W.D. Fisher

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

W.D. Fisher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W.D. Fisher has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W.D. Fisher's work include Robot Manipulation and Learning (8 papers), Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers). W.D. Fisher is often cited by papers focused on Robot Manipulation and Learning (8 papers), Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers). W.D. Fisher collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. W.D. Fisher's co-authors include Howard I. Adler, Alice A. Hardigree, J. Luh, Rohan Paul, L. O. Ingram, Amikam Cohen, Roy Curtiss, G. E. Stapleton, Joe A. Fralick and Herbert Weissbach and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

W.D. Fisher

33 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

MINIATURE escherichia coli CELLS DEFICIENT IN DNA

1967 524 citations Howard I. Adler, W.D. Fisher et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W.D. Fisher United States	15	607	450	344	264	234	33	1.3k
Richard W. Armentrout United States	22	451 0.7×	304 0.7×	48 0.1×	188 0.7×	69 0.3×	44	1.1k
Dhinakar S. Kompala United States	21	1.6k 2.6×	457 1.0×	96 0.3×	135 0.5×	441 1.9×	44	1.9k
Jirong Liu China	16	366 0.6×	196 0.4×	100 0.3×	115 0.4×	44 0.2×	34	940
Andrés Aguirre Argentina	12	199 0.3×	118 0.3×	51 0.1×	44 0.2×	135 0.6×	32	712
Hiroyuki Okano Japan	17	1.5k 2.5×	775 1.7×	18 0.1×	274 1.0×	258 1.1×	53	2.0k
Shengyuan Zhao China	20	585 1.0×	77 0.2×	118 0.3×	61 0.2×	45 0.2×	75	1.3k
Alvaro R. Lara Mexico	21	1.2k 2.0×	379 0.8×	40 0.1×	128 0.5×	453 1.9×	67	1.5k
Eric M. Knight United States	13	2.1k 3.5×	768 1.7×	52 0.2×	227 0.9×	441 1.9×	15	2.4k
Baiyuan Li China	16	363 0.6×	144 0.3×	17 0.0×	222 0.8×	31 0.1×	32	756
Tom M Conrad United States	9	2.2k 3.7×	613 1.4×	84 0.2×	89 0.3×	692 3.0×	11	2.5k

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Fisher, W.D. & Mingjun Zhang. (2007). A Biochip Microarray Fabrication System Using Inkjet Technology. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 4(4). 488–500. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Mingjun, et al.. (2006). An industrial solution to automatic robot calibration and workpiece pose estimation for semiconductor and gene‐chip microarray fabrication. Industrial Robot the international journal of robotics research and application. 33(2). 88–96. 1 indexed citations

Fisher, W.D. & Mingjun Zhang. (2006). An automated biological fluid dispensing system for microarray fabrication using inkjet technology. 1786–1793. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Mingjun, et al.. (2005). A FUNCTION MODEL-BASED APPROACH TO DEVELOP A MICRO-TITER TRAY MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR DNA MICROARRAY FABRICATION. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems. 4(1). 83–101. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Mingjun, et al.. (2004). Functional model based object-oriented development framework for mechatronic systems. 1. 2153–2158. 5 indexed citations

Fisher, W.D., et al.. (2003). A planar object mapping and handling system for DNA micro-array deposition equipment. 2. 1451–1456. 3 indexed citations

Paul, Richard P., et al.. (2003). The Hamilton wrist: a four-revolute-joint spherical wrist without singularities. 902–907. 7 indexed citations

Fisher, W.D., et al.. (1992). Sufficient stability condition for hybrid position/force control. 1336–1341 vol.2. 18 indexed citations

Fisher, W.D., et al.. (1988). Minimum ratio-locked profile times for robot trajectories. 1054–1060 vol.2. 4 indexed citations

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Schenley, R.L., W.D. Fisher, P. A. Swenson, & George G. Khachatourians. (1976). Centrifugal separation of irradiated cultures of Escherichia coli cells into viable and nonviable populations. Journal of Bacteriology. 126(2). 977–984. 8 indexed citations

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Schenley, R.L., W.D. Fisher, & P. A. Swenson. (1976). Pyrimidine dimer excision in surviving and nonsurviving cells of ultraviolet-irradiated cultures of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 126(2). 985–989. 7 indexed citations

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Ingram, L. O. & W.D. Fisher. (1973). Mechanism for the Regulation of Cell Division inAgmenellum. Journal of Bacteriology. 113(2). 1006–1014. 11 indexed citations

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Ingram, L. O., C. Van Baalen, & W.D. Fisher. (1972). Cell Division Mutations in the Blue-Green Bacterium Agmenellum quadruplicatum Strain BG1: a Comparison of the Cell Wall. Journal of Bacteriology. 111(2). 614–621. 2 indexed citations

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Ingram, L. O. & W.D. Fisher. (1972). Selective Inhibition of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis by 2-Deoxyadenosine in the Blue-Green Bacterium Agmenellum quadruplicatum. Journal of Bacteriology. 112(1). 170–175. 21 indexed citations

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Fralick, Joe A., et al.. (1971). Membrane Association of Conjugally Transferred Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Escherichia coli Minicells. Journal of Bacteriology. 106(2). 626–633. 20 indexed citations

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Fralick, Joe A., W.D. Fisher, & Howard I. Adler. (1969). Polyuridylic Acid-directed Phenylalanine Incorporation in Minicell Extracts. Journal of Bacteriology. 99(2). 621–622. 16 indexed citations

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Padilla, George M., et al.. (1966). Cyclic changes in polyribosomes of synchronized Tetrahymena pyriformis. Experimental Cell Research. 42(3). 438–446. 17 indexed citations

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Adler, Howard I., W.D. Fisher, Alice A. Hardigree, & G. E. Stapleton. (1966). Repair of Radiation-Induced Damage to the Cell Division Mechanism of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 91(2). 737–742. 42 indexed citations

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Fisher, W.D., et al.. (1961). Studies on nuclei. Experimental Cell Research. 22. 9–13. 1 indexed citations

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Anderson, Norman G., W.D. Fisher, & Howard E. Bond. (1960). CELL DIVISION V. MOLECULAR MECHANISMS. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 90(2). 486–499. 6 indexed citations

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