Bob Goldstein

11.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
125 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Bob Goldstein is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bob Goldstein has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Aging, 53 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Bob Goldstein's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (65 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (31 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (28 papers). Bob Goldstein is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (65 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (31 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (28 papers). Bob Goldstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Bob Goldstein's co-authors include Daniel J. Dickinson, Ian G. Macara, David J. Reiner, Jordan D. Ward, Adam C. Martin, Ariel M. Pani, Christopher D. Higgins, Jennifer K. Heppert, Jean‐Claude Labbé and Minna Roh‐Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Bob Goldstein

118 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Engineering the Caenorhabditis elegans genome using Cas9-triggered homologous recombination

2013 705 citations Daniel J. Dickinson, Jordan D. Ward et al. Nature Methods profile →
The PAR Proteins: Fundamental Players in Animal Cell Polarization

2007 596 citations Bob Goldstein et al. Developmental Cell profile →
Streamlined Genome Engineering with a Self-Excising Drug Selection Cassette

2015 402 citations Daniel J. Dickinson, Ariel M. Pani et al. Genetics profile →
Noninvasive Imaging beyond the Diffraction Limit of 3D Dynamics in Thickly Fluorescent Specimens

2012 245 citations Liang Gao, Christopher D. Higgins et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Bob Goldstein	4.3k	3.0k	2.3k	905	814	125	7.6k
Jeff Hardin	3.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	456 0.5×	177 0.2×	104	5.9k
James R Priess	5.9k 1.4×	5.7k 1.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	117 0.1×	85	9.1k
Bruce Bowerman	7.0k 1.6×	3.6k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	488 0.5×	87 0.1×	99	9.7k
Samuel Ward	2.3k 0.5×	4.1k 1.4×	365 0.2×	640 0.7×	568 0.7×	102	6.5k
Jonathan Hodgkin	7.2k 1.7×	6.0k 2.0×	790 0.3×	1.3k 1.4×	383 0.5×	136	13.1k
Bruce A. Edgar	10.5k 2.5×	1.1k 0.4×	4.1k 1.8×	663 0.7×	380 0.5×	124	15.3k
R Waterston	11.9k 2.8×	6.6k 2.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	229 0.3×	155	17.3k
Kent McDonald	7.0k 1.6×	1.2k 0.4×	4.2k 1.8×	246 0.3×	164 0.2×	122	10.2k
Géraldine Seydoux	7.1k 1.7×	4.2k 1.4×	1.3k 0.6×	396 0.4×	63 0.1×	87	9.1k
Julian A. T. Dow	5.0k 1.2×	748 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	317 0.4×	864 1.1×	206	12.1k

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Zhang, Pu, et al.. (2025). Cell signaling facilitates apical constriction by basolaterally recruiting Arp2/3 via Rac and WAVE. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(5). 1 indexed citations

Hibshman, Jonathan D., et al.. (2024). Protocol for fluorescent live-cell staining of tardigrades. STAR Protocols. 5(3). 103232–103232.

Slabodnick, Mark M., Sophia Tintori, Pu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Zyxin contributes to coupling between cell junctions and contractile actomyosin networks during apical constriction. PLoS Genetics. 19(3). e1010319–e1010319. 8 indexed citations

Chi, Qiuyi, Laura C. Kelley, David Q. Matus, et al.. (2023). The Caenorhabditis elegans anchor cell transcriptome: ribosome biogenesis drives cell invasion through basement membrane. Development. 150(9). 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Pu, Taylor N. Medwig-Kinney, & Bob Goldstein. (2023). Architecture of the cortical actomyosin network driving apical constriction in C. elegans. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(9). 3 indexed citations

Goldstein, Bob. (2022). Tardigrades. Nature Methods. 19(8). 904–905. 3 indexed citations

Duong, Tam, Michael A. Q. Martinez, Jonathan D. Hibshman, et al.. (2021). An expanded auxin-inducible degron toolkit for Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 217(3). 82 indexed citations

Tintori, Sophia, et al.. (2019). Differential Expression Gene Explorer (DrEdGE): a tool for generating interactive online visualizations of gene expression datasets. Bioinformatics. 36(8). 2581–2583. 7 indexed citations

Allsman, Lindy A., Kenneth A. Brakke, Hong Liang, et al.. (2018). Predicting Division Planes of Three-Dimensional Cells by Soap-Film Minimization. The Plant Cell. 30(10). 2255–2266. 28 indexed citations

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Gerbich, Therese M., Aussie Suzuki, Matthew DiSalvo, et al.. (2018). LITE microscopy: Tilted light-sheet excitation of model organisms offers high resolution and low photobleaching. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(5). 1869–1882. 56 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Ruben, et al.. (2018). Optogenetic dissection of mitotic spindle positioning in vivo. eLife. 7. 57 indexed citations

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Pani, Ariel M. & Bob Goldstein. (2018). Direct visualization of a native Wnt in vivo reveals that a long-range Wnt gradient forms by extracellular dispersal. eLife. 7. 67 indexed citations

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Ranjan, Rajesh, Lydia Smith, Jennifer K. Heppert, et al.. (2017). CENP-A and topoisomerase-II antagonistically affect chromosome length. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(9). 2645–2655. 18 indexed citations

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Boothby, Thomas E., Jennifer R. Tenlen, F. W. Smith, et al.. (2015). Evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer from the draft genome of a tardigrade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(52). 15976–15981. 102 indexed citations

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Roh‐Johnson, Minna, Gidi Shemer, Christopher D. Higgins, et al.. (2012). Triggering a Cell Shape Change by Exploiting Preexisting Actomyosin Contractions. Science. 335(6073). 1232–1235. 203 indexed citations

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Werts, Adam D., Minna Roh‐Johnson, & Bob Goldstein. (2011). Dynamic localization of C. elegans TPR-GoLoco proteins mediates mitotic spindle orientation by extrinsic signaling. Development. 138(20). 4411–4422. 18 indexed citations

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Sawyer, Jacob M., Gidi Shemer, Noor D. White, et al.. (2011). Overcoming Redundancy: An RNAi Enhancer Screen for Morphogenesis Genes in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 188(3). 549–564. 23 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Bob, Hisako Takeshita, Kota Mizumoto, & Hitoshi Sawa. (2006). Wnt Signals Can Function as Positional Cues in Establishing Cell Polarity. Developmental Cell. 10(3). 391–396. 132 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Bob, et al.. (2002). Mechanisms of cell positioning during C. elegans gastrulation. Development. 130(2). 307–320. 92 indexed citations

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Dudley, Nathaniel R., Jean‐Claude Labbé, & Bob Goldstein. (2002). Using RNA interference to identify genes required for RNA interference. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(7). 4191–4196. 101 indexed citations

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