John McCafferty

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

John McCafferty is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, John McCafferty has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in John McCafferty's work include Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (11 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (6 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (4 papers). John McCafferty is often cited by papers focused on Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (11 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (6 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (4 papers). John McCafferty collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. John McCafferty's co-authors include David J. Chiswell, Greg Winter, Andrew D. Griffiths, David Tannahill, Giulia Biffi, Shankar Balasubramanian, Gillian Murphy, Christopher J. Tape, Michael R. Dyson and Sofie H Willems and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

John McCafferty

27 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Phage antibodies: filamentous phage displaying antibody variable domains

1990 1.8k citations John McCafferty, Andrew D. Griffiths et al. Nature profile →
Quantitative visualization of DNA G-quadruplex structures in human cells

2013 1.7k citations Giulia Biffi, David Tannahill et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John McCafferty United Kingdom	17	3.6k	1.8k	493	472	390	28	4.4k
Patrik Forrer Switzerland	23	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	329 0.7×	409 0.9×	326 0.8×	25	3.0k
Patrick Amstutz Switzerland	20	2.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	423 0.9×	243 0.5×	465 1.2×	23	3.2k
John McCafferty United Kingdom	19	3.2k 0.9×	3.3k 1.8×	775 1.6×	636 1.3×	331 0.8×	24	4.1k
Tristan J. Vaughan United Kingdom	26	1.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	491 1.0×	185 0.4×	250 0.6×	60	2.6k
Rob C. Roovers Netherlands	32	2.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	1.1k 2.2×	250 0.5×	1.0k 2.6×	49	4.2k
James S. Huston United States	24	2.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	772 1.6×	222 0.5×	769 2.0×	53	3.7k
Eric T. Boder United States	24	2.9k 0.8×	2.2k 1.2×	738 1.5×	244 0.5×	424 1.1×	40	4.0k
Peter J. Schatz United States	28	3.3k 0.9×	867 0.5×	476 1.0×	302 0.6×	286 0.7×	56	4.8k
Lutz Riechmann United Kingdom	22	2.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	851 1.7×	325 0.7×	506 1.3×	34	3.5k
Daniel Christ Australia	31	2.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 2.6×	146 0.3×	434 1.1×	78	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John McCafferty

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Doerner, Achim, et al.. (2024). Advancements in mammalian display technology for therapeutic antibody development and beyond: current landscape, challenges, and future prospects. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1469329–1469329. 6 indexed citations

Fernández‐Quintero, Monica L., Anne Ljungars, Franz Waibl, et al.. (2023). Assessing developability early in the discovery process for novel biologics. mAbs. 15(1). 2171248–2171248. 51 indexed citations

Ferreira-González, Sofía, Niya Aleksieva, Tak Yung Man, et al.. (2021). Notch-IGF1 signaling during liver regeneration drives biliary epithelial cell expansion and inhibits hepatocyte differentiation. Science Signaling. 14(688). 26 indexed citations

Perera, Rajika L., et al.. (2019). A comprehensive search of functional sequence space using large mammalian display libraries created by gene editing. mAbs. 11(5). 884–898. 41 indexed citations

Cartwright, Alison J., Anja Schwenzer, Jennifer L. Marshall, et al.. (2018). Targeting early changes in the synovial microenvironment: a new class of immunomodulatory therapy?. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 78(2). 186–191. 22 indexed citations

Bell, Damian C., et al.. (2018). Knotbodies: A New Generation of Ion Channel Therapeutic Biologics Created by Fusing Knottin Toxins into Antibodies. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 203a–203a. 3 indexed citations

Laustsen, Andreas H., Aneesh Karatt-Vellatt, Ana Silvia Arias, et al.. (2018). In vivo neutralization of dendrotoxin-mediated neurotoxicity of black mamba venom by oligoclonal human IgG antibodies. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3928–3928. 87 indexed citations

DiCara, Danielle, Dimitri Y. Chirgadze, Aneesh Karatt-Vellatt, et al.. (2017). Characterization and structural determination of a new anti-MET function-blocking antibody with binding epitope distinct from the ligand binding domain. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9000–9000. 9 indexed citations

Bøtkjær, Kenneth A., Hang Fai Kwok, Mikkel G. Terp, et al.. (2016). Development of a specific affinity-matured exosite inhibitor to MT1-MMP that efficiently inhibits tumor cell invasion in vitro and metastasis in vivo. Oncotarget. 7(13). 16773–16792. 34 indexed citations

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Granata, Alessandra, William G. Bernard, Ning Zhao, et al.. (2014). Temporal and Embryonic Lineage-Dependent Regulation of Human Vascular SMC Development by NOTCH3. Stem Cells and Development. 24(7). 846–856. 13 indexed citations

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Melidoni, Anna N., Michael R. Dyson, Sam Wormald, & John McCafferty. (2013). Selecting antagonistic antibodies that control differentiation through inducible expression in embryonic stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(44). 17802–17807. 15 indexed citations

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Biffi, Giulia, David Tannahill, John McCafferty, & Shankar Balasubramanian. (2013). Quantitative visualization of DNA G-quadruplex structures in human cells. Nature Chemistry. 5(3). 182–186. 1689 indexed citations breakdown →

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Falk, Ronny, Anna Falk, Michael R. Dyson, et al.. (2012). Generation of anti-Notch antibodies and their application in blocking Notch signalling in neural stem cells. Methods. 58(1). 69–78. 50 indexed citations

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Willems, Sofie H, Christopher J. Tape, Peter Stanley, et al.. (2010). Thiol isomerases negatively regulate the cellular shedding activity of ADAM17. Biochemical Journal. 428(3). 439–450. 138 indexed citations

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Fraser, Andrew, et al.. (2008). Control of feeding behavior in C. elegans by human G protein-coupled receptors permits screening for agonist-expressing bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(39). 14826–14831. 6 indexed citations

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Dekkers, Martijn P. J., Bee Ling Ng, Suzanne Rademakers, et al.. (2006). Expression of mammalian GPCRs in C. elegansgenerates novel behavioural responses to human ligands. BMC Biology. 4(1). 22–22. 12 indexed citations

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McCafferty, John, et al.. (2006). Multiplexed expression and screening for recombinant protein production in mammalian cells. BMC Biotechnology. 6(1). 49–49. 36 indexed citations

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McCafferty, John, et al.. (1999). Isolation of a panel of human anti-CEA single chain Fv from a large phage display library. UCL Discovery (University College London).

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McCafferty, John, Andrew D. Griffiths, Greg Winter, & David J. Chiswell. (1990). Phage antibodies: filamentous phage displaying antibody variable domains. Nature. 348(6301). 552–554. 1793 indexed citations breakdown →

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McCafferty, John, et al.. (1965). ACUTE MENINGITIS DUE TO LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2(8). 332–333. 3 indexed citations

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