J. Melling

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

J. Melling is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Melling has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Neurology and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in J. Melling's work include Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (26 papers), Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (14 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (13 papers). J. Melling is often cited by papers focused on Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (26 papers), Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (14 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (13 papers). J. Melling collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. J. Melling's co-authors include Peter Hambleton, Clifford C. Shone, J. Oliver Dolly, R. Stanley Williams, P. C. B. Turnbull, Paul Rutter, Jane Carman, R. C. W. Berkeley, Michael R. Brown and Jennifer D. Black and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

J. Melling

92 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Recent research on Gulf War illness and other health problems in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Effects of toxicant exposures during deployment

2015 321 citations Roberta F. White, Lea Steele et al. Cortex profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Melling United Kingdom	38	1.8k	1.3k	588	488	441	92	4.1k
Ludwig Gutmann United States	49	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	586 1.0×	596 1.2×	165 0.4×	260	7.5k
Itaru Watanabe Japan	33	1.6k 0.9×	614 0.5×	310 0.5×	894 1.8×	383 0.9×	202	4.4k
Lars Sundström United Kingdom	41	1.4k 0.8×	428 0.3×	442 0.8×	1.4k 2.9×	362 0.8×	106	5.0k
Jean Péduzzi France	37	1.8k 1.0×	346 0.3×	396 0.7×	588 1.2×	323 0.7×	91	4.2k
Akira Takahashi Japan	39	1.9k 1.0×	285 0.2×	357 0.6×	192 0.4×	122 0.3×	261	5.7k
Diana Boraschi Italy	55	2.9k 1.6×	161 0.1×	337 0.6×	202 0.4×	147 0.3×	232	10.7k
John Walker United States	42	1.3k 0.7×	170 0.1×	485 0.8×	65 0.1×	233 0.5×	213	6.4k
Eric Brown United States	30	3.2k 1.8×	153 0.1×	477 0.8×	302 0.6×	184 0.4×	78	5.6k
He Meng China	44	2.4k 1.3×	184 0.1×	465 0.8×	157 0.3×	197 0.4×	168	6.5k
Carla Fiorentini Italy	40	2.2k 1.2×	129 0.1×	1.0k 1.7×	348 0.7×	269 0.6×	127	4.8k

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White, Roberta F., Lea Steele, James P. O’Callaghan, et al.. (2015). Recent research on Gulf War illness and other health problems in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Effects of toxicant exposures during deployment. Cortex. 74. 449–475. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

Steffen, Robert, J. Melling, John P. Woodall, et al.. (1997). Preparation for emergency relief after biological warfare. Journal of Infection. 34(2). 127–132. 12 indexed citations

Melling, J., et al.. (1996). The New Poor Law and the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum--The Devon Experience 1834-1884. Social History of Medicine. 9(3). 335–355. 14 indexed citations

Skinner, G. R. B., Colin G. Fink, J. Melling, et al.. (1992). Report of twelve years experience in open study of Skinner herpes simplex vaccine towards prevention of herpes genitalis. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 180(6). 305–320. 21 indexed citations

Shone, Clifford C. & J. Melling. (1992). Inhibition of calcium‐dependent release of noradrenaline from PC12 cells by botulinum type‐A neurotoxin. European Journal of Biochemistry. 207(3). 1009–1016. 39 indexed citations

Hambleton, Peter, et al.. (1992). Antitoxins and botulinum toxin treatment.. BMJ. 304(6832). 959–960. 43 indexed citations

Turnbull, P. C. B., Roger A. Hutson, Mandy J. Ward, et al.. (1992). Bacillus anthracis but not always anthrax. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 72(1). 21–28. 126 indexed citations

Bailey, Neil A., et al.. (1991). Adjuvant Effect of Human Growth Hormone with an Inactivated Flavivirus Vaccine. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 164(1). 188–191. 17 indexed citations

Thompson, D.E., John K. Brehm, John D. Oultram, et al.. (1990). The complete amino acid sequence of the Clostridium botulinum type A neurotoxin, deduced by nucleotide sequence analysis of the encoding gene. European Journal of Biochemistry. 189(1). 73–81. 150 indexed citations

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Wadsworth, Jonathan D. F., Howard S. Tranter, Peter Hambleton, et al.. (1990). Botulinum type F neurotoxin. Large-scale purification and characterization of its binding to rat cerebrocortical synaptosomes. Biochemical Journal. 268(1). 123–128. 31 indexed citations

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Poulain, Bernard, Jonathan D. F. Wadsworth, Clifford C. Shone, et al.. (1989). Inhibition of transmitter release by botulinum neurotoxin A. European Journal of Biochemistry. 185(1). 197–203. 22 indexed citations

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Clarke, John, et al.. (1989). A comparison of the effects of various stimulatory agents on t‐PA secretion by normal and malignant cell lines. Cell Biochemistry and Function. 7(4). 283–291. 2 indexed citations

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Melling, J., Peter Hambleton, & Clifford C. Shone. (1988). Clostridium botulinum toxins: nature and preparation for clinical use. Eye. 2(1). 16–23. 71 indexed citations

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Gibson, Angela M., et al.. (1987). Evaluation of a monoclonal antibody‐based immunoassay for detecting type A Clostridium botulinum toxin produced in pure culture and an inoculated model cured meat system. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 63(3). 217–226. 39 indexed citations

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Durham, Jennifer N., Christopher Hartley, A. Oveta Fuller, et al.. (1987). Antibody reactivity with Skinner HSV vaccine. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 176(6). 315–27. 5 indexed citations

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Dyke, Gareth J., et al.. (1983). The effect of naloxone and morphine on convulsions in mice following withdrawal from nitrous oxide. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie. 30(1). 28–31. 8 indexed citations

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Melling, J. & Richard J. Gilbert. (1980). Bacillus cereus infections. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 33(3). 314.3–314. 1 indexed citations

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Jørgensen, Kirsten, et al.. (1979). Properties and production characteristics of vomiting, diarrheal, and necrotizing toxins of Bacillus cereus. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 32(1). 219–228. 153 indexed citations

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Melling, J., et al.. (1978). Characteristics ofBacillus cereusemetic toxin. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 4(3). 133–135. 44 indexed citations

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Melling, J.. (1978). Characteristics of Bacillus cereus emetic toxin. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 4(3). 133–135. 5 indexed citations

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