Edward Kirton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science.
According to data from OpenAlex, Edward Kirton has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Edward Kirton's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers). Edward Kirton is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers). Edward Kirton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Sweden. Edward Kirton's co-authors include Zhong Wang, Rob Egan, Feng Li, Hong An, Dongwan Kang, Tanja Woyke, Shaomei He, Susannah G. Tringe, Natalia Ivanova and Nikos C. Kyrpides and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS ONE and Frontiers in Microbiology.
In The Last Decade
Edward Kirton
7 papers
receiving
3.2k citations
Hit Papers
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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.
MetaBAT 2: an adaptive binning algorithm for robust and efficient genome reconstruction from metagenome assemblies
20192.1k citationsDongwan Kang, Feng Li et al.PeerJprofile →
IMG/M v.5.0: an integrated data management and comparative analysis system for microbial genomes and microbiomes
2018583 citationsI-Min A. Chen, Ken Chu et al.Nucleic Acids Researchprofile →
Primer and platform effects on 16S rRNA tag sequencing
2015387 citationsJulien Tremblay, Kanwar Pal Singh et al.Frontiers in Microbiologyprofile →
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All Works
7 of 7 papers shown
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Kang, Dongwan, Feng Li, Edward Kirton, et al.. (2019). MetaBAT 2: an adaptive binning algorithm for robust and efficient genome reconstruction from metagenome assemblies. PeerJ. 7. e7359–e7359.2065 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, I-Min A., Ken Chu, Krishna Palaniappan, et al.. (2018). IMG/M v.5.0: an integrated data management and comparative analysis system for microbial genomes and microbiomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(D1). D666–D677.583 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tremblay, Julien, Kanwar Pal Singh, Edward Kirton, et al.. (2015). Primer and platform effects on 16S rRNA tag sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 771–771.387 indexed citations breakdown →
Chen, Feng, et al.. (2005). Comparison of 454 Sequencing Platform with Traditional Sanger Sequencing: a Case Study with de novo Sequencing of Prochlorococcus Marinus NATL2A Genome. eScholarship (California Digital Library).3 indexed citations
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