Gerald M. Rubin

139.6k total citations · 26 hit papers
336 papers, 86.6k citations indexed

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Gerald M. Rubin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald M. Rubin has authored 336 papers receiving a total of 86.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 233 papers in Molecular Biology, 136 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 79 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gerald M. Rubin's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (128 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (71 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (50 papers). Gerald M. Rubin is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (128 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (71 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (50 papers). Gerald M. Rubin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Gerald M. Rubin's co-authors include Allan C. Spradling, Michael Ashburner, H. Butler, Laurie Issel‐Tarver, Andrew Kasarskis, J. Michael Cherry, Joel E. Richardson, Martin Ringwald, Selina S. Dwight and Catherine A. Ball and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gerald M. Rubin

334 papers receiving 84.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

2000 30.2k citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. profile →
Genetic Transformation of Drosophila with Transposable Element Vectors

1982 2.6k citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. profile →
Analysis of genetic mosaics in developing and adult Drosophila tissues

1993 1.8k citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Development profile →
Transposition of Cloned P Elements into Drosophila Germ Line Chromosomes

1982 1.4k citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. profile →
Expression of baculovirus P35 prevents cell death in Drosophila

1994 936 citations Tanya Wolff, Gerald M. Rubin et al. Development profile →
Molecular characterization of the drosophila trp locus: A putative integral membrane protein required for phototransduction

1989 889 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Neuron profile →
Ras1 and a putative guanine nucleotide exchange factor perform crucial steps in signaling by the sevenless protein tyrosine kinase

1991 778 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Cell profile →
Refinement of Tools for Targeted Gene Expression in Drosophila

2010 748 citations Barret D. Pfeiffer, Karen L Hibbard et al. profile →
Tools for neuroanatomy and neurogenetics in Drosophila

2008 699 citations Barret D. Pfeiffer, Michael B. Eisen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The BDGP Gene Disruption Project

2004 698 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. profile →
Structures of P transposable elements and their sites of insertion and excision in the Drosophila melanogaster genome

1983 688 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Cell profile →
Analysis of P transposable element functions in drosophila

1984 669 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Cell profile →
The Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project Gene Disruption Project: Single P-Element Insertions Mutating 25% of Vital Drosophila Genes

1999 661 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. profile →
Drosophila homologs of baculovirus inhibitor of apoptosis proteins function to block cell death

1995 640 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Cell profile →
The neuronal architecture of the mushroom body provides a logic for associative learning

2014 634 citations Yoshinori Aso, Heather Dionne et al. eLife profile →
The activities of two Ets-related transcription factors required for drosophila eye development are modulated by the Ras/MAPK pathway

1994 596 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Cell profile →
Genome-wide analysis of the Drosophila immune response by using oligonucleotide microarrays

2001 590 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A Computer Program for Aligning a cDNA Sequence with a Genomic DNA Sequence

1998 589 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. profile →
Computational identification of DrosophilamicroRNA genes

2003 582 citations Eric C. Lai, Pavel Tomančák et al. profile →
Systematic determination of patterns of gene expression during Drosophila embryogenesis

2002 560 citations Pavel Tomančák, S Celniker et al. profile →
Isolation of a putative phospholipase c gene of drosophila, norpA, and its role in phototransduction

1988 554 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Cell profile →
Drosophila Fragile X-Related Gene Regulates the MAP1B Homolog Futsch to Control Synaptic Structure and Function

2001 542 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Cell profile →
The molecular basis of P-M hybrid dysgenesis: The role of the P element, a P-strain-specific transposon family

1982 470 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Cell profile →
A subset of dopamine neurons signals reward for odour memory in Drosophila

2012 402 citations Pierre-Yves Plaçais, Nobuhiro Yamagata et al. Nature profile →
The molecular basis of P-M hybrid dysgenesis: The nature of induced mutations

1982 391 citations Gerald M. Rubin et al. Cell profile →
A connectome of the Drosophila central complex reveals network motifs suitable for flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection

