Christina L. Burch

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Christina L. Burch is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christina L. Burch has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Genetics, 14 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christina L. Burch's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (27 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (12 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (12 papers). Christina L. Burch is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (27 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (12 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (12 papers). Christina L. Burch collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Christina L. Burch's co-authors include Lin Chao, Kristen K. Dang, Paul E. Turner, Ronald Swanstrom, Kevin M. Weeks, Robert J. Gorelick, Christopher W. Leonard, Julian W. Bess, Joseph Watts and Siobain Duffy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Christina L. Burch

45 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Architecture and secondary structure of an entire HIV-1 R... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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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. Architecture and secondary structure of an entire HIV-1 RNA genome
    2009 625 citations Kristen K. Dang, Robert J. Gorelick et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christina L. Burch United States 25 1.5k 1.2k 656 553 457 46 3.0k
Philip J. Gerrish United States 19 3.0k 2.0× 1.6k 1.3× 357 0.5× 468 0.8× 1.2k 2.6× 34 3.9k
Sergey Kryazhimskiy United States 21 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 363 0.6× 310 0.6× 300 0.7× 34 2.6k
Cristina Escarmı́s Spain 39 1.4k 0.9× 1.7k 1.3× 515 0.8× 1.0k 1.9× 189 0.4× 74 4.7k
Isabel S. Novella United States 29 1.3k 0.9× 713 0.6× 282 0.4× 884 1.6× 195 0.4× 63 3.0k
Pleuni S. Pennings United States 21 1.7k 1.1× 520 0.4× 244 0.4× 366 0.7× 164 0.4× 49 2.5k
John F. Y. Brookfield United Kingdom 29 1.4k 0.9× 1.5k 1.2× 437 0.7× 1.3k 2.3× 87 0.2× 124 3.7k
Celia Perales Spain 30 935 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 386 0.6× 599 1.1× 127 0.3× 97 3.3k
Margaret J. Mackinnon United Kingdom 40 2.1k 1.4× 503 0.4× 357 0.5× 532 1.0× 339 0.7× 74 5.2k
Michael Charleston Australia 26 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 470 0.7× 503 0.9× 66 0.1× 95 3.4k
Michael M. Desai United States 38 3.9k 2.6× 2.9k 2.4× 512 0.8× 630 1.1× 1.4k 3.0× 80 5.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christina L. Burch

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burch, Christina L., et al.. (2023). Empirical Evidence That Complexity Limits Horizontal Gene Transfer. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(6). 5 indexed citations
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Burch, Christina L., et al.. (2022). Precision patient education using a “flipped classroom” approach. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 23(5). e13601–e13601. 3 indexed citations
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Duffy, Siobain, Paul E. Turner, & Christina L. Burch. (2021). Pleiotropic Costs of Niche Expansion in the RNA Bacteriophage  6. UNC Libraries.
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Zhou, Shuntai, David R. McGivern, Christina L. Burch, et al.. (2018). Evolutionary pathways to NS5A inhibitor resistance in genotype 1 hepatitis C virus. Antiviral Research. 158. 45–51. 4 indexed citations
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Joseph, Sarah, Kayla M. Peck, & Christina L. Burch. (2014). Dominance Effects of Deleterious and Beneficial Mutations in a Single Gene of the RNA Virus ϕ6. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e97717–e97717. 2 indexed citations
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Dang, Kristen K., E. Lake Potter, Robert J. Gorelick, et al.. (2013). Comparison of SIV and HIV-1 Genomic RNA Structures Reveals Impact of Sequence Evolution on Conserved and Non-Conserved Structural Motifs. PLoS Pathogens. 9(4). e1003294–e1003294. 76 indexed citations
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Lee, Mihee, Peter Hall, Haipeng Shen, et al.. (2013). Deconvolution estimation of mixture distributions with boundaries. Electronic Journal of Statistics. 7(none). 323–341. 8 indexed citations
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Bono, Lisa M., et al.. (2012). Competition and the origins of novelty: experimental evolution of niche-width expansion in a virus. Biology Letters. 9(1). 20120616–20120616. 49 indexed citations
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Lohaus, Rolf, Christina L. Burch, & Ricardo B. R. Azevedo. (2010). Genetic Architecture and the Evolution of Sex. Journal of Heredity. 101(Supplement 1). S142–S157. 21 indexed citations
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Harrington, Patrick R., Gretja Schnell, Scott Letendre, et al.. (2009). Cross-sectional characterization of HIV-1 env compartmentalization in cerebrospinal fluid over the full disease course. AIDS. 23(8). 907–915. 86 indexed citations
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Knies, Jennifer L., Joel G. Kingsolver, & Christina L. Burch. (2009). Hotter Is Better and Broader: Thermal Sensitivity of Fitness in a Population of Bacteriophages. The American Naturalist. 173(4). 419–430. 109 indexed citations
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Joseph, Sarah, Kathryn A. Hanley, Lin Chao, & Christina L. Burch. (2008). ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Coinfection rates in φ6 bacteriophage are enhanced by virus‐induced changes in host cells. Evolutionary Applications. 2(1). 24–31. 9 indexed citations
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Knies, Jennifer L., Kristen K. Dang, Todd Vision, et al.. (2008). Compensatory Evolution in RNA Secondary Structures Increases Substitution Rate Variation among Sites. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25(8). 1778–1787. 20 indexed citations
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Rokyta, Darin R., et al.. (2008). Beneficial Fitness Effects Are Not Exponential for Two Viruses. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 67(4). 368–376. 75 indexed citations
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Kwiek, Jesse J., Elizabeth S. Russell, Kristen K. Dang, et al.. (2008). The molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 envelope diversity during HIV-1 subtype C vertical transmission in Malawian mother–infant pairs. AIDS. 22(7). 863–871. 22 indexed citations
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Guyader, Sébastien & Christina L. Burch. (2008). Optimal Foraging Predicts the Ecology but Not the Evolution of Host Specialization in Bacteriophages. PLoS ONE. 3(4). e1946–e1946. 30 indexed citations
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Ferris, Martin T., Paul Joyce, & Christina L. Burch. (2007). High Frequency of Mutations That Expand the Host Range of an RNA Virus. Genetics. 176(2). 1013–1022. 73 indexed citations
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Chao, Lin, Kathryn A. Hanley, Christina L. Burch, Cecilia Dahlberg, & Paul E. Turner. (2000). Kin Selection and Parasite Evolution: Higher and Lower Virulence with Hard and Soft Selection. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 75(3). 261–275. 120 indexed citations
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Burch, Christina L. & Lin Chao. (1999). Evolution by Small Steps and Rugged Landscapes in the RNA Virus ϕ6. Genetics. 151(3). 921–927. 262 indexed citations
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Burch, Christina L., Robert J. Danaher, & Daniel C. Stein. (1997). Antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: production of multiple lipooligosaccharides. Journal of Bacteriology. 179(3). 982–986. 53 indexed citations

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