Ben Jackson

16.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Ben Jackson is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Jackson has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Genetics, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ben Jackson's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (14 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (7 papers). Ben Jackson is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (14 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (7 papers). Ben Jackson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Ben Jackson's co-authors include Andrew Rambaut, William T. Harvey, David L. Robertson, Alessandro M. Carabelli, Sharon J. Peacock, Richard Reeve, Ravindra K. Gupta, Emma C. Thomson, Ewan M. Harrison and Catherine Ludden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Ben Jackson

37 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape

2021 2.1k citations William T. Harvey, Alessandro M. Carabelli et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Assignment of epidemiological lineages in an emerging pandemic using the pangolin tool

2021 551 citations Áine O’Toole, Emily Scher et al. Virus Evolution profile →
Precision engineering for PRRSV resistance in pigs: Macrophages from genome edited pigs lacking CD163 SRCR5 domain are fully resistant to both PRRSV genotypes while maintaining biological function

2017 271 citations Christine Tait‐Burkard, Simon Lillico et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Jackson United Kingdom	17	2.5k	1.3k	767	491	311	38	3.8k
Kristian G. Andersen United States	30	1.7k 0.7×	995 0.8×	588 0.8×	231 0.5×	177 0.6×	56	3.8k
Richard Orton United Kingdom	29	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	305 0.4×	349 0.7×	358 1.2×	82	3.4k
Steven G. Widen United States	35	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	303 0.4×	196 0.4×	126 0.4×	112	3.9k
Martin H. Groschup Germany	55	4.3k 1.7×	5.2k 4.1×	350 0.5×	297 0.6×	182 0.6×	375	10.4k
Rachele Cagliani Italy	31	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	606 0.8×	329 0.7×	158 0.5×	139	3.6k
Timothy B. Stockwell United States	34	1.3k 0.5×	2.0k 1.5×	802 1.0×	314 0.6×	534 1.7×	63	4.5k
Vikram Misra Canada	39	1.4k 0.6×	922 0.7×	875 1.1×	420 0.9×	280 0.9×	123	4.5k
Steven Weaver United States	20	757 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	686 0.9×	238 0.5×	449 1.4×	33	2.9k
Paul Bates United States	42	3.4k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	759 1.5×	169 0.5×	66	6.4k
Caroline R. Astell Canada	33	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.6k 2.1×	742 1.5×	262 0.8×	62	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Jackson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Jackson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Jackson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Almeida, Miguel Vasconcelos, Moritz Blumer, Bettina Fischer, et al.. (2025). Lake Malawi cichlid pangenome graph reveals extensive structural variation driven by transposable elements. Genome Research. 35(5). 1094–1107. 3 indexed citations

Brito, Rory Cristiane Fortes de, Ben Jackson, Miriam Pedrera, et al.. (2025). A centralised immunogen approach to develop a more broadly protective modified live porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus 1 vaccine candidate. npj Vaccines. 10(1). 129–129. 1 indexed citations

Childs, Kay, et al.. (2023). The Identification of Host Proteins That Interact with Non-Structural Proteins-1α and -1β of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus-1. Viruses. 15(12). 2445–2445. 2 indexed citations

Kamble, Nitin Machindra, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of Marek’s Disease Virus Replication and Spread by 25-hydroxycholesterol and 27-hydroxycholesterol In Vitro. Viruses. 15(8). 1652–1652. 1 indexed citations

Jackson, Ben, et al.. (2022). Estimating the rates of crossover and gene conversion from individual genomes. Genetics. 222(1). 4 indexed citations

O’Toole, Áine, Verity Hill, Ben Jackson, et al.. (2022). Genomics-informed outbreak investigations of SARS-CoV-2 using civet. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(12). e0000704–e0000704. 13 indexed citations

Jackson, Ben, Kay Childs, Nanchaya Wanasen, et al.. (2022). Analysis of porcine bone marrow-derived macrophage cytokine responses to infection with PRRSV-1 strains of differing virulence. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2.

Jackson, Ben & Brian Charlesworth. (2021). Evidence for a force favoring GC over AT at short intronic sites in Drosophila simulans and Drosophila melanogaster. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(9). 5 indexed citations

O’Toole, Áine, Emily Scher, Anthony Underwood, et al.. (2021). Assignment of epidemiological lineages in an emerging pandemic using the pangolin tool. Virus Evolution. 7(2). veab064–veab064. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harvey, William T., Alessandro M. Carabelli, Ben Jackson, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 19(7). 409–424. 2122 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Toole, Áine, Emily Scher, Anthony Underwood, et al.. (2021). Assignment of Epidemiological Lineages in an Emerging Pandemic Using the Pangolin Tool. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 1 indexed citations

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Jackson, Ben, et al.. (2020). Nuclear Hormone Receptors and Their Ligands: Metabolites in Control of Transcription. Cells. 9(12). 2606–2606. 22 indexed citations

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Becher, Hannes, Ben Jackson, & Brian Charlesworth. (2019). Patterns of Genetic Variability in Genomic Regions with Low Rates of Recombination. Current Biology. 30(1). 94–100.e3. 35 indexed citations

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Charlesworth, Brian, José Luis Campos, & Ben Jackson. (2018). Faster‐X evolution: Theory and evidence from Drosophila. Molecular Ecology. 27(19). 3753–3771. 66 indexed citations

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Keightley, Peter D. & Ben Jackson. (2018). Inferring the Probability of the Derived vs. the Ancestral Allelic State at a Polymorphic Site. Genetics. 209(3). 897–906. 75 indexed citations

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Tait‐Burkard, Christine, Simon Lillico, Elizabeth Reid, et al.. (2017). Precision engineering for PRRSV resistance in pigs: Macrophages from genome edited pigs lacking CD163 SRCR5 domain are fully resistant to both PRRSV genotypes while maintaining biological function. PLoS Pathogens. 13(2). e1006206–e1006206. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jackson, Ben, José Luis Campos, Penelope R. Haddrill, Brian Charlesworth, & Kai Zeng. (2016). Variation in the intensity of selection on codon bias over time causes contrasting patterns of base composition evolution in Drosophila. Genome Biology and Evolution. 9(1). evw291–evw291. 26 indexed citations

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Jackson, Ben, José Luis Campos, & Kai Zeng. (2014). The effects of purifying selection on patterns of genetic differentiation between Drosophila melanogaster populations. Heredity. 114(2). 163–174. 26 indexed citations

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Jackson, Ben, Takeshi Kawakami, Steven J. Cooper, Juan Galindo, & Roger K. Butlin. (2012). A Genome Scan and Linkage Disequilibrium Analysis among Chromosomal Races of the Australian Grasshopper Vandiemenella viatica. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47549–e47549. 7 indexed citations

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Jackson, Ben. (2011). Recombination-suppression: how many mechanisms for chromosomal speciation?. Genetica. 139(3). 393–402. 20 indexed citations

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