Frank Wright

7.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
59 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Frank Wright is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Wright has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Frank Wright's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (20 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (9 papers). Frank Wright is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (20 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (9 papers). Frank Wright collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Ireland. Frank Wright's co-authors include Gráinne McGuire, David Marshall, Iain Milne, Paul M. Sharp, Denis C. Shields, Desmond G. Higgins, Mervyn J. Bibb, Dirk Husmeier, Micha Bayer and Kenneth H. Wolfe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Frank Wright

58 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

The ‘effective number of codons’ used in a gene 1988 2026 2000 2013 1990 2008 2009 1988 1988 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. The ‘effective number of codons’ used in a gene
    1990 1.7k citations Frank Wright Gene profile →
  2. TOPALi v2: a rich graphical interface for evolutionary analyses of multiple alignments on HPC clusters and multi-core desktops
    2008 554 citations Iain Milne, Dirk Husmeier et al. Bioinformatics profile →
  3. Tablet—next generation sequence assembly visualization
    2009 527 citations Iain Milne, Frank Wright et al. Bioinformatics profile →
  4. Codon usage patterns inEscherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Drosophila melanogasterandHomo sapiens; a review of the considerable within-species diversity
    1988 504 citations Paul M. Sharp, Desmond G. Higgins et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  5. "Silent" sites in Drosophila genes are not neutral: evidence of selection among synonymous codons.
    1988 470 citations Denis C. Shields, Paul M. Sharp et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank Wright United Kingdom 26 3.7k 1.9k 1.1k 736 449 59 6.1k
Joshua Orvis United States 19 3.5k 1.0× 2.3k 1.2× 929 0.9× 562 0.8× 412 0.9× 28 5.8k
Margaret Priest United States 5 3.5k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 803 0.7× 1.3k 1.7× 421 0.9× 6 5.9k
Ian Longden United Kingdom 2 4.7k 1.3× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.7× 367 0.8× 2 7.3k
Alexis Dereeper France 22 2.6k 0.7× 2.2k 1.1× 615 0.6× 839 1.1× 396 0.9× 53 5.6k
François Chevenet France 14 2.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 502 0.5× 835 1.1× 463 1.0× 24 5.4k
John Maslen United Kingdom 3 3.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 835 0.8× 1.2k 1.7× 481 1.1× 3 6.2k
Roxanne A. Yamashita United States 13 3.9k 1.1× 2.2k 1.1× 571 0.5× 845 1.1× 189 0.4× 19 6.3k
Craig McAnulla United Kingdom 10 3.5k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 837 0.8× 1.3k 1.8× 483 1.1× 13 6.2k
A. F. Quinn United Kingdom 4 3.3k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 811 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 477 1.1× 5 5.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Wright

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Wright

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All Works

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McLean, Kevin, Javier Palarea‐Albaladejo, Carol Currie, et al.. (2018). Rapid and robust analytical protocol for E. coli STEC bacteria subspecies differentiation using whole cell MALDI mass spectrometry. Talanta. 182. 164–170. 7 indexed citations
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Palarea‐Albaladejo, Javier, Kevin McLean, Frank Wright, & David G. Smith. (2017). MALDIrppa: quality control and robust analysis for mass spectrometry data. Bioinformatics. 34(3). 522–523. 25 indexed citations
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Schreiber, Miriam, Frank Wright, Pete E. Hedley, et al.. (2014). The Barley Genome Sequence Assembly Reveals Three Additional Members of the CslF (1,3;1,4)-β-Glucan Synthase Gene Family. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e90888–e90888. 45 indexed citations
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Phillips, Dylan, Cândida Nibau, Abdellah Barakate, et al.. (2013). Quantitative high resolution mapping of HvMLH3 foci in barley pachytene nuclei reveals a strong distal bias and weak interference. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64(8). 2139–2154. 18 indexed citations
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Jupe, Florian, Leighton Pritchard, Graham Etherington, et al.. (2012). Identification and localisation of the NB-LRR gene family within the potato genome. BMC Genomics. 13(1). 75–75. 234 indexed citations
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Sait, Michelle, Nick Wheelhouse, Morag Livingstone, et al.. (2011). Genetic variability of Chlamydophila abortus strains assessed by PCR-RFLP analysis of polymorphic membrane protein-encoding genes. Veterinary Microbiology. 151(3-4). 284–290. 8 indexed citations
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Ducreux, Laurence J. M., Wayne L. Morris, Ian M. Prosser, et al.. (2008). Expression profiling of potato germplasm differentiated in quality traits leads to the identification of candidate flavour and texture genes. Journal of Experimental Botany. 59(15). 4219–4231. 53 indexed citations
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Öpik, Maarja, Mari Moora, Martin Zobel, et al.. (2008). High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreal herb‐rich coniferous forest. New Phytologist. 179(3). 867–876. 132 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhenyu, Jorunn I. B. Bos, Miles R. Armstrong, et al.. (2004). Patterns of Diversifying Selection in the Phytotoxin-like scr74 Gene Family of Phytophthora infestans. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(3). 659–672. 97 indexed citations
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Husmeier, Dirk, Frank Wright, & Iain Milne. (2004). Detecting interspecific recombination with a pruned probabilistic divergence measure. Computer applications in the biosciences. 21(9). 1797–1806. 11 indexed citations
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McGuire, Gráinne & Frank Wright. (1998). TOPAL: recombination detection in DNA and protein sequences.. Bioinformatics. 14(2). 219–220. 19 indexed citations
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Wright, Harry W., et al.. (1995). The nucleotide sequence of the sheep MHC class II DNA gene. Immunogenetics. 41(2-3). 131–3. 9 indexed citations
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McInnes, Colin J., Mary A. Logan, David M. Haig, & Frank Wright. (1994). Cloning of a cDNA encoding ovine interleukin-3. Gene. 139(2). 289–290. 5 indexed citations
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Avguštin, Gorazd, Frank Wright, & Harry J. Flint. (1994). Genetic Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationships among Strains of Prevotella (Bacteroides) ruminicola from the Rumen. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 44(2). 246–255. 72 indexed citations
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Lally, Nicola C., et al.. (1992). A 2359-base pair DNA fragment from Cryptosporidium parvum encoding a repetitive oocyst protein. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 56(1). 69–78. 33 indexed citations
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Wright, Frank & Mervyn J. Bibb. (1992). Codon usage in the G+C-rich Streptomyces genome. Gene. 113(1). 55–65. 381 indexed citations
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Sharp, Paul M., et al.. (1988). Codon usage patterns inEscherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Drosophila melanogasterandHomo sapiens; a review of the considerable within-species diversity. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(17). 8207–8211. 504 indexed citations breakdown →

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