Ian S. Roberts

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
161 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Ian S. Roberts is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian S. Roberts has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ian S. Roberts's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (33 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (30 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (21 papers). Ian S. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (33 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (30 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (21 papers). Ian S. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Ian S. Roberts's co-authors include Chris Whitfield, G J Boulnois, Klaus Jann, Richard K. Grencis, Peter W. Andrew, Marie Goldrick, Kelly S. Hayes, Richard Pumphrey, Allison J. Bancroft and Markus Bitzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ian S. Roberts

159 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

THE BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS OF CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTION IN BACTERIA

1996 524 citations Ian S. Roberts profile →
Apoptosis in podocytes induced by TGF-β and Smad7

2001 508 citations Mario Schiffer, Markus Bitzer et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Emergence of ion-channel-mediated electrical oscillations in Escherichia coli biofilms 2025 ·eLife ·(unknown), (unknown), Rok Krašovec, Ian S. Roberts, Thomas Andrew Waigh	2
2	Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy with Bacterial Biofilms: Neuronal-like Behavior 2024 ·Nano Letters ·(unknown), L. Zhang, Rok Krašovec, Ian S. Roberts, Thomas Andrew Waigh	7
3	Emergence of ion-channel-mediated electrical oscillations in Escherichia coli biofilms 2024 ·eLife ·(unknown), (unknown), Rok Krašovec, Ian S. Roberts, Thomas Andrew Waigh	1
4	Electrical signaling in three-dimensional bacterial biofilms using an agent-based fire-diffuse-fire model 2024 ·Physical review. E ·(unknown), (unknown), Rok Krašovec, Ian S. Roberts, Thomas Andrew Waigh	1
5	A genome-scale metabolic model of parasitic whipworm 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Kelly S. Hayes, Jean‐Marc Schwartz, Richard K. Grencis, Ian S. Roberts	5
6	Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy Study of the Production of K1 Capsules byEscherichia coli: Evidence for the Differential Distribution of the Capsule at the Poles and the Equator of the Cell 2019 ·Langmuir ·(unknown), Pantelis Georgiades, Ruiheng Li, (unknown), Ian S. Roberts, Thomas Andrew Waigh	25
7	Eavesdropping and crosstalk between secreted quorum sensing peptide signals that regulate bacteriocin production in Streptococcus pneumoniae 2018 ·The ISME Journal ·E. L. Miller, Morten Kjos, Monica Abrudan, Ian S. Roberts, Jan‐Willem Veening, Daniel E. Rozen	32
8	Manipulation of host and parasite microbiotas: Survival strategies during chronic nematode infection 2018 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Ashley Houlden, Allison J. Bancroft, Kelly S. Hayes, Marie Goldrick, Richard K. Grencis, Ian S. Roberts	107
9	Quenched Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (qSTORM) with Graphene Oxide 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Ruiheng Li, Pantelis Georgiades, Henry Cox, (unknown), Ian S. Roberts, Thomas Andrew Waigh, Jian R. Lu	5
10	Listeria monocytogenes has both a bd-type and an aa3 -type terminal oxidase which allow growth in different oxygen levels and both are important in infection 2017 ·White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) ·David F. Corbett, Marie Goldrick, Vitor E. Fernandes, Sandra T. Davidge, Robert K. Poole, Peter W. Andrew, Jim Cavet, Ian S. Roberts	18
11	Three tandem promoters, together with IHF, regulate growth phase dependent expression of the Escherichia coli kps capsule gene cluster 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Jia Jia, (unknown), Marie Goldrick, (unknown), Ian S. Roberts	11
12	Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Inverted Formin 2–Mediated Renal Disease 2016 ·Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Rachel Challis, Troels Ring, Yaobo Xu, Edwin Wong, Oliver Floßmann, Ian S. Roberts, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vicky Brocklebank, (unknown), Lisa Strain, Valerie Wilson, Katrina Wood, Kevin J. Marchbank, Mauro Santibanez‐Koref, Timothy H.J. Goodship, David Kavanagh	29
13	Lamellipodin Is Important for Cell-to-Cell Spread and Actin-Based Motility in Listeria monocytogenes 2015 ·Infection and Immunity ·Jiahui Wang, (unknown), Marie Goldrick, Martin Lowe, Frank B. Gertler, Ian S. Roberts	17
14	Exploitation of the Intestinal Microflora by the Parasitic Nematode Trichuris muris 2010 ·Science ·Kelly S. Hayes, Allison J. Bancroft, Marie Goldrick, Craig Portsmouth, Ian S. Roberts, Richard K. Grencis	251
15	Apoptosis in podocytes induced by TGF-β and Smad7 breakdown → 2001 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Mario Schiffer, Markus Bitzer, Ian S. Roberts, Jeffrey B. Kopp, Peter ten Dijke, Peter Mündel, Erwin P. Böttinger	508
16	Characterization of the Glycosyltransferase Enzyme from theEscherichia coli K5 Capsule Gene Cluster and Identification and Characterization of the Glucuronyl Active Site 1998 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Gary L. Griffiths, Nicola Cook, (unknown), Thomas Lind, Kerstin Lidholt, Ian S. Roberts	56
17	Isolation from recombinantEscherichia coliand characterization of CMP-Kdo synthetase, involved in the expression of the capsular K5 polysaccharide (K-CKS) 1995 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Carsten Rosenow, Ian S. Roberts, Klaus Jann	23
18	The use of TnphoAinErwinia amylovorato generate random fusions of alkaline phosphatase to extracytoplasmic proteins 1991 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Mark Coleman, J Milner, Richard M. Cooper, Ian S. Roberts	5
19	Molecular cloning and expression of the genes encoding theEscherichia coliK4 capsular polysaccharide, a fructose-substituted chondroitin 1990 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Camilla Drake, Ian S. Roberts, Ben Jann, Klaus Jann, G J Boulnois	6
20	Characterisation and in vivo behaviour of aSalmonella typhimurium aroA strain expressingEscherichia coliK1 polysaccharide 1988 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·David O’Callaghan, Duncan J. Maskell, Julian E. Beesley, M.Robert Lifely, Ian S. Roberts, Graham J. Boulnois, Gordon Dougan	7

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