Monte Westerfield

42.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
148 papers, 20.1k citations indexed

About

Monte Westerfield is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Monte Westerfield has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 20.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Cell Biology and 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Monte Westerfield's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (34 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (31 papers) and Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (24 papers). Monte Westerfield is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (34 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (31 papers) and Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (24 papers). Monte Westerfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Monte Westerfield's co-authors include Marc Ekker, Judith S Eisen, Jeremy Wegner, John H. Postlethwait, Stephen H. Devoto, Charles B. Kimmel, Zoltán M. Varga, Ellie Melançon, Gary W. Stuart and Angel Amores and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Monte Westerfield

146 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

The zebrafish book : a guide for the laboratory use of ze... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1995 1998 2000 1996 1994 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Monte Westerfield United States 63 13.1k 6.8k 3.5k 2.9k 1.3k 148 20.1k
Michael Brand Germany 78 14.3k 1.1× 8.5k 1.3× 2.6k 0.7× 3.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 214 20.6k
Charles B. Kimmel United States 81 19.4k 1.5× 10.7k 1.6× 5.1k 1.4× 3.0k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 157 28.0k
Koichi Kawakami Japan 67 9.8k 0.7× 5.5k 0.8× 3.6k 1.0× 2.4k 0.8× 862 0.6× 262 15.8k
Matthias Hammerschmidt Germany 70 13.9k 1.1× 7.0k 1.0× 3.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 154 18.9k
Thomas F. Schilling United States 50 12.0k 0.9× 6.2k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 112 17.7k
Wolfgang Driever Germany 69 13.9k 1.1× 7.1k 1.1× 4.2k 1.2× 2.1k 0.7× 893 0.7× 165 18.5k
Mark C. Fishman United States 89 17.1k 1.3× 6.4k 0.9× 2.2k 0.6× 5.4k 1.9× 1.6k 1.2× 189 29.1k
Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard Germany 99 27.0k 2.1× 10.6k 1.6× 6.9k 2.0× 4.4k 1.5× 3.3k 2.5× 184 35.0k
Robert N. Kelsh United Kingdom 53 8.0k 0.6× 5.6k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 841 0.6× 115 11.8k
Marianne Bronner‐Fraser United States 94 22.8k 1.7× 4.2k 0.6× 5.8k 1.6× 3.8k 1.3× 891 0.7× 430 29.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Monte Westerfield

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Monte Westerfield

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Monte Westerfield. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Monte Westerfield 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 Monte Westerfield. Monte Westerfield is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Bradford, Yvonne M., Ceri E. Van Slyke, Douglas G. Howe, et al.. (2025). ZFIN updates to support zebrafish environmental exposure data. Genetics. 229(3).
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Bradford, Yvonne M., Ceri E. Van Slyke, Leyla Ruzicka, et al.. (2022). Zebrafish information network, the knowledgebase for Danio rerio research. Genetics. 220(4). 114 indexed citations breakdown →
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Howe, Douglas G., Sridhar Ramachandran, Yvonne M. Bradford, et al.. (2020). The Zebrafish Information Network: major gene page and home page updates. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(D1). D1058–D1064. 10 indexed citations
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Dona, Margo, Ralph Slijkerman, Sanne Broekman, et al.. (2018). Usherin defects lead to early-onset retinal dysfunction in zebrafish. Experimental Eye Research. 173. 148–159. 51 indexed citations
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Matthews, J. L., et al.. (2018). Changes to Extender, Cryoprotective Medium, and In Vitro Fertilization Improve Zebrafish Sperm Cryopreservation. Zebrafish. 15(3). 279–290. 33 indexed citations
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Ruzicka, Leyla, Douglas G. Howe, Sridhar Ramachandran, et al.. (2018). The Zebrafish Information Network: new support for non-coding genes, richer Gene Ontology annotations and the Alliance of Genome Resources. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(D1). D867–D873. 98 indexed citations
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Howe, Douglas G., Yvonne M. Bradford, Anne Eagle, et al.. (2016). A scientist's guide for submitting data to ZFIN. Methods in cell biology. 135. 451–481. 6 indexed citations
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Toro, Sabrina, Jennifer B. Phillips, & Monte Westerfield. (2013). Whirlin proteins localize at the outer limiting membrane and subapical region of zebrafish retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 287–287. 2 indexed citations
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Detrich, H. William, Monte Westerfield, & Leonard I. Zon. (2009). Essential zebrafish methods : genetics and genomics. Academic Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Detrich, H. William, Monte Westerfield, & Leonard I. Zon. (2009). Essential Zebrafish Methods : Cell and Developmental Biology. Academic Press eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Dutta, Sunit, Jens Erik Dietrich, Monte Westerfield, & Zoltán M. Varga. (2008). Notch signaling regulates endocrine cell specification in the zebrafish anterior pituitary. Developmental Biology. 319(2). 248–257. 22 indexed citations
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Mabee, Paula, Gloria Arratia, Melissa Haendel, et al.. (2007). Connecting evolutionary morphology to genomics using ontologies: a case study from Cypriniformes including zebrafish. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 308B(5). 655–668. 44 indexed citations
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Schlueter, Peter J., Gang Peng, Monte Westerfield, & Cunming Duan. (2007). Insulin-like growth factor signaling regulates zebrafish embryonic growth and development by promoting cell survival and cell cycle progression. Cell Death and Differentiation. 14(6). 1095–1105. 88 indexed citations
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Rubin, Daniel L., Suzanna Lewis, Chris Mungall, et al.. (2006). The National Center for Biomedical Ontology: Advancing Biomedicine through Structured \nOrganization of Scientific Knowledge. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 110 indexed citations
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Detrich, H. William, Monte Westerfield, & Leonard I. Zon. (2004). The zebrafish : cellular and developmental biology. Elsevier eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Jensen, Abbie M. & Monte Westerfield. (2004). Zebrafish Mosaic Eyes Is a Novel FERM Protein Required for Retinal Lamination and Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Tight Junction Formation. Current Biology. 14(8). 711–717. 69 indexed citations
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Fashena, David & Monte Westerfield. (1999). Secondary motoneuron axons localize DM-GRASP on their fasciculated segments. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 406(3). 415–424. 122 indexed citations
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Amores, Angel, Allan Force, Yi‐Lin Yan, et al.. (1998). Zebrafish hox Clusters and Vertebrate Genome Evolution. Science. 282(5394). 1711–1714. 1425 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westerfield, Monte, et al.. (1998). Chapter 19 Zebrafish Informatics and the ZFIN Database. Methods in cell biology. 60. 339–355. 35 indexed citations
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Fishman, Mark C., Didier Y. R. Stainier, Roger E. Breitbart, & Monte Westerfield. (1997). Chapter 4 Zebrafish: Genetic and Embryological Methods in a Transparent Vertebrate Embryo. Methods in cell biology. 52. 67–82. 46 indexed citations

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