James D. Watson
Impact in
- Aging top 1%
- Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- RNA modifications and cancer
Papers in
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- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 17
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 15
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 11
- RNA modifications and cancer 5
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction 5
- RNA Research and Splicing 4
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- Enzyme Structure and Function 10
- Co-authors
- Francis Crick (13 shared papers)Janet M. Thornton (7 shared papers)Roman A. Laskowski (8 shared papers)A. Tissières (4 shared papers)David Schlessinger (1 shared paper)Alexander Rich (3 shared papers)E. James Milner‐White (2 shared papers)C. G. Kurland (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Molecular Biology (12 papers)Nature (10 papers)Science (6 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 papers)JAMA (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomAustralia
In The Last Decade
James D. Watson
100 papers receiving 9.4k citations
James D. Watson's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 206
- Aging 232
- Molecular Biology 6.7k
- Genetics 1.4k
- Physiology 1.1k
- Ecology 987
Countries citing papers authored by James D. Watson
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Fields of papers citing papers by James D. Watson
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Hit paper breakdown → | 1953 | 1358 |
| 2 | Origin of Concatemeric T7DNA Hit paper breakdown → | 1972 | 1266 |
| 3 | Ribonucleoprotein particles from Escherichia coli Hit paper breakdown → | 1959 | 597 |
| 4 | Molecular structure of nucleic acids Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 593 |
| 5 | ProFunc: a server for predicting protein function from 3D structure Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 513 |
| 6 | Structure of Small Viruses Hit paper breakdown → | 1956 | 486 |
| 7 | Unstable Ribonucleic Acid Revealed by Pulse Labelling of Escherichia Coli Hit paper breakdown → | 1961 | 461 |
| 8 | 1961 | 403 | |
| 9 | 1990 | 325 | |
| 10 | 1954 | 239 | |
| 11 | 2005 | 238 | |
| 12 | Potential Biohazards of Recombinant DNA Molecules Hit paper breakdown → | 1974 | 200 |
| 13 | 1958 | 192 | |
| 14 | 2017 | 178 | |
| 15 | 1963 | 173 | |
| 16 | 2015 | 169 | |
| 17 | 2009 | 168 | |
| 18 | 1993 | 158 | |
| 19 | 2002 | 148 | |
| 20 | 2005 | 148 |
About James D. Watson
James D. Watson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Genetics, Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, having authored 106 papers that have together received 10.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (17 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (11 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 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 (232 citations), Molecular Biology (6.7k citations), Genetics (1.4k citations), Physiology (1.1k citations) and Ecology (987 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, E. James Milner‐White, C. G. Kurland, Robert W. Risebrough and David R. Davies. 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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