Antony C. Willis

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Antony C. Willis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Antony C. Willis has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Antony C. Willis's work include Complement system in diseases (10 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (8 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (7 papers). Antony C. Willis is often cited by papers focused on Complement system in diseases (10 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (8 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (7 papers). Antony C. Willis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Antony C. Willis's co-authors include Paul J. Roberts, Wing Yee Kwong, Tom P. Fleming, A. E. Wild, S.K. Alex Law, Kenneth B. M. Reid, A. Neil Barclay, Marion H. Brown, Anthony J. Day and Alister W. Dodds and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Antony C. Willis

46 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Maternal undernutrition during the preimplantation period of rat development causes blastocyst abnormalities and programming of postnatal hypertension

2000 590 citations Antony C. Willis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Antony C. Willis United Kingdom	31	1.5k	1.3k	515	400	379	46	3.8k
P M Starkey United Kingdom	31	1.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.6×	416 0.8×	296 0.7×	223 0.6×	56	4.5k
Teresa S. Hawley United States	40	2.5k 1.7×	1.4k 1.1×	303 0.6×	255 0.6×	191 0.5×	97	5.1k
C. Conover Talbot United States	36	2.4k 1.6×	918 0.7×	281 0.5×	180 0.5×	340 0.9×	92	4.6k
Franck Letourneur France	35	1.2k 0.8×	851 0.6×	277 0.5×	143 0.4×	481 1.3×	96	3.9k
J P Caulfield United States	36	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	88 0.2×	471 1.2×	559 1.5×	82	4.7k
Edward R. LaVallie United States	32	3.0k 2.0×	611 0.5×	215 0.4×	463 1.2×	253 0.7×	54	5.3k
S.K. Alex Law United Kingdom	37	1.9k 1.2×	2.8k 2.1×	303 0.6×	898 2.2×	732 1.9×	144	6.2k
Michael T. Overgaard Denmark	48	2.8k 1.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 2.3×	219 0.5×	356 0.9×	128	7.3k
Kenzaburo Tani Japan	38	2.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.1×	199 0.4×	290 0.7×	467 1.2×	225	5.4k
L.J. Guilbert Canada	35	1.3k 0.8×	3.3k 2.5×	520 1.0×	128 0.3×	371 1.0×	57	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Antony C. Willis

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Antony C. Willis's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Antony C. Willis with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Antony C. Willis more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Antony C. Willis

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Antony C. Willis. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Antony C. Willis. The network helps show where Antony C. Willis may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Antony C. Willis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Antony C. Willis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Antony C. Willis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Antony C. Willis. Antony C. Willis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Mavridou, Despoina A. I., Julie M. Stevens, Alan D. Goddard, et al.. (2008). Control of Periplasmic Interdomain Thiol:Disulfide Exchange in the Transmembrane Oxidoreductase DsbD. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(5). 3219–3226. 13 indexed citations

Allen, James W.A., Andrew P. Jackson, Daniel J. Rigden, et al.. (2008). Order within a mosaic distribution of mitochondrial c‐type cytochrome biogenesis systems?. FEBS Journal. 275(10). 2385–2402. 67 indexed citations

Arnold, James N., Russell Wallis, Antony C. Willis, et al.. (2006). Interaction of Mannan Binding Lectin with α2 Macroglobulin via Exposed Oligomannose Glycans. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(11). 6955–6963. 37 indexed citations

Radcliffe, Catherine M., et al.. (2004). Identification and removal of O-linked and non-covalently linked sugars from recombinant protein produced using Pichia pastoris. Protein Expression and Purification. 38(2). 217–227. 23 indexed citations

Jensen, Sacha A., et al.. (2004). Structural Consequences of Cysteine Substitutions C1977Y and C1977R in Calcium-binding Epidermal Growth Factor-like Domain 30 of Human Fibrillin-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(49). 51258–51265. 34 indexed citations

