Nigel A. Swain

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Nigel A. Swain is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel A. Swain has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nigel A. Swain's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers). Nigel A. Swain is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers). Nigel A. Swain collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Nigel A. Swain's co-authors include Richard Storer, Sharan K. Bagal, Christopher G. Tate, Miles Congreve, Chris de Graaf, Brian E. Marron, Richard C. D. Brown, Robert M. Owen, Gordon Bruton and Mark L. Chapman and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nigel A. Swain

24 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Impact of GPCR Structures on Drug Discovery

2020 245 citations Miles Congreve, Chris de Graaf et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel A. Swain United Kingdom	15	857	342	301	176	105	24	1.3k
Zhaobing Gao China	24	1.1k 1.3×	383 1.1×	169 0.6×	139 0.8×	249 2.4×	104	1.9k
Donald J. Kyle United States	25	897 1.0×	440 1.3×	214 0.7×	323 1.8×	60 0.6×	59	1.7k
Rosanna Matucci Italy	19	567 0.7×	241 0.7×	286 1.0×	216 1.2×	84 0.8×	81	1.1k
Sharan K. Bagal United Kingdom	14	582 0.7×	178 0.5×	296 1.0×	123 0.7×	70 0.7×	20	938
Jean‐Michel Augereau France	14	958 1.1×	313 0.9×	142 0.5×	178 1.0×	148 1.4×	33	1.7k
Soosung Kang South Korea	21	704 0.8×	259 0.8×	374 1.2×	232 1.3×	62 0.6×	54	1.4k
Angus M. MacLeod United Kingdom	27	1.1k 1.3×	912 2.7×	893 3.0×	160 0.9×	104 1.0×	62	2.4k
Graeme Semple United States	25	989 1.2×	398 1.2×	386 1.3×	197 1.1×	47 0.4×	65	1.9k
Michael J. Coghlan United States	27	1.1k 1.2×	361 1.1×	735 2.4×	136 0.8×	295 2.8×	57	2.3k
Aaron S. Goetz United States	18	1.1k 1.3×	398 1.2×	127 0.4×	252 1.4×	49 0.5×	26	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Nigel A. Swain

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Nigel A. Swain's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Nigel A. Swain with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Nigel A. Swain more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Nigel A. Swain

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nigel A. Swain. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Nigel A. Swain. The network helps show where Nigel A. Swain may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nigel A. Swain

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nigel A. Swain. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nigel A. Swain 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 Nigel A. Swain. Nigel A. Swain is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Thomas, Morgan, Pierre Matricon, Jonathan S. Mason, et al.. (2025). Identification of nanomolar adenosine A2A receptor ligands using reinforcement learning and structure-based drug design. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5485–5485. 2 indexed citations

Kelly, Brendan, Scott A. Hollingsworth, David C. Blakemore, et al.. (2021). Delineating the Ligand–Receptor Interactions That Lead to Biased Signaling at the μ-Opioid Receptor. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 61(7). 3696–3707. 18 indexed citations

Congreve, Miles, Chris de Graaf, Nigel A. Swain, & Christopher G. Tate. (2020). Impact of GPCR Structures on Drug Discovery. Cell. 181(1). 81–91. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

Pryde, David C., Nigel A. Swain, Paul A. Stupple, et al.. (2017). The discovery of a potent Na_v1.3 inhibitor with good oral pharmacokinetics. MedChemComm. 8(6). 1255–1267. 6 indexed citations

Pryde, David C., Brian E. Marron, Christopher W. West, et al.. (2017). Discovery of a Series of Indazole TRPA1 Antagonists. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(6). 666–671. 19 indexed citations

Pryde, David C., Brian E. Marron, George Amato, et al.. (2016). The discovery of a potent series of carboxamide TRPA1 antagonists. MedChemComm. 7(11). 2145–2158. 9 indexed citations

Bagal, Sharan K., Brian E. Marron, Robert M. Owen, Richard Storer, & Nigel A. Swain. (2015). Voltage gated sodium channels as drug discovery targets. Channels. 9(6). 360–366. 100 indexed citations

Bagal, Sharan K., et al.. (2014). Recent progress in sodium channel modulators for pain. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24(16). 3690–3699. 124 indexed citations

McCormack, Ken, Mark L. Chapman, Douglas S. Krafte, et al.. (2013). Voltage sensor interaction site for selective small molecule inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(29). E2724–32. 174 indexed citations

10.

Swain, Nigel A., et al.. (2012). An Ammonia‐Triggered Stereocontrolled Conversion of a γ‐Lactone to the Central Tetrahydropyran of Pederin, Psymberin, and Onnamides D–F. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2012(6). 1217–1222. 12 indexed citations

11.

Hay, Duncan A., Charles E. Mowbray, Michael Paradowski, et al.. (2011). Synthesis of novel histamine H4 receptor antagonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(2). 1156–1159. 14 indexed citations

12.

Mowbray, Charles E., Andrew Bell, Michelle A. Collins, et al.. (2011). Challenges of drug discovery in novel target space. The discovery and evaluation of PF-3893787: A novel histamine H4 receptor antagonist. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(21). 6596–6602. 29 indexed citations

13.

Swain, Nigel A., et al.. (2011). A novel three-step synthesis of Celecoxib via palladium-catalyzed direct arylation. Tetrahedron Letters. 52(45). 6000–6002. 40 indexed citations

14.

Jones, Lyn H., Catherine Burt, Romuald Corbau, et al.. (2009). Novel Indazole Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Using Molecular Hybridization Based on Crystallographic Overlays. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 52(4). 1219–1223. 43 indexed citations

15.

Swain, Nigel A., et al.. (2004). Intramolecular C–H insertions adjacent to sulfur for the diastereoselective synthesis of thienofuranones. Chemical Communications. 1772–1773. 11 indexed citations

16.

Brown, Richard C. D. & Nigel A. Swain. (2004). Synthesis of Furofuran Lignans. Synthesis. 811–827. 23 indexed citations

17.

Swain, Nigel A., Richard C. D. Brown, & Gordon Bruton. (2004). A Versatile Stereoselective Synthesis of endo,exo‐Furofuranones: Application to the Enantioselective Synthesis of Furofuran Lignans.. ChemInform. 35(21). 1 indexed citations

18.

Swain, Nigel A., Richard C. D. Brown, & Gordon Bruton. (2002). An efficient synthesis of endo,exo-furofuranone derivatives. Chemical Communications. 2042–2043. 14 indexed citations

19.

Brown, Richard C. D., et al.. (2001). C−H Insertion Approach to the Synthesis of endo,exo-Furofuranones: Synthesis of (±)-Asarinin, (±)-Epimagnolin A, and (±)-Fargesin. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 66(20). 6719–6728. 53 indexed citations

20.

Swain, Nigel A., et al.. (1982). Mutagenic evaluation of morphine sulphate and pethidine hydrochloride in mice by the micronucleus test.. PubMed. 75. 112–7. 11 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact