Keith James

27.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Keith James is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith James has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Keith James's work include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (4 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Keith James is often cited by papers focused on Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (4 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Keith James collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Vietnam and New Zealand. Keith James's co-authors include Robert Andrews, Adrian Bird, Shaun Webb, Robert S. Illingworth, Alastair Kerr, Daniel J. Turner, Peter J. Skene, Colin Smith, David J. Harrison and Jacky Guy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Keith James

20 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Neuronal MeCP2 Is Expressed at Near Histone-Octamer Levels and Globally Alters the Chromatin State

2010 526 citations Peter J. Skene, Robert S. Illingworth et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith James United Kingdom	16	1.8k	838	177	153	140	21	2.3k
Michael E. Zwick United States	24	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	133 0.8×	294 1.9×	300 2.1×	70	2.7k
Lynn Doucette‐Stamm United States	18	1.8k 1.0×	313 0.4×	27 0.2×	104 0.7×	203 1.4×	33	2.4k
Dae‐Soo Kim South Korea	24	1.4k 0.8×	302 0.4×	45 0.3×	63 0.4×	414 3.0×	119	2.3k
Jinyu Wu China	26	1.1k 0.6×	441 0.5×	135 0.8×	88 0.6×	344 2.5×	73	1.9k
Mordechai Choder Israel	33	3.2k 1.7×	539 0.6×	22 0.1×	153 1.0×	313 2.2×	58	3.9k
Hanne Jarmer Denmark	19	1.1k 0.6×	474 0.6×	22 0.1×	334 2.2×	398 2.8×	25	2.0k
Daiguan Yu United States	11	2.5k 1.4×	1.7k 2.1×	19 0.1×	594 3.9×	165 1.2×	15	3.4k
Orna Dahan Israel	20	2.0k 1.1×	472 0.6×	26 0.1×	145 0.9×	234 1.7×	29	2.3k
Tim Roloff Switzerland	18	2.1k 1.1×	659 0.8×	78 0.4×	21 0.1×	121 0.9×	48	2.8k
Satoshi Kumano Japan	15	1.3k 0.7×	377 0.4×	51 0.3×	221 1.4×	47 0.3×	26	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Keith James

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith James

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Sadhukhan, Jhuma, et al.. (2025). A comparison of circular business models using life cycle assessment, focusing on clothing retail, distribution and use. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 30(12). 3139–3160.

Druckman, Angela, et al.. (2022). Reducing the Environmental Impact of Clothing: An Exploration of the Potential of Alternative Business Models. Sustainability. 14(10). 6292–6292. 22 indexed citations

Illingworth, Robert S., Dina De Sousa, Shaun Webb, et al.. (2015). Inter-individual variability contrasts with regional homogeneity in the human brain DNA methylome. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(2). 732–744. 34 indexed citations

James, Keith. (2012). An investigation of the relationship between recycling paper and card and greenhouse gas emissions from land use change. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 67. 44–55. 14 indexed citations

Perkins, Timothy T., Mark R. Davies, Elizabeth J. Klemm, et al.. (2012). ChIP‐seq and transcriptome analysis of the OmpR regulon of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Typhimurium reveals accessory genes implicated in host colonization. Molecular Microbiology. 87(3). 526–538. 57 indexed citations

Dhami, Pawandeep, Peter Saffrey, Alexander W. Bruce, et al.. (2010). Complex Exon-Intron Marking by Histone Modifications Is Not Determined Solely by Nucleosome Distribution. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e12339–e12339. 55 indexed citations

Mamanova, Lira, Robert Andrews, Keith James, et al.. (2010). FRT-seq: amplification-free, strand-specific transcriptome sequencing. Nature Methods. 7(2). 130–132. 101 indexed citations

Illingworth, Robert S., Shaun Webb, Alastair Kerr, et al.. (2010). Orphan CpG Islands Identify Numerous Conserved Promoters in the Mammalian Genome. PLoS Genetics. 6(9). e1001134–e1001134. 384 indexed citations

Skene, Peter J., Robert S. Illingworth, Shaun Webb, et al.. (2010). Neuronal MeCP2 Is Expressed at Near Histone-Octamer Levels and Globally Alters the Chromatin State. Molecular Cell. 37(4). 457–468. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomson, John P., Peter J. Skene, Jim Selfridge, et al.. (2010). CpG islands influence chromatin structure via the CpG-binding protein Cfp1. Nature. 464(7291). 1082–1086. 463 indexed citations

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Perkins, Timothy T., Robert A. Kingsley, María Fookes, et al.. (2009). A Strand-Specific RNA–Seq Analysis of the Transcriptome of the Typhoid Bacillus Salmonella Typhi. PLoS Genetics. 5(7). e1000569–e1000569. 194 indexed citations

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Holland, Richard, Matthew Pocock, Andreas Prlić, et al.. (2008). BioJava: an open-source framework for bioinformatics. Bioinformatics. 24(18). 2096–2097. 195 indexed citations

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Wain, John, Claire Kidgell, Keith James, et al.. (2003). Molecular Analysis of incHI1 Antimicrobial Resistance Plasmids from Salmonella Serovar Typhi Strains Associated with Typhoid Fever. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 47(9). 2732–2739. 75 indexed citations

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Kidgell, Claire, Derek Pickard, John Wain, et al.. (2002). Characterisation and distribution of a cryptic Salmonella typhi plasmid pHCM2. Plasmid. 47(3). 159–171. 26 indexed citations

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Eiglmeier, Karin, Julian Parkhill, Nadine Honoré, et al.. (2001). The decaying genome ofMycobacterium leprae. Leprosy Review. 72(4). 387–98. 72 indexed citations

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Prentice, Michael B., Keith James, Julian Parkhill, et al.. (2001). Yersinia pestis pFra Shows Biovar-Specific Differences and Recent Common Ancestry with a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Plasmid. Journal of Bacteriology. 183(8). 2586–2594. 33 indexed citations

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James, Keith, Michelle A. Hughes, & Peter A. Williams. (2000). Cloning and Expression of ntnD , Encoding a Novel NAD(P) ⁺ -Independent 4-Nitrobenzyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas sp. Strain TW3. Journal of Bacteriology. 182(11). 3136–3141. 28 indexed citations

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James, Keith, Rupert J. Russell, Lynne E. Parker, et al.. (1994). Citrate synthases from the Archaea: Development of a bio-specific, affinity chromatography purification procedure. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 119(1-2). 181–185. 9 indexed citations

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James, Keith, Marı́a-José Bonete, David Byrom, Michael J. Danson, & David W. Hough. (1992). Citrate synthase from Haloferax volcanii: enzyme purification and gene cloning. Biochemical Society Transactions. 20(1). 12S–12S. 2 indexed citations

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Allan, R N, M. J. Dew, Keith James, D. Gatehouse, & N J Dorricott. (1982). Lithocholate Sulphation in the Baboon. Journal of Medical Primatology. 11(1). 59–64. 4 indexed citations

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