Paul D. Shirk

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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Paul D. Shirk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul D. Shirk has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Insect Science and 29 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Paul D. Shirk's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (24 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (21 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (18 papers). Paul D. Shirk is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (24 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (21 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (18 papers). Paul D. Shirk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Poland. Paul D. Shirk's co-authors include Norbert H. Haunerland, Herbert Röller, Corinne Royer, Toshio Kanda, Toshiki Tamura, Bernard Mauchamp, Pierre Couble, Jean‐Claude Prudhomme, Natuo Kômoto and Malcolm J. Fraser and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Biotechnology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Paul D. Shirk

60 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Germline transformation of the silkworm Bombyx mori L. using a piggyBac transposon-derived vector

2000 624 citations Toshiki Tamura, Chantal Thibert et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul D. Shirk United States	19	874	788	601	503	339	60	1.7k
Bernard Mauchamp France	20	947 1.1×	741 0.9×	481 0.8×	603 1.2×	568 1.7×	59	1.8k
Anjiang Tan China	27	1.1k 1.3×	864 1.1×	475 0.8×	557 1.1×	234 0.7×	36	1.8k
Keiko Kadono‐Okuda Japan	27	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	402 0.7×	591 1.2×	386 1.1×	63	2.2k
Shuichiro Tomita Japan	20	874 1.0×	483 0.6×	303 0.5×	407 0.8×	139 0.4×	40	1.4k
Marian R. Goldsmith United States	28	1.5k 1.8×	1.3k 1.6×	799 1.3×	523 1.0×	705 2.1×	53	2.7k
Makoto Kiuchi Japan	23	598 0.7×	850 1.1×	505 0.8×	1.0k 2.1×	149 0.4×	69	1.7k
Keiro Uchino Japan	30	1.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.4×	554 0.9×	730 1.5×	807 2.4×	73	2.4k
Takaaki Daimon Japan	29	1.6k 1.8×	1.2k 1.6×	727 1.2×	812 1.6×	296 0.9×	71	2.7k
Toshio Kanda Japan	15	806 0.9×	522 0.7×	444 0.7×	325 0.6×	550 1.6×	29	1.4k
Susumu Izumi Japan	26	1.1k 1.3×	618 0.8×	476 0.8×	642 1.3×	349 1.0×	60	1.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shirk, Paul D., et al.. (2022). Gene editing of the ABC Transporter/White locus using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis in the Indian Meal Moth. Journal of Insect Physiology. 145. 104471–104471. 10 indexed citations

Christensen, Shawn A., et al.. (2022). RNAi-induced knockdown of white gene in the southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula L.). Scientific Reports. 12(1). 10396–10396. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Ke, et al.. (2018). CRISPR/Cas9 mediated knockout of the abdominal-A homeotic gene in fall armyworm moth (Spodoptera frugiperda). PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0208647–e0208647. 40 indexed citations

Shirk, Paul D., et al.. (2016). Insect cell transformation vectors that support high level expression and promoter assessment in insect cell culture. Plasmid. 83. 12–19. 5 indexed citations

Dafoe, Nicole J., James D. Thomas, Paul D. Shirk, et al.. (2013). European Corn Borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) Induced Responses Enhance Susceptibility in Maize. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e73394–e73394. 48 indexed citations

Shirk, Paul D., et al.. (2012). Predator-Prey Relationships on Apiaceae at an Organic Farm. Environmental Entomology. 41(3). 487–496. 10 indexed citations

Shapiro, Jeffrey P., Paul D. Shirk, Karen Kelley, Tamera M. Lewis, & David Horton. (2010). Identity of Two Sympatric Species ofOrius(Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). Journal of Insect Science. 10(189). 1–17. 16 indexed citations

Shapiro, Jeffrey P., Stuart R. Reitz, & Paul D. Shirk. (2009). Nutritional Manipulation of Adult Female <I>Orius pumilio</I> (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) Enhances Initial Predatory Performance. Journal of Economic Entomology. 102(2). 500–506. 7 indexed citations

Bossin, Hervé, et al.. (2006). Somatic transformation efficiencies and expression patterns using the Jc DNV and piggyBac transposon gene vectors in insects. Insect Molecular Biology. 16(1). 37–47. 12 indexed citations

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Shirk, Paul D., et al.. (2004). Development of the larval ovary in the moth, Plodia interpunctella. Journal of Insect Physiology. 50(11). 1045–1051. 3 indexed citations

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Yun, Chi‐Young, et al.. (2003). Fat body expressed yolk protein genes in Hyphantria cunea are related to the YP4 follicular epithelium yolk protein subunit gene of pyralid moths. Insect Molecular Biology. 12(4). 383–392. 6 indexed citations

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Tamura, Toshiki, Chantal Thibert, Corinne Royer, et al.. (2000). Germline transformation of the silkworm Bombyx mori L. using a piggyBac transposon-derived vector. Nature Biotechnology. 18(1). 81–84. 624 indexed citations breakdown →

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Perera, Omaththage P. & Paul D. Shirk. (1999). cDNA of YP4, a follicular epithelium yolk protein subunit, in the moth,Plodia interpunctella. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 40(3). 157–164. 6 indexed citations

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Shirk, Paul D., et al.. (1998). α-Crystallin protein cognates in eggs of the moth, Plodia interpunctella: possible chaperones for the follicular epithelium yolk protein. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 28(3). 151–161. 17 indexed citations

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Shirk, Paul D. & Grażyna Zimowska. (1997). An α-crystallin protein cognate in germ cells of the moth, Plodia interpunctella. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 27(2). 149–157. 4 indexed citations

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Haunerland, Norbert H. & Paul D. Shirk. (1995). Regional and Functional Differentiation in the Insect Fact Body. Annual Review of Entomology. 40(1). 121–145. 105 indexed citations

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Shirk, Paul D., et al.. (1994). Yolk sphere formation is initiated in oocytes before development of patency in follicles of the moth,Plodia interpunctella. Development Genes and Evolution. 203(4). 215–226. 14 indexed citations

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Zimowska, Grażyna, Donald L. Silhacek, Eli Shaaya, & Paul D. Shirk. (1991). Immuno‐Fluorescent analysis of follicular growth and development in whole ovaries of the Indianmeal moth. Journal of Morphology. 209(2). 215–228. 14 indexed citations

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Shirk, Paul D., Paul Roberts, & Chee Hark Harn. (1988). Synthesis and secretion of salivary gland proteins in Drosophila gibberosa during larval and prepupal development. Development Genes and Evolution. 197(2). 66–74. 12 indexed citations

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Shirk, Paul D., G. Bhaskaran, & Herbert Röller. (1980). The transfer of juvenile hormone from male to female during mating in the Cecropia silkmoth. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 36(6). 682–683. 49 indexed citations

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