Wolfgang Damm

13.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
29 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Damm is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Damm has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Organic Chemistry and 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Damm's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (6 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (6 papers). Wolfgang Damm is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (6 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (6 papers). Wolfgang Damm collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Wolfgang Damm's co-authors include Richard A. Friesner, Edward Harder, Woody Sherman, Devleena Shivakumar, William L. Jorgensen, Robert Abel, Lingle Wang, Chuanjie Wu, Markus K. Dahlgren and Thomas A. Halgren and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Damm

29 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

OPLS3: A Force Field Providing B... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2015 2010 2005 2021 2019 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. OPLS3: A Force Field Providing Broad Coverage of Drug-like Small Molecules and Proteins
    2015 2.4k citations Edward Harder, Wolfgang Damm et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →
  2. Prediction of Absolute Solvation Free Energies using Molecular Dynamics Free Energy Perturbation and the OPLS Force Field
    2010 1.5k citations Devleena Shivakumar, Joshua Williams et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →
  3. Integrated Modeling Program, Applied Chemical Theory (IMPACT)
    2005 1.2k citations Jay L. Banks, Yixiang Cao et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →
  4. OPLS4: Improving Force Field Accuracy on Challenging Regimes of Chemical Space
    2021 1.1k citations Chao Lü, Chuanjie Wu et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →
  5. OPLS3e: Extending Force Field Coverage for Drug-Like Small Molecules
    2019 857 citations Katarina Roos, Chuanjie Wu et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →
  6. OPLS all-atom force field for carbohydrates
    1997 575 citations Wolfgang Damm, Antonio Frontera et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →

Peers

Wolfgang Damm
John C. Shelley United States
Ramy Farid United States
Tyler Day United States
Edward Harder United States
Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes Portugal
Mark A. Murcko United States
Maria J. Ramos Portugal
Chang‐Guo Zhan United States
Mee Shelley Canada
Kenno Vanommeslaeghe United States
John C. Shelley United States
Wolfgang Damm
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Damm

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Chuanjie, Wolfgang Damm, David R. Langley, et al.. (2025). Accurate Physics-Based Prediction of Binding Affinities of RNA- and DNA-Targeting Ligands. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(3). 1392–1403. 1 indexed citations
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Lü, Chao, Chuanjie Wu, Delaram Ghoreishi, et al.. (2021). OPLS4: Improving Force Field Accuracy on Challenging Regimes of Chemical Space. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 17(7). 4291–4300. 1074 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ghoreishi, Delaram, Wolfgang Damm, Edward Harder, et al.. (2020). Advancing Free-Energy Calculations of Metalloenzymes in Drug Discovery via Implementation of LFMM Potentials. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 16(11). 6926–6937. 8 indexed citations
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Roos, Katarina, Chuanjie Wu, Wolfgang Damm, et al.. (2019). OPLS3e: Extending Force Field Coverage for Drug-Like Small Molecules. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 15(3). 1863–1874. 857 indexed citations breakdown →
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Renna, Lawrence A., et al.. (2017). High Energy Density in Azobenzene-based Materials for Photo-Thermal Batteries via Controlled Polymer Architecture and Polymer-Solvent Interactions. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17773–17773. 39 indexed citations
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Shivakumar, Devleena, Joshua Williams, Yujie Wu, et al.. (2010). Prediction of Absolute Solvation Free Energies using Molecular Dynamics Free Energy Perturbation and the OPLS Force Field. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 6(5). 1509–1519. 1497 indexed citations breakdown →
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Damm, Wolfgang, et al.. (2007). Explicit-Solvent Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Polysaccharide Schizophyllan in Water. Biophysical Journal. 93(2). 442–455. 57 indexed citations
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Banks, Jay L., Yixiang Cao, Art E. Cho, et al.. (2005). Integrated Modeling Program, Applied Chemical Theory (IMPACT). Journal of Computational Chemistry. 26(16). 1752–1780. 1195 indexed citations breakdown →
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Damm, Wolfgang, et al.. (2004). Explicit-Solvent Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the β(1→3)- and β(1→6)-Linked Disaccharides β-Laminarabiose and β-Gentiobiose in Water. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 108(18). 5815–5826. 27 indexed citations
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Damm, Wolfgang, et al.. (2002). An improved OPLS–AA force field for carbohydrates. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 23(15). 1416–1429. 210 indexed citations
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Halgren, Thomas A. & Wolfgang Damm. (2001). Polarizable force fields. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 11(2). 236–242. 412 indexed citations
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Damm, Wolfgang & Wilfred F. van Gunsteren. (2000). Reversible peptide folding: Dependence on molecular force field used. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 21(9). 774–787. 1 indexed citations
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Glatthar, Ralf, Martin Spichty, Rohit Batra, et al.. (2000). Mechanistic Studies in the Radical Induced DNA Strand Cleavage—Formation and Reactivity of the Radical Cation Intermediate. Tetrahedron. 56(25). 4117–4128. 20 indexed citations
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Damm, Wolfgang, Antonio Frontera, Julian Tirado‐Rives, & William L. Jorgensen. (1997). OPLS all‐atom force field for carbohydrates. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 18(16). 1955–1970. 37 indexed citations
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Damm, Wolfgang, Joachim Dickhaut, Frank Wetterich, & Bernd Giese. (1993). Transition states for the hydrogen atom abstraction reaction by ga-oxygen substituted radicals: Felkin-Anh Rule in Radical Chemistry. Tetrahedron Letters. 34(3). 431–434. 18 indexed citations
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Damm, Wolfgang, et al.. (1993). The influence of substituents at prochiral centers on the stereoselectivity of enolate radicals. Tetrahedron Letters. 34(44). 7053–7056. 8 indexed citations
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Thoma, Gebhard, Dennis P. Curran, Steven J. Geib, et al.. (1993). 1,2-Asymmetric induction in reactions of nonconjugated acyclic radicals: a new model for highly selective atom-transfer reactions of alkyl-substituted radicals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115(19). 8585–8591. 22 indexed citations
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Damm, Wolfgang, et al.. (1992). Diastereofacial selectivity in reactions of substituted cyclohexyl radicals. An experimental and theoretical study. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 114(11). 4067–4079. 90 indexed citations
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Giese, Bernd, et al.. (1992). The Felkin-Anh Rule in Radical Chemistry: 1,2-Stereoinduction in Radical Addition to Alkenes. Synlett. 1992(5). 441–443. 21 indexed citations
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Giese, Bernd, et al.. (1991). Cram's rule for radical reactions. Tetrahedron Letters. 32(43). 6097–6100. 32 indexed citations

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