Michael Ashburner

86.7k citations

186 papers · 48.5k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 65

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.02%
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- Gene expression and cancer classification
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Aging top 0.2%

Papers in

Insect Science 40
Genetics 72
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior 24

Co-authors: Gerald M. Rubin Judith A. Blake J. Michael Cherry Midori A. Harris David Botstein H. Butler Laurie Issel‐Tarver Andrew Kasarskis
Journals: Genetics (28 papers)Chromosoma (18 papers)Nature (15 papers)Genome biology (8 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (6 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States France

In The Last Decade

Michael Ashburner

185 papers receiving 47.2k citations

Hit Papers

11 papers align trajectories log scale

FlyBase: enhancing Drosophila Gene Ontology annotations 2008 · 597 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Nucleic Acids Research
2008 PLoS Biology
2007 Nature Biotechnology
2007 Nucleic Acids Research
2005 Genome biology
2002 Genome biology
2000 Nature Genetics
1999 Science
1988 Nature
1979 Cell
1974 Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

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All Works

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1	Fragile regions and not functional constraints predominate in shaping gene organization in the genus Drosophila Genome Research ·Marcin von Grotthuss, Michael Ashburner, José M. Ranz	2010	45
2	Entity/quality-based logical definitions for the human skeletal phenome using PATO PubMed ·Georgios V. Gkoutos, Chris Mungall, 海保裕一, Michael Ashburner, S. Lewis, John M. Hancock, Paul N. Schofield, Sebastian Köhler, Peter N. Robinson	2009	61
3	The Bacterial Symbiont Wolbachia Induces Resistance to RNA Viral Infections in Drosophila melanogaster PLoS Biology ·Luı́s Teixeira, Álvaro Ferreira, Michael Ashburner Hit paper breakdown →	2008	911
4	Phenotype ontologies: the bridge between genomics and evolution Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Paula Mabee, Michael Ashburner, Quentin Cronk, Georgios V. Gkoutos, Melissa Haendel, Erik Segerdell, Chris Mungall, Monte Westerfield	2007	105
5	The National Center for Biomedical Ontology: Advancing Biomedicine through Structured \nOrganization of Scientific Knowledge eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Daniel L. Rubin, Suzanna Lewis, Chris Mungall, Sima Misra, Monte Westerfield, Michael Ashburner, Ida Sim, Christopher G. Chute, (unknown), Margaret‐Anne Storey, Barry Smith, Xie Jun, Natalya F. Noy, Mark A. Musen	2006	110
6	7 Drosophila melanogaster : A Case Study of a Model Genomic Sequence and Its Consequences Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Michael Ashburner, Casey Bergman	2006	3
7	Recurrent insertion and duplication generate networks of transposable element sequences in the Drosophila melanogaster genome Genome biology ·Casey Bergman, Hadi Quesneville, Dominique Anxolabéhère, Michael Ashburner	2006	157
8	Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of the Genes of the Elbow-no-Ocelli Region of Chromosome 2L of Dvosophila Melanogaster Hereditas ·Terence Davis, Michael Ashburner, Glynnis Johnson, David Gubb, John Roote	2004	6
9	On Ontologies for Biologists: The Gene Ontology—Untangling the Web Novartis Foundation symposium ·Michael Ashburner, Suzanna Lewis	2002	97
10	A Biologist's View of the Drosophila Genome Annotation Assessment Project Genome Research ·Michael Ashburner	2000	38
11	Molecular organization of the Drosophila melanogaster Adh chromosomal region in D. replete and D. buzzatii, two distantly related species of the Drosophila subgenus Chromosome Research ·Josefa González, Esther Betrán, Michael Ashburner, Alfredo Ruíz	2000	7
12	Gene Ontology A controlled vocabulary to describe the function, biological process and cellular location of gene products in genome databases The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Shaw, Michael Ashburner, Héctor R. Rivas L., Jiuqun Li, David Botstein, Chunjie Yang, J. Michael Cherry, Suzanna Lewis, Mohammed Al-Jobory, Kogie Pillay, Maryrose Sullivian, Dai Ru-quan	1999	9
13	Molecular and genetic map comparison of the 2B6-2B7-8 region of the Drosophila melanogaster X chromosome Russian Journal of Genetics ·Caroline Hermes, Svetlana A. Shestopal, C. Wayne Berisford, Michael Ashburner, И. Ф. Жимулев	1999	1
14	Prospects for the genetic transformation of arthropods Insect Molecular Biology ·Michael Ashburner, Marjorie A. Hoy, John J. Peloquin	1998	50
15	Informatics — genome and genetic databases Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·Michael Ashburner, Nathan Goodman	1997	18
16	Identification of a Drosophila protein similar to rat S13 and archaebacterial S11 ribosomal proteins Nucleic Acids Research ·Susan L. McNabb, Michael Ashburner	1993	8
17	The genetics of a small autosomal region of Drosophila melanogaster containing the structural gene for alcohol dehydrogenase. VII. Characterization of the region around the snail and cactus loci. Genetics ·Michael Ashburner, Peter Thompson, John Roote, Paul Lasko, Yves Grau, Mariame El Messal, Sharon Y. Roth, Patricia Simpson	1990	79
18	A genetic basis for the inviability of hybrids between sibling species of Drosophila. Genetics ·Pierre Hutter, John Roote, Michael Ashburner	1990	108
19	Puffs, genes, and hormones revisited Cell ·Michael Ashburner	1990	107
20	Five glycyl tRNA genes within thenocgene complex ofDrosophila melanogaster Nucleic Acids Research ·F.L. de Zwart, Richard D. Stevens, W.E. China, S. McGill, Michael Ashburner	1988	2

About Michael Ashburner

Michael Ashburner is a scholar working on Insect Science, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Aging, having authored 186 papers that have together received 48.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (35 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (33 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (29 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (24 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (20 papers), Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (19 papers), Heat shock proteins research (19 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (34.3k citations), Aging (804 citations), Insect Science (3.9k citations), Genetics (8.1k citations) and Cancer Research (3.6k citations). Michael Ashburner has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Gerald M. Rubin, Judith A. Blake, J. Michael Cherry, Midori A. Harris, David Botstein, H. Butler, Laurie Issel‐Tarver, Andrew Kasarskis, Joel E. Richardson and Allan Peter Davis. Their work appears in journals such as Genetics, Chromosoma, Nature, Genome biology and Nucleic Acids Research.

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