William Sullivan

8.7k total citations
113 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

William Sullivan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William Sullivan has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 52 papers in Cell Biology and 31 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in William Sullivan's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (46 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (31 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (16 papers). William Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (46 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (31 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (16 papers). William Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. William Sullivan's co-authors include Anne Royou, Frédéric Landmann, Uyen Tram, Laura R. Serbus, Christine M. Field, John C. Sisson, Roger E. Karess, Roger Albertson, Patrick Fogarty and Catharina Casper-Lindley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William Sullivan

110 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Sullivan United States 49 2.8k 2.5k 2.0k 739 644 113 5.9k
Christophe Ampè Belgium 44 4.3k 1.5× 2.4k 1.0× 653 0.3× 426 0.6× 699 1.1× 119 7.0k
Timothy L. Karr United States 43 2.0k 0.7× 736 0.3× 3.0k 1.5× 637 0.9× 1.7k 2.7× 87 6.2k
Steven A. Wasserman United States 45 3.5k 1.2× 887 0.3× 894 0.4× 598 0.8× 1.4k 2.1× 70 6.4k
Lynn Cooley United States 44 5.1k 1.8× 2.6k 1.0× 329 0.2× 853 1.2× 1.1k 1.7× 84 7.5k
Éric Marois France 22 2.3k 0.8× 514 0.2× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 2.1× 460 0.7× 47 4.5k
Robert Saint Australia 45 4.9k 1.7× 1.9k 0.7× 346 0.2× 650 0.9× 785 1.2× 105 7.6k
Ryu Ueda Japan 37 2.7k 0.9× 810 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 525 0.7× 643 1.0× 79 5.4k
Craig P. Hunter United States 42 4.6k 1.6× 807 0.3× 421 0.2× 899 1.2× 612 1.0× 71 6.0k
Siqun Xu China 12 10.6k 3.7× 448 0.2× 694 0.3× 1.9k 2.6× 1.6k 2.5× 21 13.0k
Jeffrey C. Miller United States 43 10.0k 3.5× 557 0.2× 1.6k 0.8× 1.8k 2.5× 3.5k 5.4× 113 13.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Sullivan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Sullivan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Conner, William R., Brandon S. Cooper, Kenneth Pfarr, et al.. (2025). Fexinidazole and Corallopyronin A target Wolbachia-infected sheath cells present in filarial nematodes. PLoS Pathogens. 21(9). e1012929–e1012929.
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Strome, Susan, Needhi Bhalla, Rohinton T. Kamakaka, Upasna Sharma, & William Sullivan. (2024). Clarifying Mendelian vs non-Mendelian inheritance. Genetics. 227(3). 1 indexed citations
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Sullivan, William, et al.. (2023). The cellular lives of Wolbachia. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 21(11). 750–766. 45 indexed citations
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Sullivan, William, et al.. (2022). Visualizing the Dynamics of Cell Division by Live Imaging Drosophila Larval Brain Squashes. Methods in molecular biology. 2415. 37–46. 2 indexed citations
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Vogel, Ian, Christina A. Bulman, K. C. Lim, et al.. (2020). The endosymbiont Wolbachia rebounds following antibiotic treatment. PLoS Pathogens. 16(7). e1008623–e1008623. 14 indexed citations
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Sullivan, William, et al.. (2020). ESCRT-III–mediated membrane fusion drives chromosome fragments through nuclear envelope channels. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(3). 24 indexed citations
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Sullivan, William, et al.. (2020). Mechanisms driving acentric chromosome transmission. Chromosome Research. 28(3-4). 229–246. 13 indexed citations
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Sullivan, William. (2019). Rockets, gauges, and pendulums: applying engineering principles to cell biology. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(14). 1635–1640. 2 indexed citations
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Sullivan, William. (2016). The untapped cell biology of neglected tropical diseases. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(5). 739–743. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Tao, et al.. (2016). Tum/RacGAP functions as a switch activating the Pav/kinesin-6 motor. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11182–11182. 19 indexed citations
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Sullivan, William, et al.. (2015). Aurora B–mediated localized delays in nuclear envelope formation facilitate inclusion of late-segregating chromosome fragments. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(12). 2227–2241. 36 indexed citations
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Crest, Justin, et al.. (2012). RhoGEF and Positioning of Rappaport-like Furrows in the Early Drosophila Embryo. Current Biology. 22(21). 2037–2041. 19 indexed citations
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Albertson, Roger, Jian Cao, Tao‐shih Hsieh, & William Sullivan. (2008). Vesicles and actin are targeted to the cleavage furrow via furrow microtubules and the central spindle. The Journal of Cell Biology. 181(5). 777–790. 53 indexed citations
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Clark, Michael E., Patrick M. Ferree, Samantha J. England, et al.. (2008). Wolbachia modification of sperm does not always require residence within developing sperm. Heredity. 101(5). 420–428. 40 indexed citations
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Ferree, Patrick M., Kent McDonald, Barbara Fasulo, & William Sullivan. (2006). The Origin of Centrosomes in Parthenogenetic Hymenopteran Insects. Current Biology. 16(8). 801–807. 48 indexed citations
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Tram, Uyen, Patrick M. Ferree, & William Sullivan. (2003). Identification of Wolbachia–host interacting factors through cytological analysis. Microbes and Infection. 5(11). 999–1011. 74 indexed citations
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Francis-Lang, Helen, Jonathan S. Minden, William Sullivan, & Karen Oegema. (2003). Live Confocal Analysis with Fluorescently Labeled Proteins. Humana Press eBooks. 122. 223–240. 7 indexed citations
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Royou, Anne, William Sullivan, & Roger E. Karess. (2002). Cortical recruitment of nonmuscle myosin II in early syncytial Drosophila embryos. The Journal of Cell Biology. 158(1). 127–137. 189 indexed citations
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Debec, Alain, et al.. (2001). Toucan protein is essential for the assembly of syncytial mitotic spindles in Drosophila melanogaster. genesis. 31(4). 167–175. 3 indexed citations
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Sisson, John C., Wendy F. Rothwell, & William Sullivan. (1999). CYTOKINESIS: LESSONS FROM RAPPAPORT AND THE DROSOPHILA BLASTODERM EMBRYO. Cell Biology International. 23(12). 871–876. 9 indexed citations

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