W. James Kent
- Molecular Biology top 10%
- Genetics top 10%
- Plant Science top 10%
- Ecology top 10%
- Information Systems and Management top 2%
- Co-authors
- István AlbertRichard BurhansRoss C. HardisonPrachi ShahLaura ElnitskiDaniel BlankenbergAnton NekrutenkoJames Taylor
- Topics
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers)Gene expression and cancer classification (3 papers)Genomics and Rare Diseases (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomGermany
In The Last Decade
W. James Kent
4 papers receiving 1.7k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 130
- Molecular Biology 1.2k
- Genetics 299
- Plant Science 218
- Ecology 200
- Information Systems and Management 190
Countries citing papers authored by W. James Kent
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Fields of papers citing papers by W. James Kent
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. James Kent
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. James Kent. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. James Kent 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 W. James Kent. W. James Kent is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2025 updatebreakdown → | 113 |
| 2 | 25 | |
| 3 | 64 | |
| 4 | Galaxy: A platform for interactive large-scale genome analysisbreakdown → | 1541 |
About W. James Kent
W. James Kent is a scholar working on Genetics, Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, having authored 4 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers), Gene expression and cancer classification (3 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Information Systems and Management (190 citations), Molecular Biology (1.2k citations) and Cancer Research (188 citations). W. James Kent has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include István Albert, Richard Burhans, Ross C. Hardison, Prachi Shah, Laura Elnitski, Daniel Blankenberg, Anton Nekrutenko, James Taylor, Yi Zhang and Belinda Giardine. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Genome Research and Journal of Computational Biology.
Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.