Steve Wood

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Steve Wood is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Wood has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Steve Wood's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (30 papers), Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (18 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (16 papers). Steve Wood is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (30 papers), Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (18 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (16 papers). Steve Wood collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Pakistan. Steve Wood's co-authors include Mark B. Pepys, Darren A. Thompson, Ian J. Tickle, J.B. Cooper, Tom L. Blundell, P.T. Erskine, Jim E. Pitts, T.L. Blundell, Leighton Coates and B.P. O'Hara and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steve Wood

77 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

The physiological structure of human C-reactive protein a... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 200 400 600
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. The physiological structure of human C-reactive protein and its complex with phosphocholine
    1999 621 citations Darren A. Thompson, Mark B. Pepys et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steve Wood United Kingdom 28 2.2k 686 548 307 303 84 3.5k
James R. Johnson United States 30 1.6k 0.7× 399 0.6× 371 0.7× 280 0.9× 201 0.7× 116 4.2k
Christian Oefner Switzerland 31 3.5k 1.6× 534 0.8× 217 0.4× 321 1.0× 296 1.0× 39 6.0k
J. Ernest Villafranca United States 27 2.8k 1.3× 830 1.2× 538 1.0× 124 0.4× 137 0.5× 45 3.8k
Tao Xie China 38 2.7k 1.2× 303 0.4× 410 0.7× 359 1.2× 332 1.1× 198 5.1k
Yves A. Muller Germany 39 2.7k 1.2× 231 0.3× 666 1.2× 458 1.5× 204 0.7× 114 4.9k
Peter McPhie United States 39 2.5k 1.1× 644 0.9× 167 0.3× 104 0.3× 312 1.0× 114 4.0k
François Stricher Spain 25 4.0k 1.8× 600 0.9× 328 0.6× 200 0.7× 163 0.5× 32 4.9k
Sheng Li United States 41 3.0k 1.3× 269 0.4× 504 0.9× 735 2.4× 323 1.1× 159 5.1k
Michael Hennig Switzerland 38 3.2k 1.4× 757 1.1× 427 0.8× 297 1.0× 147 0.5× 88 4.9k
Adrian Whitty United States 40 4.2k 1.9× 364 0.5× 1.1k 2.0× 264 0.9× 128 0.4× 78 6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Steve Wood

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve Wood

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Wood

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steve Wood. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steve Wood 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 Steve Wood. Steve Wood 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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Guo, Jingxu, et al.. (2021). The X-ray structure ofL-threonine dehydrogenase from the common hospital pathogenClostridium difficile. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 77(8). 269–274. 1 indexed citations
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Sudom, Athena, Jean Danao, Xiaoshan Min, et al.. (2018). Molecular basis for the loss-of-function effects of the Alzheimer's disease–associated R47H variant of the immune receptor TREM2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(32). 12634–12646. 98 indexed citations
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Guo, Jingxu, Wenling Zhang, Alun R. Coker, et al.. (2017). Structure of the family B DNA polymerase from the hyperthermophilic archaeonPyrobaculum calidifontis. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 73(5). 420–427. 5 indexed citations
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Guo, Jingxu, P.T. Erskine, Alun R. Coker, Steve Wood, & J.B. Cooper. (2017). Structural studies of domain movement in active-site mutants of porphobilinogen deaminase fromBacillus megaterium. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 73(11). 612–620. 6 indexed citations
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Butler, Danica, Darren A. Thompson, Mohammed G. Sarwar, et al.. (2016). Structural studies of substrate and product complexes of 5-aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase from humans,Escherichia coliand the hyperthermophilePyrobaculum calidifontis. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 73(1). 9–21. 24 indexed citations
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Deery, Evelyne, Martin J. Warren, P.T. Erskine, et al.. (2013). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of the tetrapyrrole-biosynthetic enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase fromBacillus megaterium. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 69(8). 906–908. 3 indexed citations
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Roberts, April K., Raj Gill, Halina Mikolajek, et al.. (2013). Insights into the mechanism of pyrrole polymerization catalysed by porphobilinogen deaminase: high-resolution X-ray studies of theArabidopsis thalianaenzyme. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 69(3). 471–485. 17 indexed citations
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Pal, Mohinder, P.T. Erskine, Raj Gill, Steve Wood, & J.B. Cooper. (2010). Near-atomic resolution analysis of BipD, a component of the type III secretion system ofBurkholderia pseudomallei. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 66(9). 990–993. 8 indexed citations
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Montgomery, M.G., Alun R. Coker, Ian A. Taylor, & Steve Wood. (2010). Assembly of a 20-nm Protein Cage by Escherichia coli 2-Hydroxypentadienoic Acid Hydratase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 396(5). 1379–1391. 6 indexed citations
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Mikolajek, Halina, Steve Wood, Farrukh Jamil, et al.. (2009). Structure and function of the l-threonine dehydrogenase (TkTDH) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis. Journal of Structural Biology. 168(2). 294–304. 23 indexed citations
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Erskine, P.T., Robert M. Hagan, Jörn M. Werner, et al.. (2006). Structure of the Neuronal Protein Calexcitin Suggests a Mode of Interaction in Signalling Pathways of Learning and Memory. Journal of Molecular Biology. 357(5). 1536–1547. 13 indexed citations
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Erskine, P.T., J. Neville Wright, Fiyaz Mohammed, et al.. (2005). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of calexcitin fromLoligo pealei: a neuronal protein implicated in learning and memory. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 61(10). 879–881. 3 indexed citations
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Erskine, P.T., Leighton Coates, R. Newbold, et al.. (2005). Structure of yeast 5-aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase complexed with the inhibitor 5-hydroxylaevulinic acid. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 61(9). 1222–1226. 4 indexed citations
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Coates, Leighton, P.T. Erskine, Samuel I. Beale, et al.. (2004). The X-ray Structure of the Plant like 5-Aminolaevulinic Acid Dehydratase from Chlorobium vibrioforme Complexed with the Inhibitor Laevulinic Acid at 2.6Å Resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 342(2). 563–570. 14 indexed citations
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Thompson, Darren A., Mark B. Pepys, Ian J. Tickle, & Steve Wood. (2002). The Structures of Crystalline Complexes of Human Serum Amyloid P Component with Its Carbohydrate Ligand, The Cyclic Pyruvate Acetal of Galactose. Journal of Molecular Biology. 320(5). 1081–1086. 25 indexed citations
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Erskine, P.T., Leighton Coates, R. Newbold, et al.. (2001). The X‐ray structure of yeast 5‐aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase complexed with two diacid inhibitors. FEBS Letters. 503(2-3). 196–200. 27 indexed citations
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Roberts, Michael M., Alun R. Coker, Gianluca Fossati, et al.. (1999). Crystallization, X-ray diffraction and preliminary structure analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis chaperonin 10. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 55(4). 910–914. 9 indexed citations
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Wood, Steve, Richard Lambert, & Peter M. Jordan. (1995). Molecular basis of acute intermittent porphyria. Molecular Medicine Today. 1(5). 232–239. 16 indexed citations
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Murray‐Rust, Judith, et al.. (1992). Structure and evolution of insulins: Implications for receptor binding. BioEssays. 14(5). 325–331. 60 indexed citations
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Wood, Steve, et al.. (1990). High-performance liquid chromatography of insulin. Journal of Chromatography A. 502(2). 325–336. 8 indexed citations

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