Víctor Muñoz

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
111 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Víctor Muñoz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Víctor Muñoz has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Molecular Biology, 60 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Víctor Muñoz's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (84 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (60 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (38 papers). Víctor Muñoz is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (84 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (60 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (38 papers). Víctor Muñoz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Víctor Muñoz's co-authors include William A. Eaton, James Hofrichter, Luís Serrano, Peggy A. Thompson, Athi N. Naganathan, Mourad Sadqi, Luís Serrano, José M. Sánchez‐Ruiz, Eric R. Henry and Luis Serrano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Víctor Muñoz

107 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Folding dynamics and mechanism of β-hairpin formation

1997 809 citations Víctor Muñoz, Peggy A. Thompson et al. Nature profile →
Elucidating the folding problem of helical peptides using empirical parameters

1994 648 citations Víctor Muñoz et al. profile →
A simple model for calculating the kinetics of protein folding from three-dimensional structures

1999 531 citations Víctor Muñoz, William A. Eaton Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Víctor Muñoz	7.8k	4.2k	1.2k	1.1k	759	111	8.6k
Susan Marqusee	7.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	636 0.8×	128	8.3k
Sophie Jackson	6.2k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	669 0.6×	542 0.5×	761 1.0×	111	7.1k
Tobin R. Sosnick	9.9k 1.3×	4.2k 1.0×	999 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	169	11.1k
Dorothee Kern	8.7k 1.1×	2.9k 0.7×	925 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	75	10.5k
Hue Sun Chan	10.2k 1.3×	5.3k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	738 1.0×	149	11.7k
George D. Rose	10.9k 1.4×	5.1k 1.2×	855 0.7×	1.9k 1.7×	846 1.1×	112	12.6k
Zaida Luthey‐Schulten	8.1k 1.0×	3.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	786 0.7×	539 0.7×	133	9.6k
José M. Sánchez‐Ruiz	6.2k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	746 0.6×	575 0.5×	752 1.0×	140	7.5k
Robert L. Jernigan	11.9k 1.5×	5.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	727 1.0×	283	14.2k
Andrea Amadei	5.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	1.9k 1.7×	930 0.8×	792 1.0×	190	8.2k

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Campos, Luis A. & Víctor Muñoz. (2024). Targeting the protein folding transition state by mutation: Large scale (un)folding rate accelerations without altering native stability. Protein Science. 33(7). e5031–e5031. 1 indexed citations

Sadqi, Mourad, et al.. (2024). How to scan naked DNA using promiscuous recognition and no clamping: a model for pioneer transcription factors. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(18). 11098–11114. 2 indexed citations

Muñoz, Víctor, et al.. (2024). Using Montecarlo Optimization for an Improved Solar Active Region Algorithm Detection Scheme. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2839(1). 12012–12012.

Schönfelder, Jörg, et al.. (2023). Compliant mechanical response of the ultrafast folding protein EnHD under force. Communications Physics. 6(1). 2 indexed citations

Sadqi, Mourad, et al.. (2022). A modular approach to map out the conformational landscapes of unbound intrinsically disordered proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(23). e2113572119–e2113572119. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Zifan, et al.. (2021). Single-Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy Approaches for Probing Fast Biomolecular Dynamics and Interactions. Methods in molecular biology. 2376. 235–246. 1 indexed citations

Schönfelder, Jörg, David De Sancho, Ronen Berkovich, et al.. (2018). Reversible two-state folding of the ultrafast protein gpW under mechanical force. Communications Chemistry. 1(1). 17 indexed citations

Liu, Jianwei, Luis A. Campos, Michele Cerminara, et al.. (2011). Exploring one-state downhill protein folding in single molecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(1). 179–184. 47 indexed citations

Naganathan, Athi N. & Víctor Muñoz. (2010). Insights into protein folding mechanisms from large scale analysis of mutational effects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(19). 8611–8616. 94 indexed citations

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Desai, Tanay M., Michele Cerminara, Mourad Sadqi, & Víctor Muñoz. (2010). The Effect of Electrostatics on the Marginal Cooperativity of an Ultrafast Folding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(45). 34549–34556. 18 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Víctor. (2008). Protein folding, misfolding and aggregation : classical themes and novel approaches. 34 indexed citations

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Santa‐María, Ismael, Mar Pérez, Félix Hernández, et al.. (2006). In vitro tau fibrillization: Mapping protein regions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1762(7). 683–692. 20 indexed citations

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Pérez, Mar, Mourad Sadqi, Víctor Muñoz, & Jesús Ávila. (2003). Inhibition by Aplidine of the aggregation of the prion peptide PrP 106–126 into β-sheet fibrils. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1639(2). 133–139. 13 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Víctor, et al.. (2002). Hombría y feminidad (construcción cultural de actores emergentes). 1 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Víctor, Peggy A. Thompson, James Hofrichter, & William A. Eaton. (1997). Folding dynamics and mechanism of β-hairpin formation. Nature. 390(6656). 196–199. 809 indexed citations breakdown →

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Muñoz, Víctor & Luís Serrano. (1996). Local versus nonlocal interactions in protein folding and stability – an experimentalist's point of view. PubMed. 1(4). R71–R77. 80 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Víctor, et al.. (1996). Analysis of the effect of local interactions on protein stability. PubMed. 1(3). 167–178. 65 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Víctor & Luís Serrano. (1995). Helix design, prediction and stability. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 6(4). 382–386. 74 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Víctor & Luís Serrano. (1994). Intrinsic secondary structure propensities of the amino acids, using statistical ϕ–ψ matrices: Comparison with experimental scales. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 20(4). 301–311. 257 indexed citations

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Muñoz, Víctor, et al.. (1994). Kinetic Characterization of the Chemotactic Protein from Escherichia coli, CheY. Kinetic Analysis of the Inverse Hydrophobic Effect. Biochemistry. 33(19). 5858–5866. 65 indexed citations

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