Neil W. Isaacs

11.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
140 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

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Neil W. Isaacs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil W. Isaacs has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Neil W. Isaacs's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (38 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (25 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers). Neil W. Isaacs is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (38 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (25 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers). Neil W. Isaacs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Neil W. Isaacs's co-authors include Richard J. Cogdell, Stephen M. Prince, Miroslav Z. Papiz, Andrew A. Freer, A. M. Hawthornthwaite-Lawless, G. McDermott, Tina Howard, A.W. Roszak, Alastair T. Gardiner and Adrian J. Lapthorn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Neil W. Isaacs

138 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

Crystal structure of an integral membrane light-harvesting complex from photosynthetic bacteria

1995 2.3k citations G. McDermott, Stephen M. Prince et al. Nature profile →
Crystal structure of human chorionic gonadotropin

1994 742 citations Adrian J. Lapthorn, D. C. Harris et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil W. Isaacs United Kingdom	46	6.4k	2.4k	2.0k	1.9k	812	140	9.3k
Ronald E. Stenkamp United States	50	8.8k 1.4×	420 0.2×	4.4k 2.2×	1.2k 0.6×	222 0.3×	144	13.0k
Martin Caffrey United States	60	11.3k 1.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	108 0.1×	210	14.4k
Mikio Kataoka Japan	47	4.7k 0.7×	952 0.4×	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	74 0.1×	193	6.7k
Luis Moroder Germany	60	9.9k 1.5×	880 0.4×	2.6k 1.3×	2.5k 1.3×	76 0.1×	408	14.3k
Zbigniew Dauter United States	62	9.9k 1.5×	347 0.1×	765 0.4×	3.8k 2.0×	371 0.5×	352	15.4k
Astrid Gräslund Sweden	70	10.7k 1.7×	462 0.2×	618 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	913 1.1×	349	16.0k
Tomitake Tsukihara Japan	52	9.2k 1.4×	602 0.3×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	858 1.1×	226	13.0k
Robert W. Woody United States	46	8.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.4×	833 0.4×	2.2k 1.2×	117 0.1×	114	11.9k
Rolf Boelens Netherlands	64	13.2k 2.0×	541 0.2×	1.4k 0.7×	2.6k 1.4×	78 0.1×	318	17.1k
Ivan Rayment United States	65	10.7k 1.7×	1.2k 0.5×	622 0.3×	2.5k 1.4×	543 0.7×	211	15.9k

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Gabrielsen, Mads, et al.. (2011). High-throughput identification of purification conditions leads to preliminary crystallization conditions for three inner membrane proteins. Molecular Membrane Biology. 28(7-8). 445–453. 4 indexed citations

Gabrielsen, Mads, Dai Wang, Katherine S. H. Beckham, et al.. (2010). Expression, purification, crystallization and initial X-ray diffraction analysis of thiol peroxidase fromYersinia pseudotuberculosis. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 66(12). 1606–1609. 7 indexed citations

Roszak, A.W., et al.. (2007). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of P30, the transmembrane domain of pertactin, an autotransporter fromBordetella pertussis. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 63(7). 593–595. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Zhenbo, J. Gordon Lindsay, & Neil W. Isaacs. (2007). Mitochondrial Peroxiredoxins. Sub-cellular biochemistry. 44. 295–315. 38 indexed citations

Roszak, A.W., Tina Howard, June Southall, et al.. (2003). Crystal Structure of the RC-LH1 Core Complex from Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Science. 302(5652). 1969–1972. 493 indexed citations

Fyfe, Paul K., Neil W. Isaacs, Richard J. Cogdell, & Michael R. Jones. (2003). Disruption of a specific molecular interaction with a bound lipid affects the thermal stability of the purple bacterial reaction centre. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1608(1). 11–22. 42 indexed citations

Roszak, A.W., Katherine McAuley, Paul K. Fyfe, et al.. (2002). Tuning of the optical and electrochemical properties of the primary donor bacteriochlorophylls in the reaction centre from Rhodobacter sphaeroides: spectroscopy and structure. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1554(1-2). 75–93. 31 indexed citations

Prince, Stephen M., Miroslav Z. Papiz, Andrew A. Freer, et al.. (1997). Apoprotein structure in the LH2 complex from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila strain 10050: modular assembly and protein pigment interactions 1 1Edited by R. Huber. Journal of Molecular Biology. 268(2). 412–423. 157 indexed citations

Cogdell, Richard J., Neil W. Isaacs, Andy Freer, et al.. (1997). The structure and function of the LH2 (B800–850) complex from the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas acidophila strain 10050. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 68(1). 1–27. 63 indexed citations

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Klonisch, Thomas, Peter J. Delves, Peter Berger, et al.. (1996). Relative location of epitopes involved in synergistic antibody binding using human chorionic gonadotropin as a model. European Journal of Immunology. 26(8). 1897–1905. 11 indexed citations

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Karlsen, Saffron, et al.. (1996). Structure of a bulgecin-inhibited g-type lysozyme from the egg white of the Australian black swan. A comparison of the binding of bulgecin to three muramidases. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 52(1). 105–114. 4 indexed citations

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Isaacs, Neil W.. (1995). Cystine knots. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 5(3). 391–395. 148 indexed citations

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Emsley, Paul, Gerry McDermott, Ian G. Charles, Neil F. Fairweather, & Neil W. Isaacs. (1994). Crystallographic Characterization of Pertactin, a Membrane-associated Protein from Bordetella pertussis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 235(2). 772–773. 14 indexed citations

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Lapthorn, Adrian J., D. C. Harris, Allison Littlejohn, et al.. (1994). Crystal structure of human chorionic gonadotropin. Nature. 369(6480). 455–461. 742 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gourley, David G., et al.. (1994). Crystallization of a Type II Dehydroquinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 241(3). 488–491. 32 indexed citations

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Machin, K.J., et al.. (1984). A low-temperature cooler for protein crystallography. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 17(5). 358–359. 2 indexed citations

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Simpson, Richard J., et al.. (1979). Preliminary x-ray diffraction studies on the “goose-type” lysozyme from the egg-white of the black swan Cygnus atratus. Journal of Molecular Biology. 135(1). 313–314. 4 indexed citations

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Makinen, Marvin W. & Neil W. Isaacs. (1978). The crystal and molecular structure of 1-naphthyl 2',3',4',6'-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranoside. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 34(5). 1584–1590. 3 indexed citations

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Roberts, Paul J., Neil W. Isaacs, Frank H. Allen, W.D.S. Motherwell, & Olga Kennard. (1974). The Crystal Structure and Absolute Configuration of O,O-Dimethylipecoside. 30(1). 133–139. 1 indexed citations

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Kennard, Olga, Neil W. Isaacs, W.D.S. Motherwell, et al.. (1971). The crystal and molecular structure of adenosine triphosphate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 325(1562). 401–436. 93 indexed citations

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