Ray Dixon

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
139 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Ray Dixon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ray Dixon has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Genetics and 39 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ray Dixon's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (56 papers), Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (36 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (27 papers). Ray Dixon is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (56 papers), Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (36 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (27 papers). Ray Dixon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Ray Dixon's co-authors include Daniel Kahn, Sara Austin, Mike Merrick, Richard Little, J. R. Postgate, Matthew J. Bush, Nicholas P. Tucker, David J. Studholme, Luciano F. Huergo and Martin Buck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ray Dixon

138 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Genetic regulation of biological nitrogen fixation 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750
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. Genetic regulation of biological nitrogen fixation
    2004 810 citations Ray Dixon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ray Dixon United Kingdom 52 4.3k 2.7k 2.2k 1.8k 1.4k 139 8.6k
Hauke Hennecke Switzerland 60 4.5k 1.1× 4.8k 1.8× 1.3k 0.6× 655 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 198 9.6k
R. Gary Sawers Germany 52 4.8k 1.1× 787 0.3× 1.7k 0.8× 2.8k 1.6× 813 0.6× 206 9.3k
Ben C. Berks United Kingdom 56 6.1k 1.4× 739 0.3× 3.9k 1.8× 1.4k 0.8× 3.5k 2.6× 119 9.8k
Mike Merrick United Kingdom 43 2.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 633 0.4× 591 0.4× 84 4.9k
William W. Metcalf United States 57 6.4k 1.5× 1.4k 0.5× 947 0.4× 669 0.4× 1.8k 1.3× 150 10.6k
Robert P. Gunsalus United States 64 8.1k 1.9× 767 0.3× 3.6k 1.6× 973 0.6× 2.1k 1.5× 172 12.4k
Jeffrey A. Cole United Kingdom 48 2.9k 0.7× 447 0.2× 1.5k 0.7× 535 0.3× 956 0.7× 139 5.9k
Winston J. Brill United States 50 1.7k 0.4× 2.0k 0.7× 488 0.2× 2.8k 1.6× 510 0.4× 119 6.1k
Robert Haselkorn United States 64 7.9k 1.9× 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 2.8k 1.6× 3.8k 2.8× 220 11.7k
Sydney Kustu United States 57 6.9k 1.6× 1.3k 0.5× 4.8k 2.2× 460 0.3× 1.7k 1.2× 103 9.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ray Dixon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ray Dixon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ray Dixon

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Batista, Marcelo Bueno, Jean Richardson, Michael Webster, et al.. (2025). Structural analysis of the NifL ‐ NifA complex reveals the molecular basis of anti‐activation of nitrogen fixation gene expression in Azotobacter vinelandii. FEBS Journal. 293(6). 1643–1663. 1 indexed citations
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Neira, José L., et al.. (2025). Temperature changes are signaled in cyanobacteria through the PipX interaction network. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1688974–1688974.
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Tian, Zhe‐Xian, Wenxi Chen, Jilong Wang, et al.. (2023). Diurnal switches in diazotrophic lifestyle increase nitrogen contribution to cereals. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7516–7516. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Jianguo, Yiheng Liu, Chenyue Guo, et al.. (2023). Organelle-dependent polyprotein designs enable stoichiometric expression of nitrogen fixation components targeted to mitochondria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(34). e2305142120–e2305142120. 8 indexed citations
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Tokmina‐Lukaszewska, Monika, Marcelo Bueno Batista, Florence Mus, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into redox signal transduction mechanisms in the control of nitrogen fixation by the NifLA system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(30). 8 indexed citations
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Mus, Florence, et al.. (2023). Abstract 1218: Genetic determinants of ammonium excretion in nifL mutants of Azotobacter vinelandii. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(3). 103362–103362. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Yi, et al.. (2022). Alanine synthesized by alanine dehydrogenase enables ammonium-tolerant nitrogen fixation in Paenibacillus sabinae T27. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(49). e2215855119–e2215855119. 22 indexed citations
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Haskett, Timothy L., Ramakrishnan Karunakaran, Marcelo Bueno Batista, Ray Dixon, & Philip S. Poole. (2022). Control of nitrogen fixation and ammonia excretion in Azorhizobium caulinodans. PLoS Genetics. 18(6). e1010276–e1010276. 16 indexed citations
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Campo, Julia S. Martín del, Marcelo Bueno Batista, Florence Mus, et al.. (2022). Overview of physiological, biochemical, and regulatory aspects of nitrogen fixation in Azotobacter vinelandii. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 57(5-6). 492–538. 25 indexed citations
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Appia‐Ayme, Corinne, Richard Little, Govind Chandra, et al.. (2022). Interactions between paralogous bacterial enhancer‐binding proteins enable metal‐dependent regulation of alternative nitrogenases in Azotobacter vinelandii. Molecular Microbiology. 118(1-2). 105–124. 5 indexed citations
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Batista, Marcelo Bueno, Paul J. Brett, Corinne Appia‐Ayme, Yiping Wang, & Ray Dixon. (2021). Disrupting hierarchical control of nitrogen fixation enables carbon-dependent regulation of ammonia excretion in soil diazotrophs. PLoS Genetics. 17(6). e1009617–e1009617. 21 indexed citations
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Raittz, Roberto Tadeu, Marta Maluk, Marcelo Bueno Batista, et al.. (2021). Comparative Genomics Provides Insights into the Taxonomy of Azoarcus and Reveals Separate Origins of Nif Genes in the Proposed Azoarcus and Aromatoleum Genera. Genes. 12(1). 71–71. 18 indexed citations
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Guo, Chenyue, et al.. (2020). Using synthetic biology to overcome barriers to stable expression of nitrogenase in eukaryotic organelles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(28). 16537–16545. 31 indexed citations
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Batista, Marcelo Bueno & Ray Dixon. (2019). Manipulating nitrogen regulation in diazotrophic bacteria for agronomic benefit. Biochemical Society Transactions. 47(2). 603–614. 95 indexed citations
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Yang, Jianguo, et al.. (2018). Polyprotein strategy for stoichiometric assembly of nitrogen fixation components for synthetic biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(36). E8509–E8517. 50 indexed citations
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Spiro, Stephen & Ray Dixon. (2010). Sensory Mechanisms in Bacteria Molecular Aspects of Signal Recognition. 27 indexed citations
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Martínez‐Argudo, Isabel, Richard Little, & Ray Dixon. (2004). Role of the amino‐terminal GAF domain of the NifA activator in controlling the response to the antiactivator protein NifL. Molecular Microbiology. 52(6). 1731–1744. 49 indexed citations
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Reyes, F., Richard Little, & Ray Dixon. (2002). Mutant Forms of the Azotobacter vinelandii Transcriptional Activator NifA Resistant to Inhibition by the NifL Regulatory Protein. Journal of Bacteriology. 184(24). 6777–6785. 27 indexed citations
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Austin, Sara, et al.. (1990). Characterisation of the Klebsiella pneumoniae nitrogen‐fixation regulatory proteins NIFA and NIFL in vitro. European Journal of Biochemistry. 187(2). 353–360. 38 indexed citations
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Dixon, Ray, et al.. (1990). Aborigines and diamond mining : the politics of resource development in the East Kimberley, Western Australia. 9 indexed citations

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