Herbert W. Boyer

17.8k citations

56 papers · 15.0k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 34

Impact in

Genetics top 0.1%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Molecular Medicine top 0.2%
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Papers in

Co-authors: Daisy Roulland-Dussoix Mary C. Betlach Francisco Bolívar Patricia J. Greene Herbert L. Heyneker Robert B. Helling Howard M. Goodman Raymond L. Rodriguez
Journals: Gene (6 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (6 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (6 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (6 papers)Science (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada France

In The Last Decade

Herbert W. Boyer

56 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Construction and characterization of new cloning vehicle. II. A multipurpose cloning system 1977 · 3.6k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1977 Gene
1977 Gene
1977 Science
1974 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1974 Journal of Virology
1974 Science
1973 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1969 Journal of Molecular Biology

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Herbert L. Heyneker United States

Annie Chang United States

John R. Roth United States

M J Casadaban United States

Francisco Bolívar Mexico

Stephen Busby United Kingdom

Wolfgang Hillen Germany

Maurice Hofnung France

Hamilton O. Smith United States

Sankar Adhya United States

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Herbert W. Boyer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Construction of Biologically Functional Bacterial Plasmids In Vitro PubMed ·Stanley N. Cohen, Annie Chang, Herbert W. Boyer, Robert B. Helling	2021	13
2	Reiterative copying byE.coliRNA polymerase during transcription initiation of mutant pBR322 tet promoters Nucleic Acids Research ·Calvin B. Harley, Imène Benstaali, Herbert W. Boyer, Joe Hedgpeth	1990	19
3	Comparison of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the RsrI and EcoRI restriction endonucleases Gene ·Gilbert Pigrée, Khuza Tri Wahyu, Herbert W. Boyer, John M. Rosenberg, Patricia J. Greene	1989	60
4	Transcription initiation at thetetpromoter and effect of mutations Nucleic Acids Research ·Calvin B. Harley, Imène Benstaali, Mary C. Betlach, Roberto Crea, Herbert W. Boyer, Joe Hedgpeth	1988	9
5	Clustering of null mutations in the EcoRI endonuclease Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Stephen Yanofsky, Robert A. Love, Judith A. McClarin, John M. Rosenberg, Herbert W. Boyer, Patricia J. Greene	1987	34
6	Positive-selection vectors utilizing lethality of the EcoRI endonuclease Gene ·Irene Kuhn, Gilbert Pigrée, Herbert W. Boyer, Patricia J. Greene	1986	48
7	Bacterio-opsin gene expression in Halobacterium halobium Systematic and Applied Microbiology ·Mary C. Betlach, D Leong, Herbert W. Boyer	1986	6
8	Two-Fold Symmetry of Crystalline DNA-ECORI Endonuclease Recognition Complexes Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics ·John Grable, Christin Frederick, Cleopas T. Samudzi, Linda Jen‐Jacobson, David Lesser, Patricia J. Greene, Herbert W. Boyer, Keiichi Itakura, John M. Rosenberg	1984	11
9	Characterization of insertions affecting the expression of the bacterio-opsin gene inHalobacterium halobium Nucleic Acids Research ·Felicitas Pfeifer, James Friedman, Herbert W. Boyer, Mary C. Betlach	1984	41
10	Characterization of a halobacterial gene affecting bacterio-opsin gene expression Nucleic Acids Research ·Mary C. Betlach, James Friedman, Herbert W. Boyer, Felicitas Pfeifer	1984	93
11	Kinked DNA in crystalline complex with EcoRI endonuclease Nature ·Christin Frederick, John Grable, Michele Melia, Cleopas T. Samudzi, Linda Jen‐Jacobson, Bi‐Cheng Wang, Patricia J. Greene, Herbert W. Boyer, John M. Rosenberg	1984	250
12	Bacterio-opsin mutants of Halobacterium halobium Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mary C. Betlach, Felicitas Pfeifer, James Friedman, Herbert W. Boyer	1983	38
13	Transposable elements of Halobacterium halobium Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Felicitas Pfeifer, Mary C. Betlach, Robert A. Martienssen, James Friedman, Herbert W. Boyer	1983	33
14	Chemical Synthesis of Restriction Enzyme Recognition Sites Useful for Cloning Science ·Richard H. Scheller, Richard E. Dickerson, Herbert W. Boyer, Arthur D. Riggs, Keiichi Itakura	1977	70
15	Analysis of Endonuclease R· Eco RI Fragments of DNA from Lambdoid Bacteriophages and Other Viruses by Agarose-Gel Electrophoresis Journal of Virology ·Robert B. Helling, Howard M. Goodman, Herbert W. Boyer Hit paper breakdown →	1974	579
16	Potential Biohazards of Recombinant DNA Molecules Science ·Paul Berg, David Baltimore, Herbert W. Boyer, Stanley N. Cohen, Ronald W. Davis, David S. Hogness, Daniel Nathans, Richard O. Roblin, James D. Watson, Sherman M. Weissman, Norton D. Zinder Hit paper breakdown →	1974	200
17	Hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate accompanying interaction between Escherichia coli B restriction endonuclease and unmodified deoxyribonucleic acid Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis ·Joe Hedgpeth, Herbert W. Boyer	1973	1
18	Genetic Control of the Secondary Modification of Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Escherichia coli Journal of Bacteriology ·R.S. Stone, Herbert W. Boyer	1970	26
19	Production of two proteolytic enzymes by a transformable strain of Bacillus subtilis Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Herbert W. Boyer, Bruce C. Carlton	1968	54
20	BASE ANALOGUE INDUCED ARABINOSE-NEGATIVE MUTANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI Genetics ·Roger Weinberg, Herbert W. Boyer	1965	7

About Herbert W. Boyer

Herbert W. Boyer is a scholar working on Chemical Health and Safety, Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics, having authored 56 papers that have together received 15.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (19 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (17 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (8 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (6.2k citations), Molecular Medicine (981 citations), Endocrinology (935 citations), Molecular Biology (11.0k citations) and Ecology (3.4k citations). Herbert W. Boyer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Frequent co-authors include Daisy Roulland-Dussoix, Mary C. Betlach, Francisco Bolívar, Patricia J. Greene, Herbert L. Heyneker, Robert B. Helling, Howard M. Goodman, Raymond L. Rodriguez, Jorge H. Crosa and Stanley Falkow. Their work appears in journals such as Gene, Journal of Bacteriology, Nucleic Acids Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Science.

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