Sandra W. Clifton

61.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Sandra W. Clifton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra W. Clifton has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sandra W. Clifton's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (7 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (6 papers). Sandra W. Clifton is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (7 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (6 papers). Sandra W. Clifton collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Sandra W. Clifton's co-authors include Pamela S. Soltis, Bruce A. Roe, Norman J. Wickett, Yuannian Jiao, Lena Landherr, Claude W. dePamphilis, Paula E. Ralph, Hong Mā, Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam and Jim Leebens‐Mack and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sandra W. Clifton

52 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms

2011 1.6k citations Sandra W. Clifton et al. profile →
Analyses of the cag pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori

1998 553 citations Sandra W. Clifton, Bruce A. Roe et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →
Genetic and Physical Mapping of theLpsLocus: Identification of the Toll-4 Receptor as a Candidate Gene in the Critical Region

1998 306 citations Alexander Poltorak, Irina Smirnova et al. Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra W. Clifton United States	31	3.1k	2.2k	902	738	708	52	6.0k
Jian Ye China	15	3.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	826 0.9×	219 0.3×	833 1.2×	37	6.6k
Paul D. Siebert United States	30	4.6k 1.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	310 0.4×	912 1.3×	56	7.6k
Christopher Bennett United States	3	4.7k 1.5×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	185 0.3×	756 1.1×	3	8.1k
Jannick Dyrløv Bendtsen Denmark	8	4.4k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	917 1.0×	132 0.2×	853 1.2×	12	7.7k
Piotr A. Mieczkowski United States	50	5.9k 1.9×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	242 0.3×	312 0.4×	138	9.1k
Patrick J. Biggs New Zealand	31	2.6k 0.9×	564 0.3×	967 1.1×	240 0.3×	287 0.4×	162	5.0k
Tom Sargent United States	5	4.5k 1.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	196 0.3×	651 0.9×	7	6.9k
Agnes P. Chan United States	32	4.6k 1.5×	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 2.3×	219 0.3×	457 0.6×	60	7.7k
Valeriu Ohan United Kingdom	2	3.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 2.0×	114 0.2×	367 0.5×	2	6.5k
Jacob Engelbrecht Denmark	13	4.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	871 1.0×	127 0.2×	863 1.2×	15	6.7k

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Hallsworth-Pepin, Kymberlie, Kwangmin Choi, Aye Wollam, et al.. (2015). Extreme Sensory Complexity Encoded in the 10-Megabase Draft Genome Sequence of the Chromatically Acclimating Cyanobacterium Tolypothrix sp. PCC 7601. Genome Announcements. 3(3). 24 indexed citations

Desai, Prerak, Steffen Porwollik, Fred Long, et al.. (2013). EvolutionaryGenomics of Salmonellaenterica Subspecies. mBio. 4(2). 113 indexed citations

Bai, Xiaodong, Byron J. Adams, Todd A. Ciche, et al.. (2013). A Lover and a Fighter: The Genome Sequence of an Entomopathogenic Nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e69618–e69618. 81 indexed citations

Canals, Rocı́o, Xiao-Qin Xia, Catrina C. Fronick, et al.. (2012). High-throughput comparison of gene fitness among related bacteria. BMC Genomics. 13(1). 212–212. 20 indexed citations

Smith, Jeramiah J., Andrew B. Stuart, Tatjana Sauka‐Spengler, Sandra W. Clifton, & Chris T. Amemiya. (2010). Development and analysis of a germline BAC resource for the sea lamprey, a vertebrate that undergoes substantial chromatin diminution. Chromosoma. 119(4). 381–389. 30 indexed citations

Wei, Fusheng, Jianwei Zhang, Shiguo Zhou, et al.. (2009). The Physical and Genetic Framework of the Maize B73 Genome. PLoS Genetics. 5(11). e1000715–e1000715. 78 indexed citations

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

Welsh, Eric A., Michelle Liberton, Jana Stöckel, et al.. (2008). The genome of Cyanothece 51142, a unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium important in the marine nitrogen cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(39). 15094–15099. 127 indexed citations

Yin, Yong, John Martin, James P. McCarter, et al.. (2006). Identification and analysis of genes expressed in the adult filarial parasitic nematode Dirofilaria immitis. International Journal for Parasitology. 36(7). 829–839. 15 indexed citations

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Mitreva, Makedonka, James P. McCarter, John C. Martin, et al.. (2004). Comparative Genomics of Gene Expression in the Parasitic and Free-Living Nematodes Strongyloides stercoralis and Caenorhabditis elegans. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Mitreva, Makedonka, James P. McCarter, John Martin, et al.. (2004). Comparative Genomics of Gene Expression in the Parasitic and Free-Living Nematodes Strongyloides stercoralis and Caenorhabditis elegans. Genome Research. 14(2). 209–220. 77 indexed citations

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Mitreva, Makedonka, Axel A. Elling, Michael Dante, et al.. (2004). A survey of SL1-spliced transcripts from the root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 272(2). 138–148. 30 indexed citations

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Klein, Steven L., Robert L. Strausberg, Lukas Wagner, et al.. (2002). Genetic and genomic tools for Xenopus research: The NIH Xenopus initiative. Developmental Dynamics. 225(4). 384–391. 232 indexed citations

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Poltorak, Alexander, Irina Smirnova, Xiaolong He, et al.. (1998). Genetic and Physical Mapping of theLpsLocus: Identification of the Toll-4 Receptor as a Candidate Gene in the Critical Region. Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases. 24(3). 340–355. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clifton, Sandra W. & Bruce A. Roe. (1998). The Beautifully Simple but Intriguingly Complex World of Small Genomes. Genome Research. 8(4). 331–333. 3 indexed citations

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Chung, Arthur, David S. Durica, Sandra W. Clifton, Bruce A. Roe, & Penny M. Hopkins. (1998). Cloning of crustacean ecdysteroid receptor and retinoid-X receptor gene homologs and elevation of retinoid-X receptor mRNA by retinoic acid. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 139(1-2). 209–227. 125 indexed citations

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Toal, Douglas R., Sandra W. Clifton, Bruce A. Roe, & J S Downard. (1995). The esg locus of Myxococcus xanthus encodes the E1α and E1β subunits of a branched‐chain keto acid dehydrogenase. Molecular Microbiology. 16(2). 177–189. 63 indexed citations

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Chissoe, Stephanie L., Angelika Bodenteich, Yunfang Wang, et al.. (1995). Sequence and Analysis of the Human ABL Gene, the BCR Gene, and Regions Involved in the Philadelphia Chromosomal Translocation. Genomics. 27(1). 67–82. 155 indexed citations

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Roe, B.A., Judy S. Crabtree, Sandra W. Clifton, et al.. (1994). The Complete Nucleotide Sequences of the pSacBII P1 Cloning Vector and Three Cosmid Cloning Vectors: pTCF, svPHEP, and LAWRIST16. 4 indexed citations

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Pan, Huaqin, Yingping Wang, Stephanie L. Chissoe, et al.. (1994). The complete nucleotide sequences of the SacBII Kan Domain of the P1 pAD10-SacBII cloning vector and three cosmid cloning vectors: pTCF, svPHEP, and LAWRIST16. Genetic Analysis Biomolecular Engineering. 11(5-6). 181–186. 27 indexed citations

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