John A. Parkinson

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
180 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

John A. Parkinson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Parkinson has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Molecular Biology, 58 papers in Organic Chemistry and 38 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in John A. Parkinson's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (43 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (36 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers). John A. Parkinson is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (43 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (36 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers). John A. Parkinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. John A. Parkinson's co-authors include S. E. Allen, Peter J. Sadler, Simon Parsons, Haimei Chen, Fuyi Wang, Robert O. Gould, R.A. Coxall, Robert E. Morris, Juraj Bella and Robert E. Mulvey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

John A. Parkinson

174 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

A wet oxidation procedure suitable for the determination ... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. A wet oxidation procedure suitable for the determination of nitrogen and mineral nutrients in biological material
    1975 1.2k citations John A. Parkinson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John A. Parkinson United Kingdom 45 2.5k 2.2k 2.1k 1.0k 755 180 7.2k
David E. Hibbs Australia 45 2.9k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 733 0.4× 789 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 351 8.5k
Amit Kumar India 51 2.2k 0.9× 3.4k 1.6× 582 0.3× 1.2k 1.1× 331 0.4× 461 10.5k
Holger Fischer Switzerland 39 1.9k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 730 0.4× 235 0.2× 327 0.4× 80 5.3k
Francesco Paolo Fanizzi Italy 40 2.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 440 0.4× 572 0.8× 304 6.3k
Brian D. Palmer New Zealand 46 1.8k 0.7× 2.5k 1.2× 994 0.5× 301 0.3× 155 0.2× 146 6.9k
Tariq Mahmood Pakistan 47 2.0k 0.8× 967 0.4× 239 0.1× 2.9k 2.8× 572 0.8× 422 8.6k
Olof Theander Sweden 49 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 1.0× 232 0.1× 1.1k 1.0× 550 0.7× 424 10.6k
John W. Peters United States 63 651 0.3× 3.4k 1.6× 474 0.2× 2.6k 2.5× 2.1k 2.8× 226 14.0k
Robert P. Hausinger United States 61 1.4k 0.6× 7.1k 3.3× 2.1k 1.0× 2.8k 2.7× 3.3k 4.4× 212 15.5k
Martha Ludwig United States 53 420 0.2× 5.8k 2.7× 404 0.2× 1.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.7× 153 9.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John A. Parkinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John A. Parkinson

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All Works

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Omale, Simeon, John Chinyere Aguiyi, Gwyn W. Gould, et al.. (2025). Quercetin from Parinari curatellifolia planch.ex benth differentially regulates Drosophila insulin-like peptides II and V in hyperglycaemic flies. Pharmacological Research - Natural Products. 7. 100231–100231.
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Parkinson, John A., et al.. (2024). Iridium‐Catalysed C(sp3)−H Activation and Hydrogen Isotope Exchange via Nitrogen‐Based Carbonyl Directing Groups. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 366(11). 2577–2586. 12 indexed citations
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Parkinson, John A., et al.. (2019). Cover Feature: Structural and Kinetic Profiling of Allosteric Modulation of Duplex DNA Induced by DNA‐Binding Polyamide Analogues (Chem. Eur. J. 11/2019). Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(11). 2646–2646. 1 indexed citations
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Parkinson, John A., et al.. (2019). Sequence-Selective Minor Groove Recognition of a DNA Duplex Containing Synthetic Genetic Components. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(24). 9555–9563. 13 indexed citations
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Parkinson, John A., et al.. (2018). Structural and Kinetic Profiling of Allosteric Modulation of Duplex DNA Induced by DNA‐Binding Polyamide Analogues. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(11). 2757–2763. 11 indexed citations
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Parkinson, John A., et al.. (2017). Structural basis of DNA duplex distortion induced by thiazole-containing hairpin polyamides. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(1). 42–53. 15 indexed citations
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Parkinson, John A., et al.. (2015). Entropic binding mode preference in cooperative homo-dimeric drug–DNA recognition. Chemical Physics Letters. 624. 12–14. 4 indexed citations
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Alzweiri, Muhammed, et al.. (2011). Microscopic trends in methanol/water and acetonitrile/water systems. Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 4(1). 20–28. 1 indexed citations
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Armstrong, David R., Pablo García‐Álvarez, Alan R. Kennedy, Robert E. Mulvey, & John A. Parkinson. (2010). Diisopropylamide and TMP Turbo‐Grignard Reagents: A Structural Rationale for their Contrasting Reactivities. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(18). 3185–3188. 79 indexed citations
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Blindauer, Claudia A., Mark D. Harrison, John A. Parkinson, Nigel J. Robinson, & Peter J. Sadler. (2008). Isostructural replacement of zinc by cadmium in bacterial metallothionein. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 10. 167–173. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Fuyi, Juraj Bella, John A. Parkinson, & Peter J. Sadler. (2005). Competitive reactions of a ruthenium arene anticancer complex with histidine, cytochrome c and an oligonucleotide. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 10(2). 147–155. 103 indexed citations
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Chen, Haimei, John A. Parkinson, Olga Nováková, et al.. (2003). Induced-fit recognition of DNA by organometallic complexes with dynamic stereogenic centers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(25). 14623–14628. 108 indexed citations
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Dabos, Konstantinos J., John A. Parkinson, Chandralal M. Hewage, et al.. (2002). 1H NMR spectroscopy as a tool to evaluate key metabolic functions of primary porcine hepatocytes after cryopreservation. NMR in Biomedicine. 15(3). 241–250. 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Haimei, John A. Parkinson, Simon Parsons, et al.. (2002). Organometallic Ruthenium(II) Diamine Anticancer Complexes:  Arene-Nucleobase Stacking and Stereospecific Hydrogen-Bonding in Guanine Adducts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(12). 3064–3082. 408 indexed citations
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Ivanov, Andrei I., John Christodoulou, John A. Parkinson, et al.. (1998). Cisplatin Binding Sites on Human Albumin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(24). 14721–14730. 306 indexed citations
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Parkinson, John A.. (1996). 60 minute software: strategies for accelerating the information systems delivery process. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 2 indexed citations
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Parkinson, John A.. (1972). An index to the vocal works of Thomas Augustine Arne and Michael Arne. 1 indexed citations

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