Barry Merriman

19.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
94 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Barry Merriman is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Barry Merriman has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Computational Mechanics, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Barry Merriman's work include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (12 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Barry Merriman is often cited by papers focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (12 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Barry Merriman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Barry Merriman's co-authors include Stanley Osher, Ronald Fedkiw, Stanley F. Nelson, Tariq D. Aslam, Myungjoo Kang, Zugen Chen, Hongkai Zhao, Danping Peng, Hongkai Zhao and Steven J. Ruuth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Barry Merriman

93 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

Shotgun bisulphite sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome reveals DNA methylation patterning

2008 1.6k citations Shawn Cokus, Suhua Feng et al. Nature profile →
A Non-oscillatory Eulerian Approach to Interfaces in Multimaterial Flows (the Ghost Fluid Method)

1999 1.5k citations Barry Merriman et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →
A PDE-Based Fast Local Level Set Method

1999 969 citations Barry Merriman et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →
A Variational Level Set Approach to Multiphase Motion

1996 718 citations Barry Merriman et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →
A Level Set Formulation of Eulerian Interface Capturing Methods for Incompressible Fluid Flows

1996 624 citations Barry Merriman et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barry Merriman United States	45	4.0k	2.5k	1.1k	926	875	94	11.0k
Pascal Frey France	58	1.5k 0.4×	3.9k 1.5×	1.9k 1.7×	451 0.5×	166 0.2×	300	12.7k
Linda Petzold United States	55	1.8k 0.5×	3.9k 1.6×	226 0.2×	943 1.0×	175 0.2×	253	12.9k
Harry L. Swinney United States	76	6.3k 1.6×	2.7k 1.1×	369 0.3×	517 0.6×	782 0.9×	260	29.8k
Charles S. Peskin United States	58	12.5k 3.1×	2.9k 1.2×	358 0.3×	549 0.6×	116 0.1×	203	20.8k
Michaël Unser Switzerland	88	5.6k 1.4×	3.4k 1.3×	586 0.5×	595 0.6×	15.7k 17.9×	690	35.2k
Bernd Fischer Germany	64	431 0.1×	6.2k 2.5×	381 0.4×	886 1.0×	974 1.1×	430	18.4k
Stéfan van der Walt United States	11	372 0.1×	1.4k 0.6×	329 0.3×	249 0.3×	844 1.0×	24	11.8k
A. Arnéodo France	58	769 0.2×	3.5k 1.4×	496 0.5×	489 0.5×	912 1.0×	228	10.7k
Pieter Wesseling Netherlands	74	2.3k 0.6×	8.5k 3.4×	81 0.1×	861 0.9×	265 0.3×	386	26.6k
Marcel J. E. Golay United States	18	687 0.2×	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	159 0.2×	898 1.0×	52	17.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Barry Merriman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barry Merriman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barry Merriman

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Smits, Patrick, Andrew D. Bolton, Vincent Funari, et al.. (2010). Lethal Skeletal Dysplasia in Mice and Humans Lacking the Golgin GMAP-210. New England Journal of Medicine. 362(3). 206–216. 106 indexed citations

Homer, Nils, Stanley F. Nelson, & Barry Merriman. (2010). Local alignment of generalized k-base encoded DNA sequence. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 347–347. 1 indexed citations

Clark, Michael J., Nils Homer, Brian D. O’Connor, et al.. (2010). U87MG Decoded: The Genomic Sequence of a Cytogenetically Aberrant Human Cancer Cell Line. PLoS Genetics. 6(1). e1000832–e1000832. 214 indexed citations

Homer, Nils, Barry Merriman, & Stanley F. Nelson. (2009). Local alignment of two-base encoded DNA sequence. BMC Bioinformatics. 10(1). 175–175. 30 indexed citations

Cokus, Shawn, Suhua Feng, Xiaoyu Zhang, et al.. (2008). Shotgun bisulphite sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome reveals DNA methylation patterning. Nature. 452(7184). 215–219. 1647 indexed citations breakdown →

Tompson, Stuart W., Barry Merriman, Vincent Funari, et al.. (2008). A Recessive Skeletal Dysplasia, SEMD Aggrecan Type, Results from a Missense Mutation Affecting the C-Type Lectin Domain of Aggrecan. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 84(1). 72–79. 101 indexed citations

Rock, Matthew J., Jean Prenen, Vincent Funari, et al.. (2008). Gain-of-function mutations in TRPV4 cause autosomal dominant brachyolmia. Nature Genetics. 40(8). 999–1003. 176 indexed citations

Patino, Cecília Maria, Sande O. Okelo, Cynthia S. Rand, et al.. (2008). The Asthma Control and Communication Instrument: A clinical tool developed for ethnically diverse populations. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 122(5). 936–943.e6. 45 indexed citations

Weiss, Clifford R., Edward F. Haponik, Gregory B. Diette, et al.. (2007). Pretest Risk Assessment in Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Academic Radiology. 15(1). 3–14. 16 indexed citations

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Okelo, Sande O., Albert W. Wu, Barry Merriman, Jerry A. Krishnan, & Gregory B. Diette. (2007). Are Physician Estimates of Asthma Severity Less Accurate in Black than in White Patients?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 22(7). 976–981. 29 indexed citations

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Ruuth, Steven J. & Barry Merriman. (2007). A simple embedding method for solving partial differential equations on surfaces. Journal of Computational Physics. 227(3). 1943–1961. 180 indexed citations

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Tso, Cho-Lea, William A. Freije, Allen Day, et al.. (2006). Distinct Transcription Profiles of Primary and Secondary Glioblastoma Subgroups. Cancer Research. 66(1). 159–167. 152 indexed citations

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Krishnan, Vidya, Gregory B. Diette, Cynthia S. Rand, et al.. (2006). Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for Asthma Exacerbations in the United States. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 174(6). 633–638. 156 indexed citations

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Merriman, Barry, et al.. (2006). Repetitive sequence environment distinguishes housekeeping genes. Gene. 390(1-2). 153–165. 44 indexed citations

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Hansel, Nadia N., Barry Merriman, Edward F. Haponik, & Gregory B. Diette. (2004). Hospitalizations for Tuberculosis in the United States in 2000. CHEST Journal. 126(4). 1079–1086. 46 indexed citations

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Lü, Jun, Anita Lal, Barry Merriman, Stan F. Nelson, & Gregory J. Riggins. (2004). A comparison of gene expression profiles produced by SAGE, long SAGE, and oligonucleotide chips. Genomics. 84(4). 631–636. 41 indexed citations

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Stone, Jennifer, Barry Merriman, Rita M. Cantor, et al.. (2004). Evidence for Sex-Specific Risk Alleles in Autism Spectrum Disorder. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 75(6). 1117–1123. 138 indexed citations

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Irizarry, Kristopher, et al.. (2004). The evolution of signaling complexity suggests a mechanism for reducing the genomic search space in human association studies. Molecular Psychiatry. 10(1). 14–26. 8 indexed citations

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Caflisch, Russel E., E Weinan, Mark F. Gyure, Barry Merriman, & Christian Rätsch. (1999). Kinetic model for a step edge in epitaxial growth. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(6). 6879–6887. 58 indexed citations

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Barry, Mary, et al.. (1997). Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm — Can treatment costs and outcomes be predicted by using clinical or physiological parameters?. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 14(6). 487–491. 20 indexed citations

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