Sean B. Carroll

31.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
150 papers, 23.0k citations indexed

About

Sean B. Carroll is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean B. Carroll has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 23.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Genetics and 46 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sean B. Carroll's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (67 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (46 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers). Sean B. Carroll is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (67 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (46 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers). Sean B. Carroll collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Sean B. Carroll's co-authors include Antonis Rokas, Nicole King, James B. Skeath, Matthew P. Scott, Cliff Tabin, Nicolas Gompel, John True, Patricia J. Wittkopp, Barry L. Williams and Andrew H. Knoll and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sean B. Carroll

144 papers receiving 22.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Evo-Devo and an Expanding Evolutionary Synthesis: A Genetic Theory of Morphological Evolution

2008 1.3k citations Sean B. Carroll Cell profile →
Genome-scale approaches to resolving incongruence in molecular phylogenies

2003 1.2k citations Antonis Rokas, Sean B. Carroll et al. Nature profile →
Evolution at Two Levels: On Genes and Form

2005 631 citations Sean B. Carroll profile →
Early Animal Evolution: Emerging Views from Comparative Biology and Geology

1999 616 citations Sean B. Carroll et al. Science profile →
Fossils, genes and the evolution of animal limbs

1997 585 citations Sean B. Carroll et al. Nature profile →
Homeotic genes and the evolution of arthropods and chordates

1995 548 citations Sean B. Carroll Nature profile →
Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty

2009 548 citations Sean B. Carroll et al. Nature profile →
Endless Forms

2000 348 citations Sean B. Carroll Cell profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Sean B. Carroll

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean B. Carroll

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean B. Carroll

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sean B. Carroll. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sean B. Carroll 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 Sean B. Carroll. Sean B. Carroll is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Extremely Divergent Haplotypes in Two Toxin Gene Complexes Encode Alternative Venom Types within Rattlesnake Species 2018 ·Current Biology ·Noah Dowell, Matt W. Giorgianni, (unknown), Victoria A. Kassner, Jane E. Selegue, Elda E. Sánchez, Sean B. Carroll	38
2	Wax, sex and the origin of species: Dual roles of insect cuticular hydrocarbons in adaptation and mating 2015 ·BioEssays ·Henry Chung, Sean B. Carroll	227
3	Evolutionary origin of a novel gene expression pattern through co-option of the latent activities of existing regulatory sequences 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mark Rebeiz, Nick Jikomes, Victoria A. Kassner, Sean B. Carroll	91
4	Stepwise Modification of a Modular Enhancer Underlies Adaptation in a Drosophila Population 2009 ·Science ·Mark Rebeiz, John E. Pool, Victoria A. Kassner, Charles F. Aquadro, Sean B. Carroll	193
5	Frequent and Widespread Parallel Evolution of Protein Sequences 2008 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Antonis Rokas, Sean B. Carroll	74
6	Collaboration between Smads and a Hox protein in target gene repression 2007 ·Development ·(unknown), Sean B. Carroll	52
7	Pleiotropic functions of a conserved insect-specific Hox peptide motif 2005 ·Development ·Chris Todd Hittinger, David L. Stern, Sean B. Carroll	32
8	Pharmacologic approaches to butterfly wing patterning: Sulfated polysaccharides mimic or antagonize cold shock and alter the interpretation of gradients of positional information 2005 ·Developmental Biology ·Michael S. Serfas, Sean B. Carroll	33
9	Endless Forms breakdown → 2000 ·Cell ·Sean B. Carroll	348
10	Out on a Limb Parallels in Vertebrate and Invertebrate Limb Patterning and the Origin of Appendages 1999 ·American Zoologist ·Clifford J. Tabin, Sean B. Carroll, Grace Panganiban	48
11	Migrating to butterflies 1998 ·Current Biology ·Sean B. Carroll	1
12	Ultrabithorax regulates genes at several levels of the wing-patterning hierarchy to shape the development of theDrosophila haltere 1998 ·Genes & Development ·Scott D. Weatherbee, Georg Halder, Jaeseob Kim, Angela Hudson, Sean B. Carroll	261
13	From pattern to gene, from gene to pattern 1998 ·The International Journal of Developmental Biology ·Sean B. Carroll	12
14	Expression pattern of a butterfly achaete-scute homolog reveals the homology of butterfly wing scales and insect sensory bristles 1998 ·Current Biology ·(unknown), James B. Skeath, Steve Paddock, David L. Lewis, Sean B. Carroll	104
15	Genetics on the Wing: Or how the butterfly got its spots 1997 ·Natural history ·Sean B. Carroll	1
16	daughterlessIs Required forDrosophilaPhotoreceptor Cell Determination, Eye Morphogenesis, and Cell Cycle Progression 1996 ·Developmental Biology ·(unknown), Stephen W. Paddock, Carol A. Sattler, Claire Cronmiller, Barbara J. Thomas, Sean B. Carroll	64
17	Positioning adjacent pair-rule stripes in the posterior Drosophila embryo 1994 ·Development ·James A. Langeland, (unknown), (unknown), Sean B. Carroll	43
18	Conservation of wingless patterning functions in the short-germ embryos of Tribolium castaneum 1994 ·Nature ·Lisa M. Nagy, Sean B. Carroll	124
19	Conservation of regulatory elements controlling hairy pair-rule stripe formation 1993 ·Development ·James A. Langeland, Sean B. Carroll	32
20	The role of the hairy gene during Drosophila morphogenesis: stripes in imaginal discs 1989 ·Genes & Development ·Sean B. Carroll, John Whyte, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	83

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