Elbert Branscomb

29.0k total citations
38 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Elbert Branscomb is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Elbert Branscomb has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Elbert Branscomb's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (11 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (7 papers). Elbert Branscomb is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (11 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (7 papers). Elbert Branscomb collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Italy. Elbert Branscomb's co-authors include Michael J. Russell, David J. Galas, Lisa Stubbs, Joomyeong Kim, Myron F. Goodman, Linda K. Ashworth, Wolfgang Nitschke, Laurie Gordon, Aaron T. Hamilton and Linda K. Clayton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Elbert Branscomb

38 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elbert Branscomb United States 26 1.4k 511 410 206 173 38 2.0k
Hiroaki Nakano Japan 24 1.2k 0.8× 240 0.5× 302 0.7× 105 0.5× 110 0.6× 86 2.7k
Arto Annila Finland 36 1.3k 1.0× 445 0.9× 123 0.3× 246 1.2× 68 0.4× 115 3.3k
Eric A. Gaucher United States 36 2.7k 1.9× 156 0.3× 513 1.3× 349 1.7× 69 0.4× 72 3.9k
Ernesto Di Mauro Italy 35 2.7k 2.0× 2.1k 4.2× 356 0.9× 251 1.2× 568 3.3× 144 4.4k
J. R. Ashworth United Kingdom 34 1.2k 0.8× 499 1.0× 168 0.4× 64 0.3× 36 0.2× 88 3.4k
Paul Davies United States 20 514 0.4× 300 0.6× 114 0.3× 68 0.3× 49 0.3× 69 1.3k
Rodolfo Negri Italy 26 1.4k 1.0× 115 0.2× 137 0.3× 270 1.3× 81 0.5× 98 2.1k
Giovanna Costanzo Italy 27 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 2.7× 138 0.3× 76 0.4× 336 1.9× 63 2.2k
Hyman Hartman United States 30 1.6k 1.2× 831 1.6× 335 0.8× 217 1.1× 197 1.1× 67 2.9k
Arash Komeili United States 33 3.1k 2.2× 248 0.5× 269 0.7× 167 0.8× 50 0.3× 52 4.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elbert Branscomb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elbert Branscomb

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Branscomb, Elbert & Michael J. Russell. (2019). On the beneficent thickness of water. Interface Focus. 9(6). 20190061–20190061. 19 indexed citations
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Branscomb, Elbert & Michael J. Russell. (2018). Frankenstein or a Submarine Alkaline Vent: Who Is Responsible for Abiogenesis?. BioEssays. 40(7). e1700179–e1700179. 31 indexed citations
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Barge, Laura M., Elbert Branscomb, J. R. Brucato, et al.. (2016). Thermodynamics, Disequilibrium, Evolution: Far-From-Equilibrium Geological and Chemical Considerations for Origin-Of-Life Research. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 47(1). 39–56. 47 indexed citations
4.
Russell, Michael J., Laura M. Barge, R. Bhartia, et al.. (2014). The Drive to Life on Wet and Icy Worlds. Astrobiology. 14(4). 308–343. 207 indexed citations
5.
Branscomb, Elbert & Michael J. Russell. (2012). Turnstiles and bifurcators: The disequilibrium converting engines that put metabolism on the road. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1827(2). 62–78. 69 indexed citations
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Huntley, Stuart, Aaron T. Hamilton, Mary Bao Tran-Gyamfi, et al.. (2006). A comprehensive catalog of human KRAB-associated zinc finger genes: Insights into the evolutionary history of a large family of transcriptional repressors. Genome Research. 16(5). 669–677. 261 indexed citations
7.
Shannon, Mark, Aaron T. Hamilton, Laurie Gordon, Elbert Branscomb, & Lisa Stubbs. (2003). Differential Expansion of Zinc-Finger Transcription Factor Loci in Homologous Human and Mouse Gene Clusters. Genome Research. 13(6a). 1097–1110. 79 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Aaron T., et al.. (2003). Lineage-specific Expansion of KRAB Zinc-finger Transcription Factor Genes: Implications for the Evolution of Vertebrate Regulatory Networks. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 68(0). 131–140. 31 indexed citations
9.
Šlezak, T., Mark C. Wagner, Linda K. Ashworth, et al.. (2002). A database system for constructing, integrating, and displaying physical maps of chromosome 19. ix. 14–23. 2 indexed citations
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Shannon, Mark, Joomyeong Kim, Linda K. Ashworth, Elbert Branscomb, & Lisa Stubbs. (1998). Tandem Zinc-Finger Gene Families in Mammals: Insights and Unanswered Questions. DNA sequence. 8(5). 303–315. 29 indexed citations
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Kim, Joomyeong, Linda K. Ashworth, Elbert Branscomb, & Lisa Stubbs. (1997). The Human Homolog of a Mouse-Imprinted Gene, Peg3, Maps to a Zinc Finger Gene-Rich Region of Human Chromosome 19q13.4. Genome Research. 7(5). 532–540. 100 indexed citations
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Shannon, Mark, Linda K. Ashworth, Michael L. Mucenski, et al.. (1996). Comparative Analysis of a Conserved Zinc Finger Gene Cluster on Human Chromosome 19q and Mouse Chromosome 7. Genomics. 33(1). 112–120. 39 indexed citations
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Ashworth, Linda K., Mark A. Batzer, Brigitte Brandriff, et al.. (1995). An integrated metric physical map of human chromosome 19. Nature Genetics. 11(4). 422–427. 146 indexed citations
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Trask, Barbara J., Mari Christensen, Anne Fertitta, et al.. (1992). Fluorescence in Situ hybridization mapping of human chromosome 19: Mapping and verification of cosmid contigs formed by random restriction enzyme fingerprinting. Genomics. 14(1). 162–167. 10 indexed citations
15.
Carrano, A.V., Elbert Branscomb, Pieter J. de Jong, et al.. (1990). The interaction of high-resolution electrophoresis and computational analysis in genome mapping. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 19(16). 3 indexed citations
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Branscomb, Elbert, et al.. (1990). Optimizing restriction fragment fingerprinting methods for ordering large genomic libraries. Genomics. 8(2). 351–366. 53 indexed citations
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Carrano, A.V., et al.. (1989). Constructing chromosome- and region-specific cosmid maps of the human genome. Genome. 31(2). 1059–1065. 26 indexed citations
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Carrano, A.V., Jane E. Lamerdin, Linda K. Ashworth, et al.. (1989). A high-resolution, fluorescence-based, semiautomated method for DNA fingerprinting. Genomics. 4(2). 129–136. 96 indexed citations
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Peters, Donald C., et al.. (1985). The LLNL high‐speed sorter: Design features, operational characteristics, and biological utility. Cytometry. 6(4). 290–301. 48 indexed citations
20.
Branscomb, Elbert & Rhona Stuart. (1968). Induction lag as a function of induction level. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 32(4). 731–738. 18 indexed citations

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