Simon Newstead

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
84 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Simon Newstead is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Newstead has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Oncology and 20 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Simon Newstead's work include Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (25 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (20 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers). Simon Newstead is often cited by papers focused on Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (25 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (20 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers). Simon Newstead collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Simon Newstead's co-authors include Joanne L. Parker, So Iwata, David Drew, Mark S.P. Sansom, Hyun Kim, Gunnar von Heijne, Alexander D. Cameron, Philip W. Fowler, Nicolae Solcan and Elisabeth P. Carpenter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Simon Newstead

82 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular basis of nitrat... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2021 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. Molecular basis of nitrate uptake by the plant nitrate transporter NRT1.1
    2014 311 citations Joanne L. Parker, Simon Newstead profile →
  2. Molecular basis for redox control by the human cystine/glutamate antiporter system xc−
    2021 172 citations Joanne L. Parker, Justin C. Deme et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simon Newstead 3.6k 871 632 547 494 84 5.3k
Avner Schlessinger 4.2k 1.2× 874 1.0× 551 0.9× 341 0.6× 759 1.5× 110 6.0k
David Drew 4.2k 1.2× 784 0.9× 1.4k 2.2× 400 0.7× 411 0.8× 77 5.7k
Dirk Jan Slotboom 3.4k 0.9× 797 0.9× 1.0k 1.6× 264 0.5× 762 1.5× 117 5.1k
Ronald L. Cerny 3.9k 1.1× 798 0.9× 608 1.0× 908 1.7× 176 0.4× 136 8.3k
Thomas Ruppert 4.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 401 0.6× 475 0.9× 238 0.5× 130 7.5k
Kenji Takahashi 3.6k 1.0× 592 0.7× 379 0.6× 487 0.9× 264 0.5× 269 5.7k
Stephen C. Meredith 4.8k 1.3× 943 1.1× 421 0.7× 229 0.4× 203 0.4× 110 8.5k
Joseph D. Schrag 5.8k 1.6× 349 0.4× 417 0.7× 413 0.8× 616 1.2× 71 7.4k
Geoffrey Chang 4.3k 1.2× 2.7k 3.1× 797 1.3× 321 0.6× 206 0.4× 52 6.8k
Carola Hunte 5.6k 1.6× 247 0.3× 432 0.7× 387 0.7× 245 0.5× 94 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Newstead

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Newstead

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Newstead, Simon, et al.. (2025). Predicting substrates for orphan solute carrier proteins using multi-omics datasets. BMC Genomics. 26(1). 130–130.
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Rödström, Karin E. J., Peter Proks, Sönke Cordeiro, et al.. (2025). Cryo-EM structure of the human THIK-1 K2P K+ channel reveals a lower Y gate regulated by lipids and anesthetics. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(7). 1167–1174. 3 indexed citations
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Parker, Joanne L., et al.. (2024). The mechanism of mammalian proton-coupled peptide transporters. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations
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Rödström, Karin E. J., Kathryn Smith, A.C.W. Pike, et al.. (2024). Extracellular modulation of TREK-2 activity with nanobodies provides insight into the mechanisms of K2P channel regulation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4173–4173. 3 indexed citations
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Parker, Joanne L., Justin C. Deme, Gabriel Kuteyi, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for antibiotic transport and inhibition in PepT2. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8755–8755. 2 indexed citations
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Parker, Joanne L., T. Kato, Gabriel Kuteyi, Oleg Sitsel, & Simon Newstead. (2023). Molecular basis for selective uptake and elimination of organic anions in the kidney by OAT1. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 30(11). 1786–1793. 28 indexed citations
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Kinnebrew, Maia, Rachel E. Woolley, T. Bertie Ansell, et al.. (2022). Patched 1 regulates Smoothened by controlling sterol binding to its extracellular cysteine-rich domain. Science Advances. 8(22). eabm5563–eabm5563. 31 indexed citations
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Omari, Kamel El, et al.. (2022). Structural basis for proton coupled cystine transport by cystinosin. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4845–4845. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Chenghan, Zhi Yue, Simon Newstead, & Gregory A. Voth. (2022). Proton coupling and the multiscale kinetic mechanism of a peptide transporter. Biophysical Journal. 121(12). 2266–2278. 13 indexed citations
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Newstead, Simon. (2022). Structural basis for recognition and transport of folic acid in mammalian cells. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 74. 102353–102353. 11 indexed citations
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Gerondopoulos, Andreas, Philipp Bräuer, Tomoaki Sobajima, et al.. (2021). A signal capture and proofreading mechanism for the KDEL-receptor explains selectivity and dynamic range in ER retrieval. eLife. 10. 14 indexed citations
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Newstead, Simon & Francis A. Barr. (2020). Molecular basis for KDEL-mediated retrieval of escaped ER-resident proteins – SWEET talking the COPs. Journal of Cell Science. 133(19). 41 indexed citations
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Minhas, G.S. & Simon Newstead. (2019). Structural basis for prodrug recognition by the SLC15 family of proton-coupled peptide transporters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(3). 804–809. 45 indexed citations
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Bräuer, Philipp, Joanne L. Parker, Andreas Gerondopoulos, et al.. (2019). Structural basis for pH-dependent retrieval of ER proteins from the Golgi by the KDEL receptor. Science. 363(6431). 1103–1107. 97 indexed citations
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Newstead, Simon. (2019). Insights into L-type heteromeric amino acid transporters. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26(6). 395–396. 11 indexed citations
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Minhas, G.S., et al.. (2018). Structural basis of malodour precursor transport in the human axilla. eLife. 7. 33 indexed citations
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Parker, Joanne L., Chenghan Li, Zhi Wang, et al.. (2017). Proton movement and coupling in the POT family of peptide transporters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(50). 13182–13187. 65 indexed citations
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Newstead, Simon. (2016). Recent advances in understanding proton coupled peptide transport via the POT family. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 45. 17–24. 70 indexed citations
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Drew, David, Mirjam Klepsch, Simon Newstead, et al.. (2008). The structure of the efflux pump AcrB in complex with bile acid. Molecular Membrane Biology. 25(8). 677–682. 55 indexed citations
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Watson, Jacqueline N., Simon Newstead, Arun A. Narine, G.L. Taylor, & Andrew J. Bennet. (2005). Two Nucleophilic Mutants of the Micromonospora viridifaciens Sialidase Operate with Retention of Configuration by Two Different Mechanisms. ChemBioChem. 6(11). 1999–2004. 18 indexed citations

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