David W. Ussery

26.1k citations

177 papers · 14.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 50

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Ecology top 0.2%
Food Science top 0.2%
Endocrinology top 0.05%
Plant Science top 1%

Co-authors: Peter F. Hallin Karin Lagesen Torbjørn Rognes Einar Andreas Rødland Trudy M. Wassenaar Carsten Friis Ole Lund Frank M. Aarestrup
Topics: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (82 papers)Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (43 papers)RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (35 papers)
Cited by: Endocrinology Molecular Medicine Ecology
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research Journal of Biological Chemistry Journal of Clinical Oncology
Partner nations: Denmark United States Norway

In The Last Decade

David W. Ussery

174 papers receiving 14.1k 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.

RNAmmer: consistent and rapid annotation of ribosomal RNA genes

2007 4.8k citations Karin Lagesen, Peter F. Hallin et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Multilocus Sequence Typing of Total-Genome-Sequenced Bacteria

2012 1.7k citations Thomas Sicheritz‐Pontén, David W. Ussery et al. profile →
Insights from 20 years of bacterial genome sequencing

2015 458 citations Se‐Ran Jun, Intawat Nookaew et al. profile →
Machine Learning Methods in Drug Discovery

2020 270 citations David W. Ussery et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Investigating the origins of the mutational signatures in cancer 2025 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Gunnar Boysen,Ludmil B. Alexandrov,Raheleh Rahbari,Intawat Nookaew,David W. Ussery,Mu‐Rong Chao,Chiung‐Wen Hu,Marcus S. Cooke	2
2	DNA structural features and variability of complete MHC locus sequences 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Trudy M. Wassenaar,Terry Harville,(unknown),Visanu Wanchai,David W. Ussery	3
3	Big data in genomic research for big questions with examples from covid-19 and other zoonoses 2022 ·Journal of Applied Microbiology ·Trudy M. Wassenaar,David W. Ussery,Adriana Cabal Rosel	0
4	Comparison of Monkeypox virus genomes from the 2017 Nigeria outbreak and the 2022 outbreak 2022 ·Journal of Applied Microbiology ·Trudy M. Wassenaar,Visanu Wanchai,David W. Ussery	16
5	Assessment of Bacterial Load in Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottled Water Marketed in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 2021 ·International Journal of Polymer Science ·(unknown),(unknown),David W. Ussery	8
6	Two SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequences of Isolates from Rural U.S. Patients Harboring the D614G Mutation, Obtained Using Nanopore Sequencing 2021 ·Microbiology Resource Announcements ·Piroon Jenjaroenpun,Visanu Wanchai,Kikumi D. Ono‐Moore,Jennifer Laudadio,Laura P. James,Sean H. Adams,Fred Prior,Intawat Nookaew,David W. Ussery,Thidathip Wongsurawat	12
7	Mash-based analyses of Escherichia coli genomes reveal 14 distinct phylogroups 2021 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown),Zulema Udaondo,(unknown),Visanu Wanchai,Trudy M. Wassenaar,Michael S. Robeson,David W. Ussery	64
8	Is amplification bias consequential in transposon sequencing (TnSeq) assays? A case study with a Staphylococcus aureus TnSeq library subjected to PCR-based and amplification-free enrichment methods 2021 ·Microbial Genomics ·Duah Alkam,Thidathip Wongsurawat,Intawat Nookaew,Anthony R. Richardson,David W. Ussery,Mark S. Smeltzer,Piroon Jenjaroenpun	2
9	16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Profiling of Baby and Adult Captive Elephants in Thailand 2020 ·Microbiology Resource Announcements ·(unknown),(unknown),Piroon Jenjaroenpun,David W. Ussery,Intawat Nookaew,Michael S. Robeson,Thidathip Wongsurawat	7
