Daniel Jeffares

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Daniel Jeffares is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Jeffares has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Daniel Jeffares's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (11 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers). Daniel Jeffares is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (11 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers). Daniel Jeffares collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Daniel Jeffares's co-authors include David Penny, Anthony M. Poole, Jürg Bähler, Tobias Mourier, Christopher J. Penkett, Charalampos Rallis, Fritz J. Sedlazeck, Doug Speed, Mimoza Hoti and Clemency Jolly and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Jeffares

43 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Transient structural variations have strong effects on quantitative traits and reproductive isolation in fission yeast

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Jeffares United Kingdom	22	1.7k	772	444	275	200	45	2.6k
Vikram Alva Germany	25	2.8k 1.7×	489 0.6×	492 1.1×	102 0.4×	916 4.6×	53	4.0k
Mario A. Fares Ireland	33	2.0k 1.1×	588 0.8×	673 1.5×	63 0.2×	208 1.0×	94	3.2k
Karl Gordon Australia	38	2.7k 1.6×	2.0k 2.6×	469 1.1×	113 0.4×	372 1.9×	97	4.3k
Shirley McCready United Kingdom	29	2.2k 1.3×	381 0.5×	297 0.7×	225 0.8×	268 1.3×	50	2.7k
Eugene V. Koonin United States	32	3.4k 2.0×	1.1k 1.4×	1.0k 2.3×	210 0.8×	910 4.5×	42	4.9k
Hidemi Watanabe Japan	18	1.3k 0.7×	604 0.8×	878 2.0×	77 0.3×	282 1.4×	41	2.9k
Fiona McCarthy United States	25	968 0.6×	307 0.4×	420 0.9×	105 0.4×	144 0.7×	67	2.0k
Herbert H. Winkler United States	29	2.3k 1.3×	532 0.7×	781 1.8×	179 0.7×	481 2.4×	63	3.6k
Paul N. Goudreau United States	9	2.3k 1.4×	610 0.8×	1.4k 3.1×	116 0.4×	476 2.4×	10	3.3k
Lyle A. Simmons United States	34	2.2k 1.3×	367 0.5×	1.3k 2.9×	48 0.2×	401 2.0×	91	3.0k

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Ferreira, Frederico Moraes, André N. A. Gonçalves, Vânia Lúcia Ribeiro da Matta, et al.. (2025). Molecular Insights into Cell-Mediated Immunity in Atypical Non-Ulcerated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Microorganisms. 13(2). 413–413.

Reis-Cunha, João Luís, Catarina A. Marques, Jennifer Ann Black, et al.. (2024). Ancestral aneuploidy and stable chromosomal duplication resulting in differential genome structure and gene expression control in trypanosomatid parasites. Genome Research. 34(3). 441–453. 7 indexed citations

Reis-Cunha, João Luís, Rik Hendrickx, Hideo Imamura, et al.. (2024). Long-term hematopoietic stem cells trigger quiescence in Leishmania parasites. PLoS Pathogens. 20(4). e1012181–e1012181. 5 indexed citations

Reis-Cunha, João Luís & Daniel Jeffares. (2024). Detecting complex infections in trypanosomatids using whole genome sequencing. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 1011–1011.

Melo, Enaldo Vieira de, Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus, Sarah Forrester, et al.. (2023). Co-infection of Leishmania infantum and a Crithidia-related species in a case of refractory relapsed visceral leishmaniasis with non-ulcerated cutaneous manifestation in Brazil. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 133. 85–88. 4 indexed citations

Jeffares, Daniel, et al.. (2021). Variables Influencing Differences in Sequence Conservation in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 89(9-10). 601–610. 1 indexed citations

Tusso, Sergio, Bart Nieuwenhuis, Fritz J. Sedlazeck, et al.. (2019). Ancestral Admixture Is the Main Determinant of Global Biodiversity in Fission Yeast. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(9). 1975–1989. 40 indexed citations

Jeffares, Daniel, Christoph Sadée, Maria Rodríguez‐López, et al.. (2019). Fitness Landscape of the Fission Yeast Genome. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(8). 1612–1623. 9 indexed citations

Jeffares, Daniel, et al.. (2019). Comparative structural and evolutionary analyses predict functional sites in the artemisinin resistance malaria protein K13. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10675–10675. 31 indexed citations

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Ellis, David, Ville Mustonen, Maria Rodríguez‐López, et al.. (2018). Uncovering Natural Longevity Alleles from Intercrossed Pools of Aging Fission Yeast Cells. Genetics. 210(2). 733–744. 8 indexed citations

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Benito, Ángel, Daniel Jeffares, Felipe Palomero, et al.. (2016). Selected Schizosaccharomyces pombe Strains Have Characteristics That Are Beneficial for Winemaking. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0151102–e0151102. 79 indexed citations

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Jeffares, Daniel, Bartłomiej Tomiczek, Víctor Sojo, & Mario dos Reis. (2014). A Beginners Guide to Estimating the Non-synonymous to Synonymous Rate Ratio of all Protein-Coding Genes in a Genome. Methods in molecular biology. 1201. 65–90. 114 indexed citations

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Bitton, Danny A., Charalampos Rallis, Daniel Jeffares, et al.. (2014). LaSSO, a strategy for genome-wide mapping of intronic lariats and branch points using RNA-seq. Genome Research. 24(7). 1169–1179. 46 indexed citations

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Nygaard, Sanne, Stijn van Dongen, Paul P. Gardner, et al.. (2010). Long- and Short-Term Selective Forces on Malaria Parasite Genomes. PLoS Genetics. 6(9). e1001099–e1001099. 20 indexed citations

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Jeffares, Daniel, Christopher J. Penkett, & Jürg Bähler. (2008). Rapidly regulated genes are intron poor. Trends in Genetics. 24(8). 375–378. 378 indexed citations

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Mourier, Tobias, Céline Carret, Sue Kyes, et al.. (2007). Genome-wide discovery and verification of novel structured RNAs inPlasmodium falciparum. Genome Research. 18(2). 281–292. 68 indexed citations

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Jeffares, Daniel, et al.. (2004). Diversification of Genes Encoding Mei2-Like RNA Binding Proteins in Plants. Plant Molecular Biology. 54(5). 653–670. 35 indexed citations

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Hansen, Anders J., et al.. (2002). JAWS: just add water system - a device for detection of nucleic acids in Martian ice caps. UCL Discovery (University College London). 518. 309–312. 1 indexed citations

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Greer, Dennis H. & Daniel Jeffares. (1998). Temperature-dependence of carbon acquisition and demand in relation to shoot growth of kiwifruit ( Actinidia deliciosa ) vines grown in controlled environments. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 25(7). 843–850. 41 indexed citations

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Jeffares, Daniel, Anthony M. Poole, & David Penny. (1998). Relics from the RNA World. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 46(1). 18–36. 177 indexed citations

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