Alan Paton

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Alan Paton is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Paton has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Alan Paton's work include Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (6 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (4 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (4 papers). Alan Paton is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (6 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (4 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (4 papers). Alan Paton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Alan Paton's co-authors include H. Galbraith, T. B. Miller, John F. Thompson, Susan Jones, John C. Ayres, Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, A. A. KRAFT, F. Amijee, Rosemary N. Waterhouse and Eunice J. Allan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Foreign Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Alan Paton

44 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Paton United Kingdom	14	497	319	280	249	225	51	1.6k
David C. Gardner United Kingdom	26	217 0.4×	231 0.7×	162 0.6×	57 0.2×	36 0.2×	106	2.4k
Christopher S. Walsh United States	20	336 0.7×	176 0.6×	150 0.5×	17 0.1×	175 0.8×	109	1.4k
Elisabeth Kühn Germany	16	91 0.2×	454 1.4×	88 0.3×	218 0.9×	101 0.4×	39	1.7k
Cen Wang Australia	20	468 0.9×	52 0.2×	280 1.0×	57 0.2×	139 0.6×	64	1.3k
Phuong‐Mai Nguyen France	11	353 0.7×	63 0.2×	122 0.4×	16 0.1×	79 0.4×	24	969
Mary Lynn Hamilton United States	18	687 1.4×	58 0.2×	109 0.4×	28 0.1×	234 1.0×	40	1.5k
Tony Young United Kingdom	12	208 0.4×	227 0.7×	27 0.1×	143 0.6×	71 0.3×	28	650
J.L. Oblinger United States	14	749 1.5×	72 0.2×	268 1.0×	3 0.0×	431 1.9×	49	2.0k
A. C. Barr United States	9	488 1.0×	40 0.1×	57 0.2×	25 0.1×	210 0.9×	63	961
Péter Pfeiffer Germany	15	24 0.0×	82 0.3×	16 0.1×	18 0.1×	57 0.3×	50	723

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Paton

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Paton, Alan, et al.. (2025). Connecting chemical and protein sequence space to predict biocatalytic reactions. Nature. 646(8083). 108–116. 1 indexed citations

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Garçon, Martí, et al.. (2025). Site-, Stereo-, and Chemoselective Enzymatic Halogenation of Terpenoids by a Substrate Masquerade. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(40). 36478–36485.

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Paton, Alan, et al.. (1991). Methods for the establishment of intracellular associations of L-forms with higher plants. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 71(1). 59–64. 4 indexed citations

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Whitaker, Jennifer Seymour & Alan Paton. (1989). Journey Continued: An Autobiography. Foreign Affairs. 68(2). 208–208. 11 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan, et al.. (1989). Journey Continued: An Autobiography. World Literature Today. 63(4). 731–731. 5 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan. (1987). Presidential Address: L‐forms: evolution or revolution?. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 63(5). 365–371. 20 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan, et al.. (1986). Looking for Mozart ears.. BMJ. 293(6562). 1622–1624. 10 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan, et al.. (1984). Artificially induced symbiotic associations of L‐form bacteria and plants. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 56(3). 465–477. 21 indexed citations

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Whitaker, Jennifer Seymour & Alan Paton. (1982). Ah, but Your Land Is Beautiful. Foreign Affairs. 60(5). 1205–1205. 9 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan, et al.. (1981). Towards the Mountain: An Autobiography. World Literature Today. 55(3). 520–520. 15 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan. (1979). Towards racial justice : will there be a change of heart?. 1 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan. (1976). The beloved country today. 7(1). 17–26. 1 indexed citations

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Burns, James & Alan Paton. (1975). Apartheid and the Archbishop: The Life and Times of Geoffrey Clayton, Archbishop of Cape Town. Books Abroad. 49(1). 177–177. 4 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan, A.F. Lever, A. Medina, et al.. (1975). Plasma angiotensin II, renin, renin-substrate and aldosterone concentrations in acute renal failure in man.. PubMed. 3(1). 18–23. 9 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan, et al.. (1975). Apartheid and the Archbishop: The Life and Times of Geoffrey Clayton, Archbishop of Cape Town. The American Historical Review. 80(3). 705–705. 3 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan & Susan Jones. (1975). The Observation and Enumeration of Micro‐organisms in Fluids using Membrane Filtration and Incident Fluorescence Microscopy. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 38(2). 199–200. 32 indexed citations

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Jones, Susan & Alan Paton. (1973). The L‐Phase of Erwinia carotovora var. atroseptica and its Possible Association with Plant Tissue. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 36(4). 729–737. 15 indexed citations

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Gordimer, Nadine, et al.. (1970). The Art of Nadine Gordimer and Alan Paton. English Studies in Africa. 13(1). 291–292. 2 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan. (1958). Pectin-decomposing Strains of Pseudomonas. Nature. 181(4601). 61–62. 8 indexed citations

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Paton, Alan. (1953). Too Late the Phalarope. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 23 indexed citations

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