Garry Blakely

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Garry Blakely is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Garry Blakely has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Garry Blakely's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (6 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers). Garry Blakely is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (6 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers). Garry Blakely collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Garry Blakely's co-authors include Noreen E. Murray, David J. Sherratt, Richard McCulloch, Sean D. Colloms, Lidia K. Arciszewska, Gerhard May, Susan T. Lovett, Mary Ellen Burke, M Burke and Georgiana May and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Genes & Development and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Garry Blakely

19 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Encyclopedia of Microbiology 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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. Encyclopedia of Microbiology
    2009 576 citations Garry Blakely, Noreen E. Murray profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Garry Blakely United Kingdom 16 821 500 307 164 158 19 1.5k
Mireille Ansaldi France 22 762 0.9× 419 0.8× 495 1.6× 167 1.0× 181 1.1× 44 1.5k
María Mercedes Zambrano Colombia 19 974 1.2× 563 1.1× 396 1.3× 204 1.2× 170 1.1× 46 1.7k
Gérard Prensier France 16 1.3k 1.5× 360 0.7× 349 1.1× 319 1.9× 323 2.0× 24 2.3k
Lars Poulsen Denmark 17 1.2k 1.5× 566 1.1× 474 1.5× 265 1.6× 147 0.9× 23 1.9k
Ece Karatan United States 15 1.2k 1.5× 298 0.6× 278 0.9× 335 2.0× 132 0.8× 20 1.7k
Iain D. Hay Australia 24 1.1k 1.3× 345 0.7× 329 1.1× 269 1.6× 194 1.2× 30 1.9k
John Smit Canada 27 1.1k 1.4× 409 0.8× 547 1.8× 138 0.8× 124 0.8× 58 1.7k
Russell D. Monds United States 16 1.3k 1.6× 742 1.5× 429 1.4× 339 2.1× 254 1.6× 16 1.9k
Susse Kirkelund Hansen Denmark 8 678 0.8× 288 0.6× 248 0.8× 139 0.8× 101 0.6× 9 1.1k
Kazuaki Matsui Japan 21 587 0.7× 219 0.4× 384 1.3× 101 0.6× 106 0.7× 57 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Garry Blakely

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Fields of papers citing papers by Garry Blakely

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Garry Blakely. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Garry Blakely. The network helps show where Garry Blakely may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Garry Blakely

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Garry Blakely. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Garry Blakely 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 Garry Blakely. Garry Blakely is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Stewart, Linda, David Edgar, Garry Blakely, & Sheila Patrick. (2018). Antigenic mimicry of ubiquitin by the gut bacteriumBacteroides fragilis: a potential link with autoimmune disease. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 194(2). 153–165. 26 indexed citations
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Husain, Fasahath, Kevin Tang, Yaligara Veeranagouda, et al.. (2017). Novel large-scale chromosomal transfer in Bacteroides fragilis contributes to its pan-genome and rapid environmental adaptation. Microbial Genomics. 3(11). 24 indexed citations
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Venkateswaran, Seshasailam, Peter Gwynne, Mei Wu, et al.. (2016). High-throughput Identification of Bacteria Repellent Polymers for Medical Devices. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations
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Venkateswaran, Seshasailam, Peter Gwynne, Mei Wu, et al.. (2016). High-throughput Identification of Bacteria Repellent Polymers for Medical Devices. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations
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Risse, Judith, Marian Thomson, Sheila Patrick, et al.. (2015). A single chromosome assembly of Bacteroides fragilis strain BE1 from Illumina and MinION nanopore sequencing data. GigaScience. 4(1). 60–60. 43 indexed citations
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Venkateswaran, Seshasailam, Mei Wu, Peter Gwynne, et al.. (2014). Bacteria repelling poly(methylmethacrylate-co-dimethylacrylamide) coatings for biomedical devices. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(39). 6723–6729. 26 indexed citations
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Masters, Millicent, et al.. (2009). Protein folding in Escherichia coli: the chaperonin GroE and its substrates. Research in Microbiology. 160(4). 267–277. 21 indexed citations
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Blakely, Garry & Noreen E. Murray. (2009). Encyclopedia of Microbiology. 576 indexed citations breakdown →
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Patrick, Sheila, Julian Parkhill, Nicola Lennard, et al.. (2003). Multiple inverted DNA repeats of Bacteroides fragilis that control polysaccharide antigenic variation are similar to the hin region inverted repeats of Salmonella typhimurium. Microbiology. 149(4). 915–924. 29 indexed citations
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Blakely, Garry, et al.. (1999). Site‐specific recombination at dif by Haemophilus influenzae XerC. Molecular Microbiology. 31(3). 915–926. 26 indexed citations
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Piggot, Patrick J., et al.. (1999). The ripX Locus of Bacillus subtilis Encodes a Site-Specific Recombinase Involved in Proper Chromosome Partitioning. Journal of Bacteriology. 181(19). 6053–6062. 40 indexed citations
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Blakely, Garry & David J. Sherratt. (1996). Determinants of selectivity in Xer site-specific recombination.. Genes & Development. 10(6). 762–773. 40 indexed citations
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Sherratt, David J., Lidia K. Arciszewska, Garry Blakely, et al.. (1995). Site-specific recombination and circular chromosome segregation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 347(1319). 37–42. 91 indexed citations
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Blakely, Garry, Gerhard May, Richard McCulloch, et al.. (1993). Two related recombinases are required for site-specific recombination at dif and cer in E. coli K12. Cell. 75(2). 351–361. 273 indexed citations
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Sherratt, David J., Garry Blakely, M Burke, et al.. (1993). Site-specific recombination and the partition of bacterial chromosomes. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 5 indexed citations
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Blakely, Garry, Sean D. Colloms, Georgiana May, M Burke, & David J. Sherratt. (1991). Escherichia coli XerC recombinase is required for chromosomal segregation at cell division.. PubMed. 3(8). 789–98. 155 indexed citations
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Blakely, Garry, et al.. (1973). A Varicella-like Disease in Macaque Monkeys. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 127(6). 617–625. 36 indexed citations

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