2026 Martin J. Warren: 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	72	6375	5885	489	456	279	16816

Overview

Martin J. Warren is affiliated with the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine.

The scientist's work is concentrated in several main fields of study including:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Subfields of study featuring prominently in their research include:

Molecular Biology
Rheumatology
Materials Chemistry
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Main topics explored in their publications cover a range of biochemical and health-related areas:

Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
Folate and B Vitamins Research
Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Iron Metabolism and Disorders
Trace Elements in Health
Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

Martin J. Warren has contributed numerous papers to scientific literature, including recent notable publications such as:

Biosynthesis of the modified tetrapyrroles-the pigments of life, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
The requirement for cobalt in vitamin B12: A paradigm for protein metalation, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
The importance of vitamin B12 for individuals choosing plant-based diets, 2022, European Journal of Nutrition
Calculating metalation in cells reveals CobW acquires CoII for vitamin B12 biosynthesis while related proteins prefer ZnII, 2021, Nature Communications
Exploring the onset of B ₁₂ -based mutualisms using a recently evolved Chlamydomonas auxotroph and B ₁₂ -producing bacteria, 2022, Environmental Microbiology

The work has appeared in several frequent publication venues, indicating areas of ongoing research:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Cambridge Structural Database
Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Nature Communications

Collaborations with other researchers form an important component of their scholarly output. Frequent co-authors include:

Evelyne Deery
Bernhard Kräutler
Christoph Kieninger
Klaus Wurst
Andrew D. Lawrence

Best Publications

Algae acquire vitamin B12 through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria.

Martin T. Croft;Andrew D. Lawrence;Evelyne Raux-Deery;Martin J. Warren

1574
Citations
Microbial production of vitamin B12

Martens Jh;Barg H;Warren Mj;Jahn D

912
Citations
The biosynthesis of adenosylcobalamin (vitamin B12)

Martin J. Warren;Evelyne Raux;Heidi L. Schubert;Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena

541
Citations
Algae Need Their Vitamins

Martin T. Croft;Martin J. Warren;Alison G. Smith

529
Citations
Mutualistic interactions between vitamin B12 -dependent algae and heterotrophic bacteria exhibit regulation

Elena Kazamia;Hjördis Czesnick;Thi Thanh Van Nguyen;Martin Tom Croft

429
Citations
Prokaryotic Heme Biosynthesis: Multiple Pathways to a Common Essential Product.

Harry A. Dailey;Tamara A. Dailey;Svetlana Gerdes;Dieter Jahn

330
Citations
Biosynthesis of the modified tetrapyrroles—the pigments of life

Donald A. Bryant;Donald A. Bryant;C. Neil Hunter;Martin J. Warren;Martin J. Warren

284
Citations
Cyanobacteria and Eukaryotic Algae Use Different Chemical Variants of Vitamin B12

Katherine Emma Helliwell;Andrew David Lawrence;Andre Holzer;Andre Holzer;Ulrich Johan Kudahl

267
Citations
A Mutation in Guanylate Cyclase Activator 1A (GUCA1A) in an Autosomal Dominant Cone Dystrophy Pedigree Mapping to a New Locus on Chromosome 6p21.1

Annette M. Payne;Susan M. Downes;David A.R. Bessant;Rachel Taylor

263
Citations
Biosynthesis of cobalamin (vitamin B12): a bacterial conundrum.

E. Raux;H. L. Schubert;M. J. Warren

259
Citations
Lead poisoning, haem synthesis and 5-aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase

Martin J Warren;Jon B Cooper;Stephen P Wood;Peter M Shoolingin-Jordan

252
Citations
Synthesis of Empty Bacterial Microcompartments, Directed Organelle Protein Incorporation, and Evidence of Filament-Associated Organelle Movement

Joshua B. Parsons;Stefanie Frank;David Bhella;Mingzhi Liang

232
Citations
Structure of porphobilinogen deaminase reveals a flexible multidomain polymerase with a single catalytic site.

Gordon V. Louie;Paul D. Brownlie;Richard Lambert;Jonathan B. Cooper

228
Citations
Salmonella typhimurium cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthetic genes: functional studies in S. typhimurium and Escherichia coli.

E Raux;A Lanois;F Levillayer;M J Warren

208
Citations
X-ray structure of 5-aminolaevulinate dehydratase, a hybrid aldolase

Peter T. Erskine;Natalie Senior;Sarah Awan;Richard Lambert

203
Citations
Solution structure of a bacterial microcompartment targeting peptide and its application in the construction of an ethanol bioreactor.

Andrew D. Lawrence;Stefanie Frank;Sarah Newnham;Matthew J. Lee

197
Citations
Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 20016 Produces Cobalamin-Dependent Diol Dehydratase in Metabolosomes and Metabolizes 1,2-Propanediol by Disproportionation

Dinesh Diraviam Sriramulu;Mingzhi Liang;Diana Hernandez-Romero;Evelyne Raux-Deery

175
Citations
Evidence for a dipyrromethane cofactor at the catalytic site of E. coli porphobilinogen deaminase

Peter M. Jordan;Martin J. Warren

168
Citations
Biochemical and structural insights into bacterial organelle form and biogenesis.

Joshua B. Parsons;Sriramulu D. Dinesh;Evelyne Deery;Helen K. Leech

165
Citations
Tetrapyrrole assembly and modification into the ligands of biologically functional cofactors.

Martin J. Warren;A.I. Scott

162
Citations