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D-Index
79
Citations
21115
World Ranking
1643
National Ranking
214

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John B. Clegg is affiliated with the John Radcliffe Hospital in the United Kingdom. Their research spans fields including Medicine and Chemistry, with subfields in Oncology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's main topics of work comprise:

  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications

Recent papers include:

  • Synthesis of M 4 L 6 metal-organic cages via a chiral auxiliary strategy, 2023, published in Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances

Frequent co-authors in their work have been:

  • Adam Blum
  • Peter Goldberg
  • Michael Levin
  • John Adams
  • Kate Bush

The predominant publication venue noted is Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances.

John B. Clegg has received recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 1999 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1966.

Best Publications

  • Abnormal human haemoglobins. Separation and characterization of the alpha and beta chains by chromatography, and the determination of two new variants, hb Chesapeak and hb J (Bangkok).

    J.B. Clegg;M.A. Naughton;D.J. Weatherall

  • Global distribution of the CCR5 gene 32-basepair deletion.

    Jeremy J. Martinson;Nicola H. Chapman;David C. Rees;Yan-Tat Liu

  • K562 human leukaemic cells synthesise embryonic haemoglobin in response to haemin.

    T R Rutherford;J B Clegg;D J Weatherall

  • Molecular basis for mild forms of homozygous beta-thalassaemia

    D J Weatherall;L Pressley;W G Wood;Higgs

  • The population genetics of the haemoglobinopathies.

    Jonathan Flint;Rosalind M. Harding;Anthony J. Boyce;John B. Clegg

  • High frequencies of alpha-thalassaemia are the result of natural selection by malaria.

    J Flint;A V Hill;D K Bowden;S J Oppenheimer

  • Archaic African and Asian lineages in the genetic ancestry of modern humans

    Rosalind M Harding;S M Fullerton;Robert C Griffiths;Jacquelyn Bond

  • Rapid detection of alpha-thalassaemia deletions and alpha-globin gene triplication by multiplex polymerase chain reactions.

    Y T Liu;J M Old;K Miles;C A Fisher

  • Alpha-thalassaemia caused by a polyadenylation signal mutation.

    D. R. Higgs;S. E. Y. Goodbourn;J. Lamb;J. B. Clegg

  • Worldwide distribution of a common methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase mutation.

    Julie A. Schneider;David C. Rees;Yan-Tat Liu;John B. Clegg

  • The Interaction of Alpha-Thalassemia and Homozygous Sickle-Cell Disease

    Douglas R. Higgs;Beverley E. Aldridge;Janette Lamb;John B. Clegg

  • Haemoglobin Constant Spring—A Chain Termination Mutant ?

    J B Clegg;D J Weatherall;P F Milner

  • Isolation and characterization of DNA from archaeological bone

    Erika Hagelberg;John Brian Clegg

  • Evolutionary relationships of human populations from an analysis of nuclear DNA polymorphisms.

    J S Wainscoat;A V Hill;A L Boyce;J Flint

  • Benign sickle-cell anaemia.

    R.P. Perrine;M.J. Brown;J.B. Clegg;D.J. Weatherall

  • The severe form of alpha thalassaemia is caused by a haemoglobin gene deletion.

    Ottolenghi S;Lanyon Wg;Paul J;Williamson R

  • Polycythemia Associated with a Hemoglobinopathy.

    Samuel Charache;David J. Weatherall;John B. Clegg

  • Molecular characterisation of a hypervariable region downstream of the human alpha-globin gene cluster.

    A P Jarman;R D Nicholls;D J Weatherall;J B Clegg

  • Molecular basis for dominantly inherited inclusion body beta-thalassemia.

    S L Thein;C Hesketh;P Taylor;I J Temperley

  • Recent developments in the molecular genetics of human hemoglobin

    D.J. Weatherall;J.B. Clegg

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Weatherall
David J. Weatherall University of Oxford
William G. Wood
William G. Wood University of Oxford
Douglas R. Higgs
Douglas R. Higgs University of Oxford
Tim E. A. Peto
Tim E. A. Peto University of Oxford
Jonathan Flint
Jonathan Flint University of California, Los Angeles
Adrian J. Boyce
Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Adrian V. S. Hill
Adrian V. S. Hill University of Oxford
Matthew T. Webster
Matthew T. Webster Science for Life Laboratory
Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern
Julie A. Schneider
Julie A. Schneider Rush University Medical Center

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