2026 Kevin J. Barnham: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	84	3285	3022	72	71	324	29275

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Kevin J. Barnham is affiliated with the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields within the life sciences, focusing primarily on biochemical, genetic, and molecular biology approaches intersecting with medicine.

The main fields of their scientific work include:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

They have contributed extensively to several subfields such as:

Molecular Biology
Neurology
Cancer Research
Physiology
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Their research topics cover a range of neurological and molecular areas, specifically:

Extracellular vesicles in disease
MicroRNA in disease regulation
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Neurological disorders and treatments
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Among their recent papers are:

Risk prediction of late-onset Alzheimer's disease implies an oligogenic architecture (2020, Nature Communications)
Characterization of brain-derived extracellular vesicle lipids in Alzheimer's disease (2021, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles)
Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer's disease (2021, Nature Communications)
Small RNA fingerprinting of Alzheimer's disease frontal cortex extracellular vesicles and their comparison with peripheral extracellular vesicles (2020, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles)
Parkinsonism as a Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic? (2020, Journal of Parkinson's Disease)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers including:

Colin L. Masters
Laura J. Vella
Ashley I. Bush
Catriona McLean
Christopher Fowler

The venues where Kevin J. Barnham publishes their work commonly include:

Alzheimer's & Dementia
Nature Communications
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Cambridge Structural Database

Best Publications

Neurodegenerative diseases and oxidative stress.

Kevin J. Barnham;Colin L. Masters;Ashley I. Bush;Ashley I. Bush

4079
Citations
Treatment with a Copper-Zinc Chelator Markedly and Rapidly Inhibits β-Amyloid Accumulation in Alzheimer's Disease Transgenic Mice

Robert A Cherny;Craig S Atwood;Michel E Xilinas;Danielle N Gray

1877
Citations
Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid-β Binds Copper and Zinc to Generate an Allosterically Ordered Membrane-penetrating Structure Containing Superoxide Dismutase-like Subunits

Cyril C. Curtain;Feda Ali;Irene Volitakis;Robert A. Cherny

842
Citations
Rapid Restoration of Cognition in Alzheimer's Transgenic Mice with 8-Hydroxy Quinoline Analogs Is Associated with Decreased Interstitial Aβ

Paul A. Adlard;Robert A. Cherny;Robert A. Cherny;David I. Finkelstein;David I. Finkelstein;Elisabeth Gautier

804
Citations
Metals in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases

Kevin J Barnham;Ashley I Bush;Ashley I Bush

791
Citations
Iron-Export Ferroxidase Activity of β-Amyloid Precursor Protein Is Inhibited by Zinc in Alzheimer's Disease

James A. Duce;Andrew Tsatsanis;Michael A. Cater;Simon A. James

790
Citations
The redox chemistry of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid β peptide

Danielle G. Smith;Roberto Cappai;Kevin J. Barnham;Kevin J. Barnham

770
Citations
Cisplatin Binding Sites on Human Albumin

Andrei I. Ivanov;John Christodoulou;John A. Parkinson;Kevin J. Barnham

469
Citations
Biological metals and metal-targeting compounds in major neurodegenerative diseases.

Kevin J. Barnham;Ashley I. Bush;Ashley I. Bush;Ashley I. Bush

445
Citations
18F-THK523: a novel in vivo tau imaging ligand for Alzheimer’s disease

Michelle T Fodero-Tavoletti;Nobuyuki Okamura;Shozo Furumoto;Rachel S Mulligan

410
Citations
Copper-Dependent Inhibition of Human Cytochrome c Oxidase by a Dimeric Conformer of Amyloid-β1-42

Peter J. Crouch;Rachel Blake;James A. Duce;Giuseppe D. Ciccotosto

398
Citations
Structure of the Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid Precursor Protein Copper Binding Domain A REGULATOR OF NEURONAL COPPER HOMEOSTASIS

Kevin J. Barnham;William J. McKinstry;Gerd Multhaup;Denise Galatis

367
Citations
Degradation of the Alzheimer disease amyloid beta-peptide by metal-dependent up-regulation of metalloprotease activity.

Anthony R White;Anthony R White;Tai Du;Tai Du;Katrina M Laughton;Irene Volitakis

348
Citations
Copper and zinc binding modulates the aggregation and neurotoxic properties of the prion peptide PrP106-126

Michael F. Jobling;Xudong Huang;Leanne R. Stewart;Kevin J. Barnham

331
Citations
Increasing Cu bioavailability inhibits Aβ oligomers and tau phosphorylation

Peter J. Crouch;Lin Wai Hung;Paul A. Adlard;Mikhalina Cortes

328
Citations
Dopamine promotes α-synuclein aggregation into SDS-resistant soluble oligomers via a distinct folding pathway

Roberto Cappai;Su-Ling Leck;Deborah J Tew;Deborah J Tew;Nicholas A Williamson

320
Citations
Tyrosine gated electron transfer is key to the toxic mechanism of Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid

Kevin J. Barnham;Fredrik Haeffner;Giuseppe D. Ciccotosto;Cyril C. Curtain

314
Citations
SOD1 (copper/zinc superoxide dismutase) deficiency drives amyloid β protein oligomerization and memory loss in mouse model of Alzheimer disease.

Kazuma Murakami;Nakaba Murata;Yoshihiro Noda;Shoichi Tahara

305
Citations
Molecular mechanisms for Alzheimer's disease: implications for neuroimaging and therapeutics

Colin L. Masters;Roberto Cappai;Roberto Cappai;Kevin J. Barnham;Kevin J. Barnham;Victor L. Villemagne;Victor L. Villemagne

294
Citations
Inhibition of gamma-secretase causes increased secretion of amyloid precursor protein C-terminal fragments in association with exosomes.

Robyn A. Sharples;Laura J. Vella;Rebecca M. Nisbet;Ryan Naylor

270
Citations