E. J. Bourne

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

E. J. Bourne is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, E. J. Bourne has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Organic Chemistry, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 36 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in E. J. Bourne's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (37 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (36 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (28 papers). E. J. Bourne is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (37 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (36 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (28 papers). E. J. Bourne collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Australia. E. J. Bourne's co-authors include S. A. Barker, M. Stacey, D. H. Whiffen, R. W. Bailey, Helmut Weigel, T. G. Bonner, J. C. Tatlow, R. W. Stephens, J. B. Pridham and Patrick M. Grant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Annual Review of Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

E. J. Bourne

118 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Infra-red spectra of carbohydrates. Part I. Some derivatives of D-glucopyranose

1954 308 citations S. A. Barker, E. J. Bourne et al. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. J. Bourne United Kingdom	25	818	656	606	574	496	125	2.5k
Frederick W. Parrish United States	25	1.0k 1.2×	588 0.9×	587 1.0×	544 0.9×	650 1.3×	64	2.3k
M. L. Wolfrom United States	34	1.6k 1.9×	1.8k 2.7×	455 0.8×	510 0.9×	367 0.7×	242	4.0k
Laurens Anderson United States	28	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.7×	286 0.5×	486 0.8×	261 0.5×	79	2.3k
F. D. Gunstone United Kingdom	35	1.5k 1.9×	1.1k 1.7×	742 1.2×	401 0.7×	106 0.2×	162	4.1k
T. Galliard United Kingdom	33	1.3k 1.6×	312 0.5×	867 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	214 0.4×	78	3.3k
David Oakenfull Australia	28	936 1.1×	463 0.7×	427 0.7×	538 0.9×	122 0.2×	48	2.8k
W. K. Rohwedder United States	22	943 1.2×	268 0.4×	328 0.5×	829 1.4×	67 0.1×	58	2.2k
J. Szejtli Hungary	28	830 1.0×	470 0.7×	351 0.6×	145 0.3×	182 0.4×	121	2.8k
Ichiro Chibata Japan	41	4.2k 5.2×	411 0.6×	425 0.7×	363 0.6×	802 1.6×	321	5.9k
Egon Stahl Germany	25	1.2k 1.4×	548 0.8×	208 0.3×	606 1.1×	116 0.2×	127	3.9k

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Bourne, E. J., et al.. (1972). A convenient method for the synthesis of 6-O-methyl-D-glucose. Carbohydrate Research. 25(2). 516–517. 15 indexed citations

Bonner, T. G., et al.. (1968). Kinetic and thermodynamic control in the formation of monoacetals from aldehydes and D-glucitol. Journal of the Chemical Society B Physical Organic. 827–827. 4 indexed citations

Bonner, T. G., et al.. (1965). 20. Butylidene derivatives of glucitol. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 121–121. 3 indexed citations

Bourne, E. J., et al.. (1965). The biosynthesis of raffinose. Biochemical Journal. 97(3). 802–806. 19 indexed citations

Bourne, E. J., et al.. (1964). Complexes between polyhydroxy-compounds and inorganic oxy-acids. Tungstate complexes on sugars and other cyclic polyhydroxy-compounds. Tetrahedron Letters. 5(1). 55–60. 7 indexed citations

Bourne, E. J., et al.. (1963). The identification of naturally occurring cinnamic acid derivatives. Phytochemistry. 2(3). 225–230. 11 indexed citations

Bonner, T. G., et al.. (1962). 145. The reactivity of the methyl α-D-glucoside–boron trichloride reagent. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 0(0). 761–767. 11 indexed citations

Bourne, E. J., et al.. (1960). 831. Paper ionophoresis of sugars and other cyclic polyhydroxy-compounds in molybdate solution. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 4252–4252. 61 indexed citations

Barker, S. A., et al.. (1959). 162. Spectra of acetals. Part II. The infrared and Raman spectra of substituted 1 : 3-dioxolans. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 807–807. 12 indexed citations

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Bourne, E. J., et al.. (1959). Interaction of Anti-Staling Agents with Starch. Nature. 184(4685). 547–547. 3 indexed citations

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Bourne, E. J., et al.. (1959). 469. Mechanism of the enzymic synthesis of a branched trisaccharide containing the α- 1 : 2-glucosidic linkage. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 0(0). 2332–2337. 12 indexed citations

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Bailey, R. W., S. A. Barker, E. J. Bourne, & M. Stacey. (1957). 700. Immunopolysaccharides. Part VII. The transglucosylase action of Betacoccus arabinosaceous dextransucrase. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 3536–3536. 9 indexed citations

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Barker, S. A., E. J. Bourne, & D. H. Whiffen. (1956). Use of Infrared Analysis in the Determination of Carbohydrate Structure. Methods of biochemical analysis. 3. 213–245. 154 indexed citations

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Bailey, R. W., S. A. Barker, E. J. Bourne, & M. Stacey. (1955). Enzymic Synthesis of a ‘Branched’ Trisaccharide. Nature. 176(4494). 1164–1165. 18 indexed citations

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Barker, S. A., et al.. (1955). Studies of Aspergillus niger. Part IV. The synthesis of β-linked glucosaccharides. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 0(0). 3734–3740. 19 indexed citations

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Bourne, E. J., et al.. (1954). Studies of trifluoroacetic acid. Part XII. Acyl trifluoroacetates and their reactions. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 2006–2006. 25 indexed citations

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Bourne, E. J., et al.. (1954). A descent of the sugar series based on ketose mercaptols. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 4009–4009. 2 indexed citations

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Bourne, E. J., et al.. (1952). Detection of Sugars by Paper Chromatography: the Glycosylamines. Nature. 169(4308). 876–877. 10 indexed citations

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Barker, S. A. & E. J. Bourne. (1952). 42. The oligosaccharides synthesised from maltose by Escherichia coli. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 209–209. 20 indexed citations

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Bourne, E. J., M. Stacey, J. C. Tatlow, & J. M. Tedder. (1951). 155. Studies of trifluoroacetic acid. Part III. The use of trifluoroacetic anhydride in the synthesis of aromatic ketones and sulphones. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 718–718. 29 indexed citations

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