W. Kelley Thomas

11.6k citations

84 papers · 8.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Aging top 0.5%
Genetics top 0.2%
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Papers in

Aging 12
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms 12
Plant Science 40
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 22
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 13
- Nematode management and characterization studies 9

Co-authors: Alex C. C. Wilson Francis X. Villablanca Svante Pääbo Thomas D. Kocher Axel Meyer Scott V. Edwards Michael Lynch Krystalynne Morris
Journals: Genetics (5 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 papers)BMC Genomics (4 papers)Journal of Molecular Evolution (3 papers)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Egypt Tunisia

In The Last Decade

W. Kelley Thomas

81 papers receiving 7.9k citations

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A genome-wide view of the spectrum of spontaneous mutations in yeast 2008 · 530 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1989 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Determining the impact of vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR cycle threshold values and infectious viral titres Access Microbiology ·Katherine Peterson, Julia P Snyder, Hannah W. Despres, Madaline M. Schmidt, Korin Eckstrom, Allison L. Unger, Marya P. Carmolli, Joseph L. Sevigny, David J. Shirley, Julie A. Dragon, W. Kelley Thomas, Emily A. Bruce, Jessica W. Crothers	2023	1
2	The Transition From Stochastic to Deterministic Bacterial Community Assembly During Permafrost Thaw Succession Frontiers in Microbiology ·Stacey J. Doherty, Robyn A. Barbato, A. Stuart Grandy, W. Kelley Thomas, Sylvain Monteux, Ellen Dorrepaal, Margareta Johansson, Jessica G. Ernakovich	2020	44
3	Spatial and temporal variation of intertidal nematodes in the northern Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Marine Environmental Research ·Pamela M. Brannock, Jyotsna Sharma, Holly M. Bik, W. Kelley Thomas, Kenneth M. Halanych	2017	11
4	Draft Genome Sequence of the Symbiotic Frankia Sp. Strain KB5 Isolated from Root Nodules of Casuarina equisetifolia PubMed ·Céline Pesce, Erik Swanson, Stephen D. Simpson, Krystalynne Morris, W. Kelley Thomas, Louis S. Tisa, Anita Sellstedt	2017	6
5	Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE)-Induced Suppression of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (PEPCK) Decreases Hepatic Glyceroneogenesis and Disrupts Hepatic Lipid Homeostasis Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health ·Kylie Cowens, Stephen Simpson, W. Kelley Thomas, Gale B. Carey	2015	15
6	Genome sequence and comparative analysis of a putative entomopathogenic Serratia isolated from Caenorhabditis briggsae BMC Genomics ·Feseha Abebe-Akele, Louis S. Tisa, Vaughn S. Cooper, Philip J. Hatcher, Eyualem Abebe, W. Kelley Thomas	2015	20
7	An SNP-based second-generation genetic map of Daphnia magna and its application to QTL analysis of phenotypic traits BMC Genomics ·Jarkko Routtu, Matthew D. Hall, Brian Albere, Christian Beisel, R. Daniel Bergeron, Anurag Chaturvedi, Jeong-Hyeon Choi, John K. Colbourne, Luc De Meester, Melissa Stephens, Claus‐Peter Stelzer, Eleanne Solorzano, W. Kelley Thomas, Michael E. Pfrender, Dieter Ebert	2014	42
8	Nematode Spatial and Ecological Patterns from Tropical and Temperate Rainforests PLoS ONE ·Dorota L. Porazinska, Robin M. Giblin-davis, Thomas O. Powers, W. Kelley Thomas	2012	63
9	Differentially expressed genes in aortic smooth muscle cells from atherosclerosis-susceptible and atherosclerosis-resistant pigeons Poultry Science ·Janet L. Anderson, R.L. Taylor, Elizabeth C. Smith, W. Kelley Thomas, Samuel C. Smith	2012	5
10	Characterizing a novel entomopathogenic partnership between Serratia spp. and Rhabditid nematodes Journal of Nematology ·Feseha Abebe-Akele, Louis S. Tisa, Eyualem Abebe, Vaughn S. Cooper, W. Kelley Thomas	2011	1
11	Extensive, Recent Intron Gains in Daphnia Populations Science ·Wenli Li, Abraham E. Tucker, Way Sung, W. Kelley Thomas, Michael Lynch	2009	93
12	A genome-wide view of Caenorhabditis elegans base-substitution mutation processes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Dee R. Denver, Peter Dolan, Larry Wilhelm, Way Sung, José Ignacio Lucas‐Lledó, Dana K. Howe, Samantha C. Lewis, Kazu Okamoto, W. Kelley Thomas, Michael Lynch, Charles F. Baer	2009	200
13	A genome-wide view of the spectrum of spontaneous mutations in yeast Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael Lynch, Way Sung, Krystalynne Morris, Nicole Coffey, Christian R. Landry, Erik B. Dopman, W. Joseph Dickinson, Kazufusa Okamoto, Shilpa Kulkarni, Daniel L. Hartl, W. Kelley Thomas Hit paper breakdown →	2008	530
14	The transcriptional consequences of mutation and natural selection in Caenorhabditis elegans Nature Genetics ·Dee R. Denver, Krystalynne Morris, J. Todd Streelman, Stuart K. Kim, Michael Lynch, W. Kelley Thomas	2005	210
15	Abundance, Distribution, and Mutation Rates of Homopolymeric Nucleotide Runs in the Genome of Caenorhabditis elegans Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Dee R. Denver, Krystalynne Morris, Avinash Ramesh Kewalramani, Katherine E. Harris, Amy Chow, Suzanne Estes, Michael Lynch, W. Kelley Thomas	2004	55
16	Evolution of Vulva Development in the Cephalobina (Nematoda) Developmental Biology ·Marie-Anne Félix, Paul De Ley, Ralf J. Sommer, Linda Frisse, Steven A. Nadler, W. Kelley Thomas, Jacques R. Vanfleteren, Paul W. Sternberg	2000	75
17	An Evolutionary Framework for the Study of Developmental Evolution in a Set of Nematodes Related toCaenorhabditis elegans Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·J. G. Baldwin, L.M. Frisse, J. T. Vida, C. D. Eddleman, W. Kelley Thomas	1997	49
18	Phylogenetic Analysis of the Coscoroba coscoroba Using Mitochondrial srRNA Gene Sequences Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Régis Zimmer, Bernardo Erdtmann, W. Kelley Thomas, Thomas W. Quinn	1994	10
19	A molecular evolutionary framework for eukaryotic model organisms Current Biology ·Arend Sidow, W. Kelley Thomas	1994	89
20	Effects of cumulus cells on culture of bovine embryos derived from oocytes matured and fertilized in vitro Journal of Animal Science ·W. Kelley Thomas, G.E. Seidel	1993	12

About W. Kelley Thomas

W. Kelley Thomas is a scholar working on Aging, Plant Science, Genetics, Structural Biology and Ecology, having authored 84 papers that have together received 8.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (24 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (22 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (16 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (13 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (12 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (9 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (422 citations), Genetics (4.3k citations), Ecological Modeling (469 citations), Ecology (2.6k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (919 citations). W. Kelley Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Tunisia. Frequent co-authors include Alex C. C. Wilson, Francis X. Villablanca, Svante Pääbo, Thomas D. Kocher, Axel Meyer, Scott V. Edwards, Michael Lynch, Krystalynne Morris, Dee R. Denver and Way Sung. Their work appears in journals such as Genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, BMC Genomics, Journal of Molecular Evolution and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

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