J. R. Saunders

9.3k citations

169 papers · 7.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

Endocrinology top 0.5%
- Escherichia coli research studies
Microbiology top 0.2%
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

Papers in

Endocrinology 33
- Escherichia coli research studies 26
Microbiology 23
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines 13

Co-authors: Roger Pickup Qinghua Wu Suining He Ian M. Head Alan J. McCarthy J. Alun W. Morgan G.H. Hall C. A. Hart
Journals: Microbiology (14 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (11 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (8 papers)Biosystems (8 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (6 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Canada United States

In The Last Decade

J. R. Saunders

166 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Group Search Optimizer: An Optimization Algorithm Inspired by Animal Searching Behavior 2009 · 544 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2009 IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
1998 Microbial Ecology

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×1.9 877/460

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×2.0 881/448

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside J. R. Saunders, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Rule-based modelling of conjugative plasmid transfer and incompatibility Biosystems ·Richard I. Gregory, J. R. Saunders, Venetia A. Saunders	2007	17
2	Individual‐based modelling of bacterial ecologies and evolution Comparative and Functional Genomics ·C. Vlachos, Richard I. Gregory, Ray Paton, J. R. Saunders, Qinghua Wu	2004	15
3	Flagellin Gene Sequence Variation in the genus Pseudomonas Systematic and Applied Microbiology ·Nessa F. Bellingham, J. Alun W. Morgan, J. R. Saunders, Craig Winstanley	2001	14
4	Combined molecular ecological and confocal laser scanning microscopic analysis of peat bog methanogen populations FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Mathew Upton, Bethan Hill, C. Edwards, J. R. Saunders, D.A. Ritchie, David Lloyd	2000	24
5	Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria populations in acid forest soil during conditions of moisture limitation Letters in Applied Microbiology ·Richard Hastings, Caitlyn S. Butler, Ian Singleton, J. R. Saunders, Alan J. McCarthy	2000	52
6	EDINBURGH CITY CAR CLUB GOES LIVE World Transport Policy and Practice ·Tom Rye, J. R. Saunders, N Celikel, Wafaa Saleh	1999	2
7	Micro-ecology of peat: minimally invasive analysis using confocal laser scanning microscopy, membrane inlet mass spectrometry and PCR amplification of methanogen-specific gene sequences FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·David Lloyd, Katie L. Thomas, Anthony J. Hayes, Bethan Hill, Barbara A. Hales, Clive Edwards, J. R. Saunders, Donald A. Ritchie, Mathew Upton	1998	18
8	Molecular aspects of host-pathogen interaction. Fifty-fifth symposium of the Society for General Microbiology, held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, March 1997. Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Malcolm A. McCrae, J. R. Saunders, Cyril J. Smyth, N. D. Stow	1997	4
9	Expression of Aeromonas caviae bla genes in Escherichia coli Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy ·Sameera Sayeed, J. R. Saunders, Clive Edwards, John E. Corkill, C. Anthony Hart	1996	5
10	Meningococcal pilin: a glycoprotein substituted with digalactosyl 2,4‐diacetamido‐2,4,6‐trideoxyhexose Molecular Microbiology ·Elaine Stimson, Mumtaz Virji, Katherine Makepeace, Anne Dell, Howard R. Morris, Gail Payne, J. R. Saunders, Michael P. Jennings, Stephanie Barker, Maria Panico, Ian Blench, E. Richard Moxon	1995	216
11	Continuous culture studies on the synthesis of capsular polysaccharide by Klebsiella pneumoniae K1 Journal of Applied Bacteriology ·Yemane A. Mengistu, C. Edwards, J. R. Saunders	1994	32
12	The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences Journal of General Microbiology ·Ian M. Head, W. D. Hiorns, T. Martin Embley, AJ McCarthy, J. R. Saunders	1993	289
13	The large plasmids found in enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli constitute a related series of transfer-defective Inc F-IIA replicons Plasmid ·Barbara A. Hales, C. Anthony Hart, Roger M. Batt, J. R. Saunders	1992	17
14	Isolation of Ureaplasma diversum from bovine granular vulvitis in Kenya Bulletin of animal health and production in Africa ·G. Mulira, J. R. Saunders, D. P. Kariuki	1989	3
15	Immunoprotective extracellular polysaccharides ofKlebsiella aerogenescapsular type K1, expressed inEscherichia coli FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Elizabeth Roe, R. J. Jones, J. R. Saunders	1989	2
16	Plasmid-mediated conjugative transfer ofKlebsiellasp.rcsgenes able to induce colanic acid capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis inEscherichia coli FEMS Microbiology Letters ·P. M. Allen, Benjamin Moore, C. A. Hart, J. R. Saunders	1988	4
17	Sequence analysis of theNgoPII methyltransferase gene fromNeisseria gonorrhoeaeP9: homologies with other enzymes recognizing the sequence 5′-GGCC-3′ Nucleic Acids Research ·Kevin M. Sullivan, J. R. Saunders	1988	35
18	Localization of Antibody-Binding Sites by Sequence Analysis of Cloned Pilin Genes from Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Microbiology ·I. J. Nicolson, Anthony C.F. Perry, Mumtaz Virji, John E. Heckels, J. R. Saunders	1987	38
19	Lack of specificity in DNA binding and uptake during transformation ofEscherichia coli FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Moira G.M. Brown, J. R. Saunders, G. O. Humphreys	1981	6
20	Haemophilus somnus infections. II. A Canadian field trial of a commercial bacterin: clinical and serological results. Europe PMC (PubMed Central) ·J. R. Saunders, E. D. Janzen	1980	16

About J. R. Saunders

J. R. Saunders is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Microbiology, Molecular Medicine, Ecology and Genetics, having authored 169 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (31 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (26 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (25 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (18 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (15 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (946 citations), Microbiology (877 citations), Molecular Medicine (446 citations), Ecology (2.3k citations) and Pollution (881 citations). J. R. Saunders has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include Roger Pickup, Qinghua Wu, Suining He, Ian M. Head, Alan J. McCarthy, J. Alun W. Morgan, G.H. Hall, C. A. Hart, Barbara A. Hales and Mumtaz Virji. Their work appears in journals such as Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, Biosystems and Nucleic Acids Research.

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