Michael W. Young

21.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
138 papers, 15.7k citations indexed

About

Michael W. Young is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael W. Young has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 15.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 59 papers in Plant Science and 38 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael W. Young's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (73 papers), Light effects on plants (44 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (33 papers). Michael W. Young is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (73 papers), Light effects on plants (44 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (33 papers). Michael W. Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Michael W. Young's co-authors include Lino Sáez, Jeffrey L. Price, Adrian Rothenfluh, Steve A. Kay, Simon Kidd, Amita Sehgal, Thaddeus A. Bargiello, Alina Patke, Sofia Axelrod and Herman Wijnen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael W. Young

135 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Time zones: a comparative genetics of circadian clocks

2001 907 citations Michael W. Young, Steve A. Kay Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
Molecular mechanisms and physiological importance of circadian rhythms

2019 854 citations Alina Patke, Michael W. Young et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
double-time Is a Novel Drosophila Clock Gene that Regulates PERIOD Protein Accumulation

1998 674 citations Adrian Rothenfluh, Marla Abodeely et al. Cell profile →
Mach: A New Kernel Foundation for UNIX Development.

1986 648 citations R. Baron, William J. Bolosky et al. profile →
The Drosophila Clock Gene double-time Encodes a Protein Closely Related to Human Casein Kinase Iε

1998 589 citations Brian Kloss, Lino Sáez et al. Cell profile →
Loss of Circadian Behavioral Rhythms and per RNA Oscillations in the Drosophila Mutant timeless

1994 514 citations Michael W. Young et al. Science profile →
The importance of sleep regularity: a consensus statement of the National Sleep Foundation sleep timing and variability panel

2023 92 citations Tracey L. Sletten, Matthew D. Weaver et al. Sleep Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael W. Young United States	64	8.6k	5.9k	4.8k	4.4k	1.9k	138	15.7k
Erik D. Herzog United States	51	7.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.2×	3.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	2.6k 1.4×	180	10.1k
Albert Goldbeter Belgium	57	2.3k 0.3×	2.1k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	8.0k 1.8×	564 0.3×	180	12.6k
Hanspeter Herzel Germany	61	3.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.3×	1.2k 0.3×	3.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	232	10.8k
Jay Dunlap United States	71	9.6k 1.1×	10.6k 1.8×	4.3k 0.9×	7.1k 1.6×	1.8k 0.9×	185	17.5k
Eve Marder United States	82	2.0k 0.2×	1.1k 0.2×	15.7k 3.3×	4.3k 1.0×	441 0.2×	300	22.4k
Achim Kramer Germany	48	5.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.3×	1.4k 0.3×	2.2k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	148	8.2k
Jennifer Loros United States	66	6.9k 0.8×	8.2k 1.4×	3.0k 0.6×	4.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	141	12.2k
Paul E. Hardin United States	51	7.4k 0.9×	4.3k 0.7×	4.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	103	9.7k
Jeffrey C. Hall United States	79	11.0k 1.3×	7.2k 1.2×	13.1k 2.7×	3.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	177	21.3k
Andrew J. Millar United Kingdom	63	2.9k 0.3×	11.2k 1.9×	893 0.2×	8.5k 1.9×	488 0.3×	174	14.5k

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Weaver, Matthew D., Tracey L. Sletten, F. Foster, et al.. (2021). Adverse impact of polyphasic sleep patterns in humans: Report of the National Sleep Foundation sleep timing and variability consensus panel. Sleep Health. 7(3). 293–302. 17 indexed citations

Patke, Alina, Michael W. Young, & Sofia Axelrod. (2019). Molecular mechanisms and physiological importance of circadian rhythms. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 21(2). 67–84. 854 indexed citations breakdown →

Axelrod, Sofia, Lino Sáez, & Michael W. Young. (2014). Studying Circadian Rhythm and Sleep Using Genetic Screens in Drosophila. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 551. 3–27. 20 indexed citations

Rogulja, Dragana & Michael W. Young. (2012). Control of Sleep by Cyclin A and Its Regulator. Science. 335(6076). 1617–1621. 53 indexed citations

Stavropoulos, Nicholas & Michael W. Young. (2011). insomniac and Cullin-3 Regulate Sleep and Wakefulness in Drosophila. Neuron. 72(6). 964–976. 112 indexed citations

Kivimäe, Saul, Lino Sáez, & Michael W. Young. (2008). Activating PER Repressor through a DBT-Directed Phosphorylation Switch. PLoS Biology. 6(7). e183–e183. 69 indexed citations

Young, Michael W.. (2007). NN MUSIC: IMPROVISING WITH A 'LIVING' COMPUTER. Goldsmiths (University of London). 2007. 2 indexed citations

Meyer, Pablo, Lino Sáez, & Michael W. Young. (2006). PER-TIM Interactions in Living Drosophila Cells: An Interval Timer for the Circadian Clock. Science. 311(5758). 226–229. 138 indexed citations

Young, Michael W.. (2002). Big Ben Rings in a Lesson on Biological Clocks. Neuron. 36(6). 1001–1005. 3 indexed citations

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Wijnen, Herman, Catharine Boothroyd, Michael W. Young, & Adam Claridge‐Chang. (2002). Molecular genetics of timing in intrinsic circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Annals of Medicine. 34(5). 386–393. 10 indexed citations

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Young, Michael W. & Steve A. Kay. (2001). Time zones: a comparative genetics of circadian clocks. Nature Reviews Genetics. 2(9). 702–715. 907 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kloss, Brian, Adrian Rothenfluh, Michael W. Young, & Lino Sáez. (2001). Phosphorylation of PERIOD Is Influenced by Cycling Physical Associations of DOUBLE-TIME, PERIOD, and TIMELESS in the Drosophila Clock. Neuron. 30(3). 699–706. 145 indexed citations

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Rothenfluh, Adrian, Marla Abodeely, & Michael W. Young. (2000). Short-period mutations of per affect a double-time-dependent step in the Drosophila circadian clock. Current Biology. 10(21). 1399–1402. 69 indexed citations

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Young, Michael W.. (1993). Molecular genetics of biological rhythms. M. Dekker eBooks. 129 indexed citations

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Black, David L., Avadis Tevanian, David Golub, & Michael W. Young. (1991). Locking and Reference Counting in the Mach Kernel.. Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing. 167–173. 5 indexed citations

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Young, Michael W., et al.. (1988). Design principles behind Chiron: a UIMS for software environments. International Conference on Software Engineering. 367–376. 7 indexed citations

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Tevanian, Avadis, Richard F. Rashid, Michael W. Young, et al.. (1987). A UNIX Interface for Shared Memory and Memory Mapped Files Under Mach.. 53–68. 18 indexed citations

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Georges, Michel, Pascale Cochaux, Anne‐Sophie Lequarré, Michael W. Young, & Gilbert Vassart. (1987). DNA fingerprinting in man using a mouse probe related to part of the Drosophila ‘Per’ gene. Nucleic Acids Research. 15(17). 7193–7193. 36 indexed citations

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Kelley, Mark R., Simon Kidd, Walter Deutsch, & Michael W. Young. (1987). Mutations altering the structure of epidermal growth factor-like coding sequences at the Drosophila Notch locus. Cell. 51(4). 539–548. 200 indexed citations

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Baron, R., William J. Bolosky, David Golub, et al.. (1986). Mach: A New Kernel Foundation for UNIX Development.. 2. 93–113. 648 indexed citations breakdown →

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