James Gurtowski

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

James Gurtowski is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, James Gurtowski has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Surgery and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in James Gurtowski's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (3 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (2 papers). James Gurtowski is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (3 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (2 papers). James Gurtowski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and United Kingdom. James Gurtowski's co-authors include Michael C. Schatz, Maria Nattestad, Han Fang, Fritz J. Sedlazeck, Charles J. Underwood, W. Richard McCombie, Sara Goodwin, Melissa Kramer, Eric Antoniou and Lyza Maron and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Bioinformatics and Genome Research.

In The Last Decade

James Gurtowski

18 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

GenomeScope: fast reference-free genome profiling from short reads

2017 1.1k citations Fritz J. Sedlazeck, Maria Nattestad et al. Bioinformatics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Gurtowski United States	14	1.3k	861	585	282	221	20	2.1k
Guy Slater United Kingdom	5	1.2k 0.9×	711 0.8×	489 0.8×	239 0.8×	261 1.2×	6	2.0k
Valentin Antonescu United States	6	1.4k 1.1×	698 0.8×	416 0.7×	294 1.0×	160 0.7×	7	2.4k
Svetlana Karamycheva United States	13	1.6k 1.2×	787 0.9×	529 0.9×	281 1.0×	156 0.7×	22	2.6k
Barry Moore United States	21	1.8k 1.4×	881 1.0×	825 1.4×	271 1.0×	227 1.0×	36	2.9k
Sanjit Singh Batra United States	8	1.3k 1.0×	854 1.0×	533 0.9×	208 0.7×	212 1.0×	9	1.9k
Jeb Rosen United States	5	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	579 1.0×	302 1.1×	311 1.4×	6	2.3k
Arang Rhie United States	16	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	797 1.4×	210 0.7×	182 0.8×	31	2.7k
Keith Bradnam United States	10	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	518 0.9×	381 1.4×	245 1.1×	11	2.6k
Jullien M. Flynn United States	9	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	650 1.1×	386 1.4×	293 1.3×	15	2.3k
Jennifer Tsai United States	8	1.2k 0.9×	608 0.7×	353 0.6×	313 1.1×	142 0.6×	9	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Gurtowski

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nattestad, Maria, Sara Goodwin, Karen Ng, et al.. (2018). Complex rearrangements and oncogene amplifications revealed by long-read DNA and RNA sequencing of a breast cancer cell line. Genome Research. 28(8). 1126–1135. 108 indexed citations

Kent, Clement F., Alivia Dey, Nadejda Tsvetkov, et al.. (2018). Conservation Genomics of the Declining North American Bumblebee Bombus terricola Reveals Inbreeding and Selection on Immune Genes. Frontiers in Genetics. 9. 316–316. 35 indexed citations

Simner, Patricia J., Annukka A.R. Antar, Stephanie Hao, et al.. (2018). Antibiotic pressure on the acquisition and loss of antibiotic resistance genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 73(7). 1796–1803. 37 indexed citations

Sedlazeck, Fritz J., Maria Nattestad, Charles J. Underwood, et al.. (2017). GenomeScope: fast reference-free genome profiling from short reads. Bioinformatics. 33(14). 2202–2204. 1125 indexed citations breakdown →

Miller, Jason, Peng Zhou, Joann Mudge, et al.. (2017). Hybrid assembly with long and short reads improves discovery of gene family expansions. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 541–541. 41 indexed citations

Bitterman, Adam, et al.. (2016). Antibiotic Spacer Arthroplasty for Revision MTP Arthrodesis: A Novel Means to Build the Implant. A Case Report.. Cureus. 8(3). e537–e537. 2 indexed citations

Bitterman, Adam, et al.. (2016). Ethical Considerations Regarding Disclosure of Off-Label Drug and Device Use as a Component of Informed Consent in a Resident Training Program. 7(1-2). 1–10.

Lama-Sherpa, Tshering, et al.. (2015). Molecular genetic diversity and characterization of conjugation genes in the fish parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 86. 1–7. 13 indexed citations

Zhou, Xin, Giorgia Battistoni, Osama E. Demerdash, et al.. (2015). Dual functions of Macpiwi1 in transposon silencing and stem cell maintenance in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano. RNA. 21(11). 1885–1897. 24 indexed citations

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Goodwin, Sara, et al.. (2015). Oxford Nanopore sequencing, hybrid error correction, and de novo assembly of a eukaryotic genome. Genome Research. 25(11). 1750–1756. 252 indexed citations

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Wasik, Kaja A., James Gurtowski, Xin Zhou, et al.. (2015). Genome and transcriptome of the regeneration-competent flatworm, Macrostomum lignano. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(40). 12462–12467. 74 indexed citations

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Schatz, Michael C., Lyza Maron, Joshua C. Stein, et al.. (2014). Whole genome de novo assemblies of three divergent strains of rice, Oryza sativa, document novel gene space of aus and indica. Genome biology. 15(11). 506–506. 188 indexed citations

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Schatz, Michael C., Lyza Maron, Joshua C. Stein, et al.. (2014). Whole genome de novo assemblies of three divergent strains of rice, Oryza sativa , document novel gene space of aus and indica. Genome Biology. 15(11). 506–506. 152 indexed citations

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Gurtowski, James, Michael C. Schatz, & Ben Langmead. (2012). Genotyping in the Cloud with Crossbow. Current Protocols in Bioinformatics. 39(1). 15.3.1–15.3.15. 27 indexed citations

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Gurtowski, James, et al.. (2012). Answering the demands of digital genomics. Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience. 26(4). 917–928.

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Gurtowski, James, et al.. (2010). Geoseq: a tool for dissecting deep-sequencing datasets. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 506–506. 3 indexed citations

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Ries, Michael D., et al.. (1989). Cortical pelvic strains with varying size hemiarthroplasty in vitro. Journal of Biomechanics. 22(8-9). 775–780. 21 indexed citations

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Ries, Michael D., et al.. (1989). Normal pelvic strain pattern in vitro. Journal of Biomedical Engineering. 11(5). 398–402. 11 indexed citations

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Manley, Michael T., et al.. (1985). The load carrying and fatigue properties of the stem–cement interface with smooth and porous coated femoral components. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 19(5). 563–575. 26 indexed citations

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Gurtowski, James, et al.. (1982). PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICE OF TOTAL HIP FEMORAL COMPONENTS AS A FUNCTION OF PROSTHESIS MODULUS. Elsevier eBooks. 43(2). 291–294. 5 indexed citations

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