W. Ford Doolittle
Impact in
- Molecular Biology top 0.1%
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Ecology top 0.1%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Papers in
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- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 133
- Protist diversity and phylogeny 67
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 62
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 31
- Ecology 99
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 74
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 25
- Co-authors
- Carmen Sapienza (6 shared papers)James R. Brown (9 shared papers)Sandra L. Baldauf (6 shared papers)Patrick J. Keeling (15 shared papers)Michael W. Gray (9 shared papers)Andrew J. Roger (7 shared papers)J. Peter Gogarten (5 shared papers)R. Thane Papke (13 shared papers)
- Journals
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (28 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (22 papers)Current Biology (21 papers)Molecular Biology and Evolution (15 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (13 papers)
- Partner nations
- CanadaUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
W. Ford Doolittle
287 papers receiving 21.7k citations
W. Ford Doolittle's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 188
- Molecular Biology 16.5k
- Ecology 6.4k
- Genetics 4.4k
- Parasitology 863
- Endocrinology 632
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 289 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selfish genes, the phenotype paradigm and genome evolution Hit paper breakdown → | 1980 | 1325 |
| 2 | Phylogenetic Classification and the Universal Tree Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 1235 |
| 3 | A Kingdom-Level Phylogeny of Eukaryotes Based on Combined Protein Data Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 911 |
| 4 | Prokaryotic Evolution in Light of Gene Transfer Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 720 |
| 5 | 2006 | 446 | |
| 6 | 1998 | 427 | |
| 7 | 2006 | 423 | |
| 8 | 1999 | 390 | |
| 9 | 1978 | 359 | |
| 10 | 1997 | 338 | |
| 11 | 2007 | 326 | |
| 12 | Has the endosymbiont hypothesis been proven? Hit paper breakdown → | 1982 | 320 |
| 13 | 2003 | 299 | |
| 14 | 1995 | 298 | |
| 15 | 2013 | 278 | |
| 16 | 1989 | 260 | |
| 17 | 2006 | 253 | |
| 18 | 1996 | 250 | |
| 19 | 2005 | 245 | |
| 20 | 1997 | 235 |
About W. Ford Doolittle
W. Ford Doolittle is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Plant Science and Materials Chemistry, having authored 289 papers that have together received 22.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (133 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (74 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (67 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (62 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (31 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (29 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (26 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (25 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (16.5k citations), Ecology (6.4k citations), Genetics (4.4k citations), Parasitology (863 citations) and Endocrinology (632 citations). W. Ford Doolittle has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Carmen Sapienza, James R. Brown, Sandra L. Baldauf, Patrick J. Keeling, Michael W. Gray, Andrew J. Roger, J. Peter Gogarten, R. Thane Papke, Olga Zhaxybayeva and Camilla Nesbø. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Bacteriology, Current Biology, Molecular Biology and Evolution and Nucleic Acids Research.
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