Wolfram Saenger

48.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
607 papers, 39.6k citations indexed

About

Wolfram Saenger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfram Saenger has authored 607 papers receiving a total of 39.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 345 papers in Molecular Biology, 202 papers in Materials Chemistry and 138 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wolfram Saenger's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (138 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (101 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (73 papers). Wolfram Saenger is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (138 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (101 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (73 papers). Wolfram Saenger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Poland. Wolfram Saenger's co-authors include George A. Jeffrey, Athina Zouni, Jan Kern, Norbert Krauß, Thomas Steiner, Petra Fromme, Bernhard Loll, Jacek Biesiadka, Horst Tobias Witt and Olaf Klukas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Wolfram Saenger

604 papers receiving 38.2k citations

Hit Papers

Principles of Nucleic Acid Structure 1967 2026 1986 2006 1984 1991 2001 1980 2001 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Principles of Nucleic Acid Structure
    1984 3.4k citations Wolfram Saenger profile →
  2. Hydrogen Bonding in Biological Structures
    1991 2.2k citations Wolfram Saenger et al. profile →
  3. Three-dimensional structure of cyanobacterial photosystem I at 2.5 Å resolution
    2001 1.9k citations Patrick Jordan, Petra Fromme et al. profile →
  4. Cyclodextrin Inclusion Compounds in Research and Industry
    1980 1.7k citations Wolfram Saenger Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English profile →
  5. Crystal structure of photosystem II from Synechococcus elongatus at 3.8 Å resolution
    2001 1.5k citations Athina Zouni, H. T. Witt et al. profile →
  6. Towards complete cofactor arrangement in the 3.0 Å resolution structure of photosystem II
    2005 1.5k citations Bernhard Loll, Jan Kern et al. profile →
  7. Cyanobacterial photosystem II at 2.9-Å resolution and the role of quinones, lipids, channels and chloride
    2009 949 citations Jan Kern, Athina Zouni et al. profile →
  8. Where Water Is Oxidized to Dioxygen: Structure of the Photosynthetic Mn 4 Ca Cluster
    2006 662 citations Junko Yano, Jan Kern et al. Science profile →
  9. Structures of the Common Cyclodextrins and Their Larger AnaloguesBeyond the Doughnut
    1998 633 citations Wolfram Saenger et al. profile →
  10. Inclusion Compounds. XIX.1a The Formation of Inclusion Compounds of α-Cyclodextrin in Aqueous Solutions. Thermodynamics and Kinetics
    1967 615 citations Wolfram Saenger 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
Wolfram Saenger Germany 85 23.5k 8.8k 6.4k 5.4k 4.9k 607 39.6k
Jayaraman Chandrasekhar India 44 21.9k 0.9× 9.2k 1.0× 9.1k 1.4× 5.6k 1.0× 11.8k 2.4× 181 47.2k
Arieh Warshel United States 111 27.3k 1.2× 9.0k 1.0× 5.7k 0.9× 4.8k 0.9× 14.9k 3.1× 424 43.0k
Kenneth M. Merz United States 73 23.0k 1.0× 8.7k 1.0× 6.7k 1.1× 4.7k 0.9× 8.0k 1.6× 374 41.5k
Joseph R. Lakowicz United States 98 38.2k 1.6× 26.6k 3.0× 9.8k 1.5× 10.8k 2.0× 8.3k 1.7× 779 85.3k
Walter Thiel Germany 97 9.4k 0.4× 11.3k 1.3× 15.3k 2.4× 6.7k 1.2× 15.2k 3.1× 725 46.0k
William F. DeGrado United States 111 32.1k 1.4× 6.7k 0.8× 8.1k 1.3× 4.5k 0.8× 2.6k 0.5× 538 43.5k
James W. Caldwell United States 22 21.0k 0.9× 7.3k 0.8× 4.7k 0.7× 3.8k 0.7× 6.2k 1.3× 33 36.1k
Jan H. Jensen Denmark 49 10.7k 0.5× 8.0k 0.9× 7.7k 1.2× 5.0k 0.9× 11.0k 2.3× 155 34.6k
Alan E. Mark Australia 74 26.8k 1.1× 8.1k 0.9× 5.6k 0.9× 3.5k 0.6× 7.6k 1.6× 242 44.1k
Robert Huber Germany 135 46.8k 2.0× 11.3k 1.3× 3.5k 0.6× 2.2k 0.4× 2.4k 0.5× 600 66.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weise, Christoph, et al.. (2021). Helix Bundle Domain of Primase RepB′ Is Required for Dinucleotide Formation and Extension. ACS Omega. 6(43). 28903–28911. 1 indexed citations
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Rao, Yijian, Qingjun Ma, Ardeschir Vahedi‐Faridi, et al.. (2010). Molecular basis for SH3 domain regulation of F-BAR–mediated membrane deformation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(18). 8213–8218. 125 indexed citations
3.
