Amy L. Blount

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Amy L. Blount is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy L. Blount has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 8 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Amy L. Blount's work include TGF-β signaling in diseases (12 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (8 papers) and Kruppel-like factors research (7 papers). Amy L. Blount is often cited by papers focused on TGF-β signaling in diseases (12 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (8 papers) and Kruppel-like factors research (7 papers). Amy L. Blount collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Amy L. Blount's co-authors include Louise M. Bilezikjian, Wylie Vale, Marilyn H. Perrin, Cynthia J. Donaldson, Kathleen Lewis, Paul E. Sawchenko, Joan Vaughan, Peter C. Gray, Leigh MacConell and Ezra Wiater and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Amy L. Blount

25 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Identification of urocortin III, an additional member of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) family with high affinity for the CRF2 receptor

2001 765 citations Kathleen Lewis, Marilyn H. Perrin 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						Papers	Cites
Amy L. Blount United States	25	1.5k	1.2k	902	602	465	25	3.2k
Wylie Vale United States	34	1.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.7×	1.9k 2.1×	964 1.6×	548 1.2×	65	5.6k
E Potter United States	19	1.4k 1.0×	445 0.4×	881 1.0×	511 0.8×	328 0.7×	19	2.3k
Nick Z. Lu United States	25	634 0.4×	744 0.6×	826 0.9×	285 0.5×	306 0.7×	32	3.0k
Anne Corrigan United States	29	558 0.4×	2.3k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	227 0.4×	230 0.5×	43	3.9k
F. Haour France	33	414 0.3×	686 0.6×	719 0.8×	168 0.3×	201 0.4×	107	3.2k
Masashi Muramatsu Japan	26	581 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	547 0.6×	597 1.0×	526 1.1×	54	3.4k
N Ling United States	24	349 0.2×	939 0.8×	769 0.9×	161 0.3×	283 0.6×	42	2.5k
Shin‐ichiro Honda Japan	34	388 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	646 0.7×	559 0.9×	322 0.7×	105	4.7k
Carmen Clapp Mexico	38	242 0.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	377 0.6×	293 0.6×	159	4.6k
Françoise Robert France	33	352 0.2×	455 0.4×	994 1.1×	243 0.4×	255 0.5×	89	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Amy L. Blount

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Amy L. Blount's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Amy L. Blount with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Amy L. Blount more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Amy L. Blount

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Amy L. Blount. 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 L. Blount. The network helps show where Amy L. Blount may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amy L. Blount

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Katz, Zachary, et al.. (2016). A cycle of Zap70 kinase activation and release from the TCR amplifies and disperses antigenic stimuli. Nature Immunology. 18(1). 86–95. 58 indexed citations

Maity, Palash Chandra, Amy L. Blount, Hassan Jumaa, et al.. (2015). B cell antigen receptors of the IgM and IgD classes are clustered in different protein islands that are altered during B cell activation. Science Signaling. 8(394). ra93–ra93. 95 indexed citations

Klammt, Christian, Dongyang Li, Miriam Wolf, et al.. (2015). T cell receptor dwell times control the kinase activity of Zap70. Nature Immunology. 16(9). 961–969. 56 indexed citations

Blount, Amy L., Karsten Schmidt, Nicholas J. Justice, et al.. (2008). FoxL2 and Smad3 Coordinately Regulate Follistatin Gene Transcription. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(12). 7631–7645. 94 indexed citations

Blount, Amy L., Joan Vaughan, Wylie Vale, & Louise M. Bilezikjian. (2008). A Smad-binding Element in Intron 1 Participates in Activin-dependent Regulation of the Follistatin Gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(11). 7016–7026. 28 indexed citations

Bilezikjian, Louise M., Amy L. Blount, Cindy Donaldson, & Wylie Vale. (2006). Pituitary actions of ligands of the TGF-β family: activins and inhibins. Reproduction. 132(2). 207–215. 90 indexed citations

