David Emms

14.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

David Emms is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Artificial Intelligence and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Emms has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David Emms's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (7 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers). David Emms is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (7 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers). David Emms collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. David Emms's co-authors include Steven Kelly, Richard C. Wilson, Edwin R. Hancock, Liam Dolan, Alexander J. Hetherington, Simone Severini, Jeremy Schmutz, Melissa A. Wilson, M. Eric Schranz and David Goodstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Methods and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

David Emms

28 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

OrthoFinder: phylogenetic orthology inference for comparative genomics

2019 4.1k citations David Emms, Steven Kelly Genome biology profile →
OrthoFinder: solving fundamental biases in whole genome comparisons dramatically improves orthogroup inference accuracy

2015 2.3k citations David Emms, Steven Kelly Genome biology profile →
GENESPACE tracks regions of interest and gene copy number variation across multiple genomes

2022 143 citations John T. Lovell, Avinash Sreedasyam et al. eLife profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Emms United Kingdom	19	4.1k	2.9k	1.2k	1.2k	922	29	7.3k
Diego Darriba Germany	10	3.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	16	6.6k
Matthew Fraser United Kingdom	12	3.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	483 0.5×	30	6.7k
Brian P. Walenz United States	21	5.8k 1.4×	3.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	509 0.6×	30	8.9k
Maxim Scheremetjew United Kingdom	6	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	841 0.7×	484 0.5×	10	6.4k
Terrance Shea United States	17	4.7k 1.1×	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	504 0.5×	29	7.9k
Salvador Capella-Gutiérrez Spain	19	5.1k 1.2×	3.1k 1.1×	2.4k 2.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	38	9.6k
David Binns United Kingdom	8	4.6k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	981 0.8×	496 0.5×	9	7.5k
Hsin-Yu Chang United Kingdom	9	3.5k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	816 0.7×	482 0.5×	10	6.2k
Sarah Hunter United Kingdom	6	3.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	829 0.7×	482 0.5×	10	5.9k
Sebastien Pesseat United Kingdom	4	3.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	819 0.7×	478 0.5×	4	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by David Emms

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Almeida, Bernardo P. de, Hugo Dalla-Torre, Guillaume Richard, et al.. (2025). Annotating the genome at single-nucleotide resolution with DNA foundation models. Nature Methods. 22(11). 2301–2315.

Lovell, John T., Avinash Sreedasyam, M. Eric Schranz, et al.. (2022). GENESPACE tracks regions of interest and gene copy number variation across multiple genomes. eLife. 11. 143 indexed citations breakdown →

Emms, David & Steven Kelly. (2022). SHOOT: phylogenetic gene search and ortholog inference. Genome biology. 23(1). 85–85. 37 indexed citations

Emms, David, et al.. (2021). Rubisco Adaptation Is More Limited by Phylogenetic Constraint Than by Catalytic Trade-off. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(7). 2880–2896. 38 indexed citations

Plackett, Andrew R.G., David Emms, Steven Kelly, Alistair M. Hetherington, & Jane A. Langdale. (2021). Conditional stomatal closure in a fern shares molecular features with flowering plant active stomatal responses. Current Biology. 31(20). 4560–4570.e5. 14 indexed citations

Emms, David & Steven Kelly. (2020). Benchmarking Orthogroup Inference Accuracy: Revisiting Orthobench. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(12). 2258–2266. 19 indexed citations

Tkacz, Andrzej, Francesco Pini, Thomas R. Turner, et al.. (2020). Agricultural Selection of Wheat Has Been Shaped by Plant-Microbe Interactions. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 132–132. 58 indexed citations

Emms, David, Alexander J. Hetherington, John Mackay, et al.. (2020). Multiple Metabolic Innovations and Losses Are Associated with Major Transitions in Land Plant Evolution. Current Biology. 30(10). 1783–1800.e11. 55 indexed citations

Moody, Laura A., et al.. (2020). NO GAMETOPHORES 2 Is a Novel Regulator of the 2D to 3D Growth Transition in the Moss Physcomitrella patens. Current Biology. 31(3). 555–563.e4. 30 indexed citations

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Hetherington, Alexander J., David Emms, Steven Kelly, & Liam Dolan. (2020). Gene expression data support the hypothesis that Isoetes rootlets are true roots and not modified leaves. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21547–21547. 12 indexed citations

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Emms, David, et al.. (2019). Gene Duplication Accelerates the Pace of Protein Gain and Loss from Plant Organelles. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(4). 969–981. 5 indexed citations

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Emms, David & Steven Kelly. (2019). OrthoFinder: phylogenetic orthology inference for comparative genomics. Genome biology. 20(1). 238–238. 4089 indexed citations breakdown →

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Emms, David & Steven Kelly. (2018). Supplemental Dataset For: Orthofinder2: Fast And Accurate Phylogenomic Orthology Analysis From Gene Sequences.. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Kelly, Steven, Alasdair Ivens, G. Adam Mott, et al.. (2017). An Alternative Strategy for Trypanosome Survival in the Mammalian Bloodstream Revealed through Genome and Transcriptome Analysis of the Ubiquitous Bovine Parasite Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) theileri. Genome Biology and Evolution. 9(8). 2093–2109. 26 indexed citations

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Emms, David, Sarah Covshoff, Julian M. Hibberd, & Steven Kelly. (2016). Independent and Parallel Evolution of New Genes by Gene Duplication in Two Origins of C4 Photosynthesis Provides New Insight into the Mechanism of Phloem Loading in C4 Species. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33(7). 1796–1806. 58 indexed citations

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Catarino, Bruno, Alexander J. Hetherington, David Emms, Steven Kelly, & Liam Dolan. (2016). The Stepwise Increase in the Number of Transcription Factor Families in the Precambrian Predated the Diversification of Plants On Land. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33(11). 2815–2819. 64 indexed citations

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Emms, David & Steven Kelly. (2015). OrthoFinder: solving fundamental biases in whole genome comparisons dramatically improves orthogroup inference accuracy. Genome biology. 16(1). 157–157. 2271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Emms, David, Richard C. Wilson, & Edwin R. Hancock. (2009). Graph embedding using a quasi-quantum analogue of the hitting times of continuous time quantum walks. Quantum Information and Computation. 9(3). 231–254. 7 indexed citations

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Emms, David, Richard C. Wilson, & Edwin R. Hancock. (2008). Graph matching using the interference of discrete-time quantum walks. Image and Vision Computing. 27(7). 934–949. 18 indexed citations

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Emms, David, Edwin R. Hancock, & Richard C. Wilson. (2008). Graph drawing using quantum commute time. Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition. 2. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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