Richard K. Wilson

245.1k total citations · 12 hit papers
221 papers, 30.4k citations indexed

About

Richard K. Wilson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard K. Wilson has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 30.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Molecular Biology, 73 papers in Genetics and 42 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Richard K. Wilson's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (45 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (38 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (36 papers). Richard K. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (45 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (38 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (36 papers). Richard K. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Richard K. Wilson's co-authors include Elaine R. Mardis, Li Ding, Michael D. McLellan, David E. Larson, Daniel C. Koboldt, Qunyuan Zhang, Christopher A. Miller, Timothy J. Ley, Michael C. Wendl and Dong Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Richard K. Wilson

214 papers receiving 29.8k 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.

EGF receptor gene mutations are common in lung cancers from “never smokers” and are associated with sensitivity of tumors to gefitinib and erlotinib

2004 3.5k citations William Pao, Lucinda A. Fulton et al. profile →
Mutational landscape and significance across 12 major cancer types

2013 3.1k citations Cyriac Kandoth, Qunyuan Zhang et al. profile →
VarScan 2: Somatic mutation and copy number alteration discovery in cancer by exome sequencing

2012 3.1k citations Daniel C. Koboldt, Qunyuan Zhang et al. Genome Research profile →
Age-related mutations associated with clonal hematopoietic expansion and malignancies

2014 1.2k citations Michael C. Wendl, Joshua F. McMichael et al. profile →
BreakDancer: an algorithm for high-resolution mapping of genomic structural variation

2009 997 citations David E. Larson, Sean McGrath et al. profile →
VarScan: variant detection in massively parallel sequencing of individual and pooled samples

2009 917 citations Daniel C. Koboldt, David E. Larson et al. profile →
Nibrin, a Novel DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Protein, Is Mutated in Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome

1998 811 citations Raymonda Varon, Christine Vissinga et al. Cell profile →
The Next-Generation Sequencing Revolution and Its Impact on Genomics

2013 665 citations Daniel C. Koboldt, David E. Larson et al. Cell profile →
Characterizing a model human gut microbiota composed of members of its two dominant bacterial phyla

2009 559 citations Robert S. Fulton, Vincent Magrini et al. profile →
Landscape of Somatic Retrotransposition in Human Cancers

2012 532 citations Richard K. Wilson et al. Science profile →
The AZFc region of the Y chromosome features massive palindromes and uniform recurrent deletions in infertile men

2001 517 citations R Waterston, Richard K. Wilson et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Characterizing the Major Structural Variant Alleles of the Human Genome

2019 269 citations Wesley C. Warren, Vincent Magrini et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard K. Wilson United States	70	17.7k	7.3k	6.7k	5.8k	4.8k	221	30.4k
Charles Lee United States	75	14.6k 0.8×	8.8k 1.2×	4.3k 0.6×	5.9k 1.0×	5.6k 1.2×	318	28.0k
Elaine R. Mardis United States	76	24.5k 1.4×	7.1k 1.0×	9.8k 1.5×	10.2k 1.7×	5.8k 1.2×	305	44.2k
Wei Li China	78	29.5k 1.7×	4.0k 0.5×	8.1k 1.2×	2.9k 0.5×	2.6k 0.5×	538	38.5k
Da Wei Huang United States	27	28.2k 1.6×	5.7k 0.8×	8.6k 1.3×	4.2k 0.7×	3.4k 0.7×	69	45.1k
Andrew P. Feinberg United States	92	45.0k 2.5×	15.5k 2.1×	6.8k 1.0×	5.9k 1.0×	2.9k 0.6×	235	62.2k
Stacey Gabriel United States	54	27.2k 1.5×	20.1k 2.8×	10.5k 1.6×	9.0k 1.5×	8.5k 1.8×	100	57.8k
Wei Shi Australia	39	29.5k 1.7×	4.7k 0.6×	9.2k 1.4×	6.2k 1.1×	5.9k 1.2×	94	51.3k
Peter A. Jones United States	112	48.9k 2.8×	8.9k 1.2×	10.9k 1.6×	8.3k 1.4×	3.7k 0.8×	352	61.5k
Jerry W. Shay United States	118	35.3k 2.0×	5.2k 0.7×	4.9k 0.7×	8.9k 1.5×	3.5k 0.7×	522	58.0k
D.N. Cooper United Kingdom	90	19.9k 1.1×	10.5k 1.4×	3.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	568	34.9k

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Schieffer, Kathleen M., Bhuvana A. Setty, Margot Lazow, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive Genomic Characterization of Congenital and Infantile Cancers Reveals High Yield of Medically Meaningful Findings. JCO Precision Oncology. 9(9). e2400910–e2400910.

