David E. Minnikin

21.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
223 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

David E. Minnikin is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, David E. Minnikin has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Epidemiology, 88 papers in Molecular Biology and 86 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in David E. Minnikin's work include Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (105 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (74 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (35 papers). David E. Minnikin is often cited by papers focused on Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (105 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (74 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (35 papers). David E. Minnikin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. David E. Minnikin's co-authors include Michael Goodfellow, M.D. Collins, Anthony G. O’Donnell, J.H. Parlett, M. Athalye, Grace Alderson, Gurdyal S. Besra, P. V. Patel, Matthew Collins and I Hutchinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

David E. Minnikin

221 papers receiving 16.7k 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.

  1. An integrated procedure for the extraction of bacterial isoprenoid quinones and polar lipids
    1984 4.9k citations David E. Minnikin, Anthony G. O’Donnell et al. profile →
  2. Distribution of Menaquinones in Actinomycetes and Corynebacteria
    1977 2.1k citations Michael Goodfellow, David E. Minnikin et al. profile →
  3. Fatty Acid and Polar Lipid Composition in the Classification of Cellulomonas, Oerskovia and Related Taxa
    1979 875 citations David E. Minnikin, Michael Goodfellow et al. profile →
  4. Polar Lipid Composition in the Classification of Nocardia and Related Bacteria
    1977 817 citations David E. Minnikin, Michael Goodfellow et al. profile →
  5. Thin-layer chromatography of methanolysates of mycolic acid-containing bacteria
    1980 620 citations David E. Minnikin, Michael Goodfellow et al. profile →
  6. Differentiation of Mycobacterium, Nocardia, and Related Taxa by Thin-layer Chromatographic Analysis of Whole-organism Methanolysates
    1975 468 citations David E. Minnikin, Michael Goodfellow et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David E. Minnikin 12.2k 5.5k 3.1k 3.0k 2.9k 223 17.3k
L G Wayne 6.5k 0.5× 3.4k 0.6× 2.8k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 2.8k 1.0× 66 10.1k
Michael Goodfellow 22.2k 1.8× 9.7k 1.8× 2.1k 0.7× 8.0k 2.7× 1.2k 0.4× 495 32.3k
Hans‐Peter Klenk 11.2k 0.9× 6.6k 1.2× 635 0.2× 3.5k 1.2× 331 0.1× 354 17.2k
Julian Davies 12.9k 1.1× 3.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 3.2k 1.1× 2.5k 0.9× 251 25.5k
Keith Chater 9.7k 0.8× 1.8k 0.3× 583 0.2× 3.1k 1.1× 443 0.2× 182 13.7k
J. De Ley 7.5k 0.6× 3.3k 0.6× 496 0.2× 4.2k 1.4× 391 0.1× 203 13.2k
Jörn Kalinowski 9.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.2× 891 0.3× 2.2k 0.7× 885 0.3× 435 14.3k
Micah I. Krichevsky 6.0k 0.5× 3.5k 0.6× 605 0.2× 1.9k 0.6× 333 0.1× 71 8.1k
Charles J. Thompson 5.8k 0.5× 849 0.2× 1.2k 0.4× 2.0k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 100 8.7k
David W. Ussery 8.8k 0.7× 3.8k 0.7× 915 0.3× 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 177 14.3k

