Neil Loftus

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Neil Loftus is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Loftus has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Spectroscopy and 3 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Neil Loftus's work include Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (8 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (5 papers) and Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (3 papers). Neil Loftus is often cited by papers focused on Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (8 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (5 papers) and Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (3 papers). Neil Loftus collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Greece and Japan. Neil Loftus's co-authors include Ian D. Wilson, Georgios Theodoridis, Filippos Michopoulos, John P. Shockcor, Elizabeth J. Want, Elaine Holmes, Perrine Masson, Robert S. Plumb, Jeremy K. Nicholson and Helen Gika and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Protocols, Food and Chemical Toxicology and The Analyst.

In The Last Decade

Neil Loftus

15 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Global metabolic profiling of animal and human tissues vi... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Global metabolic profiling of animal and human tissues via UPLC-MS
    2012 1.0k citations Elizabeth J. Want, Perrine Masson et al. Nature Protocols profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Neil Loftus United Kingdom 11 752 185 174 118 113 16 1.2k
Juanjuan Chen China 24 572 0.8× 161 0.9× 85 0.5× 73 0.6× 92 0.8× 108 1.6k
Aurélie Roux United States 14 1.2k 1.6× 237 1.3× 361 2.1× 170 1.4× 116 1.0× 19 1.9k
Roberto Maria Pellegrino Italy 21 683 0.9× 279 1.5× 144 0.8× 212 1.8× 102 0.9× 86 1.7k
Megan R. Showalter United States 16 1.1k 1.5× 112 0.6× 338 1.9× 186 1.6× 116 1.0× 25 1.6k
Alexandra C. Schrimpe‐Rutledge United States 13 1.1k 1.5× 84 0.5× 205 1.2× 157 1.3× 95 0.8× 24 1.5k
Mikiko Takahashi Japan 7 672 0.9× 111 0.6× 234 1.3× 93 0.8× 53 0.5× 11 972
Jean‐François Martin France 16 825 1.1× 87 0.5× 162 0.9× 250 2.1× 61 0.5× 31 1.4k
Ivana Blaženović United States 14 964 1.3× 139 0.8× 330 1.9× 62 0.5× 56 0.5× 22 1.4k
Shu‐Ping Hui Japan 23 787 1.0× 78 0.4× 161 0.9× 246 2.1× 196 1.7× 128 1.6k
Filippos Michopoulos United Kingdom 21 1.4k 1.9× 217 1.2× 458 2.6× 187 1.6× 157 1.4× 33 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Neil Loftus

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Fields of papers citing papers by Neil Loftus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Loftus

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Neil Loftus. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Neil Loftus based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Neil Loftus. Neil Loftus is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Deda, Olga, Melina Kachrimanidou, Emily G. Armitage, et al.. (2022). Metabolic Phenotyping Study of Mouse Brain Following Microbiome Disruption by C. difficile Colonization. Metabolites. 12(11). 1039–1039. 4 indexed citations
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Loftus, Neil, et al.. (2022). Proteomics Challenges for the Assessment of Synuclein Proteoforms as Clinical Biomarkers in Parkinson’s Disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 14. 818606–818606. 13 indexed citations
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Armitage, Emily G., Matthew Harrison, Gareth G. Lavery, et al.. (2021). Metabolic consequences for mice lacking Endosialin: LC–MS/MS-based metabolic phenotyping of serum from C56Bl/6J Control and CD248 knock‐out mice. Metabolomics. 17(2). 14–14. 3 indexed citations
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Deda, Olga, Christina Virgiliou, Emily G. Armitage, et al.. (2020). Metabolic Phenotyping Study of Mouse Brains Following Acute or Chronic Exposures to Ethanol. Journal of Proteome Research. 19(10). 4071–4081. 12 indexed citations
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Dulaurent, Sylvain, Neil Loftus, S. Moreau, et al.. (2018). Fully automated sample preparation procedure to measure drugs of abuse in plasma by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 410(20). 5071–5083. 22 indexed citations
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Loftus, Neil, et al.. (2013). Global Metabolite Profiling of Human Colorectal Cancer Xenografts in Mice Using HPLC–MS/MS. Journal of Proteome Research. 12(6). 2980–2986. 10 indexed citations
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Want, Elizabeth J., Perrine Masson, Filippos Michopoulos, et al.. (2012). Global metabolic profiling of animal and human tissues via UPLC-MS. Nature Protocols. 8(1). 17–32. 1037 indexed citations breakdown →
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Loftus, Neil, Filippos Michopoulos, Georgios Theodoridis, et al.. (2010). Metabonomic Investigation of Liver Profiles of Nonpolar Metabolites Obtained from Alcohol-Dosed Rats and Mice Using High Mass Accuracy MSn Analysis. Journal of Proteome Research. 10(2). 705–713. 48 indexed citations
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Loftus, Neil. (2002). Gold standard: Mass spectrometry and chromatography. The Biochemist. 24(1). 25–27. 1 indexed citations
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Loftus, Neil, et al.. (1994). An assessment of the dietary uptake of di-2-(ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA) in a limited population study. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 32(1). 1–5. 17 indexed citations
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Loftus, Neil, et al.. (1993). Metabolism and pharmacokinetics of deuterium-labelled di-2-(ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA) in humans. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 31(9). 609–614. 14 indexed citations
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Loftus, Neil, et al.. (1990). Determination of plasma nefopam by liquid chromatography and electrochemical detection. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 526(1). 159–168. 10 indexed citations

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