Jim D. Karam

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Jim D. Karam is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim D. Karam has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jim D. Karam's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Jim D. Karam is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Jim D. Karam collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Poland. Jim D. Karam's co-authors include John W. Drake, В. М. Петров, James Nolan, Chien‐Chia Wang, Eric S. Miller, Claire Bertrand, Henry Krisch, Holly K. Dressman, Tien Hsu and Lee Chao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Jim D. Karam

14 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Molecular Biology of Bacteriophage T4

1994 775 citations Jim D. Karam, John W. Drake Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jim D. Karam United States	11	970	927	521	151	146	14	1.3k
Bjørn H. Lindqvist Norway	24	1.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	689 1.3×	149 1.0×	61 0.4×	49	1.6k
Kirsten Hertveldt Belgium	17	711 0.7×	925 1.0×	222 0.4×	179 1.2×	324 2.2×	31	1.1k
Tetsuro Yonesaki Japan	21	928 1.0×	834 0.9×	771 1.5×	102 0.7×	56 0.4×	44	1.3k
Maria I. Pajunen Finland	17	845 0.9×	758 0.8×	362 0.7×	129 0.9×	248 1.7×	43	1.3k
Н. Н. Сыкилинда Russia	15	548 0.6×	751 0.8×	166 0.3×	135 0.9×	266 1.8×	33	819
Corinne M. ten Hagen‐Jongman Netherlands	18	981 1.0×	451 0.5×	798 1.5×	52 0.3×	233 1.6×	25	1.4k
Yuichi Otsuka Japan	16	499 0.5×	512 0.6×	378 0.7×	57 0.4×	54 0.4×	28	874
Nikolai S. Prokhorov Russia	13	456 0.5×	687 0.7×	197 0.4×	116 0.8×	105 0.7×	22	868
Miriam Golomb United States	17	609 0.6×	270 0.3×	278 0.5×	98 0.6×	165 1.1×	23	941
Richard A. Fekete United States	13	665 0.7×	192 0.2×	234 0.4×	152 1.0×	46 0.3×	17	965

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Петров, В. М., et al.. (2010). Genomes of the T4-related bacteriophages as windows on microbial genome evolution. Virology Journal. 7(1). 292–292. 133 indexed citations

Петров, В. М., et al.. (2009). Genetic Insertions and Diversification of the PolB-Type DNA Polymerase (gp43) of T4-Related Phages. Journal of Molecular Biology. 395(3). 457–474. 13 indexed citations

Nolan, James, В. М. Петров, Claire Bertrand, Henry Krisch, & Jim D. Karam. (2006). Genetic diversity among five T4-like bacteriophages.. Virology Journal. 3(1). 30–30. 93 indexed citations

Karam, Jim D.. (2005). Bacteriophages: the viruses for all seasons of molecular biology.. Virology Journal. 2(1). 19–19. 7 indexed citations

Borjac, Jamilah, В. М. Петров, & Jim D. Karam. (2004). Divergence of the mRNA targets for the Ssb proteins of bacteriophages T4 and RB69. Virology Journal. 1(1). 4–4. 8 indexed citations

Петров, В. М., et al.. (2002). Protein Determinants of RNA Binding by DNA Polymerase of the T4-related Bacteriophage RB69. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(36). 33041–33048. 10 indexed citations

Bębenek, Anna, Geraldine T. Carver, Holly K. Dressman, et al.. (2002). Dissecting the Fidelity of Bacteriophage RB69 DNA Polymerase: Site-Specific Modulation of Fidelity by Polymerase Accessory Proteins. Genetics. 162(3). 1003–1018. 34 indexed citations

Bębenek, Anna, Holly K. Dressman, Geraldine T. Carver, et al.. (2001). Interacting Fidelity Defects in the Replicative DNA Polymerase of Bacteriophage RB69. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(13). 10387–10397. 48 indexed citations

Hsu, Tien, et al.. (1998). Divergence of a DNA Replication Gene Cluster in the T4-Related Bacteriophage RB69. Journal of Bacteriology. 180(8). 2005–2013. 40 indexed citations

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Pavlov, Andrey R., et al.. (1997). Evolution of RNA-binding Specificity in T4 DNA Polymerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(28). 17703–17710. 18 indexed citations

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Dressman, Holly K., Chien‐Chia Wang, Jim D. Karam, & John W. Drake. (1997). Retention of replication fidelity by a DNA polymerase functioning in a distantly related environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(15). 8042–8046. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Chien‐Chia, et al.. (1995). Modular Organization of T4 DNA Polymerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(44). 26558–26564. 85 indexed citations

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Karam, Jim D. & John W. Drake. (1994). Molecular Biology of Bacteriophage T4. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 775 indexed citations breakdown →

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Karam, Jim D., Lee Chao, & Gregory W. Warr. (1990). Methods in Nucleic Acids Research. 36 indexed citations

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