Barry Barton

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Barry Barton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Barry Barton has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Pharmacology and 3 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Barry Barton's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (3 papers). Barry Barton is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (3 papers). Barry Barton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Barry Barton's co-authors include Anthony J. Zuccarelli, Susan E. Jensen, G. Turner, Philip Greaves, Roy H. Mosher, J Harper, Ashish S. Paradkar, John H. Bull, Martin Burnham and John E. Hodgson and has published in prestigious journals such as The EMBO Journal, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Barry Barton

12 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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 General Method for Detecting and Sizing Large Plasmids

1995 597 citations Barry Barton, Anthony J. Zuccarelli et al. Analytical Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barry Barton United Kingdom	11	534	460	384	237	153	12	1.0k
Monique Malléa France	16	391 0.7×	791 1.7×	297 0.8×	269 1.1×	112 0.7×	23	1.2k
Swaminath Srinivas United States	20	339 0.6×	639 1.4×	122 0.3×	209 0.9×	232 1.5×	38	1.2k
Nuno T. Antunes United States	18	298 0.6×	556 1.2×	249 0.6×	159 0.7×	95 0.6×	28	935
Bernardetta Segatore Italy	18	264 0.5×	622 1.4×	212 0.6×	251 1.1×	176 1.2×	42	898
Xuan Wang‐Kan United Kingdom	7	382 0.7×	518 1.1×	145 0.4×	147 0.6×	112 0.7×	7	930
D Billot-Klein France	16	326 0.6×	414 0.9×	163 0.4×	133 0.6×	50 0.3×	18	866
Francisco José Pérez-Llarena Spain	13	366 0.7×	472 1.0×	320 0.8×	178 0.8×	107 0.7×	20	772
Étienne Giraud France	16	213 0.4×	684 1.5×	172 0.4×	332 1.4×	264 1.7×	27	1.2k
Christelle Vogne Switzerland	11	428 0.8×	483 1.1×	134 0.3×	116 0.5×	59 0.4×	14	925
B Oliva Italy	17	379 0.7×	203 0.4×	156 0.4×	51 0.2×	64 0.4×	33	900

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barry Barton

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

Barton, Barry, et al.. (2025). ARID1A and Its Impact Across the Hallmarks of Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(10). 4644–4644. 1 indexed citations

Tahlan, Kapil, Roy H. Mosher, Perrin H. Beatty, et al.. (2007). 5S Clavam Biosynthetic Genes Are Located in Both the Clavam and Paralog Gene Clusters in Streptomyces clavuligerus. Chemistry & Biology. 14(2). 131–142. 33 indexed citations

Jensen, Susan E., et al.. (2004). Streptomyces clavuligerus Has a Second Copy of the Proclavaminate Amidinohydrolase Gene. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 48(2). 514–520. 18 indexed citations

Jensen, Susan E., Ashish S. Paradkar, Roy H. Mosher, et al.. (2003). Five Additional Genes Are Involved in Clavulanic Acid Biosynthesis in Streptomyces clavuligerus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 48(1). 192–202. 41 indexed citations

Kershaw, Nadia J., Kirsty S. Hewitson, Helena Hernández, et al.. (2002). ORF6 from the clavulanic acid gene cluster of Streptomyces clavuligerus has ornithine acetyltransferase activity. European Journal of Biochemistry. 269(8). 2052–2059. 30 indexed citations

Paradkar, Ashish S., Roy H. Mosher, John J. Griffin, et al.. (2001). Applications of Gene Replacement Technology to Streptomyces clavuligerus Strain Development for Clavulanic Acid Production. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67(5). 2292–2297. 30 indexed citations

Mosher, Roy H., et al.. (1999). Genes Specific for the Biosynthesis of Clavam Metabolites Antipodal to Clavulanic Acid Are Clustered with the Gene for Clavaminate Synthase 1 in Streptomyces clavuligerus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 43(5). 1215–1224. 42 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhihong, et al.. (1998). β-Lactam synthetase: implications for β-lactamase evolution. Chemical Communications. 2325–2326. 30 indexed citations

Barton, Barry, et al.. (1997). Analysis of a commercially improved Penicillium chrysogenum strain series: involvement of recombinogenic regions in amplification and deletion of the penicillin biosynthesis gene cluster. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 19(1). 18–27. 83 indexed citations

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Barton, Barry, et al.. (1995). A General Method for Detecting and Sizing Large Plasmids. Analytical Biochemistry. 226(2). 235–240. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, D. J., Martin Burnham, John H. Bull, et al.. (1990). Beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthetic genes have been conserved in clusters in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.. The EMBO Journal. 9(3). 741–747. 124 indexed citations

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Barton, Barry, et al.. (1984). Mapping and Properties of the gam and sot Genes of Phage Mu: Their Possible Roles in Recombination. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 49(0). 261–266. 11 indexed citations

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