Rachael E. Workman

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Rachael E. Workman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachael E. Workman has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Rachael E. Workman's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (2 papers). Rachael E. Workman is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (4 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (2 papers). Rachael E. Workman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Rachael E. Workman's co-authors include Winston Timp, Jared T. Simpson, Lewis Jonathan Dursi, Philip C. Zuzarte, Matei David, Yunfan Fan, James R. Eshleman, Alexis L. Norris, Joshua W. Modell and Kenneth C. Welch and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rachael E. Workman

13 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Detecting DNA cytosine methylation using nanopore sequencing 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Detecting DNA cytosine methylation using nanopore sequencing
    2017 655 citations Jared T. Simpson, Rachael E. Workman et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rachael E. Workman United States 10 859 155 146 144 130 13 1.0k
Stephan Pabinger Austria 17 760 0.9× 284 1.8× 136 0.9× 184 1.3× 111 0.9× 34 1.2k
Shanika L. Amarasinghe Australia 6 738 0.9× 181 1.2× 173 1.2× 145 1.0× 49 0.4× 12 985
Matei David Canada 5 939 1.1× 151 1.0× 168 1.2× 259 1.8× 127 1.0× 6 1.1k
Matthew S. Hestand United States 16 812 0.9× 346 2.2× 221 1.5× 153 1.1× 59 0.5× 26 1.2k
Philip C. Zuzarte Canada 6 730 0.8× 120 0.8× 123 0.8× 112 0.8× 97 0.7× 8 842
Thomas W. Laver United Kingdom 18 650 0.8× 474 3.1× 110 0.8× 85 0.6× 56 0.4× 34 1.3k
James Bullard United States 4 1.1k 1.3× 170 1.1× 134 0.9× 304 2.1× 31 0.2× 4 1.3k
Runnan Qi China 4 643 0.7× 110 0.7× 102 0.7× 84 0.6× 54 0.4× 7 859
Renee Gaspard United States 8 744 0.9× 143 0.9× 108 0.7× 99 0.7× 50 0.4× 10 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Rachael E. Workman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachael E. Workman

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Workman, Rachael E., et al.. (2024). Anti-CRISPR proteins trigger a burst of CRISPR-Cas9 expression that enhances phage defense. Cell Reports. 43(3). 113849–113849. 13 indexed citations
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Workman, Rachael E., et al.. (2024). A dynamic subpopulation of CRISPR–Cas overexpressers allows Streptococcus pyogenes to rapidly respond to phage. Nature Microbiology. 9(9). 2410–2421. 7 indexed citations
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Gershman, Ariel, Michael G. Tassia, Xabier Agirrezabala, et al.. (2023). Genomic insights into metabolic flux in hummingbirds. Genome Research. 33(5). 703–714. 2 indexed citations
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Workman, Rachael E., et al.. (2021). A natural single-guide RNA repurposes Cas9 to autoregulate CRISPR-Cas expression. Cell. 184(3). 675–688.e19. 52 indexed citations
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Yee, Rebecca, Florian P. Breitwieser, Stephanie Hao, et al.. (2020). Metagenomic next-generation sequencing of rectal swabs for the surveillance of antimicrobial-resistant organisms on the Illumina Miseq and Oxford MinION platforms. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 40(1). 95–102. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Yongchun, Timothy Gilpatrick, Rachael E. Workman, et al.. (2019). Characterization of human telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter methylation and transcription factor binding in differentiated thyroid cancer cell lines. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 58(8). 530–540. 21 indexed citations
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Simpson, Jared T., Rachael E. Workman, Philip C. Zuzarte, et al.. (2017). Detecting DNA cytosine methylation using nanopore sequencing. Nature Methods. 14(4). 407–410. 655 indexed citations breakdown →
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Workman, Rachael E., et al.. (2017). Targeted DNA methylation in human cells using engineered dCas9-methyltransferases. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6732–6732. 69 indexed citations
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Credle, Joel J., Tiezheng Yuan, Rajni Sharma, et al.. (2017). Multiplexed analysis of fixed tissue RNA using Ligation in situ Hybridization. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(14). e128–e128. 7 indexed citations
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Norris, Alexis L., Rachael E. Workman, Yunfan Fan, James R. Eshleman, & Winston Timp. (2016). Nanopore sequencing detects structural variants in cancer. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 17(3). 246–253. 105 indexed citations
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Workman, Rachael E. & Mitchell B. Cruzan. (2016). Common mycelial networks impact competition in an invasive grass. American Journal of Botany. 103(6). 1041–1049. 12 indexed citations

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