Macke, Erica L., Anthony R. Miller, M. Isabel González, et al.. (2024). Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) Identifies Multiple Structural Variants in a Case With Atypical Phelan‐McDermid Syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 197(3). e63929–e63929. 1 indexed citations

Kautto, Esko A., Kathleen M. Schieffer, Sean McGrath, et al.. (2022). Expanding the Clinical Phenotype of FGFR1 Internal Tandem Duplication. Molecular Case Studies. 8(2). mcs.a006174–mcs.a006174. 5 indexed citations

Warren, Wesley C., Natalia S. Akopyants, Deborah E. Dobson, et al.. (2021). Genome Assemblies across the Diverse Evolutionary Spectrum of Leishmania Protozoan Parasites. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 10(35). e0054521–e0054521. 9 indexed citations

Yusko, Erik, Marissa Vignali, Richard K. Wilson, et al.. (2019). Association of Tumor Microenvironment T-cell Repertoire and Mutational Load with Clinical Outcome after Sequential Checkpoint Blockade in Melanoma. Cancer Immunology Research. 7(3). 458–465. 38 indexed citations

Gordon, David, John Huddleston, Mark Chaisson, et al.. (2016). Long-read sequence assembly of the gorilla genome. Science. 352(6281). aae0344–aae0344. 218 indexed citations

Koboldt, Daniel C., Krishna Kanchi, Bin Gui, et al.. (2016). Rare Variation in TET2 Is Associated with Clinically Relevant Prostate Carcinoma in African Americans. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(11). 1456–1463. 19 indexed citations

Wagner, Alex H., Adam Coffman, Benjamin J. Ainscough, et al.. (2015). DGIdb 2.0: mining clinically relevant drug–gene interactions. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(D1). D1036–D1044. 262 indexed citations

Koboldt, Daniel C., David E. Larson, Lori S. Sullivan, et al.. (2013). Variant prioritization and linkage mapping using whole-exome sequencing data for families with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 3357–3357. 1 indexed citations

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Dees, Nathan D., Qunyuan Zhang, Cyriac Kandoth, et al.. (2012). MuSiC: Identifying mutational significance in cancer genomes. Genome Research. 22(8). 1589–1598. 420 indexed citations

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Dieterich, Christoph, Sandra W. Clifton, Lisa Schuster, et al.. (2008). The Pristionchus pacificus genome provides a unique perspective on nematode lifestyle and parasitism. Nature Genetics. 40(10). 1193–1198. 267 indexed citations

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Roberto, Roberta, Oronzo Capozzi, Richard K. Wilson, et al.. (2006). Molecular refinement of gibbon genome rearrangements. Genome Research. 17(2). 249–257. 48 indexed citations

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Lassman, Andrew B., Michael R. Rossi, Lauren E. Abrey, et al.. (2005). Molecular Study of Malignant Gliomas Treated with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors: Tissue Analysis from North American Brain Tumor Consortium Trials 01-03 and 00-01. Clinical Cancer Research. 11(21). 7841–7850. 201 indexed citations

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Cliften, Paul F., Robert S. Fulton, Richard K. Wilson, & Mark Johnston. (2005). After the Duplication: Gene Loss and Adaptation in Saccharomyces Genomes. Genetics. 172(2). 863–872. 67 indexed citations

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Horvath, Julie E., Cassandra Gulden, Rhea U. Vallente, et al.. (2005). Punctuated duplication seeding events during the evolution of human chromosome 2p11. Genome Research. 15(7). 914–927. 29 indexed citations

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Ding, Li, et al.. (2004). EAnnot: A genome annotation tool using experimental evidence. Genome Research. 14(12). 2503–2509. 10 indexed citations

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Marra, Marco A., Tamara A. Kucaba, Mandeep Sekhon, et al.. (1999). A map for sequence analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Nature Genetics. 22(3). 265–270. 76 indexed citations

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Varon, Raymonda, Christine Vissinga, Matthias Platzer, et al.. (1998). Nibrin, a Novel DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Protein, Is Mutated in Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome. Cell. 93(3). 467–476. 811 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lai, Eric, Richard K. Wilson, & Leroy Hood. (1989). Physical Maps of the Mouse and Human Immunoglobulin-like Loci. Advances in immunology. 46. 1–59. 69 indexed citations

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Wilson, Richard K., et al.. (1988). Maraging steels : recent developments and applications : proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Ferrous Metallurgy Committee of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, and held at the TMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, January 25-26, 1988. 12 indexed citations

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