William Martin

49.3k citations
391 papers · 31.0k · 15 hit papers · h-index 90

Impact in

    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
    • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
    • Protist diversity and phylogeny
    • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Ecology top 0.1%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Papers in

    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 108
    • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 101
    • Protist diversity and phylogeny 83
    • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 25
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 16
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 80

William Martin

382 papers receiving 30.1k citations

William Martin's Hit Papers

The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor 2016 · 650 citations
6500+9+18Years since publication2505007501000

Peers

William Martin
Comparison fields: 5 of 212
  • Molecular Biology 19.9k
  • Ecology 6.4k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 3.8k
  • Paleontology 1.2k
  • Plant Science 5.4k
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All Works

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Endosymbiotic gene transfer: organelle genomes forge eukaryotic chromosomes
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20041104
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Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life
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20081059
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The hydrogen hypothesis for the first eukaryote
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1998866
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The energetics of genome complexity
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2010850
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Evolutionary analysis of Arabidopsis , cyanobacterial, and chloroplast genomes reveals plastid phylogeny and thousands of cyanobacterial genes in the nucleus
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2002844
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The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor
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2016650
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Isoprenoid biosynthesis: The evolution of two ancient and distinct pathways across genomes
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2000646
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Eukaryotic evolution, changes and challenges
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2006639
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Gene transfer to the nucleus and the evolution of chloroplasts
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1998581
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Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes
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2012566
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On the origin of biochemistry at an alkaline hydrothermal vent
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2006550
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On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells
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2003545
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Genetics and geography of wild cereal domestication in the near east
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2002531
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Reading the entrails of chickens: molecular timescales of evolution and the illusion of precision
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2003521
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Gene Transfer from Organelles to the Nucleus: How Much, What Happens, and Why?1
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1998514
16 2010464
17 2010372
18 2006359
19 2015344
20 1996337

About William Martin

William Martin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Genetics, having authored 391 papers that have together received 31.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (108 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (101 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (83 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (80 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (49 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (25 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (18 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (19.9k citations), Ecology (6.4k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.8k citations), Paleontology (1.2k citations) and Plant Science (5.4k citations). William Martin has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael J. Russell, Nick Lane, Tal Dagan, Miklós Müller, Filipa L. Sousa, T. Martin Embley, Sven B. Gould, Eugene V. Koonin, Reinhold G. Herrmann and Chun Huang. Their work appears in journals such as Genome Biology and Evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Biology and Evolution, BioEssays and Plant Molecular Biology.

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