Robert Downham

1.0k total citations
12 papers, 582 citations indexed

About

Robert Downham is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Downham has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 582 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Robert Downham's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (5 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (3 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (3 papers). Robert Downham is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (5 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (3 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (3 papers). Robert Downham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Robert Downham's co-authors include Steven V. Ley, Fay Ng, Larry E. Overman, Kun‐Soo Kim, Martin Woods, Robert G. Boyle, Valério Berdini, Marcel L. Verdonk, Gordon Saxty and David Barford and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Robert Downham

12 papers receiving 549 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Downham United Kingdom 11 322 289 137 56 45 12 582
Paul A. Renhowe United States 18 617 1.9× 412 1.4× 62 0.5× 76 1.4× 56 1.2× 26 891
Kenneth A. Savin United States 14 657 2.0× 353 1.2× 137 1.0× 71 1.3× 143 3.2× 18 1.1k
Werngard Czechtizky Germany 18 362 1.1× 394 1.4× 134 1.0× 49 0.9× 82 1.8× 49 871
Bernard Pirard Switzerland 16 165 0.5× 536 1.9× 194 1.4× 20 0.4× 97 2.2× 31 915
Stephen T. Wrobleski United States 13 384 1.2× 196 0.7× 61 0.4× 68 1.2× 86 1.9× 16 555
Bodo Scheiper Germany 12 609 1.9× 242 0.8× 55 0.4× 76 1.4× 62 1.4× 13 863
Véronique Mesguiche United Kingdom 12 206 0.6× 337 1.2× 115 0.8× 59 1.1× 37 0.8× 13 609
Brian S. Lucas United States 13 282 0.9× 667 2.3× 177 1.3× 44 0.8× 46 1.0× 16 891
Douglas H. Steinman United States 11 242 0.8× 328 1.1× 93 0.7× 20 0.4× 44 1.0× 17 599
Stephen E. de Laszlo United States 16 482 1.5× 394 1.4× 42 0.3× 33 0.6× 41 0.9× 28 786

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Downham

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Downham

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Hekkert, Maaike te Lintel, Kathryn Chapman, Rehan Aqil, et al.. (2021). Preclinical trial of a MAP4K4 inhibitor to reduce infarct size in the pig: does cardioprotection in human stem cell-derived myocytes predict success in large mammals?. Basic Research in Cardiology. 116(1). 34–34. 9 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Saleh A., Andrew Ayscough, Richard Davenport, et al.. (2017). 1,2,4-Triazolo-[1,5-a]pyridine HIF Prolylhydroxylase Domain-1 (PHD-1) Inhibitors With a Novel Monodentate Binding Interaction. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 60(13). 5663–5672. 28 indexed citations
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Murray, Christopher W., Maria G. Carr, Owen Callaghan, et al.. (2010). Fragment-Based Drug Discovery Applied to Hsp90. Discovery of Two Lead Series with High Ligand Efficiency. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 53(16). 5942–5955. 144 indexed citations
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Saxty, Gordon, Steven J. Woodhead, Valério Berdini, et al.. (2007). Identification of Inhibitors of Protein Kinase B Using Fragment-Based Lead Discovery. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 50(10). 2293–2296. 110 indexed citations
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Becker, Michael, Peter Chua, Robert Downham, et al.. (2007). Total Synthesis of (−)-Sarain A. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(39). 11987–12002. 86 indexed citations
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Boyle, Robert G., et al.. (2004). Structure-activity studies on prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP). Analogues of PrRP-(19-31)-peptide. Journal of Peptide Science. 11(3). 161–165. 25 indexed citations
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Downham, Robert, Fay Ng, & Larry E. Overman. (1998). Asymmetric Construction of the Diazatricyclic Core of the Marine Alkaloids Sarains A−C. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 63(23). 8096–8097. 36 indexed citations
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Ley, Steven V., et al.. (1998). Total synthesis of the protein phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 3907–3912. 47 indexed citations
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Ley, Steven V., et al.. (1995). Dispiroketals: a new functional group for organic synthesis. 2(6). 365–365. 20 indexed citations
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Downham, Robert, Kun‐Soo Kim, Steven V. Ley, & Martin Woods. (1994). Dispiroketals in synthesis (part 6): Highly stereoselective alkylation of dispiroketal protected lactate and glycolate enolates. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(5). 769–772. 21 indexed citations
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Boons, Geert‐Jan, Robert Downham, Kun‐Soo Kim, Steven V. Ley, & Martin Woods. (1994). Dispiroketals in synthesis (part 10): Further reactions of dispoke protected lactate and glycolate enolates. Tetrahedron. 50(24). 7157–7176. 28 indexed citations

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