2021 197 citations Brad K. Hulse, Hannah Haberkern et al. eLife profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Driver lines for studying associative learning in Drosophila 2025 ·eLife ·Yichun Shuai, Megan Sammons, Gabriella R Sterne, Karen L Hibbard, (unknown), Ching-Po Yang, (unknown), Igor Siwanowicz, Tzumin Lee, Gerald M. Rubin, Glenn Turner, Yoshinori Aso	2
2	Connectomic reconstruction predicts visual features used for navigation 2024 ·Nature ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Aljoscha Nern, Arthur Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), Tanya Wolff, Gerald M. Rubin, Mathias F. Wernet, Sung Soo Kim	7
3	A functionally ordered visual feature map in the Drosophila brain 2022 ·Neuron ·Nathan C Klapoetke, Aljoscha Nern, Edward M. Rogers, Gerald M. Rubin, Michael B. Reiser, Gwyneth M Card	41
4	Synaptic targets of photoreceptors specialized to detect color and skylight polarization in Drosophila 2021 ·eLife ·(unknown), Kit D. Longden, Aljoscha Nern, Arthur Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heather Dionne, Davi D. Bock, Gerald M. Rubin, Michael B. Reiser, Mathias F. Wernet	32
5	A connectome of the Drosophila central complex reveals network motifs suitable for flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection breakdown → 2021 ·eLife ·Brad K. Hulse, Hannah Haberkern, Romain Franconville, Daniel B. Turner‐Evans, Shin-ya Takemura, Tanya Wolff, Marcella Noorman, Marisa Dreher, Chuntao Dan, Ruchi Parekh, Ann M. Hermundstad, Gerald M. Rubin, Vivek Jayaraman	197
6	Complete Connectomic Reconstruction of Olfactory Projection Neurons in the Fly Brain 2020 ·Current Biology ·Alexander Shakeel Bates, Philipp Schlegel, Ruairí J.V. Roberts, Nikolas Drummond, Imaan FM Tamimi, R. B. TURNBULL, Xincheng Zhao, Elizabeth C. Marin, (unknown), Serene Dhawan, Arian R. Jamasb, Alexandre Javier, Laia Serratosa Capdevila, Feng Li, Gerald M. Rubin, Scott Waddell, Davi D. Bock, Marta Costa, Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis	106
7	A genetic, genomic, and computational resource for exploring neural circuit function 2020 ·eLife ·Fred P. Davis, Aljoscha Nern, Serge Picard, Michael B. Reiser, Gerald M. Rubin, Sean R. Eddy, Gilbert L. Henry	131
8	Spatial readout of visual looming in the central brain of Drosophila 2020 ·eLife ·Mai M Morimoto, Aljoscha Nern, Arthur Zhao, Edward M. Rogers, Allan M. Wong, (unknown), Davi D. Bock, Gerald M. Rubin, Michael B. Reiser	25
9	The comprehensive connectome of a neural substrate for ‘ON’ motion detection in Drosophila 2017 ·eLife ·Shin-ya Takemura, Aljoscha Nern, Dmitri B. Chklovskii, Louis K. Scheffer, Gerald M. Rubin, Ian A. Meinertzhagen	132
10	Visual projection neurons in the Drosophila lobula link feature detection to distinct behavioral programs 2016 ·eLife ·Ming Wu, Aljoscha Nern, W. Ryan Williamson, Mai M Morimoto, Michael B. Reiser, Gwyneth M Card, Gerald M. Rubin	184
11	Propagation of Homeostatic Sleep Signals by Segregated Synaptic Microcircuits of the Drosophila Mushroom Body 2015 ·Current Biology ·Divya Sitaraman, Yoshinori Aso, Xin Jin, Nan Chen, (unknown), Gerald M. Rubin, Michael N. Nitabach	101
12	Plasticity-driven individualization of olfactory coding in mushroom body output neurons 2015 ·Nature ·Toshihide Hige, Yoshinori Aso, Gerald M. Rubin, Glenn Turner	91
13	Distinct dopamine neurons mediate reward signals for short- and long-term memories 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nobuhiro Yamagata, Toshiharu Ichinose, Yoshinori Aso, Pierre-Yves Plaçais, Anja Friedrich, (unknown), Thomas Préat, Gerald M. Rubin, Hiromu Tanimoto	164
14	Pervasive regulation of Drosophila Notch target genes by GY-box-, Brd-box-, and K-box-class microRNAs 2005 ·Genes & Development ·Eric C. Lai, (unknown), Gerald M. Rubin	246
15	ARGONAUTE1 is required for efficient RNA interference in Drosophila embryos 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Robert W. Williams, Gerald M. Rubin	146
16	Exploiting transcription factor binding site clustering to identify cis-regulatory modules involved in pattern formation in the Drosophila genome 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Benjamin P. Berman, Yutaka Nibu, Barret D. Pfeiffer, Pavel Tomančák, S Celniker, Michael Levine, Gerald M. Rubin, Michael B. Eisen	483
17	Positional signaling by hedgehog in Drosophila imaginal disc development 1995 ·Development ·(unknown), Gerald M. Rubin	60
18	rough, a Drosophila homeobox gene required in photoreceptors R2 and R5 for inductive interactions in the developing eye 1988 ·Cell ·Andrew Tomlinson, Bruce E. Kimmel, Gerald M. Rubin	165
19	Concurrent intravenous administration of a labeled tracer to determine the oral bioavailability of a drug exhibiting Michaelis-Menten metabolism 1987 ·Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics ·Gerald M. Rubin, James A. Waschek, Susan M. Pond, David J. Effeney, Thomas N. Tozer	15
20	Chapter 4 Preparation of RNA and Ribosomes from Yeast 1975 ·Methods in cell biology ·Gerald M. Rubin	167

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