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Biology

Biology is a natural science discipline that investigates the structure, function, diversity, and evolution of living organisms and their biological systems.

642.2K

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39.9M

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901.4K

Authors

32.3K

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2017–2026

109.8K

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Biological Sciences

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642.2K

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

Johannes Schindelin, Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras, Erwin Frise et al. · Nature Methods · 2012 · 70.9K citations

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Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows–Wheeler transform

Heng Li, Richard Durbin · Bioinformatics · 2009 · 62.8K citations · Full text

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MUSCLE: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high throughput

R. C. Edgar · Nucleic Acids Research · 2004 · 46.5K citations · Full text

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clusterProfiler: an R Package for Comparing Biological Themes Among Gene Clusters

Guangchuang Yu, Li-Gen Wang, Yanyan Han et al. · OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology · 2012 · 38.3K citations

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RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

Alexandros Stamatakis · Bioinformatics · 2014 · 34.3K citations · Full text

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Authors

901.4K

  1. PD
    Paul D. N. Hebert

    University of Guelph, Canada

    342 publications · 67.3K citations

    108

    h-index

  2. RS
    Richard Shine

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    516 publications · 39.6K citations

    102

    h-index

  3. RK
    Rob Knight

    University of California San Diego, United States

    161 publications · 104.3K citations

    100

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  4. EV
    Eugene V. Koonin

    National Center for Biotechnology Information, United States

    217 publications · 40.8K citations

    98

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  5. AA
    Ary A. Hoffmann

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    308 publications · 28.4K citations

    92

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Institutions

32.3K

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    384 h-index

    16.8K publications

    2.2M citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    363 h-index

    60K publications

    4.6M citations

  3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    358 h-index

    9.2K publications

    1.6M citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    320 h-index

    13K publications

    1.5M citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    288 h-index

    9.4K publications

    1.3M citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    287 h-index

    10.3K publications

    1.3M citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    282 h-index

    10.7K publications

    1.1M citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    281 h-index

    11.3K publications

    1.1M citations

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Venues

  1. Nature

    6.5K publications · 1.2M citations

    512

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 9.8K publications · 1.6M citations

    472

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  3. Science

    3.9K publications · 747.7K citations

    418

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  4. Nucleic Acids Research

    4.8K publications · 705.3K citations

    306

    h-index

  5. Cell

    1.1K publications · 289.3K citations

    298

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Biology

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