John F. Atkins

21.5k citations
290 papers · 16.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 71
Topics
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (167 papers)RNA modifications and cancer (73 papers)Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (47 papers)

In The Last Decade

John F. Atkins

284 papers receiving 15.5k citations

Hit Papers

An overlapping essential gene in the Potyviridae2008202620142020200820122021200400600

Peers

John F. Atkins
Comparison fields: 5 of 178
  • Molecular Biology 11.1k
  • Genetics 3.0k
  • Plant Science 2.3k
  • Ecology 2.0k
  • Infectious Diseases 1.4k
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Fields of papers citing papers by John F. Atkins

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John F. Atkins

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All Works

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Structural basis of ribosomal frameshifting during translation of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genomebreakdown →
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6 26
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RNA worlds : from life's origins to diversity in gene regulation
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An overlapping essential gene in the Potyviridaebreakdown →
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12 4
13 91
14 70
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16 26
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The RNA world : the nature of modern RNA suggests a prebiotic RNA world
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About John F. Atkins

John F. Atkins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology, having authored 290 papers that have together received 16.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (167 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (73 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (47 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (11.1k citations), Endocrinology (729 citations) and Genetics (3.0k citations). John F. Atkins has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Ireland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Raymond F. Gesteland, Andrew E. Firth, R.F. Gesteland, Pavel V. Baranov, Norma M. Wills, Robert B. Weiss, Betty Chung, Ivaylo P. Ivanov, Carl W. Anderson and Gary Loughran. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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