Valerie Daggett

19.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
234 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Valerie Daggett is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Valerie Daggett has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 208 papers in Molecular Biology, 108 papers in Materials Chemistry and 36 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Valerie Daggett's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (143 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (107 papers) and Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (31 papers). Valerie Daggett is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (143 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (107 papers) and Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (31 papers). Valerie Daggett collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Valerie Daggett's co-authors include Alan R. Fersht, Brian J. Bennion, Michael Levitt, Darwin O. V. Alonso, Mari L. DeMarco, Ryan Day, Roger S. Armen, David A. C. Beck, R. Sharon and Miriam Hirshberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Valerie Daggett

232 papers receiving 15.7k 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.

The molecular basis for the chemical denaturation of proteins by urea

2003 737 citations Valerie Daggett et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Calibration and Testing of a Water Model for Simulation of the Molecular Dynamics of Proteins and Nucleic Acids in Solution

1997 486 citations Valerie Daggett et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
Potential energy function and parameters for simulations of the molecular dynamics of proteins and nucleic acids in solution

1995 369 citations Valerie Daggett et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Valerie Daggett United States	69	12.9k	6.3k	2.0k	1.9k	1.4k	234	15.9k
Dagmar Ringe United States	69	10.5k 0.8×	4.7k 0.7×	744 0.4×	965 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	230	16.2k
Christian Griesinger Germany	79	14.2k 1.1×	4.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	9.3k 4.9×	3.4k 2.5×	475	25.5k
Yuji Goto Japan	79	15.7k 1.2×	4.2k 0.7×	969 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	6.0k 4.4×	377	21.7k
Thomas M. Jovin Germany	73	11.8k 0.9×	2.4k 0.4×	957 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.7×	298	19.4k
Sheena E. Radford United Kingdom	84	18.7k 1.4×	6.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	3.1k 1.7×	7.4k 5.5×	355	25.2k
Peter Güntert Germany	59	14.1k 1.1×	3.8k 0.6×	400 0.2×	2.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	237	17.9k
C. Nick Pace United States	60	15.7k 1.2×	6.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	831 0.6×	202	21.1k
Bert L. de Groot Germany	66	15.7k 1.2×	3.4k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	229	21.3k
Stefan Becker Germany	65	8.3k 0.6×	3.0k 0.5×	907 0.5×	3.8k 2.0×	1.8k 1.3×	357	16.3k
Buyong Ma United States	62	12.3k 1.0×	3.3k 0.5×	838 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	3.4k 2.5×	242	16.0k

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Bryers, James D., et al.. (2025). Layer‐By‐Layer Functionalized Gauze With Designed α‐Sheet Peptides Inhibits E. coli and S. aureus Biofilm Formation. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 113(3). e37879–e37879.

Heng, A.‐E., et al.. (2024). Mechanistic insights into the role of amyloid-β in innate immunity. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 5376–5376. 12 indexed citations

Chen, Amy, et al.. (2024). Performance of SOBA-AD blood test in discriminating Alzheimer’s disease patients from cognitively unimpaired controls in two independent cohorts. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 7946–7946. 1 indexed citations

Bryers, James D., et al.. (2024). Designed De Novo α-Sheet Peptides Destabilize Bacterial Biofilms and Increase the Susceptibility of E. coli and S. aureus to Antibiotics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(13). 7024–7024. 4 indexed citations

Daggett, Valerie, et al.. (2022). The role of α-sheet structure in amyloidogenesis: characterization and implications. Open Biology. 12(11). 220261–220261. 11 indexed citations

Akke, Mikael, et al.. (2017). The Dynameomics Entropy Dictionary: A Large-Scale Assessment of Conformational Entropy across Protein Fold Space. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 121(16). 3933–3945. 18 indexed citations

Hopping, Gene, et al.. (2016). Peptides Composed of Alternating L- and D-Amino Acids Inhibit Amyloidogenesis in Three Distinct Amyloid Systems Independent of Sequence. Journal of Molecular Biology. 428(11). 2317–2328. 50 indexed citations

Bauer, Matthias R., et al.. (2016). Anin silicoalgorithm for identifying stabilizing pockets in proteins: test case, the Y220C mutant of the p53 tumor suppressor protein. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 29(9). 377–390. 14 indexed citations

Jonsson, Amanda L., R. Dustin Schaeffer, Marc W. van der Kamp, & Valerie Daggett. (2010). Dynameomics: protein dynamics and unfolding across fold space. BioMolecular Concepts. 1(5-6). 335–344. 1 indexed citations

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Toofanny, Rudesh D., Amanda L. Jonsson, & Valerie Daggett. (2010). A Comprehensive Multidimensional-Embedded, One-Dimensional Reaction Coordinate for Protein Unfolding/Folding. Biophysical Journal. 98(11). 2671–2681. 23 indexed citations

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Key, Jason, Thomas H. Scheuermann, Peter C. Anderson, Valerie Daggett, & Kevin H. Gardner. (2009). Principles of Ligand Binding within a Completely Buried Cavity in HIF2α PAS-B. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(48). 17647–17654. 96 indexed citations

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Beck, David A. C., Amanda L. Jonsson, R. Dustin Schaeffer, et al.. (2008). Dynameomics: mass annotation of protein dynamics and unfolding in water by high-throughput atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 21(6). 353–368. 55 indexed citations

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Beck, David A. C. & Valerie Daggett. (2007). A One-Dimensional Reaction Coordinate for Identification of Transition States from Explicit Solvent Pfold-Like Calculations. Biophysical Journal. 93(10). 3382–3391. 22 indexed citations

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White, George, Stefano Gianni, J. Günter Grossmann, et al.. (2005). Simulation and Experiment Conspire to Reveal Cryptic Intermediates and a Slide from the Nucleation-condensation to Framework Mechanism of Folding. Journal of Molecular Biology. 350(4). 757–775. 60 indexed citations

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DeMarco, Mari L. & Valerie Daggett. (2005). Local environmental effects on the structure of the prion protein. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 328(10-11). 847–862. 43 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yongjin, Darwin O. V. Alonso, Kosuke Maki, et al.. (2003). Ultrafast folding of α ₃ D: A de novo designed three-helix bundle protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(26). 15486–15491. 135 indexed citations

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Armen, Roger S., Darwin O. V. Alonso, & Valerie Daggett. (2003). The role of α‐, 3₁₀‐, and π‐helix in helix→coil transitions. Protein Science. 12(6). 1145–1157. 114 indexed citations

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Riley, Robert, et al.. (2002). Probing the Energy Landscape of Protein Folding/Unfolding Transition States. Journal of Molecular Biology. 319(1). 229–242. 27 indexed citations

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Kazmirski, Steven L., Rivka L. Isaacson, Ashley M. Buckle, et al.. (2002). Loss of a metal-binding site in gelsolin leads to familial amyloidosis–Finnish type. Nature Structural Biology. 9(2). 112–116. 61 indexed citations

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Kazmirski, Steven L. & Valerie Daggett. (1998). Non-native interactions in protein folding intermediates: molecular dynamics simulations of hen lysozyme. Journal of Molecular Biology. 284(3). 793–806. 42 indexed citations

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