Anthony Essex

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Anthony Essex is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony Essex has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Anthony Essex's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (3 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (3 papers). Anthony Essex is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (3 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (3 papers). Anthony Essex collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Singapore. Anthony Essex's co-authors include Victor Nizet, George Y. Liu, Hal M. Hoffman, John T. Buchanan, Vivekanand Datta, Joshua Fierer, John F. Bastian, Arshad Desai, Karen Oegema and Paul S. Maddox and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Anthony Essex

13 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Staphylococcus aureus golden pigment impairs neutrophil k... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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. Staphylococcus aureus golden pigment impairs neutrophil killing and promotes virulence through its antioxidant activity
    2005 556 citations George Y. Liu, Anthony Essex et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anthony Essex United States 11 794 276 233 150 87 13 1.2k
Koon Ho Wong Macao 27 1.6k 2.0× 168 0.6× 347 1.5× 483 3.2× 57 0.7× 69 2.2k
Vı́ctor J. Cid Spain 27 1.9k 2.4× 543 2.0× 176 0.8× 560 3.7× 127 1.5× 61 2.4k
Kouichi Funato Japan 23 1.4k 1.8× 821 3.0× 111 0.5× 182 1.2× 52 0.6× 47 2.1k
Agostinho J. Almeida Portugal 16 526 0.7× 210 0.8× 236 1.0× 189 1.3× 20 0.2× 23 913
Carl T. Yamashiro United States 17 1.5k 1.8× 420 1.5× 178 0.8× 246 1.6× 137 1.6× 24 2.0k
Camile P. Semighini United States 16 955 1.2× 198 0.7× 470 2.0× 444 3.0× 29 0.3× 20 1.5k
Claudia Abeijón United States 27 1.6k 2.0× 630 2.3× 379 1.6× 373 2.5× 112 1.3× 49 2.5k
Soyeon I. Lippman United States 12 1.6k 2.0× 269 1.0× 52 0.2× 247 1.6× 33 0.4× 13 2.0k
Benjamin M. Swarts United States 26 1.0k 1.3× 60 0.2× 406 1.7× 92 0.6× 108 1.2× 63 1.7k
Paul J. Cullen United States 28 1.8k 2.3× 427 1.5× 404 1.7× 607 4.0× 36 0.4× 77 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anthony Essex

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anthony Essex

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Essex, Anthony, Javier Pineda, Xin Hong, et al.. (2019). Replication Study: Wnt activity defines colon cancer stem cells and is regulated by the microenvironment. eLife. 8. 14 indexed citations
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Conway, Anne E., Eric L. Van Nostrand, Gabriel A. Pratt, et al.. (2016). Enhanced CLIP Uncovers IMP Protein-RNA Targets in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Important for Cell Adhesion and Survival. Cell Reports. 15(3). 666–679. 107 indexed citations
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Perfito, Nicole, James Evans, Alexandria Denis, et al.. (2013). Study 9: Replication of Vermeulen et al., 2010 (Nature Cell Biology). OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations
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Gassmann, Reto, Andreas Rechtsteiner, Karen Wing Yee Yuen, et al.. (2012). An inverse relationship to germline transcription defines centromeric chromatin in C. elegans. Nature. 484(7395). 534–537. 128 indexed citations
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Essex, Anthony, Alexander Dammermann, Lindsay Lewellyn, Karen Oegema, & Arshad Desai. (2008). Systematic Analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans Reveals that the Spindle Checkpoint Is Composed of Two Largely Independent Branches. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(4). 1252–1267. 66 indexed citations
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Gassmann, Reto, Anthony Essex, Paul S. Maddox, et al.. (2008). A new mechanism controlling kinetochore–microtubule interactions revealed by comparison of two dynein-targeting components: SPDL-1 and the Rod/Zwilch/Zw10 complex. Genes & Development. 22(17). 2385–2399. 133 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Takaharu, et al.. (2008). SPDL-1 functions as a kinetochore receptor for MDF-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans . The Journal of Cell Biology. 183(2). 187–194. 54 indexed citations
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Liu, George Y., Anthony Essex, John T. Buchanan, et al.. (2005). Staphylococcus aureus golden pigment impairs neutrophil killing and promotes virulence through its antioxidant activity. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 202(2). 209–215. 556 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Jian‐Nong, Erika A. Currier, Anthony Essex, et al.. (2004). Discovery of novel peptide/receptor interactions: identification of PHM-27 as a potent agonist of the human calcitonin receptor. Biochemical Pharmacology. 67(7). 1279–1284. 8 indexed citations
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Weissman, Jacques T., et al.. (2004). G-protein-coupled receptor-mediated activation of rap GTPases: characterization of a novel Gαi regulated pathway. Oncogene. 23(1). 241–249. 33 indexed citations
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Ma, Daqing, et al.. (2002). Predominant VNTR family of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from South Asian patients. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 6(6). 492–496. 19 indexed citations

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