James D. Watson

17.6k citations
113 papers · 11.4k · 8 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

  • Aging top 1%
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
    • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
    • Protein Structure and Dynamics

Papers in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 18
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 16
    • Protein Structure and Dynamics 13
    • RNA modifications and cancer 5
    • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction 5
    • RNA Research and Splicing 4
    • Enzyme Structure and Function 11

James D. Watson

105 papers receiving 10.4k citations

James D. Watson's Hit Papers

ProFunc: a server for predicting protein function from 3D structure 2005 · 535 citations
5350+24+48Years since publication50010001.5k

Peers

James D. Watson
Comparison fields: 5 of 212
  • Aging 259
  • Molecular Biology 7.5k
  • Genetics 1.6k
  • Physiology 1.2k
  • Ecology 1.1k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside James D. Watson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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19531608
2
Origin of Concatemeric T7DNA
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19721363
3
Ribonucleoprotein particles from Escherichia coli
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1959630
4
Molecular structure of nucleic acids
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2004601
5
Structure of Small Viruses
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1956558
6
ProFunc: a server for predicting protein function from 3D structure
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2005535
7
Unstable Ribonucleic Acid Revealed by Pulse Labelling of Escherichia Coli
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1961520
8 1961430
9 1990382
10 1954307
11 2005256
12
Potential Biohazards of Recombinant DNA Molecules
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1974247
13 1958212
14 1963202
15 2015189
16 2017188
17 1993186
18 2009173
19 2017163
20 2005163

About James D. Watson

James D. Watson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Genetics, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, having authored 113 papers that have together received 11.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (5 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (259 citations), Molecular Biology (7.5k citations), Genetics (1.6k citations), Physiology (1.2k citations) and Ecology (1.1k citations). James D. Watson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Francis Crick, Janet M. Thornton, Roman A. Laskowski, A. Tissières, David Schlessinger, Alexander Rich, C. G. Kurland, Robert W. Risebrough, Howard H. Hiatt and E. James Milner‐White. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Molecular Biology, Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

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