Ryan R. Wick

25.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
68 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Ryan R. Wick is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan R. Wick has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Molecular Medicine and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ryan R. Wick's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (35 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (33 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (11 papers). Ryan R. Wick is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (35 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (33 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (11 papers). Ryan R. Wick collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Ryan R. Wick's co-authors include Kathryn E. Holt, Louise M. Judd, Claire L. Gorrie, Mark B. Schultz, Justin Zobel, Kelly L. Wyres, Margaret M. C. Lam, Adam Jenney, Louise Cerdeira and Stephen C. Watts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Ryan R. Wick

63 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

Unicycler: Resolving bacterial genome assemblies from sho... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2017 2015 2019 2021 2017 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. Unicycler: Resolving bacterial genome assemblies from short and long sequencing reads
    2017 5.3k citations Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd et al. profile →
  2. Bandage: interactive visualization of de novo genome assemblies
    2015 1.7k citations Ryan R. Wick, Mark B. Schultz et al. Bioinformatics profile →
  3. Performance of neural network basecalling tools for Oxford Nanopore sequencing
    2019 831 citations Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd et al. profile →
  4. A genomic surveillance framework and genotyping tool for Klebsiella pneumoniae and its related species complex
    2021 593 citations Margaret M. C. Lam, Ryan R. Wick et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. Completing bacterial genome assemblies with multiplex MinION sequencing
    2017 567 citations Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd et al. Microbial Genomics profile →
  6. Identification of Klebsiella capsule synthesis loci from whole genome data
    2016 382 citations Kelly L. Wyres, Ryan R. Wick et al. Microbial Genomics profile →
  7. Gastrointestinal Carriage Is a Major Reservoir of Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection in Intensive Care Patients
    2017 364 citations Claire L. Gorrie, Mirjana Mirčeta et al. profile →
  8. Polypolish: Short-read polishing of long-read bacterial genome assemblies
    2022 313 citations Ryan R. Wick, Kathryn E. Holt profile →
  9. Trycycler: consensus long-read assemblies for bacterial genomes
    2021 247 citations Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd et al. profile →
  10. Kaptive 2.0: updated capsule and lipopolysaccharide locus typing for the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex
    2022 146 citations Margaret M. C. Lam, Ryan R. Wick et al. Microbial Genomics profile →
  11. Assembling the perfect bacterial genome using Oxford Nanopore and Illumina sequencing
    2023 78 citations Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ryan R. Wick Australia 34 6.6k 5.3k 3.3k 2.9k 2.0k 68 13.4k
Scott A. Beatson Australia 48 5.6k 0.8× 5.0k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 4.5k 1.6× 1.3k 0.7× 156 13.8k
Louise M. Judd Australia 46 5.7k 0.9× 3.6k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 113 12.3k
Claire L. Gorrie Australia 19 3.6k 0.5× 3.4k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 35 8.0k
Alexander Sirotkin Russia 8 10.0k 1.5× 2.5k 0.5× 5.5k 1.7× 2.5k 0.9× 3.8k 1.9× 22 19.1k
Anton Bankevich Russia 8 10.2k 1.5× 2.5k 0.5× 5.6k 1.7× 2.5k 0.9× 3.9k 2.0× 13 19.3k
Alexander S. Kulikov Russia 18 9.5k 1.4× 2.4k 0.5× 5.2k 1.6× 2.4k 0.8× 3.6k 1.8× 91 18.9k
Son Pham United States 10 9.8k 1.5× 2.4k 0.5× 5.3k 1.6× 2.4k 0.8× 3.8k 1.9× 15 18.5k
Torsten Seemann Australia 48 8.8k 1.3× 3.9k 0.7× 4.5k 1.4× 3.0k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 172 20.4k
Max A. Alekseyev United States 14 10.6k 1.6× 2.6k 0.5× 5.7k 1.7× 2.5k 0.9× 4.1k 2.1× 35 19.9k
Fernando de la Cruz Spain 63 6.8k 1.0× 5.0k 1.0× 4.4k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 237 13.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Daniel, Diane, Louise M. Judd, Ryan R. Wick, et al.. (2025). Genomics to understand the global landscape of linezolid resistance in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis. Microbial Genomics. 11(6). 5 indexed citations
