R.E.F. Matthews

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

R.E.F. Matthews is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, R.E.F. Matthews has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Plant Science, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in R.E.F. Matthews's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (67 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (23 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (20 papers). R.E.F. Matthews is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (67 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (23 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (20 papers). R.E.F. Matthews collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Italy and Australia. R.E.F. Matthews's co-authors include Johan Smith, R.K. Ralph, T. Hatta, J. P. Chalcroft, Paul H. Atkinson, R.I.B. Francki, M. S. Reid, M. F. Clark, H. George Mandel and J.W. Lyttleton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Immunology and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

R.E.F. Matthews

93 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses

1979 383 citations R.E.F. Matthews Intervirology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.E.F. Matthews New Zealand	27	1.5k	875	482	364	262	94	2.5k
C.A. Knight United States	29	1.1k 0.7×	952 1.1×	677 1.4×	231 0.6×	176 0.7×	75	2.2k
Jeremy A. Bruenn United States	31	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	647 1.3×	1.0k 2.8×	449 1.7×	77	3.0k
George Bruening United States	36	2.2k 1.5×	2.0k 2.3×	719 1.5×	591 1.6×	197 0.8×	88	3.9k
J.M. Kaper United States	31	2.4k 1.6×	646 0.7×	643 1.3×	1.2k 3.3×	224 0.9×	96	2.8k
R.I.B. Francki Australia	34	3.2k 2.1×	785 0.9×	626 1.3×	1.2k 3.4×	362 1.4×	134	3.9k
T. M. A. Wilson United Kingdom	31	2.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.5×	686 1.4×	433 1.2×	123 0.5×	66	2.9k
T.O. Diener United States	39	3.1k 2.1×	1.5k 1.7×	531 1.1×	1.6k 4.3×	168 0.6×	114	4.1k
Anne‐Lise Haenni France	34	2.0k 1.4×	2.3k 2.7×	585 1.2×	759 2.1×	460 1.8×	91	4.4k
Milton Zaitlin United States	40	3.4k 2.3×	1.3k 1.5×	656 1.4×	904 2.5×	86 0.3×	103	3.9k
Steven A. Lommel United States	35	2.8k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	835 1.7×	795 2.2×	279 1.1×	75	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by R.E.F. Matthews

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R.E.F. Matthews

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All Works

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Matthews, R.E.F., et al.. (1993). Mosaic disease induced by turnip yellow mosaic Tymovirus. Biochimie. 75(7). 555–559. 2 indexed citations

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Matthews, R.E.F.. (1987). The Changing Scene in Plant Virology. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 25(1). 10–23. 6 indexed citations

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Matthews, R.E.F.. (1982). Classification and nomenclature of viruses. Fourth report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.. Intervirology. 17. 212 indexed citations

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Sugimura, Yukio & R.E.F. Matthews. (1981). Timing of the synthesis of empty shells and minor nucleoproteins in relation to turnip yellow mosaic virus synthesis in Brassica protoplasts. Virology. 112(1). 70–80. 2 indexed citations

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Matthews, R.E.F.. (1979). Classification and nomenclature of viruses. Third report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.. S. Karger eBooks. 69 indexed citations

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Keeling, J., et al.. (1979). Behaviour of turnip yellow mosaic virus nucleoproteins under alkaline conditions. Virology. 97(1). 100–111. 18 indexed citations

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Fraser, Lena G. & R.E.F. Matthews. (1979). Efficient Mechanical Inoculation of Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus Using Small Volumes of Inoculum. Journal of General Virology. 44(2). 565–568. 3 indexed citations

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Matthews, R.E.F.. (1975). A Classification of Virus Groups Based on the Size of the Particle in Relation to Genome Size. Journal of General Virology. 27(2). 135–149. 12 indexed citations

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Hatta, T., S. Bullivant, & R.E.F. Matthews. (1973). Fine Structure of Vesicles Induced in Chloroplasts of Chinese Cabbage Leaves by Infection with Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus. Journal of General Virology. 20(1). 37–50. 35 indexed citations

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Faed, Ellen M. & R.E.F. Matthews. (1972). Leaf ontogeny and virus replication in Brassica pekinensis infected with turnip yellow mosaic virus. Virology. 48(2). 546–554. 1 indexed citations

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Pratt, Michael J. & R.E.F. Matthews. (1971). Non-uniformities in the metabolism of excised leaves and leaf discs. Planta. 99(1). 21–36. 9 indexed citations

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McNaughton, Peter A. & R.E.F. Matthews. (1971). Sedimentation of small viruses at very low concentrations. Virology. 45(1). 1–9. 10 indexed citations

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Bullivant, S., et al.. (1969). A mycoplasma‐like organism associated with Phormium yellow leaf disease. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 7(4). 363–371. 20 indexed citations

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Ralph, R.K., R.E.F. Matthews, Andrew Matus, & H. George Mandel. (1965). Isolation and properties of double-stranded viral RNA from virus-infected plants. Journal of Molecular Biology. 11(2). 202–212. 35 indexed citations

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Marbrook, J. & R.E.F. Matthews. (1962). Loss of sporidesmin from spores of Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & Curt.) M. B. Ellis. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 5(3-4). 223–236. 12 indexed citations

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Brook, P. J. & R.E.F. Matthews. (1960). The production of 35S labelled sporidesmin.. New Zealand Journal of Science. 3(4). 591–599. 1 indexed citations

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Markham, Roy, R.E.F. Matthews, & Johan Smith. (1954). Evidence for the Existence of Two Types of Ribonucleic Acid. Nature. 173(4403). 537–539. 29 indexed citations

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Matthews, R.E.F.. (1953). Incorporation of 8-Azaguanine into Nucleic Acid of Tobacco Mosaic Virus. Nature. 171(4363). 1065–1066. 50 indexed citations

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Matthews, R.E.F.. (1953). FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRODUCTION OF LOCAL LESIONS BY PLANT VIRUSES. Annals of Applied Biology. 40(2). 377–383. 24 indexed citations

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Matthews, R.E.F.. (1952). Effect of Purines on the Multiplication of Plant Viruses. Nature. 169(4299). 500–501. 9 indexed citations

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