Scott F. Gilbert

16.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
200 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Scott F. Gilbert is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott F. Gilbert has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Scott F. Gilbert's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (18 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (14 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (11 papers). Scott F. Gilbert is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (18 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (14 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (11 papers). Scott F. Gilbert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Estonia. Scott F. Gilbert's co-authors include Alfred I. Tauber, Jan Sapp, Barbara R. Migeon, John M. Opitz, Rudolf A. Raff, Sahotra Sarkar, Cristina C. Ledón‐Rettig, Thomas C. G. Bosch, Judith A. Cebra‐Thomas and Jessica A. Bolker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Scott F. Gilbert

190 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never Been Individuals

2012 601 citations Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp et al. The Quarterly Review of Biology profile →
Anthropologists Are Talking – About the Anthropocene

2015 246 citations Donna Haraway, Noboru Ishikawa et al. Ethnos profile →

Peers

Scott F. Gilbert

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GENET

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ECOLO

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Gerd B. Müller Austria

Pere Alberch United States

Eva Jablonka Israel

Rudolf A. Raff United States

Charles Darwin Indonesia

Craig E. Nelson United States

Gregory A. Wray United States

C. H. Waddington United Kingdom

T. Ryan Gregory Canada

Kenneth M. Weiss United States

Gerd B. Müller Austria

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1.1k ×0.4

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1.0k ×0.7

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525 ×0.8

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311 ×0.4

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549 ×0.9

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Citations per year, relative to Scott F. Gilbert Scott F. Gilbert (= 1×) peers Gerd B. Müller

Countries citing papers authored by Scott F. Gilbert

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott F. Gilbert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott F. Gilbert

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott F. Gilbert. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott F. Gilbert based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Scott F. Gilbert. Scott F. Gilbert is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gilbert, Scott F.. (2024). “When does human life begin?” teaching human embryology in the context of the American abortion debate. Developmental Biology. 515. 102–111. 1 indexed citations

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Singh, Katyayani, Mohan Jayaram, Toomas Jagomäe, et al.. (2024). The IgLON family of cell adhesion molecules expressed in developing neural circuits ensure the proper functioning of the sensory system in mice. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 22593–22593.

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Cormier‐Daire, Valérie, et al.. (2024). Osteogenesis Imperfecta: A study of the patient journey in 13 European countries. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 19(1). 331–331. 1 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Scott F.. (2024). Inter-kingdom communication and the sympoietic way of life. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1427798–1427798. 1 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Scott F.. (2024). Reprint of: Prelude to molecularization: The double gradient model of Sulo Toivonen and Lauri Saxén. PubMed. 178. 203919–203919. 1 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Scott F.. (2021). Evolutionary developmental biology and sustainability: A biology of resilience. Evolution & Development. 23(4). 273–291. 6 indexed citations

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Jagomäe, Toomas, Katyayani Singh, Mari‐Anne Philips, et al.. (2021). Alternative Promoter Use Governs the Expression of IgLON Cell Adhesion Molecules in Histogenetic Fields of the Embryonic Mouse Brain. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(13). 6955–6955. 10 indexed citations

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Haraway, Donna, Noboru Ishikawa, Scott F. Gilbert, et al.. (2015). Anthropologists Are Talking – About the Anthropocene. Ethnos. 81(3). 535–564. 246 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gilbert, Scott F., Jan Sapp, & Alfred I. Tauber. (2012). A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never Been Individuals. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 87(4). 325–341. 601 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lyson, Tyler R. & Scott F. Gilbert. (2009). Turtles all the way down: loggerheads at the root of the chelonian tree. Evolution & Development. 11(2). 133–135. 10 indexed citations

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Cebra‐Thomas, Judith A., et al.. (2007). Evidence that a late‐emerging population of trunk neural crest cells forms the plastron bones in the turtle Trachemys scripta. Evolution & Development. 9(3). 267–277. 47 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Scott F.. (2003). The morphogenesis of evolutionary developmental biology. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 47(7-8). 467–477. 83 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Scott F. & Anne Fausto‐Sterling. (2003). Educating for social responsibility: changing the syllabus of developmental biology. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 47(2-3). 237–244. 13 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Scott F.. (2001). Continuity and change: paradigm shifts in neural induction. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 45(1). 155–164. 11 indexed citations

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Clark, Karen, et al.. (2001). Evidence for the neural crest origin of turtle plastron bones. genesis. 31(3). 111–117. 43 indexed citations

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Loredo, Grace A., Matthew P. Harris, Elizabeth E. LeClair, et al.. (2001). Development of an evolutionarily novel structure: Fibroblast growth factor expression in the carapacial ridge of turtle embryos. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 291(3). 274–281. 38 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Scott F.. (2000). Aging: The Biology of Senescence. 16 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Scott F., John M. Opitz, & Rudolf A. Raff. (1996). Resynthesizing Evolutionary and Developmental Biology. Developmental Biology. 173(2). 357–372. 443 indexed citations

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Ritvos, Olli, Timo Tuuri, M Erämaa, et al.. (1995). Activin disrupts epithelial branching morphogenesis in developing glandular organs of the mouse. Mechanisms of Development. 50(2-3). 229–245. 161 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Scott F.. (1995). Resurrecting the Body: Has Postmodernism Had Any Effect on Biology?. Science in Context. 8(4). 563–577. 5 indexed citations

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