M.J. Scanlon

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

M.J. Scanlon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, M.J. Scanlon has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in M.J. Scanlon's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (20 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (18 papers). M.J. Scanlon is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (20 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (18 papers). M.J. Scanlon collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. M.J. Scanlon's co-authors include David J. Craik, Christopher J. H. Porter, Raymond S. Norton, Begoña Heras, Jennifer L. Martin, Marilyn A. Anderson, Stephen J. Headey, B.C. Doak, Norelle L. Daly and Jamie S. Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

M.J. Scanlon

142 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Activation of the pseudokinase MLKL unleashes the four-helix bundle domain to induce membrane localization and necroptotic cell death

2014 468 citations Mark D. Mulcair, M.J. Scanlon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M.J. Scanlon Australia	36	2.9k	522	494	377	349	149	4.2k
Lee Whitmore United Kingdom	13	3.5k 1.2×	263 0.5×	325 0.7×	372 1.0×	278 0.8×	21	5.3k
J. Sivaraman Singapore	40	2.7k 0.9×	556 1.1×	223 0.5×	576 1.5×	448 1.3×	153	5.1k
Milton T. Stubbs Germany	41	3.4k 1.2×	363 0.7×	598 1.2×	468 1.2×	607 1.7×	117	5.6k
Timm Maier Switzerland	41	4.0k 1.4×	646 1.2×	465 0.9×	645 1.7×	255 0.7×	99	5.7k
Matthew A. Perugini Australia	36	3.2k 1.1×	656 1.3×	180 0.4×	377 1.0×	255 0.7×	132	4.7k
P. John Hart United States	44	2.9k 1.0×	307 0.6×	636 1.3×	186 0.5×	276 0.8×	115	6.3k
E. Gail Hutchinson United Kingdom	21	3.9k 1.3×	313 0.6×	326 0.7×	590 1.6×	201 0.6×	24	5.0k
Frank Wien France	26	3.1k 1.1×	249 0.5×	286 0.6×	494 1.3×	202 0.6×	112	4.9k
Narasimha Sreerama United States	20	4.8k 1.6×	329 0.6×	421 0.9×	508 1.3×	386 1.1×	32	6.6k
Klaudia Brix Germany	33	1.7k 0.6×	398 0.8×	364 0.7×	287 0.8×	449 1.3×	108	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.J. Scanlon

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All Works

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Akhtar, Naureen, Begoña Heras, James B. Murray, et al.. (2025). Identification of an Allene Warhead That Selectively Targets a Histidine Residue in the Escherichia coli Oxidoreductase Enzyme DsbA. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(4). 625–630. 1 indexed citations

Mohanty, Biswaranjan, Wesam S. Alwan, Menachem J. Gunzburg, et al.. (2025). Discovery of a Cryptic Pocket in Ec DsbA Opens New Opportunities for Antibacterial Discovery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(49). e202515306–e202515306.

Thompson, Philip E., et al.. (2025). Methods to accelerate PROTAC drug discovery. Biochemical Journal. 482(13). 921–937. 5 indexed citations

Chandrashekaran, Indu R., Luke A. Adams, B.C. Doak, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of the Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Novel Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 4 Inhibitors in Microglia. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 20(1). 40–40.

Doak, B.C., Kieran Rimmer, M.L. Williams, et al.. (2024). Fluoromethylketone‐Fragment Conjugates Designed as Covalent Modifiers of Ec DsbA are Atypical Substrates. ChemMedChem. 19(16). e202300684–e202300684. 3 indexed citations

Alwan, Wesam S., et al.. (2022). Fragment screening libraries for the identification of protein hot spots and their minimal binding pharmacophores. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 14(1). 135–143. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Geqing, M.L. Williams, Wesam S. Alwan, et al.. (2020). Rapid Elaboration of Fragments into Leads by X-ray Crystallographic Screening of Parallel Chemical Libraries (REFiL_X). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(13). 6863–6875. 21 indexed citations

Patil, Rahul, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Indu R. Chandrashekaran, et al.. (2019). A ligand-induced structural change in fatty acid–binding protein 1 is associated with potentiation of peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor α agonists. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(10). 3720–3734. 19 indexed citations

Drinkwater, Nyssa, Shane M. Devine, Simon C. Drew, et al.. (2019). Identification of the Binding Site of Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA1) Inhibitors Using a Paramagnetic Probe. ChemMedChem. 14(5). 603–612. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Geqing, et al.. (2019). The Fragment-Based Development of a Benzofuran Hit as a New Class of Escherichia coli DsbA Inhibitors. Molecules. 24(20). 3756–3756. 19 indexed citations

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Mohanty, Biswaranjan, et al.. (2018). Controlled Construction of Cyclic d / l Peptide Nanorods. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(2). 596–601. 9 indexed citations

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Northfield, Susan E., J. Wielens, Stephen J. Headey, et al.. (2018). Cyclic Hexapeptide Mimics of the LEDGF Integrase Recognition Loop in Complex with HIV‐1 Integrase. ChemMedChem. 13(15). 1555–1565. 5 indexed citations

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Mohanty, Biswaranjan, et al.. (2018). Controlled Construction of Cyclic d / l Peptide Nanorods. Angewandte Chemie. 131(2). 606–611. 3 indexed citations

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Headey, Stephen J., Zhi‐Qiang Xu, Gottfried Otting, et al.. (2018). Fragment-Based Discovery of Inhibitors of the Bacterial DnaG-SSB Interaction. Antibiotics. 7(1). 14–14. 15 indexed citations

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Berry, Richard, Stephen J. Headey, Melissa Call, et al.. (2014). Structure of the Chicken CD3ϵδ/γ Heterodimer and Its Assembly with the αβT Cell Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(12). 8240–8251. 13 indexed citations

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Shouldice, Stephen R., Begoña Heras, Russell Jarrott, et al.. (2009). Characterization of the DsbA Oxidative Folding Catalyst from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reveals a Highly Oxidizing Protein that Binds Small Molecules. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 12(8). 921–931. 25 indexed citations

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Vivian, J.P., Kieran Rimmer, Simon R. Bushell, et al.. (2009). Structure and Function of the Oxidoreductase DsbA1 from Neisseria meningitidis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 394(5). 931–943. 32 indexed citations

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Velkov, Tony, et al.. (2007). Examination of the Role of Intestinal Fatty Acid-Binding Protein in Drug Absorption Using a Parallel Artificial Membrane Permeability Assay. Chemistry & Biology. 14(4). 453–465. 36 indexed citations

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Tendler, Saul J. B., M.J. Scanlon, & Michael R. Price. (1994). The role of the arginine residue in the stabilization of mucin core type I beta-turns. Protein and Peptide Letters. 1(1). 39–43. 2 indexed citations

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Monks, P. S., et al.. (1992). The Kinetics of the Formation of Nitrile Compounds in the Atmosphere of Titan. DPS. 24. 1 indexed citations

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