Yano, Junko, Jan Kern, Kenneth Sauer, et al.. (2006). Where Water Is Oxidized to Dioxygen: Structure of the Photosynthetic Mn 4 Ca Cluster. Science. 314(5800). 821–825. 662 indexed citations breakdown →
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Loll, Bernhard, Jacek Biesiadka, Christine Rückert, et al.. (2005). Preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of crystals from the recombinantly expressed human major histocompatibility antigen HLA-B*2704 in complex with a viral peptide and with a self-peptide. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 61(10). 939–941. 7 indexed citations
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Bíliková, Katarína, Jozef Hanes, Eckhard Nordhoff, et al.. (2002). Apisimin, a new serine–valine‐rich peptide from honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) royal jelly: purification and molecular characterization1. FEBS Letters. 528(1-3). 125–129. 77 indexed citations
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Zouni, Athina, Jan Kern, Petra Fromme, et al.. (2001). Crystal structure of Photosystem II and aspects of its function. Science Access. 3(1). 2 indexed citations
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Jordan, Patrick, Petra Fromme, Olaf Klukas, et al.. (2001). X-Ray Crystallographic Structure Analysis of Cyanobacterial Photosystem I at 2.5 A Resolution. Science Access. 3(1). 1 indexed citations
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Saenger, Wolfram, et al.. (1999). Analysis of Engineered Multifunctional Peptide Synthetases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(31). 21581–21588. 20 indexed citations
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Krafft, Christoph, Winfried Hinrichs, Peter Orth, Wolfram Saenger, & Heinz Welfle. (1998). Interaction of Tet Repressor with Operator DNA and with Tetracycline Studied by Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal. 74(1). 63–71. 42 indexed citations
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Orth, Peter, et al.. (1998). Conformational changes of the Tet repressor induced by tetracycline trapping. Journal of Molecular Biology. 279(2). 439–447. 104 indexed citations
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Fromme, Petra, et al.. (1996). Structure of Photosystem I at 4.5 Å resolution: a short review including evolutionary aspects. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1275(1-2). 76–83. 53 indexed citations
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Schluckebier, Gerd, Jörg Labahn, Joachim Granzin, Ira Schildkraut, & Wolfram Saenger. (1995). A model for DNA binding and enzyme action derived from crystallographic studies of the TaqI N6-adenine-methyltransferase. Gene. 157(1-2). 131–134. 31 indexed citations
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Muller, Alexander J., Winfried Hinrichs, Wojciech M. Wolf, & Wolfram Saenger. (1993). CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF CALCIUM-FREE PROTEINASE K AT 1.5 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION. PubMed. 269(37). 23108–11. 29 indexed citations
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Steiner, T. & Wolfram Saenger. (1992). 中性子回折データから決定した協同O-H...O-H...O水素結合のH...Hvan der Waals距離. 48(4). 551–552. 1 indexed citations
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Georgalis, Yannis, Athina Zouni, Ulrich Hahn, & Wolfram Saenger. (1991). Synthesis and kinetic study of transition state analogs for ribonuclease T1. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1118(1). 1–5. 9 indexed citations
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Guschlbauer, Wilhelm, et al.. (1987). DNA-ligand interactions : from drugs to proteins. Plenum Press eBooks. 49 indexed citations
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Davies, D.B., Wolfram Saenger, & S. Danyluk. (1982). Structural molecular biology : methods and applications. Plenum Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Saenger, Wolfram & Mathias Noltemeyer. (1974). X‐Ray Structure Analysis of the α‐Cyclodextrin‐Krypton Inclusion Complex: A Noble Gas in an Organic Matrix. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 13(8). 552–553. 16 indexed citations
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Saenger, Wolfram & Mathias Noltemeyer. (1974). Röntgen‐Strukturanalyse des α‐Cyclodextrin‐Krypton‐Einschlußkomplexes: Ein Edelgas in organischer Matrix. Angewandte Chemie. 86(16). 594–595. 10 indexed citations

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