Robert W. Simons
Impact in
- Genetics top 0.5%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Endocrinology top 2%
- Escherichia coli research studies
Papers in
- Genetics 37
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 37
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- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 13
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 2
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 1
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research 1
- Co-authors
- Nancy E. Kleckner (9 shared papers)E. Gerhart H. Wagner (1 shared paper)Elizabeth L. Simons (10 shared papers)William D. Nunn (6 shared papers)James Matsunaga (4 shared papers)Cuiqing Ma (1 shared paper)Sergei R. Doulatov (2 shared papers)Rajendar Deora (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Molecular Microbiology (10 papers)Gene (4 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (4 papers)The EMBO Journal (3 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomMexico
In The Last Decade
Robert W. Simons
45 papers receiving 4.2k citations
Robert W. Simons's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 81
- Genetics 2.7k
- Endocrinology 195
- Biochemistry 173
- Molecular Biology 1.6k
- Ecology 388
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 47 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Improved single and multicopy lac-based cloning vectors for protein and operon fusions Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 1431 |
| 2 | 1994 | 364 | |
| 3 | 1983 | 307 | |
| 4 | 2002 | 219 | |
| 5 | 2004 | 167 | |
| 6 | 1988 | 152 | |
| 7 | 2004 | 150 | |
| 8 | 1983 | 133 | |
| 9 | 1982 | 115 | |
| 10 | 1996 | 106 | |
| 11 | 1978 | 93 | |
| 12 | 1980 | 92 | |
| 13 | 1981 | 92 | |
| 14 | 1989 | 90 | |
| 15 | 1988 | 86 | |
| 16 | 1990 | 75 | |
| 17 | 1990 | 73 | |
| 18 | 2001 | 71 | |
| 19 | RNase III autoregulation: structure and function of rncO, the posttranscriptional "operator". | 1996 | 57 |
| 20 | 1979 | 50 |
About Robert W. Simons
Robert W. Simons is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Ecology and Animal Science and Zoology, having authored 47 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (37 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (3 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (2 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (1 paper), Animal Virus Infections Studies (1 paper) and Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (2.7k citations), Endocrinology (195 citations), Biochemistry (173 citations), Molecular Biology (1.6k citations) and Ecology (388 citations). Robert W. Simons has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include Nancy E. Kleckner, E. Gerhart H. Wagner, Elizabeth L. Simons, William D. Nunn, James Matsunaga, Cuiqing Ma, Sergei R. Doulatov, Rajendar Deora, Minghsun Liu and Jeff F. Miller. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Microbiology, Gene, Journal of Bacteriology, The EMBO Journal and Journal of Molecular Biology.
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