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Best Scientists 175 700 434 956 185496
Chemistry 165 78 43 812 183780

Klaus Schulten publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Klaus Schulten between 1972 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Klaus Schulten published across 52 years, from 1972 to 2023, averaging 18.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 60 publications in 2010. 1 of the 957 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1972 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 60. Peak 60 publications in 2010. 1972: 1 publication 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 3 publications 1976: 3 publications 1977: 3 publications 1978: 8 publications 1979: 4 publications 1980: 7 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 12 publications 1986: 15 publications 1987: 10 publications 1988: 15 publications 1989: 11 publications 1990: 16 publications 1991: 15 publications 1992: 16 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 12 publications 1995: 20 publications 1996: 22 publications 1997: 22 publications 1998: 14 publications 1999: 20 publications 2000: 24 publications 2001: 15 publications 2002: 28 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 38 publications 2005: 28 publications 2006: 34 publications 2007: 26 publications 2008: 31 publications 2009: 49 publications 2010: 60 publications 2011: 47 publications 2012: 39 publications 2013: 53 publications 2014: 42 publications 2015: 47 publications 2016: 51 publications 2017: 31 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 1 publication 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication
1972 2023

957 publications in total across all disciplines

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Klaus Schulten: publications per year, 1972 to 2023
Year Publications
1972 1
1973 0
1974 0
1975 3
1976 3
1977 3
1978 8
1979 4
1980 7
1981 4
1982 3
1983 3
1984 6
1985 12
1986 15
1987 10
1988 15
1989 11
1990 16
1991 15
1992 16
1993 8
1994 12
1995 20
1996 22
1997 22
1998 14
1999 20
2000 24
2001 15
2002 28
2003 17
2004 38
2005 28
2006 34
2007 26
2008 31
2009 49
2010 60
2011 47
2012 39
2013 53
2014 42
2015 47
2016 51
2017 31
2018 14
2019 7
2020 1
2021 1
2022 0
2023 1
Total 957
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Klaus Schulten publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Klaus Schulten sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 801–820 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 812 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39 812
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Klaus Schulten D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Klaus Schulten sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 159+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 165 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98 165
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation In recognition of outstanding contributions in theoretical and computational biology, in particular, the study of bacteriorhodospin, the photosynthetic reaction center, selforganizing sensory mappings, and neutral networks

Overview

Klaus Schulten was affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research contributions spanned multiple fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and chemistry. The specialist subfields within their work included molecular biology, spectroscopy, biomedical engineering, physical and theoretical chemistry, and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The central topics of their research focused on protein structure and dynamics, advanced NMR techniques and applications, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, as well as spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies.

Klaus Schulten published notable papers such as:

  • "Scalable molecular dynamics on CPU and GPU architectures with NAMD" (2020) in The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Theoretical Description of the Primary Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reaction in the Cytochrome bc1 Complex" (2021) in Journal of the American Chemical Society

The frequent co-authors in Klaus Schulten's work included Zaida Luthey-Schulten, J. C. Phillips, David J. Hardy, Julio D. C. Maia, and John E. Stone. These collaborations reflected a broad engagement with peers working on related scientific topics.

Their research output was published in journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Klaus Schulten received recognition as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1992, awarded for outstanding contributions in theoretical and computational biology, particularly highlighting work on bacteriorhodopsin, photosynthetic reaction centers, self-organizing sensory mappings, and neutral networks.

Best Publications

  • VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    William Humphrey;Andrew Dalke;Klaus Schulten

  • Scalable molecular dynamics with NAMD

    James C. Phillips;Rosemary Braun;Wei Wang;James C. Gumbart

  • NAMD2: Greater Scalability for Parallel Molecular Dynamics

    Laxmikant Kalé;Robert Skeel;Milind Bhandarkar;Robert Brunner

  • Scalable molecular dynamics on CPU and GPU architectures with NAMD.

    James C. Phillips;David J. Hardy;Julio D.C. Maia;John E. Stone

  • Molecular biomimetics: nanotechnology through biology

    Mehmet Sarikaya;Candan Tamerler;Candan Tamerler;Alex K. Y. Jen;Klaus Schulten

  • A Model for Photoreceptor-Based Magnetoreception in Birds

    Thorsten Ritz;Salih Adem;Klaus Schulten

  • The crystal structure of the light-harvesting complex II (B800–850) from Rhodospirillum molischianum

    Juergen Koepke;Xiche Hu;Cornelia Muenke;Klaus Schulten

  • Steered molecular dynamics and mechanical functions of proteins

    Barry Isralewitz;Mu Gao;Klaus Schulten

  • Control of the selectivity of the aquaporin water channel family by global orientational tuning.

    Emad Tajkhorshid;Peter Nollert;Morten Ø. Jensen;Larry J. W. Miercke

  • Calculating potentials of mean force from steered molecular dynamics simulations.

    Sanghyun Park;Klaus Schulten

  • Scalable Molecular Dynamics with NAMD.

    James C. Phillips;Klaus Schulten;Abhinav Bhatele;Chao Mei

  • Flexible Fitting of Atomic Structures into Electron Microscopy Maps Using Molecular Dynamics

    Leonardo G. Trabuco;Elizabeth Villa;Kakoli Mitra;Joachim Frank;Joachim Frank

  • Mechanical unfolding intermediates in titin modules.

    Piotr E. Marszalek;Hui Lu;Hongbin Li;Mariano Carrion-Vazquez

  • Mature HIV-1 capsid structure by cryo-electron microscopy and all-atom molecular dynamics

    Gongpu Zhao;Juan R. Perilla;Ernest L. Yufenyuy;Ernest L. Yufenyuy;Xin Meng

  • First passage time approach to diffusion controlled reactions

    Attila Szabo;Klaus Schulten;Zan Schulten

  • Molecular dynamics study of unbinding of the avidin-biotin complex.

    S. Izrailev;S. Stepaniants;M. Balsera;Y. Oono

  • Free energy calculation from steered molecular dynamics simulations using Jarzynski's equality

    Sanghyun Park;Fatemeh Khalili-Araghi;Emad Tajkhorshid;Klaus Schulten

  • Accelerating molecular modeling applications with graphics processors

    John E. Stone;James C. Phillips;Peter L. Freddolino;David J. Hardy

  • Unfolding of Titin Immunoglobulin Domains by Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulation

    Hui Lu;Barry Isralewitz;André Krammer;Viola Vogel

  • Generalized Verlet Algorithm for Efficient Molecular Dynamics Simulations with Long-range Interactions

    H. Grubmüller;H. Heller;A. Windemuth;K. Schulten

  • NAMD: a Parallel, Object-Oriented Molecular Dynamics Program

    Mark T. Nelson;William Humphrey;Attila Gursoy;Andrew Dalke

Frequent Co-Authors

Emad Tajkhorshid
Emad Tajkhorshid University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christophe Chipot
Christophe Chipot University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John E. Stone
John E. Stone Nvidia (United States)
Helge Ritter
Helge Ritter Bielefeld University
Benoît Roux
Benoît Roux University of Chicago
Roland Beckmann
Roland Beckmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Joachim Frank
Joachim Frank Columbia University
Martin Gruebele
Martin Gruebele University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Martinetz
Thomas Martinetz University of Lübeck
Aleksei Aksimentiev
Aleksei Aksimentiev University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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