David Sankoff
Impact in
- Linguistics and Language top 0.1%
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Language and Linguistics top 0.2%
Papers in
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- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 121
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 20
- DNA and Biological Computing 18
- Genetics 140
- Genome Rearrangement Algorithms 118
- Genetic diversity and population structure 17
- Co-authors
- Joseph B. Kruskal (1 shared paper)Shana Poplack (9 shared papers)Robert Cedergren (20 shared papers)Chunfang Zheng (50 shared papers)Henrietta Cedergren (3 shared papers)Joseph H. Nadeau (12 shared papers)Michael W. Gray (5 shared papers)John Kececioglu (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Computational Biology (13 papers)BMC Bioinformatics (13 papers)BMC Genomics (12 papers)Bioinformatics (9 papers)IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (8 papers)
- Partner nations
- CanadaUnited StatesFrance
In The Last Decade
David Sankoff
275 papers receiving 13.0k citations
David Sankoff's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 202
- Linguistics and Language 2.1k
- Language and Linguistics 1.9k
- Genetics 4.0k
- Molecular Biology 7.5k
- Plant Science 3.3k
Countries citing papers authored by David Sankoff
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Fields of papers citing papers by David Sankoff
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside David Sankoff, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 283 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time Warps, String Edits, and Macromolecules: The Theory and Practice of Sequence Comparison Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 1598 |
| 2 | Polyploidy and angiosperm diversification Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 981 |
| 3 | An ancestral mitochondrial DNA resembling a eubacterial genome in miniature Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 537 |
| 4 | Variable Rules: Performance as a Statistical Reflection of Competence Hit paper breakdown → | 1974 | 461 |
| 5 | 1975 | 437 | |
| 6 | 1985 | 410 | |
| 7 | 1984 | 382 | |
| 8 | 1988 | 363 | |
| 9 | 1992 | 345 | |
| 10 | 2003 | 323 | |
| 11 | 1984 | 302 | |
| 12 | 1981 | 293 | |
| 13 | 1972 | 245 | |
| 14 | 1984 | 244 | |
| 15 | 1995 | 225 | |
| 16 | 1990 | 202 | |
| 17 | 1975 | 199 | |
| 18 | 1997 | 191 | |
| 19 | 2016 | 189 | |
| 20 | 1998 | 186 |
About David Sankoff
David Sankoff is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Artificial Intelligence and Linguistics and Language, having authored 283 papers that have together received 14.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (121 papers), Genome Rearrangement Algorithms (118 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (96 papers), Algorithms and Data Compression (43 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (27 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (20 papers), DNA and Biological Computing (18 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (2.1k citations), Language and Linguistics (1.9k citations), Genetics (4.0k citations), Molecular Biology (7.5k citations) and Plant Science (3.3k citations). David Sankoff has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Joseph B. Kruskal, Shana Poplack, Robert Cedergren, Chunfang Zheng, Henrietta Cedergren, Joseph H. Nadeau, Michael W. Gray, John Kececioglu, Chunfang Zheng and Evan E. Eichler. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Computational Biology, BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Genomics, Bioinformatics and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.
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