Alexandra McGregor

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Alexandra McGregor is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra McGregor has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Oncology and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Alexandra McGregor's work include Nuclear Structure and Function (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (2 papers). Alexandra McGregor is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Structure and Function (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (2 papers). Alexandra McGregor collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Alexandra McGregor's co-authors include Jan Lammerding, Philipp Isermann, Patricia M. Davidson, Rachel M. Gilbert, Peter Friedl, Bettina Weigelin, Katarina Wolf, Mariska te Lindert, Céline Denais and Alina Starchenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra McGregor

9 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Nuclear envelope rupture and repair during cancer cell migration

2016 896 citations Céline Denais, Rachel M. Gilbert et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexandra McGregor United States	8	820	777	312	309	96	9	1.5k
Rachel M. Gilbert United States	8	567 0.7×	506 0.7×	174 0.6×	137 0.4×	77 0.8×	12	1.0k
Inmaculada Navarro‐Lérida Spain	16	843 1.0×	664 0.9×	138 0.4×	320 1.0×	160 1.7×	18	1.4k
Bidisha Sinha India	8	586 0.7×	776 1.0×	353 1.1×	109 0.4×	39 0.4×	20	1.3k
Andrea Palamidessi Italy	21	994 1.2×	989 1.3×	113 0.4×	209 0.7×	116 1.2×	31	1.7k
Matthew G. Rubashkin United States	7	423 0.5×	469 0.6×	204 0.7×	201 0.7×	214 2.2×	10	1.1k
Tadamoto Isogai United States	13	472 0.6×	484 0.6×	115 0.4×	102 0.3×	86 0.9×	26	972
Koen van den Dries Netherlands	18	408 0.5×	665 0.9×	214 0.7×	225 0.7×	264 2.8×	34	1.3k
Jennifer Lamb United States	10	640 0.8×	627 0.8×	114 0.4×	223 0.7×	122 1.3×	11	1.4k
Andreas Ettinger Germany	16	668 0.8×	451 0.6×	108 0.3×	94 0.3×	61 0.6×	23	1.2k
Janet M. Tse United States	4	224 0.3×	597 0.8×	403 1.3×	292 0.9×	35 0.4×	6	925

Countries citing papers authored by Alexandra McGregor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandra McGregor

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandra McGregor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexandra McGregor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexandra McGregor based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexandra McGregor. Alexandra McGregor is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Bell, Emily, Pragya Shah, Noam Zuela-Sopilniak, et al.. (2022). Low lamin A levels enhance confined cell migration and metastatic capacity in breast cancer. Oncogene. 41(36). 4211–4230. 68 indexed citations

2.

McGregor, Alexandra, et al.. (2018). Automated analysis of cell migration and nuclear envelope rupture in confined environments. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0195664–e0195664. 23 indexed citations

3.

DelNero, Peter & Alexandra McGregor. (2017). From patients to partners. Science. 358(6361). 414–414. 7 indexed citations

4.

Denais, Céline, Rachel M. Gilbert, Philipp Isermann, et al.. (2016). Nuclear envelope rupture and repair during cancer cell migration. Science. 352(6283). 353–358. 896 indexed citations breakdown →

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McGregor, Alexandra, et al.. (2016). Squish and squeeze — the nucleus as a physical barrier during migration in confined environments. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 40. 32–40. 177 indexed citations

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Carey, Shawn P., Alina Starchenko, Alexandra McGregor, & Cynthia A. Reinhart‐King. (2013). Leading malignant cells initiate collective epithelial cell invasion in a three-dimensional heterotypic tumor spheroid model. Clinical & Experimental Metastasis. 30(5). 615–630. 132 indexed citations

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Byth, Kate F., Andrew P. Thomas, Gareth Hughes, et al.. (2009). AZD5438, a potent oral inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases 1, 2, and 9, leads to pharmacodynamic changes and potent antitumor effects in human tumor xenografts. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 8(7). 1856–1866. 104 indexed citations

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Jones, Clifford D., David Andrews, Andrew Barker, et al.. (2008). The discovery of AZD5597, a potent imidazole pyrimidine amide CDK inhibitor suitable for intravenous dosing. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(24). 6369–6373. 33 indexed citations

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Gravestock, Michael B., David Acton, Michael J Betts, et al.. (2003). New classes of antibacterial oxazolidinones with C-5, methylene O-Linked heterocyclic side chains. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(23). 4179–4186. 49 indexed citations

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