W.D. Sutton

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 986 citations indexed

About

W.D. Sutton is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, W.D. Sutton has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 986 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in W.D. Sutton's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (10 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers) and Botanical Research and Chemistry (5 papers). W.D. Sutton is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (10 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers) and Botanical Research and Chemistry (5 papers). W.D. Sutton collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Netherlands. W.D. Sutton's co-authors include Mora McCallum, John T. Christeller, Wayne L. Gerlach, William A. Laing, W. James Peacock, Drew Schwartz, Andrew D. Paterson, Brian D. Shaw, G.B. Petersen and Paul A. Mahoney and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Molecular Biology and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

W.D. Sutton

20 papers receiving 823 citations

Hit Papers

A crude nuclease preparation suitable for use in DNA reas... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 100 200 300
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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. A crude nuclease preparation suitable for use in DNA reassociation experiments
    1971 399 citations W.D. Sutton Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W.D. Sutton New Zealand 12 594 481 158 89 86 20 986
Janis M. Keller United States 13 763 1.3× 736 1.5× 233 1.5× 168 1.9× 286 3.3× 13 1.2k
S Broome United States 5 497 0.8× 70 0.1× 226 1.4× 75 0.8× 45 0.5× 8 772
Constance I. Nugent United States 11 1.4k 2.3× 304 0.6× 77 0.5× 69 0.8× 52 0.6× 15 1.7k
Jan Zabielski Sweden 16 793 1.3× 83 0.2× 337 2.1× 72 0.8× 109 1.3× 35 1.1k
Arie Rosner Israel 20 411 0.7× 840 1.7× 61 0.4× 116 1.3× 33 0.4× 73 1.4k
Claude V. Déry Canada 13 293 0.5× 148 0.3× 179 1.1× 36 0.4× 70 0.8× 22 505
Raymond E. Lockard United States 14 915 1.5× 164 0.3× 135 0.9× 139 1.6× 32 0.4× 21 1.1k
Marion Watson United Kingdom 7 488 0.8× 118 0.2× 200 1.3× 74 0.8× 47 0.5× 10 792
Shunji Yuki Japan 14 539 0.9× 552 1.1× 68 0.4× 37 0.4× 20 0.2× 14 871
Doris Renz Germany 12 644 1.1× 273 0.6× 325 2.1× 59 0.7× 21 0.2× 17 845

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Fields of papers citing papers by W.D. Sutton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.D. Sutton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W.D. Sutton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W.D. Sutton 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.D. Sutton. W.D. Sutton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sutton, W.D., Wayne L. Gerlach, W. James Peacock, & Drew Schwartz. (1984). Molecular Analysis of Ds Controlling Element Mutations at the Adh1 Locus of Maize. Science. 223(4642). 1265–1268. 152 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D. & Andrew D. Paterson. (1983). Further evidence for a plant host effect on Rhizobium bacteroid viability. Plant Science Letters. 30(1). 33–41. 10 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D. & Andrew D. Paterson. (1980). Effects of the plant host on the detergent sensitivity and viability of Rhizobium bacteroids. Planta. 148(3). 287–292. 19 indexed citations
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Laing, William A., John T. Christeller, & W.D. Sutton. (1979). Carbon Dioxide Fixation by Lupin Root Nodules. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 63(3). 450–454. 25 indexed citations
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Shaw, Brian D. & W.D. Sutton. (1979). Polypeptide synthesis by Rhizobium bacteroids and bacteria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 563(1). 216–226. 2 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D. & Andrew D. Paterson. (1979). The detergent sensitivity of Rhizobium bacteroids and bacteria. Plant Science Letters. 16(4). 377–385. 6 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D., R.C. van den Bos, & Ton Bisseling. (1978). The DNA content of Rhizobium (strain NZP 2257) bacteroids and bacteria. Plant Science Letters. 12(2). 145–149. 4 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D. & Paul A. Mahoney. (1977). Preparation and Fractionation of Rhizobium Bacteroids by Zone Sedimentation through Sucrose Gradients. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 60(5). 800–802. 12 indexed citations
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Christeller, John T., William A. Laing, & W.D. Sutton. (1977). Carbon Dioxide Fixation by Lupin Root Nodules. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 60(1). 47–50. 88 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D., et al.. (1977). Changes in the Number, Viability, and Amino-acid-incorporating Activity of Rhizobium Bacteroids during Lupin Nodule Development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 59(4). 741–744. 29 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D., et al.. (1975). Studies with Detached Lupin Root Nodules in Culture. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 56(5). 665–670. 13 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D.. (1974). Some features of the DNA of Rhizobium bacteroids and bacteria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 366(1). 1–10. 38 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D.. (1972). Chromatin Packing, Repeated DNA Sequences and Gene Control. Nature New Biology. 237(72). 70–71. 39 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D. & P.M. Walker. (1972). Self-renaturing fractions in the separated strands of mouse satellite deoxyribonucleic acid. Biochemical Journal. 128(2). 193–198. 4 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D. & Mora McCallum. (1972). Related satellite DNA's in the genusMus. Journal of Molecular Biology. 71(3). 633–652. 73 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D.. (1972). DNA-DNA reassociation reactions driven by an excess of one component. Journal of Molecular Biology. 71(3). 652–656. 2 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D. & G.B. Petersen. (1971). Some structural properties of the DNA molecule from bacteriophage alpha. Virology. 44(2). 371–382. 5 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D. & Mora McCallum. (1971). Mismatching and the Reassociation Rate of Mouse Satellite DNA. Nature New Biology. 232(29). 83–85. 59 indexed citations
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Sutton, W.D.. (1971). A crude nuclease preparation suitable for use in DNA reassociation experiments. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 240(4). 522–531. 399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sutton, W.D. & G.B. Petersen. (1969). Dialysis of pyrimidine oligodeoxynucleotides. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 174(1). 155–160. 7 indexed citations

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