Carolyn L. Smith

17.0k citations

75 papers · 13.9k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 40

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
Genetics top 0.5%
Cell Biology top 0.5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 1%
Oncology top 2%

Co-authors: Richard J. Youle Bert W. O’Malley Amotz Nechushtan Yi‐Te Hsu Mariusz Karbowski Zafar Nawaz David M. Lonard Keith G. Wolter
Topics: Estrogen and related hormone effects (18 papers)Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (11 papers)Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States Canada Italy

In The Last Decade

Carolyn L. Smith

75 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Movement of Bax from the Cytosol to Mitochondria during Apoptosis

1997 1.5k citations Yi‐Te Hsu, Carolyn L. Smith et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
The Role of Dynamin-Related Protein 1, a Mediator of Mitochondrial Fission, in Apoptosis

2001 1.5k citations Carolyn L. Smith, Richard J. Youle et al. profile →
Roles of the Mammalian Mitochondrial Fission and Fusion Mediators Fis1, Drp1, and Opa1 in Apoptosis

2004 883 citations Yang-ja Lee, Seon‐Yong Jeong et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell profile →
Coregulator Function: A Key to Understanding Tissue Specificity of Selective Receptor Modulators

2004 720 citations Carolyn L. Smith, Bert W. O’Malley profile →
Spatial and temporal association of Bax with mitochondrial fission sites, Drp1, and Mfn2 during apoptosis

2002 682 citations Mariusz Karbowski, Yang-ja Lee et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Nuclear Membrane Dynamics and Reassembly in Living Cells: Targeting of an Inner Nuclear Membrane Protein in Interphase and Mitosis

1997 630 citations Jan Ellenberg, Eric D. Siggia et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Conformation of the Bax C-terminus regulates subcellular location and cell death

