John G. Beetlestone

University of Ibadan

Publishing since 1962, latest 1978

Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Genetics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 111962–1978
Citations: 283to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 1.611.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%1 of 11 scored papers
Open access: 9%1 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

11 in all

The sensitivity of hemoglobin oxygen affinity to diphosphoglycerate and the characteristic pH of methemoglobin.
1978Journal of Biological ChemistryJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1016/s0021-9258(17)34327-2
THE STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF THERMODYNAMICS REACTIVITY DIFFERENCES IN METHAEMOGLOBINS AND THE VARIABILITY OF HAEMOGLOBIN AFFINITY FOR DIPHOSPHOGLYCERATE ION

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Cell Biology11100%
Molecular Biology764%
Physiology436%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics327%
Genetics327%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health327%
Spectroscopy218%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Hemoglobin structure and function11
Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology4
Protein Structure and Dynamics4
Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide3
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders3
Neonatal Health and Biochemistry3
Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies3
Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

18% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Switzerland1
Germany1
United Kingdom1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Friedrich Miescher InstituteCH1 paper
Keele UniversityGB1 paper
Medical Research CouncilGB1 paper
Technical University of MunichDE1 paper
University of PittsburghUS1 paper

Where they publish

Biopolymers2
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences2
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics1
Biochemistry1
Elsevier eBooks1
European Journal of Biochemistry1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation4
7Affordable and clean energy1

Most cited

Influence of globin structure on the state of the heme. III. Changes in heme spectra accompanying allosteric transitions in methemoglobin and their implications for heme-heme interaction
Biochemistry
1974195 citationsWorld top 10%
Reactivity differences between haemoglobins I. The ionization of human methaemoglobins A, S and C
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences6
196433 citations
The electronic structure of the haem iron in haemoglobin Zurich β63his → arg
Journal of Molecular Biology

Spectral evidence for two forms of acid ferrihemoglobin

1976Archives of Biochemistry and BiophysicsJournal8 citations10.1016/0003-9861(76)90492-6

Alkaline Denaturation of Ferrihemoglobins A, S and C

1974European Journal of BiochemistryJournalSenior author8 citations10.1111/j.1432-1033.1974.tb03842.x

Reactivity differences between haemoglobins I. The ionization of human methaemoglobins A, S and C

1964Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical SciencesJournalFirst author33 citations10.1098/rspa.1964.0030

Reactivity differences between haemoglobins. II. Electrostatic contribution to the free energy and enthalpy of ionization of methaemoglobins

1964Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical SciencesJournalFirst author4 citations10.1098/rspa.1964.0031

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Journal of Molecular Biology1

How it can be read

9% free to read

Hybrid 1 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 10 · 91%Behind a paywall

Spectral evidence for two forms of acid ferrihemoglobin

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics6

19768 citations

Alkaline Denaturation of Ferrihemoglobins A, S and C

European Journal of Biochemistry

19748 citations