Jonathan Kennedy

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Kennedy is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Kennedy has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Pharmacology and 23 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Kennedy's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (27 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (16 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers). Jonathan Kennedy is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (27 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (16 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers). Jonathan Kennedy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and United States. Jonathan Kennedy's co-authors include Alan D. W. Dobson, C. Richard Hutchinson, Karine Auclair, John C. Vederas, Julian R. Marchesi, Fergal O’Gara, John P. Morrissey, Steven G. Kendrew, Parmjit S. Panesar and D. N. Gandhi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Kennedy

70 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Modulation of Polyketide Synthase Activity by Accessory Proteins During Lovastatin Biosynthesis

1999 528 citations Jonathan Kennedy, Karine Auclair et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan Kennedy United Kingdom	32	2.0k	1.8k	1.3k	463	356	71	3.5k
Kui Hong China	36	1.9k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	489 1.1×	452 1.3×	153	4.1k
Fernando Reyes Spain	37	1.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	929 2.0×	269 0.8×	217	4.4k
Markus Nett Germany	28	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	593 0.5×	518 1.1×	257 0.7×	90	3.1k
Stefan Kehraus Germany	34	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	750 1.6×	202 0.6×	115	3.3k
Xinpeng Tian China	34	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	693 1.5×	517 1.5×	149	3.3k
Zhiyong Li China	30	872 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	270 0.6×	506 1.4×	120	2.5k
Klaus Gerth Germany	43	2.6k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	2.0k 4.3×	477 1.3×	108	5.7k
Chiaki Imada Japan	25	1.2k 0.6×	525 0.3×	824 0.6×	202 0.4×	160 0.4×	102	1.9k
Claudia Schmidt‐Dannert United States	42	4.3k 2.2×	1.1k 0.6×	668 0.5×	325 0.7×	193 0.5×	99	5.3k
Xuefeng Zhou China	42	2.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.6×	2.2k 1.7×	1.0k 2.2×	229 0.6×	288	6.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Kennedy

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Shang‐Ming, Sinéad Brophy, Phil Davies, et al.. (2023). Machine Learning in Colorectal Cancer Risk Prediction from Routinely Collected Data: A Review. Diagnostics. 13(2). 301–301. 11 indexed citations

Kiran, George Seghal, Anuj Nishanth Lipton, Jonathan Kennedy, Alan D. W. Dobson, & Joseph Selvin. (2014). A halotolerant thermostable lipase from the marine bacteriumOceanobacillussp. PUMB02 with an ability to disrupt bacterial biofilms. Bioengineered. 5(5). 305–318. 60 indexed citations

Jackson, Stephen A., Burkhardt Flemer, A. McCann, et al.. (2013). Archaea Appear to Dominate the Microbiome of Inflatella pellicula Deep Sea Sponges. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e84438–e84438. 41 indexed citations

Jackson, Stephen A., Jonathan Kennedy, John P. Morrissey, Fergal O’Gara, & Alan D. W. Dobson. (2012). Pyrosequencing Reveals Diverse and Distinct Sponge-Specific Microbial Communities in Sponges from a Single Geographical Location in Irish Waters. Microbial Ecology. 64(1). 105–116. 60 indexed citations

Kennedy, Jonathan, Niall O’Leary, G. Seghal Kiran, et al.. (2011). Functional metagenomic strategies for the discovery of novel enzymes and biosurfactants with biotechnological applications from marine ecosystems. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 111(4). 787–799. 83 indexed citations

Margassery, Lekha Menon, Jonathan Kennedy, Fergal O’Gara, Alan D. W. Dobson, & John P. Morrissey. (2011). A high-throughput screen to identify novel calcineurin inhibitors. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 88(1). 63–66. 5 indexed citations

O’Halloran, John, Jonathan Kennedy, John P. Morrissey, et al.. (2011). Diversity and bioactive potential of endospore-forming bacteria cultured from the marine sponge Haliclona simulans. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 112(1). 65–78. 33 indexed citations

Puri, Munish, et al.. (2010). Molecular characterization and enzymatic hydrolysis of naringin extracted from kinnow peel waste. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 48(1). 58–62. 34 indexed citations

Baker, Paul, Jonathan Kennedy, Alan D. W. Dobson, & Julian R. Marchesi. (2008). Phylogenetic Diversity and Antimicrobial Activities of Fungi Associated with Haliclona simulans Isolated from Irish Coastal Waters. Marine Biotechnology. 11(4). 540–547. 52 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Jonathan, et al.. (2008). Diversity of microbes associated with the marine sponge, Haliclona simulans , isolated from Irish waters and identification of polyketide synthase genes from the sponge metagenome. Environmental Microbiology. 10(7). 1888–1902. 78 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Jonathan, Julian R. Marchesi, & Alan D. W. Dobson. (2008). Marine metagenomics: strategies for the discovery of novel enzymes with biotechnological applications from marine environments. Microbial Cell Factories. 7(1). 27–27. 147 indexed citations

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Menzella, Hugo G., Sarah J. Reisinger, Mark Welch, et al.. (2005). Redesign, synthesis and functional expression of the 6-deoxyerythronolide B polyketide synthase gene cluster. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 33(1). 22–28. 41 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Jonathan & James T. Kealey. (2004). Tools for metabolic engineering in Escherichia coli: inactivation of panD by a point mutation. Analytical Biochemistry. 327(1). 91–96. 4 indexed citations

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Murli, Sumati, et al.. (2003). Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for improved 6-deoxyerythronolide B production. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 30(8). 500–509. 118 indexed citations

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Sorensen, John L., Karine Auclair, Jonathan Kennedy, C. Richard Hutchinson, & John C. Vederas. (2002). Transformations of cyclic nonaketides by Aspergillus terreus mutants blocked for lovastatin biosynthesis at the lovA and lovC genes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(1). 50–59. 37 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Jonathan, et al.. (2000). Thioesterase domain of δ-(l-α-aminoadipyl)-l-cysteinyl-d-valine synthetase: alteration of stereospecificity by site-directed mutagenesis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 297(2). 395–408. 16 indexed citations

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Hutchinson, C. Richard, et al.. (2000). Aspects of the biosynthesis of non-aromatic fungal polyketides by iterative polyketide synthases. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 78(3-4). 287–295. 81 indexed citations

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Madduri, Krishnamurthy, Jonathan Kennedy, Keith M. Gewain, et al.. (1998). Production of the antitumor drug epirubicin (4′-epidoxorubicin) and its precursor by a genetically engineered strain of Streptomyces peucetius. Nature Biotechnology. 16(1). 69–74. 108 indexed citations

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Etchegaray, Augusto, Ralf Dieckmann, Jonathan Kennedy, Geoffrey Turner, & Hans von Döhren. (1997). ACV Synthetase: Expression of Amino Acid Activating Domains of thePenicillium chrysogenumEnzyme inAspergillus nidulans. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 237(1). 166–169. 10 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Jonathan, E. H. M. Melo, & Kornelia Jumel. (1989). Immobilized Biosystems in Research and Industry. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 7(1). 297–314. 4 indexed citations

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