Maynard V. Olson

48.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
95 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Maynard V. Olson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Maynard V. Olson has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Maynard V. Olson's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers). Maynard V. Olson is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers). Maynard V. Olson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and United Kingdom. Maynard V. Olson's co-authors include Georges F. Carle, David Burke, Rajinder Kaul, Mark Barton Frank, E D Green, Eric Haugen, David H. Spencer, Eric E. Smith, B. D. Hall and Eric D. Green and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Maynard V. Olson

94 papers receiving 11.5k 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.

Cloning of Large Segments of Exogenous DNA into Yeast by Means of Artificial Chromosome Vectors

1987 1.2k citations David Burke, Georges F. Carle et al. Science profile →
Genetic adaptation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the airways of cystic fibrosis patients

2006 1.0k citations Eric E. Smith, Danielle Buckley et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Comprehensive transposon mutant library of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2003 932 citations Michael A. Jacobs, Eric Haugen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Separation of chromosomal DNA molecules from yeast by orthogonal-field-alternation gel electrophoresis

1984 765 citations Georges F. Carle, Maynard V. Olson profile →
Electrophoretic Separations of Large DNA Molecules by Periodic Inversion of the Electric Field

1986 759 citations Georges F. Carle, Maynard V. Olson et al. Science profile →
Fine-scale structural variation of the human genome

2005 742 citations Rajinder Kaul, Eric Haugen et al. profile →
An electrophoretic karyotype for yeast.

1985 700 citations Georges F. Carle, Maynard V. Olson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maynard V. Olson United States	47	8.7k	3.7k	2.7k	957	923	95	11.9k
Miroslav Radman France	62	10.6k 1.2×	5.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 1.5×	749 0.8×	174	13.9k
Lawrence A. Kelley United Kingdom	22	10.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	442 0.5×	40	15.3k
Rajinder Kaul United States	39	5.0k 0.6×	2.9k 0.8×	865 0.3×	576 0.6×	917 1.0×	65	7.2k
Mark D. Adams United States	60	9.1k 1.0×	4.4k 1.2×	2.1k 0.8×	736 0.8×	3.1k 3.3×	142	16.6k
Carl R. Merril United States	44	7.3k 0.8×	2.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 2.5×	169 0.2×	153	12.7k
Jonas Korlach United States	47	8.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 2.0×	449 0.5×	102	12.3k
John Welsh United States	43	4.5k 0.5×	3.3k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	855 0.9×	116 0.1×	124	11.7k
Robert M. Horton United States	22	7.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	793 0.8×	246 0.3×	64	12.6k
Piet A. J. de Boer Netherlands	53	7.8k 0.9×	5.8k 1.5×	726 0.3×	2.5k 2.6×	526 0.6×	103	10.4k
Howard M. Goodman United States	70	13.4k 1.5×	3.7k 1.0×	4.9k 1.8×	1.3k 1.4×	211 0.2×	155	19.8k

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Hayden, Hillary S., Will Gillett, Channakhone Saenphimmachak, et al.. (2008). Large-insert genome analysis technology detects structural variation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains from cystic fibrosis patients. Genomics. 91(6). 530–537. 25 indexed citations

Bubb, Kerry L., Danielle Buckley, Eric Haugen, et al.. (2006). Scan of Human Genome Reveals No New Loci Under Ancient Balancing Selection. Genetics. 173(4). 2165–2177. 94 indexed citations

Smith, Eric E., Danielle Buckley, Zaining Wu, et al.. (2006). Genetic adaptation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the airways of cystic fibrosis patients. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(22). 8487–8492. 1047 indexed citations breakdown →

Spradling, Allan C., Phil Hieter, Mark Johnston, et al.. (2006). New Roles for Model Genetic Organisms in Understanding and Treating Human Disease: Report From The 2006 Genetics Society of America Meeting. Genetics. 172(4). 2025–2032. 27 indexed citations

Raymond, Christopher K., Arnold Kas, Marcia N. Paddock, et al.. (2005). Ancient haplotypes of the HLA Class II region. Genome Research. 15(9). 1250–1257. 49 indexed citations

Olson, Maynard V.. (2004). Book review: Inspiring Science : JimWatson and the Age of DNA. BioEssays. 26(8). 923–924. 1 indexed citations

Olson, Maynard V.. (2002). The Human Genome Project: A Player's Perspective. Journal of Molecular Biology. 319(4). 931–942. 23 indexed citations

Thayer, Edward C., Maynard V. Olson, & Richard M. Karp. (1999). Error Checking and Graphical Representation of Multiple–Complete–Digest (MCD) Restriction-Fragment Maps. Genome Research. 9(1). 79–90. 5 indexed citations

Wong, Gane Ka‐Shu, Jun Yu, Edward C. Thayer, & Maynard V. Olson. (1997). Multiple-complete-digest restriction fragment mapping: Generating sequence-ready maps for large-scale DNA sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(10). 5225–5230. 37 indexed citations

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Gillett, Will, et al.. (1996). Assembly of High-Resolution Restriction Maps Based on Multiple Complete Digests of a Redundant Set of Overlapping Clones. Genomics. 33(3). 389–408. 27 indexed citations

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Riles, Linda, et al.. (1993). Physical maps of the six smallest chromosomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae at a resolution of 2.6 kilobase pairs.. Genetics. 134(1). 81–150. 222 indexed citations

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Olson, Maynard V.. (1991). 1 Genome Structure and Organization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 1–39. 12 indexed citations

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Burke, David & Maynard V. Olson. (1991). [17] Preparation of clone libraries in yeast artificial-chromosome vectors. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 251–270. 79 indexed citations

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Green, Eric D., et al.. (1991). Systematic generation of sequence-tagged sites for physical mapping of human chromosomes: Application to the mapping of human chromosome 7 using yeast artificial chromosomes. Genomics. 11(3). 548–564. 69 indexed citations

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Helms, Cynthia, et al.. (1987). [5] A λ DNA protocol based on purification of phage on DEAE-cellulose. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 153. 69–82. 25 indexed citations

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Burke, David, Georges F. Carle, & Maynard V. Olson. (1987). Cloning of Large Segments of Exogenous DNA into Yeast by Means of Artificial Chromosome Vectors. Science. 236(4803). 806–812. 1181 indexed citations breakdown →

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Burke, David & Maynard V. Olson. (1986). Oligodeoxynucleotide-Directed Mutagenesis of Escherichia coli and Yeast by Simple Cotransformation of the Primer and Template. DNA. 5(4). 325–332. 25 indexed citations

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Helms, Cynthia, et al.. (1985). A New Method for Purifying Lambda DNA From Phage Lysates. DNA. 4(1). 39–49. 174 indexed citations

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Fischhoff, David A., R Waterston, & Maynard V. Olson. (1984). The yeast cloning vector YEp13 contains a tRNA3Leu gene that can mutate to an amber suppressor. Gene. 27(3). 239–251. 19 indexed citations

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Olson, Maynard V., Guy S. Page, André Sentenac, et al.. (1980). Yeast Suppressor tRNA Genes. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 267–279. 2 indexed citations

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