Alan Coulson

136.2k citations
56 papers · 85.2k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

  • Aging top 0.05%
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
    • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
    • RNA modifications and cancer
    • RNA Research and Splicing
    • Fungal and yeast genetics research

Papers in

    • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms 22
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 21
    • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 16
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 9
    • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 5
    • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 5

Alan Coulson

56 papers receiving 80.6k citations

Hit Papers

mec-7 is a beta-tubulin gene required for the production of 15-protofilament microtubules in Caenorhabditis elegans. 1989 · 247 citations
247197520261992200920.0k40.0k60.0k

Peers

Alan Coulson
Comparison fields: 5 of 212
  • Aging 1.8k
  • Molecular Biology 58.3k
  • Genetics 19.3k
  • Clinical Biochemistry 3.4k
  • Endocrinology 2.0k
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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Alan Coulson, 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

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 2010119
2 2003329
3
Functional genomic analysis of cellular morphology using high-throughput RNAi screens
20021
4 20001
5 200055
6 199619
7 199529
8 1992295
9 1992396
10 199226
11 199197
12 1989168
13 1988104
14
Genome linking with yeast artificial chromosomes
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1988371
15 198859
16 1988110
17 198342
18 198231
19 197812
20
The use of thin acrylamide gels for DNA sequencing
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19781369

About Alan Coulson

Alan Coulson is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, having authored 56 papers that have together received 85.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (22 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (16 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (16 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (1.8k citations), Molecular Biology (58.3k citations), Genetics (19.3k citations), Clinical Biochemistry (3.4k citations) and Endocrinology (2.0k citations). Alan Coulson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Frederick Sanger, B. G. Barrell, B.A. Roe, Andrew J.H. Smith, Ian G. Young, Ian C. Eperon, Stephen K. Anderson, M.H.L. de Bruijn, Rodger Staden and Peter Schreier. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Molecular Biology, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Genetics and Nucleic Acids Research.

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