Darren P. Martin

34.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
245 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Darren P. Martin is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Darren P. Martin has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Plant Science, 76 papers in Molecular Biology and 70 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Darren P. Martin's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (171 papers), Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (68 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (44 papers). Darren P. Martin is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (171 papers), Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (68 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (44 papers). Darren P. Martin collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and France. Darren P. Martin's co-authors include Arvind Varsani, Brejnev Muhire, David Posada, Ben Murrell, Michael Golden, Carolyn Williamson, Pierre Lefeuvre, Philippe Roumagnac, Philippe Lemey and Martin Lott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Darren P. Martin

241 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

RDP4: Detection and analysis of recombinati... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2015 2010 2014 2004 2005 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. RDP4: Detection and analysis of recombination patterns in virus genomes
    2015 2.5k citations Darren P. Martin, Ben Murrell et al. Virus Evolution profile →
  2. RDP3: a flexible and fast computer program for analyzing recombination
    2010 1.4k citations Darren P. Martin, Philippe Lemey et al. Bioinformatics profile →
  3. SDT: A Virus Classification Tool Based on Pairwise Sequence Alignment and Identity Calculation
    2014 1.2k citations Brejnev Muhire, Arvind Varsani et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  4. RDP2: recombination detection and analysis from sequence alignments
    2004 861 citations Darren P. Martin, Carolyn Williamson et al. Bioinformatics profile →
  5. A Modified Bootscan Algorithm for Automated Identification of Recombinant Sequences and Recombination Breakpoints
    2005 709 citations Darren P. Martin, David Posada et al. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses profile →
  6. Revision of Begomovirus taxonomy based on pairwise sequence comparisons
    2015 504 citations F. Murilo Zerbini, Jesús Navas‐Castillo et al. Archives of Virology profile →
  7. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Geminiviridae
    2017 488 citations F. Murilo Zerbini, R. W. Briddon et al. profile →
  8. Gene-Wide Identification of Episodic Selection
    2015 383 citations Ben Murrell, Darren P. Martin et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
  9. RDP5: a computer program for analyzing recombination in, and removing signals of recombination from, nucleotide sequence datasets
    2020 338 citations Darren P. Martin, Arvind Varsani et al. Virus Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Darren P. Martin South Africa 58 11.4k 4.2k 3.2k 3.1k 3.0k 245 17.5k
Arvind Varsani South Africa 58 10.0k 0.9× 3.8k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 3.7k 1.2× 2.5k 0.8× 381 15.4k
Valerian V. Dolja United States 62 9.6k 0.8× 3.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.3× 941 0.3× 3.8k 1.3× 128 12.2k
Shou‐Wei Ding United States 50 9.0k 0.8× 3.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.3× 788 0.3× 5.4k 1.8× 98 13.6k
Santiago F. Elena Spain 60 6.2k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 685 0.2× 4.2k 1.4× 298 13.6k
Peter D. Nagy United States 61 7.7k 0.7× 3.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.3× 730 0.2× 3.4k 1.2× 191 9.7k
Mart Krupovìč France 61 4.8k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 5.6k 1.9× 255 11.9k
Max L. Nibert United States 58 2.5k 0.2× 2.0k 0.5× 5.8k 1.8× 1.9k 0.6× 2.7k 0.9× 143 11.1k
Mǎng Shī China 49 2.0k 0.2× 809 0.2× 5.6k 1.8× 2.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 166 9.8k
Adrian J. Gibbs Australia 47 5.7k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 842 0.3× 519 0.2× 1.4k 0.5× 199 8.1k
Rob Goldbach Netherlands 60 8.2k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 639 0.2× 3.6k 1.2× 249 11.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Martin, Darren P., et al.. (2025). Recombination Analysis of Geminiviruses Using Recombination Detection Program (RDP). Methods in molecular biology. 2912. 125–143. 2 indexed citations
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Agamah, Francis E., Thomas H. A. Ederveen, Michelle Skelton, et al.. (2024). Network-based Multi-omics Disease–Drug Associations Reveal Drug Repurposing Candidates for Covid-19 Disease Phases. 1(1).
