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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
16191
World Ranking
7432
National Ranking
3390

Chemistry

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66
Citations
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World Ranking
7353
National Ranking
2176

Nils G. Walter 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 Nils G. Walter sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 241 publications — 47th percentile

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

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

Nils G. Walter 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 Nils G. Walter sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Nils G. Walter is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of contributions in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications

Their publication record includes frequent contributions to several scientific venues, notably:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Nils G. Walter include:

  • Multivalent Proteins Rapidly and Reversibly Phase-Separate upon Osmotic Cell Volume Change (2020, Molecular Cell)
  • A translational riboswitch coordinates nascent transcription-translation coupling (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Direct kinetic fingerprinting and digital counting of single protein molecules (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Transcriptional Riboswitches Integrate Timescales for Bacterial Gene Expression Control (2021, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences)
  • Direct Kinetic Fingerprinting for High-Accuracy Single-Molecule Counting of Diverse Disease Biomarkers (2020, Accounts of Chemical Research)

Nils G. Walter collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Adrien Chauvier
  • Alexander Johnson-Buck
  • Guoming Gao
  • Muneesh Tewari
  • Liuhan Dai

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2011.

Best Publications

  • Molecular robots guided by prescriptive landscapes

    Kyle Lund;Anthony J. Manzo;Nadine Dabby;Nicole Michelotti

  • Correlating Structural Dynamics and Function in Single Ribozyme Molecules

    Xiaowei Zhuang;Harold Kim;Miguel J. B. Pereira;Hazen P. Babcock

  • RNA Structural Dynamics As Captured by Molecular Simulations: A Comprehensive Overview.

    Jiří Šponer;Giovanni Bussi;Miroslav Krepl;Miroslav Krepl;Pavel Banáš

  • The hammerhead, hairpin and VS ribozymes are catalytically proficient in monovalent cations alone

    James B. Murray;Attila A. Seyhan;Nils G. Walter;John M. Burke

  • Multi-enzyme complexes on DNA scaffolds capable of substrate channelling with an artificial swinging arm

    Jinglin Fu;Yuhe Renee Yang;Alexander Johnson-Buck;Minghui Liu

  • Nanocaged enzymes with enhanced catalytic activity and increased stability against protease digestion.

    Zhao Zhao;Jinglin Fu;Soma Dhakal;Alexander Johnson-Buck

  • Do-it-yourself guide: How to use the modern single molecule toolkit

    Nils G. Walter;Cheng Yen Huang;Anthony J. Manzo;Mohamed A. Sobhy

  • Damage-induced lncRNAs control the DNA damage response through interaction with DDRNAs at individual double-strand breaks

    Flavia Michelini;Sethuramasundaram Pitchiaya;Valerio Vitelli;Sheetal Sharma

  • RNA dynamics: It is about time

    Hashim M Al-Hashimi;Nils G Walter

  • Single-molecule transition-state analysis of RNA folding

    Gregory Bokinsky;David Rueda;Vinod K. Misra;Maria M. Rhodes

  • Purification and Functional Reconstitution of Monomeric μ-Opioid Receptors ALLOSTERIC MODULATION OF AGONIST BINDING BY Gi2

    Adam J. Kuszak;Sethuramasundaram Pitchiaya;Jessica P. Anand;Henry I. Mosberg

  • Stability of hairpin ribozyme tertiary structure is governed by the interdomain junction

    Nils G. Walter;John M. Burke;David P. Millar

  • Tertiary structure formation in the hairpin ribozyme monitored by fluorescence resonance energy transfer

    Nils G. Walter;Ken J. Hampel;Kirk M. Brown;John M. Burke

  • Molecular Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics of RNA: Conformational and Chemical Change We Can Believe In

    Mark A. Ditzler;Michal Otyepka;Michal Otyepka;Jiřì Šponer;Nils G. Walter

  • ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX SINGLE-MOLECULE FRET TIME TRAJECTORIES

    Mario Blanco;Nils G. Walter

  • Single-molecule enzymology of RNA: essential functional groups impact catalysis from a distance.

    David Rueda;Gregory Bokinsky;Maria M. Rhodes;Michael J. Rust

  • Spliceosomal DEAH-Box ATPases Remodel Pre-mRNA to Activate Alternative Splice Sites.

    Daniel R. Semlow;Mario R. Blanco;Nils G. Walter;Jonathan P. Staley

  • The hairpin ribozyme: Structure, assembly and catalysis

    Nils G Walter;John M Burke

  • Quantitative Hybridization Kinetics of DNA Probes to RNA in Solution Followed by Diffusional Fluorescence Correlation Analysis

    Petra Schwille;Frank Oehlenschläger;Nils G. Walter

  • Kinetic fingerprinting to identify and count single nucleic acids

    Alexander Johnson-Buck;Xin Su;Maria D Giraldez;Meiping Zhao

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of RNA: An In Silico Single Molecule Approach

    S. Elizabeth McDowell;Nad'a Špačková;Jiří Šponer;Nils G. Walter

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiří Šponer
Jiří Šponer Masaryk University
Michal Otyepka
Michal Otyepka Palacký University, Olomouc
Pavel Banáš
Pavel Banáš Palacký University, Olomouc
Hao Yan
Hao Yan Arizona State University
Muneesh Tewari
Muneesh Tewari University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Arul M. Chinnaiyan
Arul M. Chinnaiyan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Charles L. Brooks
Charles L. Brooks University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Petr Jurečka
Petr Jurečka Palacký University, Olomouc
Roger K. Sunahara
Roger K. Sunahara University of California, San Diego
Xiaowei Zhuang
Xiaowei Zhuang Harvard University

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