Alan Nadin

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Alan Nadin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Nadin has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Organic Chemistry and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alan Nadin's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (12 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (9 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (7 papers). Alan Nadin is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (12 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (9 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (7 papers). Alan Nadin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Alan Nadin's co-authors include Ian Churcher, Channa K. Hattotuwagama, Mark S. Shearman, K. C. Nicolaou, José L. Castro, Adrian L. Smith, Dirk Beher, Earl E. Clarke, Eddy W. Yue and K. C. Nicolaou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alan Nadin

48 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Photoactivated γ-secretase inhibitors directed to the active site covalently label presenilin 1
    2000 738 citations Yue‐Ming Li, Min Xu et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Nadin United States 25 1.5k 1.4k 1.2k 723 433 49 3.3k
Douglas S. Johnson United States 34 2.1k 1.4× 1.6k 1.2× 517 0.4× 1.3k 1.9× 349 0.8× 74 4.3k
Nancy E. Lewin United States 32 2.0k 1.4× 914 0.7× 244 0.2× 508 0.7× 201 0.5× 135 3.2k
Annette M. Doherty United States 34 1.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 226 0.3× 101 0.2× 97 3.5k
Ana Castro Spain 27 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 367 0.3× 1.0k 1.4× 633 1.5× 78 2.9k
Ian Churcher United Kingdom 26 1.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.3× 435 0.4× 358 0.5× 376 0.9× 42 3.4k
Philip V. LoGrasso United States 38 2.7k 1.8× 900 0.6× 288 0.2× 235 0.3× 403 0.9× 79 4.0k
František Hubálek Denmark 28 1.7k 1.1× 868 0.6× 182 0.2× 490 0.7× 239 0.6× 55 3.3k
Yafeng Xue Sweden 30 1.6k 1.1× 605 0.4× 196 0.2× 254 0.4× 260 0.6× 51 2.5k
Scott J. Pollack United States 22 1.4k 1.0× 323 0.2× 630 0.5× 211 0.3× 149 0.3× 38 2.4k
Xiaoxiang Zhu United States 28 1.8k 1.2× 551 0.4× 382 0.3× 693 1.0× 444 1.0× 48 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Nadin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Nadin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Galván-Peña, Silvia, Richard G. Carroll, Carla F. Newman, et al.. (2019). Malonylation of GAPDH is an inflammatory signal in macrophages. Nature Communications. 10(1). 338–338. 155 indexed citations
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Lenhard, Stephen C., Anthony Virtue, William Fieles, et al.. (2019). In Vivo Imaging of Small Molecular Weight Peptides for Targeted Renal Drug Delivery: A Study in Normal and Polycystic Kidney Diseased Mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 370(3). 786–795. 9 indexed citations
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Leveridge, Melanie, C. Edge, Mike Rees, et al.. (2015). A High-Throughput Screen to Identify LRRK2 Kinase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Using RapidFire Mass Spectrometry. SLAS DISCOVERY. 21(2). 145–155. 28 indexed citations
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Nadin, Alan, Channa K. Hattotuwagama, & Ian Churcher. (2012). Lead‐Oriented Synthesis: A New Opportunity for Synthetic Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(5). 1114–1122. 342 indexed citations
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Nadin, Alan, Channa K. Hattotuwagama, & Ian Churcher. (2012). Leitstruktur‐orientierte Synthese: eine Alternative für die Synthesechemie. Angewandte Chemie. 124(5). 1140–1149. 73 indexed citations
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Morton, Daniel, et al.. (2008). Synthesis of chiral non-racemic substituted vinyl aziridines. Tetrahedron Letters. 49(32). 4768–4770. 13 indexed citations
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Shaw, Duncan, Jonathan D. Best, Alan Nadin, et al.. (2006). 3,4-Fused cyclohexyl sulfones as γ-secretase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(11). 3073–3077. 22 indexed citations
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Crawforth, James, John Atack, Susan M. Cook, et al.. (2004). Tricyclic pyridones as functionally selective human GABAAα2/3 receptor-ion channel ligands. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(7). 1679–1682. 11 indexed citations
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Beher, Dirk, Earl E. Clarke, Jonathan D.J. Wrigley, et al.. (2004). Selected Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Their Derivatives Target γ-Secretase at a Novel Site. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(42). 43419–43426. 144 indexed citations
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Wrigley, Jonathan D.J., Omar Nyabi, Earl E. Clarke, et al.. (2004). Conserved residues within the putative active site of γ‐secretase differentially influence enzyme activity and inhibitor binding. Journal of Neurochemistry. 90(6). 1312–1320. 18 indexed citations
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Nadin, Alan. (2004). The Chemistry of Heterocycles. Structures, Reactions, Synthesis, and Applications. 2nd Edition. By Theophil Eicher and Siegfried Hauptmann.. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(30). 3876–3877. 5 indexed citations
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Nadin, Alan, Andrew P. Owens, José L. Castro, Timothy Harrison, & Mark S. Shearman. (2003). Synthesis and γ-secretase activity of APP substrate-based hydroxyethylene dipeptide isosteres. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(1). 37–41. 18 indexed citations
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Owens, Andrew P., Alan Nadin, Adam C. Talbot, et al.. (2003). High affinity, bioavailable 3-Amino-1,4-benzodiazepine-Based γ-Secretase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(22). 4143–4145. 25 indexed citations
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Xu, Min, Ming‐Tain Lai, Qian Huang, et al.. (2002). γ-Secretase: characterization and implication for Alzheimer disease therapy. Neurobiology of Aging. 23(6). 1023–1030. 25 indexed citations
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Beher, Dirk, Jonathan D.J. Wrigley, Alan Nadin, et al.. (2001). Pharmacological Knock-down of the Presenilin 1 Heterodimer by a Novel γ-Secretase Inhibitor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(48). 45394–45402. 74 indexed citations
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Nadin, Alan, José María Sánchez López, Joseph G. Neduvelil, & Steven R. Thomas. (2001). A stereocontrolled synthesis of 2 R -benzyl-5 S - tert -butoxycarbonylamino-4 R -( tert -butyldimethylsilanyloxy)-6-phenyl-hexanoic acid (Phe–Phe hydroxyethylene dipeptide isostere). Tetrahedron. 57(9). 1861–1864. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Yue‐Ming, Min Xu, Ming‐Tain Lai, et al.. (2000). Photoactivated γ-secretase inhibitors directed to the active site covalently label presenilin 1. Nature. 405(6787). 689–694. 738 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nicolaou, K. C., Eddy W. Yue, Alan Nadin, et al.. (1995). Synthesis of Zaragozic Acid A/Squalestatin S1. Chemistry - A European Journal. 1(7). 467–494. 82 indexed citations
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Collins, Ian, et al.. (1994). N-Alkenyl nitrone dipolar cycloaddition routes to piperidines and indolizidines. Part 6. Allylic stereocontrol in the intramolecular cyclisation of monosubstituted nitrones. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2205–2205. 18 indexed citations

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