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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 197 20 13 888 197910
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Martin Karplus publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Martin Karplus between 1952 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Martin Karplus published across 74 years, from 1952 to 2025, averaging 12.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 1999. 3 of the 923 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1952 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 1999. 1952: 1 publication 1953: 0 publications 1954: 1 publication 1955: 0 publications 1956: 1 publication 1957: 1 publication 1958: 1 publication 1959: 8 publications 1960: 6 publications 1961: 4 publications 1962: 7 publications 1963: 12 publications 1964: 10 publications 1965: 7 publications 1966: 10 publications 1967: 6 publications 1968: 7 publications 1969: 9 publications 1970: 9 publications 1971: 19 publications 1972: 13 publications 1973: 6 publications 1974: 5 publications 1975: 10 publications 1976: 8 publications 1977: 10 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 13 publications 1980: 14 publications 1981: 13 publications 1982: 12 publications 1983: 16 publications 1984: 19 publications 1985: 23 publications 1986: 33 publications 1987: 33 publications 1988: 32 publications 1989: 11 publications 1990: 24 publications 1991: 35 publications 1992: 11 publications 1993: 18 publications 1994: 20 publications 1995: 24 publications 1996: 19 publications 1997: 20 publications 1998: 22 publications 1999: 38 publications 2000: 20 publications 2001: 26 publications 2002: 35 publications 2003: 27 publications 2004: 20 publications 2005: 26 publications 2006: 17 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 3 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 1 publication
1952 2025

923 publications in total across all disciplines

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Martin Karplus: publications per year, 1952 to 2025
Year Publications
1952 1
1953 0
1954 1
1955 0
1956 1
1957 1
1958 1
1959 8
1960 6
1961 4
1962 7
1963 12
1964 10
1965 7
1966 10
1967 6
1968 7
1969 9
1970 9
1971 19
1972 13
1973 6
1974 5
1975 10
1976 8
1977 10
1978 4
1979 13
1980 14
1981 13
1982 12
1983 16
1984 19
1985 23
1986 33
1987 33
1988 32
1989 11
1990 24
1991 35
1992 11
1993 18
1994 20
1995 24
1996 19
1997 20
1998 22
1999 38
2000 20
2001 26
2002 35
2003 27
2004 20
2005 26
2006 17
2007 11
2008 17
2009 14
2010 12
2011 7
2012 5
2013 6
2014 9
2015 1
2016 3
2017 5
2018 7
2019 6
2020 7
2021 5
2022 7
2023 2
2024 2
2025 1
Total 923
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Martin Karplus publications per year - data summary

  • Martin Karplus, a Chemistry scholar from Harvard University, has 923 publications recorded across 74 years, from 1952 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1952 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 1999, with 38 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 74 years in the span carry no publications at all (1953 and 1955).
  • The rate of publication averages 12.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 12.8 per year counting only the 72 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 17 publications, 2% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1952-1976: 161 publications (6.4 per year); 1977-2001: 510 publications (20.4 per year); 2002-2025: 252 publications (10.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Martin Karplus 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 Martin Karplus 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, 881–900 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: 888 publications — 98th percentile

98% 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
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26 888
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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Martin Karplus publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 63 ranges running from 61–80 to 1,295+ publications.
  • Martin Karplus, a Chemistry scholar from Harvard University, records 888 publications - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Martin Karplus, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 241–260 publications range, and Martin Karplus ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 161–180 publications, holding 1,350 scientists (8% of the field).
  • 77% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 361–380 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Martin Karplus 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 Martin Karplus 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: 197 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.

View D-Index distribution as a table
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+ 98 197
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Martin Karplus D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 159+ D-Index.
  • Martin Karplus, a Chemistry scholar from Harvard University, records 197 D-Index - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Martin Karplus, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Martin Karplus ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 56–57 D-Index, holding 1,051 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Nobel Prize for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems
  • 2004 - Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1991 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1987 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1987 - Irving Langmuir Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1967 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1967 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1959 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Martin Karplus was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research focused predominantly on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, contributing a total of 35 publications. Within this broad field, their subfield expertise included Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Cell Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of work encompassed Protein Structure and Dynamics, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Hemoglobin Structure and Function, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Enzyme Structure and Function.

