Eric M. Knight

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Eric M. Knight is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric M. Knight has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Eric M. Knight's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (7 papers). Eric M. Knight is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (7 papers). Eric M. Knight collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iceland and Denmark. Eric M. Knight's co-authors include Bernhard Ø. Palsson, Byung‐Kwan Cho, Jennifer L. Reed, Markus J. Herrgård, Markus W. Covert, Christian Barrett, Stephen S. Fong, Christopher D. Herring, Young Seoub Park and Juan Nogales and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Eric M. Knight

15 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Integrating high-throughput and computational data elucid... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Integrating high-throughput and computational data elucidates bacterial networks
    2004 592 citations Markus W. Covert, Eric M. Knight et al. Nature 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 M. Knight United States 13 2.1k 768 441 227 167 15 2.4k
Karl Friehs Germany 26 1.4k 0.7× 360 0.5× 394 0.9× 189 0.8× 181 1.1× 78 1.8k
Anand V. Sastry United States 25 1.6k 0.8× 521 0.7× 318 0.7× 136 0.6× 41 0.2× 46 1.9k
Tom M Conrad United States 9 2.2k 1.1× 613 0.8× 692 1.6× 89 0.4× 78 0.5× 11 2.5k
Dhinakar S. Kompala United States 21 1.6k 0.7× 457 0.6× 441 1.0× 135 0.6× 30 0.2× 44 1.9k
Vivek K. Mutalik United States 26 2.5k 1.2× 950 1.2× 247 0.6× 823 3.6× 70 0.4× 40 3.1k
Matthew Oberhardt United States 17 1.5k 0.7× 200 0.3× 479 1.1× 111 0.5× 48 0.3× 33 1.8k
Kenji Nakahigashi Japan 24 1.8k 0.9× 407 0.5× 153 0.3× 174 0.8× 79 0.5× 47 2.2k
Ethan A. Mirsky United States 5 1.7k 0.8× 505 0.7× 266 0.6× 197 0.9× 58 0.3× 5 1.9k
Martin Dragosits Austria 20 1.8k 0.8× 315 0.4× 496 1.1× 91 0.4× 80 0.5× 25 2.1k
Nathan Mih United States 15 1.1k 0.5× 178 0.2× 304 0.7× 70 0.3× 88 0.5× 20 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric M. Knight

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric M. Knight

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Eric M. Knight. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Eric M. Knight based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Eric M. Knight. Eric M. Knight is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Cho, Byung‐Kwan, Donghyuk Kim, Eric M. Knight, Karsten Zengler, & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2014). Genome-scale reconstruction of the sigma factor network in Escherichia coli: topology and functional states. BMC Biology. 12(1). 4–4. 93 indexed citations
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Nogales, Juan, Steinn Guðmundsson, Eric M. Knight, Bernhard Ø. Palsson, & Ines Thiele. (2012). Detailing the optimality of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria through systems biology analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(7). 2678–2683. 232 indexed citations
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Charusanti, Pep, Tom M Conrad, Eric M. Knight, et al.. (2010). Genetic Basis of Growth Adaptation of Escherichia coli after Deletion of pgi, a Major Metabolic Gene. PLoS Genetics. 6(11). e1001186–e1001186. 106 indexed citations
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Conrad, Tom M, Michael Frazier, Andrew R. Joyce, et al.. (2010). RNA polymerase mutants found through adaptive evolution reprogram Escherichia coli for optimal growth in minimal media. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(47). 20500–20505. 184 indexed citations
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Cho, Byung‐Kwan, Karsten Zengler, Yu Qiu, et al.. (2009). The transcription unit architecture of the Escherichia coli genome. Nature Biotechnology. 27(11). 1043–1049. 205 indexed citations
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Lewis, Nathan E., Byung‐Kwan Cho, Eric M. Knight, & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2009). Gene Expression Profiling and the Use of Genome-Scale In Silico Models ofEscherichia colifor Analysis: Providing Context for Content. Journal of Bacteriology. 191(11). 3437–3444. 38 indexed citations
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Cho, Byung‐Kwan, Eric M. Knight, Christian Barrett, & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2008). Genome-wide analysis of Fis binding in Escherichia coli indicates a causative role for A-/AT-tracts. Genome Research. 18(6). 900–910. 146 indexed citations
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Cho, Byung‐Kwan, Eric M. Knight, & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2008). Genomewide Identification of Protein Binding Locations Using Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Coupled with Microarray. Methods in molecular biology. 439. 131–145. 10 indexed citations
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Cho, Byung‐Kwan, Christian Barrett, Eric M. Knight, Young Seoub Park, & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2008). Genome-scale reconstruction of the Lrp regulatory network in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(49). 19462–19467. 148 indexed citations
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Cho, Byung‐Kwan, Eric M. Knight, & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2006). Transcriptional regulation of the fad regulon genes of Escherichia coli by ArcA. Microbiology. 152(8). 2207–2219. 55 indexed citations
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Reed, Jennifer L., Andrew R. Joyce, Christopher D. Herring, et al.. (2006). Systems approach to refining genome annotation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(46). 17480–17484. 213 indexed citations
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Cho, Byung‐Kwan, Eric M. Knight, & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2006). PCR-Based Tandem Epitope Tagging System for Escherichia Coli Genome Engineering. BioTechniques. 40(1). 67–72. 37 indexed citations
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Fong, Stephen S., Anthony P. Burgard, Christopher D. Herring, et al.. (2005). In silico design and adaptive evolution of Escherichia coli for production of lactic acid. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 91(5). 643–648. 290 indexed citations
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Covert, Markus W., Eric M. Knight, Jennifer L. Reed, Markus J. Herrgård, & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2004). Integrating high-throughput and computational data elucidates bacterial networks. Nature. 429(6987). 92–96. 592 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hausdorff, Jeffrey M., et al.. (2000). Neutrophilia and congestive heart failure after acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal. 139(1). 94–100. 8 indexed citations

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