Chris Boursnell

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Chris Boursnell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Boursnell has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Chris Boursnell's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (2 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (2 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (2 papers). Chris Boursnell is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (2 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (2 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (2 papers). Chris Boursnell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Chris Boursnell's co-authors include Ruth Y. Eberhardt, Liisa Holm, Marco Punta, Jaina Mistry, Alex Bateman, Sean R. Eddy, Erik L. L. Sonnhammer, Jody Clements, ROBERT FINN and Andreas Heger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, The Plant Journal and Genome Research.

In The Last Decade

Chris Boursnell

6 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

The Pfam protein families database

2011 3.0k citations Marco Punta, Penny Coggill et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
TransRate: reference-free quality assessment of de novo transcriptome assemblies

2016 547 citations Richard Smith-Unna, Chris Boursnell et al. Genome Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Boursnell United Kingdom	6	2.5k	892	599	443	191	6	3.7k
Sara El-Gebali Switzerland	4	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	490 0.8×	368 0.8×	135 0.7×	6	3.3k
Shriya Raj United States	7	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	567 0.9×	410 0.9×	123 0.6×	8	4.0k
Sara Chuguransky Argentina	6	2.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	563 0.9×	416 0.9×	126 0.7×	10	3.9k
Damiano Piovesan Italy	24	4.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.3×	572 1.0×	490 1.1×	189 1.0×	61	5.3k
Layla Hirsh Peru	7	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	499 0.8×	361 0.8×	105 0.5×	11	3.3k
David S. Horner Italy	37	2.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	550 0.9×	484 1.1×	267 1.4×	94	4.5k
Akiyasu C. Yoshizawa Japan	17	2.9k 1.2×	985 1.1×	819 1.4×	385 0.9×	205 1.1×	33	4.5k
Tamer Gür United Kingdom	5	2.3k 0.9×	743 0.8×	442 0.7×	419 0.9×	118 0.6×	6	3.9k
Joon Lee South Korea	7	2.4k 0.9×	697 0.8×	449 0.7×	411 0.9×	106 0.6×	14	4.0k
Aurélien Luciani United Kingdom	4	3.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.9×	706 1.2×	486 1.1×	132 0.7×	4	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Boursnell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Boursnell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chris Boursnell. 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 Chris Boursnell. The network helps show where Chris Boursnell may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Boursnell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Boursnell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Boursnell 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 Chris Boursnell. Chris Boursnell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Howarth, Karen, Susanna L. Cooke, Suet‐Feung Chin, et al.. (2021). NRG1 fusions in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 23(1). 3–3. 17 indexed citations

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Kümpers, Britta M. C., Steven Burgess, Ivan Reyna‐Llorens, et al.. (2016). Shared characteristics underpinning C ₄ leaf maturation derived from analysis of multiple C ₃ and C ₄ species of Flaveria. Journal of Experimental Botany. 68(2). 177–189. 16 indexed citations

3.

Burgess, Steven, et al.. (2016). Ancestral light and chloroplast regulation form the foundations for C4 gene expression. Nature Plants. 2(11). 16161–16161. 18 indexed citations

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Smith-Unna, Richard, Chris Boursnell, Rob Patro, Julian M. Hibberd, & Steven Kelly. (2016). TransRate: reference-free quality assessment of de novo transcriptome assemblies. Genome Research. 26(8). 1134–1144. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aubry, Sylvain, Richard Smith-Unna, Chris Boursnell, Stanislav Kopřiva, & Julian M. Hibberd. (2014). Transcript residency on ribosomes reveals a key role for the Arabidopsis thaliana bundle sheath in sulfur and glucosinolate metabolism. The Plant Journal. 78(4). 659–673. 73 indexed citations

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Punta, Marco, Penny Coggill, Ruth Y. Eberhardt, et al.. (2011). The Pfam protein families database. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(D1). D290–D301. 3003 indexed citations breakdown →

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