Martin Karplus contributed to a number of scholarly articles, including:

  • CHARMM at 45: Enhancements in Accessibility, Functionality, and Speed (2024) - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • The trajectory of intrahelical lesion recognition and extrusion by the human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (2020) - Nature Communications
  • Water Dynamics Around Proteins: T- and R-States of Hemoglobin and Melittin (2020) - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Design of immunogens to elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV targeting the CD4 binding site (2021) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Multiscale affinity maturation simulations to elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV (2022) - PLoS Computational Biology

Frequent collaborators in their work included:

  • Victor Ovchinnikov
  • Markus Meuwly
  • Simone Conti
  • Marco Pezzella
  • Adam P. Willard

Martin Karplus's research appeared often in several publication venues such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Journal of Computational Chemistry
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics

They also contributed to book publications, notably a book titled Facetten meines Lebens published by Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften eBooks in 2022.

The scientist received numerous awards during their career. These include the Nobel Prize in 2013 for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems, the Linus Pauling Award from the American Chemical Society in 2004, Fellowship of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom in 2000, membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991, and the Irving Langmuir Award from the American Chemical Society in 1987.

Other recognitions comprised Fellowships at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1987), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1967), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1966), and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1959), as well as membership in the National Academy of Sciences (1967).

Best Publications

  • All-atom empirical potential for molecular modeling and dynamics studies of proteins.

    A. D. MacKerell;D. Bashford;M. Bellott;R. L. Dunbrack

  • CHARMM: A program for macromolecular energy, minimization, and dynamics calculations

    Bernard R. Brooks;Robert E. Bruccoleri;Barry D. Olafson;David J. States

  • CHARMM: the biomolecular simulation program.

    B. R. Brooks;C. L. Brooks;A. D. Mackerell;L. Nilsson

  • Contact Electron‐Spin Coupling of Nuclear Magnetic Moments

    Martin Karplus

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules

    Martin Karplus;J. Andrew McCammon

  • Vicinal Proton Coupling in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

    Martin. Karplus

  • A combined quantum mechanical and molecular mechanical potential for molecular dynamics simulations

    M. J. Field;Paul A. Bash;Martin Karplus

  • Crystallographic R Factor Refinement by Molecular Dynamics

    Axel T. Brünger;John Kuriyan;Martin Karplus

  • Dynamics of folded proteins

    J A Mccammon;B R Gelin;M Karplus

  • Simulation of activation free energies in molecular systems

    Eyal Neria;Stefan Fischer;Martin Karplus

  • pKa's of ionizable groups in proteins: atomic detail from a continuum electrostatic model.

    Donald Bashford;Martin Karplus

  • Effective energy function for proteins in solution.

    Themis Lazaridis;Martin Karplus

  • Molecular dynamics simulations in biology.

    Martin Karplus;Gregory A. Petsko

  • Evaluation of comparative protein modeling by MODELLER.

    A. Sali;L. Potterton;Feng Yuan;H. Van Vlijmen

  • How Enzymes Work: Analysis by Modern Rate Theory and Computer Simulations

    Mireia Garcia-Viloca;Jiali Gao;Martin Karplus;Martin Karplus;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Collective motions in proteins: a covariance analysis of atomic fluctuations in molecular dynamics and normal mode simulations.

    Toshiko Ichiye;Martin Karplus

  • Molecular dynamics and protein function

    M. Karplus;J. Kuriyan

  • How does a protein fold

    Andrej Šali;Eugene Shakhnovich;Martin Karplus

  • A hierarchy of timescales in protein dynamics is linked to enzyme catalysis.

    Katherine A. Henzler-Wildman;Ming Lei;Vu Thai;S. Jordan Kerns

  • Backbone-dependent Rotamer Library for Proteins Application to Side-chain Prediction

    Roland L. Dunbrack;Martin Karplus

  • Proteins: A Theoretical Perspective of Dynamics, Structure, and Thermodynamics

    C. L. Brooks;M. Karplus;B. Montgomery Pettitt;Robert H. Austin

  • Protein Folding: A Perspective from Theory and Experiment.

    Christopher M. Dobson;Andrej Šali;Martin Karplus

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher M. Dobson
Christopher M. Dobson University of Cambridge
Axel T. Brunger
Axel T. Brunger Stanford University
B. Montgomery Pettitt
B. Montgomery Pettitt The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Charles L. Brooks
Charles L. Brooks University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Qiang Cui
Qiang Cui Boston University
Jianpeng Ma
Jianpeng Ma Baylor College of Medicine
Gregory A. Petsko
Gregory A. Petsko Cornell University
John Kuriyan
John Kuriyan Vanderbilt University
Gregory L. Verdine
Gregory L. Verdine Harvard University

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