David T. Jones

53.7k citations

265 papers · 37.5k indexed · 20 hit papers · h-index 79

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Sensory Systems top 0.5%

Papers in

Molecular Biology 177
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 97
- Machine Learning in Bioinformatics 68
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 56
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 40
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks 22
Materials Chemistry 51
- Enzyme Structure and Function 50

Co-authors: Liam J. McGuffin Kevin Bryson Daniel Buchan David Woods Randall R. Reed Janet M. Thornton Jonathan J. Ward Domenico Cozzetto
Journals: Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics (23 papers)Bioinformatics (19 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (11 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (9 papers)BMC Bioinformatics (9 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States South Africa

In The Last Decade

David T. Jones

264 papers receiving 36.6k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

A guide to machine learning for biologists 2021 · 1.2k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2020 Nature
2019 Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
2019 Nucleic Acids Research
2014 Chemical Reviews
2014 Bioinformatics
2013 Nucleic Acids Research
2011 Bioinformatics
2005 Nucleic Acids Research
2004 Bioinformatics
2004 Journal of Molecular Biology
2000 Bioinformatics
1999 Journal of Molecular Biology
1999 Journal of Molecular Biology
1994 Nature
1994 Biochemistry
1989 Science
1987 Journal of Biological Chemistry
1986 Microbiological Reviews
1986 Microbiological Reviews

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#	Work
1	Exploring structural diversity across the protein universe with The Encyclopedia of Domains Science ·Andy M. Lau, Nicola Bordin, Shaun M. Kandathil, Ian Sillitoe, Vaishali Waman, Jude Wells, Christine Orengo, David T. Jones	2024	33
2	DMPfold: fast de novo protein model generation from covarying sequences using predicted distances and iterative model building arXiv (Cornell University) ·Joe G. Greener, Shaun M. Kandathil, David T. Jones	2018	1
3	Microbial solvent formation revisited by comparative genome analysis Biotechnology for Biofuels ·Anja Poehlein, José David Montoya Solano, Stefanie K. Flitsch, Preben Krabben, Klaus Winzer, Sharon J. Reid, David T. Jones, Edward Green, Nigel P. Minton, Rolf Daniel, Peter Dürre	2017	57
4	MetaPSICOV: combining coevolution methods for accurate prediction of contacts and long range hydrogen bonding in proteins Bioinformatics ·David T. Jones, Tanya Singh, Tomasz Kościółek, Stuart Tetchner	2014	238
5	DISOPRED3: precise disordered region predictions with annotated protein-binding activity Bioinformatics ·David T. Jones, Domenico Cozzetto Hit paper breakdown →	2014	643
6	Classification of Intrinsically Disordered Regions and Proteins Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) ·Robin van der Lee, Marija Buljan, Benjamin Lang, Robert J. Weatheritt, Gary W. Daughdrill, A. Keith Dunker, Mónika Fuxreiter, Julian Gough, Joerg Gsponer, David T. Jones, Philip M. Kim, Richard W. Kriwacki, Christopher J. Oldfield, Rohit V. Pappu, Péter Tompa, Vladimir N. Uversky, Peter E. Wright, M. Madan Babu	2014	1
7	Accurate de novo structure prediction of large transmembrane protein domains using fragment-assembly and correlated mutation analysis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Timothy Nugent, David T. Jones	2012	141
8	PSICOV: precise structural contact prediction using sparse inverse covariance estimation on large multiple sequence alignments Bioinformatics ·David T. Jones, Daniel Buchan, Domenico Cozzetto, Massimiliano Pontil Hit paper breakdown →	2011	550
9	Protein topology from predicted residue contacts Protein Science ·William R. Taylor, David T. Jones, Michael I. Sadowski	2011	36
10	Open Air Laboratories (OPAL): A community-driven research programme Environmental Pollution ·Ceri Davies, J.N.B. Bell, James Bone, M.K. Head, L. Hill, C. Howard, Sarah J. Hobbs, David T. Jones, Sally A. Power, Neil L. Rose, C. Ryder, Lindsay Seed, Glen Stevens, Ralph Toumi, Nikolaos Voulvoulis, Piran C. L. White	2011	50
11	Modularity of intrinsic disorder in the human proteome Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Melissa M. Pentony, David T. Jones	2009	87
12	Predicting gene ontology annotations from sequence data using kernel-based machine learning algorithms Jonathan J. Ward, Jaspreet Singh Sodhi, Bernard F. Buxton, David T. Jones	2004	2
13	Improvement of the GenTHREADER method for genomic fold recognition Bioinformatics ·Liam J. McGuffin, David T. Jones	2003	284
14	Median nerve compression in Proteus syndrome Pediatric Surgery International ·M. McCullagh, John Harper, Matthew Pitt, David T. Jones, Lewis Spitz	1998	5
15	Do transmembrane protein superfolds exist? FEBS Letters ·David T. Jones	1998	149
16	Potential energy functions for threading Current Opinion in Structural Biology ·David T. Jones, Janet M. Thornton	1996	113
17	Successful protein fold recognition by optimal sequence threading validated by rigorous blind testing Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·David T. Jones, Robert T. Miller, Janet M. Thornton	1995	73
18	Effects of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc on growth, reproduction and survival of the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny): Assessing the environmental impact of point-source metal contamination in terrestrial ecosystems Environmental Pollution ·David J. Spurgeon, S. P. Hopkin, David T. Jones	1994	295
19	Recurring structural motifs in proteins with different functions Current Biology ·Christine Orengo, Tomas P. Flores, David T. Jones, William R. Taylor, Janet M. Thornton	1993	46
20	Physiological Responses of Bacteroides and Clostridium Strains to Environmental Stress Factors Advances in microbial physiology ·David Woods, David T. Jones	1987	41

About David T. Jones

David T. Jones is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Sensory Systems and Genetics, having authored 265 papers that have together received 37.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (97 papers), Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (68 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (56 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (50 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (40 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (22 papers), Plant and animal studies (14 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (27.1k citations), Sensory Systems (668 citations), Cell Biology (2.2k citations), Genetics (3.6k citations) and Materials Chemistry (5.7k citations). David T. Jones has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Liam J. McGuffin, Kevin Bryson, Daniel Buchan, David Woods, Randall R. Reed, Janet M. Thornton, Jonathan J. Ward, Domenico Cozzetto, Bernard F. Buxton and Shaun M. Kandathil. Their work appears in journals such as Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Nucleic Acids Research and BMC Bioinformatics.

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