John W. Drake

11.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
123 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

John W. Drake is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, John W. Drake has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 58 papers in Genetics and 44 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in John W. Drake's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (42 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (35 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (33 papers). John W. Drake is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (42 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (35 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (33 papers). John W. Drake collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and United Kingdom. John W. Drake's co-authors include John J. Holland, Jim D. Karam, James F. Crow, Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth, Richard H. Baltz, Geraldine T. Carver, Elizabeth F. Allen, Dennis W. Grogan and Lynn S. Ripley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John W. Drake

120 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Rates of Spontaneous Mutation

1998 1.5k citations John W. Drake et al. Genetics profile →
A constant rate of spontaneous mutation in DNA-based microbes.

1991 917 citations John W. Drake profile →
Mutation rates among RNA viruses

1999 859 citations John W. Drake et al. profile →
Molecular Biology of Bacteriophage T4

1994 775 citations John W. Drake et al. profile →
Rates of spontaneous mutation among RNA viruses.

1993 534 citations John W. Drake profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John W. Drake United States	37	5.4k	3.8k	1.9k	1.6k	784	123	8.6k
Matthew Meselson United States	51	10.2k 1.9×	3.4k 0.9×	2.6k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	538 0.7×	115	13.2k
Martijn A. Huynen Netherlands	65	10.6k 1.9×	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	581 0.7×	225	13.2k
S. Spiegelman United States	58	8.6k 1.6×	3.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	223	13.2k
Maynard V. Olson United States	47	8.7k 1.6×	3.7k 1.0×	957 0.5×	2.7k 1.7×	290 0.4×	95	11.9k
Miroslav Radman France	62	10.6k 1.9×	5.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	367 0.5×	174	13.9k
Lakshminarayan M. Iyer United States	56	10.7k 2.0×	2.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	725 0.9×	115	14.8k
John R. Roth United States	53	8.8k 1.6×	4.5k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	830 1.1×	146	12.7k
C. G. Kurland Sweden	65	13.1k 2.4×	4.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	378 0.5×	158	15.1k
François Taddéi France	41	4.4k 0.8×	3.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	649 0.4×	394 0.5×	76	7.3k
Jeffrey E. Barrick United States	44	7.6k 1.4×	5.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	753 0.5×	417 0.5×	114	10.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thomas, Nathaniel, John W. Drake, Mei‐Hsin Su, et al.. (2024). The Mechanisms Underlying the Intergenerational Transmission of Substance Use and Misuse: An Integrated Research Approach. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 27(6). 283–294.

Drake, John W., et al.. (2024). F33. EXPLORING DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF NEURONAL PIRNAS IN MAJOR DEPRESSION SUBJECTS IN A LARGE POST MORTEM BRAIN SAMPLE. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 87. 222–223. 1 indexed citations

Drake, John W., et al.. (2022). S100a9 Protects Against the Effects of Repeated Social Defeat Stress. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 3(4). 919–929. 6 indexed citations

Drake, John W., Gowon O. McMichael, Kellen G. Cresswell, et al.. (2020). Assessing the Role of Long Noncoding RNA in Nucleus Accumbens in Subjects With Alcohol Dependence. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 44(12). 2468–2480. 15 indexed citations

Kissling, Grace E., Dennis W. Grogan, & John W. Drake. (2013). Confounders of mutation-rate estimators: Selection and phenotypic lag in Thermus thermophilus. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 749(1-2). 16–20. 9 indexed citations

Garcı́a-Villada, Libertad & John W. Drake. (2012). The Three Faces of Riboviral Spontaneous Mutation: Spectrum, Mode of Genome Replication, and Mutation Rate. PLoS Genetics. 8(7). e1002832–e1002832. 24 indexed citations

Burch, Lauranell H., et al.. (2011). The Bacteriophage T4 Rapid-Lysis Genes and Their Mutational Proclivities. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(14). 3537–3545. 11 indexed citations

Garcı́a-Villada, Libertad & John W. Drake. (2010). Mutational clusters generated by non-processive polymerases: A case study using DNA polymerase β in vitro. DNA repair. 9(8). 871–878. 1 indexed citations

Carver, Geraldine T., et al.. (2006). A Role for Replication Repair in the Genesis of Templated Mutations. Journal of Molecular Biology. 358(4). 963–973. 8 indexed citations

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Kadyrov, Farid A. & John W. Drake. (2001). Conditional Coupling of Leading-strand and Lagging-strand DNA Synthesis at Bacteriophage T4 Replication Forks. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(31). 29559–29566. 30 indexed citations

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Borstel, R. C. von, et al.. (1996). Foreword. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 350(1). 1–3. 4 indexed citations

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Drake, John W., et al.. (1994). Rates of spontaneous mutation in bacteriophage T4 are independent of host fidelity determinants.. Genetics. 138(3). 553–564. 27 indexed citations

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Drake, John W.. (1991). Ernst Freese (1925–1990). Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 251(2). 165–169. 1 indexed citations

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Drake, John W.. (1989). Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. 14(S16). 11–15. 11 indexed citations

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Drake, John W.. (1988). Bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase determines the amount and specificity of ultraviolet mutagenesis. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 214(3). 547–552. 8 indexed citations

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Drake, John W.. (1988). Clone size distributions of mutations induced by ethyl methanesulfonate in bacteriophage T4. Journal of Molecular Biology. 202(1). 11–16. 6 indexed citations

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Ripley, Lynn S. & John W. Drake. (1984). Bacteriophage T4 particles are refractory to bisulfite mutagenesis. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 129(2). 149–152. 7 indexed citations

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Drake, John W., Barry W. Glickman, & Lynn S. Ripley. (1983). Updating the Theory of Mutation. 71(6). 621–630. 50 indexed citations

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Drake, John W.. (1975). Environmental mutagenesis: Evolving strategies in the USA. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 33(1). 65–72. 1 indexed citations

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Drake, John W., et al.. (1973). The invariance of mutation rates in bacteriophage T4 as functions of medium pH. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 20(2). 271–273. 2 indexed citations

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