Richard A. Henderson

33.9k total citations · 24 hit papers
320 papers, 24.5k citations indexed

About

Richard A. Henderson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Henderson has authored 320 papers receiving a total of 24.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Molecular Biology, 75 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 74 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Henderson's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (67 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (54 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (52 papers). Richard A. Henderson is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (67 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (54 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (52 papers). Richard A. Henderson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Richard A. Henderson's co-authors include P.N.T. Unwin, Peter B. Rosenthal, J.M. Baldwin, Kenneth H. Downing, T.A. Ceska, F. Zemlin, A.R. Faruqi, Sriram Subramaniam, E. Beckmann and Gebhard F. X. Schertler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Henderson

312 papers receiving 23.1k citations

Hit Papers

Model for the structure o... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1990 2003 1975 2008 1975 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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  1. Model for the structure of bacteriorhodopsin based on high-resolution electron cryo-microscopy
    1990 2.4k citations Richard A. Henderson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  2. Optimal Determination of Particle Orientation, Absolute Hand, and Contrast Loss in Single-particle Electron Cryomicroscopy
    2003 1.7k citations Richard A. Henderson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  3. Three-dimensional model of purple membrane obtained by electron microscopy
    1975 1.7k citations Richard A. Henderson et al. Nature profile →
  4. Structure of a β1-adrenergic G-protein-coupled receptor
    2008 1.1k citations Richard A. Henderson, Gebhard F. X. Schertler et al. Nature profile →
  5. Molecular structure determination by electron microscopy of unstained crystalline specimens
    1975 849 citations Richard A. Henderson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  6. The potential and limitations of neutrons, electrons and X-rays for atomic resolution microscopy of unstained biological molecules
    1995 812 citations Richard A. Henderson profile →
  7. Electron-crystallographic Refinement of the Structure of Bacteriorhodopsin
    1996 810 citations Richard A. Henderson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  8. High-resolution noise substitution to measure overfitting and validate resolution in 3D structure determination by single particle electron cryomicroscopy
    2013 695 citations Shaoxia Chen, Greg McMullan et al. Ultramicroscopy profile →
  9. MRC Image Processing Programs
    1996 653 citations Richard A. Henderson et al. profile →
  10. Projection structure of rhodopsin
    1993 600 citations Gebhard F. X. Schertler, Richard A. Henderson et al. Nature profile →
  11. Structure of purple membrane from halobacterium halobium: recording, measurement and evaluation of electron micrographs at 3.5 Å resolution
    1986 563 citations Richard A. Henderson et al. Ultramicroscopy profile →
  12. Three-dimensional Structure of Tosyl-α-chymotrypsin
    1967 486 citations Richard A. Henderson et al. Nature profile →
  13. Three-dimensional structure determination by electron microscopy of two-dimensional crystals
    1982 391 citations Richard A. Henderson et al. profile →
  14. Molecular mechanism of vectorial proton translocation by bacteriorhodopsin
    2000 379 citations Sriram Subramaniam, Richard A. Henderson Nature profile →
  15. Electron diffraction analysis of structural changes in the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin.
    1993 377 citations Sriram Subramaniam, Richard A. Henderson et al. profile →
  16. Structure of crystalline α-chymotrypsin
    1968 360 citations Richard A. Henderson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  17. The structure of the purple membrane from Halobacterium halobium: Analysis of the X-ray diffraction pattern
    1975 305 citations Richard A. Henderson Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  18. Structure of crystalline α-chymotrypsin
    1970 298 citations Richard A. Henderson Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  19. Beam-induced motion of vitrified specimen on holey carbon film
    2012 296 citations Richard A. Henderson et al. profile →
  20. Path of the polypeptide in bacteriorhodopsin.
    1980 291 citations Richard A. Henderson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  21. THE PURPLE MEMBRANE FROM HALOBACTERIUM HALOBIUM
    1977 261 citations Richard A. Henderson profile →
  22. Comparison of optimal performance at 300keV of three direct electron detectors for use in low dose electron microscopy
    2014 249 citations Greg McMullan, Richard A. Henderson et al. Ultramicroscopy profile →
  23. Detective quantum efficiency of electron area detectors in electron microscopy
    2009 196 citations Greg McMullan, Richard A. Henderson et al. Ultramicroscopy profile →
  24. The binding of labelled tetrodotoxin to non‐myelinated nerve fibres
    1972 183 citations Richard A. Henderson 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
Richard A. Henderson United Kingdom 67 14.6k 7.2k 5.0k 3.6k 2.5k 320 24.5k
Wolfgang Baumeister Germany 109 28.2k 1.9× 2.0k 0.3× 8.6k 1.7× 4.4k 1.2× 3.8k 1.5× 481 38.8k
David A. Agard United States 90 24.7k 1.7× 1.4k 0.2× 3.5k 0.7× 4.3k 1.2× 1.4k 0.6× 326 37.3k
Kenneth H. Downing United States 54 10.8k 0.7× 2.5k 0.3× 2.0k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 179 17.2k
Yifan Cheng United States 67 16.6k 1.1× 2.5k 0.3× 3.8k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 213 25.5k
Richard D. Leapman United States 57 7.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.2× 1.3k 0.3× 3.5k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 222 16.6k