1999 623 citations Amotz Nechushtan, Carolyn L. Smith et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Placozoan fiber cells: mediators of innate immunity and participants in wound healing 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown),Katherine Hammar,Jae Hoon Jung,Maria A. Aronova,Guofeng Zhang,Christine A. Winters,Thomas S. Reese,Carolyn L. Smith	17
2	Early Metazoan Origin and Multiple Losses of a Novel Clade of RIM Presynaptic Calcium Channel Scaffolding Protein Homologs 2020 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Thomas Piekut,(unknown),Sarah E. Walker,Carolyn L. Smith,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Hai‐Ying Mary Cheng,Gaynor E. Spencer,Adriano Senatore	9
3	Novel Cell Types, Neurosecretory Cells, and Body Plan of the Early-Diverging Metazoan Trichoplax adhaerens 2014 ·Current Biology ·Carolyn L. Smith,Frédérique Varoqueaux,Maike Kittelmann,Rita Azzam,Benjamin H. Cooper,Christine A. Winters,Michael Eitel,Dirk Fasshauer,Thomas S. Reese	167
4	Sequestration of CaMKII in dendritic spines in silico 2011 ·Journal of Computational Neuroscience ·Shahid Khan,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Carolyn L. Smith,Christine A. Winters,Thomas S. Reese	19
5	Coupling of receptor conformation and ligand orientation determine graded activity 2010 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·John B. Bruning,A.A. Parent,Germán A. Gil,Min Zhao,Jason Nowak,Margaret C. Pace,Carolyn L. Smith,Pavel V. Afonine,Paul D. Adams,John A. Katzenellenbogen,K.W. Nettles	110
6	Cooperative Activation of Cyclin D1 and Progesterone Receptor Gene Expression by the SRC-3 Coactivator and SMRT Corepressor 2010 ·Molecular Endocrinology ·Sudipan Karmakar,(unknown),Margaret C. Pace,Steffi Oesterreich,Carolyn L. Smith	27
7	Reduced calcium‐dependent mitochondrial damage underlies the reduced vulnerability of excitotoxicity‐tolerant hippocampal neurons 2007 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·N. B. Pivovarova,Ruslan I. Stanika,(unknown),Christine A. Brantner,Carolyn L. Smith,S. Brian Andrews	14
8	Rapid Estrogen-Induced Phosphorylation of the SRC-3 Coactivator Occurs in an Extranuclear Complex Containing Estrogen Receptor 2005 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Fuzhong F. Zheng,Ray‐Chang Wu,Carolyn L. Smith,Bert W. O’Malley	66
9	Roles of the Mammalian Mitochondrial Fission and Fusion Mediators Fis1, Drp1, and Opa1 in Apoptosisbreakdown → 2004 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Yang-ja Lee,Seon‐Yong Jeong,Mariusz Karbowski,Carolyn L. Smith,Richard J. Youle	883
10	Quantitation of mitochondrial dynamics by photolabeling of individual organelles shows that mitochondrial fusion is blocked during the Bax activation phase of apoptosis 2004 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Mariusz Karbowski,Damien Arnoult,Hsiuchen Chen,David C. Chan,Carolyn L. Smith,Richard J. Youle	357
11	The Efficiency of Protein Compartmentalization into the Secretory Pathway 2004 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Corinna G. Levine,Devarati Mitra,Ajay Sharma,Carolyn L. Smith,Ramanujan S. Hegde	101
12	Subnuclear Trafficking of Estrogen Receptor-α and Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 2000 ·Molecular Endocrinology ·David L. Stenoien,Maureen G. Mancini,(unknown),Kavita Patel,Elizabeth A. Allegretto,Carolyn L. Smith,Michael A. Mancini	213
13	The 26S Proteasome Is Required for Estrogen Receptor-α and Coactivator Turnover and for Efficient Estrogen Receptor-α Transactivation 2000 ·Molecular Cell ·David M. Lonard,Zafar Nawaz,Carolyn L. Smith,Bert W. O’Malley	475
14	Proteasome-dependent degradation of the human estrogen receptor 1999 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zafar Nawaz,David M. Lonard,(unknown),Carolyn L. Smith,Bert W. O’Malley	497
15	Golgi Membranes Are Absorbed into and Reemerge from the ER during Mitosis 1999 ·Cell ·Kristien J.M. Zaal,Carolyn L. Smith,Roman Polishchuk,(unknown),Nelson B. Cole,Jan Ellenberg,Koret Hirschberg,John F. Presley,Theresa H Roberts,Eric D. Siggia,Robert D. Phair,(unknown)	285
16	Conformation of the Bax C-terminus regulates subcellular location and cell deathbreakdown → 1999 ·The EMBO Journal ·Amotz Nechushtan,Carolyn L. Smith,Yi‐Te Hsu,(unknown)	623
17	Golgi Membrane Dynamics 1998 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·John F. Presley,Carolyn L. Smith,(unknown),(unknown),Nelson B. Cole,Kristien J.M. Zaal,Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz	73
18	Cross-Talk between Peptide Growth Factor and Estrogen Receptor Signaling Pathways 1998 ·Biology of Reproduction ·Carolyn L. Smith	278
19	HydroLinkTM gel electrophoresis (HLGE). III. High DNA loading capacity and recovery of dsDNA 1989 ·Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods ·Carolyn L. Smith,Charles M. Ewing,Mark T. Mellon,Robert Shorr,Tikam C. Jain	11
20	HydroLinkTM gel electrophoresis (HLGE). II. Applications of a new polymer matrix to dsDNA analysis 1989 ·Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods ·Carolyn L. Smith,Charles M. Ewing,Mark T. Mellon,(unknown),Tikam C. Jain,Robert Shorr	13

About Carolyn L. Smith

Carolyn L. Smith is a scholar working on Paleontology, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, having authored 75 papers that have together received 13.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (18 papers), Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology (11 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (10.4k citations), Cell Biology (2.0k citations) and Clinical Biochemistry (714 citations). Carolyn L. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Richard J. Youle, Bert W. O’Malley, Amotz Nechushtan, Yi‐Te Hsu, Mariusz Karbowski, Zafar Nawaz, David M. Lonard, Keith G. Wolter, Xu‐Guang Xi and Stephan Frank. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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