Chen, Alon, Amy L. Blount, Joan Vaughan, Bhawanjit K. Brar, & Wylie Vale. (2004). Urocortin II Gene Is Highly Expressed in Mouse Skin and Skeletal Muscle Tissues: Localization, Basal Expression in Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor (CRFR) 1- and CRFR2-Null Mice, and Regulation by Glucocorticoids. Endocrinology. 145(5). 2445–2457. 62 indexed citations

Bilezikjian, Louise M., Amy L. Blount, A.M.O. Leal, et al.. (2004). Autocrine/paracrine regulation of pituitary function by activin, inhibin and follistatin. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 225(1-2). 29–36. 124 indexed citations

Bilezikjian, Louise M., A.M.O. Leal, Amy L. Blount, et al.. (2003). Rat Anterior Pituitary Folliculostellate Cells Are Targets of Interleukin-1β and a Major Source of Intrapituitary Follistatin. Endocrinology. 144(2). 732–740. 49 indexed citations

10.

Leal, A.M.O., Amy L. Blount, Cynthia J. Donaldson, Louise M. Bilezikjian, & Wylie Vale. (2003). Regulation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Secretion by the Interactions of Activin-A, Dexamethasone and Testosterone in Anterior Pituitary Cell Cultures of Male Rats. Neuroendocrinology. 77(5). 298–304. 31 indexed citations

11.

Li, Chien, Peilin Chen, Joan Vaughan, et al.. (2003). Urocortin III Is Expressed in Pancreatic β-Cells and Stimulates Insulin and Glucagon Secretion. Endocrinology. 144(7). 3216–3224. 109 indexed citations

12.

Bilezikjian, Louise M., Anne Corrigan, Amy L. Blount, Yan Chen, & W. Vale. (2001). Regulation and Actions of Smad7 in the Modulation of Activin, Inhibin, and Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling in Anterior Pituitary Cells¹. Endocrinology. 142(3). 1065–1072. 34 indexed citations

13.

Bilezikjian, Louise M., Amy L. Blount, Anne Corrigan, et al.. (2001). Actions of Activins, Inhibins and Follistatins: Implications in Anterior Pituitary Function. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 28(3). 244–248. 27 indexed citations

14.

Gray, Peter C., Jason Greenwald, Amy L. Blount, et al.. (2000). Identification of a Binding Site on the Type II Activin Receptor for Activin and Inhibin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(5). 3206–3212. 89 indexed citations

15.

Lewis, Kathleen, Peter C. Gray, Amy L. Blount, et al.. (2000). Betaglycan binds inhibin and can mediate functional antagonism of activin signalling. Nature. 404(6776). 411–414. 473 indexed citations

16.

Kageyama, Kazunori, Margaret Bradbury, Lingyun Zhao, Amy L. Blount, & Wylie Vale. (1999). Urocortin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid: Tissue Distribution in the Rat and Regulation in Thymus by Lipopolysaccharide and Glucocorticoids1. Endocrinology. 140(12). 5651–5658. 106 indexed citations

17.

Pozzoli, Giacomo, Louise M. Bilezikjian, Marilyn H. Perrin, Amy L. Blount, & Wylie Vale. (1996). Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and glucocorticoids modulate the expression of type 1 CRF receptor messenger ribonucleic acid in rat anterior pituitary cell cultures.. Endocrinology. 137(1). 65–71. 122 indexed citations

18.

Perrin, Marilyn H., Cynthia J. Donaldson, Renjie Chen, et al.. (1995). Identification of a second corticotropin-releasing factor receptor gene and characterization of a cDNA expressed in heart.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(7). 2969–2973. 439 indexed citations

19.

Horn, Friedemann, Louise M. Bilezikjian, Marilyn H. Perrin, et al.. (1991). Intracellular Responses to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in a Clonal Cell Line of the Gonadotrope Lineage. Molecular Endocrinology. 5(3). 347–355. 125 indexed citations

20.

Bilezikjian, Louise M., Amy L. Blount, & Wylie Vale. (1987). The Cellular Actions of Vasopressin on Corticotrophs of the Anterior Pituitary: Resistance to Glucocorticoid Action. Molecular Endocrinology. 1(7). 451–458. 84 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact