D.B. Davies

6.7k citations

195 papers · 5.1k · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

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Organic Chemistry top 0.5%
- Organophosphorus compounds synthesis
- Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
- Synthesis and Reactivity of Sulfur-Containing Compounds
Spectroscopy top 0.5%
- Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
- Molecular spectroscopy and chirality

Papers in

Molecular Biology 100
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 64
- Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis 38
Organic Chemistry 83
- Organophosphorus compounds synthesis 43
- Synthesis and Reactivity of Sulfur-Containing Compounds 19
- Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis 16

Co-authors: S. Danyluk (7 shared papers)A. N. Veselkov (48 shared papers)Barbara Mulloy (5 shared papers)Maxim P. Evstigneev (40 shared papers)Robert A. Shaw (37 shared papers)Christopher Jones (5 shared papers)Mark J. Forster (2 shared papers)Adem Kılıç (36 shared papers)
Journals: Carbohydrate Research (7 papers)Polyhedron (7 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (7 papers)Dalton Transactions (6 papers)Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry (6 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Ukraine Türkiye

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D.B. Davies

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The nuclear overhauser effect in structural and conformational analysis 1991 · 450 citations

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1991 Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular Spectroscopy

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1	The nuclear overhauser effect in structural and conformational analysis Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular Spectroscopy ·D.B. Davies Hit paper breakdown →	1991	450
2	N.m.r. and molecular-modelling studies of the solution conformation of heparin Biochemical Journal ·Barbara Mulloy, Mark J. Forster, Christopher Jones, D.B. Davies	1993	357
3	Conformations of nucleosides and nucleotides Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ·D.B. Davies	1978	288
4	Recursive Segment-Wise Peak Alignment of Biological ¹H NMR Spectra for Improved Metabolic Biomarker Recovery Analytical Chemistry ·Kirill Veselkov, John C. Lindon, Timothy M. D. Ebbels, Derek J. Crockford, Vladimir Volynkin, Elaine Holmes, D.B. Davies, Jeremy K. Nicholson	2008	264
5	Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of 5'-ribo- and deoxyribonucleotide structures in solution Biochemistry ·D.B. Davies, S. Danyluk	1974	238
6	Long-range carbon—proton coupling constants: Application to conformational studies of oligosaccharides Carbohydrate Research ·Barbara Mulloy, Thomas A. Frenkiel, D.B. Davies	1988	122
7	Measurement of the Glass-Transition Temperature of Simple Liquids The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Melissa Carpenter, D.B. Davies, A. J. Matheson	1967	106
8	Hetero-association of caffeine and aromatic drugs and their competitive binding with a DNA oligomer European Biophysics Journal ·D.B. Davies, Dennis A. Veselkov, L. N. Djimant, A. N. Veselkov	2001	102
9	Secondary isotope multiplet NMR spectroscopy of partially labeled entities. Carbon-13 SIMPLE NMR of carbohydrates Journal of the American Chemical Society ·John C. Christofides, D.B. Davies	1983	102
10	1H NMR investigation of self-association of aromatic drug molecules in aqueous solution. Structural and thermodynamical analysis Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions ·D.B. Davies, L. N. Djimant, A. N. Veselkov	1996	88
11	The effect of variation of substitution on the solution conformation of heparin: a spectroscopic and molecular modelling study Carbohydrate Research ·Barbara Mulloy, Mark J. Forster, Christopher Jones, Alex F. Drake, Edward A. Johnson, D.B. Davies	1994	81
12	NMR studies of nucleic acids in solution. 2. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of 2'- and 3'-ribonucleotide structures in solution Biochemistry ·D.B. Davies, S. Danyluk	1975	74
13	Chiral Configurations of Cyclophosphazenes Journal of the American Chemical Society ·D.B. Davies, T. Andrew Clayton, Robert E. Eaton, Robert A. Shaw, Anne R. Egan, Michael B. Hursthouse, Georgia Sykara, Iwona Porwolik‐Czomperlik, Mariola Siwy, Krystyna Brandt	2000	65
14	Anomalous NMR Behavior of Meso Compounds with Remote Stereogenic Centers on Addition of Chiral Shift Reagent or Chiral Solvating Agent Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Serap Beşli̇, Simon J. Coles, D.B. Davies, R.J. Eaton, Michael B. Hursthouse, Adem Kılıç, Robert A. Shaw, Gönül Yenilmez Çiftçi, Serkan Yeşi̇lot	2003	59
15	Effect of a mixture of caffeine and nicotinamide on the solubility of vitamin (B2) in aqueous solution European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ·Maxim P. Evstigneev, V. P. Evstigneev, Adrián A. Hernández Santiago, D.B. Davies	2006	54
16	Self-association of the antitumour agent novatrone (mitoxantrone) and its hetero-association with caffeine Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2 ·D.B. Davies, Dennis A. Veselkov, Maxim P. Evstigneev, A. N. Veselkov	2001	53
17	Thermodynamic vs Supramolecular Effects in the Regiocontrol of the Formation of New Cyclotriphosphazene-Containing Chiral Ligands with 1,1‘-Binaphthyl Units: Spiro vs Ansa Substitution at the N₃P₃ Ring Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Krystyna Brandt, Iwona Porwolik‐Czomperlik, Mariola Siwy, Teobald Kupka, Robert A. Shaw, D.B. Davies, Michael B. Hursthouse, Georgia Sykara	1997	50
18	Diastereoisomeric Singly Bridged Cyclophosphazene-Macrocyclic Compounds Inorganic Chemistry ·Iwona Porwolik‐Czomperlik, Krystyna Brandt, T. Andrew Clayton, D.B. Davies, R.J. Eaton, Robert A. Shaw	2002	45
19	¹H NMR investigation of the hetero-association of aromatic molecules in aqueous solution: factors involved in the stabilization of complexes of daunomycin and acridine drugs Molecular Physics ·D.B. Davies, Dennis A. Veselkov, V. V. Kodintsev, Maxim P. Evstigneev, A. N. Veselkov	2000	44
20	Conformation of nucleosides: The comparison of an X-ray diffraction and proton nmr study of 5′,2-O-cyclo, 2′,3′-O-Isopropylidene uridine Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis ·Philip C. Manor, Wolfram Saenger, D.B. Davies, Krzysztof Jankowski, Andrzej Rabczenko	1974	43

About D.B. Davies

D.B. Davies is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, having authored 195 papers that have together received 5.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (64 papers), Organophosphorus compounds synthesis (43 papers), Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis (38 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (22 papers), Synthesis and Reactivity of Sulfur-Containing Compounds (19 papers), Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (18 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (17 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (2.1k citations), Spectroscopy (1.1k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (434 citations), Polymers and Plastics (539 citations) and Molecular Biology (2.4k citations). D.B. Davies has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ukraine and Türkiye. Frequent co-authors include S. Danyluk, A. N. Veselkov, Barbara Mulloy, Maxim P. Evstigneev, Robert A. Shaw, Christopher Jones, Mark J. Forster, Adem Kılıç, Simon J. Coles and Michael B. Hursthouse. Their work appears in journals such as Carbohydrate Research, Polyhedron, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions and Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry.

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