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Biology and Biochemistry
UK
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
117
Citations
41474
World Ranking
732
National Ranking
39

Medicine

D-Index
116
Citations
40623
World Ranking
4409
National Ranking
433

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

Steve P. Watson is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and has a research focus concentrated in the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on Hematology. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields, including Genetics, Immunology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Surgery.

The core topics addressed in their research include:

  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Blood Groups and Transfusion
  • Blood Properties and Coagulation
  • Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis
  • Complement System in Diseases

Their publication record features research articles in a variety of peer-reviewed journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Platelets
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Blood Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Recent articles authored by Steve P. Watson cover various aspects of platelet function and thrombotic processes. Some notable recent papers are:

  • Thrombo-Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease: An Expert Consensus Document from the Third Maastricht Consensus Conference on Thrombosis, 2020, published in Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • S100A8/A9 drives the formation of procoagulant platelets through GPIbα, 2022, published in Blood
  • The platelet receptor CLEC-2 blocks neutrophil mediated hepatic recovery in acetaminophen induced acute liver failure, 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • Heme induces human and mouse platelet activation through C-type-lectin-like receptor-2, 2020, published in Haematologica
  • Platelet GPVI (Glycoprotein VI) and Thrombotic Complications in the Venous System, 2021, published in Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Steve P. Watson has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, indicating a strong network of scientific partnerships. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Phillip L.R. Nicolson
  • Alexandre Slater
  • Natalie S. Poulter
  • Eleyna M. Martin
  • Mark R. Thomas

Best Publications

  • Platelet-collagen interaction: is GPVI the central receptor?

    Bernhard Nieswandt;Steve P. Watson

  • p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Phosphorylates Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) in Thrombin-stimulated Platelets: EVIDENCE THAT PROLINE-DIRECTED PHOSPHORYLATION IS NOT REQUIRED FOR MOBILIZATION OF ARACHIDONIC ACID BY cPLA2*

    Ruth M. Kramer;Edda F. Roberts;Suzane L. Um;Angelika G. Börsch-Haubold

  • A novel Syk-dependent mechanism of platelet activation by the C-type lectin receptor CLEC-2

    Katsue Suzuki-Inoue;Gemma L J Fuller;Angel Garcia;Johannes A Eble

  • Recommendations for the standardization of light transmission aggregometry : a consensus of the working party from the platelet physiology subcommittee of SSC/ISTH

    M. Cattaneo;C. Cerletti;P. Harrison;C. P M Hayward

  • The Fc receptor gamma-chain and the tyrosine kinase Syk are essential for activation of mouse platelets by collagen

    A. Poole;J.M. Gibbins;M. Turner;M.J. van Vugt

  • GPVI and integrin alphaIIb beta3 signaling in platelets

    Steve Watson;Jocelyn Auger;Owen McCarty;Andrew Pearce

  • Tachykinin receptor types: Classification and membrane signalling mechanisms

    Steven Guard;Stephen P. Watson

  • A review of inherited platelet disorders with guidelines for their management on behalf of the UKHCDO

    Paula H. B. Bolton-Maggs;Elizabeth A. Chalmers;Peter W. Collins;Paul Harrison

  • The rapid formation of inositol phosphates in human platelets by thrombin is inhibited by prostacyclin.

    S P Watson;R T McConnell;E G Lapetina

  • Glycoprotein VI is the collagen receptor in platelets which underlies tyrosine phosphorylation of the Fc receptor γ-chain

    Jonathan M Gibbins;Minoru Okuma;Richard Farndale;Michael Barnes

  • cGMP mobilizes intracellular Ca2+ in sea urchin eggs by stimulating cyclic ADP-ribose synthesis.

    Antony Galione;Alison White;Nicholas Willmott;Michelle Turner

  • Platelets and the innate immune system: mechanisms of bacterial-induced platelet activation.

    Dermot Cox;Steven W Kerrigan;Steve Watson

  • Serine 727 phosphorylation and activation of cytosolic phospholipase A2 by MNK1-related protein kinases.

    Ying Hefner;Angelika G. Börsch-Haubold;Makomoto Murakami;Jonathan I. Wilde

  • Direct Inhibition of Cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 by the Kinase Inhibitors SB 203580 and PD 98059 SB 203580 ALSO INHIBITS THROMBOXANE SYNTHASE

    Angelika G. Börsch-Haubold;Sophie Pasquet;Steve P. Watson

  • DC-SIGN and CLEC-2 mediate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 capture by platelets

    Chawaree Chaipan;Elizabeth J. Soilleux;Peter Simpson;Heike Hofmann;Heike Hofmann

  • A role for Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) in platelet activation by collagen.

    L.S. Quek;J. Bolen;S.P. Watson

  • Integrin α2β1 mediates outside-in regulation of platelet spreading on collagen through activation of Src kinases and PLCγ2

    Osamu Inoue;Katsue Suzuki-Inoue;William L. Dean;Jon Frampton

  • TiPS receptor and ion channel nomenclature supplement 1994

    Steve Watson;Debbie Girdlestone

  • 1,2-Diacylglycerol and phorbol ester inhibit agonist-induced formation of inositol phosphates in human platelets: possible implications for negative feedback regulation of inositol phospholipid hydrolysis.

    Stephen P. Watson;Eduardo G. Lapetina

  • The action of the protein kinase C inhibitor, staurosporine, on human platelets. Evidence against a regulatory role for protein kinase C in the formation of inositol trisphosphate by thrombin.

    S P Watson;J McNally;L J Shipman;P P Godfrey

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil V. Morgan
Neil V. Morgan University of Birmingham
Paul J. Harrison
Paul J. Harrison University of Oxford
Christopher D. Buckley
Christopher D. Buckley University of Oxford
Gerard B. Nash
Gerard B. Nash University of Birmingham
Johannes A. Eble
Johannes A. Eble University of Münster
Bernhard Nieswandt
Bernhard Nieswandt University of Würzburg
Owen J. T. McCarty
Owen J. T. McCarty Oregon Health & Science University
Victor L. J. Tybulewicz
Victor L. J. Tybulewicz The Francis Crick Institute
Paul Gissen
Paul Gissen University College London
Elizabeth E. Gardiner
Elizabeth E. Gardiner Australian National University

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