Yan, Hong, Antony C. Willis, & John J. Harding. (2003). γIII-Crystallin is the primary target of glycation in the bovine lens incubated under physiological conditions. Biochemical Journal. 374(3). 677–685. 11 indexed citations

Nadesalingam, Jeya, Andrés López Bernal, Alister W. Dodds, et al.. (2003). Identification and Characterization of a Novel Interaction between Pulmonary Surfactant Protein D and Decorin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(28). 25678–25687. 44 indexed citations

Ditzel, Henrik J., Merel C. M. Strik, Morten Kobæk-Larsen, et al.. (2002). Cancer-associated Cleavage of Cytokeratin 8/18 Heterotypic Complexes Exposes a Neoepitope in Human Adenocarcinomas. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(24). 21712–21722. 35 indexed citations

Wright, Gavin J., Michael J. Puklavec, Antony C. Willis, et al.. (2000). Lymphoid/Neuronal Cell Surface OX2 Glycoprotein Recognizes a Novel Receptor on Macrophages Implicated in the Control of Their Function. Immunity. 13(2). 233–242. 338 indexed citations

10.

Reiserová, Lucia, Milota Kaluzová, Štefan Kaluz, et al.. (1999). Identification of MaTu-MX Agent as a New Strain of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) and Serological Indication of Horizontal Spread of LCMV in Human Population. Virology. 257(1). 73–83. 19 indexed citations

11.

Doughty, James, et al.. (1998). PCP-A1, a Defensin-like Brassica Pollen Coat Protein That Binds the S Locus Glycoprotein, Is the Product of Gametophytic Gene Expression. The Plant Cell. 10(8). 1333–1347. 137 indexed citations

12.

Dodds, Alister W., Sylvia L. Smith, R. P. Levine, & Antony C. Willis. (1998). Isolation and initial characterisation of complement components C3 and C4 of the nurse shark and the channel catfish. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 22(2). 207–216. 44 indexed citations

13.

Gadjeva, Mihaela, et al.. (1998). The Covalent Binding Reaction of Complement Component C3. The Journal of Immunology. 161(2). 985–990. 70 indexed citations

14.

Baker, Simon C., Neil Saunders, Antony C. Willis, et al.. (1997). Cytochrome cd1 Structure: unusual haem environments in a nitrite reductase and analysis of factors contributing to β-propeller folds. Journal of Molecular Biology. 269(3). 440–455. 101 indexed citations

15.

Laursen, Steen, Steffen Thiel, Antony C. Willis, et al.. (1995). Collectin in a non-mammalian species: isolation and characterization of mannan-binding protein (MBP) from chicken serum. Glycobiology. 5(6). 553–561. 36 indexed citations

16.

Kieffer, Bruno, Paul C. Driscoll, Iain D. Campbell, et al.. (1994). Three-Dimensional Solution Structure of the Extracellular Region of the Complement Regulatory Protein CD59, a New Cell-Surface Protein Domain Related to Snake Venom Neurotoxins. Biochemistry. 33(15). 4471–4482. 100 indexed citations

17.

Chantry, Andrew, Elizabeth Foot, Brendan Leighton, Anthony J. Day, & Antony C. Willis. (1992). Biotinyl analogues of amylin as biologically active probes for amylin/CGRP receptor recognition. FEBS Letters. 296(2). 123–127. 1 indexed citations

18.

Baron, Martín, D. Norman, Antony C. Willis, & Iain D. Campbell. (1990). Structure of the fibronectin type 1 module. Nature. 345(6276). 642–646. 87 indexed citations

19.

Janatova, Jarmila, Kenneth B. M. Reid, & Antony C. Willis. (1989). Disulfide bonds are localized within the short consensus repeat units of complement regulatory proteins: C4b-binding protein. Biochemistry. 28(11). 4754–4761. 65 indexed citations

20.

Day, Anthony J., Antony C. Willis, Jean Ripoche, & Robert B. Sim. (1988). Sequence polymorphism of human complement factor H. Immunogenetics. 27(3). 211–214. 45 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact