Robert B. Weiss

24.3k citations

142 papers · 9.9k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 57

Impact in

Neurology top 0.5%
- Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
- Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- RNA Research and Splicing

Papers in

Molecular Biology 88
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders 30
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 24
- RNA modifications and cancer 16
- RNA Research and Splicing 15
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 11
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study 10
Genetics 28

Co-authors: Diane M. Dunn John F. Atkins R F Gesteland R.F. Gesteland R. White P. O’Connell David Viskochil Richard Cawthon
Journals: Neuromuscular Disorders (9 papers)Cell (5 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (5 papers)Nicotine & Tobacco Research (5 papers)Annals of Neurology (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Belgium France

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Weiss

138 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Evidence‐based path to newborn screening for duchenne muscular dystrophy 2012 · 607 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Annals of Neurology
1990 Cell
1990 Cell
1990 Cell

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1	Stochasticity, determinism, and contingency shape genome evolution of endosymbiotic bacteria Nature Communications ·Bret M. Boyd, Ian James, Kevin P. Johnson, Robert B. Weiss, Sarah E. Bush, Dale H. Clayton, Colin Dale	2024	5
2	Deciphering D4Z4 CpG methylation gradients in fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy using nanopore sequencing Genome Research ·Russell J. Butterfield, Diane M. Dunn, Brett Duval, E. G. Barreto, Robert B. Weiss	2023	6
3	Promising AAV.U7snRNAs vectors targeting DMPK improve DM1 hallmarks in patient-derived cell lines Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology ·Camila de Almeida, Blake Erickson, 占新佟, Nianyuan Huang, 燕眉生, Girinker Aggarwal, 博義蒲原, W. David Arnold, Kim L. McBride, Kevin M. Flanigan, Robert B. Weiss, Nicolas Wein	2023	3
4	Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Taras Y. Nechitaylo, Mario Sandoval‐Calderón, Tobias Engl, Natalie Wielsch, Diane M. Dunn, Alexander Goesmann, Erhard Strohm, Aleš Svatoš, Colin Dale, Robert B. Weiss, Martin Kaltenpoth	2021	15
5	Metagenomic sequencing provides insights into microbial detoxification in the guts of small mammalian herbivores (Neotoma spp.) FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Kevin D. Kohl, Kelly F. Oakeson, Teri J. Orr, Aaron W. Miller, Jennifer S. Forbey, Caleb D. Phillips, Colin Dale, Robert B. Weiss, M. Denise Dearing	2018	20
6	Beware the laboratory report: discrepancy in variant classification on reproductive carrier screening Genetics in Medicine ·S. Hr Aghay Kaboli, Diane M. Dunn, Robert B. Weiss, Nancy C. Rose	2017	2
7	Nicotinic alpha 7 receptor expression and modulation of the lung epithelial response to lipopolysaccharide PLoS ONE ·Lorise C. Gahring, Mudathir Bafadni, Diane M. Dunn, Robert B. Weiss, Scott W. Rogers	2017	28
8	Patterns of host gene expression associated with harboring a foregut microbial community BMC Genomics ·Kevin D. Kohl, Kelly F. Oakeson, Diane M. Dunn, David K. Meyerholz, Colin Dale, Robert B. Weiss, M. Denise Dearing	2017	6
9	Interplay of Genetic Risk Factors ( CHRNA5 - CHRNA3 - CHRNB4 ) and Cessation Treatments in Smoking Cessation Success American Journal of Psychiatry ·Li-Shiun Chen, Timothy R. Baker, Megan E. Piper, Naomi Breslau, Dale S. Cannon, Kimberly F. Doheny, Stephanie M. Gogarten, Eric O. Johnson, Nancy L. Saccone, Jen C. Wang, Robert B. Weiss, Alison Goate, Mohamed A. Sweilam	2012	97
10	A Novel Human-Infection-Derived Bacterium Provides Insights into the Evolutionary Origins of Mutualistic Insect–Bacterial Symbioses PLoS Genetics ·Adam L. Clayton, Kelly F. Oakeson, محمد بن یحی فقیهی, Z.L. Yu, Diane M. Dunn, A. T. Burke, Robert B. Weiss, Mark A. Fisher, Colin Dale	2012	103
