Walter Fontana
- Molecular Biology top 1%
- Genetics top 0.5%
- Sociology and Political Science top 1%
- Ecology top 5%
- Aging top 0.2%
- Co-authors
- Peter SchusterPeter F. StadlerIvo L. HofackerManfred TackerLeo W. BussLauren W. AncelEric J. DeedsMartijn A. Huynen
- Topics
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (17 papers)Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (16 papers)Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (11 papers)
- Cited by
- AgingGeneticsMolecular Biology
- Partner nations
- United StatesAustriaUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Walter Fontana
57 papers receiving 8.4k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 187
- Molecular Biology 5.5k
- Genetics 2.9k
- Sociology and Political Science 1.1k
- Ecology 639
- Aging 563
Countries citing papers authored by Walter Fontana
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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Fontana
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Walter Fontana. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Walter Fontana. The network helps show where Walter Fontana may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Fontana
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walter Fontana. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walter Fontana 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 Walter Fontana. Walter Fontana is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 125 | |
| 5 | 49 | |
| 6 | 41 | |
| 7 | 42 | |
| 8 | 253 | |
| 9 | 180 | |
| 10 | 15 | |
| 11 | 129 | |
| 12 | 190 | |
| 13 | 347 | |
| 14 | 216 | |
| 15 | 407 | |
| 16 | 140 | |
| 17 | 39 | |
| 18 | 53 | |
| 19 | 223 | |
| 20 | 71 |
About Walter Fontana
Walter Fontana is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 58 papers that have together received 8.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (17 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (16 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (563 citations), Genetics (2.9k citations) and Molecular Biology (5.5k citations). Walter Fontana has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Austria and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Peter Schuster, Peter F. Stadler, Ivo L. Hofacker, Manfred Tacker, Leo W. Buss, Lauren W. Ancel, Eric J. Deeds, Peter Schuster, Martijn A. Huynen and Javier Apfeld. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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.