Nick Goldman

39.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
114 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Nick Goldman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Goldman has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Nick Goldman's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (80 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (42 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers). Nick Goldman is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (80 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (42 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers). Nick Goldman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Nick Goldman's co-authors include Simon Whelan, Zefeng Yang, Ari Löytynoja, Ziheng Yang, Rasmus Nielsen, Jon P. Anderson, Allen G. Rodrigo, Píetro Lió, Adrian Friday and Tim Massingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nick Goldman

110 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A General Empirical Model of Protein Evolution Derived from Multiple Protein Families Using a Maximum-Likelihood Approach

2001 2.3k citations Simon Whelan, Nick Goldman Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
Codon-Substitution Models for Heterogeneous Selection Pressure at Amino Acid Sites

2000 1.9k citations Ziheng Yang, Nick Goldman et al. profile →
A codon-based model of nucleotide substitution for protein-coding DNA sequences.

1994 1.5k citations Nick Goldman et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
Likelihood-Based Tests of Topologies in Phylogenetics

2000 954 citations Nick Goldman et al. Systematic Biology profile →
Towards practical, high-capacity, low-maintenance information storage in synthesized DNA

2013 738 citations Nick Goldman, Ewan Birney et al. Nature profile →
An algorithm for progressive multiple alignment of sequences with insertions

2005 690 citations Ari Löytynoja, Nick Goldman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Statistical tests of models of DNA substitution

1993 614 citations Nick Goldman profile →
Phylogeny-Aware Gap Placement Prevents Errors in Sequence Alignment and Evolutionary Analysis

2008 590 citations Ari Löytynoja, Nick Goldman profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nick Goldman	10.7k	5.4k	2.8k	1.9k	1.9k	114	16.3k
Antonis Rokas	8.9k 0.8×	4.0k 0.7×	4.2k 1.5×	1.7k 0.9×	2.9k 1.5×	263	15.8k
Manolo Gouy	10.5k 1.0×	3.2k 0.6×	3.2k 1.1×	3.2k 1.7×	1.1k 0.6×	100	16.1k
Roderic Page	6.3k 0.6×	4.2k 0.8×	4.5k 1.6×	3.2k 1.7×	3.2k 1.7×	129	16.7k
Lars S. Jermiin	7.4k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	3.1k 1.1×	3.1k 1.6×	3.5k 1.8×	83	15.8k
Hirohisa Kishino	8.6k 0.8×	7.0k 1.3×	3.1k 1.1×	3.8k 2.0×	3.7k 1.9×	146	17.9k
David Bryant	7.7k 0.7×	6.7k 1.2×	3.9k 1.4×	3.6k 1.9×	3.5k 1.8×	171	21.6k
Brant C. Faircloth	6.8k 0.6×	6.3k 1.2×	3.1k 1.1×	3.1k 1.6×	3.5k 1.8×	112	16.1k
Hervé Philippe	13.4k 1.3×	5.3k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	5.1k 2.6×	3.0k 1.6×	159	20.8k
Frédéric Delsuc	6.0k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	2.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	108	11.0k
Rafael Zardoya	6.4k 0.6×	3.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	2.9k 1.5×	1.5k 0.8×	147	12.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Goldman, Nick, et al.. (2026). Rate variation and recurrent sequence errors in pandemic-scale phylogenetics. Nature Methods. 23(3). 565–573.

Bruno, Giulia, Michele Dipalo, Paolo Canepa, et al.. (2025). Raman identification of single nucleotides flowing through permeable plasmonic films. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9113–9113.

Maio, Nicola De, et al.. (2025). Assessing phylogenetic confidence at pandemic scales. Nature. 647(8089). 472–478. 1 indexed citations

Goldman, Nick, et al.. (2024). A generalized protein identification method for novel and diverse sequencing technologies. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 6(3). lqae126–lqae126. 1 indexed citations

Ghosh, Tanay, Rafael Almeida, Chao Zhao, et al.. (2024). A retroviral link to vertebrate myelination through retrotransposon-RNA-mediated control of myelin gene expression. Cell. 187(4). 814–830.e23. 7 indexed citations

Sanchez, Santiago, et al.. (2024). Diversity and specificity of molecular functions in cyanobacterial symbionts. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 18658–18658. 4 indexed citations

Maio, Nicola De, et al.. (2023). Maximum likelihood pandemic-scale phylogenetics. Nature Genetics. 55(5). 746–752. 25 indexed citations

Weilguny, Lukas, Nicola De Maio, Rory Munro, et al.. (2023). Dynamic, adaptive sampling during nanopore sequencing using Bayesian experimental design. Nature Biotechnology. 41(7). 1018–1025. 44 indexed citations

McBroome, Jakob, Bryan Thornlow, Angie S. Hinrichs, et al.. (2021). A Daily-Updated Database and Tools for Comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 Mutation-Annotated Trees. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(12). 5819–5824. 56 indexed citations

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Maio, Nicola De, Conor R. Walker, Yatish Turakhia, et al.. (2021). Mutation Rates and Selection on Synonymous Mutations in SARS-CoV-2. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(5). 80 indexed citations

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Weber, Claudia, et al.. (2020). Ambiguity Coding Allows Accurate Inference of Evolutionary Parameters from Alignments in an Aggregated State-Space. Systematic Biology. 70(1). 21–32. 2 indexed citations

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Slodkowicz, Greg & Nick Goldman. (2020). Integrated structural and evolutionary analysis reveals common mechanisms underlying adaptive evolution in mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(11). 5977–5986. 28 indexed citations

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Kozlov, Alexey M., et al.. (2019). Modeling Structural Constraints on Protein Evolution via Side-Chain Conformational States. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(9). 2086–2103. 10 indexed citations

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Löytynoja, Ari & Nick Goldman. (2017). Short template switch events explain mutation clusters in the human genome. Genome Research. 27(6). 1039–1049. 20 indexed citations

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Schwarz, Roland F., et al.. (2016). ALVIS: interactive non-aggregative visualization and explorative analysis of multiple sequence alignments. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(8). e77–e77. 6 indexed citations

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Washietl, Stefan, Sven Findeiß, Stephan A. Müller, et al.. (2011). RNAcode: Robust discrimination of coding and noncoding regions in comparative sequence data. RNA. 17(4). 578–594. 146 indexed citations

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Kosiol, Carolin & Nick Goldman. (2004). Different Versions of the Dayhoff Rate Matrix. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(2). 193–199. 106 indexed citations

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Hardison, Ross C., Krishna M. Roskin, Shan Yang, et al.. (2003). Covariation in Frequencies of Substitution, Deletion, Transposition, and Recombination During Eutherian Evolution. Genome Research. 13(1). 13–26. 241 indexed citations

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Goldman, Shira, et al.. (2000). Codon-substitution models for heterogeneous selection pressure at amino acid sites.. Genomics. 4 indexed citations

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Lió, Píetro & Nick Goldman. (1998). Models of Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny: Table 1.. Genome Research. 8(12). 1233–1244. 191 indexed citations

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