Roy Markham

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Roy Markham is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy Markham has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Plant Science, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Roy Markham's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (22 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers). Roy Markham is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (22 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers). Roy Markham collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Roy Markham's co-authors include Johan Smith, G. J. Hills, Simon Frey, M. W. Rees, Paul R. Whitfeld, L. A. Heppel, William H. Cook, David Lipkin, C. U. Lowe and M. W. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Roy Markham

52 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

The structure of ribonucleic acids. 1. Cyclic nucleotides... 1951 2026 1976 2001 1952 1951 200 400 600
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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.

  1. The structure of ribonucleic acids. 1. Cyclic nucleotides produced by ribonuclease and by alkaline hydrolysis
    1952 701 citations Roy Markham, Johan Smith Biochemical Journal profile →
  2. Chromatographic studies of nucleic acids. 4. The nucleic acid of the turnip yellow mosaic virus, including a note on the nucleic acid of the tomato bushy stunt virus
    1951 263 citations Roy Markham, Johan Smith Biochemical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roy Markham Italy 27 1.9k 867 641 268 254 53 3.5k
Harlyn O. Halvorson United States 35 3.3k 1.7× 679 0.8× 388 0.6× 170 0.6× 332 1.3× 112 4.7k
Gerhard Schramm Germany 22 1.1k 0.6× 711 0.8× 520 0.8× 222 0.8× 70 0.3× 62 2.2k
Erwin Chargaff United States 44 5.7k 2.9× 634 0.7× 767 1.2× 556 2.1× 323 1.3× 201 7.6k
Geoffrey Zubay United States 38 4.8k 2.5× 335 0.4× 770 1.2× 172 0.6× 498 2.0× 105 5.9k
A. D. Hershey United States 21 3.9k 2.0× 481 0.6× 2.1k 3.2× 132 0.5× 186 0.7× 31 5.0k
R P Ambler United Kingdom 28 2.5k 1.3× 227 0.3× 417 0.7× 84 0.3× 388 1.5× 59 4.2k
H. Fraenkel‐Conrat United States 45 4.1k 2.1× 2.7k 3.1× 1.9k 3.0× 346 1.3× 235 0.9× 182 8.0k
Vernon Bryson United States 15 1.5k 0.8× 300 0.3× 249 0.4× 66 0.2× 101 0.4× 39 2.4k
J. H. VAN BOOM Netherlands 36 3.8k 1.9× 558 0.6× 228 0.4× 1.6k 6.1× 238 0.9× 142 5.1k
R. Leberman France 30 3.0k 1.5× 436 0.5× 451 0.7× 152 0.6× 755 3.0× 89 4.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pinner, Marion S., Peter Markham, Roy Markham, & Lennard J. M. Dekker. (1988). Characterization of maize streak virus: description of strains; symptoms. Plant Pathology. 37(1). 74–87. 42 indexed citations
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Markham, Roy & R.W. Horne. (1976). Structure-function relationships of proteins : proceedings of the Third John Innes Symposium held in Norwich, July 1976. North-Holland eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Markham, Roy & R.W. Horne. (1976). Structure-function relationships of proteins. Proceedings of the third John Innes symposium.. 2 indexed citations
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Horne, R.W., et al.. (1972). Electron diffraction and optical diffraction techniques. Elsevier eBooks. 39 indexed citations
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Schneider, I.R., Roger Hull, & Roy Markham. (1972). Multidense satellite of tobacco ringspot virus: A regular series of components of different densities. Virology. 47(2). 320–330. 24 indexed citations
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Bancroft, J.B., Ernest Hiebert, M. W. Rees, & Roy Markham. (1968). Properties of cowpea chlorotic mottle virus, its protein and nucleic acid. Virology. 34(2). 224–239. 118 indexed citations
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Siegel, Albert, G. J. Hills, & Roy Markham. (1966). In vitro and in vivo aggregation of the defective PM2 tobacco mosaic virus protein. Journal of Molecular Biology. 19(1). 140–IN8. 22 indexed citations
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Symons, Robert H., M. W. Rees, Margaret N. Short, & Roy Markham. (1963). Relationships between the ribonucleic acid and protein of some plant viruses. Journal of Molecular Biology. 6(1). 1–15. 70 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roderick, G. J. Hills, & Roy Markham. (1963). Formation of true Three-Dimensional Crystals of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Protein. Nature. 200(4910). 932–934. 14 indexed citations
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Johnson, M. W. & Roy Markham. (1962). Nature of the polyamine in plant viruses. Virology. 17(2). 276–281. 64 indexed citations
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Tener, G. M., et al.. (1958). Studies on Polynucleotides. II.1 The Synthesis and Characterization of Linear and Cyclic Thymidine Oligonucleotides2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(23). 6223–6230. 102 indexed citations
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Mandel, H. George, Roy Markham, & R.E.F. Matthews. (1957). The distribution of thiouracil in nucleic acid of tobacco mosaic virus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 24(1). 205–206. 23 indexed citations
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Heppel, L. A., Paul R. Whitfeld, & Roy Markham. (1955). A note on the structure of triphosphopyridine nucleotide. Biochemical Journal. 60(1). 19–21. 11 indexed citations
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Markham, Roy. (1954). CHROMATOGRAPHY OF NUCLEOTIDES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES. British Medical Bulletin. 10(3). 214–217. 7 indexed citations
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Markham, Roy, R.E.F. Matthews, & Johan Smith. (1954). Evidence for the Existence of Two Types of Ribonucleic Acid. Nature. 173(4403). 537–539. 29 indexed citations
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Markham, Roy. (1953). Some Physico-Chemical Studies on Viruses. 3. 61–87. 10 indexed citations
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Markham, Roy. (1953). Virus Nucleic Acids. Advances in virus research. 1. 315–332. 9 indexed citations
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Markham, Roy, et al.. (1953). Exchange reactions involving dinucleotides and cyclic mononucleotides.. PubMed. 56(322nd Meeting). iii–iii. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Johan & Roy Markham. (1952). The enzymic breakdown of deoxyribosenucleic acids. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 8(3). 350–351. 18 indexed citations

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