John Ashworth

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

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John Ashworth is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Ashworth has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Cell Biology and 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Ashworth's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (15 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (15 papers) and Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research (13 papers). John Ashworth is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (15 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (15 papers) and Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research (13 papers). John Ashworth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. John Ashworth's co-authors include Donald J. Watts, H.L. Kornberg, Maurice Sussman, David R. Garrod, B.D. Hames, A M Malkinson, Richard Kirk, D. Every, R. Lessard and C. K. Leach and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John Ashworth

74 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Growth of myxamoebae of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum in axenic culture

1970 1.1k citations John Ashworth et al. Biochemical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Ashworth United Kingdom	26	1.6k	1.5k	604	519	326	77	3.4k
Riyo Kunisawa United States	22	3.7k 2.3×	698 0.5×	328 0.5×	822 1.6×	852 2.6×	23	6.2k
Katalin Tóth Hungary	40	2.5k 1.6×	253 0.2×	761 1.3×	172 0.3×	877 2.7×	221	6.2k
Raymond C. Valentine United States	34	2.1k 1.3×	320 0.2×	240 0.4×	78 0.2×	922 2.8×	124	4.2k
Henry C. Aldrich United States	38	2.6k 1.6×	353 0.2×	1.2k 1.9×	330 0.6×	648 2.0×	129	4.6k
Denis J. Murphy United Kingdom	45	5.1k 3.1×	416 0.3×	400 0.7×	280 0.5×	2.7k 8.4×	221	8.2k
Eric J. Mathur United States	20	3.1k 1.9×	180 0.1×	456 0.8×	106 0.2×	424 1.3×	31	4.5k
Jessup Shively United States	38	3.2k 2.0×	338 0.2×	365 0.6×	103 0.2×	267 0.8×	83	4.4k
Erwin A. Galinski Germany	34	2.5k 1.5×	210 0.1×	366 0.6×	131 0.3×	395 1.2×	69	3.9k
S. Hunt United Kingdom	38	1.2k 0.7×	267 0.2×	104 0.2×	203 0.4×	1.2k 3.6×	143	4.1k
Tatyana I. Smirnova United States	26	2.4k 1.5×	661 0.4×	530 0.9×	134 0.3×	1.2k 3.6×	65	4.6k

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Knowles, Alessandra, et al.. (2017). Assessing the effectiveness of clinical education to reduce the frequency and recurrence of workplace violence. Australian journal of advanced nursing. 34(3). 25 indexed citations

Ashworth, John, et al.. (2010). Turbidity and Color Correction in the MicrotoxTM Bioassay. 2(1). 6 indexed citations

Ashworth, John, et al.. (1999). A comparison of methods for gypsum requirement of brine-contaminated soils. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 79(3). 449–455. 12 indexed citations

Ashworth, John, Melvyn Kahan, & Stephen M. Breathnach. (1989). Flow Cytometrically-sorted Residual HLA-DR +T6+ Langerhans Cells in Topical Steroid-treated Human Skin Express Normal Amounts of HLA-DR and CD1a/T6 Antigens and Exhibit Normal Alloantigen-presenting Capacity. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 92(2). 258–262. 9 indexed citations

Hintner, Helmut, et al.. (1988). Amyloid P Component Binds to Keratin Bodies in Human Skin and to Isolated Keratin Filament Aggregates In Vitro. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 91(1). 22–28. 28 indexed citations

Ashworth, John. (1986). Comments on “Nitrification Inhibition by Nitrapyrin and Volatile Sulfur Compounds”. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 50(1). 268–269. 4 indexed citations

Ashworth, John. (1985). What Price an Ivory Tower? University-Industry Relationships.. Higher education review. 17(2). 31–43. 7 indexed citations

Ashworth, John. (1985). Universities and Industry: national and institutional perspectives. Oxford Review of Education. 11(3). 235–243. 1 indexed citations

Ashworth, John. (1983). Reshaping Higher Education in Britain.. Higher education review. 15(2). 59–67. 4 indexed citations

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Rodgers, G. A. & John Ashworth. (1982). Bacteriostatic action of nitrification inhibitors. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 28(10). 1093–1100. 15 indexed citations

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Every, D. & John Ashworth. (1975). Rates of accumulation of glycosidase activities during growth and differentiation of Dictyostelium discoideum. Biochemical Journal. 148(2). 161–167. 14 indexed citations

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Ashworth, John, et al.. (1975). Changes in the basic nuclear proteins of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum during growth and differentiation. Cell Differentiation. 4(4). 237–241. 1 indexed citations

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Hames, B.D. & John Ashworth. (1974). The metabolism of macromolecules during the differentiation of myxamoebae of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum containing different amounts of glycogen. Biochemical Journal. 142(2). 301–315. 72 indexed citations

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Ashworth, John. (1974). Adenosine 3′: 5′-Cyclic Monophosphate and the Cellular Slime Moulds. Biochemical Society Transactions. 2(3). 382–385. 1 indexed citations

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Leach, C. K., John Ashworth, & David R. Garrod. (1973). Cell sorting out during the differentiation of mixtures of metabolically distinct populations ofDictyostelium discoideum. Development. 29(3). 647–661. 104 indexed citations

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Malkinson, A M & John Ashworth. (1972). Extracellular concentrations of adenosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate during axenic growth of myxamoebae of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum. Biochemical Journal. 127(3). 611–612. 11 indexed citations

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Wiener, Edith & John Ashworth. (1970). The isolation and characterization of lysosomal particles from myxamoebae of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum. Biochemical Journal. 118(3). 505–512. 73 indexed citations

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Ashworth, John, et al.. (1969). Evidence for the existence of elements of a para-sexual cycle in the cellular slime mould, Dictyostelium discoideum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 173(1033). 531–540. 18 indexed citations

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Roth, Robert M., John Ashworth, & Maurice Sussman. (1968). Periods of genetic transcription required for the synthesis of three enzymes during cellular slime mold development.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 59(4). 1235–1242. 46 indexed citations

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Ashworth, John, et al.. (1965). Location of the structural gene for citrate synthase on the chromosome of Escherichia coli K12. Journal of Molecular Biology. 11(3). 654–657. 36 indexed citations

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