B.A. Knights

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

B.A. Knights is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, B.A. Knights has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Spectroscopy and 20 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in B.A. Knights's work include Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (20 papers), Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (8 papers) and Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry (7 papers). B.A. Knights is often cited by papers focused on Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (20 papers), Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (8 papers) and Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry (7 papers). B.A. Knights collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany. B.A. Knights's co-authors include Elsie Conway, C.G. Elliott, G. H. THOMAS, Anthony H. Rose, C. J. W. Brooks, Brian S. Middleditch, A. M. M. Berrie, John Hillman, James H. Dickson and David J. Breeze and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Analytical Chemistry and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

B.A. Knights

63 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Identification of Plant Sterols Using Combined GLC/Mass S... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Identification of Plant Sterols Using Combined GLC/Mass Spectrometry
    1967 335 citations B.A. Knights Journal of Chromatographic Science profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B.A. Knights United Kingdom 22 814 377 257 224 176 65 1.7k
GUNTER ZWEIG United States 21 518 0.6× 495 1.3× 196 0.8× 76 0.3× 61 0.3× 119 1.9k
Joanne L. Gellerman United States 22 804 1.0× 431 1.1× 345 1.3× 163 0.7× 77 0.4× 35 2.2k
Glenn W. Patterson United States 30 1.5k 1.8× 631 1.7× 161 0.6× 759 3.4× 368 2.1× 113 3.3k
V.E. Vaskovsky Russia 24 1.1k 1.3× 293 0.8× 95 0.4× 198 0.9× 65 0.4× 53 2.4k
J.B. Mudd United States 29 1.4k 1.8× 872 2.3× 96 0.4× 189 0.8× 155 0.9× 108 2.7k
S. N. Hooper Canada 26 384 0.5× 238 0.6× 207 0.8× 52 0.2× 56 0.3× 53 1.6k
T.W. Goodwin United Kingdom 26 2.1k 2.6× 1.1k 3.0× 117 0.5× 773 3.5× 125 0.7× 72 4.7k
Hermann Schlenk United States 30 1.2k 1.5× 465 1.2× 637 2.5× 178 0.8× 131 0.7× 79 3.5k
Ralph O. Mumma United States 30 1.0k 1.2× 852 2.3× 234 0.9× 36 0.2× 36 0.2× 132 2.5k
Ian J. Tinsley United States 16 562 0.7× 108 0.3× 146 0.6× 66 0.3× 49 0.3× 47 1.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Knights, B.A., et al.. (1983). The biotransformation of three14C-labelled phenolic compounds in twelve species of freshwater fish. Xenobiotica. 13(2). 107–113. 15 indexed citations
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Knights, B.A., et al.. (1981). Sterols of roots and nitrogen-fixing root nodules of some non-leguminous species. Phytochemistry. 20(8). 2039–2041. 5 indexed citations
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Knights, B.A. & A. R. Smith. (1977). Sterols of male and female flowers of Cucumis sativus. Planta. 134(2). 115–117. 2 indexed citations
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Knights, B.A. & A. R. Smith. (1976). Sterols of male and female compound inflorescences of Zea mays L.. Planta. 133(1). 89–93. 15 indexed citations
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Knights, B.A., et al.. (1974). Sterols of Neurospora crassa and the pattern of their binding during the growth cycle. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 360(3). 339–347. 10 indexed citations
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Anderson, Robert A., C. J. W. Brooks, & B.A. Knights. (1973). Hydroxyalicyclic derivatives of sephadex LH-20 for lipophilic gel chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 83. 39–44. 2 indexed citations
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Anderson, Robert A., B.A. Knights, & C. J. W. Brooks. (1973). Preparation and evaluation of a hydroxycyclohexyl derivative of sephadex LH-20. Journal of Chromatography A. 82(2). 337–342. 16 indexed citations
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Anderson, Robert A., C. J. W. Brooks, & B.A. Knights. (1973). Preparation and evaluation of a chiral derivative of sephadex LH-20. Journal of Chromatography A. 75(2). 247–259. 17 indexed citations
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Middleditch, Brian S. & B.A. Knights. (1972). The mass spectra of some O‐methyloximes of aliphatic aldehydes and ketones. Organic Mass Spectrometry. 6(2). 179–188. 11 indexed citations
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BROOKS, C, B.A. Knights, Wolfgang Sucrow, & Bernd Radüchel. (1972). The characterisation of 24-ethylidene-sterols. Steroids. 20(4). 487–497. 30 indexed citations
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Knights, B.A., et al.. (1970). Hydrocarbons from the green form of the freshwater alga Botryococcus braunii. Phytochemistry. 9(6). 1317–1324. 72 indexed citations
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Ingram, David S., et al.. (1968). Studies in the cruciferae changes in the composition of the sterol fraction following germination. Phytochemistry. 7(8). 1241–1245. 33 indexed citations
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Knights, B.A.. (1968). Studies in the cruciferae: Sterols in pollen of Brassica napus L.. Phytochemistry. 7(9). 1707–1708. 10 indexed citations
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Rose, Anthony H., et al.. (1968). Composition of the protoplast membrane from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemical Journal. 108(3). 401–412. 115 indexed citations
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Berrie, A. M. M., et al.. (1967). Induction of Light Sensitive Dormancy in Seed of Lactuca sativa L. (Lettuce) by Patulin. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 42(6). 889–890. 5 indexed citations
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Knights, B.A.. (1964). Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Plant Sterols: Part I. Characterisation of Sterol Double Bonds Using the  RM Function. Journal of Chromatographic Science. 2(5). 160–162. 10 indexed citations
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Elliott, C.G., et al.. (1964). A Steroid Growth Factor Requirement in a Fungus. Nature. 203(4943). 427–428. 57 indexed citations
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Darlington, Daniel N., B.A. Knights, & G. H. THOMAS. (1963). Some Comments on the Calculation of Relative Retention Times of Steroids. Journal of Chromatographic Science. 1(7). 21–23. 4 indexed citations
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Knights, B.A. & G. H. THOMAS. (1963). 652. Gas chromatography of steroids. ΔRMgvalues for hydroxy- and acyloxy-groups. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 0(0). 3477–3480. 6 indexed citations
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Knights, B.A. & G. H. THOMAS. (1962). Effect of Substituents of Relative Retention Times in Gas Chromatography of Steroids.. Analytical Chemistry. 34(9). 1046–1048. 24 indexed citations

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