Francis Atkinson

7.1k citations

17 papers · 2.8k · 3 hit papers · h-index 11

Impact in

Computational Theory and Mathematics top 0.2%
- Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Molecular Biology top 5%
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Papers in

Molecular Biology 10
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks 4
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research 2
- Melanoma and MAPK Pathways 2
Computational Theory and Mathematics 9
- Computational Drug Discovery Methods 9

Co-authors: Anna Gaulton (6 shared papers)Louisa J. Bellis (4 shared papers)John P. Overington (5 shared papers)Mark Davies (5 shared papers)Anne Hersey (5 shared papers)George Papadatos (4 shared papers)Andrew R. Leach (4 shared papers)Michał Nowotka (3 shared papers)
Journals: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (3 papers)Journal of Cheminformatics (2 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (2 papers)Biochemical Society Transactions (1 paper)PLoS Computational Biology (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Germany Colombia

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Francis Atkinson

17 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Francis Atkinson's Hit Papers

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An open source chemical structure curation pipeline using RDKit 2020 · 386 citations

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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.

2020 Journal of Cheminformatics
2016 Nucleic Acids Research
2015 Nucleic Acids Research

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1	The ChEMBL database in 2017 Nucleic Acids Research ·Anna Gaulton, Anne Hersey, Michał Nowotka, A. Patrícia Bento, Jon Chambers, David Méndez, Prudence Mutowo, Francis Atkinson, Louisa J. Bellis, Elena Cibrián–Uhalte, Mark Davies, Nathan Dedman, Anneli Karlsson, María Paula Magariños, John P. Overington, George Papadatos, Ines Smit, Andrew R. Leach Hit paper breakdown →	2016	1589
2	ChEMBL web services: streamlining access to drug discovery data and utilities Nucleic Acids Research ·Mark Davies, Michał Nowotka, George Papadatos, Nathan Dedman, Anna Gaulton, Francis Atkinson, Louisa J. Bellis, John P. Overington Hit paper breakdown →	2015	464
3	An open source chemical structure curation pipeline using RDKit Journal of Cheminformatics ·A. Patrícia Bento, Anne Hersey, Eloy Félix, Gregory A. Landrum, Anna Gaulton, Francis Atkinson, Louisa J. Bellis, Marleen De Veij, Andrew R. Leach Hit paper breakdown →	2020	386
4	Large scale comparison of QSAR and conformal prediction methods and their applications in drug discovery Journal of Cheminformatics ·Nicolas Bosc, Francis Atkinson, Eloy Félix, Anna Gaulton, Anne Hersey, Andrew R. Leach	2019	106
5	N-(3-Cyano-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothien-2-yl)amides as potent, selective, inhibitors of JNK2 and JNK3 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Richard Angell, Francis Atkinson, Murray J. B. Brown, Tsu Tshen Chuang, J.A. Christopher, Maria A. Cichy-Knight, Allison K. Dunn, Kendra E. Hightower, Susanna Malkakorpi, James R. Musgrave, Margarete Neu, Paul Rowland, Robyn Shea, Jeffery L. Smith, D.O. Somers, Sonia Thomas, Gladstone Thompson, Ruolan Wang	2006	70
6	Synthesis of the 17-electron cations [FeL(L′)(NO)₂]⁺(L, L′= PPh₃, OPPh₃): structure and bonding in four-co-ordinate metal dinitrosyls, and implications for the identity of paramagnetic iron dinitrosyl complex catalysts Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions ·Francis Atkinson, Helen E. Blackwell, Nathan C. Brown, Neil G. Connelly, John Crossley, A.G. Orpen, Anne L. Rieger, Philip H. Rieger	1996	34
7	1-Aryl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline inhibitors of JNK3 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·J.A. Christopher, Francis Atkinson, B.D. Bax, Murray J. B. Brown, Aurélie C. Champigny, Tsu Tshen Chuang, Emma J. Jones, J. Mosley, James R. Musgrave	2009	29
8	Collation and data-mining of literature bioactivity data for drug discovery Biochemical Society Transactions ·Louisa J. Bellis, Ruth A. Akhtar, Bissan Al‐Lazikani, Francis Atkinson, A. Patrícia Bento, Jon Chambers, Mark Davies, Anna Gaulton, Anne Hersey, Kazuyoshi Ikeda, Felix Krüger, Yvonne Light, Shaun McGlinchey, Rita Santos, Benjamin Stauch, John P. Overington	2011	24
