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D-Index
82
Citations
23359
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3103
National Ranking
174

Nigel S. Scrutton publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nigel S. Scrutton sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 615 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Nigel S. Scrutton D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nigel S. Scrutton sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Nigel S. Scrutton is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their primary research lies within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work encompasses several main research topics, including:

  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis

Frequent publication venues where Nigel S. Scrutton has contributed include:

  • FEBS Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ChemBioChem
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Collaborations are notable with researchers such as:

  • Derren J. Heyes
  • Sam Hay
  • Eriko Takano
  • Linus O. Johannissen
  • Séamus J. Martin

Some recent papers featuring Nigel S. Scrutton include:

  • Quantum Biology: An Update and Perspective, 2021, Quantum Reports
  • Low carbon strategies for sustainable bio-alkane gas production and renewable energy, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Photochemical Mechanism of Light-Driven Fatty Acid Photodecarboxylase, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • PHA is not just a bioplastic!, 2024, Biotechnology Advances
  • Catalytic Mechanism of Aromatic Nitration by Cytochrome P450 TxtE: Involvement of a Ferric-Peroxynitrite Intermediate, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Nigel S. Scrutton has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, an award received in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Redesign of the coenzyme specificity of a dehydrogenase by protein engineering

    Nigel S. Scrutton;Alan Berry;Richard N. Perham

  • Conversion of alcohols to enantiopure amines through dual-enzyme hydrogen-borrowing cascades.

    Francesco G. Mutti;Tanja Knaus;Nigel S. Scrutton;Michael Breuer

  • Atomic description of an enzyme reaction dominated by proton tunneling

    Laura Masgrau;Anna Roujeinikova;Linus O. Johannissen;Parvinder Hothi

  • Biocatalytic Reductions and Chemical Versatility of the Old Yellow Enzyme Family of Flavoprotein Oxidoreductases

    Helen S. Toogood;John M. Gardiner;Nigel S. Scrutton

  • Good vibrations in enzyme-catalysed reactions

    Sam Hay;Nigel S. Scrutton

  • Cation-pi bonding and amino-aromatic interactions in the biomolecular recognition of substituted ammonium ligands.

    Nigel S. Scrutton;Andrew R.C. Raine

  • Building a global alliance of biofoundries

    Nathan J. Hillson;Mark Caddick;Yizhi Cai;Jose A. Carrasco

  • Enzymatic H-Transfer Requires Vibration-Driven Extreme Tunneling†

    Jaswir Basran;Michael J. Sutcliffe;Nigel S. Scrutton

  • Discovery, Characterisation, Engineering and Applications of Ene Reductases for Industrial Biocatalysis

    Helen S. Toogood;Nigel S. Scrutton

  • Covalent attachment of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) to enzymes: The current state of affairs

    Martin Mewies;William S. McIntire;William S. McIntire;William S. McIntire;Nigel S. Scrutton

  • An automated Design-Build-Test-Learn pipeline for enhanced microbial production of fine chemicals

    Pablo Carbonell;Adrian J. Jervis;Christopher J. Robinson;Cunyu Yan

  • New cofactor supports α,β-unsaturated acid decarboxylation via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

    Karl A. P. Payne;Mark D. White;Karl Fisher;Basile Khara

  • Biotransformation of Explosives by the Old Yellow Enzyme Family of Flavoproteins

    Richard E. Williams;Deborah A. Rathbone;Nigel S. Scrutton;Neil C. Bruce

  • What's in a covalent bond? On the role and formation of covalently bound flavin cofactors.

    Dominic P. H. M. Heuts;Nigel S. Scrutton;William S. McIntire;William S. McIntire;Marco W. Fraaije

  • UbiX is a flavin prenyltransferase required for bacterial ubiquinone biosynthesis

    Mark D. White;Karl A. P. Payne;Karl Fisher;Stephen A. Marshall

  • Better than Nature: Nicotinamide Biomimetics That Outperform Natural Coenzymes

    Tanja Knaus;Caroline E. Paul;Colin W. Levy;Simon de Vries

  • A new conceptual framework for enzyme catalysis - Hydrogen tunneling coupled to enzyme dynamics in flavoprotein and quinoprotein enzymes

    Michael J. Sutcliffe;Nigel S. Scrutton

  • Quantum Biology: An Update and Perspective

    Youngchan Kim;Federico Bertagna;Edeline M. D’Souza;Derren J. Heyes

  • Biodiversity of cytochrome P450 redox systems.

    K.J. McLean;M. Sabri;K.R. Marshall;R.J. Lawson

  • The dimeric form of flavocytochrome P450 BM3 is catalytically functional as a fatty acid hydroxylase

    Rajasekhar Neeli;Hazel M. Girvan;Andrew Lawrence;Martin J. Warren

  • Light-induced structural changes in a full-length cyanobacterial phytochrome probed by time-resolved X-ray scattering

    Derren J Heyes;Samantha J O Hardman;Martin N Pedersen;Joyce Woodhouse

  • Flavins and flavoproteins 2002

    Perham Rn;Chapman Sk;Scrutton Ns

  • Correction to “Discovery, Characterization, Engineering and Applications of Ene-Reductases for Industrial Biocatalysis”

    Helen S. Toogood;Nigel S. Scrutton

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Sutcliffe
Michael J. Sutcliffe University of Manchester
David Leys
David Leys University of Manchester
Andrew W. Munro
Andrew W. Munro University of Manchester
Eriko Takano
Eriko Takano University of Manchester
Richard N. Perham
Richard N. Perham University of Cambridge
Stephen E. J. Rigby
Stephen E. J. Rigby University of Manchester
Rainer Breitling
Rainer Breitling University of Manchester
Neil C. Bruce
Neil C. Bruce University of York
Neil Swainston
Neil Swainston Epoch BioDesign
Jean-Loup Faulon
Jean-Loup Faulon University of Paris-Saclay

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