Clifford L. Wang

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Clifford L. Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Clifford L. Wang has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Clifford L. Wang's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). Clifford L. Wang is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). Clifford L. Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Clifford L. Wang's co-authors include K. Wesley Overton, Sabrina L. Spencer, Tobias Meyer, Feng‐Chiao Tsai, Steven D. Cappell, Douglas S. Clark, Jay D. Keasling, Jiajing Zhang, Paul A. Khavari and Ross J. Flockhart and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Clifford L. Wang

18 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. The Proliferation-Quiescence Decision Is Controlled by a Bifurcation in CDK2 Activity at Mitotic Exit
    2013 486 citations Sabrina L. Spencer, Steven D. Cappell et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clifford L. Wang United States 11 829 217 176 87 81 18 1.1k
Alessandro Matteucci Italy 19 719 0.9× 74 0.3× 262 1.5× 61 0.7× 51 0.6× 47 1.2k
Günes Özhan Türkiye 16 888 1.1× 90 0.4× 288 1.6× 83 1.0× 139 1.7× 49 1.3k
Eléna Kardash Germany 10 441 0.5× 364 1.7× 302 1.7× 286 3.3× 72 0.9× 23 1.1k
Aleksandra Mandic Sweden 8 590 0.7× 163 0.8× 246 1.4× 78 0.9× 25 0.3× 11 887
Bassam T. Wakim United States 20 977 1.2× 104 0.5× 236 1.3× 106 1.2× 41 0.5× 33 1.4k
Gabor Kari United States 9 305 0.4× 103 0.5× 226 1.3× 63 0.7× 51 0.6× 16 729
Seiji Nishiguchi Japan 14 796 1.0× 80 0.4× 156 0.9× 70 0.8× 217 2.7× 24 1.0k
Pavel Kopnin Russia 22 585 0.7× 242 1.1× 197 1.1× 102 1.2× 35 0.4× 70 1.2k
Hee‐Jin Kwak South Korea 13 563 0.7× 164 0.8× 126 0.7× 83 1.0× 49 0.6× 31 1.0k
Ulrica Marklund Sweden 18 1.2k 1.4× 375 1.7× 921 5.2× 96 1.1× 84 1.0× 20 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Clifford L. Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Clifford L. Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clifford L. Wang

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2017). Complete motif analysis of sequence requirements for translation initiation at non-AUG start codons. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(2). 985–994. 56 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2014). Evaluation of sgRNA Target Sites for CRISPR-Mediated Repression of TP53. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113232–e113232. 45 indexed citations
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Flockhart, Ross J., et al.. (2014). Quantitative analysis of mammalian translation initiation sites by FACS ‐seq. Molecular Systems Biology. 10(8). 748–748. 128 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2014). Engineering ribosomal leaky scanning and upstream open reading frames for precise control of protein translation. Bioengineered. 5(3). 186–192. 9 indexed citations
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Overton, K. Wesley, et al.. (2014). Basal p21 controls population heterogeneity in cycling and quiescent cell cycle states. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(41). E4386–93. 79 indexed citations
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Overton, K. Wesley, et al.. (2013). Tuning gene expression with synthetic upstream open reading frames. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(28). 11284–11289. 89 indexed citations
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Spencer, Sabrina L., Steven D. Cappell, Feng‐Chiao Tsai, et al.. (2013). The Proliferation-Quiescence Decision Is Controlled by a Bifurcation in CDK2 Activity at Mitotic Exit. Cell. 155(2). 369–383. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2013). Optimization of oncogene expression through intra‐population competition. Biotechnology Journal. 8(12). 1476–1484. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2012). Flow cytometry of v-Abl transformed pre-B cells heterogeneous in ectopic expression levels reveals Ras dose–response. Journal of Immunological Methods. 384(1-2). 177–183. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2011). A genetic reporter system to gauge cell proliferation rate. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 108(9). 2003–2010. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2011). Modulating ectopic gene expression levels by using retroviral vectors equipped with synthetic promoters. PubMed. 5(3-4). 131–138. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2011). Quantitative assessment of Ras over-expressionviashotgun deployment of vectors utilizing synthetic promoters. Integrative Biology. 4(1). 108–114. 7 indexed citations
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Bettinger, Christopher J., et al.. (2011). A Cell-Compatible Conductive Film from a Carbon Nanotube Network Adsorbed on Poly-l-lysine. ACS Nano. 5(12). 10026–10032. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2008). Expression of Aire and the Early Wave of Apoptosis in Spermatogenesis. The Journal of Immunology. 180(3). 1338–1343. 69 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2008). Modular Construction of Plasmids through Ligation-Free Assembly of Vector Components with Oligonucleotide Linkers. BioTechniques. 44(7). 924–926. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L. & Matthias Wabl. (2004). Mutational activity in cell line WEHI-231. Immunogenetics. 56(11). 849–853. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2002). A deep-sea hydrothermal vent isolate, Pseudomonas aeruginosa CW961, requires thiosulfate for Cd2+ tolerance and precipitation. Biotechnology Letters. 24(8). 637–641. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Clifford L., et al.. (2000). Metabolic Engineering of an Aerobic Sulfate Reduction Pathway and Its Application to Precipitation of Cadmium on the Cell Surface. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66(10). 4497–4502. 73 indexed citations

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