Don S. Varnum

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Don S. Varnum is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Don S. Varnum has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Genetics, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Don S. Varnum's work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (5 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (5 papers) and Ocular Disorders and Treatments (3 papers). Don S. Varnum is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (5 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (5 papers) and Ocular Disorders and Treatments (3 papers). Don S. Varnum collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Japan. Don S. Varnum's co-authors include Leroy C. Stevens, Joseph H. Nadeau, Edward H. Leiter, Leonard D. Shultz, H.D. Chapman, David Serreze, Karl Theiler, Matthew S. Hanson, Sara Fleming and Peter C. Reifsnyder and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Genetics and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Don S. Varnum

27 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

B lymphocytes are essential for the initiation of T cell-mediated autoimmune diabetes: analysis of a new "speed congenic" stock of NOD.Ig mu null mice.

1996 502 citations David Serreze, H.D. Chapman et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

Peers

Don S. Varnum

GENET

IMMUN

SURGE

EDM

Christopher F. Graham United Kingdom

Marie Legendre France

Susan Pfeifer‐Ohlsson Sweden

Shalini N. Jhangiani United States

Hope H. Punnett United States

Chikashi Tachi Japan

A.H.M. Geurts van Kessel Netherlands

Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel United States

Thomas F. Manganaro United States

H Sugino Japan

Christopher F. Graham United Kingdom

Don S. Varnum

490 ×0.5

GENET

1.0k ×1.3

217 ×0.5

IMMUN

182 ×0.5

SURGE

216 ×1.3

EDM

Citations per year, relative to Don S. Varnum Don S. Varnum (= 1×) peers Christopher F. Graham

Countries citing papers authored by Don S. Varnum

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Don S. Varnum's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Don S. Varnum with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Don S. Varnum more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Don S. Varnum

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Don S. Varnum. 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 Don S. Varnum. The network helps show where Don S. Varnum may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Don S. Varnum

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Matin, Angabin, et al.. (1999). Susceptibility to testicular germ-cell tumours in a 129.MOLF-Chr 19 chromosome substitution strain. Nature Genetics. 23(2). 237–240. 86 indexed citations

Matin, Angabin, et al.. (1998). Simple sequence length polymorphisms (SSLPs) that distinguish MOLF/Ei and 129/Sv inbred strains of laboratory mice. Mammalian Genome. 9(8). 668–670. 8 indexed citations

Matin, Angabin, Gayle B. Collin, Don S. Varnum, & Joseph H. Nadeau. (1998). Testicular teratocarcinogenesis in mice — a review. Apmis. 106(1-6). 174–182. 20 indexed citations

Serreze, David, H.D. Chapman, Don S. Varnum, et al.. (1997). Initiation of autoimmune diabetes in NOD/Lt mice is MHC class I-dependent. The Journal of Immunology. 158(8). 3978–3986. 114 indexed citations

Serreze, David, H.D. Chapman, Don S. Varnum, et al.. (1996). B lymphocytes are essential for the initiation of T cell-mediated autoimmune diabetes: analysis of a new "speed congenic" stock of NOD.Ig mu null mice.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 184(5). 2049–2053. 502 indexed citations breakdown →

Collin, Gayle B., Yoshinobu Asada, Don S. Varnum, & Joseph H. Nadeau. (1996). DNA pooling as a quick method for finding candidate linkages in multigenic trait analysis: an example involving susceptibility to germ cell tumors. Mammalian Genome. 7(1). 68–70. 30 indexed citations

Imai, Kenji, et al.. (1995). Interaction between undulated and Patch leads to an extreme form of spina bifida in double-mutant mice. Nature Genetics. 11(1). 60–63. 61 indexed citations

Asada, Yoshinobu, Don S. Varnum, Wayne N. Frankel, & Joseph H. Nadeau. (1994). A mutation in the Ter gene causing increased susceptibility to testicular teratomas maps to mouse chromosome 18. Nature Genetics. 6(4). 363–368. 59 indexed citations

Crosby, Jeffrey L., Don S. Varnum, Linda L. Washburn, & Joseph H. Nadeau. (1992). Disorganization is a completely dominant gain-of-function mouse mutation causing sporadic developmental defects. Mechanisms of Development. 37(3). 121–126. 23 indexed citations

10.

Nadeau, Joseph H., Bernhard G. Herrmann, Maja Bućan, et al.. (1991). Genetic maps of mouse Chromosome 17 including 12 new anonymous DNA loci and 25 anchor loci. Genomics. 9(1). 78–89. 39 indexed citations

11.

Nadeau, Joseph H., et al.. (1989). Genetic evidence for two t complex tail interaction (tct) loci in t haplotypes.. Genetics. 122(4). 895–903. 16 indexed citations

12.

Theiler, Karl & Don S. Varnum. (1985). Development of rib-vertebrae: a new mutation in the house mouse with accessory caudal duplications. Anatomy and Embryology. 173(1). 111–116. 23 indexed citations

13.

Theiler, Karl & Don S. Varnum. (1981). Development of Coloboma (Cm/+), a mutation with anterior lens adhesion. Anatomy and Embryology. 162(1). 121–126. 38 indexed citations

14.

Stevens, Leroy C., Don S. Varnum, & Eva M. Eicher. (1977). Viable chimaeras produced from normal and parthenogenetic mouse embryos. Nature. 269(5628). 515–517. 87 indexed citations

15.

Waymouth, Charity & Don S. Varnum. (1976). Simple freezing procedure for storage in serum-free media of cultured and tumor cells of mouse. Methods in Cell Science. 2(1). 311–313. 4 indexed citations

16.

Theiler, Karl, et al.. (1976). A new allele of ocular retardation: Early development and morphogenetic cell death. Anatomy and Embryology. 150(1). 85–97. 43 indexed citations

17.

Theiler, Karl, Don S. Varnum, Janice L. Southard, & Leroy C. Stevens. (1975). Malformed vertebrae: A new mutant with the ?Wirbel-Rippen Syndrom? in the mouse. Anatomy and Embryology. 147(2). 161–166. 11 indexed citations

18.

Varnum, Don S. & Leroy C. Stevens. (1974). Rachiterata: A New Skeletal Mutation on Chromosome 2 of the Mouse. Journal of Heredity. 65(2). 91–93. 17 indexed citations

19.

Theiler, Karl, Don S. Varnum, & Leroy C. Stevens. (1974). Development of rachiterata, a mutation in the house mouse with 6 cervical vertebrae. Anatomy and Embryology. 145(1). 75–80. 14 indexed citations

20.

Varnum, Don S. & Leroy C. Stevens. (1968). Aphakia, a New Mutation in the Mouse. Journal of Heredity. 59(2). 147–150. 87 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact