Walter Gilbert

41.6k total citations · 21 hit papers
120 papers, 34.7k citations indexed

About

Walter Gilbert is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Gilbert has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 34.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Walter Gilbert's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (21 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers). Walter Gilbert is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (21 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers). Walter Gilbert collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Walter Gilbert's co-authors include Allan M. Maxam, Dipankar Sen, Scott William Roy, Helen Donis-Keller, George M. Church, Richard Tizard, Dennis Schwartz, Susumu Tonegawa, Anne Ephrussi and Jeffrey H Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Walter Gilbert

119 papers receiving 31.6k citations

Hit Papers

[57] Sequencing end-labeled DNA with base-specific chemic... 1961 2026 1982 2004 1980 1986 1978 1988 1977 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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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. [57] Sequencing end-labeled DNA with base-specific chemical cleavages
    1980 14.1k citations Allan M. Maxam, Walter Gilbert Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →
  2. Origin of life: The RNA world
    1986 1.9k citations Walter Gilbert Nature profile →
  3. Why genes in pieces?
    1978 1.8k citations Walter Gilbert Nature profile →
  4. Formation of parallel four-stranded complexes by guanine-rich motifs in DNA and its implications for meiosis
    1988 1.5k citations Walter Gilbert et al. Nature profile →
  5. Mapping adenines, guanines, and pyrimidines in RNA
    1977 1.3k citations Allan M. Maxam, Walter Gilbert et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  6. Molecular basis of base substitution hotspots in Escherichia coli
    1978 987 citations Walter Gilbert et al. Nature profile →
  7. Nucleotide sequence of rous sarcoma virus
    1983 840 citations Walter Gilbert et al. profile →
  8. B Lineage—Specific Interactions of an Immunoglobulin Enhancer with Cellular Factors in Vivo
    1985 766 citations George M. Church, Walter Gilbert et al. Science profile →
  9. A sodium-potassium switch in the formation of four-stranded G4-DNA
    1990 700 citations Walter Gilbert et al. Nature profile →
  10. DNA sequencing at 40: past, present and future
    2017 639 citations Jay Shendure, Shankar Balasubramanian et al. Nature profile →
  11. Hepatitis B virus genes and their expression in E. coli
    1979 507 citations Walter Gilbert et al. Nature profile →
  12. The evolution of spliceosomal introns: patterns, puzzles and progress
    2006 499 citations Scott William Roy, Walter Gilbert profile →
  13. Unstable Ribonucleic Acid Revealed by Pulse Labelling of Escherichia Coli
    1961 458 citations Walter Gilbert et al. Nature profile →
  14. ISOLATION OF THE LAC REPRESSOR
    1966 457 citations Walter Gilbert et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  15. The structure and evolution of the two nonallelic rat preproinsulin genes
    1979 437 citations Walter Gilbert et al. profile →
  16. STREPTOMYCIN, SUPPRESSION, AND THE CODE
    1964 366 citations Walter Gilbert et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  17. The Nucleotide Sequence of the lac Operator
    1973 348 citations Walter Gilbert, Allan M. Maxam Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  18. Polypeptide synthesis in Escherichia coli
    1963 335 citations Walter Gilbert profile →
  19. Cell-type-specific contacts to immunoglobulin enhancers in nuclei
    1985 306 citations George M. Church, Walter Gilbert et al. Nature profile →
  20. MSI and MSII made on Ribosome in Idling Step of Protein Synthesis
    1972 282 citations Walter Gilbert et al. Nature profile →
  21. Polypeptide synthesis in Escherichia coli
    1963 197 citations Walter Gilbert profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Gilbert United States 57 27.0k 7.6k 4.0k 3.4k 2.3k 120 34.7k
Thomas A. Steitz United States 109 35.0k 1.3× 9.3k 1.2× 1.5k 0.4× 3.9k 1.2× 1.0k 0.5× 274 40.0k
Alexander Rich United States 110 36.0k 1.3× 2.9k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 3.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 450 43.6k
Russell F. Doolittle United States 67 23.3k 0.9× 4.9k 0.6× 3.2k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 2.8k 1.2× 221 37.7k
J. Craig Venter United States 70 19.1k 0.7× 6.1k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 4.2k 1.3× 1.0k 0.4× 135 27.3k
Thomas R. Cech United States 105 35.3k 1.3× 3.3k 0.4× 3.4k 0.8× 3.7k 1.1× 719 0.3× 354 40.1k
Clyde A. Hutchison United States 55 15.5k 0.6× 5.1k 0.7× 3.1k 0.8× 3.4k 1.0× 768 0.3× 145 20.7k
Thomas A. Kunkel United States 113 42.0k 1.6× 9.1k 1.2× 3.9k 1.0× 2.3k 0.7× 2.3k 1.0× 405 51.9k
John S. Mattick Australia 105 39.4k 1.5× 6.9k 0.9× 4.0k 1.0× 2.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 306 48.3k
Harry F. Noller United States 86 26.4k 1.0× 6.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 4.5k 1.3× 916 0.4× 220 29.6k
Shigeyuki Yokoyama Japan 102 36.6k 1.4× 5.8k 0.8× 2.5k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 1.0k 44.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Gilbert

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shendure, Jay, Shankar Balasubramanian, George M. Church, et al.. (2017). DNA sequencing at 40: past, present and future. Nature. 550(7676). 345–353. 639 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roy, Scott William & Walter Gilbert. (2005). Rates of intron loss and gain: Implications for early eukaryotic evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(16). 5773–5778. 170 indexed citations
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Roy, Scott William, A. N. Fedorov, & Walter Gilbert. (2003). Large-scale comparison of intron positions in mammalian genes shows intron loss but no gain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(12). 7158–7162. 166 indexed citations
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Fedorov, A. N., Scott William Roy, Xiaohong Cao, & Walter Gilbert. (2003). Phylogenetically Older Introns Strongly Correlate With Module Boundaries in Ancient Proteins. Genome Research. 13(6a). 1155–1157. 23 indexed citations
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Fedorov, A. N., Scott William Roy, Larisa Fedorova, & Walter Gilbert. (2003). Mystery of Intron Gain. Genome Research. 13(10). 2236–2241. 61 indexed citations
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Ottolenghi, Chris, Iraj Daizadeh, Σοφία Κοσσίδα, et al.. (2000). The genomic structure of C14orf1 is conserved across eukarya. Mammalian Genome. 11(9). 786–788. 5 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Walter & Sandro J. de Souza. (1999). 9 Introns and the RNA World. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 37. 221–231. 13 indexed citations
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Chang, Han, David J. Riese, Walter Gilbert, David F. Stern, & U.J. McMahan. (1997). Ligands for ErbB-family receptors encoded by a neuregulin-like gene. Nature. 387(6632). 509–512. 239 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Walter, et al.. (1997). A Novel Zebrafish Gene Expressed Specifically in the Photoreceptor Cells of the Retina. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 237(1). 84–89. 14 indexed citations
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Souza, Sandro J. de, Manyuan Long, & Walter Gilbert. (1996). Introns and gene evolution. Genes to Cells. 1(6). 493–505. 53 indexed citations
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Bork, Peer, Christos Ouzounis, Georg Casari, et al.. (1995). Exploring the Mycoplasma capricolum genome: a minimal cell reveals its physiology. Molecular Microbiology. 16(5). 955–967. 57 indexed citations
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Marsh‐Armstrong, Nicholas, Peter McCaffery, George A. Hyatt, et al.. (1995). Retinoic acid in the anteroposterior patterning of the zebrafish trunk. Development Genes and Evolution. 205(3-4). 103–113. 22 indexed citations
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Landweber, Laura F. & Walter Gilbert. (1993). RNA editing as a source of genetic variation. Nature. 363(6425). 179–182. 52 indexed citations
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Strehlow, David & Walter Gilbert. (1993). A fate map for the first cleavages of the zebrafish. Nature. 361(6411). 451–453. 47 indexed citations
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Stainier, Didier Y. R., David Bilder, & Walter Gilbert. (1991). The B30 ganglioside is a cell surface marker for neural crest-derived neurons in the developing mouse. Developmental Biology. 144(1). 177–188. 15 indexed citations
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Ruvkun, Gary, Walter Gilbert, & H. Robert Horvitz. (1990). Detection of mutations and DNA polymorphisms using whole genome Southern Cross hybridization. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(4). 809–815. 4 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Walter, et al.. (1981). Predicting In‐Season N Requirements of Sugarbeets Based on Soil and Petiole Nitrate1. Agronomy Journal. 73(6). 1018–1023. 3 indexed citations
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Maxam, Allan M. & Walter Gilbert. (1980). [57] Sequencing end-labeled DNA with base-specific chemical cleavages. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 499–560. 14120 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gilbert, Walter. (1977). Recombinant DNA Research: Government Regulation. Science. 197(4300). 208–208. 5 indexed citations
20.
Gilbert, Walter. (1976). Starting and Stopping Sequences for the RNA Polymerase. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 6. 193–205. 99 indexed citations

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