Melanie J. Thomson

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 853 citations indexed

About

Melanie J. Thomson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie J. Thomson has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 853 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Physiology and 3 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Melanie J. Thomson's work include Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (4 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (4 papers) and Antimicrobial agents and applications (2 papers). Melanie J. Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (4 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (4 papers) and Antimicrobial agents and applications (2 papers). Melanie J. Thomson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and India. Melanie J. Thomson's co-authors include Christine Röder, James Moir, Jonathan Hourihane, Ian Kimber, Stephan Ströbel, Jessica Strid, Karin Heurlier, Naveed Aziz, Douglas R. MacFarlane and Marianne Seter and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Melanie J. Thomson

14 papers receiving 840 citations

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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.

Auranofin: Repurposing an Old Drug for a Golden New Age

2015 397 citations Christine Röder, Melanie J. Thomson Drugs in R&D profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie J. Thomson United Kingdom	12	252	146	139	109	98	14	853
Yuhua Zhang China	17	253 1.0×	83 0.6×	141 1.0×	71 0.7×	102 1.0×	63	873
Renwei Chen China	20	411 1.6×	67 0.5×	139 1.0×	191 1.8×	114 1.2×	57	1.4k
René Lai–Kuen France	20	259 1.0×	38 0.3×	125 0.9×	74 0.7×	31 0.3×	33	843
Shamik Majumdar India	19	241 1.0×	57 0.4×	128 0.9×	42 0.4×	35 0.4×	40	817
Timothy R. Rudd United Kingdom	24	967 3.8×	249 1.7×	60 0.4×	80 0.7×	141 1.4×	69	1.7k
Maninder K. Sohi United Kingdom	15	577 2.3×	86 0.6×	133 1.0×	67 0.6×	17 0.2×	28	1.0k
Lijuan Li China	20	270 1.1×	64 0.4×	153 1.1×	76 0.7×	58 0.6×	112	1.2k
Muzammal Hussain China	17	527 2.1×	87 0.6×	175 1.3×	86 0.8×	41 0.4×	38	1.1k
Yinghua Wang China	19	544 2.2×	107 0.7×	115 0.8×	54 0.5×	52 0.5×	71	1.4k
Seiji Murakami Japan	22	581 2.3×	38 0.3×	112 0.8×	102 0.9×	69 0.7×	55	1.7k

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14 of 14 papers shown

Hutton, M., et al.. (2019). Repurposing auranofin as a Clostridioides difficile therapeutic. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 25 indexed citations

Röder, Christine & Melanie J. Thomson. (2015). Auranofin: Repurposing an Old Drug for a Golden New Age. Drugs in R&D. 15(1). 13–20. 397 indexed citations breakdown →

Seter, Marianne, et al.. (2013). Cetrimonium Nalidixate as a Multifunctional Inhibitor to Combat Biofilm Formation and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 66(8). 921–929. 17 indexed citations

Thomson, Melanie J., D. Mark Pritchard, Sally Boxall, et al.. (2012). Gastric Helicobacter Infection Induces Iron Deficiency in the INS-GAS Mouse. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50194–e50194. 31 indexed citations

Quinn, Diana, et al.. (2012). Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are differently adapted in the regulation of denitrification: single nucleotide polymorphisms that enable species-specific tuning of the aerobic–anaerobic switch. Biochemical Journal. 445(1). 69–79. 4 indexed citations

Seter, Marianne, Melanie J. Thomson, J. Stoimenovski, Douglas R. MacFarlane, & Maria Forsyth. (2012). Dual active ionic liquids and organic salts for inhibition of microbially influenced corrosion. Chemical Communications. 48(48). 5983–5983. 41 indexed citations

Harris, Paul R., Carolina Serrano, Marjorie M. Walker, et al.. (2012). Helicobacter pylori-associated hypochlorhydria in children, and development of iron deficiency. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 66(4). 343–347. 36 indexed citations

Cole, Lindsay J., et al.. (2009). Binding to DNA Protects Neisseria meningitidis Fumarate and Nitrate Reductase Regulator (FNR) from Oxygen. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(2). 1105–1112. 21 indexed citations

Thomson, Melanie J., Tânia M. Stevanin, & James Moir. (2008). Measuring Nitric Oxide Metabolism in the Pathogen Neisseria meningitidis. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 437. 539–560. 7 indexed citations

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Heurlier, Karin, Melanie J. Thomson, Naveed Aziz, & James Moir. (2008). The Nitric Oxide (NO)-Sensing Repressor NsrR of Neisseria meningitidis Has a Compact Regulon of Genes Involved in NO Synthesis and Detoxification. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(7). 2488–2495. 54 indexed citations

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Thomson, Melanie J.. (2007). Placing the Wild in the City: "Thinking with" Melbourne's Bats. Society and Animals. 15(1). 79–95. 30 indexed citations

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Thomson, Melanie J., et al.. (2006). Regulation of Denitrification Genes in Neisseria meningitidis by Nitric Oxide and the Repressor NsrR. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(3). 1138–1144. 44 indexed citations

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Strid, Jessica, Melanie J. Thomson, Jonathan Hourihane, Ian Kimber, & Stephan Ströbel. (2004). A novel model of sensitization and oral tolerance to peanut protein. Immunology. 113(3). 293–303. 95 indexed citations

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Londrigan, Sarah L., et al.. (2000). Growth of rotaviruses in continuous human and monkey cell lines that vary in their expression of integrins. Journal of General Virology. 81(9). 2203–2213. 51 indexed citations

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