Eörs Szathmáry

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Eörs Szathmáry is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eörs Szathmáry has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Genetics, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Eörs Szathmáry's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (5 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (5 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers). Eörs Szathmáry is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (5 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (5 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers). Eörs Szathmáry collaborates with scholars based in Hungary, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Eörs Szathmáry's co-authors include John Maynard Smith, Eva Jablonka, V. Hutson, David Grey, Mauro Santos and Ηλίας Ζιντζαράς and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Eörs Szathmáry

8 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

The major evolutionary transitions

1995 651 citations Eörs Szathmáry, John Maynard Smith Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eörs Szathmáry Hungary	7	549	549	449	338	188	8	1.2k
Richard M. Burian United States	18	461 0.8×	577 1.1×	100 0.2×	302 0.9×	397 2.1×	56	1.9k
Alan C. Love United States	24	457 0.8×	348 0.6×	141 0.3×	218 0.6×	221 1.2×	81	1.5k
William B. Provine United States	16	381 0.7×	1.1k 2.0×	115 0.3×	536 1.6×	431 2.3×	27	2.4k
Jack Lester King United States	14	951 1.7×	1.1k 1.9×	68 0.2×	162 0.5×	313 1.7×	22	2.2k
András Szilágyi Hungary	14	312 0.6×	270 0.5×	277 0.6×	113 0.3×	86 0.5×	40	712
Marcello Barbieri Italy	23	923 1.7×	332 0.6×	601 1.3×	117 0.3×	28 0.1×	68	1.7k
Vera Vasas United Kingdom	13	291 0.5×	114 0.2×	287 0.6×	79 0.2×	120 0.6×	21	701
Raphael Falk Israel	16	416 0.8×	322 0.6×	53 0.1×	69 0.2×	81 0.4×	63	1.0k
Carol E. Cleland United States	18	199 0.4×	100 0.2×	423 0.9×	130 0.4×	37 0.2×	33	1.2k
Arnaud Pocheville France	11	170 0.3×	172 0.3×	67 0.1×	106 0.3×	128 0.7×	24	565

Countries citing papers authored by Eörs Szathmáry

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eörs Szathmáry

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Santos, Mauro, Ηλίας Ζιντζαράς, & Eörs Szathmáry. (2004). Recombination in Primeval Genomes: A Step Forward but Still a Long Leap from Maintaining a Sizable Genome. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 59(4). 507–519. 25 indexed citations

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Szathmáry, Eörs. (1999). The origin of the genetic code: amino acids as cofactors in an RNA world. Trends in Genetics. 15(6). 223–229. 147 indexed citations

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Szathmáry, Eörs & John Maynard Smith. (1995). The major evolutionary transitions. Nature. 374(6519). 227–232. 651 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jablonka, Eva & Eörs Szathmáry. (1995). The evolution of information storage and heredity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 10(5). 206–211. 56 indexed citations

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Grey, David, V. Hutson, & Eörs Szathmáry. (1995). A re-exam ination of the stochastic corrector model. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 262(1363). 29–35. 48 indexed citations

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Szathmáry, Eörs. (1994). Toy Models for Simple Forms of Multicellularity, Soma and Germ. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 169(2). 125–132. 12 indexed citations

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Szathmáry, Eörs, et al.. (1991). A theoretical test of the DNA repair hypothesis for the maintenance of sex in eukaryotes. Genetics Research. 58(2). 157–165. 5 indexed citations

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Szathmáry, Eörs, et al.. (1987). Group selection of early replicators and the origin of life. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 128(4). 463–486. 281 indexed citations

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