Eric H. Davidson

47.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
379 papers, 31.3k citations indexed

About

Eric H. Davidson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oceanography and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric H. Davidson has authored 379 papers receiving a total of 31.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 272 papers in Molecular Biology, 98 papers in Oceanography and 84 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Eric H. Davidson's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (136 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (85 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (72 papers). Eric H. Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (136 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (85 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (72 papers). Eric H. Davidson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Eric H. Davidson's co-authors include Roy J. Britten, R. Andrew Cameron, Douglas H. Erwin, Isabelle S. Peter, Paola Oliveri, Andrew Ransick, Hamid Bolouri, Michael Levine, Kevin J. Peterson and Barbara R. Hough and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Eric H. Davidson

378 papers receiving 29.7k citations

Hit Papers

Gene Regulation for Higher Cells: A Theory 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 2006 2006 1971 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Gene Regulation for Higher Cells: A Theory
    1969 1.5k citations Eric H. Davidson et al. profile →
  2. Gene Regulatory Networks and the Evolution of Animal Body Plans
    2006 823 citations Eric H. Davidson et al. profile →
  3. The Regulatory Genome: Gene Regulatory Networks In Development And Evolution
    2006 713 citations Eric H. Davidson profile →
  4. Repetitive and Non-Repetitive DNA Sequences and a Speculation on the Origins of Evolutionary Novelty
    1971 604 citations Eric H. Davidson et al. profile →
  5. Gene regulatory networks for development
    2005 547 citations Eric H. Davidson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. The hardwiring of development: organization and function of genomic regulatory systems
    1997 533 citations Eric H. Davidson et al. Development profile →
  7. Regulation of Gene Expression: Possible Role of Repetitive Sequences
    1979 463 citations Eric H. Davidson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric H. Davidson United States 94 22.3k 6.2k 3.9k 3.8k 3.6k 379 31.3k
Roy J. Britten United States 68 14.1k 0.6× 4.3k 0.7× 976 0.3× 1.4k 0.4× 4.5k 1.2× 200 19.3k
Rudolf A. Raff United States 54 4.8k 0.2× 2.0k 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 779 0.2× 191 11.4k
Gregory A. Wray United States 51 5.3k 0.2× 3.7k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 167 11.3k
George N. Somero United States 86 7.7k 0.3× 2.8k 0.5× 4.3k 1.1× 6.5k 1.7× 1.4k 0.4× 228 29.7k
Bernard M. Degnan Australia 61 6.3k 0.3× 1.3k 0.2× 888 0.2× 1.1k 0.3× 871 0.2× 245 13.3k
Stephen R. Palumbi United States 92 7.4k 0.3× 9.9k 1.6× 2.9k 0.7× 12.0k 3.1× 1.1k 0.3× 233 38.4k
Hervé Philippe France 73 13.4k 0.6× 5.3k 0.9× 413 0.1× 1.6k 0.4× 3.5k 1.0× 159 20.8k
Mark Q. Martindale United States 64 9.4k 0.4× 1.7k 0.3× 516 0.1× 1.9k 0.5× 870 0.2× 225 16.1k
Peter W. H. Holland United Kingdom 62 9.3k 0.4× 3.7k 0.6× 488 0.1× 628 0.2× 1.8k 0.5× 217 14.0k
Diethard Tautz Germany 79 14.1k 0.6× 9.8k 1.6× 692 0.2× 789 0.2× 4.9k 1.4× 250 25.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Erkenbrack, Eric M. & Eric H. Davidson. (2015). Evolutionary rewiring of gene regulatory network linkages at divergence of the echinoid subclasses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(30). E4075–84. 57 indexed citations
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Cui, Miao, Natnaree Siriwon, Enhu Li, Eric H. Davidson, & Isabelle S. Peter. (2014). Specific functions of the Wnt signaling system in gene regulatory networks throughout the early sea urchin embryo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(47). E5029–38. 63 indexed citations
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Faure, Emmanuel, Isabelle S. Peter, & Eric H. Davidson. (2013). A New Software Package for Predictive Gene Regulatory Network Modeling and Redesign. Journal of Computational Biology. 20(6). 419–423. 4 indexed citations
