Peter W. H. Holland

31.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
217 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Peter W. H. Holland is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter W. H. Holland has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Molecular Biology, 75 papers in Genetics and 40 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Peter W. H. Holland's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (70 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (47 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (36 papers). Peter W. H. Holland is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (70 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (47 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (36 papers). Peter W. H. Holland collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Peter W. H. Holland's co-authors include Jordi García‐Fernàndez, Brigid L.M. Hogan, Nic A. Williams, Antonis Rokas, David Ferrier, Arend Sidow, H. Anne F. Booth, Sebastian M. Shimeld, Rebecca F. Furlong and Jonathan Slack and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter W. H. Holland

211 papers receiving 13.6k 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.

Gene duplications and the origins of vertebrate development

1994 769 citations Peter W. H. Holland, Jordi García‐Fernàndez et al. Development profile →
Rare genomic changes as a tool for phylogenetics

2000 519 citations Peter W. H. Holland et al. profile →
Sequence locally, think globally: The Darwin Tree of Life Project

2022 172 citations Peter W. H. Holland et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter W. H. Holland United Kingdom	62	9.3k	3.7k	2.1k	1.8k	1.5k	217	14.0k
Corinne Cruaud France	61	8.5k 0.9×	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	2.2k 1.2×	701 0.5×	232	17.3k
Günter P. Wagner United States	70	8.6k 0.9×	7.4k 2.0×	1.1k 0.5×	2.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.5×	290	20.4k
Michael Akam United Kingdom	57	7.9k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	923 0.4×	2.0k 1.1×	784 0.5×	127	10.6k
Gregory A. Wray United States	51	5.3k 0.6×	3.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	890 0.6×	167	11.3k
Bernard M. Degnan Australia	61	6.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	3.5k 1.7×	871 0.5×	2.1k 1.4×	245	13.3k
Kiyokazu Agata Japan	60	8.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.3×	4.6k 2.2×	2.9k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	231	10.5k
Eviatar Nevo Israel	59	3.9k 0.4×	4.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	350	13.1k
Rafael Zardoya Spain	58	6.4k 0.7×	3.6k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	147	12.5k
Shigeru Kuratani Japan	59	7.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	745 0.4×	486 0.3×	1.7k 1.1×	222	10.6k
Ole Madsen Netherlands	63	6.3k 0.7×	6.5k 1.8×	494 0.2×	754 0.4×	2.2k 1.4×	202	15.6k

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Bishop, John, et al.. (2025). Fusion, fission, and scrambling of the bilaterian genome in Bryozoa. Genome Research. 35(1). 78–92. 6 indexed citations

Mulhair, Peter O., et al.. (2024). GC Content Across Insect Genomes: Phylogenetic Patterns, Causes and Consequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 92(2). 138–152. 8 indexed citations

Nong, Wenyan, Jian Cao, Yiqian Li, et al.. (2020). Jellyfish genomes reveal distinct homeobox gene clusters and conservation of small RNA processing. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3051–3051. 53 indexed citations

Guijarro-Clarke, Cristina, Peter W. H. Holland, & Jordi Paps. (2020). Widespread patterns of gene loss in the evolution of the animal kingdom. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(4). 519–523. 78 indexed citations

Holland, Peter W. H.. (2019). THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AUSTRALIA. GEOMATICA. 53(1). 47–55.

Hargreaves, Adam D, Long Zhou, Ferdinand Marlétaz, et al.. (2017). Genome sequence of a diabetes-prone rodent reveals a mutation hotspot around the ParaHox gene cluster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(29). 7677–7682. 24 indexed citations

Maeso, Ignacio, Thomas L. Dunwell, Christopher D. R. Wyatt, et al.. (2016). Evolutionary origin and functional divergence of totipotent cell homeobox genes in eutherian mammals. BMC Biology. 14(1). 45–45. 34 indexed citations

Holland, Peter W. H.. (2013). MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF LANCELETS: INSIGHTS INTO DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION. Israel Journal of Zoology. 131. 7–13.

Hogan, James M., Peter W. H. Holland, Alexander Holloway, Robert A. Petit, & Timothy D. Read. (2013). Read classification for next generation sequencing. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Paps, Jordi, Peter W. H. Holland, & Sebastian M. Shimeld. (2012). A genome-wide view of transcription factor gene diversity in chordate evolution: less gene loss in amphioxus?. Briefings in Functional Genomics. 11(2). 177–186. 34 indexed citations

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Fonseca, Nuno A., Cristina P. Vieira, Peter W. H. Holland, & Jorge Vieira. (2008). Protein evolution of ANTP and PRD homeobox genes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8(1). 200–200. 6 indexed citations

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Minguillón, Carolina, Elisa Serra, L. Filipe C. Castro, et al.. (2005). No more than 14: the end of the amphioxus Hox cluster. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 1(1). 19–23. 40 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Tokiharu & Peter W. H. Holland. (2004). Amphioxus and ascidian Dmbx homeobox genes give clues to the vertebrate origins of midbrain development. Development. 131(14). 3285–3294. 63 indexed citations

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Philippe, Hervé, Elizabeth A. Snell, Éric Bapteste, et al.. (2004). Phylogenomics of Eukaryotes: Impact of Missing Data on Large Alignments. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21(9). 1740–1752. 333 indexed citations

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Rajabifard, Abbas, et al.. (2000). From Local to Global SDI initiatives: a pyramid of building blocks. 31 indexed citations

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Knight, Robert, et al.. (2000). An amphioxus Krox gene: insights into vertebrate hindbrain evolution. Development Genes and Evolution. 210(10). 518–521. 28 indexed citations

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Holland, Peter W. H., et al.. (1998). Estimation of Hox gene cluster number in lampreys. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 42(4). 617–620. 54 indexed citations

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Stern, Claudio D. & Peter W. H. Holland. (1993). Essential developmental biology: a practical approach.. 146 indexed citations

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Willmer, Pat & Peter W. H. Holland. (1991). Modern approaches to metazoan relationships. Journal of Zoology. 224(4). 689–694. 10 indexed citations

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Holland, Peter W. H., et al.. (1990). Conservation of engrailed‐like homeobox sequences during vertebrate evolution. FEBS Letters. 277(1-2). 250–252. 43 indexed citations

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