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Nigel J. Robinson

Nigel J. Robinson

Durham University
United Kingdom

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
14404
World Ranking
13036
National Ranking
1017

Nigel J. Robinson publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 136 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nigel J. Robinson 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 Nigel J. Robinson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nigel J. Robinson is a researcher affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their academic work spans a range of topics predominantly related to biochemistry, molecular biology, and health sciences, with a particular focus on trace elements and their biological roles.

Their recent publications cover diverse aspects of protein metalation and trace element metabolism. Among notable works are:

  • The requirement for cobalt in vitamin B12: A paradigm for protein metalation, 2020, published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
  • Protein metalation in biology, 2021, published in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
  • Calculating metalation in cells reveals CobW acquires CoII for vitamin B12 biosynthesis while related proteins prefer ZnII, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • Development of pedotransfer functions by machine learning for prediction of soil electrical conductivity and organic carbon content, 2020, published in Geoderma
  • Protein metalation in a nutshell, 2022, published in FEBS Letters

Their research contributions have often appeared in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Other frequently published venues include Current Opinion in Chemical Biology and Geoderma.

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with Nigel J. Robinson include:

  • Tessa R. Young
  • Deenah Osman
  • Andrew W. Foster
  • Sophie E. Clough
  • Evelyne Deery

The main fields of study encompassed by their research are Nursing and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields contributing to this work include Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology, Hematology, Genetics, and Plant Science.

The primary topics featured in their body of work include:

  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity

This profile highlights Nigel J. Robinson's interdisciplinary approach, linking molecular biology, biochemistry, and environmental sciences, with a strong emphasis on elemental biology and its impact on health and disease mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • A ferric-chelate reductase for iron uptake from soils

    Nigel J. Robinson;Catherine M. Procter;Erin L. Connolly;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Metalloproteins and metal sensing

    Kevin J. Waldron;Julian C. Rutherford;Dianne Ford;Nigel J. Robinson

  • How do bacterial cells ensure that metalloproteins get the correct metal

    Kevin J Waldron;Nigel J Robinson

  • Metal preferences and metallation.

    Andrew W. Foster;Deenah Osman;Nigel J. Robinson

  • rbohA, a rice homologue of the mammalian gp91phox respiratory burst oxidase gene.

    Quentin J. Groom;Miguel Angel Torres;Anthony P. Fordham-Skelton;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack

  • Protein-folding location can regulate manganese-binding versus copper- or zinc-binding

    Steve Tottey;Kevin J. Waldron;Susan J. Firbank;Brian Reale

  • Zn, Cu and Co in cyanobacteria: Selective control of metal availability

    Jennifer S. Cavet;Gilles P.M. Borrelly;Nigel J. Robinson

  • Isolation of a prokaryotic metallothionein locus and analysis of transcriptional control by trace metal ions

    James W. Huckle;Andrew P. Morby;Jennifer S. Turner;Nigel J. Robinson

  • Expression of the pea metallothionein-like gene PsMTA in Escherichia coli and Arabidopsis thaliana and analysis of trace metal ion accumulation: implications for PsMTA function.

    Katherine M. Evans;John A. Gatehouse;William P. Lindsay;Jianguo Shi

  • An SmtB-like repressor from Synechocystis PCC 6803 regulates a zinc exporter

    Craig Thelwell;Nigel J. Robinson;Jennifer S. Turner-Cavet

  • Understanding how cells allocate metals using metal sensors and metallochaperones.

    Stephen Tottey;Duncan R. Harvie;Nigel J. Robinson

  • Multiple bacteria encode metallothioneins and SmtA-like zinc fingers.

    Claudia A. Blindauer;Mark D. Harrison;Andrea K. Robinson;John A. Parkinson

  • A metallothionein containing a zinc finger within a four-metal cluster protects a bacterium from zinc toxicity

    Claudia A. Blindauer;Mark D. Harrison;John A. Parkinson;Andrea K. Robinson

  • SmtB is a metal-dependent repressor of the cyanobacterial metallothionein gene smtA: identification of a Zn inhibited DNA-protein complex

    Andrew P. Morby;Jennifer S. Turner;James W. Huckle;Nigel J. Robinson

  • Two Menkes-type atpases supply copper for photosynthesis in Synechocystis PCC 6803.

    Stephen Tottey;Peter R. Rich;Sabine A.M. Rondet;Nigel J. Robinson

  • Poly(gamma-glutamylcysteinyl)glycine: its role in cadmium resistance in plant cells

    Paul J. Jackson;Clifford J. Unkefer;Jane A. Doolen;Ken Watt

  • Copper homeostasis in salmonella is atypical and copper-CueP is a major periplasmic metal complex

    Deenah Osman;Kevin J. Waldron;Harriet Denton;Clare M. Taylor

  • A gene from pea (Pisum sativum L.) with homology to metallothionein genes

    I. Marta Evans;Laurence N. Gatehouse;John A. Gatehouse;Nigel J. Robinson

  • Cobalt-dependent transcriptional switching by a dual-effector MerR-like protein regulates a cobalt-exporting variant CPx-type ATPase.

    Julian C. Rutherford;Jennifer S. Cavet;Nigel J. Robinson

  • Poly(γ-glutamylcysteinyl)glycine Synthesis in Datura innoxia and Binding with Cadmium : Role in Cadmium Tolerance

    Emmanuel Delhaize;Paul J. Jackson;Leah D. Lujan;Nigel J. Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Warren
Martin J. Warren University of Kent
Peter J. Sadler
Peter J. Sadler University of Warwick
Ivano Bertini
Ivano Bertini University of Florence
Lucia Banci
Lucia Banci University of Florence
Simone Ciofi-Baffoni
Simone Ciofi-Baffoni University of Florence
Brian A. Whitton
Brian A. Whitton Durham University
John Parkinson
John Parkinson University of Toronto
Peter E. Urwin
Peter E. Urwin University of Leeds
John A. Gatehouse
John A. Gatehouse Durham University
Emmanuel Delhaize
Emmanuel Delhaize Australian National University

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