystallization of recombinant porcine myoglobin in Escherichia coli. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 2(3). 233–237. 22 indexed citations

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