William J. Murphy

25.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
150 papers, 14.4k citations indexed

About

William J. Murphy is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Murphy has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 14.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Genetics, 65 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in William J. Murphy's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (45 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (27 papers). William J. Murphy is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (45 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (27 papers). William J. Murphy collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. William J. Murphy's co-authors include Stephen J. O’Brien, Mark S. Springer, Eduardo Eizirik, Stephen W. Russell, Emma C. Teeling, Oliver A. Ryder, Warren E. Johnson, Charles J. Lowenstein, Solomon H. Snyder and Ole Madsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William J. Murphy

146 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular phylogenetics and the origins of placenta... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2001 2001 1993 2005 2003 250 500 750 1000
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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. Molecular phylogenetics and the origins of placental mammals
    2001 1.1k citations William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik et al. Nature profile →
  2. Resolution of the Early Placental Mammal Radiation Using Bayesian Phylogenetics
    2001 1.0k citations William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik et al. profile →
  3. Macrophage nitric oxide synthase gene: two upstream regions mediate induction by interferon gamma and lipopolysaccharide.
    1993 965 citations William J. Murphy et al. profile →
  4. A Molecular Phylogeny for Bats Illuminates Biogeography and the Fossil Record
    2005 848 citations Mark S. Springer, Stephen J. O’Brien et al. profile →
  5. Placental mammal diversification and the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary
    2003 632 citations Mark S. Springer, William J. Murphy et al. profile →
  6. Expression of the nitric oxide synthase gene in mouse macrophages activated for tumor cell killing. Molecular basis for the synergy between interferon-gamma and lipopolysaccharide.
    1993 564 citations William J. Murphy et al. profile →
  7. The Late Miocene Radiation of Modern Felidae: A Genetic Assessment
    2006 538 citations Eduardo Eizirik, William J. Murphy et al. profile →
  8. Structure of the 5' ends of immunoglobulin genes: a novel conserved sequence.
    1984 514 citations William J. Murphy et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William J. Murphy United States 54 5.6k 4.6k 2.7k 2.4k 2.3k 150 14.4k
Ole Madsen Netherlands 63 6.3k 1.1× 6.5k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 202 15.6k
Ya‐Ping Zhang China 68 7.0k 1.3× 8.1k 1.8× 1.1k 0.4× 3.0k 1.3× 1.8k 0.8× 574 18.6k
Oliver A. Ryder United States 51 5.4k 1.0× 6.1k 1.3× 1.8k 0.7× 2.8k 1.2× 1.6k 0.7× 233 13.0k
S. Blair Hedges United States 69 7.3k 1.3× 6.0k 1.3× 3.8k 1.4× 3.7k 1.6× 4.4k 1.9× 233 20.2k
Wilfried W. de Jong Netherlands 61 10.2k 1.8× 2.6k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 187 13.5k
Mark S. Springer United States 59 5.2k 0.9× 4.1k 0.9× 5.7k 2.2× 3.1k 1.3× 4.2k 1.8× 161 13.2k
Brant C. Faircloth United States 45 6.8k 1.2× 6.3k 1.4× 1.8k 0.7× 3.1k 1.3× 3.5k 1.5× 112 16.1k
Frédéric Delsuc France 46 6.0k 1.1× 3.1k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 2.2k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 108 11.0k
Eviatar Nevo Israel 59 3.9k 0.7× 4.0k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 3.6k 1.5× 3.2k 1.4× 350 13.1k
Leif Andersson Sweden 79 6.9k 1.2× 13.8k 3.0× 412 0.2× 1.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 377 23.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Foley, Nicole M., Zahoor A. Wani, Henrique V. Figueiró, et al.. (2025). An ancient recombination desert is a speciation supergene in placental mammals. Nature. 649(8099). 1228–1236.
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Kaelin, Christopher B., Kelly A. McGowan, Jeremiah H. Li, et al.. (2024). Ancestry dynamics and trait selection in a designer cat breed. Current Biology. 34(7). 1506–1518.e7. 2 indexed citations
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Napolitano, Constanza, Héctor E. Ramírez-Cháves, Paola Pulido‐Santacruz, et al.. (2023). Extensive Phylogenomic Discordance and the Complex Evolutionary History of the Neotropical Cat Genus Leopardus. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(12). 11 indexed citations
