William Fenical

39.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
523 papers, 30.0k citations indexed

About

William Fenical is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Fenical has authored 523 papers receiving a total of 30.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 303 papers in Biotechnology, 202 papers in Pharmacology and 159 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William Fenical's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (294 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (196 papers) and Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (73 papers). William Fenical is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (294 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (196 papers) and Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (73 papers). William Fenical collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Brazil. William Fenical's co-authors include Paul R. Jensen, Mark E. Hay, Christopher A. Kauffman, Jon Clardy, Valerie J. Paul, Tracy J. Mincer, Joseph R. Pawlik, Niels Lindquist, Chambers C. Hughes and Philip G. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William Fenical

519 papers receiving 28.5k 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.

Salinosporamide A: A Highly Cytotoxic Proteasome Inhibitor from a Novel Microbial Source, a Marine Bacterium of the New Genus Salinospora

2003 813 citations Robert H. Feling, Greg O. Buchanan et al. profile →
Developing a new resource for drug discovery: marine actinomycete bacteria

2006 630 citations William Fenical, Paul R. Jensen profile →
MARINE PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS: The Ecology of Chemical Defense

1988 571 citations William Fenical et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
William Fenical	12.0k	11.1k	9.6k	7.3k	4.4k	523	30.0k
D. John Faulkner	10.3k 0.9×	5.6k 0.5×	4.5k 0.5×	9.0k 1.2×	1.5k 0.4×	350	19.9k
John W. Blunt	8.7k 0.7×	6.7k 0.6×	5.2k 0.5×	5.7k 0.8×	917 0.2×	235	18.9k
William H. Gerwick	7.6k 0.6×	9.1k 0.8×	9.2k 1.0×	5.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	458	23.3k
Valerie J. Paul	5.9k 0.5×	3.5k 0.3×	3.3k 0.3×	2.4k 0.3×	6.7k 1.5×	353	18.8k
Paul R. Jensen	6.9k 0.6×	9.5k 0.9×	8.3k 0.9×	4.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	334	20.5k
Nobuhiro Fusetani	6.1k 0.5×	4.1k 0.4×	5.2k 0.5×	5.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.2×	378	15.2k
Raymond J. Andersen	4.5k 0.4×	4.0k 0.4×	5.8k 0.6×	4.6k 0.6×	909 0.2×	457	15.8k
Ernesto Fattorusso	4.5k 0.4×	2.1k 0.2×	4.3k 0.4×	4.1k 0.6×	754 0.2×	385	12.5k
Murray H. G. Munro	5.7k 0.5×	4.5k 0.4×	3.3k 0.3×	3.9k 0.5×	640 0.1×	188	11.7k
Ute Hentschel	7.4k 0.6×	5.3k 0.5×	4.2k 0.4×	1.8k 0.2×	3.9k 0.9×	204	13.2k

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Brazelton, William J., et al.. (2024). Bacterial diversity and chemical ecology of natural product–producing bacteria from Great Salt Lake sediment. ISME Communications. 4(1). ycae029–ycae029. 1 indexed citations

Winter, Jaclyn M., et al.. (2023). Expanding the Utility of Bioinformatic Data for the Full Stereostructural Assignments of Marinolides A and B, 24- and 26-Membered Macrolactones Produced by a Chemically Exceptional Marine-Derived Bacterium. Marine Drugs. 21(6). 367–367. 2 indexed citations

Hillman, Prima F., Sojeong Kim, Ratnakar N. Asolkar, et al.. (2023). Marinobazzanan, a Bazzanane-Type Sesquiterpenoid, Suppresses the Cell Motility and Tumorigenesis in Cancer Cells. Marine Drugs. 21(3). 153–153. 10 indexed citations

Kim, Min-Ju, Prima F. Hillman, Dong‐Chan Oh, et al.. (2022). Deoxyvasicinone with Anti-Melanogenic Activity from Marine-Derived Streptomyces sp. CNQ-617. Marine Drugs. 20(2). 155–155. 20 indexed citations

