Sandra W. Cowan

16.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

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Sandra W. Cowan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra W. Cowan has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Sandra W. Cowan's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (4 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (3 papers). Sandra W. Cowan is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (4 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (3 papers). Sandra W. Cowan collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Switzerland and Australia. Sandra W. Cowan's co-authors include T. Alwyn Jones, Morten Kjeldgaard, Tilman Schirmer, Jürg P. Rosenbusch, Matthias Steiert, J.N. Jansonius, Gabriele Rummel, Robin Ghosh, R.A. Pauptit and Marcia E. Newcomer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sandra W. Cowan

16 papers receiving 15.0k citations

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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.

Improved methods for building protein models in electron density maps and the location of errors in these models

1991 12.1k citations T. Alwyn Jones, Sandra W. Cowan et al. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography profile →
Crystal structures explain functional properties of two E. coli porins

1992 1.3k citations Sandra W. Cowan, Tilman Schirmer et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra W. Cowan Sweden	14	11.5k	3.5k	2.1k	1.5k	1.1k	16	15.2k
Morten Kjeldgaard Denmark	22	12.1k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	32	15.5k
P. Kraulis Sweden	16	12.1k 1.1×	4.2k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	18	16.1k
E. J. Dodson United Kingdom	4	9.6k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	5	13.3k
A. A. Vagin Russia	14	13.4k 1.2×	4.8k 1.4×	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	20	18.6k
John Kuszewski United States	21	15.6k 1.4×	4.8k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	25	20.0k
D.A. Keedy United States	27	11.3k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	46	16.0k
Harold R. Powell United Kingdom	22	9.2k 0.8×	3.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	991 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	73	14.2k
Elizabeth Potterton United Kingdom	8	8.9k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	989 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	8	12.5k
Geerten W. Vuister Netherlands	46	15.8k 1.4×	3.8k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	120	20.2k
E.J. Dodson United Kingdom	56	16.3k 1.4×	5.5k 1.6×	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	148	22.3k

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16 of 16 papers shown

O’Donnell, Daniel Paul, et al.. (2015). Aligning Open Access Publication with Research and Teaching Missions of the Public University: The Case of The Lethbridge Journal Incubator (If 'if's and 'and's were pots and pans). Journal of Electronic Publishing. 18(3). 4 indexed citations

Banaszak, Leonard, et al.. (1994). Lipid-Binding Proteins: A Family of Fatty Acid and Retinoid Transport Proteins. Advances in protein chemistry. 45. 89–151. 413 indexed citations

Karshikoff, Andrey, Velin Z. Spassov, Sandra W. Cowan, Rudolf Ladenstein, & Tilman Schirmer. (1994). Electrostatic Properties of Two Porin Channels from Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 240(4). 372–384. 182 indexed citations

Cowan, Sandra W. & Jürg P. Rosenbusch. (1994). Folding Pattern Diversity of Integral Membrane Proteins. Science. 264(5161). 914–916. 73 indexed citations

Schirmer, Tilman & Sandra W. Cowan. (1993). Prediction of membrane‐spanning β‐strands and its application to maltoporin. Protein Science. 2(8). 1361–1363. 95 indexed citations

Sinning, Irmgard, Gerard J. Kleywegt, Sandra W. Cowan, et al.. (1993). Structure Determination and Refinement of Human Alpha Class Glutathione Transferase A1-1, and a Comparison with the Mu and Pi Class Enzymes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 232(1). 192–212. 397 indexed citations

Cowan, Sandra W., Marcia E. Newcomer, & T. Alwyn Jones. (1993). Crystallographic Studies on a Family of Cellular Lipophilic Transport Proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 230(4). 1225–1246. 164 indexed citations

Toney, Michael D., Erhard Hohenester, Sandra W. Cowan, & Johan N. Jansonius. (1993). Dialkylglycine Decarboxylase Structure: Bifunctional Active Site and Alkali Metal Sites. Science. 261(5122). 756–759. 158 indexed citations

Cowan, Sandra W.. (1993). Bacterial porins: lessons from three high-resolution structures. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 3(4). 501–507. 48 indexed citations

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Cowan, Sandra W., Tilman Schirmer, Gabriele Rummel, et al.. (1992). Crystal structures explain functional properties of two E. coli porins. Nature. 358(6389). 727–733. 1266 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jones, T. Alwyn, et al.. (1991). Improved methods for building protein models in electron density maps and the location of errors in these models. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 47(2). 110–119. 12092 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cowan, Sandra W., Marcia E. Newcomer, & T. Alwyn Jones. (1990). Crystallographic refinement of human serum retinol binding protein at 2Å resolution. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 8(1). 44–61. 276 indexed citations

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Cowan, Sandra W., Terese Bergfors, T. Alwyn Jones, et al.. (1989). Crystallization of GST2, a human class alpha glutathione transferase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 208(2). 369–370. 20 indexed citations

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Cowan, Sandra W., et al.. (1986). Binding of heparin to human platelet factor 4. Biochemical Journal. 234(2). 485–488. 31 indexed citations

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Guddat, Luke W., Sandra W. Cowan, K.J. Machin, Neil W. Isaacs, & Richard G.H. Cotton. (1985). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic data of the fab fragment of an anti-phenylalanine hydroxylase monoclonal antibody. Journal of Molecular Biology. 186(2). 479–480. 2 indexed citations

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Cowan, Sandra W., Robert W. Gable, Bernard F. Hoskins, & George Winter. (1983). Crystal and molecular structure of orthorhombic dichloro-bis (o-ethylxanthato)tin(IV). Inorganica Chimica Acta. 77. L225–L227. 13 indexed citations

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