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Wick, Ryan R., Benjamin P. Howden, & Timothy P. Stinear. (2025). Autocycler: long-read consensus assembly for bacterial genomes. Bioinformatics. 41(9). 2 indexed citations
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Judd, Louise M., et al.. (2025). Comparative and functional genomic analysis of foreign DNA defense mechanisms in Enterococcus faecium. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(8). e0028925–e0028925.
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Featherstone, Leo, George Taiaroa, Torsten Seemann, et al.. (2025). Exploring SNP filtering strategies: the influence of strict vs soft core. Microbial Genomics. 11(1). 5 indexed citations
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Wick, Ryan R., et al.. (2025). Challenges and considerations for whole-genome-based antimicrobial resistance plasmid investigations. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 69(12). e0109725–e0109725.
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Hall, Michael B., Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd, et al.. (2024). Benchmarking reveals superiority of deep learning variant callers on bacterial nanopore sequence data. eLife. 13. 12 indexed citations
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Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer, Ryan R. Wick, Louise M. Judd, et al.. (2023). Nanopore-only assemblies for genomic surveillance of the global priority drug-resistant pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae. Microbial Genomics. 9(2). 30 indexed citations
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Wick, Ryan R., et al.. (2023). Polishing De Novo Nanopore Assemblies of Bacteria and Eukaryotes With FMLRC2. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(3). 21 indexed citations
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Hawkey, Jane, Alex Tokolyi, Ryan R. Wick, et al.. (2022). Linear plasmids in Klebsiella and other Enterobacteriaceae. Microbial Genomics. 8(4). 11 indexed citations
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Gorrie, Claire L., Mirjana Mirčeta, Ryan R. Wick, et al.. (2022). Genomic dissection of Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in hospital patients reveals insights into an opportunistic pathogen. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3017–3017. 101 indexed citations
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Holt, Kathryn E., Florent Lassalle, Kelly L. Wyres, Ryan R. Wick, & Rafal Mostowy. (2020). Diversity and evolution of surface polysaccharide synthesis loci in Enterobacteriales. The ISME Journal. 14(7). 1713–1730. 38 indexed citations
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Wick, Ryan R., Eva Heinz, Kathryn E. Holt, & Kelly L. Wyres. (2018). Kaptive Web: User-Friendly Capsule and Lipopolysaccharide Serotype Prediction for Klebsiella Genomes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 56(6). 208 indexed citations
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Hawkey, Jane, David B. Ascher, Louise M. Judd, et al.. (2018). Evolution of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii during a prolonged infection. Microbial Genomics. 4(3). 68 indexed citations
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Wyres, Kelly L., Jane Hawkey, Marit Andrea Klokkhammer Hetland, et al.. (2018). Emergence and rapid global dissemination of CTX-M-15-associated Klebsiella pneumoniae strain ST307. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 74(3). 577–581. 128 indexed citations
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Lam, Margaret M. C., Ryan R. Wick, Kelly L. Wyres, et al.. (2018). Genetic diversity, mobilisation and spread of the yersiniabactin-encoding mobile element ICEKp in Klebsiella pneumoniae populations. Microbial Genomics. 4(9). 228 indexed citations
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Wick, Ryan R., Louise M. Judd, Claire L. Gorrie, & Kathryn E. Holt. (2017). Completing bacterial genome assemblies with multiplex MinION sequencing. Microbial Genomics. 3(10). e000132–e000132. 567 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wyres, Kelly L., Ryan R. Wick, Claire L. Gorrie, et al.. (2016). Identification of Klebsiella capsule synthesis loci from whole genome data. Microbial Genomics. 2(12). e000102–e000102. 382 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wick, Ryan R., Mark B. Schultz, Justin Zobel, & Kathryn E. Holt. (2015). Bandage: interactive visualization of de novo genome assemblies. Bioinformatics. 31(20). 3350–3352. 1718 indexed citations breakdown →

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