Karen Wager‐Smith

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Karen Wager‐Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Wager‐Smith has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Karen Wager‐Smith's work include Virus-based gene therapy research (6 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (5 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (5 papers). Karen Wager‐Smith is often cited by papers focused on Virus-based gene therapy research (6 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (5 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (5 papers). Karen Wager‐Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Karen Wager‐Smith's co-authors include Steve A. Kay, Michael W. Young, Michael P. Myers, Maki Kaneko, Jeffrey C. Hall, Patrick Emery, Ralf Stanewsky, Michael Rosbash, Adrian Rothenfluh and Nicholas Gekakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Karen Wager‐Smith

19 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

The cryb Mutation Identifies Cryptochrome as a Circadian Photoreceptor in Drosophila

1998 782 citations Ralf Stanewsky, Maki Kaneko et al. Cell profile →
Closing the Circadian Loop: CLOCK-Induced Transcription of Its Own Inhibitors per and tim

1998 688 citations Thomas K. Darlington, Karen Wager‐Smith et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen Wager‐Smith United States	16	1.9k	1.4k	1.3k	839	413	19	3.3k
Seiichi Hashimoto Japan	29	2.0k 1.0×	685 0.5×	633 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	294 0.7×	68	3.5k
Nicholas Gekakis United States	17	2.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	852 0.6×	880 1.0×	344 0.8×	21	3.7k
Lino Sáez United States	26	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	940 1.1×	236 0.6×	36	3.5k
Maki Kaneko United States	25	2.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	2.3k 1.7×	456 0.5×	347 0.8×	55	4.0k
W. Venus So United States	12	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	955 1.1×	586 1.4×	21	3.4k
Emi Nagoshi Switzerland	22	1.6k 0.8×	628 0.5×	661 0.5×	908 1.1×	201 0.5×	46	2.7k
Eric Erquan Zhang China	29	2.5k 1.3×	914 0.7×	712 0.5×	1.5k 1.8×	212 0.5×	67	4.5k
Filippo Tamanini Netherlands	25	1.5k 0.8×	811 0.6×	532 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	818 2.0×	38	2.9k
Aurélio Balsalobre Canada	18	3.4k 1.8×	944 0.7×	844 0.6×	1000 1.2×	244 0.6×	26	4.7k
David Staknis United States	14	3.2k 1.6×	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	197 0.5×	14	4.3k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Wager‐Smith, Karen & Athina Markou. (2010). Depression: A repair response to stress-induced neuronal microdamage that can grade into a chronic neuroinflammatory condition?. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 35(3). 742–764. 118 indexed citations

Wager‐Smith, Karen & Steve A. Kay. (2000). Circadian rhythm genetics: from flies to mice to humans. Nature Genetics. 26(1). 23–27. 166 indexed citations

Stanewsky, Ralf, Maki Kaneko, Patrick Emery, et al.. (1998). The cryb Mutation Identifies Cryptochrome as a Circadian Photoreceptor in Drosophila. Cell. 95(5). 681–692. 782 indexed citations breakdown →

Darlington, Thomas K., Karen Wager‐Smith, M. Fernanda Ceriani, et al.. (1998). Closing the Circadian Loop: CLOCK-Induced Transcription of Its Own Inhibitors per and tim. Science. 280(5369). 1599–1603. 688 indexed citations breakdown →

Pellequer, Jean‐Luc, Karen Wager‐Smith, Steve A. Kay, & Elizabeth D. Getzoff. (1998). Photoactive yellow protein: A structural prototype for the three-dimensional fold of the PAS domain superfamily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(11). 5884–5890. 189 indexed citations

Young, Michael W., Karen Wager‐Smith, Leslie B. Vosshall, Lino Sáez, & Michael P. Myers. (1996). . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 61(1). 279–284. 26 indexed citations

Myers, Michael P., Karen Wager‐Smith, Adrian Rothenfluh, & Michael W. Young. (1996). Light-Induced Degradation of TIMELESS and Entrainment of the Drosophila Circadian Clock. Science. 271(5256). 1736–1740. 385 indexed citations

O’Boyle, Donald R., Karen Wager‐Smith, John T. Stevens, & Steven P. Weinheimer. (1995). The Effect of Internal Autocleavage on Kinetic Properties of the Human Cytomegalovirus Protease Catalytic Domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(9). 4753–4758. 31 indexed citations

Myers, Michael P., Karen Wager‐Smith, Cedric S. Wesley, Michael W. Young, & Amita Sehgal. (1995). Positional Cloning and Sequence Analysis of the Drosophila Clock Gene, timeless. Science. 270(5237). 805–808. 207 indexed citations

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Blinderman, Laura, Kelly A. Combs, Bernadette Kienzle, et al.. (1993). Cloning and gene defects in microsomal triglyceride transfer protein associated with abetalipoproteinaemia. Nature. 365(6441). 65–69. 396 indexed citations

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Sweatt, J. David, Timothy E. Kennedy, Karen Wager‐Smith, et al.. (1989). Development of a database of amino acid sequences for proteins identified and isolated on two‐dimensional polyacrylamide gels. Electrophoresis. 10(2). 152–157. 11 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Timothy E., et al.. (1988). Sequencing proteins from acrylamide gels. Nature. 336(6198). 499–500. 21 indexed citations

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Belmont, John W., et al.. (1988). Expression of Human Adenosine Deaminase in Murine Hematopoietic Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(12). 5116–5125. 27 indexed citations

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Belmont, John W., Grant R. MacGregor, Karen Wager‐Smith, et al.. (1988). Expression of human adenosine deaminase in murine hematopoietic cells.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(12). 5116–5125. 96 indexed citations

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Chang, Stephen M. W., et al.. (1987). Construction of a Defective Retrovirus Containing the Human Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase cDNA and its Expression in Cultured Cells and Mouse Bone Marrow. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 7(2). 854–863. 21 indexed citations

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Chang, S M, et al.. (1987). Construction of a defective retrovirus containing the human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase cDNA and its expression in cultured cells and mouse bone marrow.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 7(2). 854–863. 20 indexed citations

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Belmont, John W., Stephen M. W. Chang, Karen Wager‐Smith, et al.. (1986). Expression of human adenosine deaminase in murine haematopoietic progenitor cells following retroviral transfer. Nature. 322(6077). 385–387. 60 indexed citations

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Belmont, John W., et al.. (1986). Towards gene therapy for adenosine deaminase deficiency.. PubMed. 18(5-6). 322–6. 5 indexed citations

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Nelson, David Lee, et al.. (1986). Gene Replacement Therapy for Inborn Errors of Purine Metabolism. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 51(0). 1065–1071. 3 indexed citations

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