Nancy Hopkins

13.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
114 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Nancy Hopkins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Hopkins has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Genetics and 21 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Nancy Hopkins's work include Animal Genetics and Reproduction (25 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (19 papers). Nancy Hopkins is often cited by papers focused on Animal Genetics and Reproduction (25 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (19 papers). Nancy Hopkins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Nancy Hopkins's co-authors include Adam Amsterdam, Koichi Kawakami, Shawn M. Burgess, Sarah Farrington, Robert M. Nissen, Zhaoxia Sun, Janet W. Hartley, Christie A. Holland, Zhaoxia Sun and Shuo Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Hopkins

114 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

TAZ, a Transcriptional Modulator of Mesenchymal Stem Cell... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2005 2004 1997 250 500 750
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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. TAZ, a Transcriptional Modulator of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation
    2005 837 citations Jeong‐Ho Hong, Eun Sook Hwang et al. Science profile →
  2. Identification of 315 genes essential for early zebrafish development
    2004 645 citations Adam Amsterdam, Robert M. Nissen et al. profile →
  3. Zebrafish vasa homologue RNA is localized to the cleavage planes of 2- and 4-cell-stage embryos and is expressed in the primordial germ cells
    1997 518 citations Koichi Kawakami, Nancy Hopkins et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nancy Hopkins United States 56 7.1k 3.5k 2.9k 1.5k 778 114 10.8k
Frank Buchholz Germany 50 7.7k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 677 0.4× 228 0.3× 172 9.9k
Shawn M. Burgess United States 46 6.6k 0.9× 2.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 572 0.4× 289 0.4× 119 8.8k
Winship Herr United States 52 8.6k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 532 0.2× 2.2k 1.4× 496 0.6× 118 11.7k
D. Stéhelin France 54 7.0k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 708 0.2× 1.7k 1.1× 162 0.2× 185 10.9k
Jay W. Fox United States 62 6.5k 0.9× 6.7k 1.9× 1.9k 0.6× 948 0.6× 3.0k 3.8× 196 13.1k
Heinz Arnheiter United States 51 4.9k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 3.0k 1.0× 2.5k 1.6× 146 0.2× 113 9.0k
Frances M. Brodsky United States 56 6.4k 0.9× 657 0.2× 4.5k 1.5× 3.9k 2.5× 456 0.6× 155 12.1k
Michael J. Bamshad United States 60 9.1k 1.3× 9.4k 2.7× 850 0.3× 966 0.6× 307 0.4× 255 18.3k
Michael R. Rebagliati United States 18 6.6k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 847 0.3× 691 0.4× 121 0.2× 22 8.6k
Bruce Bowerman United States 50 7.0k 1.0× 907 0.3× 2.8k 0.9× 349 0.2× 749 1.0× 99 9.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Nancy Hopkins

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nancy Hopkins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy Hopkins

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hopkins, Nancy. (2015). Reflecting on Fifty Years of Progress for Women in Science. DNA and Cell Biology. 34(3). 159–161. 5 indexed citations
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Amsterdam, Adam, Kevin Lai, Anna Z. Komisarczuk, et al.. (2009). Zebrafish Hagoromo Mutants Up-Regulate fgf8 Postembryonically and Develop Neuroblastoma. Molecular Cancer Research. 7(6). 841–850. 35 indexed citations
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Chong, Shang‐Wei, et al.. (2009). Zebrafish Nicastrin is required for mid- and hindbrain development. Developmental Biology. 331(2). 466–466. 1 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Nancy. (2007). Diversification of a University Faculty: Women Faculty in the MIT Schools of Science and Engineering. New England journal of public policy. 22(1). 11. 3 indexed citations
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Hong, Jeong‐Ho, Eun Sook Hwang, Michael T. McManus, et al.. (2005). TAZ, a Transcriptional Modulator of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation. Science. 309(5737). 1074–1078. 837 indexed citations breakdown →
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Megason, Sean G., Adam Amsterdam, Nancy Hopkins, & Shuo Lin. (2005). Uses of GFP in Transgenic Vertebrates. Methods of biochemical analysis. 47. 285–303. 8 indexed citations
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Amsterdam, Adam, Zhaoxia Sun, Marcelo Antonelli, et al.. (2002). Insertional mutagenesis in zebrafish rapidly identifies genes essential for early vertebrate development. Nature Genetics. 31(2). 135–140. 441 indexed citations
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Burgess, Shawn M. & Nancy Hopkins. (2000). Use of pseudotyped retroviruses in zebrafish as genetic tags. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 327. 145–161. 5 indexed citations
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Gaiano, Nicholas, Adam Amsterdam, Koichi Kawakami, et al.. (1996). Insertional mutagenesis and rapid cloning of essential genes in zebrafish. Nature. 383(6603). 829–832. 228 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Koichi & Nancy Hopkins. (1996). Rapid identification of transgenic zebrafish. Trends in Genetics. 12(1). 9–10. 12 indexed citations
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Amsterdam, Adam, Shuo Lin, & Nancy Hopkins. (1995). The Aequorea victoria Green Fluorescent Protein Can Be Used as a Reporter in Live Zebrafish Embryos. Developmental Biology. 171(1). 123–129. 184 indexed citations
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Watson, James D., et al.. (1990). 遺伝子の分子生物学 = Molecular biology of the gene. 2 indexed citations
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Golemis, Erica A., Nancy A. Speck, & Nancy Hopkins. (1990). Alignment of U3 region sequences of mammalian type C viruses: identification of highly conserved motifs and implications for enhancer design. Journal of Virology. 64(2). 534–542. 121 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Nancy, et al.. (1989). Genetic Basis of Disease Specificity of Nondefective Friend Murine. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 567(1). 14–25. 2 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Nancy. (1987). Enzootic haematuria in nepal. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 19(3). 159–164. 4 indexed citations
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Grodzicker, Terri & Nancy Hopkins. (1980). 1 Origins of Contemporary DNA Tumor Virus Research. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 1–59. 5 indexed citations
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Donoghue, Daniel J., Ellen V. Rothenberg, Nancy Hopkins, David Baltimore, & Phillip A. Sharp. (1978). Heteroduplex analysis of the nonhomology region between Moloney MuLV and the dual host range derivative HIX virus. Cell. 14(4). 959–970. 43 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Nancy. (1974). Some observations of the Great Bower-bird. 5(1). 10. 1 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Nancy & Mark Ptashne. (1971). Genetics of Virulence. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 2. 571–574. 29 indexed citations

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