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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
104
Citations
33365
World Ranking
1276
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Robert B. Sim is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the intersection of computer science and medicine, emphasizing areas such as artificial intelligence, immunology, and hematology. The main fields of study include Computer Science with 56 publications and Medicine with 28 publications.

The scientist's subfields of study highlight a multidisciplinary approach that covers Artificial Intelligence (38 publications), Immunology (15 publications), Hematology (7 publications), Information Systems (7 publications), and Epidemiology (5 publications).

Research topics explored by Robert B. Sim prominently feature Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data with 30 publications. Other notable topics include the Complement system in diseases (24), Topic Modeling (10), Platelet Disorders and Treatments (6), Blood groups and transfusion (6), Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (6), and Digital and Cyber Forensics (6).

The following recent papers illustrate the range of their work:

  • Heterogeneous Ensemble Knowledge Transfer for Training Large Models in Federated Learning (2022), Proceedings of the Thirty-First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • C4b Binding Protein Acts as an Innate Immune Effector Against Influenza A Virus (2021), Frontiers in Immunology
  • Conversations with Documents. An Exploration of Document-Centered Assistance (2020), Wiardi Beckman Foundation
  • Complement Proteins as Soluble Pattern Recognition Receptors for Pathogenic Viruses (2021), Viruses
  • Training Data Leakage Analysis in Language Models (2021), arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent coauthors in their research include Uday Kishore, Huseyin A. Inan, Praveen M. Varghese, Andre Manoel, and Dimitrios Dimitriadis. Collaborative work with these researchers appears consistently in their publication record.

Publication venues where Robert B. Sim regularly contributes encompass arXiv (Cornell University) with 26 publications, Frontiers in Immunology (4), Immunobiology (4), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4), and Viruses (2).

Best Publications

  • Purification and characterization of a peptide from amyloid-rich pancreases of type 2 diabetic patients

    G. J. S. Cooper;A. C. Willis;A. Clark;R. C. Turner

  • The Impact of Glycosylation on the Biological Function and Structure of Human Immunoglobulins

    James N. Arnold;Mark R. Wormald;Robert B. Sim;Pauline M. Rudd

  • Glycosylation changes of IgG associated with rheumatoid arthritis can activate complement via the mannose-binding protein.

    Rajneesh Malhotra;Mark R. Wormald;Pauline M. Rudd;Per B. Fischer

  • Collectins: collagenous C-type lectins of the innate immune defense system

    Uffe Holmskov;Rajneesh Malhotra;Robert B. Sim;Jens C. Jensenius

  • Immune evasion by a staphylococcal complement inhibitor that acts on C3 convertases.

    Suzan H M Rooijakkers;Maartje Ruyken;Anja Roos;Mohamed R Daha

  • Complement activation and protein adsorption by carbon nanotubes.

    Carolina Salvador-Morales;Emmanuel Flahaut;Edith Sim;Jeremy Sloan

  • C1q and tumor necrosis factor superfamily: modularity and versatility.

    Uday Kishore;Uday Kishore;Christine Gaboriaud;Patrick Waters;Annette K. Shrive

  • The complete amino acid sequence of human complement factor H.

    J Ripoche;A J Day;T J R Harris;R B Sim

  • Macrophage complement and lectin-like receptors bind Leishmania in the absence of serum.

    J. M. Blackwell;R. A. B. Ezekowitz;M. B. Roberts;J. Y. Channon

  • Neisseria Meningitidis Recruits Factor H Using Protein Mimicry of Host Carbohydrates.

    Muriel C. Schneider;Beverly E. Prosser;Joseph J. E. Caesar;Elisabeth Kugelberg

  • Functional analysis of the classical, alternative, and MBL pathways of the complement system: standardization and validation of a simple ELISA

    M.A. Seelen;A. Roos;J. Wieslander;T.E. Mollnes

  • The covalent-binding reaction of complement component C3.

    R B Sim;T M Twose;D S Paterson;E Sim

  • Human leukocyte C1q receptor binds other soluble proteins with collagen domains.

    R. Malhotra;S. Thiel;K. B. M. Reid;R. B. Sim

  • Extracellular enveloped vaccinia virus is resistant to complement because of incorporation of host complement control proteins into its envelope

    Alain Vanderplasschen;Elizabeth Mathew;Michael Hollinshead;Robert B. Sim

  • Filled and glycosylated carbon nanotubes for in vivo radioemitter localization and imaging

    Sung You Hong;Gerard Tobias;Gerard Tobias;Khuloud T. Al-Jamal;Belén Ballesteros;Belén Ballesteros

  • Simultaneous Activation of Complement and Coagulation by MBL-Associated Serine Protease 2

    Anders Krarup;Russell Wallis;Russell Wallis;Julia S. Presanis;Péter Gál

  • Three-dimensional structure of a complement control protein module in solution

    D.G. Norman;P.N. Barlow;M. Baron;A.J. Day

  • Natural Substrates and Inhibitors of Mannan-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease-1 and -2: A Study on Recombinant Catalytic Fragments

    Géza Ambrus;Péter Gál;Mayumi Kojima;Katalin Szilágyi

  • Complement in health and disease.

    Maria V. Carroll;Robert B. Sim

  • Functional significance of factor H binding to Neisseria meningitidis

    Muriel C. Schneider;Rachel M. Exley;Hannah Chan;Ian Feavers

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony J. Day
Anthony J. Day University of Manchester
Uday Kishore
Uday Kishore Brunel University London
Wilhelm J. Schwaeble
Wilhelm J. Schwaeble University of Leicester
Stephen J. Perkins
Stephen J. Perkins University College London
Kenneth B. M. Reid
Kenneth B. M. Reid University of Oxford
Susan M. Lea
Susan M. Lea University of Oxford
Antony C. Willis
Antony C. Willis University of Oxford
Pauline M. Rudd
Pauline M. Rudd University College Cork
Edith Sim
Edith Sim University of Oxford
Raymond A. Dwek
Raymond A. Dwek University of Oxford

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