Wesley E. Robertson

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 709 citations indexed

About

Wesley E. Robertson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wesley E. Robertson has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 709 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 1 paper in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Wesley E. Robertson's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (4 papers). Wesley E. Robertson is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (4 papers). Wesley E. Robertson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Thailand. Wesley E. Robertson's co-authors include Jason W. Chin, Daniel de la Torre, Thomas Elliott, Julius Fredens, Louise F. H. Funke, Kaihang Wang, Yonka Christova, Daniel L. Dunkelmann, Wolfgang H. Schmied and Andres Gonzalez Llamazares and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Wesley E. Robertson

10 papers receiving 701 citations

Hit Papers

Total synthesis of Escherichia coli with a recoded genome 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 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. Total synthesis of Escherichia coli with a recoded genome
    2019 332 citations Julius Fredens, Kaihang Wang 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
Wesley E. Robertson United Kingdom 8 638 194 63 46 37 10 709
Tiongsun Chia Australia 7 578 0.9× 173 0.9× 54 0.9× 43 0.9× 17 0.5× 7 669
Louise F. H. Funke United Kingdom 7 601 0.9× 212 1.1× 78 1.2× 36 0.8× 27 0.7× 8 665
Julius Fredens Denmark 8 643 1.0× 213 1.1× 70 1.1× 42 0.9× 23 0.6× 13 730
Daniel L. Dunkelmann United Kingdom 10 651 1.0× 154 0.8× 49 0.8× 30 0.7× 92 2.5× 12 715
Natalie Jing United States 7 375 0.6× 127 0.7× 40 0.6× 18 0.4× 28 0.8× 7 471
Cecilia Svensson Germany 10 418 0.7× 166 0.9× 64 1.0× 28 0.6× 34 0.9× 11 502
Lisheng Ni United States 11 489 0.8× 85 0.4× 58 0.9× 46 1.0× 99 2.7× 12 720
M.E. Nilsson Sweden 14 389 0.6× 176 0.9× 49 0.8× 22 0.5× 15 0.4× 19 542
Andres Gonzalez Llamazares United Kingdom 5 437 0.7× 123 0.6× 55 0.9× 63 1.4× 12 0.3× 7 497
Linda C. DeVeaux United States 12 473 0.7× 114 0.6× 59 0.9× 54 1.2× 7 0.2× 25 609

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wesley E. Robertson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wesley E. Robertson

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Robertson, Wesley E., Fabian B. H. Rehm, Martin Spinck, et al.. (2025). Escherichia coli with a 57-codon genetic code. Science. 390(6771). eady4368–eady4368. 2 indexed citations
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Spinck, Martin, et al.. (2022). Genetically programmed cell-based synthesis of non-natural peptide and depsipeptide macrocycles. Nature Chemistry. 15(1). 61–69. 34 indexed citations
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Robertson, Wesley E., et al.. (2022). Refactored genetic codes enable bidirectional genetic isolation. Science. 378(6619). 516–523. 39 indexed citations
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Robertson, Wesley E., Louise F. H. Funke, Daniel de la Torre, et al.. (2021). Creating custom synthetic genomes in Escherichia coli with REXER and GENESIS. Nature Protocols. 16(5). 2345–2380. 18 indexed citations
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Robertson, Wesley E., Louise F. H. Funke, Daniel de la Torre, et al.. (2021). Sense codon reassignment enables viral resistance and encoded polymer synthesis. Science. 372(6546). 1057–1062. 127 indexed citations
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Robertson, Wesley E., et al.. (2021). Allosteric Inhibition of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor. Biochemistry. 60(7). 500–512. 2 indexed citations
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Fredens, Julius, Kaihang Wang, Daniel de la Torre, et al.. (2019). Total synthesis of Escherichia coli with a recoded genome. Nature. 569(7757). 514–518. 332 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Kaihang, Daniel de la Torre, Wesley E. Robertson, & Jason W. Chin. (2019). Programmed chromosome fission and fusion enable precise large-scale genome rearrangement and assembly. Science. 365(6456). 922–926. 35 indexed citations
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Czekster, Clarissa Melo, Wesley E. Robertson, Allison S. Walker, Dieter Söll, & Alanna Schepartz. (2016). In Vivo Biosynthesis of a β-Amino Acid-Containing Protein. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(16). 5194–5197. 102 indexed citations
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Robertson, Wesley E., Kristie L. Rose, Billy G. Hudson, & Roberto Vanacore. (2014). Supramolecular Organization of the α121-α565 Collagen IV Network. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(37). 25601–25610. 18 indexed citations

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