F Jacob

12.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
126 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

F Jacob is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, F Jacob has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in F Jacob's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (22 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (20 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (11 papers). F Jacob is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (22 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (20 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (11 papers). F Jacob collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Canada. F Jacob's co-authors include Jacques Monod, Sydney Brenner, François Cuzin, E. Wollman, Matthew Meselson, Charles Babinet, A.D. Kaiser, Harvey Eisen, Philippe Brûlet and Rolf Kemler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

F Jacob

125 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

On the Regulation of DNA Replication in Bacteria

1963 1.1k citations F Jacob, François Cuzin et al. profile →
General Conclusions: Teleonomic Mechanisms in Cellular Metabolism, Growth, and Differentiation

1961 754 citations Jacques Monod, F Jacob profile →
An Unstable Intermediate Carrying Information from Genes to Ribosomes for Protein Synthesis

1961 698 citations F Jacob et al. Nature profile →
On the Regulation of Gene Activity

1961 556 citations F Jacob, Jacques Monod profile →
Sexuality and the genetics of bacteria.

1961 386 citations F Jacob, E. Wollman profile →
Recombination between related temperate bacteriophages and the genetic control of immunity and prophage localization

1957 335 citations F Jacob et al. Virology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
F Jacob France	46	6.9k	3.4k	1.8k	782	663	126	9.5k
Heinz Schaller Germany	71	7.6k 1.1×	2.7k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	485 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	193	15.4k
B.A. Roe United States	32	11.4k 1.6×	3.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	440 0.6×	723 1.1×	72	15.3k
Louis Siminovitch Canada	54	6.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	566 0.7×	1.7k 2.5×	163	10.5k
G.G. Brownlee United Kingdom	48	8.3k 1.2×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	546 0.7×	1.7k 2.5×	104	12.2k
Peter Model United States	49	5.8k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.3×	487 0.6×	226 0.3×	98	7.5k
W Gilbert United States	36	11.3k 1.6×	3.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	954 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	55	15.3k
Keiichi Itakura United States	47	8.6k 1.2×	2.0k 0.6×	958 0.5×	406 0.5×	628 0.9×	111	10.9k
John J. Dunn United States	43	10.8k 1.6×	4.7k 1.4×	3.0k 1.6×	875 1.1×	959 1.4×	98	15.9k
Max L. Birnstiel Switzerland	68	14.0k 2.0×	4.2k 1.2×	975 0.5×	416 0.5×	1.3k 1.9×	177	16.7k
Peter Y. Chou United States	17	9.5k 1.4×	1.4k 0.4×	636 0.3×	905 1.2×	793 1.2×	18	12.1k

Countries citing papers authored by F Jacob

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Fields of papers citing papers by F Jacob

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F Jacob

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Müller, Christophe, et al.. (2002). Magnetic-field-induced orientation in Co-doped SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ferroelectric oxide. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 14(45). 11849–11857. 8 indexed citations

Jacob, Laurent, M A Lety, D. Choquette, et al.. (1987). Presence of antibodies against a cell-surface protein, cross-reactive with DNA, in systemic lupus erythematosus: a marker of the disease.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(9). 2956–2959. 17 indexed citations

Peyriéras, Nadine, François Hyafil, Daniel Louvard, Hidde L. Ploegh, & F Jacob. (1983). Uvomorulin: a nonintegral membrane protein of early mouse embryo.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(20). 6274–6277. 159 indexed citations

Avner, Philip, William F. Dove, J. A. Gaillard, et al.. (1978). The genetics of teratocarcinoma transplantation: tumor formation in allogeneic hosts by the embryonal carcinoma cell lines F9 and PCC3. Immunogenetics. 7(1). 103–115. 35 indexed citations

Dubois, Philippe, et al.. (1977). Mouse teratocarcinoma *1Carbon source utilization patterns for growth and in vitro differentiation. Experimental Cell Research. 105(1). 39–50. 13 indexed citations

Fellous, Marc, et al.. (1977). Isolation of a human teratoma cell line which expresses F9 antigen. Nature. 270(5637). 515–518. 119 indexed citations

Eisen, Harvey, et al.. (1968). [On the replication of the lambda bacteriophage].. PubMed. 266(9). 926–8. 10 indexed citations

Eisen, Harvey, et al.. (1968). [On the early regulation of the lambda bacteriophage].. PubMed. 266(11). 1176–8. 27 indexed citations

Ullmann, A, F Jacob, & Jacques Monod. (1968). On the subunit structure of wild-type versus complemented β-galactosidase of Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 32(1). 1–13. 89 indexed citations

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Kennedy, John, et al.. (1968). Integrated Pest Control. Papers Presented at a Conference of Advisory Entomologists on 11-12 April 1967. Journal of Applied Ecology. 5(2). 489–489. 2 indexed citations

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Eisen, Harvey, et al.. (1966). Genetics and physiology of defective lysogeny in K12 (λ): Studies of early mutants. Virology. 30(2). 224–241. 174 indexed citations

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Cuzin, François & F Jacob. (1965). [Existence in Escherichia coli of a segregation genetic unit formed from different replicons].. PubMed. 260(20). 5411–4. 17 indexed citations

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Jacob, F, et al.. (1960). The operon: a group of genes whose expression is co-ordinated by an operator.. 250. 1727–1729. 10 indexed citations

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Jacob, F. (1960). Pests and their Control. Nature. 188(4757). 1141–1141. 2 indexed citations

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Perrin, D., F Jacob, & Jacques Monod. (1960). [Induced biosynthesis of a genetically modified protein not presenting affinity for the inductor].. PubMed. 251. 155–7. 1 indexed citations

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Lwoff, A, Thomas F. Anderson, & F Jacob. (1959). [Remarks on the characteristics of the infectious viral particle].. PubMed. 97. 281–9. 10 indexed citations

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Jacob, F, et al.. (1958). [Genetic determinism of colicine synthesis].. PubMed. 246(25). 3531–3. 9 indexed citations

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Jacob, F, et al.. (1956). Studies on Defective Lysogenic Bacteria. I. Genetic Determination of Morphogenesis in a Temperate Bacteriophage.. Ann. Inst. Pasteur. 90(3). 282–302. 23 indexed citations

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Jacob, F. (1956). A NEW BRITISH SPECIES OF LIPAPHIS MORDVILKO, 1928 (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE).. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy. 25(5-6). 85–89. 1 indexed citations

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Jacob, F & E. Wollman. (1954). [Spontaneous induction of the development of bacteriophage lambda during genetic recombination in Escherichia coli K12].. PubMed. 239(3). 317–9. 10 indexed citations

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