Robert W. Simons
Impact in
- Genetics top 0.5%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Endocrinology top 1%
Papers in
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- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 32
- RNA Research and Splicing 9
- RNA regulation and disease 7
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction 6
- RNA modifications and cancer 6
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 6
- Genetics 26
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 24
- Co-authors
- Nancy Kleckner (9 shared papers)E. Gerhart H. Wagner (1 shared paper)Elizabeth L. Simons (10 shared papers)W D Nunn (5 shared papers)Rudolf K. Beran (2 shared papers)James Matsunaga (4 shared papers)Cuiqing Ma (1 shared paper)Philip Egan (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Molecular Microbiology (10 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (4 papers)Gene (4 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (3 papers)The EMBO Journal (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomCanada
In The Last Decade
Robert W. Simons
50 papers receiving 4.4k citations
Robert W. Simons's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 104
- Genetics 2.4k
- Endocrinology 412
- Molecular Biology 3.6k
- Ecology 1.3k
- Molecular Medicine 196
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Improved single and multicopy lac-based cloning vectors for protein and operon fusions Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 1462 |
| 2 | 1994 | 372 | |
| 3 | 1983 | 318 | |
| 4 | 2002 | 214 | |
| 5 | 2004 | 170 | |
| 6 | 1988 | 157 | |
| 7 | 2004 | 149 | |
| 8 | 1983 | 134 | |
| 9 | 1982 | 119 | |
| 10 | 1996 | 112 | |
| 11 | 1981 | 93 | |
| 12 | 1978 | 92 | |
| 13 | 1980 | 92 | |
| 14 | 1989 | 92 | |
| 15 | 1988 | 90 | |
| 16 | 1990 | 78 | |
| 17 | 1990 | 75 | |
| 18 | 2001 | 72 | |
| 19 | RNase III autoregulation: structure and function of rncO, the posttranscriptional "operator". | 1996 | 57 |
| 20 | 1993 | 51 |
About Robert W. Simons
Robert W. Simons is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Plant Science and Epidemiology, having authored 53 papers that have together received 4.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (24 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), RNA regulation and disease (7 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (6 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (2.4k citations), Endocrinology (412 citations), Molecular Biology (3.6k citations), Ecology (1.3k citations) and Molecular Medicine (196 citations). Robert W. Simons has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Nancy Kleckner, E. Gerhart H. Wagner, Elizabeth L. Simons, W D Nunn, Rudolf K. Beran, James Matsunaga, Cuiqing Ma, Philip Egan, Sergei Doulatov and Jeff F. Miller. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, Gene, Journal of Molecular Biology and The EMBO Journal.
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