Computer applications in the biosciences 115.0k citations
1.4k papers ·
indexed · active since 1951
Topics Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Machine Learning in Bioinformatics Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Computer applications in the biosciences
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About Computer applications in the biosciences The 1.4k papers published in Computer applications in the biosciences in the last decades have received a total of 115.0k indexed citations . Papers published in Computer applications in the biosciences usually cover Molecular Biology (1.1k papers), Artificial Intelligence (196 papers) and Spectroscopy (93 papers) specifically the topics of Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (404 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (356 papers) and Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (252 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Computer applications in the biosciences are Roderic Page , William R. Taylor , Janet M. Thornton , Kebin Liu , Spencer V. Muse , Desmond G. Higgins , Yves Van de Peer , Rupert De Wächter , Andrew Rambaut and Martin Kuiper .
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