Van N. Nguyen

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Van N. Nguyen is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Van N. Nguyen has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Van N. Nguyen's work include Biochemical and Molecular Research (5 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (5 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (4 papers). Van N. Nguyen is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Molecular Research (5 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (5 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (4 papers). Van N. Nguyen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Norway. Van N. Nguyen's co-authors include Makonen Belema, Lawrence B. Snyder, Nicholas A. Meanwell, Robert A. Fridell, Julie A. Lemm, Donald R. O’Boyle, Michael H. Serrano‐Wu, Min Gao, Jin-Hua Sun and David R. Langley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Virology.

In The Last Decade

Van N. Nguyen

13 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Chemical genetics strateg... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
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. Chemical genetics strategy identifies an HCV NS5A inhibitor with a potent clinical effect
    2010 689 citations Min Gao, Richard E. Nettles et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Van N. Nguyen United States 12 639 498 303 260 219 14 1.1k
Makonen Belema United States 13 749 1.2× 558 1.1× 292 1.0× 322 1.2× 280 1.3× 18 1.2k
Michael H. Serrano‐Wu United States 18 795 1.2× 633 1.3× 307 1.0× 350 1.3× 342 1.6× 31 1.4k
Sonal Rajyaguru United States 18 728 1.1× 550 1.1× 191 0.6× 589 2.3× 272 1.2× 25 1.1k
Shalini Bansal United States 14 710 1.1× 609 1.2× 224 0.7× 654 2.5× 440 2.0× 29 1.4k
Tsuyoshi Adachi Japan 12 694 1.1× 406 0.8× 177 0.6× 305 1.2× 370 1.7× 20 1.2k
Meg Keilman United States 9 609 1.0× 482 1.0× 181 0.6× 522 2.0× 319 1.5× 12 1.1k
Herman de Kock Sweden 10 563 0.9× 406 0.8× 101 0.3× 308 1.2× 134 0.6× 21 838
Ted Halmos Canada 12 451 0.7× 215 0.4× 202 0.7× 252 1.0× 255 1.2× 15 747
Murray D. Bailey Canada 15 465 0.7× 230 0.5× 609 2.0× 273 1.1× 321 1.5× 25 1.2k
Clarence J. Maring United States 21 368 0.6× 500 1.0× 615 2.0× 270 1.0× 405 1.8× 42 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Van N. Nguyen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Van N. Nguyen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Van N. Nguyen

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Belema, Makonen, Van N. Nguyen, J. Romine, et al.. (2014). Hepatitis C Virus NS5A Replication Complex Inhibitors. Part 6: Discovery of a Novel and Highly Potent Biarylimidazole Chemotype with Inhibitory Activity Toward Genotypes 1a and 1b Replicons. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 57(5). 1995–2012. 20 indexed citations
2.
O’Boyle, Donald R., Jin-Hua Sun, Peter T. Nower, et al.. (2013). Characterizations of HCV NS5A replication complex inhibitors. Virology. 444(1-2). 343–354. 35 indexed citations
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Belema, Makonen, Van N. Nguyen, Denis R. St. Laurent, et al.. (2013). HCV NS5A replication complex inhibitors. Part 5: Discovery of potent and pan-genotypic glycinamide cap derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 23(15). 4428–4435. 11 indexed citations
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Lopez, Omar D., Van N. Nguyen, Denis R. St. Laurent, et al.. (2012). HCV NS5A replication complex inhibitors. Part 3 : discovery of potent analogs with distinct core topologies. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 23(3). 779–784. 23 indexed citations
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Gao, Min, Richard E. Nettles, Makonen Belema, et al.. (2010). Chemical genetics strategy identifies an HCV NS5A inhibitor with a potent clinical effect. Nature. 465(7294). 96–100. 689 indexed citations breakdown →
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Belema, Makonen, Amy Bunker, Van N. Nguyen, et al.. (2007). Synthesis and structure–activity relationship of imidazo(1,2-a)thieno(3,2-e)pyrazines as IKK-β inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(15). 4284–4289. 26 indexed citations
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Belema, Makonen, Van N. Nguyen, & F. Christopher Zusi. (2004). Synthesis of 1,1-diarylethylenes from an α-stannyl β-silylstyrene. Tetrahedron Letters. 45(8). 1693–1697. 19 indexed citations
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Weidner‐Wells, Michele A., Kwasi A. Ohemeng, Van N. Nguyen, et al.. (2001). Amidino benzimidazole inhibitors of bacterial two-component systems. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 11(12). 1545–1548. 111 indexed citations
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Sui, Zhihua, Van N. Nguyen, Jeffrey Fernandez, et al.. (1999). Synthesis and topoisomerase inhibitory activities of novel aza-analogues of flavones11Part of the work was presented at the XIVth International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Maastricht, NL, 1996 (Abst. P–10.17). European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 34(5). 381–387. 28 indexed citations
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Sui, Zhihua, et al.. (1998). Synthesis and Inhibitory Activity of Novel Tri- and Tetracyclic Quinolines against Topoisomerases. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 6(6). 735–742. 47 indexed citations
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Ohemeng, Kwasi A., Brent L. Podlogar, Van N. Nguyen, et al.. (1997). DNA Gyrase Inhibitory and Antimicrobial Activities of Some Diphenic Acid Monohydroxamides. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 40(20). 3292–3296. 16 indexed citations
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Sui, Zhihua, et al.. (1997). Synthesis of 2‐substituted 4‐quinazolone‐5‐carboxylic acids as inhibitors of DNA‐gyrase. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 34(1). 153–156.
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Ohemeng, Kwasi A., Van N. Nguyen, Charles F. Schwender, et al.. (1994). Synthesis and 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitory Activities of Some Novel 2-Substituted 5-Benzofuran Hydroxamic Acids. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 37(21). 3663–3667. 41 indexed citations
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Ohemeng, Kwasi A., Van N. Nguyen, Charles F. Schwender, et al.. (1994). Novel bishydroxamic acids as 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 2(3). 187–193. 4 indexed citations

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