Benjamin P. Vandervalk

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Benjamin P. Vandervalk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin P. Vandervalk has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Benjamin P. Vandervalk's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (5 papers). Benjamin P. Vandervalk is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (5 papers). Benjamin P. Vandervalk collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Benjamin P. Vandervalk's co-authors include İnanç Birol, René L. Warren, Shaun D. Jackman, Justin Chu, Hamid Mohamadi, Lauren Coombe, Sarah Yeo, Hamza Khan, S. Austin Hammond and Mark D. Wilkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, PLoS ONE and Genome Research.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin P. Vandervalk

20 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

  1. ABySS 2.0: resource-efficient assembly of large genomes using a Bloom filter
    2017 455 citations Shaun D. Jackman, Benjamin P. Vandervalk et al. Genome 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
Benjamin P. Vandervalk Canada 12 717 318 200 199 123 22 1.1k
Paolo Di Tommaso Spain 12 1.1k 1.5× 272 0.9× 193 1.0× 204 1.0× 35 0.3× 25 1.6k
Roberto Vera Alvarez United States 16 1.0k 1.4× 265 0.8× 297 1.5× 186 0.9× 34 0.3× 34 1.6k
Yuichi Kodama Japan 18 1.0k 1.4× 193 0.6× 208 1.0× 150 0.8× 46 0.4× 25 1.3k
Mónica Muñoz-Torres United States 10 762 1.1× 398 1.3× 172 0.9× 265 1.3× 56 0.5× 19 1.2k
Henrik Nordberg United States 10 1.2k 1.6× 975 3.1× 239 1.2× 104 0.5× 43 0.3× 14 2.1k
Stephen Ficklin United States 21 948 1.3× 1.0k 3.3× 49 0.2× 235 1.2× 31 0.3× 55 1.7k
Konstantinos Krampis United States 13 435 0.6× 264 0.8× 101 0.5× 75 0.4× 16 0.1× 24 788
Scott Federhen United States 8 2.0k 2.8× 293 0.9× 406 2.0× 255 1.3× 147 1.2× 9 2.4k
Lin Dai China 8 320 0.4× 214 0.7× 51 0.3× 61 0.3× 97 0.8× 26 645
Rayan Chikhi France 26 1.8k 2.5× 661 2.1× 471 2.4× 414 2.1× 364 3.0× 63 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin P. Vandervalk

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Coombe, Lauren, Jessica Zhang, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, et al.. (2018). ARKS: chromosome-scale scaffolding of human genome drafts with linked read kmers. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(1). 234–234. 53 indexed citations
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Jackman, Shaun D., Lauren Coombe, Justin Chu, et al.. (2018). Tigmint: correcting assembly errors using linked reads from large molecules. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(1). 393–393. 73 indexed citations
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Jackman, Shaun D., Benjamin P. Vandervalk, Hamid Mohamadi, et al.. (2017). ABySS 2.0: resource-efficient assembly of large genomes using a Bloom filter. Genome Research. 27(5). 768–777. 455 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chu, Justin Jang Hann, et al.. (2017). Kollector: transcript-informed, targeted de novo assembly of gene loci. Bioinformatics. 33(17). 2789–2789. 1 indexed citations
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Khan, Hamza, Hamid Mohamadi, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, et al.. (2017). ChopStitch: exon annotation and splice graph construction using transcriptome assembly and whole genome sequencing data. Bioinformatics. 34(10). 1697–1704. 3 indexed citations
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Coombe, Lauren, René L. Warren, Shaun D. Jackman, et al.. (2016). Assembly of the Complete Sitka Spruce Chloroplast Genome Using 10X Genomics’ GemCode Sequencing Data. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0163059–e0163059. 25 indexed citations
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Mohamadi, Hamid, Justin Chu, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, & İnanç Birol. (2016). ntHash: recursive nucleotide hashing. Bioinformatics. 32(22). 3492–3494. 48 indexed citations
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Jackman, Shaun D., René L. Warren, Ewan A. Gibb, et al.. (2016). Organellar genomes of white spruce (Picea glauca): assembly and annotation. Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd. 5. 2 indexed citations
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Warren, René L., Chen Yang, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, et al.. (2015). LINKS: Scalable, alignment-free scaffolding of draft genomes with long reads. GigaScience. 4(1). 35–35. 137 indexed citations
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Warren, René L., et al.. (2015). Sealer: a scalable gap-closing application for finishing draft genomes. BMC Bioinformatics. 16(1). 230–230. 90 indexed citations
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Jackman, Shaun D., René L. Warren, Ewan A. Gibb, et al.. (2015). Organellar Genomes of White Spruce (Picea glauca): Assembly and Annotation. Genome Biology and Evolution. 8(1). 29–41. 39 indexed citations
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Mohamadi, Hamid, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, Anthony Raymond, et al.. (2015). DIDA: Distributed Indexing Dispatched Alignment. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0126409–e0126409. 7 indexed citations
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Vandervalk, Benjamin P., Chen Yang, Justin Chu, et al.. (2015). Konnector v2.0: pseudo-long reads from paired-end sequencing data. BMC Medical Genomics. 8(S3). S1–S1. 16 indexed citations
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Birol, İnanç, Justin Chu, Hamid Mohamadi, et al.. (2015). Spaced Seed Data Structures forDe NovoAssembly. International Journal of Genomics. 2015. 1–8. 4 indexed citations
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Birol, İnanç, Hamid Mohamadi, Anthony Raymond, et al.. (2014). Spaced seed data structures. 49. 15–22.
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Vandervalk, Benjamin P., Shaun D. Jackman, Anthony Raymond, et al.. (2014). Konnector: Connecting paired-end reads using a bloom filter de Bruijn graph. 51–58. 7 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Mark D., et al.. (2011). The Semantic Automated Discovery and Integration (SADI) Web service Design-Pattern, API and Reference Implementation. Journal of Biomedical Semantics. 2(1). 8–8. 76 indexed citations
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Vandervalk, Benjamin P., Erin McCarthy, & Mark D. Wilkinson. (2010). SHARE & The Semantic Web - This Time it's Personal!. 1 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Mark D., et al.. (2010). SADI, SHARE, and the in silico scientific method. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(S12). S7–S7. 28 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Erin, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, & Mark D. Wilkinson. (2010). SPARQL Assist Language-Neutral Query Composer.. 1 indexed citations

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