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Geoffrey G. Wilson

Geoffrey G. Wilson

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
42
Citations
9239
World Ranking
3006
National Ranking
1427

Geoffrey G. Wilson publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geoffrey G. Wilson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 132 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Geoffrey G. Wilson D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geoffrey G. Wilson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Geoffrey G. Wilson is affiliated with New England Biolabs in the United States and has contributed to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their recent scholarly publications primarily focus on plant pathogenic bacteria and genomics studies. The research includes studies on the genomics and phylogenetic analysis of Xanthomonas species, a group of plant pathogenic bacteria. The following papers illustrate the scope and progression of their research work:

  • Assembling highly repetitive Xanthomonas TALomes using Oxford Nanopore sequencing, 2023, BMC Genomics
  • Assembling highly repetitive Xanthomonas TALomes using Oxford Nanopore sequencing, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ProgressiveMauve alignment of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae PXO35 assembly variants, 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Genome assemblies of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (PXO35, FXO38, Huang604) and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (BAI35, MAI23), 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Genome assemblies of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (PXO35, FXO38, Huang604) and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (BAI35, MAI23), 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequently publishing with various collaborators, Wilson has often co-authored research with Annett Erkes, René Grove, Milena Žarković, Sebastian Krautwurst, and Ralf Koebnik, all of whom have been involved in multiple projects alongside them.

The primary venues for their publications include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • BMC Genomics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Antiviral Research

Wilson's core research topics encompass plant pathogenic bacteria studies, genomics and phylogenetic studies, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms, animal virus infection studies, as well as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Best Publications

  • Restriction and Modification Systems

    Geoffrey G. Wilson;Noreen E. Murray

  • A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

    Richard J. Roberts;Marlene Belfort;Timothy Bestor;Ashok S. Bhagwat

  • The DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferases

    Sanjay Kumar;Xiaodong Cheng;Saulius Klimasauskas;Sha Mi

  • Escherichia coli K-12 restricts DNA containing 5-methylcytosine

    Elisabeth A. Raleigh;Geoffrey Wilson

  • Highlights of the DNA cutters: a short history of the restriction enzymes

    Wil A. M. Loenen;David T. F. Dryden;Elisabeth A. Raleigh;Geoffrey G. Wilson

  • Organization of restriction-modification systems.

    Geoffrey G. Wilson

  • Type II restriction endonucleases—a historical perspective and more

    Alfred Pingoud;Geoffrey G. Wilson;Wolfgang Wende

  • Measurement of the contributions of 1D and 3D pathways to the translocation of a protein along DNA.

    Darren M. Gowers;Geoffrey G. Wilson;Stephen E. Halford

  • High-frequency generalised transduction by bacteriophage T4.

    Geoffrey G. Wilson;Karen K. Y. Young;Gordon J. Edlin;William Konigsberg

  • Cloning, characterization, and expression in Escherichia coli of the gene coding for the CpG DNA methylase from Spiroplasma sp. strain MQ1(M•SssI)

    Paul Renbaum;Dan Abrahamove;Abraham Fainsod;Geoffrey G. Wilson

  • Type I restriction enzymes and their relatives

    Wil A. M. Loenen;David T. F. Dryden;Elisabeth A. Raleigh;Geoffrey G. Wilson

  • Cloning restriction and modification genes

    Geoffrey Graham Wilson

  • Cloning the TaqI restriction and modification genes

    Geoffrey G. Wilson

  • Crystal structure of restriction endonuclease BglI bound to its interrupted DNA recognition sequence

    Matthew Newman;Keith Lunnen;Geoffrey Wilson;John Greci

  • Structure of a tRNA repair enzyme and molecular biology workhorse: T4 polynucleotide kinase.

    Eric A. Galburt;John Pelletier;Geoffrey Wilson;Barry L. Stoddard

  • Molecular cloning of the DNA ligase gene from bacteriophage T4. I. Characterisation of the recombinants.

    G.G. Wilson;Noreen E. Murray

  • Site-specific DNA-nicking mutants of the heterodimeric restriction endonuclease R.BbvCI.

    Daniel F. Heiter;Keith D. Lunnen;Geoffrey G. Wilson

  • Molecular cloning of fragments of bacteriophage T4 DNA.

    G. G. Wilson;V. I. Tanyashin;Noreen E. Murray

  • A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyl transferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

    RJ Roberts;M Belford;T Bester;AS Bhagwat

  • SURVEY AND SUMMARY Type II restriction endonucleases--a historical perspective and more

    Alfred Pingoud;Geoffrey G. Wilson;Wolfgang Wende;Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Roberts
Richard J. Roberts New England Biolabs
Barton E. Slatko
Barton E. Slatko Baylor College of Medicine
Xiaodong Cheng
Xiaodong Cheng The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
John R. Horton
John R. Horton The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Xing Zhang
Xing Zhang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Barry L. Stoddard
Barry L. Stoddard Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Noreen E. Murray
Noreen E. Murray University of Edinburgh
Stephen E. Halford
Stephen E. Halford University of Bristol
David T. F. Dryden
David T. F. Dryden Durham University
Alfred Pingoud
Alfred Pingoud University of Giessen

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