A.C.T. North

17.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
84 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

A.C.T. North is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, A.C.T. North has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in A.C.T. North's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (22 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (8 papers). A.C.T. North is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (22 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (8 papers). A.C.T. North collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. A.C.T. North's co-authors include D. C. Phillips, F. Scott Mathews, Darren R. Flower, C. C. F. Blake, V. R. Sarma, Clare Sansom, D. F. Koenig, Lindsay Sawyer, Hilary Muirhead and M. F. Perutz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

A.C.T. North

82 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A semi-empirical method of absorption correction

1968 6.5k citations A.C.T. North, D. C. Phillips et al. profile →
Structure of Hen Egg-White Lysozyme: A Three-dimensional Fourier Synthesis at 2 Å Resolution

1965 1.3k citations C. C. F. Blake, D. F. Koenig et al. Nature profile →
Structure of Hæmoglobin: A Three-Dimensional Fourier Synthesis at 5.5-Å. Resolution, Obtained by X-Ray Analysis

1960 889 citations M. F. Perutz, Michael G. Rossmann et al. Nature profile →
The structure of β-lactoglobulin and its similarity to plasma retinol-binding protein

1986 752 citations A.C.T. North, J. B. C. Findlay et al. Nature profile →
The lipocalin protein family: structural and sequence overview

2000 682 citations Darren R. Flower, A.C.T. North et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology profile →
Bovine β-lactoglobulin at 1.8 Å resolution — still an enigmatic lipocalin

1997 600 citations Darren R. Flower, A.C.T. North et al. profile →
Crystallographic studies of the activity of hen egg-white lysozyme

1967 534 citations C. C. F. Blake, A.C.T. North et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
A possible three-dimensional structure of bovine α-lactalbumin based on that of hen's egg-white lysozyme

1969 416 citations A.C.T. North et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A.C.T. North United Kingdom	30	5.6k	3.9k	3.9k	3.5k	2.3k	84	14.7k
D. C. Phillips United Kingdom	22	5.4k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	3.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	47	13.1k
Eric Oldfield United States	82	11.4k 2.0×	2.2k 0.6×	3.7k 0.9×	6.1k 1.8×	1.8k 0.8×	435	25.2k
Douglas C. Rees United States	81	13.8k 2.5×	4.6k 1.2×	2.0k 0.5×	5.0k 1.4×	3.4k 1.5×	231	27.2k
Wolfram Saenger Germany	85	23.5k 4.2×	3.3k 0.8×	6.4k 1.7×	8.8k 2.5×	1.8k 0.8×	607	39.6k
Claudio Luchinat Italy	77	12.1k 2.2×	2.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	6.7k 1.9×	2.1k 0.9×	696	23.7k
Astrid Gräslund Sweden	70	10.7k 1.9×	2.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	2.4k 1.1×	349	16.0k
W. Minor United States	52	25.8k 4.6×	4.4k 1.1×	6.1k 1.6×	10.8k 3.1×	4.3k 1.8×	233	42.5k
Sankaran Subramanian India	43	5.4k 1.0×	413 0.1×	2.0k 0.5×	2.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	205	11.1k
Zbyszek Otwinowski United States	40	27.2k 4.9×	4.2k 1.1×	5.7k 1.5×	10.4k 3.0×	4.0k 1.7×	109	43.4k
Dirk Walther Germany	53	5.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.3×	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	789 0.3×	311	12.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bunick, Christopher G., A.C.T. North, & Gerald Stubbs. (2000). Evaporative microdialysis: an effective improvement in an established method of protein crystallization. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 56(11). 1430–1431. 3 indexed citations

Flower, Darren R., A.C.T. North, & Clare Sansom. (2000). The lipocalin protein family: structural and sequence overview. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1482(1-2). 9–24. 682 indexed citations breakdown →

Steinert, Peter M., A.C.T. North, & David Parry. (1994). Structural Features of Keratin Intermediate Filaments.. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 103(s5). 19S–24S. 9 indexed citations

North, A.C.T., Peter M. Steinert, & David Parry. (1994). Coiled‐coil stutter and link segments in keratin and other intermediate filament molecules: A computer modeling study. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 20(2). 174–184. 31 indexed citations

Flower, Darren R., A.C.T. North, & Teresa K. Attwood. (1993). Structure and sequence relationships in the lipocalins and related proteins. Protein Science. 2(5). 753–761. 281 indexed citations

Rizkallah, P.J., Teresa K. Attwood, John C. Wootton, et al.. (1993). Crystallization of the NADP+-dependent Glutamate Dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 234(4). 1270–1273. 10 indexed citations

Attwood, Teresa K., Alan J. Bleasby, J. B. C. Findlay, et al.. (1992). SERPENT—an information storage and analysis resource for protein sequences. Computer applications in the biosciences. 8(3). 295–296. 18 indexed citations

Böcskei, Zsolt, Colin R. Groom, Darren R. Flower, et al.. (1992). Pheromone binding to two rodent urinary proteins revealed by X-ray crystallography. Nature. 360(6400). 186–188. 317 indexed citations

Findlay, J. B. C., A.C.T. North, Simon E. V. Phillips, et al.. (1991). Crystallization of and preliminary X-ray data for the mouse major urinary protein and rat α-2u globulin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 218(4). 699–701. 16 indexed citations

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Badger, John, M. Haris, C. D. Reynolds, et al.. (1991). Structure of the pig insulin dimer in the cubic crystal. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 47(1). 127–136. 60 indexed citations

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North, A.C.T.. (1979). Molecular and crystal structure models. Biochemical Education. 7(2). 27–28. 2 indexed citations

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North, A.C.T.. (1975). Natural and synthetic polymers. Nature. 253(5492). 504–504. 4 indexed citations

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Blake, C. C. F., et al.. (1965). Structure of Hen Egg-White Lysozyme: A Three-dimensional Fourier Synthesis at 2 Å Resolution. Nature. 206(4986). 757–761. 1338 indexed citations breakdown →

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North, A.C.T.. (1964). Computer processing of automatic diffractometer data. Journal of Scientific Instruments. 41(1). 42–45. 7 indexed citations

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North, A.C.T.. (1963). X-ray crystallography of large molecules of biological importance. Reports on Progress in Physics. 26(1). 105–143. 3 indexed citations

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Muirhead, Hilary, et al.. (1962). The structure of haemoglobin. IX. A three-dimensional Fourier synthesis at 5.5 Å resolution: description of the structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 265(1321). 161–187. 71 indexed citations

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Muirhead, Hilary, et al.. (1961). The structure of haemoglobin VIII. A three-dimensional Fourier synthesis at 5.5 Å resolution: determination of the phase angles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 265(1320). 15–38. 50 indexed citations

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Perutz, M. F., et al.. (1960). Structure of Hæmoglobin: A Three-Dimensional Fourier Synthesis at 5.5-Å. Resolution, Obtained by X-Ray Analysis. Nature. 185(4711). 416–422. 889 indexed citations breakdown →

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Randall, John Turton, Russell Fraser, & A.C.T. North. (1953). The structure of collagen. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 141(902). 62–66. 7 indexed citations

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Randall, J. T., et al.. (1952). Aspects of Collagen Structure. Nature. 169(4312). 1029–1033. 53 indexed citations

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