Kenneth Mather

10.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Kenneth Mather is a scholar working on Genetics, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Mather has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Genetics, 16 papers in Plant Science and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Mather's work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (8 papers), Plant and animal studies (7 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (7 papers). Kenneth Mather is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (8 papers), Plant and animal studies (7 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (7 papers). Kenneth Mather collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Netherlands. Kenneth Mather's co-authors include John L. Jinks, B I Hayman, E L Breese, P. D. S. Caligari, Patricia Cooke, Rebecca M. Jones, A Durrant, J. Hill, P. A. P. Moran and Cedric A. B. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Biometrics.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Mather

72 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Biometrical Genetics

1982 796 citations Kenneth Mather, John L. Jinks profile →
Biometrical Genetics

1971 638 citations Kenneth Mather, John L. Jinks profile →
Genetical control of stability in development

1953 359 citations Kenneth Mather Heredity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth Mather United Kingdom	28	2.1k	1.8k	802	572	348	73	4.3k
J L Jinks United Kingdom	37	3.3k 1.6×	1.6k 0.9×	412 0.5×	731 1.3×	140 0.4×	116	4.8k
E. J. Eisen United States	33	621 0.3×	1.8k 1.0×	393 0.5×	479 0.8×	147 0.4×	153	3.6k
John L. Jinks United Kingdom	17	1.9k 0.9×	901 0.5×	296 0.4×	538 0.9×	133 0.4×	23	2.9k
J. M. Thoday United Kingdom	23	705 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	519 0.6×	463 0.8×	229 0.7×	63	2.4k
J. B. Mitton United States	21	879 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	425 0.7×	244 0.7×	32	3.0k
M. J. Kearsey United Kingdom	32	2.7k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	337 0.4×	949 1.7×	134 0.4×	84	4.0k
Avigdor Beiles Israel	41	3.4k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	1.2k 2.0×	166 0.5×	130	5.6k
Trudy F. C. Mackay United States	46	1.9k 0.9×	4.6k 2.6×	1.4k 1.8×	2.1k 3.6×	849 2.4×	103	7.6k
Charles J. Goodnight United States	31	673 0.3×	2.2k 1.2×	1.6k 2.0×	524 0.9×	451 1.3×	69	3.8k
William T. Starmer United States	42	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 2.5×	2.2k 3.8×	1.3k 3.7×	158	5.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Mather, Kenneth. (2010). THE GENETICAL THEORY OF CONTINUOUS VARIATION. Hereditas. 35(S1). 376–401. 5 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth. (2010). THE BEHAVIOUR OF MEIOTIC CHROMOSOMES AFTER X-IRRADIATION. Hereditas. 19(3). 303–322. 7 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth & Robert Lamm. (2010). THE NEGATIVE CORRELATION OF CHIASMA FREQUENCIES. Hereditas. 20(1-2). 65–70. 6 indexed citations

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Caligari, P. D. S. & Kenneth Mather. (1988). Competitive interactions in Drosophila melanogaster IV. Chromosome assay. Heredity. 60(3). 355–366. 9 indexed citations

5.

Mather, Kenneth & John L. Jinks. (1982). Biometrical Genetics. 796 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mather, Kenneth & P. D. S. Caligari. (1981). Competitive interactions in Drosophila melanogaster. II. Measurement of competition. Heredity. 46(2). 239–254. 42 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth, et al.. (1978). Genetics of coxal chaetae in Drosophila melanogaster II. Responses to selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 202(1147). 211–230. 2 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth, et al.. (1973). Competition in Drosophila III. A possible maternal effect. Heredity. 30(2). 211–225. 2 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth, et al.. (1971). Competition in Drosophila I: A case of stabilising selection. Heredity. 27(3). 473–478. 6 indexed citations

10.

Mather, Kenneth. (1971). On biometrical genetics. Heredity. 26(3). 349–364. 9 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth & John L. Jinks. (1971). Biometrical Genetics. 638 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mather, Kenneth. (1964). R. A. Fisher's Work in Genetics. Biometrics. 20(2). 330–330. 4 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth. (1958). Nucleus and cytoplasm in heredity and development. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 148(932). 362–369. 1 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth. (1957). Reviews. Heredity. 11(1). 149–150. 4 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth. (1956). Polygenic mutation and variation in populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 145(920). 293–297. 8 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth. (1955). The genetical basis of heterosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 144(915). 143–150. 50 indexed citations

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Jinks, John L. & Kenneth Mather. (1955). Stability in development of heterozygotes and homozygotes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 143(913). 561–578. 75 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth. (1955). Polymorphism as an Outcome of Disruptive Selection. Evolution. 9(1). 52–52. 41 indexed citations

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Mather, Kenneth. (1955). POLYMORPHISM AS AN OUTCOME OF DISRUPTIVE SELECTION. Evolution. 9(1). 52–61. 169 indexed citations

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Hayman, B I & Kenneth Mather. (1955). The Description of Genic Interactions in Continuous Variation. Biometrics. 11(1). 69–69. 183 indexed citations

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