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D-Index
51
Citations
10127
World Ranking
13873
National Ranking
780

Peter F. Knowles 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 Peter F. Knowles sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 166 publications — 20th percentile

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

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

Peter F. Knowles 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 Peter F. Knowles sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% 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

  • 1994 - Marlow Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1988 - Edward Harrison Memorial Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Peter F. Knowles is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and has contributed to research primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work has a particular concentration on Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, highlighting distinct areas of expertise.

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

  • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders

Collaboration is an aspect of their scholarly activity, with frequent co-authorship alongside David M. Dooley.

Peter F. Knowles has received recognition in their field in the form of awards from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), including the Marlow Award in 1994 and the Edward Harrison Memorial Prize in 1988.

Best Publications

  • Responsive gels formed by the spontaneous self-assembly of peptides into polymeric β-sheet tapes

    A. Aggeli;M. Bell;N. Boden;J. N. Keen

  • Novel thioether bond revealed by a 1.7 Å crystal structure of galactose oxidase

    Nobutoshi Ito;Simon E. V. Phillips;Conrad Stevens;Zumrut B. Ogel

  • Crystal structure of a free radical enzyme, galactose oxidase.

    Nobutoshi Ito;Simon E.V. Phillips;Kapil D.S. Yadav;Peter F. Knowles

  • Crystal structure of a quinoenzyme: copper amine oxidase of Escherichia coli at 2 A resolution.

    MA Convery;CM Wilmot;Kds Yadav

  • A Cu(I)-semiquinone state in substrate-reduced amine oxidases.

    D M Dooley;M A McGuirl;D E Brown;P N Turowski

  • Evidence for phase boundary lipid. Permeability of Tempo-choline into dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles at the phase transition.

    Derek Marsh;Anthony Watts;Peter F. Knowles

  • Electron-spin-resonance evidence for enzymic reduction of oxygen to a free radical, the superoxide ion

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  • Cooperativity of the phase transition in single- and multibilayer lipid vesicles.

    D. Marsh;A. Watts;P.F. Knowles

  • Structure and mechanism of galactose oxidase. The free radical site.

    Andrew J. Baron;Conrad Stevens;Carrie Wilmot;Kanjula D. Seneviratne

  • Visualization of Dioxygen Bound to Copper During Enzyme Catalysis

    C. M. Wilmot;J. Hajdu;M. J. McPherson;P. F. Knowles

  • Kinetics of the unrolling of small unilamellar phospholipid vesicles onto self-assembled monolayers

    Louise M. Williams;Stephen D. Evans;Thomas M. Flynn;Andrew Marsh

  • Catalytic Mechanism of the Quinoenzyme Amine Oxidase from Escherichia coli: Exploring the Reductive Half-Reaction†,‡

    Carrie M. Wilmot;Jeremy M. Murray;Gordon Alton;Mark R. Parsons

  • Spin-label studies of lipid immobilization in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine-substituted cytochrome oxidase.

    Peter F. Knowles;Anthony Watts;Derek Marsh

  • ESR spin-label studies of lipid-protein interactions in membranes.

    D. Marsh;A. Watts;R.D. Pates;R. Uhl

  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Metal-Histidine Coordination in Metalloproteins. Exact Simulation of the EXAFS of Tetrakis(imidazole)copper(II) Nitrate and Other Copper-Imidazole Complexes by the Use of a Multiple-Scattering Treatment

    Richard W. Strange;Ninian J. Blackburn;P. F. Knowles;S. Samar Hasnain

  • One-dimensional electronic conductivity in discotic liquid crystals

    N. Boden;R.J. Bushby;J. Clements;M.V. Jesudason

  • Characterization of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles and their dimensional changes through the phase transition: molecular control of membrane morphology.

    Anthony Watts;Derek Marsh;Peter F. Knowles

  • Crystal structure of the precursor of galactose oxidase: An unusual self-processing enzyme

    S. J. Firbank;M. S. Rogers;M. S. Rogers;C. M. Wilmot;D. M. Dooley

  • An extended-X-ray-absorption-fine-structure study of bovine erythrocyte superoxide dismutase in aqueous solution. Direct evidence for three-co-ordinate Cu(I) in reduced enzyme.

    N J Blackburn;S S Hasnain;N Binsted;G P Diakun

  • Spin-label studies of head-group specificity in the interaction of phospholipids with yeast cytochrome oxidase.

    Peter F. Knowles;Anthony Watts;Derek Marsh

  • Microcontact Printing of Lipophilic Self-Assembled Monolayers for the Attachment of Biomimetic Lipid Bilayers to Surfaces

    A.T.A. Jenkins;N. Boden;R.J. Bushby;S.D. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon E. V. Phillips
Simon E. V. Phillips University of Oxford
Michael J. McPherson
Michael J. McPherson University of Leeds
Neville Boden
Neville Boden University of Leeds
Derek Marsh
Derek Marsh Max Planck Society
Richard J. Bushby
Richard J. Bushby University of Leeds
S. Samar Hasnain
S. Samar Hasnain University of Liverpool
Stephen D. Evans
Stephen D. Evans University of Leeds
Anthony Watts
Anthony Watts University of Oxford
Denis J. Murphy
Denis J. Murphy University of South Wales
Malcolm A. Halcrow
Malcolm A. Halcrow University of Leeds

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