David S.W. Protter

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
9 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

David S.W. Protter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David S.W. Protter has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in David S.W. Protter's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers). David S.W. Protter is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers). David S.W. Protter collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. David S.W. Protter's co-authors include Roy Parker, Michael K. Rosen, Yuan Lin, Briana Van Treeck, Anthony Khong, Christopher D. Link, Tyler Matheny, Laura S. Mizoue, Bhalchandra S. Rao and Antony A. Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Cell and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

David S.W. Protter

9 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Formation and Maturation of Phase-Separated Liquid Droplets by RNA-Binding Proteins

2015 1.2k citations Yuan Lin, David S.W. Protter et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Principles and Properties of Stress Granules

2016 1.2k citations David S.W. Protter, Roy Parker Trends in Cell Biology profile →
RNA self-assembly contributes to stress granule formation and defining the stress granule transcriptome

2018 360 citations Briana Van Treeck, David S.W. Protter 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
David S.W. Protter United States	8	2.7k	303	275	164	154	9	3.1k
Tina W. Han United States	10	2.3k 0.8×	206 0.7×	314 1.1×	87 0.5×	188 1.2×	11	2.5k
Anderson Kanagaraj United States	9	2.5k 0.9×	254 0.8×	612 2.2×	169 1.0×	363 2.4×	9	2.9k
Joh‐E Ikeda Japan	28	1.1k 0.4×	260 0.9×	412 1.5×	53 0.3×	259 1.7×	53	2.0k
Andrei Pozniakovsky Germany	15	3.2k 1.2×	1.0k 3.4×	97 0.4×	193 1.2×	41 0.3×	17	3.6k
József Gál United States	26	1.3k 0.5×	195 0.6×	960 3.5×	62 0.4×	474 3.1×	44	2.2k
Tilmann Achsel Italy	32	3.7k 1.4×	279 0.9×	244 0.9×	28 0.2×	360 2.3×	54	4.5k
Andrea Daga Italy	21	1.5k 0.5×	741 2.4×	73 0.3×	63 0.4×	93 0.6×	30	2.3k
Renaud Legouis France	29	1.6k 0.6×	763 2.5×	55 0.2×	41 0.3×	65 0.4×	58	3.1k
Walter Witke Germany	20	1.4k 0.5×	1.3k 4.2×	91 0.3×	50 0.3×	196 1.3×	30	2.5k
Hervé Moine France	25	2.4k 0.9×	150 0.5×	69 0.3×	20 0.1×	118 0.8×	41	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by David S.W. Protter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David S.W. Protter

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All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Loth, Meredith K., et al.. (2025). Mapping the cellular basis of species differences in oxytocin and dopamine receptor expression in the vole nucleus accumbens. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 26908–26908. 1 indexed citations

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Pierce, Anne F., et al.. (2024). Nucleus accumbens dopamine release reflects the selective nature of pair bonds. Current Biology. 34(3). 519–530.e5. 16 indexed citations

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Protter, David S.W., et al.. (2022). Emergent intra‐pair sex differences and organized behavior in pair bonded prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Genes Brain & Behavior. 21(3). e12786–e12786. 12 indexed citations

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Vance, Eric A., David S.W. Protter, Ryan T. Cameron, et al.. (2020). A neuronal signature for monogamous reunion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(20). 11076–11084. 46 indexed citations

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Treeck, Briana Van, David S.W. Protter, Tyler Matheny, et al.. (2018). RNA self-assembly contributes to stress granule formation and defining the stress granule transcriptome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(11). 2734–2739. 360 indexed citations breakdown →

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Protter, David S.W., Bhalchandra S. Rao, Briana Van Treeck, et al.. (2018). Intrinsically Disordered Regions Can Contribute Promiscuous Interactions to RNP Granule Assembly. Cell Reports. 22(6). 1401–1412. 245 indexed citations

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Protter, David S.W. & Roy Parker. (2016). Principles and Properties of Stress Granules. Trends in Cell Biology. 26(9). 668–679. 1169 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Yuan, David S.W. Protter, Michael K. Rosen, & Roy Parker. (2015). Formation and Maturation of Phase-Separated Liquid Droplets by RNA-Binding Proteins. Molecular Cell. 60(2). 208–219. 1178 indexed citations breakdown →

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Protter, David S.W., Charmaine Lang, & Antony A. Cooper. (2012). αSynuclein and Mitochondrial Dysfunction: A Pathogenic Partnership in Parkinson’s Disease?. Parkinson s Disease. 2012. 1–12. 30 indexed citations

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