Paul C. Watkins

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Paul C. Watkins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul C. Watkins has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Paul C. Watkins's work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (11 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (8 papers). Paul C. Watkins is often cited by papers focused on Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (11 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (8 papers). Paul C. Watkins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Paul C. Watkins's co-authors include James F. Gusella, Rudolph E. Tanzi, David Patterson, Margaret L. Van Keuren, G.A.P. Bruns, Rachael L. Neve, David M. Kurnit, Peter St George‐Hyslop, Nancy S. Wexler and Anne B. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Paul C. Watkins

45 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

A polymorphic DNA marker genetically linked to Huntington's disease

1983 1.6k citations James F. Gusella, Rudolph E. Tanzi et al. Nature profile →
Amyloid β Protein Gene: cDNA, mRNA Distribution, and Genetic Linkage Near the Alzheimer Locus

1987 1.3k citations Rudolph E. Tanzi, James F. Gusella et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul C. Watkins United States	26	2.7k	1.5k	1.4k	1.1k	548	46	4.9k
David M. Kurnit United States	37	4.7k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	769 0.7×	240 0.4×	116	8.0k
Rika Suzuki-Migishima Japan	14	2.1k 0.8×	649 0.4×	696 0.5×	527 0.5×	604 1.1×	17	4.5k
Masatsugu Ueda Japan	37	2.3k 0.9×	837 0.6×	942 0.7×	758 0.7×	98 0.2×	169	6.0k
Marieangela C. Wilson United Kingdom	35	3.3k 1.2×	552 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	236 0.4×	72	5.7k
Mary E. Stevens United States	23	2.5k 0.9×	555 0.4×	610 0.4×	997 0.9×	282 0.5×	35	4.1k
Paul K. Brindle United States	36	6.0k 2.2×	1.2k 0.8×	667 0.5×	955 0.9×	94 0.2×	54	8.3k
Colette Rossier Switzerland	35	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	261 0.2×	132 0.2×	62	4.8k
Miguel Lafarga Spain	40	3.6k 1.3×	595 0.4×	398 0.3×	962 0.9×	697 1.3×	174	5.8k
Lihadh Al‐Gazali United Arab Emirates	35	3.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	941 0.7×	707 0.6×	201 0.4×	116	5.5k
Hitoshi Osaka Japan	37	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	510 0.4×	980 0.9×	465 0.8×	235	5.0k

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Scarpa, A L, Roger L. Eddy, M.G. Byers, et al.. (1993). Cloning of a Portion of the Chromosomal Gene and cDNA for Human β-Fodrin, the Nonerythroid Form of β-Spectrin. Genomics. 17(2). 287–293. 13 indexed citations

Andreadis, Athena, Paul E. Nisson, Kenneth S. Kosik, & Paul C. Watkins. (1993). The exon trapping assay partly discriminates against alternatively spliced exons. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(9). 2217–2221. 23 indexed citations

Tang, Xiaoou, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Toshihiko Eki, et al.. (1992). Generation of 19 STS markers that can be anchored at specific sites on human chromosome 21. Genomics. 14(1). 185–187. 5 indexed citations

Nisson, Paul E., Ayoub Rashtchian, & Paul C. Watkins. (1991). Rapid and efficient cloning of Alu-PCR products using uracil DNA glycosylase.. Genome Research. 1(2). 120–123. 87 indexed citations

Kearney, Robert E., Paul C. Watkins, Bryan D. Young, & Nicoletta Sacchi. (1991). DNA sequences of chromosome 21-specific YAC detect the t(8;21) breakpoint of acute myelogenous leukemia. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 57(1). 109–119. 25 indexed citations

Lux, Samuel E., William Tse, Joan C. Menninger, et al.. (1990). Hereditary spherocytosis associated with deletion of human erythrocyte ankyrin gene on chromosome 8. Nature. 345(6277). 736–739. 161 indexed citations

Costa, Fernando Ferreira, Peter Agre, Paul C. Watkins, et al.. (1990). Linkage of Dominant Hereditary Spherocytosis to the Gene for the Erythrocyte Membrane-Skeleton Protein Ankyrin. New England Journal of Medicine. 323(15). 1046–1050. 59 indexed citations

Keuren, Margaret L. Van, Gordon D. Stewart, Cynthia M. Bradley, et al.. (1989). Characterization of an unusual and complex chromosome 21 rearrangement using somatic cell genetics and cloned DNA probes. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 33(3). 369–375. 7 indexed citations

Rahmani, Zohra, Jean‐Louis Blouin, N. Créau-Goldberg, et al.. (1989). Critical role of the D21S55 region on chromosome 21 in the pathogenesis of Down syndrome.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(15). 5958–5962. 209 indexed citations

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Stewart, Gordon D., Terry Hassold, Anke van den Berg, et al.. (1988). Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome): studying nondisjunction and meiotic recombination by using cytogenetic and molecular polymorphisms that span chromosome 21.. PubMed. 42(2). 227–36. 25 indexed citations

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Graw, Sharon, Jeffrey N. Davidson, James F. Gusella, et al.. (1988). Irradiation-reduced human chromosome 21 hybrids. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 14(3). 233–242. 35 indexed citations

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Münke, M., Bernhard Föllmer, Paul C. Watkins, et al.. (1988). Regional assignment of six polymorphic DNA sequences on chromosome 21 by in situ hybridization to normal and rearranged chromosomes.. PubMed. 42(4). 542–9. 10 indexed citations

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Watkins, Paul C., Roger L. Eddy, Anton K. Beck, et al.. (1987). DNA Sequence and Regional Assignment of the Human Follicle-Stimulating Hormone β-Subunit Gene to the Short Arm of Human Chromosome 11. DNA. 6(3). 205–212. 105 indexed citations

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Nakai, Hiroshi, Paul C. Watkins, M.G. Byers, Thomas B. Shows, & Keiya Tada. (1987). Site Specific Mapping of Chromosome 21 Gene Probes and the Study of Down Syndrome. Pediatrics International. 29(4). 510–512. 1 indexed citations

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Tanzi, Rudolph E., James F. Gusella, Paul C. Watkins, et al.. (1987). Amyloid β Protein Gene: cDNA, mRNA Distribution, and Genetic Linkage Near the Alzheimer Locus. Science. 235(4791). 880–884. 1257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dykes, Dale D., Joseph D. Fondell, Paul C. Watkins, & Herbert F. Polesky. (1986). The use of biotinylated DNA probes for detecting single copy human restriction fragment length polymorphisms separated by electrophoresis. Electrophoresis. 7(6). 278–282. 20 indexed citations

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Klinger, K., Paul C. Watkins, Robert H. Schwartz, et al.. (1986). Genetic homogeneity of cystic fibrosis. Nucleic Acids Research. 14(21). 8681–8686. 10 indexed citations

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Watkins, Paul C., Rudolph E. Tanzi, Kerin Gibbons, et al.. (1985). Isolation of polymorphic DNA segments from human chromosome 21. Nucleic Acids Research. 13(17). 6075–6088. 31 indexed citations

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Antonarakis, Stylianos E., Smita Kittur, Christos S. Bartsocas, et al.. (1985). Linkage Map on Chromosome 21q and the Association of a DNA Haplotype with a Propensity to Nondisjunction and Trisomy 21a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 450(1). 95–107. 7 indexed citations

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Antonarakis, Stylianos E., Smita Kittur, Catherine Metaxotou, Paul C. Watkins, & Achyut S. Patel. (1985). Analysis of DNA haplotypes suggests a genetic predisposition to trisomy 21 associated with DNA sequences on chromosome 21.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(10). 3360–3364. 36 indexed citations

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