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Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii

Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
65
Citations
13852
World Ranking
1677
National Ranking
847

Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 153 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as subfields.

Their scientific contributions include work in areas such as Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii include:

  • "Anomalous Laterally Stressed Kinetically Trapped DNA Surface Conformations" (2021) published in Nano-Micro Letters
  • "PLRev at 20: Honoring Leonid Perlovsky and celebrating interdisciplinary science" (2024) published in Physics of Life Reviews

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii are:

  • V. V. Prokhorov
  • Nikolay A. Barinov
  • Kirill Prusakov
  • Evgeniy V. Dubrovin
  • Dmitry V. Klinov

The venues where Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii has published include:

  • Nano-Micro Letters
  • Physics of Life Reviews

In recognition of contributions to engineering and scientific research, Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii was named a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Base-stacking and base-pairing contributions into thermal stability of the DNA double helix

    Peter Yakovchuk;Ekaterina Protozanova;Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii

  • Triplex DNA Structures

    Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii;Sergei M. Mirkin

  • DNA H form requires a homopurine-homopyrimidine mirror repeat.

    S. M. Mirkin;V. I. Lyamichev;K. N. Drushlyak;V. N. Dobrynin

  • Conformational and Thermodynamic Properties of Supercoiled DNA

    Alexander V. Vologodskii;Stephen D. Levene;Konstantin V. Klenin;Maxim Frank-Kamenetskii

  • The B̄ to Ā transition of DNA in solution

    Valery I. Ivanov;Lyudmila E. Minchenkova;Elvira E. Minyat;Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii

  • H-DNA and Related Structures

    Sergei M. Mirkin;Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii

  • Stacked–Unstacked Equilibrium at the Nick Site of DNA

    Ekaterina Protozanova;Peter Yakovchuk;Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii

  • Hybridization of DNA and PNA molecular beacons to single-stranded and double-stranded DNA targets

    Heiko Kuhn;Vadim V Demidov;James M Coull;Mark J Fiandaca

  • Statistical mechanics and topology of polymer chains

    M. D. Frank-Kamenetskii;A. V. Lukashin;A. V. Vologodskii

  • Kinetics and mechanism of polyamide ("peptide") nucleic acid binding to duplex DNA.

    Vadim V. Demidov;Michael V. Yavnilovich;Boris P. Belotserkovskii;Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii

  • DNA unwinding upon strand-displacement binding of a thymine-substituted polyamide to double-stranded DNA.

    Dmitry Y. Cherny;Boris P. Belotserkovskii;Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii;Michael Egholm

  • Structures of Homopurine-homopyrimidine Tract in Superhelical DNA

    V I Lyamichev;S M Mirkin;M D Frank-Kamenetskii

  • Nanopore Based Sequence Specific Detection of Duplex DNA for Genomic Profiling

    Alon Singer;Meni Wanunu;Will Morrison;Heiko Kuhn

  • Sequence selective double strand DNA cleavage by peptide nucleic acid (PNA) targeting using nuclease S1.

    Vadim Demidov;Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii;Michael Egholm;Ole Buchardt

  • Two sides of the coin: affinity and specificity of nucleic acid interactions.

    Vadim V Demidov;Maxim D Frank-Kamenetskii

  • Simplification of the empirical relationship between melting temperature of DNA, its GC content and concentration of sodium ions in solution

    M. D. Frank-Kamenetskii

  • Perspectives report: Melting of DNA. Its study and application as a research method

    Yu. S. Lazurkin;M. D. Frank-Kamenetskii;E. N. Trifonov

  • Sequence-Dependent Basepair Opening in DNA Double Helix

    Andrew Krueger;Ekaterina Protozanova;Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii

  • A pH-dependent structural transition in the homopurine-homopyrimidine tract in superhelical DNA

    V. I. Lyamichev;S. M. Mirkin;M. D. Frank-Kamenetskii

  • Chemical probing of homopurine-homopyrimidine mirror repeats in supercoiled DNA.

    O. N. Voloshin;S. M. Mirkin;V. I. Lyamichev;B. P. Belotserkovskii

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Vologodskii
Alexander Vologodskii New York University
Peter E. Nielsen
Peter E. Nielsen University of Copenhagen
Sergei M. Mirkin
Sergei M. Mirkin Tufts University
Edward N. Trifonov
Edward N. Trifonov University of Haifa
Amit Meller
Amit Meller Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Tom Ellenberger
Tom Ellenberger Washington University in St. Louis
Sandor Vajda
Sandor Vajda Boston University
Victor B. Zhurkin
Victor B. Zhurkin National Institutes of Health
Charles Lee
Charles Lee The Jackson Laboratory
Dudley R. Herschbach
Dudley R. Herschbach Harvard University

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