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Douglas B. Kell publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas B. Kell sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 661 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Douglas B. Kell D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas B. Kell sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 134 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - Interdisciplinary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Douglas B. Kell is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Neurology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Blood properties and coagulation, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Among the recent papers co-authored by this researcher are:

  • Persistent clotting protein pathology in Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is accompanied by increased levels of antiplasmin (2021, Cardiovascular Diabetology)
  • The Biology of Lactoferrin, an Iron-Binding Protein That Can Help Defend Against Viruses and Bacteria (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • SBML Level 3: an extensible format for the exchange and reuse of biological models (2020, Molecular Systems Biology)
  • The biology of ergothioneine, an antioxidant nutraceutical (2020, Nutrition Research Reviews)
  • The Role of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cell Signalling in Chronic Inflammation (2022, Chronic Stress)

Frequent collaborators include Etheresia Pretorius, Gert Jacobus Laubscher, Chantelle Venter, J. Enrique Salcedo-Sora, and Marina Wright Muelas.

The scientist has published regularly in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 23 publications
  • Preprints.org with 16 publications
  • Cardiovascular Diabetology with 5 publications
  • Biochemical Journal with 5 publications
  • Molecules with 5 publications

Awards received by this researcher include the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012 and the Interdisciplinary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) awarded in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Procedures for large-scale metabolic profiling of serum and plasma using gas chromatography and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry

    Warwick B Dunn;David Broadhurst;David Broadhurst;Paul Begley;Eva Zelena

  • Systematic functional analysis of the yeast genome

    Stephen G. Oliver;Michael K. Winson;Douglas B. Kell;Frank Baganz

  • Metabolomics by numbers: acquiring and understanding global metabolite data.

    Royston Goodacre;Seetharaman Vaidyanathan;Warwick B. Dunn;George G. Harrigan

  • Oscillations in NF-κB Signaling Control the Dynamics of Gene Expression

    D. E. Nelson;A. E. C. Ihekwaba;M. Elliott;J. R. Johnson

  • A functional genomics strategy that uses metabolome data to reveal the phenotype of silent mutations

    Léonie M. Raamsdonk;Bas Teusink;David Broadhurst;Nianshu Zhang

  • A community-driven global reconstruction of human metabolism

    Ines Thiele;Neil Swainston;Ronan M T Fleming;Andreas Hoppe

  • Computational cluster validation in post-genomic data analysis

    Julia Handl;Joshua Knowles;Douglas B. Kell

  • Flow cytometry and cell sorting of heterogeneous microbial populations: the importance of single-cell analyses.

    H M Davey;D B Kell

  • The Systems Biology Graphical Notation

    Nicolas Le Novere;Michael Hucka;Huaiyu Mi;Stuart Moodie

  • The passive electrical properties of biological systems: their significance in physiology, biophysics and biotechnology

    R Pethig;D B Kell

  • Non-linear optimization of biochemical pathways: applications to metabolic engineering and parameter estimation.

    Pedro Mendes;Douglas B. Kell

  • Functional genomic hypothesis generation and experimentation by a robot scientist

    Ross D. King;Kenneth E. Whelan;Ffion M. Jones;Philip G. K. Reiser

  • Viability and activity in readily culturable bacteria: a review and discussion of the practical issues

    Douglas B. Kell;Arseny S. Kaprelyants;Arseny S. Kaprelyants;Dieter H. Weichart;Colin R. Harwood

  • Iron behaving badly: inappropriate iron chelation as a major contributor to the aetiology of vascular and other progressive inflammatory and degenerative diseases

    Douglas B Kell

  • Metabolomics and systems biology: making sense of the soup.

    Douglas B Kell

  • A consensus yeast metabolic network reconstruction obtained from a community approach to systems biology

    Markus Herrgard;Neil Swainston;Paul Dobson;Warwick B. Dunn

  • Here is the evidence, now what is the hypothesis? The complementary roles of inductive and hypothesis-driven science in the post-genomic era

    Douglas B. Kell;Stephen G. Oliver

  • High-throughput classification of yeast mutants for functional genomics using metabolic footprinting

    Jess Allen;Hazel Marie Davey;David Iain Broadhurst;Jim K. Heald

  • Pulsatile Stimulation Determines Timing and Specificity of NF-κB-Dependent Transcription

    Louise Ashall;Caroline A. Horton;David E. Nelson;Pawel Paszek

  • Supplementary material to computational cluster validation in post-genomic data analysis

    Julia Handl;Joshua Knowles;Douglas B. Kell

Frequent Co-Authors

Royston Goodacre
Royston Goodacre University of Liverpool
Warwick B. Dunn
Warwick B. Dunn University of Liverpool
Pedro Mendes
Pedro Mendes University of Connecticut
David Broadhurst
David Broadhurst University of Alberta
Neil Swainston
Neil Swainston Epoch BioDesign
Stephen G. Oliver
Stephen G. Oliver University of Cambridge
Hans V. Westerhoff
Hans V. Westerhoff Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Louise C. Kenny
Louise C. Kenny University of Liverpool
Joshua Knowles
Joshua Knowles University of Manchester
Philip J. R. Day
Philip J. R. Day University of Manchester

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