John Spieth

14.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

John Spieth is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Spieth has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Aging and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in John Spieth's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (24 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers). John Spieth is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (24 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers). John Spieth collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. John Spieth's co-authors include Thomas Blumenthal, LaDeana W. Hillier, Hiram Clawson, W. James Kent, David Haussler, Adam Siepel, George M. Weinstock, Kate R. Rosenbloom, Minmei Hou and Richard A. Gibbs and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John Spieth

33 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Evolutionarily conserved elements in vertebrate, insect, ... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Evolutionarily conserved elements in vertebrate, insect, worm, and yeast genomes
    2005 2.8k citations Adam Siepel, Gill Bejerano et al. Genome Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Spieth United States 26 3.8k 1.3k 921 614 610 33 5.2k
Susan Parrish United States 10 3.6k 1.0× 477 0.4× 901 1.0× 880 1.4× 1.1k 1.8× 13 4.5k
Andrew Bassett United Kingdom 35 3.6k 1.0× 733 0.6× 278 0.3× 1.1k 1.8× 561 0.9× 64 5.0k
Yanfang Fu United States 16 7.3k 1.9× 1.7k 1.3× 652 0.7× 736 1.2× 338 0.6× 19 8.1k
Craig P. Hunter United States 42 4.6k 1.2× 612 0.5× 1.9k 2.0× 899 1.5× 302 0.5× 71 6.0k
Marvin Wickens United States 68 12.6k 3.3× 1.3k 1.0× 1.9k 2.0× 931 1.5× 595 1.0× 156 14.4k
Eivind Valen Norway 30 6.1k 1.6× 1.0k 0.8× 233 0.3× 604 1.0× 1.4k 2.2× 50 7.5k
Seung Woo Cho South Korea 16 6.5k 1.7× 1.3k 1.0× 498 0.5× 1.2k 2.0× 691 1.1× 25 7.0k
Hong Xiao United States 27 2.3k 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 245 0.3× 595 1.0× 175 0.3× 101 4.1k
Gloria A. Brar United States 23 6.1k 1.6× 770 0.6× 263 0.3× 634 1.0× 587 1.0× 40 6.6k
Lisa Timmons United States 18 3.1k 0.8× 309 0.2× 1.6k 1.7× 962 1.6× 248 0.4× 29 4.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Spieth

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spieth, John. (2014). Overview of gene structure in C. elegans. WormBook. 1–18. 21 indexed citations
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Bai, Xiaodong, Byron J. Adams, Todd A. Ciche, et al.. (2013). A Lover and a Fighter: The Genome Sequence of an Entomopathogenic Nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e69618–e69618. 81 indexed citations
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Grewal, Parwinder S., Xiaodong Bai, Byron J. Adams, et al.. (2013). First Complete Genome Sequence of an Entomopathogenic Nematode Goes Public. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Gary W., et al.. (2011). Methods and strategies for gene structure curation in WormBase. Database. 2011(0). baq039–baq039. 9 indexed citations
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Bai, Xiaodong, Byron J. Adams, Todd A. Ciche, et al.. (2009). Transcriptomic analysis of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora TTO1. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 205–205. 14 indexed citations
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Spieth, John. (2006). Overview of gene structure. WormBook. 1–10. 35 indexed citations
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Siepel, Adam, Gill Bejerano, Jakob Skou Pedersen, et al.. (2005). Evolutionarily conserved elements in vertebrate, insect, worm, and yeast genomes. Genome Research. 15(8). 1034–1050. 2780 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ding, Li, et al.. (2004). EAnnot: A genome annotation tool using experimental evidence. Genome Research. 14(12). 2503–2509. 10 indexed citations
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Huang, Tao, Scott Kuersten, Atul Deshpande, et al.. (2001). Intercistronic Region Required for Polycistronic Pre-mRNA Processing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(4). 1111–1120. 48 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, Thomas & John Spieth. (1996). Gene structure and organization in Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 6(6). 692–698. 35 indexed citations
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MacMorris, Margaret, et al.. (1994). Analysis of the VPE sequences in the Caenorhabditis elegans vit-2 promoter with extrachromosomal tandem array-containing transgenic strains. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(1). 484–491. 6 indexed citations
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Zorio, Diego A. R., N N Cheng, Thomas Blumenthal, & John Spieth. (1994). Operons as a common form of chromosomal organization in C. elegans. Nature. 372(6503). 270–272. 217 indexed citations
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MacMorris, Margaret, et al.. (1992). Regulation of Vitellogenin Gene Expression in Transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans: Short Sequences Required for Activation of the vit-2 Promoter. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(4). 1652–1662. 15 indexed citations
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Spieth, John, et al.. (1991). Vitellogenin motifs conserved in nematodes and vertebrates. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 32(5). 429–438. 86 indexed citations
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Conrad, Richard C., Jeffrey D. Thomas, John Spieth, & Thomas Blumenthal. (1991). Insertion of Part of an Intron into the 5′ Untranslated Region of a Caenorhabditis elegans Gene Converts It into a Zraws-Spliced Gene. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(4). 1921–1926. 32 indexed citations
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Spieth, John, Yhong‐Hee Shim, Kristi Lea, Richard C. Conrad, & Thomas Blumenthal. (1991). elt-1 , an Embryonically Expressed Caenorhabditis elegans Gene Homologous to the GATA Transcription Factor Family. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(9). 4651–4659. 26 indexed citations
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Spieth, John, et al.. (1988). Regulated expression of a vitellogenin fusion gene in transgenic nematodes. Developmental Biology. 130(1). 285–293. 39 indexed citations
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Spieth, John, et al.. (1985). The nucleotide sequence of a nematode vitellogenin gene. Nucleic Acids Research. 13(19). 7129–7138. 68 indexed citations
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Keller, Ray & John Spieth. (1984). Neural crest cell behavior in white and dark larvae of Ambystoma mexicanum: Time‐lapse cinemicrographic analysis of pigment cell movement in vivo and in culture. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 229(1). 109–126. 43 indexed citations

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