Jack D. Griffith

22.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
265 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Jack D. Griffith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack D. Griffith has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Genetics and 34 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jack D. Griffith's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (80 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (74 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (46 papers). Jack D. Griffith is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (80 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (74 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (46 papers). Jack D. Griffith collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Slovakia. Jack D. Griffith's co-authors include Titia de Lange, Alessandro Bianchi, Rachel M. Stansel, Alexander M. Makhov, Anthony J. Cesare, Laurey Comeau, Gunna Christiansen, Smaranda Willcox, Yuh-Hwa Wang and James C. Register and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jack D. Griffith

256 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mammalian Telomeres End in a Large Duplex Loop 1975 2026 1992 2009 1999 1975 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Mammalian Telomeres End in a Large Duplex Loop
    1999 1.9k citations Jack D. Griffith, Laurey Comeau et al. Cell profile →
  2. Chromatin Structure: Deduced from a Minichromosome
    1975 399 citations Jack D. Griffith Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jack D. Griffith United States 73 14.6k 3.1k 2.9k 1.7k 1.6k 265 17.7k
Charles Weissmann Switzerland 81 22.5k 1.5× 3.6k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 2.2k 1.3× 1.7k 1.1× 216 28.5k
Alfred Nordheim Germany 74 13.2k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 753 0.3× 1.8k 1.1× 989 0.6× 204 17.7k
César Milstein United Kingdom 77 18.4k 1.3× 2.3k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 3.4k 2.0× 956 0.6× 202 36.0k
Ronald A. Laskey United Kingdom 64 21.6k 1.5× 4.8k 1.5× 841 0.3× 2.7k 1.6× 1.5k 0.9× 119 29.6k
Jeffrey Shabanowitz United States 102 22.6k 1.5× 2.6k 0.8× 691 0.2× 2.9k 1.7× 714 0.5× 323 34.8k
Robert E. Kingston United States 92 27.8k 1.9× 4.1k 1.3× 754 0.3× 1.7k 1.0× 610 0.4× 259 31.2k
Georges Köhler Germany 44 11.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.4× 3.1k 1.8× 723 0.5× 97 25.2k
Robert Liddington United States 66 9.4k 0.6× 2.1k 0.7× 902 0.3× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 145 18.1k
Thomas M. Roberts United States 84 19.6k 1.3× 3.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.4× 7.6k 4.4× 1.2k 0.8× 309 28.9k
Sheldon Penman United States 92 18.7k 1.3× 3.5k 1.1× 716 0.3× 2.0k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 229 25.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Michell, Craig, Carlos T. Moraes, Smaranda Willcox, et al.. (2024). Linear DNA-driven recombination in mammalian mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(6). 3088–3105. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yijun, R Yuan, Allaura S. Cone, et al.. (2023). Large‐scale heparin‐based bind‐and‐elute chromatography identifies two biologically distinct populations of extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 12(6). e12327–e12327. 16 indexed citations
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Damania, Blossom, et al.. (2023). Electron microscopy mapping of the DNA-binding sites of monomeric, dimeric, and multimeric KSHV RTA protein. Journal of Virology. 97(10). e0063723–e0063723. 2 indexed citations
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McNamara, Ryan P., Pauline Chugh, Aubrey Bailey, et al.. (2019). Extracellular vesicles from Kaposi Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus lymphoma induce long-term endothelial cell reprogramming. PLoS Pathogens. 15(2). e1007536–e1007536. 48 indexed citations
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Goffart, Steffi, et al.. (2019). Replication fork rescue in mammalian mitochondria. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8785–8785. 19 indexed citations
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Zhu, Cheng, et al.. (2018). Large SOD1 aggregates, unlike trimeric SOD1, do not impact cell viability in a model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(18). 4661–4665. 65 indexed citations
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Chugh, Pauline, Sang‐Hoon Sin, Sezgin Özgür, et al.. (2013). Systemically Circulating Viral and Tumor-Derived MicroRNAs in KSHV-Associated Malignancies. PLoS Pathogens. 9(7). e1003484–e1003484. 147 indexed citations
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Griffith, Jack D.. (2013). Many Ways to Loop DNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(41). 29724–29735. 6 indexed citations
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Shibata, Yoshiyuki, Pankaj Kumar, Ryan M. Layer, et al.. (2012). Extrachromosomal MicroDNAs and Chromosomal Microdeletions in Normal Tissues. Science. 336(6077). 82–86. 221 indexed citations
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Makhov, Alexander M., Anindito Sen, Xiong Yu, et al.. (2009). The Bipolar Filaments Formed by Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 SSB/Recombination Protein (ICP8) Suggest a Mechanism for DNA Annealing. Journal of Molecular Biology. 386(2). 273–279. 20 indexed citations
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Kuo, Hsuan-Cheng, Jack D. Griffith, & Kenneth N. Kreuzer. (2007). 5-Azacytidine–Induced Methyltransferase-DNA Adducts Block DNA Replication In vivo. Cancer Research. 67(17). 8248–8254. 89 indexed citations
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Makhov, Alexander M. & Jack D. Griffith. (2005). Visualization of the Annealing of Complementary Single-stranded DNA Catalyzed by the Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 ICP8 SSB/Recombinase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 355(5). 911–922. 23 indexed citations
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Bermudez, Vladimir P., Laura A. Lindsey‐Boltz, Anthony J. Cesare, et al.. (2003). Loading of the human 9-1-1 checkpoint complex onto DNA by the checkpoint clamp loader hRad17-replication factor C complex in vitro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(4). 1633–1638. 260 indexed citations
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Tomáška, Ľubomír, Alexander M. Makhov, Jozef Nosek, Blanka Kucejová, & Jack D. Griffith. (2001). Electron microscopic analysis supports a dual role for the mitochondrial telomere-binding protein of Candida parapsilosis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 305(1). 61–69. 27 indexed citations
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Bagga, Rashmi, Susan Michalowski, Ram W. Sabnis, Jack D. Griffith, & Beverly M. Emerson. (2000). HMG I/Y regulates long-range enhancer-dependent transcription on DNA and chromatin by changes in DNA topology. Nucleic Acids Research. 28(13). 2541–2550. 39 indexed citations
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Griffith, Jack D., et al.. (1999). Mammalian Telomeres End in a Large Duplex Loop. Cell. 97(4). 503–514. 1872 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zenick, Harold & Jack D. Griffith. (1995). The role of specimen banking in risk assessment.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 103(suppl 3). 9–12. 13 indexed citations
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Uziel, Mayo, et al.. (1992). DNA adduct formation by 12 chemicals with populations potentially suitable for molecular epidemiological studies. Mutation Research/Reviews in Genetic Toxicology. 277(1). 35–90. 21 indexed citations
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Hulka, Barbara S., Timothy C. Wilcosky, & Jack D. Griffith. (1990). Biological markers in epidemiology. Oxford University Press eBooks. 125 indexed citations

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