Wayne A. Hendrickson

42.1k total citations · 15 hit papers
300 papers, 32.6k citations indexed

About

Wayne A. Hendrickson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne A. Hendrickson has authored 300 papers receiving a total of 32.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 203 papers in Molecular Biology, 104 papers in Materials Chemistry and 51 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Wayne A. Hendrickson's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (97 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (79 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (37 papers). Wayne A. Hendrickson is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (97 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (79 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (37 papers). Wayne A. Hendrickson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. Wayne A. Hendrickson's co-authors include Peter D. Kwong, Joseph Sodroski, Richard T. Wyatt, Raymond W. Sweet, James E. Robinson, Kurt Drickamer, William I. Weis, Stevan R. Hubbard, Craig M. Ogata and Lei Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Wayne A. Hendrickson

297 papers receiving 31.7k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of an HIV gp120 envelope glycoprotein in com... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1998 1996 1998 1991 1995 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Structure of an HIV gp120 envelope glycoprotein in complex with the CD4 receptor and a neutralizing human antibody
    1998 2.3k citations Peter D. Kwong, Richard T. Wyatt et al. Nature profile →
  2. Structural Analysis of Substrate Binding by the Molecular Chaperone DnaK
    1996 994 citations Craig M. Ogata, Wayne A. Hendrickson et al. Science profile →
  3. The antigenic structure of the HIV gp120 envelope glycoprotein
    1998 980 citations Richard T. Wyatt, Peter D. Kwong et al. Nature profile →
  4. Determination of Macromolecular Structures from Anomalous Diffraction of Synchrotron Radiation
    1991 964 citations Wayne A. Hendrickson Science profile →
  5. Structural basis of cell-cell adhesion by cadherins
    1995 949 citations Lawrence Shapiro, Peter D. Kwong et al. Nature profile →
  6. Crystal structure of the tyrosine kinase domain of the human insulin receptor
    1994 863 citations Wayne A. Hendrickson et al. Nature profile →
  7. Selenomethionyl proteins produced for analysis by multiwavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD): a vehicle for direct determination of three-dimensional structure.
    1990 854 citations Wayne A. Hendrickson et al. profile →
  8. Structure of a C-type mannose-binding protein complexed with an oligosaccharide
    1992 749 citations Wayne A. Hendrickson et al. Nature profile →
  9. A Conserved HIV gp120 Glycoprotein Structure Involved in Chemokine Receptor Binding
    1998 669 citations Richard T. Wyatt, Peter D. Kwong et al. Science profile →
  10. Stereochemically restrained refinement of macromolecular structures
    1985 560 citations Wayne A. Hendrickson profile →
  11. Structure of the hydrophobic protein crambin determined directly from the anomalous scattering of sulphur
    1981 512 citations Wayne A. Hendrickson et al. Nature profile →
  12. Crystal structure of core streptavidin determined from multiwavelength anomalous diffraction of synchrotron radiation.
    1989 500 citations Wayne A. Hendrickson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  13. Crystal structure of an HIV-binding recombinant fragment of human CD4
    1990 463 citations Peter D. Kwong, Raymond W. Sweet et al. Nature profile →
  14. Structure of a mammalian ryanodine receptor
    2014 329 citations Oliver B. Clarke, Robert A. Grassucci et al. Nature profile →
  15. Structural Basis for Gating and Activation of RyR1
    2016 286 citations Oliver B. Clarke, Robert A. Grassucci et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wayne A. Hendrickson United States 89 20.0k 6.5k 6.1k 5.5k 3.9k 300 32.6k
Angela M. Gronenborn United States 109 30.7k 1.5× 3.1k 0.5× 3.7k 0.6× 9.1k 1.7× 2.5k 0.6× 550 40.6k
Peter S. Kim United States 75 17.7k 0.9× 2.8k 0.4× 5.6k 0.9× 4.1k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 176 26.9k
Stephen C. Harrison United States 111 25.2k 1.3× 5.8k 0.9× 5.4k 0.9× 2.4k 0.4× 6.0k 1.5× 350 46.8k
David I. Stuart United Kingdom 102 15.5k 0.8× 5.9k 0.9× 3.8k 0.6× 4.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.3× 459 38.7k
G. Marius Clore United States 117 47.7k 2.4× 4.0k 0.6× 2.9k 0.5× 14.7k 2.7× 4.5k 1.2× 552 60.7k
Raymond A. Dwek United Kingdom 110 29.4k 1.5× 9.9k 1.5× 2.6k 0.4× 1.5k 0.3× 4.7k 1.2× 564 46.1k
Thomas E. Ferrin United States 43 35.6k 1.8× 3.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.2× 5.5k 1.0× 3.9k 1.0× 93 55.6k
Elaine C. Meng United States 29 32.3k 1.6× 3.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.2× 4.9k 0.9× 3.6k 0.9× 35 50.0k
Gerhard Wagner United States 106 29.7k 1.5× 4.3k 0.7× 959 0.2× 5.6k 1.0× 3.3k 0.8× 535 41.9k
