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Petr Jurečka

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
15652
World Ranking
15038
National Ranking
70

Petr Jurečka 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 Petr Jurečka sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 91 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Petr Jurečka 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 Petr Jurečka sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Petr Jurečka is affiliated with Palacký University, Olomouc in the Czech Republic, and contributes to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research prominently focuses on Molecular Biology, with additional work in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Spectroscopy and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications

Petr Jurečka has contributed to several research papers, notably:

  • "Z-DNA as a Touchstone for Additive Empirical Force Fields and a Refinement of the Alpha/Gamma DNA Torsions for AMBER," 2021, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • "Assessing the Current State of Amber Force Field Modifications for DNA2023 Edition," 2023, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • "Refinement of the Sugar Puckering Torsion Potential in the AMBER DNA Force Field," 2025, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • "Multistate B- to A- transition in protein-DNA Binding - How well is it described by current AMBER force fields?," 2024, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
  • "The Ad-MD method to calculate NMR shift including effects due to conformational dynamics: The 31P NMR shift in DNA," 2021, Journal of Computational Chemistry

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
  • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
  • Journal of Computational Chemistry

Regular co-authors collaborating with Petr Jurečka include:

  • Marie Zgarbová
  • Jiří Šponer
  • Jiří Fukal
  • Miloš Buděšínský
  • Jakub Šebera

Best Publications

  • Benchmark database of accurate (MP2 and CCSD(T) complete basis set limit) interaction energies of small model complexes, DNA base pairs, and amino acid pairs.

    Petr Jurečka;Jiří Šponer;Jiří Černý;Pavel Hobza

  • Refinement of the Cornell et al. Nucleic Acids Force Field Based on Reference Quantum Chemical Calculations of Glycosidic Torsion Profiles

    Marie Zgarbová;Michal Otyepka;Michal Otyepka;Jiří Šponer;Jiří Šponer;Arnošt Mládek

  • Density functional theory augmented with an empirical dispersion term. Interaction energies and geometries of 80 noncovalent complexes compared with ab initio quantum mechanics calculations

    Petr Jurečka;Petr Jurečka;Jiří Černý;Pavel Hobza;Dennis R. Salahub

  • Stabilization and structure calculations for noncovalent interactions in extended molecular systems based on wave function and density functional theories.

    Kevin E. Riley;Michal Pitonak;Petr Jurecka;Pavel Hobza

  • Understanding of assembly phenomena by aromatic-aromatic interactions: benzene dimer and the substituted systems.

    Eun Cheol Lee;Dongwook Kim;Petr Jurečka;P. Tarakeshwar

  • Accurate interaction energies of hydrogen-bonded nucleic acid base pairs.

    Jirí Sponer;Petr Jurecka;Pavel Hobza

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

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

  • Refinement of the Sugar–Phosphate Backbone Torsion Beta for AMBER Force Fields Improves the Description of Z- and B-DNA

    Marie Zgarbová;Jiří Šponer;Jiří Šponer;Michal Otyepka;Thomas E. Cheatham

  • Assessing the Current State of Amber Force Field Modifications for DNA

    Rodrigo Galindo-Murillo;James C. Robertson;Marie Zgarbová;Jiří Šponer;Jiří Šponer

  • Adsorption of Small Organic Molecules on Graphene

    Petr Lazar;František Karlický;Petr Jurečka;Mikuláš Kocman

  • True stabilization energies for the optimal planar hydrogen-bonded and stacked structures of guanine...cytosine, adenine...thymine, and their 9- and 1-methyl derivatives: complete basis set calculations at the MP2 and CCSD(T) levels and comparison with experiment.

    Petr Jurecka;Pavel Hobza

  • Performance of Molecular Mechanics Force Fields for RNA Simulations: Stability of UUCG and GNRA Hairpins

    Pavel Banáš;Daniel Hollas;Marie Zgarbová;Petr Jurečka

  • On the convergence of the (ΔECCSD(T)−ΔEMP2) term for complexes with multiple H-bonds

    Petr Jurečka;Pavel Hobza

  • Toward Improved Description of DNA Backbone: Revisiting Epsilon and Zeta Torsion Force Field Parameters

    Marie Zgarbová;F. Javier Luque;Jiří Šponer;Thomas E. Cheatham

  • Benzene Dimer: High-Level Wave Function and Density Functional Theory Calculations.

    M. Pitoňák;P. Neogrády;J. R̆ezáč;P. Jurečka

  • Reference simulations of noncanonical nucleic acids with different χ variants of the AMBER force field: quadruplex DNA, quadruplex RNA and Z-DNA

    Miroslav Krepl;Marie Zgarbová;Petr Stadlbauer;Michal Otyepka

  • Nature of base stacking : Reference quantum-chemical stacking energies in ten unique B-DNA base-pair steps

    Jiří Šponer;Petr Jurečka;Ivan Marchan;F. Javier Luque

  • Modelling of graphene functionalization

    Martin Pykal;Petr Jurečka;František Karlický;Michal Otyepka

  • Base Pair Fraying in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of DNA and RNA

    Marie Zgarbová;Michal Otyepka;Michal Otyepka;Jiří Šponer;Jiří Šponer;Filip Lankaš

  • Quantum Chemical Benchmark Energy and Geometry Database for Molecular Clusters and Complex Molecular Systems (www.begdb.com): A Users Manual and Examples

    Jan Řezáč;Petr Jurečka;Kevin E. Riley;Jiří Černý

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiří Šponer
Jiří Šponer Masaryk University
Michal Otyepka
Michal Otyepka Palacký University, Olomouc
Pavel Hobza
Pavel Hobza Czech Academy of Sciences
Pavel Banáš
Pavel Banáš Palacký University, Olomouc
Thomas E. Cheatham
Thomas E. Cheatham University of Utah
F. Javier Luque
F. Javier Luque University of Barcelona
Nils G. Walter
Nils G. Walter University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Modesto Orozco
Modesto Orozco University of Barcelona
Qiang Li
Qiang Li Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kwang S. Kim
Kwang S. Kim Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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