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Royo, José Luís, Ignacio Maeso, Manuel Irimia, et al.. (2011). Transphyletic conservation of developmental regulatory state in animal evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(34). 14186–14191. 73 indexed citations
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Peter, Isabelle S. & Eric H. Davidson. (2011). Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks Controlling Body Plan Development. Cell. 144(6). 970–985. 280 indexed citations
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Damle, Sagar & Eric H. Davidson. (2011). Precise cis-regulatory control of spatial and temporal expression of the alx-1 gene in the skeletogenic lineage of s. purpuratus. Developmental Biology. 357(2). 505–517. 32 indexed citations
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Davidson, Eric H.. (2011). Evolutionary bioscience as regulatory systems biology. Developmental Biology. 357(1). 35–40. 27 indexed citations
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Oliveri, Paola, Qiang Tu, & Eric H. Davidson. (2008). Global regulatory logic for specification of an embryonic cell lineage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(16). 5955–5962. 300 indexed citations
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Vokes, Steven A., Hongkai Ji, Scott McCuine, et al.. (2007). Genomic characterization of Gli-activator targets in sonic hedgehog-mediated neural patterning. Development. 134(10). 1977–1989. 226 indexed citations
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Nam, Jongmin, et al.. (2007). Cis-regulatory control of the nodal gene, initiator of the sea urchin oral ectoderm gene network. Developmental Biology. 306(2). 860–869. 74 indexed citations
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Laubichler, Manfred D. & Eric H. Davidson. (2007). Boveri's long experiment: Sea urchin merogones and the establishment of the role of nuclear chromosomes in development. Developmental Biology. 314(1). 1–11. 34 indexed citations
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Lee, Pei Yun, Jongmin Nam, & Eric H. Davidson. (2007). Exclusive developmental functions of gatae cis-regulatory modules in the Strongylocentrorus purpuratus embryo. Developmental Biology. 307(2). 434–445. 30 indexed citations
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Tu, Qiang, C. Titus Brown, Eric H. Davidson, & Paola Oliveri. (2006). Sea urchin Forkhead gene family: Phylogeny and embryonic expression. Developmental Biology. 300(1). 49–62. 176 indexed citations
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Livi, Carolina B. & Eric H. Davidson. (2006). Expression and function of blimp1/krox, an alternatively transcribed regulatory gene of the sea urchin endomesoderm network. Developmental Biology. 293(2). 513–525. 59 indexed citations
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Yuh, Chiou‐Hwa, et al.. (2004). An otx cis -regulatory module: a key node in the sea urchin endomesoderm gene regulatory network. Developmental Biology. 269(2). 536–551. 59 indexed citations
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Oliveri, Paola, Eric H. Davidson, & David R. McClay. (2003). Activation of pmar1 controls specification of micromeres in the sea urchin embryo. Developmental Biology. 258(1). 32–43. 116 indexed citations
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Brown, C. Titus, Alistair G. Rust, Peter Clarke, et al.. (2002). New Computational Approaches for Analysis of cis-Regulatory Networks. Developmental Biology. 246(1). 86–102. 86 indexed citations
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Coffman, James A., Carmen V. Kirchhamer, Michael G. Harrington, & Eric H. Davidson. (1996). SpRunt-1, a New Member of the Runt Domain Family of Transcription Factors, Is a Positive Regulator of the Aboral Ectoderm-SpecificCyIIIAGene in Sea Urchin Embryos. Developmental Biology. 174(1). 43–54. 54 indexed citations
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Cameron, R. Andrew, Patrick Leahy, & Eric H. Davidson. (1996). Twins Raised from Separated Blastomeres Develop into Sexually MatureStrongylocentrotus purpuratus. Developmental Biology. 178(2). 514–519. 16 indexed citations
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Davidson, Eric H. & Richard Firtel. (1984). Molecular biology of development : proceedings of a Cetus-UCLA symposium held April 1-7, 1984 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

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