John C. James

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

John C. James is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. James has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in John C. James's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (4 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (3 papers). John C. James is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (4 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (3 papers). John C. James collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. John C. James's co-authors include John A. Martilla, Koji Nakanishi, Jerzy Golik, Donna Van Engen, Martin Risk, Sammy M. Ray, Jon Clardy, Munehiro Nakatani, Donald B. Borders and G. O. MORTON and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

John C. James

22 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Importance-Performance Analysis

1977 1.2k citations John A. Martilla, John C. James Journal of Marketing profile →
Isolation and structure of brevetoxin B from the "red tide" dinoflagellate Ptychodiscus brevis (Gymnodinium breve)

1981 436 citations Martin Risk, Sammy M. Ray et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. James United States	15	447	376	348	347	321	23	2.2k
Richard J. Fox United States	25	258 0.6×	728 1.9×	646 1.9×	444 1.3×	34 0.1×	58	2.8k
Yuqing Ren China	36	284 0.6×	626 1.7×	1.2k 3.4×	55 0.2×	32 0.1×	91	5.1k
Yong‐Quan Li China	38	126 0.3×	1.7k 4.6×	537 1.5×	363 1.0×	28 0.1×	203	4.5k
Ji Young Cho South Korea	23	45 0.1×	192 0.5×	229 0.7×	231 0.7×	41 0.1×	74	2.3k
Frank Hahn United Kingdom	38	73 0.2×	553 1.5×	723 2.1×	386 1.1×	5 0.0×	149	6.2k
Peter Scott Canada	46	25 0.1×	587 1.6×	146 0.4×	80 0.2×	127 0.4×	225	7.2k
Song Chang Hong Kong	28	1.1k 2.5×	608 1.6×	300 0.9×	181 0.5×	6 0.0×	73	4.1k
James M. MacDonald United States	33	28 0.1×	415 1.1×	92 0.3×	495 1.4×	45 0.1×	127	3.3k
Edward W. Davis United States	25	189 0.4×	401 1.1×	82 0.2×	54 0.2×	63 0.2×	81	2.3k
Yiwei Li China	16	51 0.1×	52 0.1×	264 0.8×	132 0.4×	137 0.4×	77	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John C. James

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Babine, Robert E., Nan Zhang, Steven R. Schow, et al.. (1992). The use of HIV-1 protease structure in inhibitor design. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2(6). 541–546. 25 indexed citations

Chang, C. C., G. O. MORTON, John C. James, et al.. (1991). LL-AF283 antibiotics, cyclic biphenyl peptides.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 44(6). 674–677. 15 indexed citations

Sliskovic, Drago R., Joseph Ashcroft, G. O. MORTON, John C. James, & Yang‐I Lin. (1989). ¹H and ¹³C NMR and x‐ray diffraction studies on pyrazolo[1,5‐b][1,2,4]triazine — A new heterocyclic system. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 26(4). 1109–1112. 3 indexed citations

Williams, David R., et al.. (1988). LL-F28249 antibiotic complex: A new family of antiparastic macrocyclic lactones. Isolation, characterization and structures of LL-F28249 .ALPHA., .BETA., .GAMMA., .LAMBDA... The Journal of Antibiotics. 41(4). 519–529. 57 indexed citations

McGahren, William J., G. O. MORTON, Marshall M. Siegel, et al.. (1986). Chemistry of maduramicin. II Decarboxylation, abnormal ketalization and dehydration.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 39(11). 1541–1550. 2 indexed citations

Ellestad, George A., Nicole Canfield, G. O. MORTON, et al.. (1986). Chemistry of maduramicin. I. Salt formation and normal ketalization.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 39(3). 447–456. 11 indexed citations

Carter, Guy T., et al.. (1985). Biosynthesis of chrysomycins A and B origin of the chromophore.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 38(2). 242–248. 24 indexed citations

Tsou, Hwei‐Ru, Srinivasan Thirumalai Rajan, Patrick C. Mowery, et al.. (1984). Biosynthesis of the antibiotic maduramicin. Origin of the carbon and oxygen atoms as well as the 13C NMR assignments.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 37(12). 1651–1663. 19 indexed citations

MORTON, G. O., et al.. (1984). New antitumor antibiotic, LL-C10037.ALPHA. fermentation, isolation and structure determination.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 37(10). 1149–1152. 18 indexed citations

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Golik, Jerzy, et al.. (1982). The structure of brevetoxin C. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(25). 2535–2538. 35 indexed citations

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Risk, Martin, Sammy M. Ray, Donna Van Engen, et al.. (1981). Isolation and structure of brevetoxin B from the "red tide" dinoflagellate Ptychodiscus brevis (Gymnodinium breve). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 103(22). 6773–6775. 436 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nair, Manoj S., et al.. (1981). Metabolites of pyrenomycetes. XIV. Tetrahedron. 37(14). 2445–2449. 38 indexed citations

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James, John C., et al.. (1979). Isolation and separation of rat liver nuclei.. PubMed. 20. 147–58. 4 indexed citations

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Martilla, John A. & John C. James. (1977). Importance-Performance Analysis. Journal of Marketing. 41(1). 77–77. 1224 indexed citations breakdown →

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James, John C., et al.. (1973). Support of New Principal Investigators by NIH: 1966 to 1972. Science. 181(4096). 241–244. 5 indexed citations

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James, John C., et al.. (1962). Thiolethylation of Amines with Ethylene Sulfide¹. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 27(12). 4222–4226. 22 indexed citations

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James, John C., et al.. (1961). Reactions of α,α-Dialkyl-α-mercaptoacetamides with Carbonyl Compounds. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 26(5). 1450–1454. 1 indexed citations

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Brand, J. C. D., et al.. (1953). 497. Dielectric dispersion in sulphuric acid. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 2447–2447. 2 indexed citations

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Brand, J. C. D., et al.. (1952). Dielectric Relaxation in Sulfuric Acid. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 20(3). 530–531. 1 indexed citations

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James, John C.. (1951). A Preliminary Study of the Size Determinant in Small Group Interaction. American Sociological Review. 16(4). 474–474. 100 indexed citations

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