James Thompson

7.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
61 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

James Thompson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Education and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James Thompson has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Education and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James Thompson's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers) and Design Education and Practice (4 papers). James Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers) and Design Education and Practice (4 papers). James Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. James Thompson's co-authors include David Baker, Srivatsan Raman, Frank DiMaio, David E. Kim, Elmar Krieger, Jooyoung Lee, Mike Tyka, Keehyoung Joo, Jinwoo Lee and Kevin Karplus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

James Thompson

52 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Improving physical realism, stereochemistry, and side‐chain accuracy in homology modeling: Four approaches that performed well in CASP8

2009 1.1k citations Elmar Krieger, Keehyoung Joo et al. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics profile →
High-Resolution Comparative Modeling with RosettaCM

2013 813 citations Yifan Song, Frank DiMaio et al. Structure profile →
Structure prediction for CASP8 with all‐atom refinement using Rosetta

2009 380 citations Srivatsan Raman, Robert M. Vernon et al. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics profile →
Crystal structure of a monomeric retroviral protease solved by protein folding game players

2011 301 citations Firas Khatib, Frank DiMaio et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Thompson United States	19	2.2k	489	276	203	188	61	3.6k
Monya Baker United States	31	2.9k 1.3×	359 0.7×	423 1.5×	189 0.9×	139 0.7×	202	6.8k
Séan O’Donoghue Australia	29	3.3k 1.5×	453 0.9×	329 1.2×	210 1.0×	100 0.5×	69	4.2k
Christopher J. Williams United States	17	2.8k 1.3×	672 1.4×	429 1.6×	173 0.9×	239 1.3×	33	4.4k
Raquel Norel United States	22	2.5k 1.1×	627 1.3×	192 0.7×	452 2.2×	163 0.9×	55	3.7k
Paul Taylor United Kingdom	43	2.1k 1.0×	336 0.7×	203 0.7×	291 1.4×	198 1.1×	143	6.3k
Jaspreet Singh Sodhi United Kingdom	6	2.1k 1.0×	564 1.2×	208 0.8×	85 0.4×	124 0.7×	7	2.9k
Michael Eisenstein United States	38	3.2k 1.5×	285 0.6×	286 1.0×	80 0.4×	209 1.1×	310	5.0k
Robert M. MacCallum United Kingdom	26	2.9k 1.3×	556 1.1×	379 1.4×	104 0.5×	304 1.6×	35	4.3k
Teresa K. Attwood United Kingdom	35	3.1k 1.4×	365 0.7×	340 1.2×	206 1.0×	69 0.4×	134	4.2k
Luciano Milanesi Italy	36	3.0k 1.4×	195 0.4×	511 1.9×	186 0.9×	174 0.9×	243	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by James Thompson

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Thompson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Thompson

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thompson, James, et al.. (2025). Exploring the meaning of campus through lived experiences of students, staff, and visitors. Higher Education Research & Development. 44(1). 49–67. 1 indexed citations

Thompson, James, et al.. (2024). Designing effective peer assessment processes in higher education: a systematic review. Higher Education Research & Development. 44(2). 386–401. 3 indexed citations

Pringle, Jamie K., Alastair Ruffell, Peter Styles, et al.. (2024). Forensic geoscience non-invasive detection and characterisation of underground clandestine complexes, bunkers, tunnels and firing ranges. Forensic Science International. 359. 112033–112033.

Thompson, James, et al.. (2023). Unreal … a Typology for Learning from Virtual Site Visits. International Journal of Construction Education and Research. 20(3). 301–321. 1 indexed citations

Thompson, James, et al.. (2022). ‘This is what gets people hired!’: Academic perspectives on employability skills in architecture and the potential impact of COVID-19. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(1). 127–141. 1 indexed citations

Fischer, Sarah, Lauren Breithaupt, Joseph Wonderlich, et al.. (2017). Impact of the neural correlates of stress and cue reactivity on stress related binge eating in the natural environment. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 92. 15–23. 38 indexed citations

Collins, Brittany, Lauren Breithaupt, Jennifer E. McDowell, et al.. (2017). The impact of acute stress on the neural processing of food cues in bulimia nervosa: Replication in two samples.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 126(5). 540–551. 15 indexed citations

Tran, Stephen, Ryan J. Marcheschi, James Thompson, et al.. (2015). Integrative genomic mining for enzyme function to enable engineering of a non-natural biosynthetic pathway. Nature Communications. 6(1). 10005–10005. 79 indexed citations

Song, Yifan, Frank DiMaio, Ray Yu‐Ruei Wang, et al.. (2013). High-Resolution Comparative Modeling with RosettaCM. Structure. 21(10). 1735–1742. 813 indexed citations breakdown →

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Khatib, Firas, Frank DiMaio, Seth Cooper, et al.. (2011). Crystal structure of a monomeric retroviral protease solved by protein folding game players. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(10). 1175–1177. 301 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gilski, Mirosław, Szymon Krzywda, Helena Zábranská, et al.. (2011). High-resolution structure of a retroviral protease folded as a monomer. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 67(11). 907–914. 16 indexed citations

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Song, Yifan, Michael D. Tyka, Andrew Leaver‐Fay, James Thompson, & David Baker. (2011). Structure‐guided forcefield optimization. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 79(6). 1898–1909. 38 indexed citations

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Fleishman, Sarel J., Jacob E. Corn, Ingemar André, et al.. (2010). Rosetta in CAPRI rounds 13–19. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 78(15). 3212–3218. 18 indexed citations

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Krieger, Elmar, Keehyoung Joo, Jinwoo Lee, et al.. (2009). Improving physical realism, stereochemistry, and side‐chain accuracy in homology modeling: Four approaches that performed well in CASP8. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 77(S9). 114–122. 1107 indexed citations breakdown →

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Raman, Srivatsan, Robert M. Vernon, James Thompson, et al.. (2009). Structure prediction for CASP8 with all‐atom refinement using Rosetta. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 77(S9). 89–99. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wehmeyer, Michael L., et al.. (2009). Efficacy of the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) to Predict Extraordinary Support Needs. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 114(1). 3–3.

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Das, Rhiju, Bin Qian, Srivatsan Raman, et al.. (2007). Structure prediction for CASP7 targets using extensive all-atom refinement with Rosetta@home. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 69(S8). 118–128. 145 indexed citations

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Thompson, James, et al.. (2003). Jane Austen and Co.: Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture. State University of New York Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Samreen, James Thompson, Judy M. Coulson, & Penella J. Woll. (2000). Studies on the Expression of Endothelin, Its Receptor Subtypes, and Converting Enzymes in Lung Cancer and in Human Bronchial Epithelium. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 22(4). 422–431. 89 indexed citations

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Thompson, James. (1980). Space Shuttle Main Engine. Scholarly Commons (Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University). 6 indexed citations

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