Tom Brown

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
132 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Tom Brown is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Brown has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 25 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Tom Brown's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (82 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (52 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (18 papers). Tom Brown is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (82 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (52 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (18 papers). Tom Brown collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Egypt and Sweden. Tom Brown's co-authors include Afaf H. El‐Sagheer, Rohan T. Ranasinghe, Steven R. Little, Simon P. Guy, David Whitcombe, Keith R. Fox, Andrew N. Lane, Philip N. Bartlett, James A. Richardson and Ravindra Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Tom Brown

130 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Click chemistry with DNA 1999 2026 2008 2017 2010 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. Click chemistry with DNA
    2010 622 citations Afaf H. El‐Sagheer, Tom Brown profile →
  2. Detection of PCR products using self-probing amplicons and fluorescence
    1999 537 citations Tom Brown et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tom Brown United Kingdom 36 4.0k 1.3k 693 518 331 132 5.1k
Afaf H. El‐Sagheer United Kingdom 39 4.2k 1.0× 1.9k 1.5× 608 0.9× 632 1.2× 208 0.6× 138 5.2k
Rolf H. Berg Denmark 23 6.1k 1.5× 770 0.6× 512 0.7× 765 1.5× 392 1.2× 47 7.5k
Mathai Mammen United States 24 4.0k 1.0× 2.7k 2.1× 750 1.1× 864 1.7× 219 0.7× 36 7.1k
John Paul Pezacki Canada 40 2.9k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 640 0.9× 264 0.5× 294 0.9× 165 6.2k
Jean Chmielewski United States 41 3.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 433 0.6× 633 1.2× 97 0.3× 146 5.3k
Olivier Lambert France 39 2.8k 0.7× 691 0.5× 501 0.7× 631 1.2× 161 0.5× 123 4.7k
Michael D. Best United States 29 2.4k 0.6× 1.5k 1.2× 484 0.7× 497 1.0× 309 0.9× 100 4.0k
Sebyung Kang South Korea 35 2.4k 0.6× 544 0.4× 1.1k 1.5× 688 1.3× 242 0.7× 90 4.4k
Ramón Eritja Spain 53 8.9k 2.2× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 1.1k 2.1× 269 0.8× 407 11.1k
Kenichi Niikura Japan 35 2.4k 0.6× 924 0.7× 1.4k 2.1× 984 1.9× 626 1.9× 106 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Brown

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tom Brown. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tom Brown 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 Tom Brown. Tom Brown 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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Philpott, Martin, Anjan Thakurta, Tom Brown, et al.. (2021). Nanopore sequencing of single-cell transcriptomes with scCOLOR-seq. Nature Biotechnology. 39(12). 1517–1520. 61 indexed citations
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Andrews, Rebecca, et al.. (2018). Short-Read Single-Molecule DNA Sequencing for Highly Parallel Analysis of Protein-DNA Interactions. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 92a–92a. 1 indexed citations
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El‐Sagheer, Afaf H., et al.. (2016). Combination probes with intercalating anchors and proximal fluorophores for DNA and RNA detection. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(17). e138–e138. 21 indexed citations
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Howard, Rebecca, David J. French, James A. Richardson, et al.. (2014). Rapid detection of diagnostic targets using isothermal amplification and HyBeacon probes – A homogenous system for sequence-specific detection. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 29(2). 92–98. 12 indexed citations
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Heuer‐Jungemann, Amelie, et al.. (2013). Gold nanoparticles and fluorescently-labelled DNA as a platform for biological sensing. Nanoscale. 5(20). 9503–9503. 59 indexed citations
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Brown, Tom, et al.. (2012). Fast and efficient DNA crosslinking and multiple orthogonal labelling by copper-free click chemistry. Chemical Communications. 48(91). 11184–11184. 49 indexed citations
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El‐Sagheer, Afaf H., et al.. (2012). Assessing the biocompatibility of click-linked DNA in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(20). 10567–10575. 43 indexed citations
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El‐Sagheer, Afaf H. & Tom Brown. (2011). CLICK NUCLEIC ACID LIGATION. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 21. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Tom, et al.. (2011). Secondary binding sites for heavily modified triplex forming oligonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(8). 3753–3762. 6 indexed citations
10.
Dallmann, André, Afaf H. El‐Sagheer, Clemens Mügge, et al.. (2011). Structure and Dynamics of Triazole‐Linked DNA: Biocompatibility Explained. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(52). 14714–14717. 41 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Aman, Tom Brown, Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury, et al.. (2009). Crystallographic and mass spectrometric analyses of a tandem GNAT protein from the clavulanic acid biosynthesis pathway. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 78(6). 1398–1407. 15 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Ross, Helen C. Baxter, Alastair Aitken, Tom Brown, & Robert L. Baxter. (2008). Binding of 14-3-3 proteins to a single stranded oligodeoxynucleotide aptamer. Bioorganic Chemistry. 36(5). 215–219. 12 indexed citations
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Bunyan, David J., Emma Ashton, Julie Sillibourne, et al.. (2007). Simultaneous MLPA-based multiplex point mutation and deletion analysis of the Dystrophin gene. Molecular Biotechnology. 35(2). 135–140. 22 indexed citations
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Khalaf, Abedawn I., Abdolrasoul H. Ebrahimabadi, Roger D. Waigh, et al.. (2006). DNA sequence recognition by an imidazole-containing isopropyl-substituted thiazole polyamide (thiazotropsin B). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(13). 3469–3474. 16 indexed citations
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Olsen, Petter Angell, et al.. (2005). Genomic sequence correction by single‐stranded DNA oligonucleotides: role of DNA synthesis and chemical modifications of the oligonucleotide ends. The Journal of Gene Medicine. 7(12). 1534–1544. 53 indexed citations
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Booth, James A., et al.. (2004). An analogue of adenine that forms an “A:T” base pair of comparable stability to G:C. Chemical Communications. 2208–2209. 9 indexed citations
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Brown, Tom. (2000). ESSENTIAL molecular biology : A Practical approach. Oxford University Press eBooks. 83 indexed citations
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Asensio, Juan Luis, Tom Brown, & Andrew N. Lane. (1999). Solution conformation of a parallel DNA triple helix with 5′ and 3′ triplex–duplex junctions. Structure. 7(1). 1–11. 48 indexed citations
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Brown, Tom, William N. Hunter, & Gordon A. Leonard. (1993). MISMATCHES IN DNA DUPLEXES. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 29. 4 indexed citations
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Brown, Tom. (1990). Gene cloning: an introduction.. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 25 indexed citations

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