Victor Markowitz

52.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
127 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Victor Markowitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor Markowitz has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Ecology and 47 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Victor Markowitz's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (84 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (41 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (36 papers). Victor Markowitz is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (84 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (41 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (36 papers). Victor Markowitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Saudi Arabia. Victor Markowitz's co-authors include Nikos C. Kyrpides, Natalia Ivanova, Konstantinos Mavromatis, Ernest Szeto, I-Min A. Chen, Krishna Palaniappan, Ken Chu, Marcel Huntemann, Jinghua Huang and Yuri Grechkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Biotechnology and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Victor Markowitz

125 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

IMG: the integrated microbial genomes database and compar... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2011 2009 2008 2011 2014 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. IMG: the integrated microbial genomes database and comparative analysis system
    2011 1.0k citations Victor Markowitz, Krishna Palaniappan et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  2. IMG ER: a system for microbial genome annotation expert review and curation
    2009 546 citations Victor Markowitz, Konstantinos Mavromatis et al. profile →
  3. Toward an Online Repository of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for (Meta)genomic Annotation
    2008 536 citations Samuel V. Angiuoli, William Klimke et al. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology profile →
  4. The Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) v.4: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata
    2011 532 citations Konstantinos Liolios, Victor Markowitz et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  5. Complete genome sequence of DSM 30083T, the type strain (U5/41T) of Escherichia coli, and a proposal for delineating subspecies in microbial taxonomy
    2014 460 citations Lynne Goodwin, T. B. K. Reddy et al. Standards in Genomic Sciences profile →
  6. IMG 4 version of the integrated microbial genomes comparative analysis system
    2013 431 citations Victor Markowitz, I-Min A. Chen et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  7. IMG/M: integrated genome and metagenome comparative data analysis system
    2016 331 citations I-Min A. Chen, Victor Markowitz et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Victor Markowitz United States 31 4.9k 2.9k 1.2k 490 474 127 7.3k
Folker Meyer United States 45 6.0k 1.2× 4.2k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 499 1.0× 638 1.3× 115 10.6k
Yu‐Zhong Zhang China 54 5.6k 1.2× 2.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 2.2× 510 1.1× 488 10.7k
Ruibang Luo Hong Kong 18 4.7k 1.0× 3.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 369 0.8× 624 1.3× 80 9.2k
Terry Disz United States 9 3.5k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 346 0.7× 258 0.5× 10 5.8k
Thomas Brettin United States 37 3.2k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 726 0.6× 460 0.9× 199 0.4× 97 6.5k
LiMin Fu United States 17 6.3k 1.3× 2.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 229 0.5× 265 0.6× 35 10.7k
Matthias Hess United States 24 2.1k 0.4× 1.4k 0.5× 481 0.4× 524 1.1× 318 0.7× 58 4.0k
Dawn Field United Kingdom 38 3.9k 0.8× 3.1k 1.0× 703 0.6× 142 0.3× 398 0.8× 102 6.5k
Sitao Wu United States 23 6.7k 1.4× 2.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.3× 241 0.5× 254 0.5× 47 10.4k
Eric E. Allen United States 42 3.2k 0.6× 2.7k 0.9× 368 0.3× 165 0.3× 630 1.3× 113 6.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Berkum, Peter van, Milagros León‐Barrios, Encarna Velázquez, et al.. (2017). High-quality draft genome sequence of Ensifer meliloti Mlalz-1, a microsymbiont of Medicago laciniata (L.) miller collected in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 12(1). 58–58. 1 indexed citations
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Klonowska, Agnieszka, Aline López-López, Lionel Moulin, et al.. (2017). High-quality draft genome sequence of Rhizobium mesoamericanum strain STM6155, a Mimosa pudica microsymbiont from New Caledonia. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 12(1). 7–7. 2 indexed citations
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Boden, Rich, Marcel Huntemann, Alicia Clum, et al.. (2016). Permanent draft genome of Thermithiobacillus tepidarius DSM 3134T, a moderately thermophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic member of the Acidithiobacillia. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 11(1). 74–74. 16 indexed citations
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Huntemann, Marcel, Natalia Ivanova, Konstantinos Mavromatis, et al.. (2016). The standard operating procedure of the DOE-JGI Metagenome Annotation Pipeline (MAP v.4). Standards in Genomic Sciences. 11(1). 93 indexed citations
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Hadjithomas, Michalis, Ken Chu, Anna Ratner, et al.. (2015). IMG-ABC: A Knowledge Base To Fuel Discovery of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters and Novel Secondary Metabolites. mBio. 6(4). e00932–e00932. 69 indexed citations
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Ardley, Julie, Rui Tian, Graham O’Hara, et al.. (2015). High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer medicae strain WSM244, a microsymbiont isolated from Medicago polymorpha growing in alkaline soil. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 10(1). 126–126. 1 indexed citations
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Yates, Ron, John Howieson, Sofie E. De Meyer, et al.. (2015). High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Rhizobium sullae strain WSM1592; a Hedysarum coronarium microsymbiont from Sassari, Italy. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 10(1). 44–44. 13 indexed citations
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Reeve, Wayne, Matthew A. Parker, Rui Tian, et al.. (2014). Genome sequence of Microvirga lupini strain LUT6T, a novel Lupinus alphaproteobacterial microsymbiont from Texas. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9(3). 1159–1167. 4 indexed citations
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Kelly, Simon, John T. Sullivan, Clive W. Ronson, et al.. (2014). Genome sequence of the Lotus spp. microsymbiont Mesorhizobium loti strain R7A. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9(1). 6–6. 22 indexed citations
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Markowitz, Victor, Krishna Palaniappan, K. Y. Chu, et al.. (2011). IMG: the integrated microbial genomes database and comparative analysis system. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(D1). D115–D122. 1049 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wortman, Jennifer R., Michelle Giglio, Heather H. Creasy, et al.. (2010). A data analysis and coordination center for the human microbiome project. Genome Biology. 11(Suppl 1). O13–O13. 7 indexed citations
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Angiuoli, Samuel V., William Klimke, Guy Cochrane, et al.. (2008). Toward an Online Repository of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for (Meta)genomic Annotation. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 12(2). 137–141. 536 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hirschman, Lynette, Cheryl Clark, Kevin Bretonnel Cohen, et al.. (2008). Habitat-Lite: A GSC Case Study Based on Free Text Terms for Environmental Metadata. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 12(2). 129–136. 37 indexed citations
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Markowitz, Victor. (1991). Problems Underlying the Use of Referential Integrity in Relational Database Management Systems.. 3 indexed citations
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Markowitz, Victor. (1991). Safe Referential Structures in Relational Databases. Very Large Data Bases. 123–132. 8 indexed citations
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Markowitz, Victor. (1991). Safe Referential Integrity Structures in Relational Databases. Very Large Data Bases. 59(18). 123–132. 9 indexed citations
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Markowitz, Victor. (1990). Referential integrity revisited: an object-oriented perspective. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 578–589. 20 indexed citations
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Markowitz, Victor, et al.. (1988). Incremental reorganization of relational databases. Decision Support Systems. 4(2). 263–263. 8 indexed citations
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Markowitz, Victor, et al.. (1983). A Modified Relational Algebra and its Use in an Entity-Relationship Environment.. 315–328. 16 indexed citations
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Markowitz, Victor, et al.. (1983). ERROL: An Entity-Relationship, Role Oriented, Query Language.. 329–345. 14 indexed citations

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