Richard A. Lerner United States 95 22.2k 1.1× 4.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.2× 1.9k 0.3× 1.9k 0.5× 417 38.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Qin, Yanan Deng, Min Su, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic insights into phosphoactivation of SLAC1 in guard cell signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(29). e2323040121–e2323040121. 6 indexed citations
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Zuo, Hao, Jinseo Park, Wesley B. Asher, et al.. (2024). Promiscuous G-protein activation by the calcium-sensing receptor. Nature. 629(8011). 481–488. 15 indexed citations
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Vecchioni, Simon, Yoel P. Ohayon, M. P. Anantram, et al.. (2023). Metal‐Mediated DNA Nanotechnology in 3D: Structural Library by Templated Diffraction. Advanced Materials. e2201938–e2201938. 3 indexed citations
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Vecchioni, Simon, Yoel P. Ohayon, M. P. Anantram, et al.. (2023). Metal‐Mediated DNA Nanotechnology in 3D: Structural Library by Templated Diffraction. Advanced Materials. 35(29). e2210938–e2210938. 19 indexed citations
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Ohayon, Yoel P., Lynn J. Rothschild, Shalom J. Wind, et al.. (2023). Heterobimetallic Base Pair Programming in Designer 3D DNA Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(32). 17945–17953. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, Qinglian Liu, Qun Liu, & Wayne A. Hendrickson. (2021). Conformational equilibria in allosteric control of Hsp70 chaperones. Molecular Cell. 81(19). 3919–3933.e7. 16 indexed citations
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Deng, Yanan, Quan Wang, Qiyu Li, et al.. (2021). Structure and activity of SLAC1 channels for stomatal signaling in leaves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(18). 47 indexed citations
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Zhu, Ping, et al.. (2020). PyMDA: microcrystal data assembly using Python. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 53(1). 277–281. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qingqing, Changyi Ji, Ziao Fu, et al.. (2020). Structural and functional characterization of the bestrophin-2 anion channel. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(4). 382–391. 23 indexed citations
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Zhu, Ping, Martin R. Fuchs, Wuxian Shi, et al.. (2019). Synchrotron microcrystal native-SAD phasing at a low energy. IUCrJ. 6(4). 532–542. 12 indexed citations
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Su, Min, Feng Gao, Wenjun Xie, et al.. (2019). Structural basis for activity of TRIC counter-ion channels in calcium release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(10). 4238–4243. 25 indexed citations
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Fuchs, Martin R., Wuxian Shi, John M. Skinner, et al.. (2018). Sample manipulation and data assembly for robust microcrystal synchrotron crystallography. IUCrJ. 5(3). 238–246. 27 indexed citations
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Fu, Ziao, Guo‐Yan Xu, Robert A. Grassucci, et al.. (2018). Structure and activity of lipid bilayer within a membrane-protein transporter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(51). 12985–12990. 123 indexed citations
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Cheung, Jonah, Christopher S. Ginter, M. Cassidy, et al.. (2015). Structural insights into mis-regulation of protein kinase A in human tumors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(5). 1374–1379. 75 indexed citations
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Chang, Yanqi, Renato Bruni, Brian Kloss, et al.. (2014). Structural basis for a pH-sensitive calcium leak across membranes. Science. 344(6188). 1131–1135. 81 indexed citations
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Schneider, Dieter K., L. E. Berman, Oleg Chubar, et al.. (2013). Three Biomedical Beamlines at NSLS-II for Macromolecular Crystallography and Small-Angle Scattering. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 425(1). 12003–12003. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Qun, Tassadite Dahmane, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2012). Structures from Anomalous Diffraction of Native Biological Macromolecules. Science. 336(6084). 1033–1037. 129 indexed citations
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Giraudo, Claudio G., Alejandro Garcia-Diaz, William Eng, et al.. (2009). Alternative Zippering as an On-Off Switch for SNARE-Mediated Fusion. Science. 323(5913). 512–516. 127 indexed citations
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Huang, Chih-chin, Miro Venturi, Shahzad Majeed, et al.. (2004). Structural basis of tyrosine sulfation and V H -gene usage in antibodies that recognize the HIV type 1 coreceptor-binding site on gp120. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(9). 2706–2711. 213 indexed citations
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Kwong, Peter D., R. Wyatt, Shahzad Majeed, et al.. (2000). Structures of HIV-1 gp120 Envelope Glycoproteins from Laboratory-Adapted and Primary Isolates. Structure. 8(12). 1329–1339. 320 indexed citations

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