J. Alan Sparks

30 total papers · 579 total citations
16 papers, 383 citations indexed

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J. Alan Sparks is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Alan Sparks has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 383 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in J. Alan Sparks's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (7 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (4 papers). J. Alan Sparks is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (7 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (4 papers). J. Alan Sparks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Canada. J. Alan Sparks's co-authors include Elison B. Blancaflor, Jin Nakashima, Yuhong Tang, Fuqi Liao, Taegun Kwon, Christy M. Motes, Stacy N. Allen, Jiangqi Wen, Aline Valster and Julia Dyachok and has published in prestigious journals such as The Plant Cell, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Journal of Cell Science.

In The Last Decade

J. Alan Sparks

16 papers receiving 379 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
J. Alan Sparks 294 208 44 42 40 16 383
G. Perbal 337 1.1× 188 0.9× 18 0.4× 121 2.9× 63 1.6× 21 408
Sabine Grat 245 0.8× 245 1.2× 31 0.7× 25 0.6× 36 0.9× 13 371
Irina Staxén 385 1.3× 209 1.0× 27 0.6× 27 0.6× 9 0.2× 9 446
Chiaki Yamazaki 339 1.2× 195 0.9× 12 0.3× 58 1.4× 41 1.0× 22 429
Margret Ecke 303 1.0× 87 0.4× 42 1.0× 20 0.5× 36 0.9× 13 373
PW Barlow 303 1.0× 263 1.3× 70 1.6× 35 0.8× 9 0.2× 9 402
C. Y. Shih 263 0.9× 204 1.0× 35 0.8× 17 0.4× 9 0.2× 20 435
Akio Kishigami 305 1.0× 264 1.3× 21 0.5× 16 0.4× 41 1.0× 10 440
C. R. Hawes 228 0.8× 316 1.5× 147 3.3× 12 0.3× 13 0.3× 15 409
Eric R. Schultz 214 0.7× 202 1.0× 7 0.2× 51 1.2× 60 1.5× 12 358

Countries citing papers authored by J. Alan Sparks

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Alan Sparks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Alan Sparks

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

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