I. J. Higgins

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

I. J. Higgins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, I. J. Higgins has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 14 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in I. J. Higgins's work include Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (29 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (23 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (14 papers). I. J. Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (29 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (23 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (14 papers). I. J. Higgins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. I. J. Higgins's co-authors include Anthony Turner, H. Allen O. Hill, William Aston, G.B. Davis, D. Scott, D. J. Best, Anthony E. G. Cass, R. C. Hammond, A. Cornish and F. Sima Sariaslani and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

I. J. Higgins

71 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Ferrocene-mediated enzyme electrode for amperometric determination of glucose

1984 1.3k citations G.B. Davis, H. Allen O. Hill et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
I. J. Higgins United Kingdom	28	1.9k	1.8k	1.1k	938	564	72	3.7k
Jean‐Marc Chovelon France	44	724 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	593 0.5×	784 0.8×	1.1k 2.0×	159	6.0k
Ali Mehdinia Iran	41	535 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	810 0.7×	356 0.4×	716 1.3×	155	4.6k
Chanbasha Basheer Saudi Arabia	47	525 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	351 0.4×	858 1.5×	156	6.9k
Tommaso Ferri Italy	25	749 0.4×	869 0.5×	578 0.5×	264 0.3×	201 0.4×	86	2.4k
Lina Zou China	32	987 0.5×	937 0.5×	516 0.4×	248 0.3×	306 0.5×	130	3.1k
Meichuan Liu China	39	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	415 0.4×	134 0.2×	82	3.8k
Jaroon Jakmunee Thailand	33	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	795 0.7×	630 0.7×	67 0.1×	214	3.8k
Shuping Bi China	29	454 0.2×	659 0.4×	703 0.6×	407 0.4×	140 0.2×	154	2.5k
He‐Fang Wang China	30	1.4k 0.7×	862 0.5×	213 0.2×	244 0.3×	106 0.2×	59	4.8k
Athanasios G. Vlessidis Greece	29	485 0.3×	542 0.3×	425 0.4×	311 0.3×	148 0.3×	93	2.6k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Higgins, I. J., Sarah G. Choudury, & Aman Y. Husbands. (2025). Mechanisms driving functional divergence of transcription factor paralogs. New Phytologist. 247(5). 2022–2033. 1 indexed citations

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Hall, Jennifer M., et al.. (1994). An electrochemical method for detection of nucleic acid hybridisation.. PubMed. 32(1). 21–8. 6 indexed citations

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Kulys, Juozas, et al.. (1992). Concerning the toxicity of two compounds used as mediators in biosensor devices: 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) and tetrathiafulvalene (TTF). Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 7(7). 495–501. 18 indexed citations

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Higgins, I. J., et al.. (1991). Biosensors for process control. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 13(12). 946–955. 33 indexed citations

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Higgins, I. J., et al.. (1990). Amperometric biosensors. Journal of Biotechnology. 15(3). 229–238. 26 indexed citations

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Higgins, I. J. & Christopher R. Lowe. (1987). Introduction to the principles and applications of biosensors. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 316(1176). 3–11. 23 indexed citations

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Dalton, Howard & I. J. Higgins. (1987). Physiology and biochemistry of methylotrophic bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 53(1). 23–28. 5 indexed citations

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Higgins, I. J., et al.. (1986). Quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase and its application in an amperometric glucose sensor. PubMed. 2(2). 71–87. 149 indexed citations

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Higgins, I. J., et al.. (1985). Biotechnology : principles and applications. 48 indexed citations

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Turner, Anthony, et al.. (1985). Rapid Bioelectrochemical Methods for the Detection of Living Microorganisms. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 18(17). 95–101. 2 indexed citations

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Hill, H. Allen O., I. J. Higgins, & Anthony Turner. (1985). Ferrocene-based glucose enzyme electrode. 189–195. 1 indexed citations

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Turner, Anthony, et al.. (1983). Applications of electron transfer between biological systems and electrodes. Biochemical Society Transactions. 11(4). 445–448. 29 indexed citations

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Turner, Anthony, William Aston, I. J. Higgins, G.B. Davis, & H. A. O. Hill. (1982). APPLIED ASPECTS OF BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY - FUEL-CELLS, SENSORS, AND BIOORGANIC SYNTHESIS. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 12. 401–412. 11 indexed citations

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Higgins, I. J., et al.. (1981). Bioelectrocatalysis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 302(1468). 267–273. 28 indexed citations

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Scott, D., James R. Brannan, & I. J. Higgins. (1981). The Effect of Growth Conditions on Intracytoplasmic Membranes and Methane Mono-oxygenase Activities in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. Microbiology. 125(1). 63–72. 98 indexed citations

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Higgins, I. J., et al.. (1981). Methanol dehydrogenase bioelectrochemical cell and alcohol detector. Biotechnology Letters. 3(4). 35 indexed citations

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Turner, Anthony, I. J. Higgins, & Keith Gull. (1980). Microbodies inCladosporium (Amorphotheca) resinaegrown on glucose andn-alkanes. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 9(2). 115–119. 7 indexed citations

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Cain, R B, et al.. (1979). Cell-free benzo[a]pyrene hydroxylase activity in marine zooplankton. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 59(3). 553–563. 25 indexed citations

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Warner, Philip J., I. J. Higgins, & J. W. Drozd. (1977). Examination of obligate and facultative methylotrophs for plasmid DNA. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 1(6). 339–342. 14 indexed citations

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Higgins, I. J., James M. Turner, & Andrew Willetts. (1967). Enzyme Mechanism of Aminoacetone Metabolism by Micro-organisms. Nature. 215(5103). 887–888. 10 indexed citations

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