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54
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Robert A. Cross publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert A. Cross sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 247 publications — 66th percentile

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

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

Robert A. Cross 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 Robert A. Cross sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert A. Cross is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. Additional subfields of study include Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Oncology.

The scientist's work is concentrated on several key research topics including Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Cellular transport and secretion, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Micro and Nano Robotics, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Protein Structure and Dynamics, and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research.

Frequent publication venues for Robert A. Cross include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Communications Biology
  • Current Biology
  • Biochemical Society Transactions

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert A. Cross cover a range of topics related to molecular mechanisms and protein dynamics. Selected recent publications include:

  • Backstepping Mechanism of Kinesin-1, 2020, Biophysical Journal
  • Taxol acts differently on different tubulin isotypes, 2023, Communications Biology
  • Force generation of KIF1C is impaired by pathogenic mutations, 2022, Current Biology
  • Structural switching of tubulin in the microtubule lattice, 2025, Biochemical Society Transactions
  • Motor generated torque drives coupled yawing and orbital rotations of kinesin coated gold nanorods, 2022, Communications Biology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Algirdas Toleikis, Nicholas J Carter, Yean Ming Chew, Nida Siddiqui, and Anne Straube. These collaborative efforts have contributed to the broad dissemination of research within cellular mechanics and molecular motor studies.

Best Publications

  • The IceCube Neutrino Observatory: Instrumentation and Online Systems

    M. G. Aartsen;M. Ackermann;J. Adams

  • S-Trityl-L-cysteine Is a Reversible, Tight Binding Inhibitor of the Human Kinesin Eg5 That Specifically Blocks Mitotic Progression *

    Dimitrios A. Skoufias;Salvatore DeBonis;Yasmina Saoudi;Luc Lebeau

  • Differential trafficking of Kif5c on tyrosinated and detyrosinated microtubules in live cells

    Sarah Dunn;Ewan E. Morrison;Tanniemola B. Liverpool;Carmen Molina-París

  • Interaction of the mitotic inhibitor monastrol with human kinesin Eg5.

    Salvatore DeBonis;Jean-Pierre Simorre;Isabelle Crevel;Luc Lebeau

  • The kinetic mechanism of kinesin.

    Robert A. Cross

  • Prime movers: the mechanochemistry of mitotic kinesins

    Robert A. Cross;Andrew McAinsh

  • Expression of the N-terminal domain of dystrophin in E. coli and demonstration of binding to F-actin.

    M. Way;B. Pope;R.A. Cross;J. Kendrick-Jones

  • Dynamics of interphase microtubules in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

    Douglas Robert Drummond;Robert A. Cross

  • Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II: DUNE Physics

    B. Abi;R. Acciarri;Mario A. Acero;G. Adamov

  • Weak and Strong States of Kinesin and ncd

    Isabelle M.-T.C. Crevel;Andrew Lockhart;Robert A. Cross

  • Three-dimensional cryoelectron microscopy of dimeric kinesin and ncd motor domains on microtubules.

    Keiko Hirose;Andrew Lockhart;Robert A. Cross;Linda A. Amos

  • Caldesmon is an elongated, flexible molecule localized in the actomyosin domains of smooth muscle.

    D.O. Fürst;R.A. Cross;J. De Mey;J.V. Small

  • Calponin is localised in both the contractile apparatus and the cytoskeleton of smooth muscle cells

    A.J North;Mario Gimona;R.A Cross;J.V Small

  • Distinct roles of doublecortin modulating the microtubule cytoskeleton

    Carolyn A Moores;Mylène Perderiset;Caroline Kappeler;Susan Kain

  • Nucleotide-dependent angular change in kinesin motor domain bound to tubulin

    Keiko Hirose;Andrew Lockhart;Robert A. Cross;Linda A. Amos

  • Modulation of substrate adhesion dynamics via microtubule targeting requires kinesin-1.

    Olga Krylyshkina;Irina Kaverina;Wolfgang Kranewitter;Walter Steffen

  • The kinesin-14 Klp2 organizes microtubules into parallel bundles by an ATP-dependent sorting mechanism

    Marcus Braun;Douglas R. Drummond;Robert A. Cross;Andrew D. McAinsh

  • An ATP-gate controls tubulin binding by the tethered head of kinesin-1

    Maria C. Alonso;Douglas Robert Drummond;Susan Kain;Julia Hoeng

  • Active site trapping of nucleotide by smooth and non-muscle myosins.

    R.A. Cross;A.P. Jackson;S. Citi;J. Kendrick-Jones

  • Mal3, the Schizosaccharomyces pombe homolog of EB1, changes the microtubule lattice.

    Amédée Des Georges;Miho Katsuki;Douglas Robert Drummond;Michael Osei

Frequent Co-Authors

Kendall Mahn
Kendall Mahn Michigan State University
Gisela Anton
Gisela Anton University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
J. J. Beatty
J. J. Beatty The Ohio State University
D. Berley
D. Berley University of Maryland, College Park
Paul Evenson
Paul Evenson University of Delaware
Stijn Blot
Stijn Blot Ghent University
S. W. Barwick
S. W. Barwick University of California, Irvine
Francis Halzen
Francis Halzen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hermann Kolanoski
Hermann Kolanoski Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

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