Stuart A. MacGowan

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 776 citations indexed

About

Stuart A. MacGowan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stuart A. MacGowan has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 776 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Stuart A. MacGowan's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (3 papers). Stuart A. MacGowan is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (3 papers). Stuart A. MacGowan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Austria. Stuart A. MacGowan's co-authors include Mathias O. Senge, Jessica M. O’Brien, Geoffrey J. Barton, Michael I. Barton, P. Anton van der Merwe, Mikhail A. Kutuzov, Omer Dushek, Tamara Mielke, Aoife A. Ryan and Frances J.D. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Chemical Communications and Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Stuart A. MacGowan

14 papers receiving 765 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.

  1. Effects of common mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD and its ligand, the human ACE2 receptor on binding affinity and kinetics
    2021 240 citations Michael I. Barton, Stuart A. MacGowan et al. eLife profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stuart A. MacGowan United Kingdom 9 357 258 229 87 73 14 776
Jongsik Gam South Korea 9 628 1.8× 187 0.7× 78 0.3× 30 0.3× 132 1.8× 24 864
Benjamin Folch France 15 482 1.4× 353 1.4× 58 0.3× 111 1.3× 29 0.4× 22 903
Eliška Procházková Czechia 16 285 0.8× 134 0.5× 82 0.4× 28 0.3× 222 3.0× 60 702
Eila Cedergren‐Zeppezauer Sweden 18 666 1.9× 272 1.1× 74 0.3× 41 0.5× 29 0.4× 26 968
Li L. Duan China 10 278 0.8× 125 0.5× 50 0.2× 44 0.5× 28 0.4× 16 418
Vladimir B. Tsvetkov Russia 21 858 2.4× 282 1.1× 49 0.2× 28 0.3× 168 2.3× 97 1.4k
Barak Akabayov Israel 17 649 1.8× 87 0.3× 31 0.1× 46 0.5× 47 0.6× 55 909
Tam L. Nguyen United States 14 409 1.1× 88 0.3× 58 0.3× 55 0.6× 180 2.5× 25 875
Philippe Cuniasse France 19 625 1.8× 89 0.3× 35 0.2× 38 0.4× 169 2.3× 31 968
A.K. Roos Netherlands 16 479 1.3× 250 1.0× 47 0.2× 277 3.2× 49 0.7× 31 970

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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MacGowan, Stuart A., et al.. (2025). LIGYSIS-web: a resource for the analysis of protein-ligand binding sites. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(W1). W351–W360. 1 indexed citations
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MacGowan, Stuart A., Fábio Madeira, Thiago Britto‐Borges, & Geoffrey J. Barton. (2024). A unified analysis of evolutionary and population constraint in protein domains highlights structural features and pathogenic sites. Communications Biology. 7(1). 447–447. 3 indexed citations
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MacGowan, Stuart A., et al.. (2024). Classification of likely functional class for ligand binding sites identified from fragment screening. Communications Biology. 7(1). 320–320. 7 indexed citations
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MacGowan, Stuart A., Michael I. Barton, Mikhail A. Kutuzov, et al.. (2022). Missense variants in human ACE2 strongly affect binding to SARS-CoV-2 Spike providing a mechanism for ACE2 mediated genetic risk in Covid-19: A case study in affinity predictions of interface variants. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(3). e1009922–e1009922. 9 indexed citations
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MacGowan, Stuart A., et al.. (2021). Ankyrin repeats in context with human population variation. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(8). e1009335–e1009335. 8 indexed citations
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Barton, Michael I., Stuart A. MacGowan, Mikhail A. Kutuzov, et al.. (2021). Effects of common mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD and its ligand, the human ACE2 receptor on binding affinity and kinetics. eLife. 10. 240 indexed citations breakdown →
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Llabrés, Salomé, et al.. (2019). Disease related single point mutations alter the global dynamics of a tetratricopeptide (TPR) α-solenoid domain. Journal of Structural Biology. 209(1). 107405–107405. 6 indexed citations
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MacGowan, Stuart A., et al.. (2019). The Dundee Resource for Sequence Analysis and Structure Prediction. Protein Science. 29(1). 277–297. 13 indexed citations
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MacGowan, Stuart A. & Mathias O. Senge. (2016). Contribution of bacteriochlorophyll conformation to the distribution of site-energies in the FMO protein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1857(4). 427–442. 18 indexed citations
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McAleer, Maeve A., Elizabeth Pöhler, Frances J.D. Smith, et al.. (2015). Severe dermatitis, multiple allergies, and metabolic wasting syndrome caused by a novel mutation in the N-terminal plakin domain of desmoplakin. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 136(5). 1268–1276. 82 indexed citations
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Senge, Mathias O., Stuart A. MacGowan, & Jessica M. O’Brien. (2015). Conformational control of cofactors in nature – the influence of protein-induced macrocycle distortion on the biological function of tetrapyrroles. Chemical Communications. 51(96). 17031–17063. 170 indexed citations
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Senge, Mathias O., et al.. (2014). Chlorophylls, Symmetry, Chirality, and Photosynthesis. Symmetry. 6(3). 781–843. 180 indexed citations
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MacGowan, Stuart A. & Mathias O. Senge. (2013). Computational Quantification of the Physicochemical Effects of Heme Distortion: Redox Control in the Reaction Center Cytochrome Subunit of Blastochloris viridis. Inorganic Chemistry. 52(3). 1228–1237. 20 indexed citations
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MacGowan, Stuart A. & Mathias O. Senge. (2011). Conformational control of cofactors in nature—functional tetrapyrrole conformations in the photosynthetic reaction centers of purple bacteria. Chemical Communications. 47(42). 11621–11623. 19 indexed citations

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