W. O. Saxton

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

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W. O. Saxton is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, W. O. Saxton has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Structural Biology, 26 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 16 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in W. O. Saxton's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (34 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (26 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (14 papers). W. O. Saxton is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (34 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (26 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (14 papers). W. O. Saxton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Portugal. W. O. Saxton's co-authors include W. Baumeister, Tony Pitt, Marc Horner, Angus I. Kirkland, Wolfgang Baumeister, M. Hahn, David J. Smith, W. M. Stobbs, Joachim Frank and Rüdiger R. Meyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

W. O. Saxton

57 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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The correlation averaging of a regularly arranged bacterial cell envelope protein

1982 707 citations W. O. Saxton, W. Baumeister Journal of Microscopy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. O. Saxton United Kingdom	27	1.2k	987	788	689	540	59	3.0k
A.R. Faruqi United Kingdom	26	1.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	861 1.1×	481 0.7×	485 0.9×	75	3.6k
Dieter Typke Germany	26	1.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.8×	827 1.0×	421 0.6×	305 0.6×	56	3.1k
R. Hegerl Germany	39	2.0k 1.6×	3.1k 3.1×	1.0k 1.3×	720 1.0×	585 1.1×	77	5.2k
Greg McMullan United Kingdom	29	1.6k 1.3×	1.8k 1.9×	975 1.2×	695 1.0×	515 1.0×	48	4.8k
Marc Adrian Switzerland	24	1.3k 1.1×	3.2k 3.3×	613 0.8×	930 1.3×	588 1.1×	38	5.9k
Jean‐Claude Homo France	8	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	448 0.6×	479 0.7×	347 0.6×	10	2.5k
P.N.T. Unwin United Kingdom	22	1.1k 0.9×	3.7k 3.8×	417 0.5×	945 1.4×	556 1.0×	36	5.5k
Miroslava Schaffer Germany	33	1.3k 1.0×	2.5k 2.6×	630 0.8×	583 0.8×	489 0.9×	55	4.6k
Michael Marko United States	29	1.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.8×	690 0.9×	190 0.3×	247 0.5×	106	3.4k
Jiin-Ju Chang China	4	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	443 0.6×	379 0.6×	296 0.5×	7	2.3k

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Meyer, Rüdiger R., Angus I. Kirkland, & W. O. Saxton. (2004). A new method for the determination of the wave aberration function for high-resolution TEM.. Ultramicroscopy. 99(2-3). 115–123. 64 indexed citations

Kirkland, Angus I. & W. O. Saxton. (2002). Cation segregation in Nb₁₆W₁₈O₉₄ using high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy and image processing. Journal of Microscopy. 206(1). 1–6. 21 indexed citations

Meyer, Rüdiger R., Angus I. Kirkland, & W. O. Saxton. (2002). A new method for the determination of the wave aberration function for high resolution TEM. Ultramicroscopy. 92(2). 89–109. 108 indexed citations

Saxton, W. O.. (1998). Quantitative comparison of images and transforms. Journal of Microscopy. 190(1-2). 52–60. 8 indexed citations

Saxton, W. O.. (1996). Semper: Distortion Compensation, Selective Averaging, 3-D Reconstruction, and Transfer Function Correction in a Highly Programmable System. Journal of Structural Biology. 116(1). 230–236. 67 indexed citations

Dunin–Borkowski, Rafal E., W. O. Saxton, & W. M. Stobbs. (1996). The Electrostatic Contribution to the Forward-Scattering Potential at aSpace Charge Layer in High-Energy Electron Diffraction. I. Theory Neglecting the Effects of Fringing Fields. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 52(5). 705–711. 11 indexed citations

Saxton, W. O.. (1995). Simple prescriptions for estimating three-fold astigmatism. Ultramicroscopy. 58(3-4). 239–243. 15 indexed citations

Saxton, W. O.. (1995). Observation of lens aberrations for very high‐resolution electron microscopy. I. Theory. Journal of Microscopy. 179(2). 201–213. 26 indexed citations

Saxton, W. O.. (1994). What is the focus variation method? Is it new? Is it direct?. Ultramicroscopy. 55(2). 171–181. 62 indexed citations

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Saxton, W. O., et al.. (1993). Signal and image processing in microscopy and microanalysis : proceedings of the 10th Pfefferkorn Conference, held September 27 to 30, 1991, at Univ. Cambridge, U.K.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Engelhardt, Harald, W. O. Saxton, & Wolfgang Baumeister. (1986). 3-D reconstruction of a regular bacterial surface layer: Effects of limited tilting and preparation conditions. Proceedings annual meeting Electron Microscopy Society of America. 44. 168–169. 1 indexed citations

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Saxton, W. O. & W. Baumeister. (1986). Principles of organization in S layers. Journal of Molecular Biology. 187(2). 251–253. 43 indexed citations

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Saxton, W. O.. (1986). HREM images and atom positions. Proceedings annual meeting Electron Microscopy Society of America. 44. 526–529. 3 indexed citations

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Saxton, W. O.. (1985). Computer generation of shaded images of solids and surfaces. Ultramicroscopy. 16(3-4). 387–394. 26 indexed citations

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Knowles, Katie, A.L. Greer, W. O. Saxton, & W. M. Stobbs. (1985). High-resolution electron microscopy of an Al-Mn alloy exhibiting icosahedra1 symmetry. Philosophical Magazine B. 52(1). L31–L38. 30 indexed citations

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Saxton, W. O., W. Baumeister, & M. Hahn. (1984). Three-dimensional reconstruction of imperfect two-dimensional crystals. Ultramicroscopy. 13(1-2). 57–70. 214 indexed citations

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Rasch, Malte J., W. O. Saxton, & W. Baumeister. (1984). The regular surface layer ofAcetogenium kivui: some structural, developmental and evolutionary aspects. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 24(2-3). 285–290. 9 indexed citations

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Baumeister, Wolfgang, et al.. (1982). The Major Cell Envelope Protein of Micrococcus radiodurans (R1). European Journal of Biochemistry. 125(3). 535–544. 96 indexed citations

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Saxton, W. O. & J. M. Cowley. (1979). Computer Techniques for Image Processing in Electron Microscopy. Physics Today. 32(3). 74–76. 10 indexed citations

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Cosslett, V. E., R. A. Camps, W. O. Saxton, et al.. (1979). Atomic resolution with a 600-kV electron microscope. Nature. 281(5726). 49–51. 30 indexed citations

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