10	Decoding the epitranscriptional landscape from native RNA sequences 2020 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Piroon Jenjaroenpun,Thidathip Wongsurawat,(unknown),Trudy M. Wassenaar,Jun Liu,Qing Dai,Visanu Wanchai,Nisreen Akel,Azemat Jamshidi‐Parsian,Aime T. Franco,Gunnar Boysen,Michael L. Jennings,David W. Ussery,Chuan He,Intawat Nookaew	186
11	Complete Genome Sequences of Four Isolates of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium with the vanA Gene and Two Daptomycin Resistance Mutations, Obtained from Two Inpatients with Prolonged Bacteremia 2020 ·Microbiology Resource Announcements ·Piroon Jenjaroenpun,Thidathip Wongsurawat,Zulema Udaondo,Courtney Anderson,(unknown),Meera Mohan,Ruslana G. Tytarenko,Brian A. Walker,Intawat Nookaew,David W. Ussery,Atul Kothari,Se‐Ran Jun	6
12	Two Cases of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia With Development of Daptomycin-Resistant Phenotype and its Detection Using Oxford Nanopore Sequencing 2020 ·Open Forum Infectious Diseases ·Zulema Udaondo,Piroon Jenjaroenpun,Thidathip Wongsurawat,Erik N. Meyers,Courtney Anderson,(unknown),Meera Mohan,Ruslana G. Tytarenko,Brian A. Walker,David W. Ussery,Atul Kothari,Se‐Ran Jun	9
13	Rapid Sequencing of Multiple RNA Viruses in Their Native Form 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Thidathip Wongsurawat,Piroon Jenjaroenpun,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jyothi Parvathareddy,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Niracha Athipanyasilp,(unknown),Donghoon Chung,Chutikarn Chaimayo,Michael A. Whitt,Wannee Kantakamalakul,Ruengpung Sutthent,Navin Horthongkham,David W. Ussery,Colleen B. Jonsson,Intawat Nookaew	46
14	Genome-Based Comparison of Clostridioides difficile: Average Amino Acid Identity Analysis of Core Genomes 2018 ·Microbial Ecology ·Adriana Cabal Rosel,Se‐Ran Jun,Piroon Jenjaroenpun,Visanu Wanchai,Intawat Nookaew,Thidathip Wongsurawat,Mary Jo Burgess,Atul Kothari,Trudy M. Wassenaar,David W. Ussery	9
15	Campylobacter fetus subspecies: Comparative genomics and prediction of potential virulence targets 2012 ·Gene ·Amjad Ali,Siomar de Castro Soares,Anderson Rodrigues dos Santos,Luís Carlos Guimarães,(unknown),S. Almeida,Vinícius Augusto Carvalho de Abreu,Adriana Ribeiro Carneiro,Rommel Thiago Jucá Ramos,Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar,Syed Shah Hassan,David W. Ussery,Stephen L. W. On,Artur Silva,Maria Paula Cruz Schneider,Andrey Pereira Lage,Anderson Miyoshi,Vasco Azevedo	28
16	Genome Comparison of Bacterial Pathogens 2009 ·PubMed ·Trudy M. Wassenaar,Jon Bohlin,Tim T. Binnewies,David W. Ussery	10
17	The Genus <i>Burkholderia</i>: Analysis of 56 Genomic Sequences 2009 ·PubMed ·David W. Ussery,Kristoffer Kiil,Karin Lagesen,Thomas Sicheritz‐Pontén,Jon Bohlin,Trudy M. Wassenaar	48
18	Analysis of genomic signatures in prokaryotes using multinomial regression and hierarchical clustering 2009 ·BMC Genomics ·Jon Bohlin,Eystein Skjerve,David W. Ussery	15
19	The genome BLASTatlas—a GeneWiz extension for visualization of whole-genome homology 2008 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Peter F. Hallin,Tim T. Binnewies,David W. Ussery	49
20	The Stealth Creationists 2001 ·David W. Ussery	2

About David W. Ussery

David W. Ussery is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Ecology and Molecular Biology, having authored 177 papers that have together received 14.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (82 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (43 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (35 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (2.3k citations), Molecular Medicine (1.5k citations) and Ecology (3.8k citations). David W. Ussery has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Peter F. Hallin, Karin Lagesen, Torbjørn Rognes, Einar Andreas Rødland, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Carsten Friis, Ole Lund, Frank M. Aarestrup, Oksana Lukjančenko and Thomas Sicheritz‐Pontén. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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