Stefan W. Hell Germany 117 17.5k 1.2× 5.8k 0.8× 10.0k 2.0× 7.1k 2.0× 536 0.2× 480 51.8k
Nikolaus Grigorieff United States 64 12.3k 0.8× 1.5k 0.2× 4.1k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 134 18.6k
Joachim Frank United States 94 20.7k 1.4× 1.3k 0.2× 7.3k 1.4× 3.1k 0.9× 3.5k 1.4× 401 27.8k
Dmitri I. Svergun Germany 86 33.2k 2.3× 2.0k 0.3× 753 0.1× 15.5k 4.4× 607 0.2× 569 50.2k
Elizabeth Villa United States 39 14.0k 1.0× 1.3k 0.2× 1.5k 0.3× 3.1k 0.9× 683 0.3× 83 20.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Patwardhan, Ardan, Richard A. Henderson, & Christopher J. Russo. (2025). Extending the reach of single-particle cryoEM. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 92. 103005–103005. 1 indexed citations
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Bailey, Larissa L., et al.. (2024). Unburned habitat essential for amphibian breeding persistence following wildfire. Global Ecology and Conservation. 57. e03389–e03389. 1 indexed citations
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Short, Judith M., Colin M. Palmer, Tom Burnley, et al.. (2023). MRC2020: improvements to Ximdisp and the MRC image-processing programs. IUCrJ. 10(5). 579–583. 1 indexed citations
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McMullan, Greg, Katerina Naydenova, Keitaro Yamashita, et al.. (2023). Structure determination by cryoEM at 100 keV. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(49). e2312905120–e2312905120. 17 indexed citations
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Naydenova, Katerina, Akiko Kamegawa, M.J. Peet, et al.. (2022). On the reduction in the effects of radiation damage to two-dimensional crystals of organic and biological molecules at liquid-helium temperature. Ultramicroscopy. 237. 113512–113512. 21 indexed citations
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Russo, Christopher J. & Richard A. Henderson. (2018). Charge accumulation in electron cryomicroscopy. Ultramicroscopy. 187. 43–49. 57 indexed citations
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Al‐Karawi, Ahmed Jasim M., Eric A. Maatta, J. Desper, et al.. (2015). Synthesis, structure, magnetic properties and kinetics of formation of a cluster containing a {Cu 3 (μ 3 -OH)} core supported by a triazole-based ligand. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 69(3). 458–474. 11 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R., Greg McMullan, & Richard A. Henderson. (2014). Molecular Mechanism of Antibody-Mediated Activation of β-galactosidase. Structure. 22(4). 621–627. 23 indexed citations
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Shyangdan, D, Christine Clar, Nazim Ghouri, et al.. (2011). Insulin sensitisers in the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review.. Health Technology Assessment. 15(38). 1–110. 63 indexed citations
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Al‐Karawi, Ahmed Jasim M., W. Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, & Richard A. Henderson. (2008). Synthetic, structural and kinetic studies on the binding of cyclohexane-1,2-bis(4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazone) to divalent metal ions (Co, Ni, Cu, Zn or Cd). Dalton Transactions. 564–570. 17 indexed citations
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Bigley, Nancy J., et al.. (2007). Inflammatory Cytokines and Cell Adhesion Molecules in a Rat Model of Decompression Sickness. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 28(2). 55–63. 43 indexed citations
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Lin, Ping, W. Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, & Richard A. Henderson. (2005). Synthesis and characterization of a Mo/Ag/Rb heterotrimetallic cluster with double-cage architecture. Dalton Transactions. 2349–2349. 15 indexed citations
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Henderson, Alistair P., Esra Mutlu, Christine Bleasdale, et al.. (2002). Trapping of benzene oxide-oxepin and methyl-substituted derivatives with 4-phenyl- and 4-pentafluorophenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione. Chemical Communications. 1956–1957. 16 indexed citations
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Kunji, Edmund R.S., Elena N. Spudich, Reinhard Grisshammer, Richard A. Henderson, & John L. Spudich. (2001). Electron crystallographic analysis of two-dimensional crystals of sensory rhodopsin II: A 6.9 å projection structure1 1Edited by A. Klug. Journal of Molecular Biology. 308(2). 279–293. 19 indexed citations
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Subramaniam, Sriram & Richard A. Henderson. (2000). Molecular mechanism of vectorial proton translocation by bacteriorhodopsin. Nature. 406(6796). 653–657. 379 indexed citations breakdown →
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Henderson, Richard A.. (1993). The Mechanisms of Reactions at Transition Metal Sites. Oxford University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Bullough, Per A. & Richard A. Henderson. (1990). Phase accuracy in high-resolution electron microscopy of trigonal and orthorhombic purple membrane. Biophysical Journal. 58(3). 705–711. 10 indexed citations
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Henderson, Richard A. & Gebhard F. X. Schertler. (1990). The structure of bacteriorhodopsin and its relevance to the visual opsins and other seven-helix G-protein coupled receptors. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 326(1236). 379–389. 88 indexed citations
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Caywood, D. D., Jeffrey S. Klausner, Stephen J. Withrow, et al.. (1988). Pancreatic insulin-secreting neoplasma: clinical, diagnostic, and prognostic features in 73 dogs. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 24(5). 577–584. 53 indexed citations
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Henderson, Richard A., et al.. (1974). Discospondylitis in Three Dogs Infected with Brucella canis. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 165(5). 451–455. 21 indexed citations

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