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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
14891
World Ranking
7881
National Ranking
606

Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
10030
World Ranking
9070
National Ranking
510

Edith Sim 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 Edith Sim sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 285 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edith Sim 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 Edith Sim sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Edith Sim is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a primary focus on Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work touches upon several specific subfields, including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Materials Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Edith Sim's research covers a variety of topics, such as:

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research

The scientist has published papers in diverse journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • European Journal of Cancer
  • ChemBioChem
  • FEBS Journal
  • Immunobiology
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Recent papers by Edith Sim are as follows:

  • Fusarium verticillioidesNAT1 (FDB2) N-malonyltransferase is structurally, functionally and phylogenetically distinct from its N-acetyltransferase (NAT) homologues, 2022, published in FEBS Journal
  • Intrinsic chemical reactivity of activated human complement component C3: A historical glimpse into research during 1979-1980 on the covalent binding properties of C3, C4 and alpha-2 macroglobulin, 2022, published in Immunobiology
  • Class I PI3Ks activate stretch-induced autophagy in trabecular meshwork cells, 2025, published in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Predictors of upstage for invasive breast cancer in women with ductal carcinoma in-situ, 2024, published in European Journal of Cancer
  • Predictive value of contrast enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) and mammotome guided biopsy of clipped tumour in determining pathological complete response following neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, 2024, published in European Journal of Cancer

Frequent collaborators in Edith Sim's research include:

  • Giannoulis Fakis
  • Robert B. Sim
  • Sotiria Boukouvala
  • Ern Yu Tan
  • Melody Cai-Syaun Wu

Best Publications

  • Metabolic gene polymorphism frequencies in control populations.

    S. Garte;L. Gaspari;A.K. Alexandrie;C. Ambrosone

  • A gene cluster encoding cholesterol catabolism in a soil actinomycete provides insight into Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival in macrophages

    Robert Van der Geize;Katherine Yam;Thomas Heuser;Maarten H. Wilbrink

  • Complement activation and protein adsorption by carbon nanotubes.

    Carolina Salvador-Morales;Emmanuel Flahaut;Edith Sim;Jeremy Sloan

  • Nomenclature for N-acetyltransferases.

    K P Vatsis;W W Weber;D A Bell;J M Dupret

  • Metabolic polymorphisms and cancer susceptibility.

    G Smith;L A Stanley;E Sim;R C Strange

  • The covalent-binding reaction of complement component C3.

    R B Sim;T M Twose;D S Paterson;E Sim

  • Slow N-acetylation genotype is a susceptibility factor in occupational and smoking related bladder cancer.

    Angela Risch;D M Wallace;S Bathers;E Sim

  • Influence of the apolipoprotein E genotype on amyloid deposition and neurofibrillary tangle formation in Alzheimer's disease

    Z.S. Nagy;M.M. Esiri;K.A. Jobst;C. Johnston

  • Structure of arylamine N-acetyltransferase reveals a catalytic triad

    John C. Sinclair;James Sandy;Rupika Delgoda;Edith Sim

  • Pharmacogenetics of the arylamine N-acetyltransferases.

    N J Butcher;S Boukouvala;E Sim;R F Minchin;R F Minchin

  • N-acetyltransferase polymorphism. Comparison of phenotype and genotype in humans.

    Dean Hickman;Edith Sim

  • Phenotyping of human complement component C4, a class-III HLA antigen.

    Edith Sim;Susan J. Cross

  • Expression of arylamine N-acetyltransferase in human intestine

    D Hickman;J Pope;S D Patil;G Fakis

  • Arylamine N-acetyltransferases: from drug metabolism and pharmacogenetics to drug discovery.

    E Sim;E Sim;A Abuhammad;A Abuhammad;A Ryan

  • Cloning and Characterization of Arylamine N -Acetyltransferase Genes from Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Increased Expression …

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  • Chromosomal localization of human genes for arylamine N-acetyltransferase

    D Hickman;Angela Risch;V Buckle;N K Spurr

  • Arylamine N-acetyltransferases: From Structure to Function

    Edith Sim;Kylie Walters;Sotiria Boukouvala

  • Current smoking, occupation, N-acetyltransferase-2 and bladder cancer: a pooled analysis of genotype-based studies.

    Paolo Vineis;Daniela Marinelli;Herman Autrup;Jurgen Brockmoller

  • Autolytic fragmentation of complement components C3 and C4 under denaturing conditions, a property shared with α 2-macroglobulin

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  • Arylamine N-acetyltransferases: Structural and functional implications of polymorphisms

    Edith Sim;Nathan Lack;Chan-Ju Wang;Hilary Long

  • Purification of human C3b inactivator by monoclonal-antibody affinity chromatography

    Li-min Hsiung;A. Neil Barclay;Malcolm R. Brandon;Edith Sim

  • Update on consensus arylamine N-acetyltransferase gene nomenclature.

    David W Hein;Denis M. Grant;Edith Sim

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin E.M. Noble
Martin E.M. Noble Newcastle University
Stephen G. Davies
Stephen G. Davies University of Oxford
Angela Risch
Angela Risch University of Salzburg
Robert B. Sim
Robert B. Sim University of Oxford
Elspeth F. Garman
Elspeth F. Garman University of Oxford
David W. Hein
David W. Hein University of Louisville
Lindsay D. Eltis
Lindsay D. Eltis University of British Columbia
Rodney F. Minchin
Rodney F. Minchin University of Queensland
Gurdyal S. Besra
Gurdyal S. Besra University of Birmingham
Ann K. Daly
Ann K. Daly Newcastle University

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