Tom Young

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
5 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Tom Young is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Young has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 1 paper in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Tom Young's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (2 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (1 paper). Tom Young is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (2 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (1 paper). Tom Young collaborates with scholars based in United States and Hong Kong. Tom Young's co-authors include Richard A. Friesner, B. J. Berne, Robert Abel, Byungchan Kim, Ramy Farid, Michael K. Gilson, Crystal N. Nguyen, Lan Hua, Xuhui Huang and Edward Harder and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Tom Young

5 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Motifs for molecular recognition exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in protein–ligand binding

2007 541 citations Tom Young, Robert Abel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Role of the Active-Site Solvent in the Thermodynamics of Factor Xa Ligand Binding

2008 526 citations Robert Abel, Tom Young et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Young United States	5	1.1k	472	314	284	236	5	1.4k
Paul Beroza United States	21	1.2k 1.1×	362 0.8×	384 1.2×	276 1.0×	267 1.1×	32	1.8k
Joannis Apostolakis Germany	23	1.3k 1.1×	545 1.2×	290 0.9×	412 1.5×	164 0.7×	28	1.7k
Yoshifumi Fukunishi Japan	25	1.2k 1.1×	529 1.1×	319 1.0×	335 1.2×	157 0.7×	116	1.9k
Randy J. Zauhar United States	21	818 0.7×	278 0.6×	372 1.2×	257 0.9×	224 0.9×	38	1.5k
Chakrapani Kalyanaraman United States	26	1.2k 1.1×	430 0.9×	444 1.4×	303 1.1×	313 1.3×	52	2.2k
Freddie R. Salsbury United States	22	1.9k 1.7×	302 0.6×	449 1.4×	459 1.6×	200 0.8×	71	2.5k
Pär Söderhjelm Sweden	26	1.3k 1.2×	464 1.0×	684 2.2×	415 1.5×	289 1.2×	45	2.2k
Milan Hodošček Slovenia	24	1.1k 1.0×	203 0.4×	474 1.5×	411 1.4×	296 1.3×	84	1.9k
John Mongan United States	8	1.9k 1.7×	317 0.7×	499 1.6×	530 1.9×	198 0.8×	8	2.3k
David J. Huggins United States	29	1.4k 1.3×	468 1.0×	159 0.5×	258 0.9×	215 0.9×	63	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Young

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Young

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Young

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

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Nguyen, Crystal N., Tom Young, & Michael K. Gilson. (2012). Grid inhomogeneous solvation theory: Hydration structure and thermodynamics of the miniature receptor cucurbit[7]uril. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 137(4). 44101–44101. 269 indexed citations

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Young, Tom, Lan Hua, Xuhui Huang, et al.. (2010). Dewetting transitions in protein cavities. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 78(8). 1856–1869. 58 indexed citations

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Abel, Robert, Tom Young, Ramy Farid, B. J. Berne, & Richard A. Friesner. (2008). Role of the Active-Site Solvent in the Thermodynamics of Factor Xa Ligand Binding. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(9). 2817–2831. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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Young, Tom, Robert Abel, Byungchan Kim, B. J. Berne, & Richard A. Friesner. (2007). Motifs for molecular recognition exploiting hydrophobic enclosure in protein–ligand binding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(3). 808–813. 541 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kim, Byungchan, Tom Young, Edward Harder, Richard A. Friesner, & B. J. Berne. (2005). Structure and Dynamics of the Solvation of Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor in Explicit Water: A Comparative Study of the Effects of Solvent and Protein Polarizability. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 109(34). 16529–16538. 42 indexed citations

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