Roy J. Britten

23.9k citations

200 papers · 19.3k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 68

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.1%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA Research and Splicing
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Genetics top 0.2%
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction

Papers in

Oceanography 48
- Marine and coastal plant biology 43
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses 19
Aquatic Science 16

Co-authors: Eric H. Davidson David E. Kohne Richard B. Roberts Dale E. Graham Barbara R. Hough‐Evans R. Andrew Cameron Glenn A. Galau Frank J. Calzone
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (43 papers)Developmental Biology (30 papers)Cell (13 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (13 papers)Development (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States France Norway

In The Last Decade

Roy J. Britten

200 papers receiving 17.5k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Rates of DNA Sequence Evolution Differ Between Taxonomic Groups 1986 · 615 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.

1986 Science
1979 Science
1974 Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology
1971 The Quarterly Review of Biology
1969 Science
1968 Science
1960 Science

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Prediction of aerodynamic coefficients for wind tunnel data using a genetic algorithm optimized neural network Daorui Wang, C. Aragon, Jorge Bardina, Roy J. Britten	2002	2
2	Microsatellite Loci in Wild-Type and InbredStrongylocentrotus purpuratus Developmental Biology ·R. Andrew Cameron, Patrick Leahy, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1999	17
3	Mobile elements inserted in the distant past have taken on important functions Gene ·Roy J. Britten	1997	154
4	Developmental Utilization of SpP3A1 and SpP3A2: Two Proteins Which Recognize the Same DNA Target Site in Several Sea Urchin Gene Regulatory Regions Developmental Biology ·Robert W. Zeller, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1995	21
5	Phylogeny, rates of evolution, and patterns of codon usage among sea urchin retroviral-like elements, with implications for the recognition of horizontal transfer. Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Mark S. Springer, Nadeem Tusneem, Eric H. Davidson, Roy J. Britten	1995	24
6	Gypsy/Ty3-class retrotransposons integrated in the DNA of herring, tunicate, and echinoderms Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Roy J. Britten, Thomas J. McCormack, Djully da Silva Porfírio, Eric H. Davidson	1995	38
7	Lipopolysaccharide activates the sea urchin immune system Developmental & Comparative Immunology ·L. Courtney Smith, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1995	61
8	SpGCF1, a Sea Urchin Embryo DNA-Binding Protein, Exists as Five Nested Variants Encoded by a Single mRNA Developmental Biology ·S Lannazzo, James A. Coffman, Michael G. Harrington, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1995	27
9	Repeated Sequence Target Sites for Maternal DNA-Binding Proteins in Genes Activated in Early Sea Urchin Development Developmental Biology ·R Scaglione, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1994	11
10	Complexity and organization of DNA-protein interactions in the 5′-regulatory region of an endoderm-specific marker gene in the sea urchin embryo Mechanisms of Development ·Chiou‐Hwa Yuh, Andrew Ransick, Pedro Martı́nez, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1994	62
11	Ligand-dependent stimulation of introduced mammalian brain receptors alters spicule symmetry and other morphogenetic events in sea urchin embryos Mechanisms of Development ·R. Andrew Cameron, L. Courtney Smith, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1994	26
12	Development of sibling inbred sea urchins: Normal embryogenesis, but frequent postembryonic malformation, arrest and lethality Mechanisms of Development ·Patrick Leahy, R. Andrew Cameron, Kiyotake Kouzou, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1994	7
13	The Embryonic Ciliated Band of the Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Derives from Both Oral and Aboral Ectoderm Developmental Biology ·R. Andrew Cameron, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1993	39
14	Species-specific inhibition of fertilization by a peptide derived from the sperm protein bindin. Molecular Biology of the Cell ·María Florencia Cogliano, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1993	25
15	SpCoel1: a sea urchin profilin gene expressed specifically in coelomocytes in response to injury. Molecular Biology of the Cell ·L. Courtney Smith, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1992	69
16	Territorial expression of three different trans-genes in early sea urchin embryos detected by a whole-mount fluorescence procedure Developmental Biology ·S Lannazzo, R. Andrew Cameron, Roberta Franks, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1992	11
17	Comparison of the bindin proteins of Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, S. purpuratus, and Lytechinus variegatus: sequences involved in the species specificity of fertilization. Molecular Biology and Evolution ·María Florencia Cogliano, J. Norshariza, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1991	61
18	Comment on DNA hybridization issues raised at lake arrowhead Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Roy J. Britten	1990	1
19	Locale and level of bindin mRNA in maturing testis of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Developmental Biology ·R. Andrew Cameron, Joseph E. Minor, David Nishioka, Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson	1990	19
20	[29] Analysis of repeating DNA sequences by reassociation Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Roy J. Britten, Dale E. Graham, Christian P. Klaus Hit paper breakdown →	1974	901

About Roy J. Britten

Roy J. Britten is a scholar working on Oceanography, Aquatic Science, Ocean Engineering, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 200 papers that have together received 19.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (56 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (43 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (42 papers), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (30 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (28 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (26 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (14.1k citations), Genetics (4.3k citations), Aquatic Science (976 citations), Plant Science (4.5k citations) and Oceanography (1.4k citations). Roy J. Britten has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Eric H. Davidson, David E. Kohne, Richard B. Roberts, Dale E. Graham, Barbara R. Hough‐Evans, R. Andrew Cameron, Glenn A. Galau, Frank J. Calzone, William H. Klein and Barbara R. Hough. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Developmental Biology, Cell, Journal of Molecular Biology and Development.

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