Heather Kirk

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Heather Kirk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Kirk has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Heather Kirk's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties (7 papers). Heather Kirk is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties (7 papers). Heather Kirk collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Netherlands and Switzerland. Heather Kirk's co-authors include Robert J. Kay, Joanna R. Freeland, Ian P. Whitehead, Robert Weil, Alain Israël, Shoji Yamaoka, Gilles Courtois, Simon T. Whiteside, Christine Bessia and Fabrice Agou and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Heather Kirk

44 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Complementation Cloning of NEMO, a Component of the IκB Kinase Complex Essential for NF-κB Activation

1998 931 citations Shoji Yamaoka, Gilles Courtois et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Kirk Canada	27	1.6k	802	712	632	598	44	3.4k
Fernando García-Alcalde Spain	13	2.1k 1.3×	556 0.7×	334 0.5×	686 1.1×	172 0.3×	24	3.8k
Min Tao China	33	1.4k 0.9×	636 0.8×	681 1.0×	1.4k 2.2×	116 0.2×	199	3.8k
Betty Huang United States	19	2.8k 1.7×	374 0.5×	706 1.0×	495 0.8×	96 0.2×	31	4.5k
Robert Baertsch United States	14	3.7k 2.3×	476 0.6×	196 0.3×	1.3k 2.0×	268 0.4×	21	5.1k
Dev Karan United States	32	814 0.5×	192 0.2×	361 0.5×	516 0.8×	493 0.8×	68	2.7k
Pengfei Ma China	33	1.8k 1.2×	408 0.5×	478 0.7×	235 0.4×	695 1.2×	124	3.2k
Christine Dreyer Germany	31	2.4k 1.5×	272 0.3×	201 0.3×	1.1k 1.7×	424 0.7×	58	3.8k
Michihiro C. Yoshida Japan	37	2.4k 1.5×	464 0.6×	413 0.6×	1.6k 2.6×	289 0.5×	202	5.0k
Guillaume Smits Belgium	24	3.1k 2.0×	668 0.8×	128 0.2×	1.2k 1.9×	592 1.0×	55	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Kirk

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Kirk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Kirk

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Coombe, Lauren, Kristina Gagalova, René L. Warren, et al.. (2023). Assembly and annotation of the black spruce genome provide insights on spruce phylogeny and evolution of stress response. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(1). 4 indexed citations

Jackman, Shaun D., Lauren Coombe, René L. Warren, et al.. (2020). Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Gymnosperm, Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), Indicates a Complex Physical Structure. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(7). 1174–1179. 68 indexed citations

Pandoh, Pawan, Richard Corbett, Helen McDonald, et al.. (2019). A High-Throughput Protocol for Isolating Cell-Free Circulating Tumor DNA from Peripheral Blood. BioTechniques. 66(2). 85–92. 12 indexed citations

Berner, Daniel, Marius Roesti, Simon K. Chan, et al.. (2019). De Novo Sequencing, Assembly, and Annotation of Four Threespine Stickleback Genomes Based on Microfluidic Partitioned DNA Libraries. Genes. 10(6). 426–426. 9 indexed citations

Kirk, Heather, Silvia Dorn, & Dominique Mazzi. (2013). Worldwide population genetic structure of the oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta), a globally invasive pest. BMC Ecology. 13(1). 12–12. 78 indexed citations

McKenzie‐Gopsill, Andrew, Heather Kirk, Wendy E. Van Drunen, Joanna R. Freeland, & Marcel E. Dorken. (2012). No evidence for niche segregation in a North American Cattail (Typha) species complex. Ecology and Evolution. 2(5). 952–961. 21 indexed citations

Cheng, Dandan, Heather Kirk, Klaas Vrieling, Patrick P. J. Mulder, & Peter G. L. Klinkhamer. (2011). The Relationship between Structurally Different Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids and Western Flower Thrips Resistance in F2 Hybrids of Jacobaea vulgaris and Jacobaea aquatica. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 37(10). 1071–1080. 27 indexed citations

Kirk, Heather, Klaas Vrieling, Pieter B. Pelser, & Urs Schaffner. (2011). Can plant resistance to specialist herbivores be explained by plant chemistry or resource use strategy?. Oecologia. 168(4). 1043–1055. 15 indexed citations

Cheng, Dandan, Heather Kirk, Patrick P. J. Mulder, Klaas Vrieling, & Peter G. L. Klinkhamer. (2011). Pyrrolizidine alkaloid variation in shoots and roots of segregating hybrids between Jacobaea vulgaris and Jacobaea aquatica. New Phytologist. 192(4). 1010–1023. 48 indexed citations

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Kirk, Heather, et al.. (2011). Long‐distance dispersal and high genetic diversity are implicated in the invasive spread of the common reed, Phragmites australis (Poaceae), in northeastern North America. American Journal of Botany. 98(7). 1180–1190. 84 indexed citations

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Kirk, Heather, Klaas Vrieling, E. van der Meijden, & Peter G. L. Klinkhamer. (2010). Species by Environment Interactions Affect Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Expression in Senecio jacobaea, Senecio aquaticus, and Their Hybrids. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 36(4). 378–387. 55 indexed citations

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Kirk, Heather, Klaas Vrieling, & Peter G. L. Klinkhamer. (2005). Reproductive fitness of hybrids between Senecio jacobaea and S. aquaticus (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany. 92(9). 1467–1473. 11 indexed citations

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Kirk, Heather, Mirka Macel, Peter G. L. Klinkhamer, & Klaas Vrieling. (2004). Natural hybridization betweenSenecio jacobaeaandSenecio aquaticus: molecular and chemical evidence. Molecular Ecology. 13(8). 2267–2274. 53 indexed citations

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Gardner, Glenn, et al.. (2002). Parent support programmes in neonatal intensive care : researching the issues. University of Canberra Research Portal. 5(1). 20–25. 9 indexed citations

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Zohn, Irene E., Mark Klinger, Xantha Karp, et al.. (2000). G2A is an oncogenic G protein-coupled receptor. Oncogene. 19(34). 3866–3877. 63 indexed citations

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Yamaoka, Shoji, Gilles Courtois, Christine Bessia, et al.. (1998). Complementation Cloning of NEMO, a Component of the IκB Kinase Complex Essential for NF-κB Activation. Cell. 93(7). 1231–1240. 931 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davis, J. Nathan, Charles O. Rock, Mangeng Cheng, et al.. (1997). Complementation of Growth Factor Receptor-Dependent Mitogenic Signaling by a Truncated Type I Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphate 5-Kinase. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(12). 7398–7406. 35 indexed citations

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Whitehead, Ian P., Roya Khosravi‐Far, Heather Kirk, et al.. (1996). Expression Cloning of lsc, a Novel Oncogene with Structural Similarities to the Dbl Family of Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(31). 18643–18650. 81 indexed citations

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Whitehead, Ian P., Heather Kirk, & Robert J. Kay. (1995). Expression Cloning of Oncogenes by Retroviral Transfer of cDNA Libraries. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(2). 704–710. 163 indexed citations

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Talmud, Philippa J., Anna M. Kessling, Peter Carlsson, et al.. (1987). Apolipoprotein B gene variants are involved in the determination of serum cholesterol levels: a study in normo- and hypelipidaemic individuals. Atherosclerosis. 67(1). 81–89. 148 indexed citations

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