Mark Dickson

37.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Mark Dickson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Dickson has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Mark Dickson's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (4 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers). Mark Dickson is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (4 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers). Mark Dickson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Mark Dickson's co-authors include R Myers, Jeremy Schmutz, Jane Grimwood, David M. Kingsley, Dolph Schluter, Guadalupe Villarreal, Pamela F. Colosimo, James P. Noonan, Michael A. Jarvis and Eain A. Murphy and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Mark Dickson

15 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Widespread Parallel Evolution in Sticklebacks by Repeated... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750 1000
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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. Widespread Parallel Evolution in Sticklebacks by Repeated Fixation of Ectodysplasin Alleles
    2005 1.1k citations Pamela F. Colosimo, Guadalupe Villarreal et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Dickson United States 12 1.3k 913 403 387 379 15 2.6k
Didier Casañe France 33 793 0.6× 1.5k 1.6× 169 0.4× 525 1.4× 220 0.6× 88 2.9k
Federico G. Hoffmann United States 36 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 94 0.2× 132 0.3× 606 1.6× 110 3.2k
Werner E. Mayer Germany 38 1.2k 0.9× 855 0.9× 74 0.2× 298 0.8× 422 1.1× 97 3.9k
Naoko Takezaki Japan 25 2.4k 1.9× 1.8k 1.9× 83 0.2× 534 1.4× 581 1.5× 40 4.3k
Héctor N. Seuánez Brazil 30 1.1k 0.9× 1.7k 1.9× 334 0.8× 88 0.2× 368 1.0× 160 4.1k
Ellen M. Rasch United States 28 729 0.6× 989 1.1× 95 0.2× 181 0.5× 262 0.7× 101 2.2k
Bailey Kessing United States 22 719 0.6× 967 1.1× 150 0.4× 197 0.5× 202 0.5× 33 3.0k
John H. Willis United States 25 1.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.6× 125 0.3× 213 0.6× 764 2.0× 39 2.8k
G. A. Dover United Kingdom 21 713 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 162 0.4× 112 0.3× 492 1.3× 30 2.4k
H Tichy Germany 27 825 0.6× 626 0.7× 57 0.1× 318 0.8× 343 0.9× 63 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Dickson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Dickson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Mark Dickson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Mark Dickson. The network helps show where Mark Dickson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Dickson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark Dickson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark Dickson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mark Dickson. Mark Dickson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Sumiyama, Kenta, Tsutomu Miyake, Jane Grimwood, et al.. (2012). Theria‐Specific Homeodomain andcis‐Regulatory Element Evolution of theDlx3–4Bigene Cluster in 12 Different Mammalian Species. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 318(8). 639–650. 4 indexed citations
2.
Goode, David L., Gregory M. Cooper, Jeremy Schmutz, et al.. (2010). Evolutionary constraint facilitates interpretation of genetic variation in resequenced human genomes. Genome Research. 20(3). 301–310. 55 indexed citations
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Amemiya, Chris T., Sonja J. Prohaska, Jane Grimwood, et al.. (2010). Complete HOX cluster characterization of the coelacanth provides further evidence for slow evolution of its genome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(8). 3622–3627. 52 indexed citations
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Chan, Yingguang Frank, Guadalupe Villarreal, Melissa E. Marks, et al.. (2009). S14-03 From trait to base pairs: Parallel evolution of pelvic reduction in three-spined sticklebacks occurs by repeated deletion of a tissue-specific pelvic enhancer at Pitx1. Mechanisms of Development. 126. S14–S15. 6 indexed citations
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Colosimo, Pamela F., Guadalupe Villarreal, Mark Dickson, et al.. (2005). Widespread Parallel Evolution in Sticklebacks by Repeated Fixation of Ectodysplasin Alleles. Science. 307(5717). 1928–1933. 1134 indexed citations breakdown →
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Noonan, James P., Jane Grimwood, Jeremy Schmutz, et al.. (2004). Coelacanth genome sequence reveals the evolutionary history of vertebrate genes. Genome Research. 14(12). 2397–2405. 53 indexed citations
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Noonan, James P., et al.. (2004). Gene Conversion and the Evolution of Protocadherin Gene Cluster Diversity. Genome Research. 14(3). 354–366. 90 indexed citations
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Talbot, William S., Jeremy Schmutz, Mark Dickson, et al.. (2004). New Genomic Tools for Molecular Studies of Evolutionary Change in Threespine Sticklebacks. Behaviour. 141(11-12). 1331–1344. 62 indexed citations
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Peichel, Catherine L., Joseph A. Ross, Clinton K. Matson, et al.. (2004). The Master Sex-Determination Locus in Threespine Sticklebacks Is on a Nascent Y Chromosome. Current Biology. 14(16). 1416–1424. 328 indexed citations
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Noonan, James P., Jun Li, Loan Nguyen, et al.. (2003). Extensive Linkage Disequilibrium, a Common 16.7-Kilobase Deletion, and Evidence of Balancing Selection in the Human Protocadherin α Cluster. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 72(3). 621–635. 46 indexed citations
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Schmutz, Jeremy, Jeremy Wheeler, Jane Grimwood, Mark Dickson, & R Myers. (2003). Assessing the Quality of Finished Genomic Sequence. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 68(0). 31–38. 1 indexed citations
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Khambata‐Ford, Shirin, Yueyi Liu, Mark Dickson, et al.. (2003). Identification of Promoter Regions in the Human Genome by Using a Retroviral Plasmid Library-Based Functional Reporter Gene Assay. Genome Research. 13(7). 1765–1774. 21 indexed citations
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Murphy, Eain A., Dong Yü, Jane Grimwood, et al.. (2003). Coding potential of laboratory and clinical strains of human cytomegalovirus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(25). 14976–14981. 404 indexed citations
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Stickney, Heather L., Jeremy Schmutz, Ian G. Woods, et al.. (2002). Rapid Mapping of Zebrafish Mutations With SNPs and Oligonucleotide Microarrays. Genome Research. 12(12). 1929–1934. 92 indexed citations
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Wu, Qiang, Theresa Zhang, Jan‐Fang Cheng, et al.. (2001). Comparative DNA Sequence Analysis of Mouse and Human Protocadherin Gene Clusters. Genome Research. 11(3). 389–404. 206 indexed citations

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