Colin Ratledge

19.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
266 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Colin Ratledge is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Ratledge has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Molecular Biology, 68 papers in Epidemiology and 39 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Colin Ratledge's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (100 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (67 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (62 papers). Colin Ratledge is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (100 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (67 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (62 papers). Colin Ratledge collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Colin Ratledge's co-authors include James P. Wynn, Lynn G. Dover, Christopher Thomas Evans, Z. Cohen, Michael J. Hall, John A. Stanford, Chris Boulton, Yuanda Song, Philip A. Botham and Paul R. Wheeler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Colin Ratledge

266 papers receiving 13.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Iron Metabolism in Pathogenic Bacteria

2000 1.2k citations Colin Ratledge et al. profile →
Fatty acid biosynthesis in microorganisms being used for Single Cell Oil production

2004 870 citations Colin Ratledge profile →
The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Lipid Accumulation in Oleaginous Microorganisms

2002 796 citations Colin Ratledge, James P. Wynn profile →
Methods in enzymology, vol. 127

1987 589 citations Colin Ratledge et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Ratledge United Kingdom	56	8.7k	3.5k	2.0k	1.5k	1.4k	266	13.8k
Gerhard Gottschalk Germany	62	9.8k 1.1×	3.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	837 0.6×	504 0.4×	191	15.6k
Hermann Sahm Germany	72	13.8k 1.6×	4.0k 1.1×	493 0.2×	410 0.3×	443 0.3×	299	16.5k
John E. Cronan United States	88	17.5k 2.0×	1.6k 0.5×	768 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	691 0.5×	389	24.6k
José L. Garcı́a Spain	63	7.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.4×	433 0.2×	555 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	339	12.7k
Ian T. Paulsen Australia	82	11.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.4×	513 0.3×	2.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	312	22.7k
Jörn Kalinowski Germany	58	9.9k 1.1×	2.4k 0.7×	450 0.2×	885 0.6×	891 0.6×	435	14.3k
Dieter Jahn Germany	57	8.9k 1.0×	799 0.2×	828 0.4×	729 0.5×	464 0.3×	255	12.2k
Carl E. Cerniglia United States	75	6.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	526 0.3×	744 0.5×	509 0.4×	364	20.3k
Frank W. Larimer United States	43	8.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.3×	611 0.3×	514 0.4×	496 0.4×	97	15.4k
Alfred Pühler Germany	84	15.9k 1.8×	3.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	735 0.5×	764 0.5×	485	31.9k

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Zhang, Ying & Colin Ratledge. (2008). Multiple isoforms of malic enzyme in the oleaginous fungus, Mortierella alpina. Mycological Research. 112(6). 725–730. 25 indexed citations

Llamas, María A., Marlies J. Mooij, Marion Sparrius, et al.. (2007). Characterization of five novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa cell‐surface signalling systems. Molecular Microbiology. 67(2). 458–472. 91 indexed citations

Holmes, Margaret A., et al.. (2005). Siderocalin (Lcn 2) Also Binds Carboxymycobactins, Potentially Defending against Mycobacterial Infections through Iron Sequestration. Structure. 13(1). 29–41. 195 indexed citations

Wynn, James P. & Colin Ratledge. (2000). Evidence that the rate-limiting step for the biosynthesis of arachidonic acid in Mortierella alpina is at the level of the 18:3 to 20:3 elongase. Microbiology. 146(9). 2325–2331. 68 indexed citations

Ratledge, Colin & M.M. Ewing. (1996). The occurrence of carboxymycobactin, the siderophore of pathogenic mycobacteria, as a second extracellular siderophore in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Microbiology. 142(8). 2207–2212. 73 indexed citations

Ratledge, Colin. (1994). Biochemistry of microbial degradation. 346 indexed citations

Wheeler, Paul R., et al.. (1992). Control of acyl-CoA carboxylase activity in mycobacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 90(2). 169–172. 3 indexed citations

Ratledge, Colin, et al.. (1992). Desaturation of polyunsaturated fatty acids in Mucor circinelloides and the involvement of a novel membrane‐bound malic enzyme. European Journal of Biochemistry. 209(2). 667–673. 121 indexed citations

Sritharan, Manjula & Colin Ratledge. (1989). Co-ordinated expression of the components of iron transport (mycobactin, exochelin and envelope proteins) inMycobacterium neoaurum. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 60(2). 183–185. 16 indexed citations

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Ratledge, Colin, et al.. (1989). Catabolism of alkylbenzenes by Pseudomonas sp. NCIB 10643. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 32(1). 27 indexed citations

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DaSilva, Edgar J., Yvon Dommergues, E. J. Nyns, & Colin Ratledge. (1987). Microbial technology in the developing world.. Oxford University Press eBooks. 20 indexed citations

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Hall, Richard M. & Colin Ratledge. (1986). Mycobactin and the Competition for Iron between Mycobacterium neoaurum and M. vaccae. Microbiology. 132(3). 839–843. 1 indexed citations

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Evans, Christopher Thomas & Colin Ratledge. (1985). The role of the mitochondrial NAD⁺: isocitrate dehydrogenase in lipid accumulation by the oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides CBS 14. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 31(9). 845–850. 23 indexed citations

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Ratledge, Colin & John A. Stanford. (1983). Immunological and environmental aspects. Academic Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Ratledge, Colin & John A. Stanford. (1982). Physiology, identification, and classification. Academic Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations

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Ratledge, Colin. (1982). Microbial oils and fats an overview. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 59(4). 294. 7 indexed citations

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Hall, Richard M. & Colin Ratledge. (1982). A simple method for the production of mycobactin, the lipid-soluble siderophore, from mycobacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 15(2). 133–136. 30 indexed citations

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Gill, C.O. & Colin Ratledge. (1973). Inhibition of Glucose Assimilation and Transport by n-Decane and Other n-Alkanes in Candida 107. Journal of General Microbiology. 75(1). 11–22. 15 indexed citations

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Ratledge, Colin, et al.. (1973). Fatty Acids of Triglycerides and Phospholipids from a Thermotolerant Strain of Candida tropicalis Grown on n-Alkanes at 30 and 40 C. Journal of General Microbiology. 78(1). 203–206. 5 indexed citations

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Ratledge, Colin & Michael J. Hall. (1970). Uptake of salicylic acid into mycobactin S by growing cells of Mycobacterium smegmatis. FEBS Letters. 10(5). 309–312. 17 indexed citations

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