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Peter G. Stockley publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter G. Stockley sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 227 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Peter G. Stockley D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter G. Stockley sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter G. Stockley is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine, environmental science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work focuses particularly on infectious diseases, molecular biology, and epidemiology, with subfields including ecology and plant science.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Hepatitis B Virus studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Plant Virus research studies
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Animal virus infections studies

They have published multiple papers in notable venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Molecular Biology, Viruses, Communications Biology, and Scientific Reports.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Evolution of a virus-like architecture and packaging mechanism in a repurposed bacterial protein" (2021), Science
  • "Assembly of infectious enteroviruses depends on multiple, conserved genomic RNA-coat protein contacts" (2020), PLoS Pathogens
  • "An Intracellular Model of Hepatitis B Viral Infection: An In Silico Platform for Comparing Therapeutic Strategies" (2020), Viruses
  • "An age-structured model of hepatitis B viral infection highlights the potential of different therapeutic strategies" (2022), Scientific Reports
  • "Affimer-based impedimetric biosensors for fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3): a novel tool for detection and surveillance of recurrent bladder cancer" (2020), Sensors and Actuators B Chemical

Frequent collaborators include Reidun Twarock, Richard J. Bingham, Carlos P. Mata, Nikesh Patel, and Sam Clark. The number of joint publications with these co-authors ranges from 9 to 23, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Aptamers come of age – at last

    David H. J. Bunka;Peter G. Stockley

  • Crystal structure of an RNA bacteriophage coat protein-operator complex.

    Karin Valegård;James B. Murray;Peter G. Stockley;Nicola J. Stonehouse

  • Structure and assembly of turnip crinkle virus. II: Mechanism of reassembly in vitro

    P K Sorger;P G Stockley;S C Harrison

  • The three-dimensional structures of two complexes between recombinant MS2 capsids and RNA operator fragments reveal sequence-specific protein-RNA interactions.

    Karin Valegård;James B Murray;Nicola J Stonehouse;Sjoerd van den Worm

  • Structural Insights into the Polymorphism of Amyloid-Like Fibrils Formed by Region 20−29 of Amylin Revealed by Solid-State NMR and X-ray Fiber Diffraction

    Jillian Madine;Edward Jack;Peter G Stockley;Sheena E Radford

  • Multiple presentation of foreign peptides on the surface of an RNA-free spherical bacteriophage capsid

    Robert A. Mastico;Simon J. Talbot;Peter G. Stockley

  • Identification of a high-affinity RNA-binding site for the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev protein.

    Laurence S. Tiley;Michael H. Malim;Hamant K. Tewary;Peter G. Stockley

  • Development of aptamer therapeutics.

    David H J Bunka;Olga Platonova;Peter G Stockley

  • Molecular Responses to Abscisic Acid and Stress Are Conserved between Moss and Cereals.

    Celia D. Knight;Amita Sehgal;Kamaljit Atwal;John C. Wallace

  • Crystal structure of an RNA aptamer–protein complex at 2.8 Å resolution

    Maire A. Convery;Siân Rowsell;Nicola J. Storehouse;Andrew D. Ellington

  • MS2 Viruslike Particles: A Robust, Semisynthetic Targeted Drug Delivery Platform

    Francis A. Galaway;Peter G. Stockley

  • Modus operandi of the bacterial RNA polymerase containing the σ54 promoter‐specificity factor

    Sivaramesh Wigneshweraraj;Daniel Bose;Patricia C. Burrows;Nicolas Joly

  • A simple, RNA-mediated allosteric switch controls the pathway to formation of a T=3 viral capsid.

    Peter G. Stockley;Ottar Rolfsson;Gary S. Thompson;Gabriella Basnak

  • Evidence that viral RNAs have evolved for efficient, two-stage packaging

    Alexander Borodavka;Roman Tuma;Peter G. Stockley

  • RNA Bacteriophage Capsid-Mediated Drug Delivery and Epitope Presentation

    William L. Brown;Robert A. Mastico;Min Wu;Karen G. Heal

  • The three-dimensional structure of genomic RNA in bacteriophage MS2: implications for assembly.

    Katerina Toropova;Gabriella Basnak;Reidun Twarock;Peter G. Stockley

  • Ribosome-mediated folding of partially unfolded ricin A-chain.

    Richard H. Argent;Andrew M. Parrott;Philip J. Day;Lynne M. Roberts

  • Cooperative tandem binding of met repressor of Escherichia coli.

    Simon E. V. Phillips;Iain Manfield;Isobel Parsons;Isobel Parsons;Barrie E. Davidson;Barrie E. Davidson

  • Crystal structures of a series of RNA aptamers complexed to the same protein target.

    Siân Rowsell;Nicola J. Stonehouse;Máire A. Convery;Chris J. Adams

  • Revised Morning Loops of the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock Based on Analyses of Direct Regulatory Interactions.

    Sally Adams;Ian Manfield;Peter Stockley;Isabelle A. Carré

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon E. V. Phillips
Simon E. V. Phillips University of Oxford
Alison E. Ashcroft
Alison E. Ashcroft University of Leeds
Sheena E. Radford
Sheena E. Radford University of Leeds
Martin Buck
Martin Buck Imperial College London
Min Wu
Min Wu University of North Dakota
David J. Rowlands
David J. Rowlands University of Leeds
J. Michael Lord
J. Michael Lord University of Warwick
Xiaodong Zhang
Xiaodong Zhang Imperial College London
George P. Lomonossoff
George P. Lomonossoff Norwich Research Park
Jeremy C. Simpson
Jeremy C. Simpson University College Dublin

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