Ben F. Koop

20.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
251 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Ben F. Koop is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben F. Koop has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Genetics, 92 papers in Molecular Biology and 71 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ben F. Koop's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (60 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (45 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (37 papers). Ben F. Koop is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (60 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (45 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (37 papers). Ben F. Koop collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Norway. Ben F. Koop's co-authors include William S. Davidson, Leroy Hood, Kristian R. von Schalburg, Jong S. Leong, Jerry L. Slightom, Lee Rowen, Glenn A. Cooper, Morris Goodman, Danilo A. Tagle and Simon R. M. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ben F. Koop

247 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identification of Sonic hedgehog as a candidate gene responsible for holoprosencephaly

1996 501 citations Ben F. Koop, Duane W. Martindale et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben F. Koop Canada	60	5.5k	4.0k	3.2k	1.8k	1.1k	251	12.1k
Angel Amores United States	32	7.5k 1.4×	6.4k 1.6×	713 0.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	54	13.5k
Michael J. Smith Canada	70	11.3k 2.0×	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	2.7k 1.5×	980 0.9×	271	18.9k
Chris T. Amemiya United States	51	7.0k 1.3×	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	581 0.3×	633 0.6×	157	11.2k
William J. Murphy United States	54	5.6k 1.0×	4.6k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.3×	619 0.5×	150	14.4k
Manfred Schartl Germany	73	8.7k 1.6×	10.4k 2.6×	1.6k 0.5×	999 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	450	19.1k
Rob DeSalle United States	74	6.8k 1.2×	5.8k 1.4×	732 0.2×	4.0k 2.2×	2.1k 1.8×	337	17.9k
John H. Postlethwait United States	75	14.9k 2.7×	9.0k 2.2×	2.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	315	25.0k
François Bonhomme France	68	3.9k 0.7×	7.5k 1.9×	937 0.3×	4.5k 2.5×	1.9k 1.7×	335	15.2k
Rafael Zardoya Spain	58	6.4k 1.2×	3.6k 0.9×	582 0.2×	2.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.8×	147	12.5k
Peter W. H. Holland United Kingdom	62	9.3k 1.7×	3.7k 0.9×	573 0.2×	1.3k 0.7×	667 0.6×	217	14.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben F. Koop

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben F. Koop

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Christensen, Kris A., Dionne Sakhrani, Carlo A. Biagi, et al.. (2024). Revealing the evolutionary history and contemporary population structure of Pacific salmon in the Fraser River through genome resequencing. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(10). 2 indexed citations

Crossman, James A., et al.. (2024). Development of eDNA Protocols for Detection of Endangered White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) in the Wild. Environmental DNA. 6(5). 3 indexed citations

Christensen, Kris A., et al.. (2023). Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) chromosome-level genome assembly. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 13(7). 2 indexed citations

Xuereb, Amanda, Quentin Rougemont, Jean‐Sébastien Moore, et al.. (2022). Re‐evaluating Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) conservation units in Canada using genomic data. Evolutionary Applications. 15(11). 1925–1944. 15 indexed citations

Rougemont, Quentin, Amanda Xuereb, Jean‐Sébastien Moore, et al.. (2022). Long‐distance migration is a major factor driving local adaptation at continental scale in Coho salmon. Molecular Ecology. 32(3). 542–559. 17 indexed citations

Roche, T., M. C. Thompson, Martin Griswold, et al.. (2018). Magnetic diagnostic suite of the C-2W field-reversed configuration experiment. Review of Scientific Instruments. 89(10). 10J107–10J107. 7 indexed citations

Griswold, Martin, et al.. (2018). Particle and heat flux diagnostics on the C-2W divertor electrodes. Review of Scientific Instruments. 89(10). 10J110–10J110. 5 indexed citations

Luyer, Jérémy Le, Martin Laporte, Terry D. Beacham, et al.. (2017). Parallel epigenetic modifications induced by hatchery rearing in a Pacific salmon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(49). 12964–12969. 153 indexed citations

Sun, Baojian, et al.. (2014). Atlantic salmon possesses two clusters of type I interferon receptor genes on different chromosomes, which allows for a larger repertoire of interferon receptors than in zebrafish and mammals. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 47(2). 275–286. 41 indexed citations

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Jantzen, Stuart G, et al.. (2011). A 44K microarray dataset of the changing transcriptome in developing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). BMC Research Notes. 4(1). 88–88. 38 indexed citations

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Tardif, Steve, Michael D. Wilson, Rebecca E. Wagner, et al.. (2010). Zonadhesin Is Essential for Species Specificity of Sperm Adhesion to the Egg Zona Pellucida. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(32). 24863–24870. 62 indexed citations

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Ciborowski, Kate L., Krzysztof P. Lubieniecki, William Chow, et al.. (2009). Genomic Organization and Evolution of the Vomeronasal Type 2 Receptor-Like (OlfC) Gene Clusters in Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26(5). 1117–1125. 23 indexed citations

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Wright, Jeremy J., Krzysztof P. Lubieniecki, Serena Ng, et al.. (2007). Sixteen Type 1 polymorphic microsatellite markers from Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) expressed sequence tags. Animal Genetics. 39(1). 84–85. 6 indexed citations

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Montpetit, Alexandre, Michael D. Wilson, Mario Chevrette, Ben F. Koop, & Daniel Sinnett. (2003). Analysis of the conservation of synteny between Fugu and human chromosome 12. BMC Genomics. 4(1). 30–30. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, Christian T., R. John Nelson, Chris M. Wood, & Ben F. Koop. (2001). Glacial biogeography of North American coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Molecular Ecology. 10(12). 2775–2785. 61 indexed citations

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Wolvers-Tettero, I L, et al.. (1999). Easy detection of all T cell receptor gamma (TCRG) gene rearrangements by Southern blot analysis: recommendations for optimal results. Leukemia. 13(10). 1620–1626. 28 indexed citations

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Smith, Christian T., Ben F. Koop, & Randy J. Nelson. (1998). Isolation and characterization of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) microsatellites and their use in other salmonids.. PubMed. 7(11). 1614–6. 119 indexed citations

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Funkhouser, W. D., Ben F. Koop, Patrick Charmley, et al.. (1997). Evolution and Selection of Primate T Cell Antigen Receptor BV8 Gene Subfamily. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 8(1). 51–64. 6 indexed citations

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Koop, Ben F., et al.. (1997). Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and fishery in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Ekologia Polska. 45(1). 287–294. 1 indexed citations

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Hood, Leroy, Lee Rowen, & Ben F. Koop. (1995). Human and Mouse T‐Cell Receptor Loci: Genomics, Evolution, Diversity, and Serendipity^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 758(1). 390–412. 24 indexed citations

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