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Janet M. Thornton publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Janet M. Thornton sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 577 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Janet M. Thornton D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Janet M. Thornton sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 156 D-Index — 98th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2009 - Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Janet M. Thornton is affiliated with the European Bioinformatics Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Aging, and Genetics. Main topics of research include Protein Structure and Dynamics, Enzyme Structure and Function, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms.

Frequent coauthors of Janet M. Thornton are:

  • Neera Borkakoti
  • António J. M. Ribeiro
  • Ioannis G. Riziotis
  • Linda Partridge
  • Roman A. Laskowski

Common venues in which the scientist has published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • FEBS Journal
  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Nature Methods

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Janet M. Thornton include:

  • AlphaFold heralds a data-driven revolution in biology and medicine, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • A structural biology community assessment of AlphaFold2 applications, 2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Common genetic associations between age-related diseases, 2021, Nature Aging
  • The impact of AlphaFold2 one year on, 2022, Nature Methods
  • A structural biology community assessment of AlphaFold 2 applications, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Janet M. Thornton has been recognized with several honors, including membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the Royal Society Fellowship in the United Kingdom awarded in 1999, membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2003, Fellowship of the International Society for Computational Biology in 2009, and membership in Academia Europaea in 2014.

Best Publications

  • PROCHECK: a program to check the stereochemical quality of protein structures

    R. A. Laskowski;M. W. MacArthur;D. S. Moss;J. M. Thornton

  • The rapid generation of mutation data matrices from protein sequences

    David T. Jones;William R. Taylor;Janet M. Thornton

  • AQUA and PROCHECK-NMR: programs for checking the quality of protein structures solved by NMR

    R A Laskowski;J A Rullmannn;M W MacArthur;R Kaptein

  • LIGPLOT: a program to generate schematic diagrams of protein-ligand interactions

    Andrew C. Wallace;Roman A. Laskowski;Janet M. Thornton

  • Principles of protein-protein interactions

    Susan Jones;Janet M. Thornton

  • CATH – a hierarchic classification of protein domain structures

    CA Orengo;AD Michie;S Jones;DT Jones

  • Satisfying hydrogen bonding potential in proteins.

    Ian K. McDonald;Janet M. Thornton

  • Stereochemical quality of protein structure coordinates.

    A L Morris;M W Macarthur;M W Macarthur;E G Hutchinson;J M Thornton

  • Antibody-antigen Interactions: Contact Analysis and Binding Site Topography

    Robert M. MacCallum;Andrew C.R. Martin;Andrew C.R. Martin;Janet M. Thornton;Janet M. Thornton

  • A new approach to protein fold recognition.

    DT Jones;WR Taylor;JM Thornton

  • Main-chain bond lengths and bond angles in protein structures.

    Roman A. Laskowski;David S. Moss;Janet M. Thornton

  • Influence of proline residues on protein conformation

    Malcolm W. MacArthur;Janet M. Thornton

  • Helix geometry in proteins.

    D.J. Barlow;J.M. Thornton

  • PROMOTIF--a program to identify and analyze structural motifs in proteins.

    E G Hutchinson;J M Thornton

  • Metal ions in biological catalysis: from enzyme databases to general principles

    Claudia Andreini;Ivano Bertini;Gabriele Cavallaro;Gemma L. Holliday

  • Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinase 1 Signaling Regulates Mammalian Life Span

    Colin Selman;Jennifer M A Tullet;Daniela Wieser;Elaine Elizabeth Irvine

  • PDBsum: Structural summaries of PDB entries

    Roman A. Laskowski;Jagoda Jabłońska;Lukáš Pravda;Radka Svobodová Vařeková

  • A revised set of potentials for β‐turn formation in proteins

    E. Gail Hutchinson;Janet M. Thornton

  • Analysis and prediction of the different types of β-turn in proteins

    C.M. Wilmot;J.M. Thornton

  • Diversity of protein–protein interactions

    Irene M.A. Nooren;Janet M. Thornton

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine A. Orengo
Christine A. Orengo University College London
Roman A. Laskowski
Roman A. Laskowski European Bioinformatics Institute
Linda Partridge
Linda Partridge Max Planck Society
David T. Jones
David T. Jones University College London
Ian Sillitoe
Ian Sillitoe University College London
William R. Taylor
William R. Taylor The Francis Crick Institute
Michael J.E. Sternberg
Michael J.E. Sternberg Imperial College London
Andrew J. Martin
Andrew J. Martin University of New South Wales
Aled M. Edwards
Aled M. Edwards Structural Genomics Consortium
David Gems
David Gems University College London

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