Gregory A. C. Singer

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Gregory A. C. Singer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory A. C. Singer has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gregory A. C. Singer's work include Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (11 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (10 papers). Gregory A. C. Singer is often cited by papers focused on Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (11 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (10 papers). Gregory A. C. Singer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and India. Gregory A. C. Singer's co-authors include Dónal A. Hickey, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Paul D. N. Hebert, Shadi Shokralla, Jean‐François Landry, Isabelle Meusnier, Xin Zhou, Donald J. Baird, Elizabeth L. Clare and Nicole Fahner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Gregory A. C. Singer

20 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

DNA barcoding: how it complements taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics and population genetics

2007 867 citations Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Gregory A. C. Singer et al. Trends in Genetics profile →
A universal DNA mini-barcode for biodiversity analysis

2008 515 citations Isabelle Meusnier, Gregory A. C. Singer et al. BMC Genomics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gregory A. C. Singer Canada	18	2.1k	1.5k	718	436	271	20	3.1k
Christoph Hahn Austria	18	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	589 0.8×	446 1.0×	200 0.7×	31	2.7k
Rupert A. Collins United Kingdom	17	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	411 0.6×	309 0.7×	162 0.6×	37	2.3k
Nicolas Pech France	20	814 0.4×	635 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	413 0.9×	202 0.7×	43	2.3k
Jean‐François Flot Belgium	28	930 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	877 1.2×	430 1.0×	122 0.5×	88	2.9k
Kimberly R. Andrews United States	21	856 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	275 0.6×	111 0.4×	40	2.3k
Adam D. Miller Australia	28	656 0.3×	934 0.6×	850 1.2×	353 0.8×	260 1.0×	87	2.3k
Wen X. Li China	16	1.6k 0.8×	824 0.6×	577 0.8×	780 1.8×	290 1.1×	41	3.0k
Gui T. Wang China	15	1.6k 0.7×	801 0.5×	561 0.8×	778 1.8×	293 1.1×	29	2.9k
Kailash Chandra India	19	575 0.3×	685 0.5×	529 0.7×	575 1.3×	323 1.2×	409	2.1k
Gaurav Vaidya United States	7	1.2k 0.6×	910 0.6×	768 1.1×	1.2k 2.8×	515 1.9×	10	3.3k

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Westfall, Kristen M., Gregory A. C. Singer, Scott R. Gilmore, et al.. (2024). NAMERS: a purpose-built reference DNA sequence database to support applied eDNA metabarcoding. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 2 indexed citations

McCarthy, Avery, Beverly McClenaghan, Nicole Fahner, et al.. (2022). Comparative analysis of fish environmental DNA reveals higher sensitivity achieved through targeted sequence‐based metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology Resources. 23(3). 581–591. 20 indexed citations

Compson, Zacchaeus G., Beverly McClenaghan, Gregory A. C. Singer, Nicole Fahner, & Mehrdad Hajibabaei. (2020). Metabarcoding From Microbes to Mammals: Comprehensive Bioassessment on a Global Scale. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 69 indexed citations

Singer, Gregory A. C., et al.. (2019). Comprehensive biodiversity analysis via ultra-deep patterned flow cell technology: a case study of eDNA metabarcoding seawater. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5991–5991. 84 indexed citations

Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Shadi Shokralla, Xin Zhou, Gregory A. C. Singer, & Donald J. Baird. (2011). Environmental Barcoding: A Next-Generation Sequencing Approach for Biomonitoring Applications Using River Benthos. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e17497–e17497. 414 indexed citations

Hsu, Pei-Yin, Gregory A. C. Singer, Pearlly S. Yan, et al.. (2010). Estrogen-mediated epigenetic repression of large chromosomal regions through DNA looping. Genome Research. 20(6). 733–744. 77 indexed citations

Vernooy, Ronnie, et al.. (2010). Barcoding Life to Conserve Biological Diversity: Beyond the Taxonomic Imperative. PLoS Biology. 8(7). e1000417–e1000417. 61 indexed citations

Shokralla, Shadi, Gregory A. C. Singer, & Mehrdad Hajibabaei. (2010). Direct PCR amplification and sequencing of specimens’ DNA from preservative ethanol. BioTechniques. 48(3). 305–306. 71 indexed citations

Hajibabaei, Mehrdad & Gregory A. C. Singer. (2009). Googling DNA sequences on the World Wide Web. BMC Bioinformatics. 10(S14). S4–S4. 7 indexed citations

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Singer, Gregory A. C. & Mehrdad Hajibabaei. (2009). iBarcode.org: web-based molecular biodiversity analysis. BMC Bioinformatics. 10(S6). S14–S14. 18 indexed citations

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Singer, Gregory A. C., Jiejun Wu, Pearlly S. Yan, et al.. (2008). Genome-wide analysis of alternative promoters of human genes using a custom promoter tiling array. BMC Genomics. 9(1). 349–349. 45 indexed citations

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Meusnier, Isabelle, Gregory A. C. Singer, Jean‐François Landry, et al.. (2008). A universal DNA mini-barcode for biodiversity analysis. BMC Genomics. 9(1). 214–214. 515 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Gregory A. C. Singer, Elizabeth L. Clare, & Paul D. N. Hebert. (2007). Design and applicability of DNA arrays and DNA barcodes in biodiversity monitoring. BMC Biology. 5(1). 24–24. 147 indexed citations

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Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Gregory A. C. Singer, Paul D. N. Hebert, & Dónal A. Hickey. (2007). DNA barcoding: how it complements taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics and population genetics. Trends in Genetics. 23(4). 167–172. 867 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Gregory A. C. Singer, & Dónal A. Hickey. (2006). Benchmarking DNA barcodes: an assessment using available primate sequences. Genome. 49(7). 851–854. 71 indexed citations

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Jin, Victor X., Gregory A. C. Singer, Francisco Agosto-Perez, Sandya Liyanarachchi, & Ramana V. Davuluri. (2006). Genome-wide analysis of core promoter elements from conserved human and mouse orthologous pairs. BMC Bioinformatics. 7(1). 114–114. 60 indexed citations

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Singer, Gregory A. C., Andrew T. Lloyd, Łukasz Huminiecki, & Kenneth H. Wolfe. (2004). Clusters of Co-expressed Genes in Mammalian Genomes Are Conserved by Natural Selection. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(3). 767–775. 125 indexed citations

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Hickey, Dónal A. & Gregory A. C. Singer. (2004). Genomic and proteomic adaptations to growth at high temperature.. Genome Biology. 5(10). 117–117. 116 indexed citations

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Singer, Gregory A. C. & Dónal A. Hickey. (2003). Thermophilic prokaryotes have characteristic patterns of codon usage, amino acid composition and nucleotide content. Gene. 317(1-2). 39–47. 149 indexed citations

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Singer, Gregory A. C. & Dónal A. Hickey. (2000). Nucleotide Bias Causes a Genomewide Bias in the Amino Acid Composition of Proteins. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17(11). 1581–1588. 213 indexed citations

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