David Schlessinger

22.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

David Schlessinger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Schlessinger has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David Schlessinger's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (13 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (7 papers). David Schlessinger is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (13 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (7 papers). David Schlessinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Japan. David Schlessinger's co-authors include Eric J. Kremer, Elizabeth Baker, Michael Lynch, Melanie Pritchard, K. Holman, G.R. Sutherland, Shuancang Yu, Robert I. Richards, Stephen T. Warren and Michele D’Urso and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

David Schlessinger

58 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Mapping of DNA Instability at the Fragile X to a Trinucleotide Repeat Sequence P(CCG) n

1991 738 citations Eric J. Kremer, Melanie Pritchard et al. Science profile →
Fragile X Genotype Characterized by an Unstable Region of DNA

1991 644 citations Shuancang Yu, Melanie Pritchard et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Schlessinger United States	31	2.4k	2.2k	577	414	413	61	3.8k
Ann C. M. Smith United States	32	1.8k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	423 0.7×	269 0.6×	222 0.5×	95	3.9k
Nicoletta Landsberger Italy	30	4.4k 1.9×	2.9k 1.3×	762 1.3×	259 0.6×	275 0.7×	73	5.6k
Bronya J.B. Keats United States	37	2.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	608 1.1×	290 0.7×	420 1.0×	103	4.2k
R. Ellen Magenis United States	32	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	205 0.4×	277 0.7×	469 1.1×	71	3.7k
Xinsheng Nan United Kingdom	19	5.8k 2.4×	3.1k 1.4×	937 1.6×	338 0.8×	241 0.6×	28	6.8k
Santhosh Girirajan United States	34	2.5k 1.1×	3.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.8×	596 1.4×	399 1.0×	82	5.0k
Jeanette J. A. Holden Canada	37	2.7k 1.1×	3.2k 1.5×	2.0k 3.5×	425 1.0×	724 1.8×	109	5.6k
Thierry Bienvenu France	38	2.4k 1.0×	3.2k 1.4×	944 1.6×	176 0.4×	379 0.9×	200	5.6k
B. A. Oostra Netherlands	35	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	999 1.7×	90 0.2×	422 1.0×	72	3.7k
Laurence Colleaux France	41	3.3k 1.4×	2.3k 1.0×	504 0.9×	312 0.8×	551 1.3×	93	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by David Schlessinger

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Schlessinger

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Minhui, Carlo Sidore, Masato Akiyama, et al.. (2020). Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation in Sardinia at Height-Associated Loci Ascertained from the Biobank Japan. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 107(1). 60–71. 13 indexed citations

Sutin, Angelina R., Antonio Terracciano, Melissa Kitner‐Triolo, et al.. (2011). Personality traits prospectively predict verbal fluency in a lifespan sample.. Psychology and Aging. 26(4). 994–999. 61 indexed citations

Ottolenghi, Chris, Emanuele Pelosi, Maria Colombino, et al.. (2007). Loss of Wnt4 and Foxl2 leads to female-to-male sex reversal extending to germ cells. Human Molecular Genetics. 16(23). 2795–2804. 251 indexed citations

Schlessinger, David & Gary Van Zant. (2001). Does functional depletion of stem cells drive aging?. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 122(14). 1537–1553. 46 indexed citations

Lindsay, Susan, Mark Ireland, Jill Clayton‐Smith, et al.. (1997). Large scale deletions in the GPC3 gene may account for a minority of cases of Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 34(6). 480–483. 58 indexed citations

Mazzarella, Richard, et al.. (1997). Differential Expression of XAP5, a Candidate Disease Gene. Genomics. 45(1). 216–219. 14 indexed citations

Grieff, Marvin, Steven Mumm, Paul Waeltz, et al.. (1997). Expression and Cloning of the Human X-Linked Hypophosphatemia Gene cDNA. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 231(3). 635–639. 47 indexed citations

Hughes-Benzie, R, Giuseppe Pilia, Alasdair G. W. Hunter, et al.. (1996). Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome: Genotype/phenotype analysis of 18 affected males from 7 unrelated families. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 66(2). 227–234. 109 indexed citations

Lamartine, Jérôme, Kim E. Nichols, Yin Luo, et al.. (1996). Physical Map and Cosmid ContigEncompassing a New InterstitialDeletion of the X-LinkedLymphoproliférative Syndrome Region. European Journal of Human Genetics. 4(6). 342–351. 9 indexed citations

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Wada, Morimasa, Kuniya Abe, Katsuzumi Okumura, et al.. (1994). Chimeric YACs were generated at unreduced rates in conditions that suppress coligation. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(9). 1651–1654. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Ellson Y., Andre Cheng, Angela Lee, et al.. (1991). Sequence of human glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase cloned in plasmids and a yeast artificial chromosome. Genomics. 10(3). 792–800. 91 indexed citations

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Casamassimi, Amelia, Michele D’Urso, William A. Freije, et al.. (1991). In situ hybridization to cytogenetic bands of yeast artificial chromosomes covering 50% of human Xq24-Xq28 DNA.. PubMed. 48(2). 183–94. 34 indexed citations

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Hirst, Mark C., Katrina Rack, Yutaka Nakahori, et al.. (1991). A YAC contig across the fragile X site defines the region of fragility. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(12). 3283–3288. 35 indexed citations

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Yu, Shuancang, Melanie Pritchard, Eric J. Kremer, et al.. (1991). Fragile X Genotype Characterized by an Unstable Region of DNA. Science. 252(5009). 1179–1181. 644 indexed citations breakdown →

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D’Urso, Michele, Ileana Zucchi, Alfredo Ciccodicola, et al.. (1990). Human glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase gene carried on a yeast artificial chromosome encodes active enzyme in monkey cells. Genomics. 7(4). 531–534. 33 indexed citations

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Schlessinger, David. (1990). Yeast artificial chromosomes: tools for mapping and analysis of complex genomes. Trends in Genetics. 6(8). 248–258. 76 indexed citations

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Seroogy, Kim B., Martin Schalling, Siew Yeen Chai, et al.. (1989). Cholecystokinin and tyrosine hydroxylase messenger RNAs in neurons of rat mesencephalon: peptide/monoamine coexistence studies using in situ hybridization combined with immunocytochemistry. Experimental Brain Research. 74(1). 149–62. 114 indexed citations

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Graham, Monica, M. Tal, & David Schlessinger. (1982). lac Transcription in Escherichia coli cells treated with chloramphenicol. Journal of Bacteriology. 151(1). 251–261. 9 indexed citations

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Gupta, Radhey S., et al.. (1977). Exoribonucleases in wild type Escherichia coli and RNase II-deficient mutants.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(24). 8950–8956. 33 indexed citations

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Nikolaev, N., Virginia Folsom, & David Schlessinger. (1976). Escherichiacoli mutants deficient in exoribonucleases. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 70(3). 920–924. 28 indexed citations

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