Rebecca Thomson

950 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 729 citations indexed

About

Rebecca Thomson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rebecca Thomson has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 729 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Rebecca Thomson's work include Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (6 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (3 papers). Rebecca Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (6 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (3 papers). Rebecca Thomson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Canada. Rebecca Thomson's co-authors include P. McNeil, Zhengrong Yang, Zheng Rong Yang, Charlie Hodgman, Robert P. Cook, Jonathan R. Dry, D. C. Edwards, Ajit Narayanan, Roger Pickup and Jonathan Porter and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, Neural Networks and Journal of Microbiological Methods.

In The Last Decade

Rebecca Thomson

10 papers receiving 705 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.

RONN: the bio-basis function neural network technique applied to the detection of natively disordered regions in proteins

2005 525 citations Zhengrong Yang, Rebecca Thomson et al. Computer applications in the biosciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rebecca Thomson United Kingdom	7	568	122	57	50	46	10	729
László Kaján Hungary	10	663 1.2×	128 1.0×	46 0.8×	32 0.6×	97 2.1×	12	913
P. McNeil United Kingdom	3	460 0.8×	126 1.0×	23 0.4×	38 0.8×	41 0.9×	4	558
W.R. Taylor United Kingdom	11	567 1.0×	93 0.8×	40 0.7×	26 0.5×	72 1.6×	19	671
Arun S. Konagurthu Australia	10	700 1.2×	237 1.9×	62 1.1×	29 0.6×	76 1.7×	33	881
C. Lachaize Switzerland	4	540 1.0×	45 0.4×	29 0.5×	48 1.0×	64 1.4×	4	699
Richard A. George United Kingdom	13	725 1.3×	110 0.9×	76 1.3×	28 0.6×	95 2.1×	17	875
Matthew Bashton United Kingdom	13	853 1.5×	157 1.3×	105 1.8×	40 0.8×	85 1.8×	26	1.1k
Elisa Cilia Belgium	9	446 0.8×	86 0.7×	64 1.1×	35 0.7×	81 1.8×	18	553
Xuechu Zhao United States	12	781 1.4×	67 0.5×	158 2.8×	58 1.2×	35 0.8×	21	1.2k
C.C. Huang United States	8	593 1.0×	107 0.9×	89 1.6×	29 0.6×	89 1.9×	13	832

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rebecca Thomson

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

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Yang, Zheng Rong, Jonathan R. Dry, Rebecca Thomson, & Charlie Hodgman. (2006). A bio-basis function neural network for protein peptide cleavage activity characterisation. Neural Networks. 19(4). 401–407. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Zheng Rong & Rebecca Thomson. (2005). Bio-Basis Function Neural Network for Prediction of Protease Cleavage Sites in Proteins. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. 16(1). 263–274. 61 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhengrong, et al.. (2005). RONN: the bio-basis function neural network technique applied to the detection of natively disordered regions in proteins. Computer applications in the biosciences. 21(16). 3369–3376. 525 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomson, Rebecca & Zheng Rong Yang. (2004). A novel basis function neural network. 1. 441–446. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Zheng Rong, et al.. (2003). Searching for discrimination rules in protease proteolytic cleavage activity using genetic programming with a min-max scoring function. Biosystems. 72(1-2). 159–176. 16 indexed citations

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Thomson, Rebecca, et al.. (2003). Characterizing proteolytic cleavage site activity using bio-basis function neural networks. Bioinformatics. 19(14). 1741–1747. 69 indexed citations

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Thomson, Rebecca, Roger Pickup, & Jonathan Porter. (2001). A novel method for the isolation of motile bacteria using gradient culture systems. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 46(2). 141–147. 3 indexed citations

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Cook, Robert P., et al.. (1955). Cholesterol metabolism. 6. The fate of ingested cholesterol in the intact rat. Biochemical Journal. 61(4). 676–681. 10 indexed citations

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Cook, Robert P. & Rebecca Thomson. (1951). THE ABSORPTION OF FAT AND OF CHOLESTEROL IN THE RAT, GUINEA‐PIG AND RABBIT. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology and Cognate Medical Sciences. 36(2). 61–74. 18 indexed citations

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Cook, Robert P. & Rebecca Thomson. (1951). Cholesterol metabolism. 3. Cholesterol metabolism in the guinea pig and rabbit. Biochemical Journal. 49(1). 72–77. 16 indexed citations

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