B. G. Barrell

14.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
63 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

B. G. Barrell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, B. G. Barrell has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in B. G. Barrell's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (24 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (16 papers). B. G. Barrell is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (24 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (16 papers). B. G. Barrell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. B. G. Barrell's co-authors include Frederick Sanger, Clyde A. Hutchison, Julian Parkhill, Marie‐Adèle Rajandream, Matthew Berriman, Tim Carver, Gillian M. Air, Alan T. Bankier, Kim Rutherford and William D. Rawlinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

B. G. Barrell

61 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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2005 1.3k citations B. G. Barrell et al. profile →
Analysis of the Protein-Coding Content of the Sequence of Human Cytomegalovirus Strain AD169

1990 1.1k citations M. S. Chee, Alan T. Bankier et al. profile →
Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage φX174 DNA

1977 1.1k citations Frederick Sanger, Gillian M. Air et al. Nature profile →
The nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage φX174

1978 574 citations Frederick Sanger, Alan Coulson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
The sequence of 5 s ribosomal ribonucleic acid

1968 367 citations Frederick Sanger, B. G. Barrell et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
Nucleotide Sequence from the Coat Protein Cistron of R17 Bacteriophage RNA

1969 258 citations Jerry M. Adams, Peter Jeppesen et al. Nature profile →
Nucleotide Sequence of 5S-ribosomal RNA from Escherichia coli

1967 219 citations Frederick Sanger, B. G. Barrell et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. G. Barrell United Kingdom	37	4.9k	3.0k	1.8k	1.4k	915	63	9.1k
Nina Agabian United States	54	4.9k 1.0×	4.1k 1.4×	678 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	537 0.6×	140	8.9k
Bart Barrell United Kingdom	24	2.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	639 0.5×	793 0.9×	37	6.5k
R A Young United States	42	5.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	731 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	59	8.3k
Jay C. Brown United States	46	1.7k 0.3×	4.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	119	6.2k
Magdalene So United States	53	3.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	2.6k 1.9×	882 1.0×	123	8.9k
Karla Kirkegaard United States	52	4.3k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	660 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	824 0.9×	94	9.4k
Thomas D. Otto United Kingdom	45	4.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	929 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	122	8.9k
N Gay United Kingdom	31	4.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	493 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	371 0.4×	47	7.4k
Sergey V. Razin Russia	50	6.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.4×	885 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	413	10.3k
Paul T. Englund United States	59	7.9k 1.6×	6.0k 2.0×	667 0.4×	921 0.7×	670 0.7×	187	12.0k

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Hughes, David J., Anja Kipar, Charles Cunningham, et al.. (2009). Characterization of a novel wood mouse virus related to murid herpesvirus 4. Journal of General Virology. 91(4). 867–879. 28 indexed citations

Keely, Scott P., Ann E. Wakefield, A. George Smulian, et al.. (2001). Detailed Structure of Pneumocystis carinii Chromosome Ends. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 48(s1). 118S–120S. 3 indexed citations

Moore, Karen, Zheng Xiang, Suzanne M. Hurst, et al.. (2001). Subtelomeric sequence from the right arm ofSchizosaccharomyces pombe chromosome I contains seven permease genes. Yeast. 18(4). 355–361. 7 indexed citations

Xiang, Zheng, Valerie Wood, Maire-Ad�le Rajandream, et al.. (2000). The mating-type region ofSchizosaccharomyces pombe h?S 972: sequencing and analysis of 69 kb including the expressedmat1 locus. Yeast. 16(11). 1061–1067.

Smith, Victoria & B. G. Barrell. (1991). Cloning of a yeast U1 snRNP 70K protein homologue: functional conservation of an RNA-binding domain between humans and yeast.. The EMBO Journal. 10(9). 2627–2634. 60 indexed citations

Bankier, Alan T., Stephan Beck, Ruth Böhni, et al.. (1991). The DNA sequence of the human cytomegalovirus genome. DNA sequence. 2(1). 1–11. 69 indexed citations

Martignetti, John A. & B. G. Barrell. (1991). Sequence of the HindIII T fragment of human cytomegalovirus, which encodes a DNA helicase. Journal of General Virology. 72(5). 1113–1121. 8 indexed citations

Smith, Victoria, et al.. (1990). Semiautomated preparation of DNA templates for large-scale sequencing projects. DNA sequence. 1(1). 73–78. 23 indexed citations

Kouzarides, Tony, et al.. (1988). An immediate early gene of human cytomegalovirus encodes a potential membrane glycoprotein. Virology. 165(1). 151–164. 105 indexed citations

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Klages, Sabine, et al.. (1987). Primary structure and transcription of the genes coding for the two virion phosphoproteins pp65 and pp71 of human cytomegalovirus. Journal of Virology. 61(2). 446–453. 133 indexed citations

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Anderson, Stephen, Alan T. Bankier, B. G. Barrell, et al.. (1982). Comparison of the Human and Bovine Mitochondrial Genomes. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 12. 5–43. 31 indexed citations

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Griffin, B. E., E. Soeda, B. G. Barrell, & Rodger Staden. (1980). APPENDIX B Sequence and Analysis of Polyoma Virus DNA. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 843–910. 10 indexed citations

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Godson, G. Nigel, John C. Fiddes, B. G. Barrell, & Frederick Sanger. (1978). Comparative DNA Sequence Analysis of the G4 and ϕ X174 Genomes. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 8. 51–86. 5 indexed citations

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Sanger, Frederick, Alan Coulson, Theodore Friedmann, et al.. (1978). The nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage φX174. Journal of Molecular Biology. 125(2). 225–246. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barrell, B. G., et al.. (1978). Overlapping Genes in Bacteriophages ϕ X174 and G4. Biochemical Society Transactions. 6(1). 63–67. 6 indexed citations

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Sanger, Frederick, Gillian M. Air, B. G. Barrell, et al.. (1977). Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage φX174 DNA. Nature. 265(5596). 687–695. 1087 indexed citations breakdown →

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McClain, William H., B. G. Barrell, & J.G. Seidman. (1975). Nucleotide alterations in bacteriophage T4 serine transfer RNA that affect the conversion of precursor RNA into transfer RNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 99(4). 717–732. 36 indexed citations

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Yarus, Michael & B. G. Barrell. (1971). The sequence of nucleotides in tRNAIle from E. coli B. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 43(4). 729–734. 102 indexed citations

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Nichols, J.L., et al.. (1970). Nucleotide Sequences from Bacteriophage R17 RNA. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 35(0). 13–19. 22 indexed citations

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Adams, Jerry M., Peter Jeppesen, Frederick Sanger, & B. G. Barrell. (1969). Nucleotide Sequence from the Coat Protein Cistron of R17 Bacteriophage RNA. Nature. 223(5210). 1009–1014. 258 indexed citations breakdown →

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