Deon Knight

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Deon Knight is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Deon Knight has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Deon Knight's work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (3 papers), Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing (3 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (2 papers). Deon Knight is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (3 papers), Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing (3 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (2 papers). Deon Knight collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Switzerland and Canada. Deon Knight's co-authors include Peter Koopman, Dagmar Wilhelm, Josephine Bowles, Hiroshi Hamada, Joy M. Richman, Megan J. Wilson, Kenta Yashiro, Christopher Smith, Janet Rossant and Kallayanee Chawengsaksophak and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Human Molecular Genetics and Theoretical and Applied Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Deon Knight

8 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Retinoid Signaling Determines Germ Cell Fate in Mice

2006 756 citations Josephine Bowles, Deon Knight et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deon Knight Australia	7	694	550	331	292	156	8	1.0k
Valeria Merico Italy	20	568 0.8×	210 0.4×	278 0.8×	541 1.9×	134 0.9×	47	1.0k
Masashi Miyake Japan	20	717 1.0×	234 0.4×	377 1.1×	739 2.5×	77 0.5×	39	1.2k
Suzannah A. Williams United Kingdom	18	439 0.6×	214 0.4×	392 1.2×	517 1.8×	52 0.3×	49	946
Hiroyuki Tateno Japan	20	440 0.6×	393 0.7×	713 2.2×	914 3.1×	132 0.8×	74	1.3k
John Huntriss United Kingdom	19	931 1.3×	560 1.0×	429 1.3×	710 2.4×	126 0.8×	36	1.6k
Kazuhiro Saeki Japan	23	721 1.0×	373 0.7×	668 2.0×	1.1k 3.8×	69 0.4×	76	1.5k
Jozef Laurinčík Slovakia	21	822 1.2×	503 0.9×	269 0.8×	839 2.9×	54 0.3×	91	1.3k
Disha Pant United States	13	522 0.8×	263 0.5×	193 0.6×	265 0.9×	38 0.2×	25	806
Nina Hillman United States	17	637 0.9×	368 0.7×	154 0.5×	415 1.4×	40 0.3×	43	984
Chunling Bai China	20	571 0.8×	268 0.5×	147 0.4×	190 0.7×	26 0.2×	73	897

Countries citing papers authored by Deon Knight

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deon Knight

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deon Knight

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Bowles, Josephine, Chun‐Wei Feng, Deon Knight, et al.. (2009). Male‐specific expression of Aldh1a1 in mouse and chicken fetal testes: Implications for retinoid balance in gonad development. Developmental Dynamics. 238(8). 2073–2080. 42 indexed citations

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Polanco, Juan Carlos, Dagmar Wilhelm, Tara‐Lynne Davidson, Deon Knight, & Peter Koopman. (2009). Sox10 gain-of-function causes XX sex reversal in mice: implications for human 22q-linked disorders of sex development. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(3). 506–516. 122 indexed citations

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Bowles, Josephine, Deon Knight, Christopher Smith, et al.. (2006). Retinoid Signaling Determines Germ Cell Fate in Mice. Science. 312(5773). 596–600. 756 indexed citations breakdown →

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McIntyre, C. Lynne, Rosanne E. Casu, Janneke Drenth, et al.. (2005). Resistance gene analogues in sugarcane and sorghum and their association with quantitative trait loci for rust resistance. Genome. 48(3). 391–400. 42 indexed citations

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Vickers, J. E., Christopher P. L. Grof, Graham D. Bonnett, et al.. (2005). Overexpression of Polyphenol Oxidase in Transgenic Sugarcane Results in Darker Juice and Raw Sugar. Crop Science. 45(1). 354–362. 33 indexed citations

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McIntyre, C. Lynne, Sandra Hermann, Rosanne E. Casu, et al.. (2004). Homologues of the maize rust resistance gene Rp1-D are genetically associated with a major rust resistance QTL in sorghum. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 109(4). 875–883. 15 indexed citations

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Grof, Christopher P. L., Deon Knight, Scott D. McNeil, John E. Lunn, & James A. Campbell. (1998). A modified assay method shows leaf sucrose-phosphate synthase activity is correlated with leaf sucrose content across a range of sugarcane varieties. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 25(4). 499–502. 33 indexed citations

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Knight, Deon, et al.. (1985). The Use of the Chorioallantoic Membrane (CAM) of the Embryonic Chick for the Direct Assessment of Implant Toxicity. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals. 13(4). 261–266. 2 indexed citations

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