J. Craig Venter

123.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
135 papers, 27.3k citations indexed

About

J. Craig Venter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Craig Venter has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 27.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Genetics and 33 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in J. Craig Venter's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (33 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (22 papers). J. Craig Venter is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (33 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (22 papers). J. Craig Venter collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. J. Craig Venter's co-authors include Hamilton O. Smith, Clyde A. Hutchison, Daniel G. Gibson, Lei Young, Ray-Yuan Chuang, Mark D. Adams, Anthony R. Kerlavage, Claire M. Fraser, John I. Glass and Shibu Yooseph and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

J. Craig Venter

134 papers receiving 26.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases

2009 7.1k citations Daniel G. Gibson, Lei Young et al. profile →
Complementary DNA Sequencing: Expressed Sequence Tags and Human Genome Project

1991 1.6k citations J. Craig Venter et al. Science profile →
Mutation of a mutL Homolog in Hereditary Colon Cancer

1994 1.4k citations J. Craig Venter et al. Science profile →
Mutations of two P/WS homologues in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer

1994 1.2k citations J. Craig Venter et al. profile →
Complete Chemical Synthesis, Assembly, and Cloning of a Mycoplasma genitalium Genome

2008 840 citations Daniel G. Gibson, Gwynedd A. Benders et al. Science profile →
Global Transposon Mutagenesis and a Minimal Mycoplasma Genome

1999 667 citations Clyde A. Hutchison, Hamilton O. Smith et al. Science profile →
Essential genes of a minimal bacterium

2006 638 citations John I. Glass, Nacyra Assad-Garcia et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Sequence identification of 2,375 human brain genes

1992 605 citations J. Craig Venter et al. profile →
The Sequence of the Human Genome

2015 536 citations J. Craig Venter, Hamilton O. Smith et al. profile →
Interplay between the human gut microbiome and host metabolism

2019 501 citations J. Craig Venter, William Nelson et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Craig Venter

