Aaron Novick

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Aaron Novick is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Novick has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Aaron Novick's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (7 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (6 papers). Aaron Novick is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (7 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (6 papers). Aaron Novick collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. Aaron Novick's co-authors include John R. Sadler, Leo Szilard, Tadao Horiuchi, Walton L. Fangman, Jun-ichi Tomizawa, Victor A. Fried, W. Ford Doolittle, T. Horiuchi, Takahiko Horiuchi and B. Guttman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Novick

38 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

ENZYME INDUCTION AS AN ALL-OR-NONE PHENOMENON 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. ENZYME INDUCTION AS AN ALL-OR-NONE PHENOMENON
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aaron Novick United States 18 1.5k 756 247 158 132 39 2.0k
R. H. Pritchard United Kingdom 26 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 384 1.6× 108 0.7× 249 1.9× 54 2.3k
Scott Cayley United States 10 929 0.6× 431 0.6× 194 0.8× 198 1.3× 64 0.5× 10 1.2k
Arnold Revzin United States 22 2.9k 1.9× 1.1k 1.4× 349 1.4× 101 0.6× 199 1.5× 34 3.3k
J R Beckwith United States 14 1.1k 0.7× 687 0.9× 306 1.2× 148 0.9× 114 0.9× 14 1.4k
Leslie Barnett United Kingdom 15 2.0k 1.4× 547 0.7× 534 2.2× 213 1.3× 204 1.5× 16 2.6k
Bernard Labedan France 23 1.2k 0.8× 401 0.5× 475 1.9× 223 1.4× 171 1.3× 58 1.6k
Pierre Sáutière France 28 1.7k 1.1× 721 1.0× 123 0.5× 104 0.7× 126 1.0× 106 2.4k
T. Hastings Wilson United States 30 1.5k 1.0× 678 0.9× 136 0.6× 280 1.8× 180 1.4× 68 2.3k
Herbert L. Ennis United States 28 1.7k 1.1× 495 0.7× 277 1.1× 121 0.8× 243 1.8× 109 2.5k
Piero Cammarano Italy 23 1.2k 0.8× 275 0.4× 276 1.1× 187 1.2× 151 1.1× 71 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aaron Novick

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron Novick

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aaron Novick. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aaron Novick based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aaron Novick. Aaron Novick is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Novick, Aaron & W. Ford Doolittle. (2021). ‘Species’ without species. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 87. 72–80. 20 indexed citations
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Wideman, Jeremy G., Aaron Novick, Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez, & W. Ford Doolittle. (2019). Neutral evolution of cellular phenotypes. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 58-59. 87–94. 19 indexed citations
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Novick, Aaron, et al.. (2019). Kon-Tiki Experiments. Philosophy of Science. 87(2). 213–236. 5 indexed citations
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Novick, Aaron. (2018). A Reappraisal of Charles Darwin’s Engagement with the Work of William Sharp Macleay. Journal of the History of Biology. 52(2). 245–270. 4 indexed citations
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Novick, Aaron, et al.. (2018). Presume It Not: True Causes in the Search for the Basis of Heredity. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 71(1). 59–86. 7 indexed citations
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Lehtinen, Richard M., et al.. (2016). Reassessing the Conservation Status of an Island Endemic Frog. Journal of Herpetology. 50(2). 249–255. 1 indexed citations
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Novick, Aaron. (2016). Metaphysics and the Vera Causa Ideal: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. Erkenntnis. 82(5). 1161–1176. 7 indexed citations
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Novick, Aaron. (2015). On the Origins of the Quinarian System of Classification. Journal of the History of Biology. 49(1). 95–133. 12 indexed citations
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Barbour, Stephen D., Carol A. Gross, & Aaron Novick. (1968). Growth-instability of repressor. Journal of Molecular Biology. 33(3). 967–969. 13 indexed citations
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Fangman, Walton L. & Aaron Novick. (1968). CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO BACTERIAL MUTANTS WITH TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE SYNTHESIS OF DNA. Genetics. 60(1). 1–17. 88 indexed citations
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Fangman, Walton L., Carol A. Gross, & Aaron Novick. (1967). Continuation of basal enzyme synthesis after cessation of DNA synthesis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 29(2). 317–320. 6 indexed citations
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Fangman, Walton L. & Aaron Novick. (1966). Mutant bacteria showing efficient utilization of thymidine. Journal of Bacteriology. 91(6). 2390–2391. 46 indexed citations
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Sadler, John R. & Aaron Novick. (1965). The properties of repressor and the kinetics of its action. Journal of Molecular Biology. 12(2). 305–327. 216 indexed citations
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Novick, Aaron, et al.. (1965). The non-inducibility of repressor formation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 12(2). 328–330. 12 indexed citations
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Guttman, B. & Aaron Novick. (1963). A Messenger RNA for  -Galactosidase in Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 28(0). 373–374. 16 indexed citations
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Novick, Aaron, et al.. (1963). Relationship between Rate of Enzyme Synthesis and Repressor Level. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 28(0). 397–401. 8 indexed citations
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Horiuchi, Tadao, Jun-ichi Tomizawa, & Aaron Novick. (1962). Isolation and properties of bacteria capable of high rates of β-galactosidase synthesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 55(1-2). 152–163. 151 indexed citations
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Horiuchi, Takahiko & Aaron Novick. (1961). A Thermolabile Repression System. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 26(0). 247–248. 18 indexed citations
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Novick, Aaron & T. Horiuchi. (1961). Hyper-Production of  -Galactosidase by Escherichia coli Bacteria. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 26(0). 239–245. 42 indexed citations

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