B. Maidak

10.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
23 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

B. Maidak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Maidak has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in B. Maidak's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers). B. Maidak is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers). B. Maidak collaborates with scholars based in United States. B. Maidak's co-authors include C R Woese, Ross Overbeek, N. Larsen, Terence L. Marsh, Noah B. Larsen, Thomas J. Macke, Richard M. Weinshilboum, J.M. Tiedje, Bo Li and Thomas M. Schmidt and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

B. Maidak

23 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

The RDP (Ribosomal Database Project) 1993 2026 2004 2015 1997 1993 2001 1999 2000 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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. The RDP (Ribosomal Database Project)
    1997 1.8k citations B. Maidak, N. Larsen et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  2. The ribosomal database project
    1993 1.4k citations Noah B. Larsen, B. Maidak et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  3. The RDP-II (Ribosomal Database Project)
    2001 1.1k citations B. Maidak Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  4. A new version of the RDP (Ribosomal Database Project)
    1999 840 citations B. Maidak, James R. Cole et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  5. The RDP (Ribosomal Database Project) continues
    2000 585 citations B. Maidak Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B. Maidak United States 14 4.0k 3.1k 1.0k 812 744 23 7.1k
Niall Gormley United Kingdom 22 3.7k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 783 0.7× 544 0.7× 1000 1.3× 36 8.3k
Philip LoCascio United States 6 5.1k 1.3× 3.9k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 741 0.9× 1.2k 1.6× 10 8.5k
Daniel Dalevi United States 15 5.1k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 863 0.8× 636 0.8× 969 1.3× 27 9.4k
Jason Betley United Kingdom 12 3.6k 0.9× 2.5k 0.8× 804 0.8× 547 0.7× 982 1.3× 16 7.9k
Brett M. Goebel Australia 10 5.7k 1.4× 4.4k 1.4× 647 0.6× 856 1.1× 1.3k 1.8× 11 9.0k
Hiroshi Oyaizu Japan 43 4.1k 1.0× 2.4k 0.8× 896 0.9× 793 1.0× 2.6k 3.5× 103 8.4k
N. Larsen Denmark 14 6.7k 1.7× 4.2k 1.4× 1.3k 1.2× 953 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 22 12.2k
Mark Rojas United States 11 4.6k 1.2× 2.8k 0.9× 822 0.8× 604 0.7× 870 1.2× 15 8.9k
Chi-Man Liu Hong Kong 8 3.6k 0.9× 2.8k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 615 0.8× 1.0k 1.4× 13 7.4k
Doug Hyatt United States 8 5.3k 1.3× 4.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 817 1.0× 1.2k 1.6× 12 8.7k

Countries citing papers authored by B. Maidak

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Fields of papers citing papers by B. Maidak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by B. Maidak. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by B. Maidak. The network helps show where B. Maidak may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Maidak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. Maidak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. Maidak 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 B. Maidak. B. Maidak 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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Maidak, B.. (2001). The RDP-II (Ribosomal Database Project). Nucleic Acids Research. 29(1). 173–174. 1088 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maidak, B.. (2000). The RDP (Ribosomal Database Project) continues. Nucleic Acids Research. 28(1). 173–174. 585 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Maidak, B., James R. Cole, Charles Thomas Parker, et al.. (1999). A new version of the RDP (Ribosomal Database Project). Nucleic Acids Research. 27(1). 171–173. 840 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maidak, B., et al.. (1997). The RDP (Ribosomal Database Project). Nucleic Acids Research. 25(1). 109–110. 1831 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maidak, B.. (1996). The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP). Nucleic Acids Research. 24(1). 82–85. 480 indexed citations
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Maidak, B., Niels B. Larsen, Michael J. McCaughey, et al.. (1994). The Ribosomal Database project. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(17). 3485–3487. 374 indexed citations
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Larsen, Noah B., et al.. (1993). The ribosomal database project. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(13). 3021–3023. 1370 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pearson, P., et al.. (1991). The Human Genome Initiative—Do Databases Reflect Current Progress?. Science. 254(5029). 214–215. 13 indexed citations
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Maidak, B., et al.. (1991). The human genome initiative--do databases reflect current progress?. Science. 254(5029). 214–215. 1 indexed citations
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Williamson, R., A. Bowcock, K.K. Kidd, et al.. (1991). Report of the DNA committee and catalogues of cloned and mapped genes, markers formatted for PCR and DNA polymorphisms (Part 24 of 27). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 58(3-4). 1790–1800. 1 indexed citations
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Williamson, R., A. Bowcock, K.K. Kidd, et al.. (1991). Report of the DNA committee and catalogues of cloned and mapped genes, markers formatted for PCR and DNA polymorphisms (Part 16 of 27). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 58(3-4). 1685–1705. 1 indexed citations
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Williamson, R., A. Bowcock, K.K. Kidd, et al.. (1991). Report of the DNA committee and catalogues of cloned and mapped genes, markers formatted for PCR and DNA polymorphisms (Part 21 of 27). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 58(3-4). 1764–1767. 1 indexed citations
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Williamson, R., A. Bowcock, K.K. Kidd, et al.. (1991). Report of the DNA committee and catalogues of cloned and mapped genes, markers formatted for PCR and DNA polymorphisms (Part 1 of 27). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 58(3-4). 1190–1211. 91 indexed citations
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Szumlanski, Carol L., et al.. (1990). Human liver catechol-O-methyltransferase pharmacogenetics. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 48(4). 381–389. 215 indexed citations
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Williamson, R., A. Bowcock, K.K. Kidd, et al.. (1990). Report of the DNA committee and catalogues of cloned and mapped genes and DNA polymorphisms (Part 1 of 14). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 55(1-4). 457–472. 49 indexed citations
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Williamson, R., A. Bowcock, K.K. Kidd, et al.. (1990). Report of the DNA committee and catalogues of cloned and mapped genes and DNA polymorphisms (Part 9 of 14). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 55(1-4). 693–713. 2 indexed citations
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Price, R. Arlen, et al.. (1989). Genetic polymorphism for human platelet thermostable phenol sulfotransferase (TS PST) activity.. Genetics. 122(4). 905–914. 60 indexed citations
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Price, R. Arlen, Nancy J. Cox, Richard S. Spielman, et al.. (1988). Inheritance of human platelet thermolabile phenol sulfotransferase (TL PST) activity. Genetic Epidemiology. 5(1). 1–15. 43 indexed citations
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Nurok, David, et al.. (1984). Separation of complex mixtures by parallel development thin-layer chromatography. Analytical Chemistry. 56(2). 293–297. 13 indexed citations
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Maidak, B., et al.. (1983). Separation of steroid mixtures by time‐optimized thin layer chromatography. Journal of High Resolution Chromatography. 6(11). 627–628. 5 indexed citations

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