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Stephen E. J. Rigby

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
6369
World Ranking
17269
National Ranking
940

Stephen E. J. Rigby 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 Stephen E. J. Rigby sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 122 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen E. J. Rigby 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 Stephen E. J. Rigby sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Stephen E. J. Rigby is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with significant contributions across related subfields such as molecular biology, inorganic chemistry, pollution, biotechnology, and biochemistry.

The scientist has published extensively in several areas, with notable emphasis on topics including:

  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Microbial Bioremediation and Biosurfactants
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Biochemical and Biochemical Processes
  • Biochemical Acid Research Studies

Recent publications by Stephen E. J. Rigby include:

  • "Rewiring the "Push-Pull" Catalytic Machinery of a Heme Enzyme Using an Expanded Genetic Code," 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "Structure and Mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA0254/HudA, a prFMN-Dependent Pyrrole-2-carboxylic Acid Decarboxylase Linked to Virulence," 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • "A Noncanonical Tryptophan Analogue Reveals an Active Site Hydrogen Bond Controlling Ferryl Reactivity in a Heme Peroxidase," 2021, JACS Au
  • "Catabolic Reductive Dehalogenase Substrate Complex Structures Underpin Rational Repurposing of Substrate Scope," 2020, Microorganisms
  • "Heterologous expression of cobalamin dependent class-III enzymes," 2020, Protein Expression and Purification

Stephen E. J. Rigby frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • JACS Au
  • Microorganisms
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM / Methods in enzymology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Karl Fisher
  • David Leys
  • Sam Hay
  • K.A.P. Payne
  • Tom Halliwell

Best Publications

  • Copper Binding to the Amyloid-β (Aβ) Peptide Associated with Alzheimer's Disease FOLDING, COORDINATION GEOMETRY, pH DEPENDENCE, STOICHIOMETRY, AND AFFINITY OF Aβ-(1–28): INSIGHTS FROM A RANGE OF COMPLEMENTARY SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES

    Christopher D. Syme;Rebecca C. Nadal;Stephen E.J. Rigby;John H. Viles

  • Reductive dehalogenase structure suggests a mechanism for B12-dependent dehalogenation

    Karl A. P. Payne;Carolina P. Quezada;Karl Fisher;Mark S. Dunstan

  • Chemical Engineering of Molecular Qubits

    Christopher J. Wedge;G. A. Timco;E. T. Spielberg;R. E. George

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

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

  • Copper(II) Binding to Amyloid-β Fibrils of Alzheimer’s Disease Reveals a Picomolar Affinity: Stoichiometry and Coordination Geometry Are Independent of Aβ Oligomeric Form

    Claire J. Sarell;Christopher D. Syme;Stephen E. J. Rigby;John H. Viles

  • UbiX is a flavin prenyltransferase required for bacterial ubiquinone biosynthesis

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

  • Structure and Biochemical Properties of the Alkene Producing Cytochrome P450 OleTJE (CYP152L1) from the Jeotgalicoccus sp. 8456 Bacterium

    James Belcher;Kirsty J. McLean;Sarah Matthews;Laura S. Woodward

  • Biochemical and structural insights into bacterial organelle form and biogenesis.

    Joshua B. Parsons;Sriramulu D. Dinesh;Evelyne Deery;Helen K. Leech

  • ENDOR and special triple resonance studies of chlorophyll cation radicals in photosystem 2.

    Stephen E. J. Rigby;Jonathan H. A. Nugent;Patrick J. O'Malley

  • Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis CYP142 EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE CHOLESTEROL 27-HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITIES IN A HUMAN PATHOGEN

    Max D. Driscoll;Kirsty J. McLean;Colin Levy;Natalia Mast

  • The copper supply pathway to a Salmonella Cu,Zn‐superoxide dismutase (SodCII) involves P1B‐type ATPase copper efflux and periplasmic CueP

    Deenah Osman;Carl J. Patterson;Kathryn Bailey;Karl Fisher

  • Amyloid β−Cu2+ Complexes in both Monomeric and Fibrillar Forms Do Not Generate H2O2 Catalytically but Quench Hydroxyl Radicals†

    Rebecca C. Nadal;Stephen E. J. Rigby;John H. Viles

  • Elucidation of the biosynthesis of the methane catalyst coenzyme F430.

    Simon J. Moore;Sven T. Sowa;Christopher Schuchardt;Evelyne Deery

  • Elucidation of the anaerobic pathway for the corrin component of cobalamin (vitamin B12)

    Simon J. Moore;Andrew D. Lawrence;Rebekka Biedendieck;Rebekka Biedendieck;Evelyne Deery

  • ENDOR and Special Triple Resonance Spectroscopy of A1•- of Photosystem 1†

    Stephen E. J. Rigby;Peter Heathcote;Michael C. W. Evans;Jonathan H. A. Nugent

  • Bidirectional electron transfer in photosystem I: electron transfer on the PsaA side is not essential for phototrophic growth in Chlamydomonas

    Wendy V. Fairclough;Alec Forsyth;Michael C.W. Evans;Stephen E.J. Rigby

  • The dark stable tyrosine radical of photosystem 2 studied in three species using ENDOR and EPR spectroscopies

    Stephen E. J. Rigby;Jonathan H. A. Nugent;Patrick J. O'Malley

  • Catalytic Determinants of Alkene Production by the Cytochrome P450 Peroxygenase OleTJE.

    Sarah Matthews;James D. Belcher;Kang Lan Tee;Hazel M. Girvan

  • Evidence from time resolved studies of the P700(.+)/A1(.-) radical pair for photosynthetic electron transfer on both the PsaA and PsaB branches of the photosystem I reaction centre.

    I.P. Muhiuddin;P. Heathcote;S. Carter;S. Purton

  • Prion protein does not redox-silence Cu2+, but is a sacrificial quencher of hydroxyl radicals

    Rebecca C. Nadal;Salama R. Abdelraheim;Marcus W. Brazier;Stephen E.J. Rigby

  • N.m.r., e.p.r. and magnetic-c.d. studies of cytochrome f. Identity of the haem axial ligands.

    S E J Rigby;G R Moore;J C Gray;P M A Gadsby

Frequent Co-Authors

David Leys
David Leys University of Manchester
Andrew W. Munro
Andrew W. Munro University of Manchester
Nigel S. Scrutton
Nigel S. Scrutton University of Manchester
Peter Heathcote
Peter Heathcote Queen Mary University of London
Martin J. Warren
Martin J. Warren University of Kent
Kirsty J. McLean
Kirsty J. McLean University of Manchester
Andy Lawrence
Andy Lawrence University of Edinburgh
Myles R. Cheesman
Myles R. Cheesman University of East Anglia
Geoffrey R. Moore
Geoffrey R. Moore University of East Anglia
Natalie Stingelin
Natalie Stingelin Georgia Institute of Technology

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