11	From Genetics to Mechanism of Disease Liability Advances in genetics ·Andreas Rohrwasser, Paul C. Lott, Robert B. Weiss, Jean‐Marc Lalouel	2008	6
12	C.P.2.04 Skipping of exon 16 in COL6A3 is a recurrent mutation causing severe congenital muscular dystrophy type Ullrich Neuromuscular Disorders ·Yaqun Zou, Joachim Schessl, Santiago Constantino De Angoitia, Ying Hu, C. Jimenez‐Mallebrera, Gudrun Schreiber, Irene Stolte‐Dijkstra, Everlin Massing, M. L. Chu, Kate Bushby, Robert B. Weiss, Kevin M. Flanigan, F. Muntoni, Carsten G. Bönnemann	2007	1
13	Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Unique Pathways Associated with Differential Severity of Lyme Arthritis The Journal of Immunology ·Hillary Crandall, Diane M. Dunn, Ying Ma, R. Mark Wooten, James F. Zachary, John H. Weis, Robert B. Weiss, Janis J. Weis	2006	69
14	Association of two functional polymorphisms in the CCR5 gene with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Genes and Immunity ·Sampath Prahalad, John F. Bohnsack, Lynn B. Jorde, Ivainesu Nyamayaro, Bethan L. Clifford, Diane M. Dunn, Robert B. Weiss, Marco Moroldo, Susan D. Thompson, David N. Glass, Michael J. Bamshad	2006	25
15	Pattern of Sequence Variation Across 213 Environmental Response Genes Genome Research ·Robert Livingston, Andrew von Niederhausern, Anil G. Jegga, Dana C. Crawford, Christopher S. Carlson, Mark J. Rieder, Sivakumar Gowrisankar, Bruce J. Aronow, Robert B. Weiss, Deborah A. Nickerson	2004	144
16	Mouse strain‐specific nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression by inhibitory interneurons and astrocytes in the dorsal hippocampus The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Lorise C. Gahring, Marianna Badini Costa, Diane M. Dunn, Robert B. Weiss, Erin L. Meyer, Scott W. Rogers	2003	73
17	Evidence for the early divergence of tryptophanyl- and tyrosyl-tRNA synthetases Journal of Molecular Evolution ·James R. Brown, Frank T. Robb, Robert B. Weiss, W. Ford Doolittle	1997	56
18	3 Speculations on the Origin of Ribosomal Translocation Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Robert B. Weiss, Joshua L. Cherry	1993	1
19	cDNA sequence and genomic structure of EVI2B, a gene lying within an intron of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene Genomics ·Richard Cawthon, Lone B. Andersen, Arthur M. Buchberg, Gangfeng Xu, P. O’Connell, David Viskochil, Robert B. Weiss, Margaret R. Wallace, Douglas A. Marchuk, Melanie Culver, Jeffrey Stevens, Nancy A. Jenkins, Neal G. Copeland, Francis S. Collins, R. White	1991	92
20	The neurofibromatosis type 1 gene encodes a protein related to GAP Cell ·Gangfeng Xu, P. O’Connell, David Viskochil, Richard Cawthon, Margaret Robertson, Melanie Culver, Diane M. Dunn, Jeff Stevens, R F Gesteland, R. White, Robert B. Weiss Hit paper breakdown →	1990	907

About Robert B. Weiss

Robert B. Weiss is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Immunology and Allergy and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 142 papers that have together received 9.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (30 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (15 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (10 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (10 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (1.8k citations), Molecular Biology (6.2k citations), Genetics (1.8k citations), Genetics (535 citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (687 citations). Robert B. Weiss has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Belgium and France. Frequent co-authors include Diane M. Dunn, John F. Atkins, R F Gesteland, R.F. Gesteland, R. White, P. O’Connell, David Viskochil, Richard Cawthon, Jeff Stevens and Margaret Robertson. Their work appears in journals such as Neuromuscular Disorders, Cell, Journal of Bacteriology, Nicotine & Tobacco Research and Annals of Neurology.

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