Taylor, Palmer, et al.. (2021). Ligand design for human acetylcholinesterase and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, extending beyond the conventional and canonical. Journal of Neurochemistry. 158(6). 1217–1222. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Xuefeng, Zhi Liang, Kunlong Li, et al.. (2019). Exploring the Natural Piericidins as Anti-Renal Cell Carcinoma Agents Targeting Peroxiredoxin 1. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(15). 7058–7069. 46 indexed citations

Zheng, Jing, Shaun M. K. McKinnie, Wei Feng, et al.. (2018). Organohalogens Naturally Biosynthesized in Marine Environments and Produced as Disinfection Byproducts Alter Sarco/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca²⁺Dynamics. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(9). 5469–5478. 17 indexed citations

Hughes, Chambers C., Alejandra Prieto‐Davó, Paul R. Jensen, & William Fenical. (2008). The Marinopyrroles, Antibiotics of an Unprecedented Structure Class from a Marine Streptomyces sp.. Organic Letters. 10(4). 629–631. 245 indexed citations

Udwary, Daniel, Lisa Zeigler, Ratnakar N. Asolkar, et al.. (2007). Genome sequencing reveals complex secondary metabolome in the marine actinomycete Salinispora tropica. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(25). 10376–10381. 393 indexed citations

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Gontang, Erin A., William Fenical, & Paul R. Jensen. (2007). Phylogenetic Diversity of Gram-Positive Bacteria Cultured from Marine Sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(10). 3272–3282. 261 indexed citations

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Fenical, William & Paul R. Jensen. (2007). Antibiotic Drug Discovery from the New Marine Actinomycete Genus Marinomyces. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Jensen, Paul R., Philip G. Williams, Dong‐Chan Oh, Lisa Zeigler, & William Fenical. (2006). Species-Specific Secondary Metabolite Production in Marine Actinomycetes of the Genus Salinispora. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(4). 1146–1152. 226 indexed citations

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Cho, Ji Young, Hak Cheol Kwon, Philip G. Williams, Paul R. Jensen, & William Fenical. (2006). Azamerone, a Terpenoid Phthalazinone from a Marine-Derived Bacterium Related to the Genus Streptomyces (Actinomycetales). Organic Letters. 8(12). 2471–2474. 97 indexed citations

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Oh, Dong‐Chan, Philip G. Williams, Christopher A. Kauffman, Paul R. Jensen, & William Fenical. (2006). Cyanosporasides A and B, Chloro- and Cyano-cyclopenta[ a ]indene Glycosides from the Marine Actinomycete “ Salinispora pacifica ”. Organic Letters. 8(6). 1021–1024. 131 indexed citations

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Buchanan, Greg O., Philip G. Williams, Robert H. Feling, et al.. (2005). Sporolides A and B: Structurally Unprecedented Halogenated Macrolides from the Marine Actinomycete Salinispora t ropica. Organic Letters. 7(13). 2731–2734. 116 indexed citations

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Faulkner, D. John & William Fenical. (2005). The Biomedical Potential of California Marine Organisms. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations

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Kubanek, Julia, Paul R. Jensen, Paul A. Keifer, et al.. (2003). Seaweed resistance to microbial attack: A targeted chemical defense against marine fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(12). 6916–6921. 181 indexed citations

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Mincer, Tracy J., Paul R. Jensen, Christopher A. Kauffman, & William Fenical. (2002). Widespread and Persistent Populations of a Major New Marine Actinomycete Taxon in Ocean Sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68(10). 5005–5011. 454 indexed citations

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McConnell, Oliver J. & William Fenical. (1978). オクトデンおよびオクトジオール紅そう類,Ochtodes secundirameaからの新しい多ハロゲン化環状モノテルペン. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(21). 4238–4241. 18 indexed citations

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McConnell, Oliver J. & William Fenical. (1977). Polyhalogenated 1-octene-3-ones, antibacterial metabolites from the red seaweed. Tetrahedron Letters. 18(22). 1851–1854. 11 indexed citations

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