Ian A. Watson

1.7k total citations
40 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

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Ian A. Watson is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian A. Watson has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Ian A. Watson's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (20 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (7 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (4 papers). Ian A. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (20 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (7 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (4 papers). Ian A. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Ian A. Watson's co-authors include Richard E. Higgs, Ji‐Bo Wang, Howard B. Broughton, Christos A. Nicolaou, Michal Vieth, D. H. Robertson, Philip A. Hipskind, Gregory L. Durst, Miles G. Siegel and Kenneth A. Savin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Chromatography A and International Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Ian A. Watson

38 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian A. Watson United States	19	560	480	201	170	166	40	1.2k
Ajay United States	11	799 1.4×	983 2.0×	264 1.3×	164 1.0×	83 0.5×	13	1.7k
Sergio Wong United States	20	335 0.6×	889 1.9×	201 1.0×	187 1.1×	72 0.4×	33	1.3k
Gavin Harper United Kingdom	11	725 1.3×	745 1.6×	216 1.1×	126 0.7×	76 0.5×	16	1.1k
Christopher R. Corbeil Canada	19	726 1.3×	1.1k 2.2×	326 1.6×	199 1.2×	228 1.4×	38	1.6k
Alexander Alanine Switzerland	16	456 0.8×	753 1.6×	363 1.8×	117 0.7×	73 0.4×	26	1.3k
Osman Güner United States	17	785 1.4×	875 1.8×	429 2.1×	136 0.8×	101 0.6×	36	1.6k
Massimo Baroni Italy	25	869 1.6×	1.1k 2.3×	374 1.9×	146 0.9×	108 0.7×	63	2.1k
Stefan Senger United Kingdom	15	969 1.7×	1.1k 2.3×	373 1.9×	307 1.8×	94 0.6×	28	1.9k
Jean‐François Truchon Canada	12	756 1.4×	862 1.8×	323 1.6×	212 1.2×	53 0.3×	19	1.4k
Andrew C. Good United States	22	971 1.7×	985 2.1×	426 2.1×	223 1.3×	102 0.6×	45	1.7k

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Watson, Ian A., et al.. (2025). LIDDIA: Language-based Intelligent Drug Discovery Agent. PubMed. 2025. 12015–12039.

Watson, Ian A., Ji‐Bo Wang, & Christos A. Nicolaou. (2019). A retrosynthetic analysis algorithm implementation. Journal of Cheminformatics. 11(1). 74 indexed citations

Vidler, Lewis R., et al.. (2018). Investigating the Behavior of Published PAINS Alerts Using a Pharmaceutical Company Data Set. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 9(8). 792–796. 24 indexed citations

Conrado, Daniela J., Timothy Nicholas, Kuenhi Tsai, et al.. (2017). Dopamine Transporter Neuroimaging as an Enrichment Biomarker in Early Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials: A Disease Progression Modeling Analysis. Clinical and Translational Science. 11(1). 63–70. 35 indexed citations

Nicolaou, Christos A., et al.. (2016). The Proximal Lilly Collection: Mapping, Exploring and Exploiting Feasible Chemical Space. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 56(7). 1253–1266. 66 indexed citations

Desai, Prashant, Geri A. Sawada, Ian A. Watson, & Thomas J. Raub. (2013). Integration of in Silico and in Vitro Tools for Scaffold Optimization during Drug Discovery: Predicting P-Glycoprotein Efflux. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 10(4). 1249–1261. 70 indexed citations

Higgs, Richard E., et al.. (2009). Evaluating the performances of quantitative structure-retention relationship models with different sets of molecular descriptors and databases for high-performance liquid chromatography predictions. Journal of Chromatography A. 1216(25). 5030–5038. 22 indexed citations

Erickson, Jon A., Mary M. Mader, Ian A. Watson, et al.. (2009). Structure-guided expansion of kinase fragment libraries driven by support vector machine models. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1804(3). 642–652. 20 indexed citations

Webster, Yue, et al.. (2009). GPU Accelerated Support Vector Machines for Mining High-Throughput Screening Data. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 49(12). 2718–2725. 35 indexed citations

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Wale, Nikil, Ian A. Watson, & George Karypis. (2008). Indirect Similarity Based Methods for Effective Scaffold-Hopping in Chemical Compounds. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 48(4). 730–741. 18 indexed citations

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Stiefl, Nikolaus, Ian A. Watson, Knut Baumann, & Andrea Zaliani. (2005). ErG: 2D Pharmacophore Descriptions for Scaffold Hopping. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 46(1). 208–220. 110 indexed citations

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Broughton, Howard B. & Ian A. Watson. (2004). Selection of heterocycles for drug design. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 23(1). 51–58. 96 indexed citations

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Vieth, Michal, Miles G. Siegel, Richard E. Higgs, et al.. (2003). Characteristic Physical Properties and Structural Fragments of Marketed Oral Drugs. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 47(1). 224–232. 268 indexed citations

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Sharp, James H., Ian A. Watson, Brian F. Scott, et al.. (1999). Experimental systems implementation of a hybrid optical–digital correlator. Applied Optics. 38(29). 6116–6116. 3 indexed citations

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Watson, Ian A., et al.. (1998). Optical Imaging and Analysis of Speckle Patterns from Escherichia coli in Disinfectant solution. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe. 13. CTuI106–CTuI106. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, Ian A., et al.. (1996). Characteristics of CO2 and Nd:YAG laser welded high carbon steels. D141–D149.

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Wilson, Charles B., D Snook, B Dhokia, et al.. (1991). Quantitative measurement of monoclonal antibody distribution and blood flow using positron emission tomography and ¹²⁴iodine in patients with breast cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 47(3). 344–347. 63 indexed citations

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Horlock, Peter, Mathew L. Thakur, & Ian A. Watson. (1975). Cyclotron produced lead-203. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 51(601). 751–754. 14 indexed citations

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Clark, J. C., Mathew L. Thakur, & Ian A. Watson. (1972). The production of potassium-43 for medical use. The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 23(7). 329–330. 13 indexed citations

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Friedmann, B, S. M. Lewis, H. I. Glass, L. Szur, & Ian A. Watson. (1968). Labelling of red blood cells with⁸¹Rb for spleen scans. British Journal of Radiology. 41(491). 815–818. 7 indexed citations

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