O. Sumner Makin

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

O. Sumner Makin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, O. Sumner Makin has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in O. Sumner Makin's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (4 papers). O. Sumner Makin is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (4 papers). O. Sumner Makin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden. O. Sumner Makin's co-authors include Louise C. Serpell, Pawel Sikorski, E. D. T. Atkins, Jan Johansson, Thomas R. Jahn, Karen E. Marshall, Kyle L. Morris, Pei Tian, Shahin Zibaee and Michel Goedert and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Molecular Biology and Journal of Applied Crystallography.

In The Last Decade

O. Sumner Makin

9 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Molecular basis for amyloid fibril formation and stability

2005 551 citations O. Sumner Makin, E. D. T. Atkins et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
O. Sumner Makin United Kingdom	9	1.2k	885	607	260	140	9	1.6k
Manuela López de la Paz Germany	16	1.5k 1.2×	826 0.9×	409 0.7×	301 1.2×	191 1.4×	24	1.9k
Yin Luo China	28	1.2k 1.1×	773 0.9×	765 1.3×	415 1.6×	292 2.1×	51	2.3k
Tadato Ban Japan	14	1.0k 0.9×	985 1.1×	297 0.5×	196 0.8×	73 0.5×	16	1.6k
Mario Bouchard United Kingdom	12	1.6k 1.4×	840 0.9×	337 0.6×	273 1.1×	137 1.0×	16	2.1k
Lukasz Goldschmidt United States	12	1.8k 1.6×	919 1.0×	413 0.7×	396 1.5×	69 0.5×	15	2.4k
Minna Groenning Denmark	17	1.2k 1.0×	963 1.1×	306 0.5×	295 1.1×	116 0.8×	24	1.9k
Vytautas Smirnovas Lithuania	27	1.5k 1.3×	988 1.1×	232 0.4×	233 0.9×	198 1.4×	95	2.2k
G J Sawicki United States	7	1.2k 1.0×	569 0.6×	470 0.8×	254 1.0×	112 0.8×	9	1.6k
Shilpa Sambashivan United States	11	1.9k 1.7×	1.4k 1.5×	636 1.0×	390 1.5×	113 0.8×	14	2.7k
Ewan J. Nettleton United Kingdom	8	1.3k 1.1×	782 0.9×	291 0.5×	293 1.1×	113 0.8×	11	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O. Sumner Makin

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All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Jahn, Thomas R., O. Sumner Makin, Kyle L. Morris, et al.. (2009). The Common Architecture of Cross-β Amyloid. Journal of Molecular Biology. 395(4). 717–727. 251 indexed citations

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Zibaee, Shahin, O. Sumner Makin, Michel Goedert, & Louise C. Serpell. (2007). A simple algorithm locates β‐strands in the amyloid fibril core of α‐synuclein, Aβ, and tau using the amino acid sequence alone. Protein Science. 16(5). 906–918. 91 indexed citations

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Makin, O. Sumner, Pawel Sikorski, & Louise C. Serpell. (2007). CLEARER: a new tool for the analysis of X-ray fibre diffraction patterns and diffraction simulation from atomic structural models. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 40(5). 966–972. 89 indexed citations

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Makin, O. Sumner, Pawel Sikorski, & Louise C. Serpell. (2006). Diffraction to study protein and peptide assemblies. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 10(5). 417–422. 38 indexed citations

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Makin, O. Sumner & Louise C. Serpell. (2005). Structures for amyloid fibrils. FEBS Journal. 272(23). 5950–5961. 380 indexed citations

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Makin, O. Sumner, E. D. T. Atkins, Pawel Sikorski, Jan Johansson, & Louise C. Serpell. (2005). Molecular basis for amyloid fibril formation and stability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(2). 315–320. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

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Makin, O. Sumner & Louise C. Serpell. (2005). X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Amyloid Structure. Humana Press eBooks. 67–80. 47 indexed citations

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Makin, O. Sumner & Louise C. Serpell. (2003). Structural Characterisation of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Fibrils. Journal of Molecular Biology. 335(5). 1279–1288. 121 indexed citations

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Makin, O. Sumner & Louise C. Serpell. (2002). Examining the structure of the mature amyloid fibril. Biochemical Society Transactions. 30(4). 521–525. 52 indexed citations

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