William C. Summers

6.7k citations
116 papers · 5.2k indexed · h-index 40
  • Ecology top 1%
    • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 28
  • Genetics top 1%
    • Virus-based gene therapy research 15
    • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 13
    • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments 30
    • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research 16
  • Virology top 5%
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 15
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 11
    • Viral-associated cancers and disorders 13

William C. Summers

115 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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William C. Summers
Comparison fields: 5 of 140
  • Ecology 1.5k
  • Genetics 1.6k
  • Epidemiology 1.6k
  • Virology 211
  • Molecular Biology 2.7k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20232
2 2012178
3 201115
4 199957
5 199831
6 19984
7 1998118
8 1995117
9 199326
10 199111
11 198911
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DNA replication and mutagenesis
198839
13 198886
14 198816
15 198423
16 198163
17 1979178
18 197421
19
A Change in Budgetary Thinking
19711
20 197110

About William C. Summers

William C. Summers is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Genetics and Ecology, having authored 116 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (30 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (28 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (16 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (15 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers), Viral-associated cancers and disorders (13 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (13 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (1.5k citations), Genetics (1.6k citations) and Epidemiology (1.6k citations). William C. Summers has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Wilma P. Summers, J A Sharp, M.J. Wagner, Waclaw Szybalski, James Skare, George Klein, Richard W. Hyman, Peter M. Glazer, Michael J. Wagner and James R. Smiley. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Virology, Virology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Molecular Biology and Nature.

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