James D. Watson

17.5k citations
106 papers · 10.0k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 38

Impact in

  • Aging top 1%
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
    • Protein Structure and Dynamics
    • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Papers in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 17
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 15
    • Protein Structure and Dynamics 11
    • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction 5
    • RNA modifications and cancer 5
    • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques 4

James D. Watson

99 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

ProFunc: a server for predicting protein function from 3D structure 2005 · 510 citations
51019532026197720014008001.2k

Peers

James D. Watson
Comparison fields: 5 of 206
  • Aging 242
  • Molecular Biology 6.9k
  • Genetics 1.4k
  • Physiology 1.1k
  • Ecology 989
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Fields of papers citing papers by James D. Watson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside James D. Watson, 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

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 201910
2 200833
3 20071
4 200757
5 200584
6
ProFunc: a server for predicting protein function from 3D structure
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2005510
7 20049
8 200363
9 200261
10 20014
11 2001125
12
Salvador E. Luria (13 August 1912-6 February 1991).
19991
13 19942
14
Recombinant DNA- Second Edition
19927
15 19915
16
遺伝子の分子生物学 = Molecular biology of the gene
19902
17 199089
18
Nucleic acid research : future development
198325
19
Die Doppel-Helix : ein persönlicher Bericht über die Entdeckung der DNS-Strukur
19731
20 1954239

About James D. Watson

James D. Watson is a scholar working on Chemical Health and Safety, Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Biotechnology, having authored 106 papers that have together received 10.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (17 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (11 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (242 citations), Molecular Biology (6.9k citations), Genetics (1.4k citations), Physiology (1.1k citations) and Ecology (989 citations). James D. Watson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Francis Crick, Janet M. Thornton, Roman A. Laskowski, A. Tissières, David Schlessinger, Alexander Rich, E. James Milner‐White, C. G. Kurland, Robert W. Risebrough and David R. Davies. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Molecular Biology, Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

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