David Sankoff

202 papers and 10.3k indexed citations i.

About

David Sankoff is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Sankoff has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Molecular Biology, 90 papers in Genetics and 80 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David Sankoff’s work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (101 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (77 papers) and Genome Rearrangement Algorithms (67 papers). David Sankoff is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (101 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (77 papers) and Genome Rearrangement Algorithms (67 papers). David Sankoff collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. David Sankoff's co-authors include Joseph B. Kruskal, Robert Cedergren, Shana Poplack, Chunfang Zheng, Michael W. Gray, Pamela S. Soltis, Joseph H. Nadeau, Evan E. Eichler, Henrietta Cedergren and Chunfang Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Sankoff

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

Fields of papers citing papers by David Sankoff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Sankoff. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Sankoff. The network helps show where David Sankoff may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by David Sankoff

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