Donna Smoler

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 903 citations indexed

About

Donna Smoler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Donna Smoler has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 903 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Donna Smoler's work include Viral Infections and Immunology Research (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (3 papers). Donna Smoler is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Immunology Research (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (3 papers). Donna Smoler collaborates with scholars based in United States. Donna Smoler's co-authors include David Baltimore, Ronald P. McCaffrey, Eckard Wimmer, Charles N. Cole, Kenneth F. Manly, Ian J. Molineux, Kenneth F. Watson, Hidesaburô Hanafusa, A. Yaniv and Samuel Fogel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Donna Smoler

12 papers receiving 752 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Primer Requirement and Template Specificity of the DNA Polymerase of RNA Tumor Viruses

1971 200 citations David Baltimore, Donna Smoler Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase in a Case of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

1973 188 citations Ronald P. McCaffrey, Donna Smoler et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donna Smoler United States	10	462	194	192	130	129	12	903
Daniel Kacian United States	15	708 1.5×	112 0.6×	187 1.0×	72 0.6×	138 1.1×	23	1.1k
M.R. Das India	12	511 1.1×	141 0.7×	231 1.2×	35 0.3×	110 0.9×	26	951
Jesse Charney United States	16	330 0.7×	177 0.9×	269 1.4×	97 0.7×	80 0.6×	42	974
Nada Ledinko United States	20	391 0.8×	337 1.7×	368 1.9×	268 2.1×	64 0.5×	63	973
F. K. Sanders United Kingdom	14	317 0.7×	98 0.5×	107 0.6×	131 1.0×	64 0.5×	33	736
William T. Lane United States	15	469 1.0×	221 1.1×	765 4.0×	35 0.3×	49 0.4×	22	1.2k
James R. Etchison United States	20	860 1.9×	64 0.3×	214 1.1×	27 0.2×	75 0.6×	38	1.3k
R. A. Bonar United States	15	274 0.6×	82 0.4×	153 0.8×	29 0.2×	87 0.7×	39	645
Sujata Manam United States	16	809 1.8×	245 1.3×	249 1.3×	28 0.2×	32 0.2×	23	1.3k
M. S. Sidhu India	15	167 0.4×	368 1.9×	260 1.4×	96 0.7×	105 0.8×	44	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Donna Smoler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donna Smoler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donna Smoler

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12 of 12 papers shown

Smoler, Donna, et al.. (2016). Aerobic Vinyl Chloride Metabolism in Groundwater Microcosms by Methanotrophic and Etheneotrophic Bacteria. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(7). 3617–3625. 31 indexed citations

Mattes, Timothy E., et al.. (2013). Quantifying the Presence and Activity of Aerobic, Vinyl Chloride-Degrading Microorganisms in Dilute Groundwater Plumes by Using Real-Time PCR. 1 indexed citations

Jin, Yang, Laura S. Schmidt, Yalan Li, et al.. (2010). Proteomic Analysis of Ethene-Enriched Groundwater Microcosms from a Vinyl Chloride-Contaminated Site. Environmental Science & Technology. 44(5). 1594–1601. 14 indexed citations

Haseltine, William A., Amos Panet, Donna Smoler, et al.. (1977). Interaction of tryptophan tRNA and avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase: further characterization of the binding reaction. Biochemistry. 16(16). 3625–3632. 43 indexed citations

McCaffrey, Ronald P., Donna Smoler, & David Baltimore. (1973). Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase in a Case of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 70(2). 521–525. 188 indexed citations breakdown →

Baltimore, David & Donna Smoler. (1972). Association of an Endoribonuclease with the Avian Myeloblastosis Virus Deoxyribonucleic Acid Polymerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 247(22). 7282–7287. 100 indexed citations

Hanafusa, Hidesaburô, David Baltimore, Donna Smoler, et al.. (1972). Absence of Polymerase Protein in Virions of Alpha-Type Rous Sarcoma Virus. Science. 177(4055). 1188–1191. 62 indexed citations

Smoler, Donna, Ian J. Molineux, & David Baltimore. (1971). Direction of Polymerization by the Avian Myeloblastosis Virus Deoxyribonucleic Acid Polymerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 246(24). 7697–7700. 50 indexed citations

Baltimore, David & Donna Smoler. (1971). Primer Requirement and Template Specificity of the DNA Polymerase of RNA Tumor Viruses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 68(7). 1507–1511. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cole, Charles N., Donna Smoler, Eckard Wimmer, & David Baltimore. (1971). Defective Interfering Particles of Poliovirus I. Isolation and Physical Properties. Journal of Virology. 7(4). 478–485. 123 indexed citations

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Manly, Kenneth F., et al.. (1971). Forms of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Produced by Virions of the Ribonucleic Acid Tumor Viruses. Journal of Virology. 7(1). 106–111. 89 indexed citations

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Baltimore, David, et al.. (1971). The RNA Tumour Virus DNA Polymerase: Study of the Endogenous and Exogenous Reactions. Novartis Foundation symposium. 317–323. 2 indexed citations

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