William D. Downs

905 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 753 citations indexed

About

William D. Downs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Downs has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 753 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ecology and 1 paper in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in William D. Downs's work include RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers). William D. Downs is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers). William D. Downs collaborates with scholars based in United States. William D. Downs's co-authors include Thomas R. Cech, James R Priess, Rueyling Lin, Mussa Ali, Yoon‐Hee Cha, Craig C. Mello, Christian E. Rocheleau, Yanxia Bei, Jinfeng Wang and Thomas R. Cech and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

William D. Downs

6 papers receiving 739 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.

Wnt Signaling and an APC-Related Gene Specify Endoderm in Early C. elegans Embryos

1997 549 citations Christian E. Rocheleau, William D. Downs et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William D. Downs United States	5	626	279	119	76	62	6	753
Kiyokazu Morita Japan	10	523 0.8×	377 1.4×	71 0.6×	57 0.8×	12 0.2×	12	788
Lisa L. Maduzia United States	11	354 0.6×	247 0.9×	57 0.5×	76 1.0×	12 0.2×	14	598
Jennifer A Schisa United States	14	831 1.3×	344 1.2×	123 1.0×	34 0.4×	19 0.3×	23	953
Bonita L. Yoder United States	9	694 1.1×	243 0.9×	30 0.3×	88 1.2×	31 0.5×	11	892
David A. Waring United States	8	224 0.4×	280 1.0×	76 0.6×	15 0.2×	21 0.3×	8	394
Kuppuswamy Subramaniam India	9	422 0.7×	292 1.0×	106 0.9×	21 0.3×	13 0.2×	11	585
Timothy Schedl United States	5	494 0.8×	617 2.2×	163 1.4×	29 0.4×	19 0.3×	5	918
Nicolas T. Chartier France	12	245 0.4×	105 0.4×	41 0.3×	98 1.3×	21 0.3×	16	430
Peter J. Schweinsberg United States	9	368 0.6×	303 1.1×	63 0.5×	285 3.8×	10 0.2×	9	641
Masamitsu Fukuyama Japan	11	418 0.7×	455 1.6×	80 0.7×	101 1.3×	11 0.2×	20	723

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William D. Downs

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Downs, William D., et al.. (1998). Arkansas Student Publications Act: Implementation and Effects. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. 53(1). 74–84. 2 indexed citations

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Rocheleau, Christian E., William D. Downs, Rueyling Lin, et al.. (1997). Wnt Signaling and an APC-Related Gene Specify Endoderm in Early C. elegans Embryos. Cell. 90(4). 707–716. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Downs, William D. & Thomas R. Cech. (1996). Kinetic pathway for folding of the Tetrahymena ribozyme revealed by three UV-inducible crosslinks.. PubMed. 2(7). 718–32. 54 indexed citations

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Downs, William D. & Thomas R. Cech. (1994). A tertiary interaction in the Tetrahymena intron contributes to selection of the 5' splice site.. Genes & Development. 8(10). 1198–1211. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Jinfeng, William D. Downs, & Thomas R. Cech. (1993). Movement of the Guide Sequence During RNA Catalysis by a Group I Ribozyme. Science. 260(5107). 504–508. 77 indexed citations

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Downs, William D. & Thomas R. Cech. (1990). An ultraviolet-inducible adenosine-adenosine cross-link reflects the catalytic structure of the Tetrahymena ribozyme. Biochemistry. 29(23). 5605–5613. 52 indexed citations

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