Francis Crick

Active 1950–2017

72
Papers
56,225
Citations
70
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Citations

Citations per year for Francis Crick1967: 42 citations1968: 48 citations1969: 52 citations1970: 56 citations1971: 49 citations1972: 60 citations1973: 57 citations1974: 70 citations1975: 62 citations1976: 85 citations1977: 68 citations1978: 58 citations1979: 83 citations1980: 91 citations1981: 101 citations1982: 96 citations1983: 82 citations1984: 64 citations1985: 101 citations1986: 113 citations1987: 107 citations1988: 101 citations1989: 108 citations1990: 114 citations1991: 116 citations1992: 126 citations1993: 124 citations1994: 124 citations1995: 145 citations1996: 147 citations1997: 162 citations1998: 182 citations1999: 238 citations2000: 208 citations2001: 248 citations2002: 244 citations2003: 298 citations2004: 286 citations2005: 307 citations2006: 278 citations2007: 337 citations2008: 308 citations2009: 337 citations2010: 327 citations2011: 352 citations2012: 293 citations2013: 340 citations2014: 383 citations2015: 303 citations2016: 313 citations2017: 325 citations2018: 315 citations2019: 743 citations2020: 736 citations2021: 753 citations2022: 491 citations2023: 418 citations2024: 571 citations2025: 321 citations2026: 30 citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 5,148 citing papers, 35.6% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,485 citing papers, 10.3% of this breakdownGermany: 1,003 citing papers, 6.9% of this breakdownChina: 847 citing papers, 5.8% of this breakdownFrance: 665 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownCanada: 521 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownJapan: 432 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownItaly: 376 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 347 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownNetherlands: 302 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownAustralia: 288 citing papers, 2% of this breakdownSpain: 273 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdown
0%35.6%Other 19.2%

Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology45.2%
  • Neuroscience21.2%
  • Computer Science6.5%
  • Medicine5.6%
  • Physics and Astronomy3.6%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
  • Other14.3%

Topics

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms6.1%
  • Neural dynamics and brain function5.2%
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry3.8%
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques2.7%
  • RNA modifications and cancer2.3%
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies2.3%
  • Other77.6%

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  1. Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

    Authors: , - Nature 1953 cited by 13,291

  2. Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

    Authors: - Nature 1970 cited by 3,403

  3. The origin of the genetic code

    Authors: - Journal of Molecular Biology 1968 cited by 2,338

  4. The recent excitement about neural networks

    Authors: - Nature 1989 cited by 733

  5. Codon—anticodon pairing: The wobble hypothesis

    Authors: - Journal of Molecular Biology 1966 cited by 2,055

  6. General Nature of the Genetic Code for Proteins

    Authors: , , , - Nature 1961 cited by 1,394

  7. On protein synthesis.

    Authors: - 1958 cited by 1,198

  8. A framework for consciousness

    Authors: , - Nature Neuroscience 2003 cited by 1,500

  9. THE STRUCTURE OF DNA

    Authors: , - Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 1953 cited by 1,085

  10. What is the function of the claustrum?

    Authors: , - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2005 cited by 752

  11. Selfish DNA: the ultimate parasite

    Authors: , - Nature 1980 cited by 2,175

  12. Towards a Neurobiological Theory of Consciousness

    Authors: , - 1990 cited by 1,651

  13. The packing of α-helices: simple coiled-coils

    Authors: - Acta Crystallographica 1953 cited by 1,596

  14. Diffusion in Embryogenesis

    Authors: - Nature 1970 cited by 922

  15. The function of dream sleep

    Authors: , - Nature 1983 cited by 857

  16. Function of the thalamic reticular complex: the searchlight hypothesis.

    Authors: - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1984 cited by 1,659

  17. Consciousness and neuroscience

    Authors: - Cerebral Cortex 1998 cited by 768

  18. Neurobiology: Memory and molecular turnover

    Authors: - Nature 1984 cited by 399

  19. The Fourier transform of a coiled-coil

    Authors: - Acta Crystallographica 1953 cited by 321

  20. Are we aware of neural activity in primary visual cortex?

    Authors: , - Nature 1995 cited by 941

  21. Structure of Small Viruses

    Authors: , - Nature 1956 cited by 725

  22. The physical properties of cytoplasm

    Authors: , - Experimental Cell Research 1950 cited by 378

  23. The Structure of Collagen

    Authors: , - Nature 1955 cited by 513

  24. Thinking about the Brain

    Authors: - Scientific American 1979 cited by 313