Amy Brightman

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Amy Brightman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy Brightman has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Amy Brightman's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (2 papers), Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (2 papers) and Mast cells and histamine (1 paper). Amy Brightman is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (2 papers), Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (2 papers) and Mast cells and histamine (1 paper). Amy Brightman collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Amy Brightman's co-authors include Leroy Hood, Zhiyuan Hu, David J. Galas, Shile Zhang, Pamela Troisch, Bruz Marzolf, Kai Wang, Lilly Bourguignon, Eli Gilad and Patrick A. Singleton and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neurochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Amy Brightman

7 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Circulating microRNAs, potential biomarkers for drug-indu... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750
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.

  1. Circulating microRNAs, potential biomarkers for drug-induced liver injury
    2009 960 citations Kai Wang, Shile Zhang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amy Brightman United States 7 917 725 179 168 154 7 1.4k
Gang‐Hong Lee Japan 24 869 0.9× 341 0.5× 125 0.7× 201 1.2× 57 0.4× 104 1.8k
Thorsten Sadowski Germany 17 399 0.4× 371 0.5× 121 0.7× 119 0.7× 29 0.2× 33 1.2k
Yong Chuan Wong Hong Kong 24 1.2k 1.3× 395 0.5× 222 1.2× 117 0.7× 26 0.2× 31 1.8k
Ling-Mei Wang United States 18 962 1.0× 219 0.3× 98 0.5× 136 0.8× 69 0.4× 32 1.8k
Fang Zhao China 18 762 0.8× 365 0.5× 223 1.2× 112 0.7× 23 0.1× 44 1.4k
Amy Lam Hong Kong 6 1.2k 1.3× 845 1.2× 60 0.3× 120 0.7× 16 0.1× 7 1.8k
Jingang Liu China 24 1.2k 1.4× 906 1.2× 165 0.9× 377 2.2× 15 0.1× 31 1.7k
Florence A. Scholl Switzerland 16 826 0.9× 148 0.2× 178 1.0× 70 0.4× 32 0.2× 20 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Amy Brightman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amy Brightman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Amy Brightman. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Amy Brightman. The network helps show where Amy Brightman may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amy Brightman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Amy Brightman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Amy Brightman 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 Amy Brightman. Amy Brightman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Hu, Zhiyuan, Christopher Lausted, Hyuntae Yoo, et al.. (2014). Quantitative Liver-Specific Protein Fingerprint in Blood: A Signature for Hepatotoxicity. Theranostics. 4(2). 215–228. 44 indexed citations
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Sun, Bingyun, Angelita G. Utleg, Zhiyuan Hu, et al.. (2013). Glycocapture-Assisted Global Quantitative Proteomics (gagQP) Reveals Multiorgan Responses in Serum Toxicoproteome. Journal of Proteome Research. 12(5). 2034–2044. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Kai, Shile Zhang, Bruz Marzolf, et al.. (2009). Circulating microRNAs, potential biomarkers for drug-induced liver injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(11). 4402–4407. 960 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bourguignon, Lilly, Eli Gilad, Karine Peyrollier, Amy Brightman, & Raymond A. Swanson. (2007). Hyaluronan‐CD44 interaction stimulates Rac1 signaling and PKNγ kinase activation leading to cytoskeleton function and cell migration in astrocytes. Journal of Neurochemistry. 101(4). 1002–1017. 90 indexed citations
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Bourguignon, Lilly, Eli Gilad, Amy Brightman, Falko Diedrich, & Patrick A. Singleton. (2006). Hyaluronan-CD44 Interaction with Leukemia-associated RhoGEF and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Promotes Rho/Ras Co-activation, Phospholipase Cϵ-Ca2+ Signaling, and Cytoskeleton Modification in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(20). 14026–14040. 180 indexed citations
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Johnson, Brian W., Amy Brightman, & Herbert E. Whiteley. (1988). Conjunctival mast cell tumor in two dogs. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 12 indexed citations

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