Sophie Jackson

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
111 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Sophie Jackson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophie Jackson has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Sophie Jackson's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (55 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (40 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (17 papers). Sophie Jackson is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (55 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (40 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (17 papers). Sophie Jackson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Taiwan. Sophie Jackson's co-authors include Alan R. Fersht, Anna L. Mallam, Ewan R.G. Main, Stephen H. McLaughlin, Nadia elMasry, Alan R. Fersht, Kate F. Fulton, Ana L. Gomes dos Santos, Harvey W. Smith and Laura S. Itzhaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sophie Jackson

108 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

Folding of chymotrypsin inhibitor 2. 1. Evidence for a tw... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 1998 250 500 750
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. Folding of chymotrypsin inhibitor 2. 1. Evidence for a two-state transition
    1991 783 citations Sophie Jackson et al. Biochemistry profile →
  2. How do small single-domain proteins fold?
    1998 757 citations Sophie Jackson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sophie Jackson United Kingdom 46 6.2k 2.7k 761 669 542 111 7.1k
José M. Sánchez‐Ruiz Spain 49 6.2k 1.0× 2.8k 1.0× 752 1.0× 746 1.1× 575 1.1× 140 7.5k
Yaakov Levy Israel 47 6.0k 1.0× 1.9k 0.7× 527 0.7× 932 1.4× 653 1.2× 161 7.4k
Susan Marqusee United States 46 7.0k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 636 0.8× 1.3k 1.9× 1.0k 1.9× 128 8.3k
George I. Makhatadze United States 51 8.3k 1.3× 4.1k 1.5× 714 0.9× 1.3k 1.9× 1.2k 2.2× 143 10.3k
Mónika Fuxreiter Hungary 45 8.8k 1.4× 2.0k 0.7× 1.0k 1.4× 281 0.4× 572 1.1× 110 10.2k
Thomas Kiefhaber Switzerland 43 5.0k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 646 0.8× 666 1.0× 593 1.1× 72 5.8k
Lynne Regan United States 52 7.7k 1.2× 2.3k 0.8× 867 1.1× 267 0.4× 460 0.8× 173 9.2k
Lorna J. Smith United Kingdom 35 4.8k 0.8× 2.9k 1.1× 542 0.7× 534 0.8× 1.3k 2.5× 101 6.8k
Matthias Wilmanns Germany 53 6.7k 1.1× 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 469 0.7× 281 0.5× 203 8.8k
Pau Bernadó France 44 5.2k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 462 0.6× 278 0.4× 1.1k 2.1× 131 6.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sophie Jackson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophie Jackson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sophie Jackson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sophie Jackson 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 Sophie Jackson. Sophie Jackson 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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Zhang, Hongyu & Sophie Jackson. (2025). Folding of a tandemly knotted protein: Evidence that a polypeptide chain can get out of deep kinetic traps. Protein Science. 34(3). e70048–e70048.
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Walther, Raoul, et al.. (2023). Identification of macrocyclic peptides which activate bacterial cylindrical proteases. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 14(6). 1186–1191. 1 indexed citations
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Doyle, Lindsey, Ryan D. Kibler, Lukas F. Milles, et al.. (2023). De novo design of knotted tandem repeat proteins. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6746–6746. 10 indexed citations
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Jackson, Sophie, Antonio Suma, & Cristian Micheletti. (2016). How to fold intricately: using theory and experiments to unravel the properties of knotted proteins. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 42. 6–14. 73 indexed citations
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Jackson, Sophie, et al.. (2014). Mechanistic Insights into the Folding of Knotted Proteins In Vitro and In Vivo. Journal of Molecular Biology. 427(2). 248–258. 43 indexed citations
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Mallam, Anna L. & Sophie Jackson. (2011). Knot formation in newly translated proteins is spontaneous and accelerated by chaperonins. Nature Chemical Biology. 8(2). 147–153. 115 indexed citations
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Mallam, Anna L., Joseph M. Rogers, & Sophie Jackson. (2010). Experimental detection of knotted conformations in denatured proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(18). 8189–8194. 85 indexed citations
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Andersson, Fredrik I., Sophie Jackson, & Shang‐Te Danny Hsu. (2009). Backbone assignments of the 26 kDa neuron-specific ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1). Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 4(1). 41–43. 8 indexed citations
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Hsu, Shang‐Te Danny, Georg Blaser, & Sophie Jackson. (2009). The folding, stability and conformational dynamics of β-barrel fluorescent proteins. Chemical Society Reviews. 38(10). 2951–2951. 63 indexed citations
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Mallam, Anna L. & Sophie Jackson. (2008). Use of Protein Engineering Techniques to Elucidate Protein Folding Pathways. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 84. 57–113. 13 indexed citations
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Phillips, Jonathan J., Zhong‐Ping Yao, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2007). Conformational Dynamics of the Molecular Chaperone Hsp90 in Complexes with a Co-chaperone and Anticancer Drugs. Journal of Molecular Biology. 372(5). 1189–1203. 35 indexed citations
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McLaughlin, Stephen H., Frank Sobott, Zhong‐Ping Yao, et al.. (2005). The Co-chaperone p23 Arrests the Hsp90 ATPase Cycle to Trap Client Proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 356(3). 746–758. 161 indexed citations
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Main, Ewan R.G., Kate F. Fulton, Valerie Daggett, & Sophie Jackson. (2001). A Comparison of Experimental and Computational Methods for Mapping the Interactions Present in the Transition State for Folding of FKBP12. Journal of Biological Physics. 27(2-3). 99–117. 5 indexed citations
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Liddington, Robert, Christin Frederick, & Sophie Jackson. (2001). Paper Alert. Structure. 9(2). R27–R32. 5 indexed citations
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Liddington, Robert, Christin Frederick, Stephen D. Fuller, & Sophie Jackson. (2001). Paper Alert. Structure. 9(4). R55–R61. 2 indexed citations
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Liddington, Robert, Christin Frederick, Jane Clarke, & Sophie Jackson. (2000). Paper Alert. Structure. 8(2). R33–R38. 12 indexed citations
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Liddington, Robert, Christin Frederick, Jane Clarke, & Sophie Jackson. (2000). Paper Alert. Structure. 8(1). R7–R12. 1 indexed citations
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Fulton, Kate F., Ewan R.G. Main, Valerie Daggett, & Sophie Jackson. (1999). Mapping the Interactions Present in the Transition State for Unfolding/Folding of FKBP12. Journal of Molecular Biology. 291(2). 445–461. 115 indexed citations
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Matouschek, Andreas, Daniel E. Otzen, Laura S. Itzhaki, Sophie Jackson, & A.R. Fersht. (1995). Movement of the position of the transition state in protein folding. Biochemistry. 34(41). 13656–13662. 106 indexed citations
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Fersht, Alan R., Sophie Jackson, & Luís Serrano. (1993). Protein stability: experimental data from protein engineering. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 345(1674). 141–151. 12 indexed citations

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