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San, James Emmanuel, Aubin Nanfack, Christelle Butel, et al.. (2024). Phylogenetic evidence of extensive spatial mixing of diverse HIV-1 group M lineages within Cameroon but not between its neighbours. Virus Evolution. 10(1). veae070–veae070.
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Lytras, Spyros, Joseph Hughes, Darren P. Martin, et al.. (2022). Exploring the Natural Origins of SARS-CoV-2 in the Light of Recombination. Genome Biology and Evolution. 14(2). 88 indexed citations
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Lytras, Spyros, Oscar A. MacLean, David L. Robertson, et al.. (2022). Conserved recombination patterns across coronavirus subgenera. Virus Evolution. 8(2). veac054–veac054. 22 indexed citations
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Roumagnac, Philippe, Jean‐Michel Lett, Elvira Fiallo‐Olivé, et al.. (2021). Establishment of five new genera in the family Geminiviridae: Citlodavirus, Maldovirus, Mulcrilevirus, Opunvirus, and Topilevirus. Archives of Virology. 167(2). 695–710. 56 indexed citations
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Golden, Michael, Ben Murrell, Darren P. Martin, Oliver G. Pybus, & Jotun Hein. (2019). Evolutionary Analyses of Base-Pairing Interactions in DNA and RNA Secondary Structures. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(2). 576–592. 6 indexed citations
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Martin, Darren P., et al.. (2018). Playing the Game: Recruiting Black Males in Teaching. 13(1). 9 indexed citations
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Briddon, R. W., Darren P. Martin, Philippe Roumagnac, et al.. (2018). Alphasatellitidae: a new family with two subfamilies for the classification of geminivirus- and nanovirus-associated alphasatellites. Archives of Virology. 163(9). 2587–2600. 109 indexed citations
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Tongo, Marcel, Túlio de Oliveira, & Darren P. Martin. (2018). Patterns of genomic site inheritance in HIV-1M inter-subtype recombinants delineate the most likely genomic sites of subtype-specific adaptation. Virus Evolution. 4(1). vey015–vey015. 3 indexed citations
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Muhire, Brejnev, Arvind Varsani, & Darren P. Martin. (2014). SDT: A Virus Classification Tool Based on Pairwise Sequence Alignment and Identity Calculation. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e108277–e108277. 1248 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lam, Tommy Tsan‐Yuk, Mǎng Shī, Chung-Chau Hon, et al.. (2013). Systematic phylogenetic analysis of influenza A virus reveals many novel mosaic genome segments. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 18. 367–378. 17 indexed citations
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Monjane, Adérito L., Eric van der Walt, Arvind Varsani, Edward P. Rybicki, & Darren P. Martin. (2011). Recombination hotspots and host susceptibility modulate the adaptive value of recombination during maize streak virus evolution. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13 indexed citations
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Hiller, N. Luisa, Azad Ahmed, Evan Powell, et al.. (2010). Generation of Genic Diversity among Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains via Horizontal Gene Transfer during a Chronic Polyclonal Pediatric Infection. PLoS Pathogens. 6(9). e1001108–e1001108. 109 indexed citations
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Simon‐Lorière, Etienne, Román Galetto, John Archer, et al.. (2009). Molecular Mechanisms of Recombination Restriction in the Envelope Gene of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. PLoS Pathogens. 5(5). e1000418–e1000418. 63 indexed citations
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Lemey, Philippe, Martin Lott, Darren P. Martin, & Vincent Moulton. (2009). Identifying recombinants in human and primate immunodeficiency virus sequence alignments using quartet scanning. BMC Bioinformatics. 10(1). 126–126. 54 indexed citations
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Bredell, Helba, Darren P. Martin, Joanne van Harmelen, et al.. (2007). HIV Type 1 Subtype C gag and nef Diversity in Southern Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 23(3). 477–481. 20 indexed citations
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Scheffler, Konrad, Darren P. Martin, & Cathal Seoighe. (2006). Robust inference of positive selection from recombining coding sequences. Bioinformatics. 22(20). 2493–2499. 164 indexed citations
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Martin, Darren P., David Posada, Keith A. Crandall, & Carolyn Williamson. (2005). A Modified Bootscan Algorithm for Automated Identification of Recombinant Sequences and Recombination Breakpoints. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 21(1). 98–102. 709 indexed citations breakdown →

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