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Kitchener, Andrew C., Wu Chen, Chen Huang, et al.. (2023). How genomic insights into the evolutionary history of clouded leopards inform their conservation. Science Advances. 9(40). eadh9143–eadh9143. 6 indexed citations
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Bredemeyer, Kevin R., LaDeana Hillier, Andrew J. Harris, et al.. (2023). Single-haplotype comparative genomics provides insights into lineage-specific structural variation during cat evolution. Nature Genetics. 55(11). 1953–1963. 14 indexed citations
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Jamieson, Alexandra, Alberto Carmagnini, Isa‐Rita M. Russo, et al.. (2023). Genetic swamping of the critically endangered Scottish wildcat was recent and accelerated by disease. Current Biology. 33(21). 4761–4769.e5. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Richard J., Muthuswamy Raveendran, R. Alan Harris, et al.. (2022). De novo Mutations in Domestic Cat are Consistent with an Effect of Reproductive Longevity on Both the Rate and Spectrum of Mutations. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(7). 29 indexed citations
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Harris, Andrew J., Nicole M. Foley, Tiffani L. Williams, & William J. Murphy. (2022). Tree House Explorer: A Novel Genome Browser for Phylogenomics. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(6). 6 indexed citations
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Lawhon, Sara D., et al.. (2022). An ancient haplotype containing antimicrobial peptide gene variants is associated with severe fungal skin disease in Persian cats. PLoS Genetics. 18(2). e1010062–e1010062. 10 indexed citations
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vonHoldt, Bridgett M., Kristin E. Brzeski, Matthew L. Aardema, et al.. (2021). Persistence and expansion of cryptic endangered red wolf genomic ancestry along the American Gulf coast. Molecular Ecology. 31(21). 5440–5454. 8 indexed citations
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Brashear, Wesley, Kevin R. Bredemeyer, & William J. Murphy. (2021). Genomic architecture constrained placental mammal X Chromosome evolution. Genome Research. 31(8). 1353–1365. 17 indexed citations
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Buckley, Reuben M., Brian W. Davis, Wesley Brashear, et al.. (2020). A new domestic cat genome assembly based on long sequence reads empowers feline genomic medicine and identifies a novel gene for dwarfism. PLoS Genetics. 16(10). e1008926–e1008926. 82 indexed citations
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Allen, Richard, Hannah Ryan, Brian W. Davis, et al.. (2020). A mitochondrial genetic divergence proxy predicts the reproductive compatibility of mammalian hybrids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1928). 20200690–20200690. 15 indexed citations
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Janečka, Jan E., Brian W. Davis, Sharmila Ghosh, et al.. (2018). Horse Y chromosome assembly displays unique evolutionary features and putative stallion fertility genes. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2945–2945. 55 indexed citations
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Mason, Victor C., Gang Li, Patrick Minx, et al.. (2016). Genomic analysis reveals hidden biodiversity within colugos, the sister group to primates. Science Advances. 2(8). e1600633–e1600633. 62 indexed citations
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Sckisel, Gail D., Myriam N. Bouchlaka, Arta M. Monjazeb, et al.. (2015). Out-of-Sequence Signal 3 Paralyzes Primary CD4+ T-Cell-Dependent Immunity. Immunity. 43(2). 240–250. 88 indexed citations
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Davis, Brian W., Terje Raudsepp, Alison J. Pearks Wilkerson, et al.. (2008). A high-resolution cat radiation hybrid and integrated FISH mapping resource for phylogenomic studies across Felidae. Genomics. 93(4). 299–304. 41 indexed citations
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Springer, Mark S. & William J. Murphy. (2007). Mammalian evolution and biomedicine: new views from phylogeny. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 82(3). 375–392. 79 indexed citations
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Murphy, William J., et al.. (2007). Using genomic data to unravel the root of the placental mammal phylogeny. Genome Research. 17(4). 413–421. 341 indexed citations
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Murphy, William J., Alison J. Pearks Wilkerson, Terje Raudsepp, et al.. (2006). Novel Gene Acquisition on Carnivore Y Chromosomes. PLoS Genetics. 2(3). e43–e43. 61 indexed citations

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