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Physiological basis for xenotransplantation from genetically modified pigs to humans 2024 ·Physiological Reviews ·Leigh Peterson, Magdi H. Yacoub, David Ayares, Kazuhiko Yamada, Daniel Eisenson, Bartley P. Griffith, Muhammad M. Mohiuddin, W.H. Eyestone, J. Craig Venter, Ryszard T. Smoleński, Martine Rothblatt	18
2	Novel insight into the genetic basis of high-altitude pulmonary hypertension in Kyrgyz highlanders 2018 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Arya Iranmehr, Tsering Stobdan, Dan Zhou, Orit Poulsen, Kingman P. Strohl, Almaz Aldashev, Amalio Telenti, Emily Wong, Ewen F. Kirkness, J. Craig Venter, Vineet Bafna, Gabriel G. Haddad	14
3	The blood DNA virome in 8,000 humans 2017 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Ahmed Moustafa, Chao Xie, Ewen F. Kirkness, William Biggs, Emily Wong, Yaron Turpaz, K. Bloom, Eric Delwart, William Nelson, J. Craig Venter, Amalio Telenti	203
4	Deep sequencing of 10,000 human genomes 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Amalio Telenti, Levi Pierce, William Biggs, Julia di Iulio, Emily Wong, Martin M. Fabani, Ewen F. Kirkness, Ahmed Moustafa, Naisha Shah, Chao Xie, Suzanne Brewerton, (unknown), Chad Garner, (unknown), Efren Sandoval, B Perkins, Franz Josef Och, Yaron Turpaz, J. Craig Venter	195
5	Genome Pioneer: We Have The Dangerous Power To Control Evolution 2015 ·New Perspectives Quarterly ·J. Craig Venter	0
6	Genomes and gene expression across light and productivity gradients in eastern subtropical Pacific microbial communities 2014 ·The ISME Journal ·Christopher L. Dupont, John P. McCrow, Ruben Valas, Ahmed Moustafa, Nathan G. Walworth, Ursula Goodenough, Robyn Roth, Shane Hogle, Jing Bai, Zackary I. Johnson, Elizabeth L. Mann, Brian Palenik, Katherine A. Barbeau, J. Craig Venter, Andrew E. Allen	80
7	Sequencing of isolated sperm cells for direct haplotyping of a human genome 2013 ·Genome Research ·Ewen F. Kirkness, Rashel V. Grindberg, Joyclyn Yee-Greenbaum, Christian R. Marshall, Stephen W. Scherer, Roger S. Lasken, J. Craig Venter	56
8	Assembly of eukaryotic algal chromosomes in yeast 2013 ·Journal of Biological Engineering ·Bogumil J. Karas, Bhuvan Molparia, Jelena Jablanovic, (unknown), (unknown), Christopher L. Dupont, Christian Tagwerker, Isaac T. Yonemoto, Vladimir N. Noskov, Ray-Yuan Chuang, Andrew E. Allen, John I. Glass, Clyde A. Hutchison, Hamilton O. Smith, J. Craig Venter, Philip D. Weyman	54
9	Metagenomic Exploration of Viruses throughout the Indian Ocean 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Shannon J. Williamson, Lisa Zeigler Allen, Hernán Lorenzi, Douglas Fadrosh, Daniel Brami, Mathangi Thiagarajan, John P. McCrow, Andrey Tovchigrechko, Shibu Yooseph, J. Craig Venter	92
10	Towards a comprehensive structural variation map of an individual human genome 2010 ·Genome biology ·Andy Wing Chun Pang, Jeffrey R. MacDonald, Dalila Pinto, John Wei, Muhammad Rafiq, Donald F. Conrad, Hansoo Park, Matthew E. Hurles, Charles Lee, J. Craig Venter, Ewen F. Kirkness, Samuel Lévy, Lars Feuk, Stephen W. Scherer	214
11	Creating Bacterial Strains from Genomes That Have Been Cloned and Engineered in Yeast 2009 ·Science ·Carole Lartigue, Sanjay Vashee, Mikkel A. Algire, Ray-Yuan Chuang, Gwynedd A. Benders, Li Ma, Vladimir N. Noskov, (unknown), Daniel G. Gibson, Nacyra Assad-Garcia, Nina Alperovich, David W. Thomas, Chuck Merryman, (unknown), Hamilton O. Smith, J. Craig Venter, John I. Glass	208
12	Complete Chemical Synthesis, Assembly, and Cloning of a Mycoplasma genitalium Genome breakdown → 2008 ·Science ·Daniel G. Gibson, Gwynedd A. Benders, Cynthia Andrews‐Pfannkoch, (unknown), Holly Baden-Tillson, Jayshree Zaveri, Timothy B. Stockwell, (unknown), David W. Thomas, Mikkel A. Algire, Chuck Merryman, Lei Young, Vladimir N. Noskov, John I. Glass, J. Craig Venter, Clyde A. Hutchison, Hamilton O. Smith	840
13	Genome Transplantation in Bacteria: Changing One Species to Another 2007 ·Science ·Carole Lartigue, John I. Glass, Nina Alperovich, Rembert Pieper, Prashanth P. Parmar, (unknown), Hamilton O. Smith, J. Craig Venter	288
14	Ancient Noncoding Elements Conserved in the Human Genome 2006 ·Science ·Byrappa Venkatesh, Ewen F. Kirkness, Yong‐Hwee Eddie Loh, Aaron L. Halpern, Alison Lee, Justin Johnson, Nidhi Dandona, (unknown), Alice Tay, J. Craig Venter, Robert L. Strausberg, Sydney Brenner	95
15	A Sanger/pyrosequencing hybrid approach for the generation of high-quality draft assemblies of marine microbial genomes 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Justin Johnson, Dana Busam, Tamara V. Feldblyum, Steve Ferriera, Robert Friedman, Aaron L. Halpern, Hoda Khouri, Saul Kravitz, Federico M. Lauro, Kelvin Li, Yu-Hui Rogers, Robert L. Strausberg, Granger Sutton, Luke J. Tallon, Torsten Thomas, Eli Venter, M.E. Frazier, J. Craig Venter	190
16	Cell-free cloning using φ29 DNA polymerase 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Clyde A. Hutchison, Hamilton O. Smith, Cynthia Pfannkoch, J. Craig Venter	146
17	Generating a synthetic genome by whole genome assembly: φX174 bacteriophage from synthetic oligonucleotides 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hamilton O. Smith, Clyde A. Hutchison, Cynthia Pfannkoch, J. Craig Venter	409
18	Optical Mapping of Plasmodium falciparum Chromosome 2 1999 ·Genome Research ·Junping Jing, Zhongwu Lai, Christopher E. Aston, Jie‐Yi Lin, Daniel J. Carucci, Malcolm J. Gardner, Bud Mishra, Thomas Anantharaman, Hervé Tettelin, Leda M. Cummings, Stephen L. Hoffman, J. Craig Venter, David C. Schwartz	24
19	The Structure and Evolution of Adrenergic and Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptors 1987 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology ·J. Craig Venter	1
20	The Structure and Evolution of Adrenergic and Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptors 1986 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology ·J. Craig Venter	7

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