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All Works

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Lee, Oona Y.-C., Houdini H.T. Wu, Gurdyal S. Besra, et al.. (2023). Sensitive lipid biomarker detection for tuberculosis in late Neanderthal skeletons from Subalyuk Cave, Hungary. Tuberculosis. 143. 102420–102420. 2 indexed citations
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Pálfi, György, Erika Molnár, Zsolt Bereczki, et al.. (2023). Re-examination of the Subalyuk Neanderthal remains uncovers signs of probable TB infection (Subalyuk Cave, Hungary). Tuberculosis. 143. 102419–102419. 3 indexed citations
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Szikossy, Ildikó, Dávid Rakk, Gabriella Terhes, et al.. (2021). Lipid biomarker-based verification of TB infection in mother’s and daughter’s mummified human remains (Vác Mummy Collection, 18th century, CE, Hungary). Acta Biologica Szegediensis. 64(2). 99–109. 3 indexed citations
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Baird, Mark S., et al.. (2013). Differential spontaneous folding of mycolic acids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 180. 15–22. 24 indexed citations
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Hershkovitz, Israël, Helen D. Donoghue, David E. Minnikin, et al.. (2008). Detection and Molecular Characterization of 9000-Year-Old Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a Neolithic Settlement in the Eastern Mediterranean. PLoS ONE. 3(10). e3426–e3426. 283 indexed citations
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Villeneuve, Masumi, Motoko Watanabe, Yutaka Aoyagi, et al.. (2007). Conformational behavior of oxygenated mycobacterial mycolic acids from Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1768(7). 1717–1726. 33 indexed citations
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Hitchen, Paul G., Lynn G. Dover, Laurent Kremer, et al.. (2005). LosA, a Key Glycosyltransferase Involved in the Biosynthesis of a Novel Family of Glycosylated Acyltrehalose Lipooligosaccharides from Mycobacterium marinum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(51). 42124–42133. 54 indexed citations
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Villeneuve, Masumi, et al.. (2005). Temperature dependence of the Langmuir monolayer packing of mycolic acids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1715(2). 71–80. 53 indexed citations
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Hamid, Mohamed E., Malin Ridell, David E. Minnikin, & Michael Goodfellow. (1998). Serotaxonomic Analysis of Glycolipids from Mycobacterium chelonae-M. fortuitum Complex and Bovine Farcy Strains. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie. 288(1). 23–34. 6 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Paul R., Gurdyal S. Besra, David E. Minnikin, & Colin Ratledge. (1993). Stimulation of mycolic acid biosynthesis by incorporation of cis-tetracos-5-enoic acid in a cell-wall preparation from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 1167(2). 182–188. 38 indexed citations
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Minnikin, David E., et al.. (1990). Recognition of novel glycolipid antigens from smooth variants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 67(1-2). 55–58. 6 indexed citations
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Minnikin, David E.. (1990). Recognition of novel glycolipid antigens from smooth variants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 67(1-2). 55–57. 5 indexed citations
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Venkatesan, K, et al.. (1987). Detection of mycobacterial lipids in skin biopsies from leprosy patients. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 44(2). 167–172. 7 indexed citations
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Wieten, G., Jaap J. Boon, D.G. Groothuis, F. Portaels, & David E. Minnikin. (1984). Rapid detection of mycobacterial contamination in batches of whole cells of purifiedMycobacterium lepraeby pyrolysis gas chromatography. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 25(2-3). 289–293. 11 indexed citations
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Mallet, Anthony I., David E. Minnikin, & Gary Dobson. (1984). Gas chromatography mass spectrometry oftert-butyldimethylsilyl ethers of phthiocerols and mycocerosic alcohols fromMycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 11(2). 79–86. 11 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, Anthony G., David E. Minnikin, & Michael Goodfellow. (1983). INTEGRATED LIPID AND WALL ANALYSIS OF ACTINOMYCETES. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 3 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, Anthony G., David E. Minnikin, Michael Goodfellow, & J.H. Parlett. (1982). The analysis of actinomycete wall amino acids by gas chromatography. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 15(1). 75–78. 13 indexed citations
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Collins, Matthew, Michael Goodfellow, & David E. Minnikin. (1982). Polar lipid composition in the classification ofArthrobacterandMicrobacterium. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 15(4). 299–302. 24 indexed citations
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Minnikin, David E., S. M. Minnikin, & Michael Goodfellow. (1982). The oxygenated mycolic acids of Mycobacterium fortuitum, M. Farcinogenes and M. Senegalense. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 712(3). 616–620. 34 indexed citations

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