9	Spin delocalisation and the geometry of redox-active cyanomanganesecarbonyl ligands in heteropolynuclear complexes of rhodium(I) Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions ·Francis Atkinson, Aristides Christofides, Neil G. Connelly, Holly J. Lawson, Andrew C. Loyns, A.G. Orpen, Georgina M. Rosair, Gillian H. Worth	1993	21
10	Discovery of potent and selective Spleen Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors for the topical treatment of inflammatory skin disease Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Michael D. Barker, John Liddle, Francis Atkinson, David M. Wilson, Marion C. Dickson, César Ramírez-Molina, Huw D. Lewis, Rob P. Davis, D.O. Somers, Margarete Neu, Emma J. Jones, Robert J. Watson	2018	18
11	myChEMBL: a virtual machine implementation of open data and cheminformatics tools Bioinformatics ·Rodrigo Ochoa, Mark Davies, George Papadatos, Francis Atkinson, John P. Overington	2013	17
12	A large-scale dataset of in vivo pharmacology assay results Scientific Data ·Fiona Hunter, Francis Atkinson, A. Patrícia Bento, Nicolas Bosc, Anna Gaulton, Anne Hersey, Andrew R. Leach	2018	10
13	MyChEMBL: A Virtual Platform for Distributing Cheminformatics Tools and Open Data SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Mark Davies, Michał Nowotka, George Papadatos, Francis Atkinson, Gerard J. P. van Westen, Nathan Dedman, Rodrigo Ochoa, John P. Overington	2014	10
14	A Comparative Analysis of Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Clinically Relevant Situations PLoS Computational Biology ·Christoph Thiel, Henrik Cordes, Lorenzo Fabbri, Hélène E. Aschmann, Vanessa Baier, Ines Smit, Francis Atkinson, Lars M. Blank, Lars Kuepfer	2017	9
15	Paramagnetic tetrahedral dinitrosyliron complexes containing redox-active cyanomanganese ligands Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions ·Francis Atkinson, Nathan C. Brown, Neil G. Connelly, A.G. Orpen, Anne L. Rieger, Philip H. Rieger, Georgina M. Rosair	1996	9
16	What has scripting ever done for us? The CSD Python application programming interface (API) Journal of Applied Crystallography ·Richard A. Sykes, Natalie T. Johnson, Christopher J. Kingsbury, J. A. Harter, Andrew G. P. Maloney, Isaac J. Sugden, Suzanna C. Ward, Ian Bruno, Stewart A. Adcock, P.A. Wood, Patrick McCabe, Alexandru A. Moldovan, Francis Atkinson, Ilenia Giangreco, Jason C. Cole	2024	7
17	Arenediazonium ion insertion into an iron–phosphine bond; synthesis and crystal structure of [Fe(NO)₂{PPh₂CH₂CH₂P(Ph)₂NN(C₆H₄F-p)}][PF₆]·OC₄H₈ Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions ·Francis Atkinson, Neil G. Connelly, John Crossley, A.G. Orpen	1994	3

About Francis Atkinson

Francis Atkinson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Oncology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology, having authored 17 papers that have together received 2.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (9 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (4 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (3 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (3 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (3 papers), Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (2 papers), Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (2 papers) and Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computational Theory and Mathematics (1.8k citations), Molecular Biology (1.7k citations), Pharmacology (205 citations), Pharmacology (373 citations) and Materials Chemistry (557 citations). Francis Atkinson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Colombia. Frequent co-authors include Anna Gaulton, Louisa J. Bellis, John P. Overington, Mark Davies, Anne Hersey, George Papadatos, Andrew R. Leach, Michał Nowotka, Nathan Dedman and A. Patrícia Bento. Their work appears in journals such as Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Journal of Cheminformatics, Nucleic Acids Research, Biochemical Society Transactions and PLoS Computational Biology.

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