Simon Brown

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Simon Brown is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Brown has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Simon Brown's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (8 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). Simon Brown is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (8 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). Simon Brown collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Simon Brown's co-authors include Ken Donaldson, Vicki Stone, Rodger Duffin, Craig A. Poland, William Wallace, Anthony Seaton, Ian A. Kinloch, Andrew Maynard, William MacNee and Ewan A. Ross and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Simon Brown

28 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simon Brown	1.4k	935	544	389	375	32	2.6k
Sally S. Tinkle	1.2k 0.9×	683 0.7×	487 0.9×	259 0.7×	461 1.2×	39	3.0k
Paul Thevenot	647 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	559 1.0×	647 1.7×	366 1.0×	57	3.5k
Jared M. Brown	812 0.6×	468 0.5×	632 1.2×	774 2.0×	264 0.7×	75	2.9k
Virginie Rabolli	1.0k 0.7×	507 0.5×	385 0.7×	210 0.5×	358 1.0×	23	1.9k
Massimo Bottini	1.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.8×	1.1k 2.0×	349 0.9×	160 0.4×	91	3.9k
Alfred O. Inman	1.3k 1.0×	841 0.9×	278 0.5×	155 0.4×	341 0.9×	38	3.4k
Tina Buerki‐Thurnherr	1.2k 0.9×	877 0.9×	604 1.1×	246 0.6×	555 1.5×	65	3.3k
Jinglong Tang	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	483 0.9×	112 0.3×	481 1.3×	96	3.3k
Jessica P. Ryman-Rasmussen	998 0.7×	433 0.5×	354 0.7×	90 0.2×	369 1.0×	12	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Brown

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Brown, Simon, Julie Rodor, & Andrew H. Baker. (2025). Targeted approach for next-generation coronary stents. European Heart Journal. 46(17). 1659–1661.

Brown, Simon, et al.. (2024). Non‐coding RNAs to treat vascular smooth muscle cell dysfunction. British Journal of Pharmacology. 182(2). 246–280. 9 indexed citations

Brown, Simon, et al.. (2020). Intragenic meiotic recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe is sensitive to environmental temperature changes. Chromosome Research. 28(2). 195–207. 11 indexed citations

Brown, Simon, et al.. (2019). DNA sequence differences are determinants of meiotic recombination outcome. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16446–16446. 6 indexed citations

Brown, Simon, et al.. (2018). Genetic interactions between the chromosome axis-associated protein Hop1 and homologous recombination determinants in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Current Genetics. 64(5). 1089–1104. 9 indexed citations

Brown, Simon & Alexander Lorenz. (2016). Single-step Marker Switching in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Using a Lithium Acetate Transformation Protocol. BIO-PROTOCOL. 6(24). 6 indexed citations

Freundl, Günter, Petra Frank‐Herrmann, Simon Brown, & Leonard F. Blackwell. (2014). A new method to detect significant basal body temperature changes during a woman's menstrual cycle. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care. 19(5). 392–400. 13 indexed citations

Brown, Simon & David C. Simcock. (2013). Confidence bands for rational rate equations. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 275(1). 105–8. 1 indexed citations

Brown, Simon. (2011). Anywhere but Scotland? Transnationalism and new Scottish cinema. Research Repository (Kingston University London).

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Brown, Simon. (2011). Averaging Ratios: Characteristics of the Error of Approximation. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1(5). 288–293. 5 indexed citations

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Brown, Simon. (2010). Developing the enzyme-machine analogy: a non-mathematical approach to teaching Michaelis-Menten kinetics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Barr, Tom A., Simon Brown, & David Gray. (2008). Innate responses of B cells. Immunology. 125. 19–20. 1 indexed citations

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Donnelly, Seamas C., Simon Brown, Philip J. Young, et al.. (2006). Impaired recognition of apoptotic neutrophils by the C1q/calreticulin and CD91 pathway in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 54(5). 1543–1556. 113 indexed citations

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Brown, Simon, et al.. (2002). Apoptosis disables CD31-mediated cell detachment from phagocytes promoting binding and engulfment. Nature. 418(6894). 200–203. 291 indexed citations

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Brown, Simon, Jon N. Rumbley, A. John Moody, et al.. (1994). Flash photolysis of the carbon monoxide compounds of wild-type and mutant variants of cytochrome bo from Escherichia coli. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1183(3). 521–532. 34 indexed citations

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Bertoloni, Giulio, et al.. (1993). Protoporphyrin photosensitization of Enterococcus hirae and Candida albicans cells. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 6 indexed citations

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Brown, Simon, A. John Moody, Roy Mitchell, & Peter R. Rich. (1993). Binuclear centre structure of terminal protonmotive oxidases. FEBS Letters. 316(3). 216–223. 56 indexed citations

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Brown, Simon, Anne-Marie Colson, Brigitte Meunier, & Peter R. Rich. (1993). Rapid screening of cytochromes of respiratory mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. European Journal of Biochemistry. 213(1). 137–145. 26 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Roy, Simon Brown, Peter Mitchell, & Peter R. Rich. (1992). Rates of cyanide binding to the catalytic intermediates of mammalian cytochrome c oxidase, and the effects of cytochrome c and poly(l-lysine). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1100(1). 40–48. 32 indexed citations

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Rich, Peter R., et al.. (1992). MOA-stilbene: A new tool for investigation of the reactions of the chloroplast cytochrome bf complex. Photosynthesis Research. 34(3). 465–477. 19 indexed citations

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