W Gilbert

17.4k citations
55 papers · 15.3k · 5 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • RNA Research and Splicing
    • RNA modifications and cancer
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
    • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
    • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genetics top 0.2%
    • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Papers in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 12
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 7
    • DNA Repair Mechanisms 4
    • RNA Research and Splicing 4
    • Protein Structure and Dynamics 4
    • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 5

W Gilbert

54 papers receiving 14.4k citations

W Gilbert's Hit Papers

The RNA world 1986 · 1.6k citations
1.6k0+16+32Years since publication2.5k5.0k7.5k

Peers

W Gilbert
Comparison fields: 5 of 172
  • Molecular Biology 11.1k
  • Genetics 3.2k
  • Plant Science 2.6k
  • Cell Biology 942
  • Immunology 1.1k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside W Gilbert, 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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Genomic sequencing.
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19847766
2
The RNA world
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19861588
3
Contacts between Escherichia coli RNA polymerase and an early promoter of phage T7.
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1980487
4 1994422
5
A bacterial clone synthesizing proinsulin.
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1978411
6 1976382
7 1968336
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Sequence of a mouse germ-line gene for a variable region of an immunoglobulin light chain.
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1978332
9 1987326
10 1968306
11 1995238
12 1967223
13 1989207
14 1977180
15 1994165
16 1980164
17 1980115
18 1977111
19 1982107
20 198399

About W Gilbert

W Gilbert is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Cell Biology and Surgery, having authored 55 papers that have together received 15.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (4 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (11.1k citations), Genetics (3.2k citations), Plant Science (2.6k citations), Cell Biology (942 citations) and Immunology (1.1k citations). W Gilbert has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Japan. Frequent co-authors include George M. Church, Ulrich Siebenlist, Benno Müller‐Hill, David Dressler, Allan M. Maxam, Karen Talmadge, Mark Ptashne, Keith Backman, Richard Tizard and Manyuan Long. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Virology and Journal of Neuroscience.

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