Patrick T. West

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 942 citations indexed

About

Patrick T. West is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick T. West has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 942 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Patrick T. West's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (3 papers). Patrick T. West is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (3 papers). Patrick T. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Denmark. Patrick T. West's co-authors include Nathan M. Springer, Amanda J. Waters, Michelle C. Stitzer, Jeffrey Ross‐Ibarra, Candice N. Hirsch, Irina Makarevitch, Jillian F. Banfield, Qing Li, Steven R. Eichten and Matthew Vaughn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Patrick T. West

15 papers receiving 934 citations

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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.

Transposable Elements Contribute to Activation of Maize Genes in Response to Abiotic Stress

2015 306 citations Irina Makarevitch, Amanda J. Waters et al. PLoS Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick T. West United States	11	619	547	161	150	27	15	942
Christopher M. Field Switzerland	9	360 0.6×	255 0.5×	111 0.7×	91 0.6×	23 0.9×	12	648
Na Yao China	19	499 0.8×	483 0.9×	55 0.3×	160 1.1×	23 0.9×	71	936
Panthita Ruang‐areerate Thailand	12	300 0.5×	271 0.5×	105 0.7×	171 1.1×	9 0.3×	28	540
Aleksandra Obrępalska‐Stęplowska Poland	19	810 1.3×	236 0.4×	91 0.6×	44 0.3×	18 0.7×	81	1.0k
G. P. Bernet Spain	16	655 1.1×	305 0.6×	42 0.3×	122 0.8×	35 1.3×	25	773
Phillip San Miguel United States	11	259 0.4×	397 0.7×	64 0.4×	193 1.3×	23 0.9×	16	680
U. F. Walsh Ireland	6	398 0.6×	283 0.5×	82 0.5×	124 0.8×	15 0.6×	7	638
Carlos P. Cantalapiedra Spain	11	313 0.5×	251 0.5×	65 0.4×	131 0.9×	23 0.9×	15	549
Wenhu Guo United States	14	344 0.6×	1.0k 1.9×	53 0.3×	179 1.2×	31 1.1×	20	1.2k
Walt Ream United States	20	783 1.3×	949 1.7×	154 1.0×	176 1.2×	23 0.9×	34	1.5k

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15 of 15 papers shown

Chanin, Rachael B., Patrick T. West, Jakob Wirbel, et al.. (2024). Intragenic DNA inversions expand bacterial coding capacity. Nature. 634(8032). 234–242. 16 indexed citations

West, Patrick T., Kent McDonald, Chengcheng Feng, et al.. (2024). A large colonial choanoflagellate from Mono Lake harbors live bacteria. mBio. 15(9). e0162324–e0162324. 3 indexed citations

Gerrick, Elias R., Soumaya Zlitni, Patrick T. West, et al.. (2023). Metabolic diversity in commensal protists regulates intestinal immunity and trans-kingdom competition. Cell. 187(1). 62–78.e20. 17 indexed citations

Marı́n, Marı́a del Carmen, Alexander L. Jaffe, Patrick T. West, et al.. (2023). Biophysical characterization of microbial rhodopsins with DSE motif. Biophysics and Physicobiology. 20(Supplemental). n/a–n/a. 1 indexed citations

West, Patrick T., Rachael B. Chanin, & Ami S. Bhatt. (2022). From genome structure to function: insights into structural variation in microbiology. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 69. 102192–102192. 18 indexed citations

West, Patrick T., Samantha L. Peters, Matthew R. Olm, et al.. (2021). Genetic and behavioral adaptation of Candida parapsilosis to the microbiome of hospitalized infants revealed by in situ genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics. Microbiome. 9(1). 142–142. 16 indexed citations

Jaffe, Alexander L., Alex D. Thomas, Christine He, et al.. (2021). Patterns of Gene Content and Co-occurrence Constrain the Evolutionary Path toward Animal Association in Candidate Phyla Radiation Bacteria. mBio. 12(4). e0052121–e0052121. 27 indexed citations

Olm, Matthew R., Patrick T. West, Brandon Brooks, et al.. (2019). Genome-resolved metagenomics of eukaryotic populations during early colonization of premature infants and in hospital rooms. Microbiome. 7(1). 26–26. 39 indexed citations

West, Patrick T., Alexander J. Probst, Igor V. Grigoriev, Brian C. Thomas, & Jillian F. Banfield. (2018). Genome-reconstruction for eukaryotes from complex natural microbial communities. Genome Research. 28(4). 569–580. 144 indexed citations

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Li, Qing, Jawon Song, Patrick T. West, et al.. (2015). Examining the Causes and Consequences of Context-Specific Differential DNA Methylation in Maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 168(4). 1262–1274. 47 indexed citations

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Makarevitch, Irina, Amanda J. Waters, Patrick T. West, et al.. (2015). Transposable Elements Contribute to Activation of Maize Genes in Response to Abiotic Stress. PLoS Genetics. 11(1). e1004915–e1004915. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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West, Patrick T., Qing Li, Lexiang Ji, et al.. (2014). Genomic Distribution of H3K9me2 and DNA Methylation in a Maize Genome. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e105267–e105267. 120 indexed citations

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Eichten, Steven R., Roman Briskine, Jawon Song, et al.. (2013). Epigenetic and Genetic Influences on DNA Methylation Variation in Maize Populations. The Plant Cell. 25(8). 2783–2797. 186 indexed citations

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West, Patrick T.. (2006). The Convergence Potentials of Collaboration & Adaptation: A Case Study in Progress. M/C Journal. 9(2). 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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West, Patrick T.. (2006). The Convergence Potentials of Collaboration & Adaptation: A Case Study in Progress. M/C Journal. 9(2). 1 indexed citations

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