Ian Wheeldon

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Ian Wheeldon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Wheeldon has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ian Wheeldon's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (36 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers). Ian Wheeldon is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (36 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers). Ian Wheeldon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Ian Wheeldon's co-authors include Scott Banta, Cory Schwartz, Jyun‐Liang Lin, Mark Blenner, Scott Calabrese Barton, Plamen Atanassov, Matthew S. Sigman, Shelley D. Minteer, Ann‐Kathrin Löbs and Murtaza Hussain and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Chemical Society Reviews and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ian Wheeldon

83 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Substrate channelling as an approach to cascade reactions

2016 560 citations Ian Wheeldon, Shelley D. Minteer et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
Systemic immune responses to irradiated tumours via the transport of antigens to the tumour periphery by injected flagellate bacteria

2022 147 citations Ian Wheeldon, Jinhui Wu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Wheeldon United States	35	2.7k	1.2k	455	379	308	88	3.9k
Min‐Kyu Oh South Korea	40	3.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	325 0.7×	440 1.2×	395 1.3×	157	4.3k
Jae Ho Shin South Korea	21	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	428 0.9×	376 1.0×	339 1.1×	47	2.9k
Leilei Zhu China	28	1.3k 0.5×	854 0.7×	214 0.5×	228 0.6×	256 0.8×	80	2.2k
Raja Ghosh Canada	32	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	490 1.1×	278 0.7×	335 1.1×	175	3.8k
Benevides C. Pessela Spain	32	3.0k 1.1×	830 0.7×	878 1.9×	281 0.7×	306 1.0×	94	3.5k
John Cort United States	32	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	111 0.2×	447 1.2×	222 0.7×	98	3.1k
Haruo Takahashi Japan	29	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	332 0.7×	502 1.3×	402 1.3×	75	2.7k
Lorena Betancor Spain	35	3.1k 1.1×	854 0.7×	1.3k 2.8×	497 1.3×	585 1.9×	75	4.0k
Pil Kim South Korea	38	1.2k 0.5×	729 0.6×	685 1.5×	1.2k 3.1×	177 0.6×	138	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Wheeldon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Wheeldon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Wheeldon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Wheeldon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Wheeldon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ian Wheeldon. Ian Wheeldon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Tian, Hao, Jesús Beltrán, Zoe H. Davis, et al.. (2025). Unusually broad-spectrum small-molecule sensing using a single protein scaffold. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(51). e2519924122–e2519924122.

Chartron, Justin W., et al.. (2025). Ribo-seq guided design of enhanced protein secretion in Komagataella phaffii. Metabolic Engineering. 91. 228–241.

Liu, Xinzhan, et al.. (2025). Kingdom-wide CRISPR guide design with ALLEGRO. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(15).

Lee, Sang Cheon, et al.. (2024). Optimized genome-wide CRISPR screening enables rapid engineering of growth-based phenotypes in Yarrowia lipolytica. Metabolic Engineering. 86. 55–65. 7 indexed citations

Lee, Sang Cheon, et al.. (2024). Genome Editing, Transcriptional Regulation, and Forward Genetic Screening Using CRISPR-Cas12a Systems in Yarrowia lipolytica. Methods in molecular biology. 2760. 169–198. 1 indexed citations

Park, Sang‐Youl, Francis C. Peterson, Jesús Beltrán, et al.. (2023). An orthogonalized PYR1-based CID module with reprogrammable ligand-binding specificity. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(1). 103–110. 20 indexed citations

Li, Zongbo, Jesús Beltrán, Hao Tian, et al.. (2023). High-Performance Cannabinoid Sensor Empowered by Plant Hormone Receptors and Antifouling Magnetic Nanorods. ACS Sensors. 8(10). 3914–3922. 2 indexed citations

Wheeldon, Ian, et al.. (2023). Analyzing CRISPR screens in non-conventional microbes. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 50(1). 6 indexed citations

Iddya, Arpita, Piotr Zarzycki, Ryan Kingsbury, et al.. (2022). A reverse-selective ion exchange membrane for the selective transport of phosphates via an outer-sphere complexation–diffusion pathway. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(11). 1222–1228. 37 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Cory, et al.. (2022). Genome-wide functional screens enable the prediction of high activity CRISPR-Cas9 and -Cas12a guides in Yarrowia lipolytica. Nature Communications. 13(1). 922–922. 34 indexed citations

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Wheeldon, Ian, et al.. (2022). RNA polymerase II-driven CRISPR-Cas9 system for efficient non-growth-biased metabolic engineering of Kluyveromyces marxianus. Metabolic Engineering Communications. 15. e00208–e00208. 9 indexed citations

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Hong, Xiao, et al.. (2021). Microenvironmental effects can masquerade as substrate channelling in cascade biocatalysis. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 73. 233–239. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Mengwan, et al.. (2020). Developing a broad-range promoter set for metabolic engineering in the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus. Metabolic Engineering Communications. 11. e00145–e00145. 17 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Cory, Jan‐Fang Cheng, Robert S. Evans, et al.. (2019). Validating genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 function improves screening in the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Metabolic Engineering. 55. 102–110. 74 indexed citations

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Bulutoglu, Beyza, et al.. (2019). Enzyme colocalization in protein-based hydrogels. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 617. 265–285. 6 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Cory & Ian Wheeldon. (2018). CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing and Transcriptional Control in Yarrowia lipolytica. Methods in molecular biology. 1772. 327–345. 22 indexed citations

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Wheeldon, Ian, Shelley D. Minteer, Scott Banta, et al.. (2016). Substrate channelling as an approach to cascade reactions. Nature Chemistry. 8(4). 299–309. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Jie, et al.. (2015). Microbial host selection affects intracellular localization and activity of alcohol-O-acetyltransferase. Microbial Cell Factories. 14(1). 35–35. 30 indexed citations

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Lin, Jyun‐Liang, et al.. (2013). Design and Analysis of Enhanced Catalysis in Scaffolded Multienzyme Cascade Reactions. ACS Catalysis. 4(2). 505–511. 122 indexed citations

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Wu, Jinhui, Ian Wheeldon, Yuqi Guo, et al.. (2010). A sandwiched microarray platform for benchtop cell-based high throughput screening. Biomaterials. 32(3). 841–848. 52 indexed citations

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