William F. Thompson

23.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
169 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

William F. Thompson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, William F. Thompson has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Molecular Biology, 116 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in William F. Thompson's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (42 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (32 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (30 papers). William F. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (42 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (32 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (30 papers). William F. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. William F. Thompson's co-authors include Michael G. Murray, Jeffrey D. Palmer, George C. Allen, Steven Spiker, Michael G. Murray, Miguel A. Flores‐Vergara, Santosh Kumar, Michael J. White, Richard A. Jorgensen and Lon S. Kaufman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William F. Thompson

164 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Rapid isolation of high molecular weight plant DNA

1980 10.1k citations William F. Thompson et al. profile →
A modified protocol for rapid DNA isolation from plant tissues using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide

2006 940 citations George C. Allen, William F. Thompson et al. profile →
RAPID ISOLATION OF HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT DNA

1980 448 citations William F. Thompson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William F. Thompson United States	49	13.3k	10.3k	3.3k	1.5k	1.4k	169	18.1k
Elizabeth S. Dennis Australia	98	24.5k 1.8×	16.4k 1.6×	3.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	971 0.7×	348	29.3k
Michael G. Murray United States	26	8.4k 0.6×	5.5k 0.5×	2.6k 0.8×	842 0.6×	754 0.5×	46	12.5k
W. James Peacock Australia	82	17.2k 1.3×	11.5k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	619 0.4×	214	20.6k
Stephen L. Dellaporta United States	38	9.2k 0.7×	6.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	833 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	68	12.3k
Richard W. Michelmore United States	66	17.3k 1.3×	6.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	434 0.3×	224	20.4k
Richard A. Jorgensen United States	34	8.3k 0.6×	7.0k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	693 0.5×	867 0.6×	65	11.9k
Francesco Salamini Germany	76	16.3k 1.2×	7.8k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	538 0.4×	308	19.3k
Ronald R. Sederoff United States	60	7.0k 0.5×	7.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	613 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	156	12.2k
Virginia Walbot United States	72	13.7k 1.0×	13.7k 1.3×	1.2k 0.4×	804 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	274	19.0k
Marc Zabeau Belgium	35	10.0k 0.7×	7.2k 0.7×	4.9k 1.5×	2.3k 1.6×	480 0.3×	52	16.8k

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Borges, Filipe, Mark T.A. Donoghue, Chantal LeBlanc, et al.. (2020). Loss of Small-RNA-Directed DNA Methylation in the Plant Cell Cycle Promotes Germline Reprogramming and Somaclonal Variation. Current Biology. 31(3). 591–600.e4. 39 indexed citations

Song, Jawon, Gregory J. Zynda, Chantal LeBlanc, et al.. (2020). Comparing DNA replication programs reveals large timing shifts at centromeres of endocycling cells in maize roots. PLoS Genetics. 16(10). e1008623–e1008623. 5 indexed citations

Bass, Hank W., et al.. (2015). Defining multiple, distinct, and shared spatiotemporal patterns of DNA replication and endoreduplication from 3D image analysis of developing maize (Zea mays L.) root tip nuclei. Plant Molecular Biology. 89(4-5). 339–351. 27 indexed citations

Allen, George C., Steven Spiker, & William F. Thompson. (2000). Use of matrix attachment regions (MARs) to minimize transgene silencing. Plant Molecular Biology. 43(2-3). 361–376. 162 indexed citations

Thompson, William F., et al.. (1997). Sites of rDNA transcription are widely dispersed through the nucleolus in Pisum sativum and can comprise single genes. The Plant Journal. 12(3). 571–581. 3 indexed citations

Dickey, L F, et al.. (1994). Light modulation of ferredoxin mRNA abundance requires an open reading frame.. The Plant Cell. 6(8). 1171–1176. 48 indexed citations

Thompson, William F., et al.. (1993). Klebsiella Pneumoniae Infection on a Rehabilitation Unit: Epidemiologic Typing Methods. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 14(4). 203–210. 14 indexed citations

Gallo‐Meagher, Maria, et al.. (1992). The pea ferredoxin I gene exhibits different light responses in pea and tobacco.. The Plant Cell. 4(4). 383–388. 12 indexed citations

Sagar, Anurag D., Benjamin A. Horwitz, Robert C. Elliott, William F. Thompson, & Winslow R. Briggs. (1988). Light Effects on Several Chloroplast Components in Norflurazon-Treated Pea Seedlings. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 88(2). 340–347. 40 indexed citations

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Elliott, Robert C., et al.. (1987). A phytochrome regulated pea transcript encodes ferredoxin I. Plant Molecular Biology. 8(1). 53–59. 35 indexed citations

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Palmer, Jeffrey D., et al.. (1987). Chloroplast DNA evolution among legumes: Loss of a large inverted repeat occurred prior to other sequence rearrangements. Current Genetics. 11(4). 275–286. 166 indexed citations

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Stein, Diana B., Jeffrey D. Palmer, & William F. Thompson. (1986). Structural evolution and flip-flop recombination of chloroplast DNA in the fern genusOsmunda. Curr Genet. 2 indexed citations

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Flavell, R. B., et al.. (1986). The differential expression of ribosomal RNA genes. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 314(1166). 385–397. 64 indexed citations

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Thompson, William F., et al.. (1985). World energy markets : stability or cyclical change? : proceedings, Seventh Annual North American Meeting, International Association of Energy Economists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1985.

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Kaufman, Lon S., Winslow R. Briggs, & William F. Thompson. (1985). Phytochrome Control of Specific mRNA Levels in Developing Pea Buds. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 78(2). 388–393. 60 indexed citations

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Thompson, William F., et al.. (1983). Phytochrome control of RNA levels in developing pea and mung-bean leaves. Planta. 158(6). 487–500. 206 indexed citations

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Palmer, J D & William F. Thompson. (1983). A general model for chloroplast genome evolution. 19821983. 26–30. 1 indexed citations

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Cuellar, Richard E., et al.. (1978). Application of higher derivative techniques to analysis of high-resolution thermal denaturation profiles of reassociated repetitive DNA.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 75(12). 6026–6030. 22 indexed citations

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Thompson, William F. & Robert E. Cleland. (1971). Auxin and Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis in Pea Stem Tissue as Studied by Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Ribonucleic Acid Hybridization. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 48(6). 663–670. 8 indexed citations

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Thompson, William F.. (1971). The Territorial Papers of the United States. Volume XXVII, The Territory of Wisconsin Executive Journal, 1836-1848; Papers, 1836-1839 by John Porter Bloom. Indiana Magazine of History. 1 indexed citations

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