Wendy W. Colby

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Wendy W. Colby is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wendy W. Colby has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Wendy W. Colby's work include Virus-based gene therapy research (5 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (4 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (4 papers). Wendy W. Colby is often cited by papers focused on Virus-based gene therapy research (5 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (4 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (4 papers). Wendy W. Colby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Germany. Wendy W. Colby's co-authors include Arthur D. Levinson, Thomas Shenk, Peter H. Seeburg, Daniel J. Capon, David V. Goeddel, Douglas H. Smith, J. Michael Bishop, Ellson Y. Chen, Kari Alitalo and Gary Ramsay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wendy W. Colby

13 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Biological properties of human c-Ha-ras1 genes mutated at... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1984 1983 100 200 300 400
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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. Biological properties of human c-Ha-ras1 genes mutated at codon 12
    1984 494 citations Peter H. Seeburg, Wendy W. Colby et al. Nature profile →
  2. Identification of nuclear proteins encoded by viral and cellular myc oncogenes
    1983 207 citations Kari Alitalo, Gary Ramsay et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wendy W. Colby United States 12 1.3k 561 459 161 140 13 1.8k
G E Mark United States 21 1.3k 1.0× 358 0.6× 339 0.7× 294 1.8× 165 1.2× 32 2.0k
Roberta K. Reynolds United States 14 1.0k 0.8× 570 1.0× 431 0.9× 240 1.5× 82 0.6× 16 1.7k
Leah Lipsich United States 15 1.1k 0.9× 512 0.9× 391 0.9× 195 1.2× 170 1.2× 19 1.6k
Maureen O. Weeks United States 12 804 0.6× 469 0.8× 326 0.7× 155 1.0× 110 0.8× 16 1.2k
K Huebner United States 24 1.7k 1.3× 623 1.1× 643 1.4× 274 1.7× 140 1.0× 43 2.4k
Philippe Jeanteur France 25 2.3k 1.8× 297 0.5× 234 0.5× 201 1.2× 90 0.6× 70 2.8k
T Patschinsky Germany 18 843 0.7× 310 0.6× 270 0.6× 199 1.2× 82 0.6× 27 1.2k
Edward B. Jakobovits Israel 13 1.0k 0.8× 285 0.5× 411 0.9× 118 0.7× 68 0.5× 15 1.4k
E May France 22 948 0.7× 366 0.7× 913 2.0× 153 1.0× 61 0.4× 40 1.6k
E P Reddy United States 21 1.1k 0.9× 362 0.6× 316 0.7× 604 3.8× 71 0.5× 37 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wendy W. Colby

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Colby, Wendy W., et al.. (1986). Biochemical characterization of polypeptides encoded by mutated human Ha-ras1 genes.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(2). 730–734. 38 indexed citations
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Colby, Wendy W., Joel S. Hayflick, Scott G. Clark, & Arthur D. Levinson. (1986). Biochemical Characterization of Polypeptides Encoded by Mutated Human Ha-ras1 Genes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(2). 730–734. 8 indexed citations
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Seeburg, Peter H., Wendy W. Colby, Daniel J. Capon, David V. Goeddel, & Arthur D. Levinson. (1984). Biological properties of human c-Ha-ras1 genes mutated at codon 12. Nature. 312(5989). 71–75. 494 indexed citations breakdown →
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Colby, Wendy W., Ellson Y. Chen, Douglas H. Smith, & Arthur D. Levinson. (1983). Identification and nucleotide sequence of a human locus homologous to the v-myc oncogene of avian myelocytomatosis virus MC29. Nature. 301(5902). 722–725. 263 indexed citations
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Alitalo, Kari, et al.. (1983). Nucleotide sequence to the v-myc oncogene of avian retrovirus MC29.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(1). 100–104. 158 indexed citations
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Snyder, Mark A., J. Michael Bishop, Wendy W. Colby, & Arthur D. Levinson. (1983). Phosphorylation of tyrosine-416 is not required for the transforming properties and kinase activity of pp60v-src. Cell. 32(3). 891–901. 121 indexed citations
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Alitalo, Kari, Gary Ramsay, J. Michael Bishop, et al.. (1983). Identification of nuclear proteins encoded by viral and cellular myc oncogenes. Nature. 306(5940). 274–277. 207 indexed citations breakdown →
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Colby, Wendy W. & Thomas Shenk. (1982). Fragments of the simian virus 40 transforming gene facilitate transformation of rat embryo cells.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 79(17). 5189–5193. 113 indexed citations
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Colby, Wendy W. & Thomas Shenk. (1981). Adenovirus type 5 virions can be assembled in vivo in the absence of detectable polypeptide IX. Journal of Virology. 39(3). 977–980. 107 indexed citations
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Shenk, Thomas, N C Jones, Wendy W. Colby, & Dana M. Fowlkes. (1980). Functional Analysis of Adenovirus-5 Host-range Deletion Mutants Defective for Transformation of Rat Embryo Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 44(0). 367–375. 140 indexed citations
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Colby, Wendy W., et al.. (1977). Comparative studies of glucose‐fed and glucose‐starved hamster cell cultures: Responses in galactose metabolism. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 90(3). 387–405. 13 indexed citations
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Ullrey, Donna, et al.. (1976). Paradoxical effects of cycloheximide and cytochalasin B on hamster cell hexose uptake.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 73(7). 2429–2433. 34 indexed citations
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Colby, Wendy W., et al.. (1976). Derepression and carrier turnover: Evidence for two distinct mechanisms of hexose transport regulation in animal cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 89(4). 683–692. 64 indexed citations

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