Robert Mortimer

13.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
138 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Robert Mortimer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Mortimer has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Food Science and 30 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Robert Mortimer's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (68 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (35 papers) and Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (28 papers). Robert Mortimer is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (68 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (35 papers) and Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (28 papers). Robert Mortimer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Robert Mortimer's co-authors include David Schild, J. R. Johnston, D C Hawthorne, Seymour Fogel, C. Rebecca Contopoulou, John C. Game, Mario Polsinelli, Joseph G. Culotti, Leland H. Hartwell and Jonathan A. Kans and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Mortimer

133 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

GENETIC CONTROL OF THE CELL DIVISION CYCLE IN YEAST: V. GENETIC ANALYSIS OF cdc MUTANTS

1973 625 citations Robert Mortimer et al. Genetics profile →
Life Span of Individual Yeast Cells

1959 596 citations Robert Mortimer, J. R. Johnston profile →
GENEALOGY OF PRINCIPAL STRAINS OF THE YEAST GENETIC STOCK CENTER

1986 476 citations Robert Mortimer, J. R. Johnston Genetics profile →
A genetic study of X-ray sensitive mutants in yeast

1974 412 citations John C. Game, Robert Mortimer Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis profile →
RECOMBINATION IN YEAST

1971 361 citations Seymour Fogel, Robert Mortimer profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Mortimer United States	56	9.2k	2.5k	1.7k	1.0k	909	138	10.8k
Bernard Dujon France	58	13.7k 1.5×	3.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 2.0×	924 1.0×	174	15.5k
Edward J. Louis United Kingdom	48	8.8k 1.0×	3.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.6×	1.7k 1.7×	770 0.8×	116	11.0k
Mark Johnston United States	64	20.2k 2.2×	3.5k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	2.0k 2.0×	2.2k 2.4×	154	22.9k
James R. Broach United States	70	16.0k 1.7×	2.7k 1.1×	687 0.4×	1.7k 1.7×	2.6k 2.9×	224	18.2k
Peter Philippsen Switzerland	51	17.4k 1.9×	3.7k 1.5×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	5.0k 5.5×	102	19.0k
Claude Jacq France	42	7.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	606 0.4×	768 0.8×	603 0.7×	85	8.3k
Akio Toh‐e Japan	63	9.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	410 0.2×	725 0.7×	3.2k 3.6×	217	10.7k
Brenda Andrews Canada	66	13.0k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	336 0.2×	1.6k 1.6×	2.5k 2.7×	195	14.7k
Maitreya J. Dunham United States	40	5.7k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	699 0.4×	1.7k 1.7×	882 1.0×	111	7.2k
Philip Hieter United States	69	18.3k 2.0×	3.6k 1.4×	388 0.2×	1.8k 1.8×	5.0k 5.5×	167	21.8k

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Mortimer, Robert, et al.. (2017). New user interface using a single Braille cell approach. Informática na educação teoria & prática. 20(2 mai/ago). 1 indexed citations

Cavalieri, Duccio, Patrick E. McGovern, Daniel L. Hartl, Robert Mortimer, & Mario Polsinelli. (2003). Evidence for S. cerevisiae Fermentation in Ancient Wine. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57(0). S226–S232. 146 indexed citations

Mortimer, Robert. (2000). Kloeckera apiculata concentrations control the rates of natural fermentations. 53(2). 61–68. 1 indexed citations

Polsinelli, M., P. Romano, Giovanna Suzzi, & Robert Mortimer. (1996). Multiple strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on a single grape vine. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 23(2). 110–114. 36 indexed citations

Romano, P., Giovanna Suzzi, Robert Mortimer, & M. Polsinelli. (1995). Production of high levels of acetoin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine yeasts is a recessive trait. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 78(2). 169–174. 19 indexed citations

Chazan, Naomi, Robert Mortimer, & John Ravenhill. (1992). Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa. Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks. 7 indexed citations

Mortimer, Robert, C. Rebecca Contopoulou, & Jeff S. King. (1991). APPENDIX Genetic and Physical Maps of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 737–812. 4 indexed citations

Schild, David, et al.. (1991). Sequence of RAD54, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene involved in recombination and repair. Gene. 104(1). 103–106. 87 indexed citations

Cole, Gary M. & Robert Mortimer. (1989). Failure To Induce a DNA Repair Gene, RAD54 , in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Does Not Affect DNA Repair or Recombination Phenotypes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 9(8). 3314–3322. 26 indexed citations

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Schild, David, J. R. Johnston, Caren Chang, & Robert Mortimer. (1984). Cloning and Mapping of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Photoreactivation Gene PHR1. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 4(9). 1864–1870. 9 indexed citations

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Hilger, François, et al.. (1982). Genetic mapping of arg, cpa, car and tsm genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by trisomic analysis. Current Genetics. 6(2). 93–98. 4 indexed citations

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Fogel, Seymour, Robert Mortimer, & Karin Lusnak. (1981). Mechanisms of Meiotic Gene Conversion, or “Wanderings on a Foreign Strand”. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 289–339. 92 indexed citations

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Mortimer, Robert & David Schild. (1981). Genetic Mapping in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 11–26. 56 indexed citations

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Mortimer, Robert & D C Hawthorne. (1975). Chapter 12 Genetic Mapping in Yeast. Methods in cell biology. 11. 221–233. 159 indexed citations

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Ho, Karen S. & Robert Mortimer. (1975). Two mutations which confer temperature-sensitive radiation sensitivity in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 33(2-3). 157–164. 18 indexed citations

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Game, John C. & Robert Mortimer. (1974). A genetic study of X-ray sensitive mutants in yeast. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 24(3). 281–292. 412 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ho, Karen S. & Robert Mortimer. (1973). Induction of dominant lethality by X-rays in a radiosensitive strain of yeast. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 20(1). 45–51. 45 indexed citations

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Mortimer, Robert, et al.. (1968). Suppressors and Suppressible Mutations in Yeast. PubMed. 12. 319–331. 10 indexed citations

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Mortimer, Robert & R. C. von Borstel. (1963). RADIATION-INDUCED DOMINANT LETHALITY IN HAPLOID AND DIPLOID SPERM OF THE WASP MORMONIELLA. Genetics. 48(11). 1545–1549. 6 indexed citations

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Mortimer, Robert & Tor Brustad. (1960). Mutation induction in Saccharomyces using radiations of different linear energy transfer.. Radiation Research. 12. 2 indexed citations

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