Gary J. Olsen

36.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
63 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Gary J. Olsen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary J. Olsen has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Gary J. Olsen's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (28 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers). Gary J. Olsen is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (28 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers). Gary J. Olsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Czechia. Gary J. Olsen's co-authors include Ross Overbeek, Carl R. Woese, Claudia I. Reich, Jeremy A. Frank, Brenda A. Wilson, Norman R. Pace, Shobha Sharma, Hideo Matsuda, R. Hagstrom and Robert A. Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gary J. Olsen

62 papers receiving 10.0k citations

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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.

RASTtk: A modular and extensible implementation of the RAST algorithm for building custom annotation pipelines and annotating batches of genomes

2015 2.0k citations James J. Davis, Robert A. Edwards et al. profile →
Critical Evaluation of Two Primers Commonly Used for Amplification of Bacterial 16S rRNA Genes

2008 1.4k citations Jeremy A. Frank, Claudia I. Reich et al. profile →
fastDNAml: a tool for construction of phylogenetic trees of DNA sequences using maximum likelihood

1994 927 citations Gary J. Olsen, Hideo Matsuda et al. Computer applications in the biosciences profile →
The complete genome of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus

1998 919 citations Patrick V. Warren, Terry Gaasterland et al. Nature profile →
Molecular Phylogeny of the Animal Kingdom

1988 576 citations Gary J. Olsen, Norman R. Pace et al. profile →
Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, the Genetic Code, and the Evolutionary Process

2000 536 citations Carl R. Woese, Gary J. Olsen et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Gary J. Olsen	6.9k	3.0k	1.4k	1.3k	727	63	10.4k
George E. Fox	8.2k 1.2×	3.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	619 0.9×	209	11.5k
G J Olsen	7.4k 1.1×	5.2k 1.7×	1.6k 1.1×	788 0.6×	910 1.3×	37	11.9k
Nicholas H. Bergman	6.0k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	2.5k 1.7×	1.4k 1.1×	768 1.1×	36	9.6k
Peter Rice	6.9k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	2.4k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	520 0.7×	19	11.0k
Jason R. Grant	4.4k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	89	8.8k
Alla Lapidus	7.1k 1.0×	4.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.6×	1.0k 0.8×	967 1.3×	150	12.9k
Alan J. Bleasby	7.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	2.5k 1.8×	1.7k 1.2×	412 0.6×	27	12.1k
Jeffrey G. Lawrence	6.1k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.8×	774 1.1×	60	9.0k
Gordon D. Pusch	5.0k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	526 0.4×	841 1.2×	22	7.7k
Frank W. Larimer	8.8k 1.3×	5.8k 1.9×	2.4k 1.7×	816 0.6×	934 1.3×	97	15.4k

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Zhang, Changyi, et al.. (2018). The essential genome of the crenarchaeal model Sulfolobus islandicus. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4908–4908. 81 indexed citations

Davis, James J., Svetlana Gerdes, Gary J. Olsen, et al.. (2016). PATtyFams: Protein Families for the Microbial Genomes in the PATRIC Database. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 118–118. 161 indexed citations

Olsen, Gary J., et al.. (2015). TherepABCPlasmids with Quorum-Regulated Transfer Systems in Members of the Rhizobiales Divide into Two Structurally and Separately Evolving Groups. Genome Biology and Evolution. 7(12). 3337–3357. 22 indexed citations

Aziz, Ramy K., T. Disz, Robert A. Edwards, et al.. (2012). SEED Servers: High-Performance Access to the SEED Genomes, Annotations, and Metabolic Models. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48053–e48053. 154 indexed citations

Chia, Nicholas, Isaac Cann, & Gary J. Olsen. (2010). Evolution of DNA Replication Protein Complexes in Eukaryotes and Archaea. PLoS ONE. 5(6). e10866–e10866. 27 indexed citations

Rivera, Angel J., Jeremy A. Frank, Rebecca M. Stumpf, et al.. (2010). Differences between the normal vaginal bacterial community of baboons and that of humans. American Journal of Primatology. 73(2). 119–126. 26 indexed citations

Zhang, Jian & Gary J. Olsen. (2009). Messenger RNA processing in Methanocaldococcus (Methanococcus) jannaschii. RNA. 15(10). 1909–1916. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Jian, Enhu Li, & Gary J. Olsen. (2009). Protein-coding gene promoters in Methanocaldococcus (Methanococcus) jannaschii. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(11). 3588–3601. 12 indexed citations

Best, Aaron A., Hilary G. Morrison, Andrew G. McArthur, Mitchell L. Sogin, & Gary J. Olsen. (2004). Evolution of Eukaryotic Transcription: Insights From the Genome of Giardia lamblia. Genome Research. 14(8). 1537–1547. 75 indexed citations

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Reich, Claudia I., et al.. (2001). Archaeal RecA homologues: different response to DNA-damaging agents in mesophilic and thermophilic Archaea. Extremophiles. 5(4). 265–275. 16 indexed citations

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Warren, Patrick V., Terry Gaasterland, William G. Young, et al.. (1998). The complete genome of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus. Nature. 392(6674). 353–358. 919 indexed citations breakdown →

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Olsen, Gary J. & Carl R. Woese. (1997). Archaeal Genomics: An Overview. Cell. 89(7). 991–994. 177 indexed citations

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Selkov, E, Natalia Maltsev, Gary J. Olsen, Ross Overbeek, & William B. Whitman. (1997). A reconstruction of the metabolism of Methanococcus jannaschii from sequence data. Gene. 197(1-2). GC11–GC26. 100 indexed citations

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Kyrpides, Nikos C., Gary J. Olsen, Hans‐Peter Klenk, Owen White, & Carl R. Woese. (1996). Methanococcus jannaschii Genome: Revisited. PubMed. 1(4). 329–338. 23 indexed citations

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Maidak, B., Niels B. Larsen, Michael J. McCaughey, et al.. (1994). The Ribosomal Database project. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(17). 3485–3487. 374 indexed citations

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Olsen, Gary J., Hideo Matsuda, R. Hagstrom, & Ross Overbeek. (1994). fastDNAml: a tool for construction of phylogenetic trees of DNA sequences using maximum likelihood. Computer applications in the biosciences. 10(1). 41–48. 927 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kaufman, Thomas C., Mark A. Seeger, & Gary J. Olsen. (1990). Molecular and Genetic Organization of The Antennapedia Gene Complex of Drosophila melanogaster. Advances in genetics. 27. 309–362. 301 indexed citations

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Pace, Norman R., David K. Smith, Gary J. Olsen, & Bryan D. James. (1989). Phylogenetic comparative analysis and the secondary structure of ribonuclease P RNA — a review. Gene. 82(1). 65–75. 93 indexed citations

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Olsen, Gary J. & Carl R. Woese. (1989). A brief note concerning archaebacterial phylogeny. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 35(1). 119–123. 14 indexed citations

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Olsen, Gary J.. (1988). [53] Phylogenetic analysis using ribosomal RNA. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 164. 793–812. 133 indexed citations

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