Donald J. Zack

30.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
273 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

Donald J. Zack is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald J. Zack has authored 273 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Molecular Biology, 81 papers in Ophthalmology and 59 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Donald J. Zack's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (163 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (54 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (33 papers). Donald J. Zack is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (163 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (54 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (33 papers). Donald J. Zack collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Donald J. Zack's co-authors include Peter A. Campochiaro, Harry A. Quigley, Mary Ellen Pease, Shiming Chen, Karl Wahlin, Jiang Qian, Robert W. Nickells, Anand Swaroop, Lisa A. Kerrigan and Cynthia Berlinicke and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Donald J. Zack

271 papers receiving 16.8k citations

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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.

Retinal ganglion cell death in experimental glaucoma and after axotomy occurs by apoptosis.

1995 791 citations Harry A. Quigley, Mary Ellen Pease et al. profile →
Crx, a Novel Otx-like Paired-Homeodomain Protein, Binds to and Transactivates Photoreceptor Cell-Specific Genes

1997 592 citations Donald J. Zack et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald J. Zack United States	72	12.8k	6.6k	3.8k	2.8k	1.3k	273	17.1k
Anand Swaroop United States	81	17.1k 1.3×	7.3k 1.1×	4.9k 1.3×	3.4k 1.2×	3.6k 2.8×	419	22.3k
Dean Bok United States	61	10.9k 0.9×	4.8k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	880 0.7×	182	13.5k
Thaddeus P. Dryja United States	72	15.2k 1.2×	7.5k 1.1×	4.0k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	3.2k 2.5×	180	20.7k
Matthew M. LaVail United States	62	11.3k 0.9×	3.9k 0.6×	5.6k 1.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	153	14.7k
John R. Heckenlively United States	68	11.0k 0.9×	6.5k 1.0×	2.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	2.4k 1.9×	207	14.2k
Peter Wiedemann Germany	56	6.8k 0.5×	7.8k 1.2×	2.3k 0.6×	5.0k 1.8×	391 0.3×	413	14.2k
Peter A. Campochiaro United States	94	13.4k 1.0×	19.2k 2.9×	2.0k 0.5×	11.4k 4.0×	1.3k 1.0×	382	28.9k
Joe G. Hollyfield United States	51	7.3k 0.6×	4.9k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	407 0.3×	211	10.5k
Eliot L. Berson United States	64	13.8k 1.1×	6.2k 0.9×	4.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	2.0k 1.5×	222	16.0k
Mathias W. Seeliger Germany	55	7.5k 0.6×	3.3k 0.5×	2.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	853 0.7×	170	9.8k

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Zhang, Ping‐Wu, Weifeng Li, Kavita Vats, et al.. (2025). Ibuprofen reduces inflammation, necroptosis and protects photoreceptors from light-induced retinal degeneration. PubMed Central. 22(1). 20–20.

Berlinicke, Cynthia, et al.. (2023). Deciphering viscoelastic cell manipulation in rectangular microchannels. Physics of Fluids. 35(10). 103117–103117. 3 indexed citations

Lehar, Mohamed, et al.. (2023). Traumatic Axonal Injury in the Optic Nerve: The Selective Role of SARM1 in the Evolution of Distal Axonopathy. Journal of Neurotrauma. 40(15-16). 1743–1761. 9 indexed citations

Pease, Mary Ellen, et al.. (2022). Aquaporin 4 is not present in normal porcine and human lamina cribrosa. PLoS ONE. 17(6). e0268541–e0268541. 10 indexed citations

Xie, Lili, Ling‐Ping Cen, Hui-ya Gilbert, et al.. (2022). Monocyte-derived SDF1 supports optic nerve regeneration and alters retinal ganglion cells’ response to Pten deletion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(15). e2113751119–e2113751119. 37 indexed citations

Phillips, M. Joseph, et al.. (2022). Human photoreceptors switch from autonomous axon extension to cell-mediated process pulling during synaptic marker redistribution. Cell Reports. 39(7). 110827–110827. 5 indexed citations

Sripathi, Srinivas R., Ravi Chakra Turaga, Melissa M. Liu, et al.. (2021). Proteome Landscape of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Shares Commonalities With Malignancy-Associated EMT. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 20. 100131–100131. 15 indexed citations

Mead, Ben, Donald J. Zack, Zubair Ahmed, & Stanislav I. Tomarev. (2019). Neuroprotection of retinal ganglion cells by BMSC-derived exosomes. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 60(9). 5174–5174. 2 indexed citations

Daniszewski, Maciej, Anne Senabouth, Quan Nguyen, et al.. (2018). Single cell RNA sequencing of stem cell-derived retinal ganglion cells. Scientific Data. 5(1). 37 indexed citations

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Calkins, David J., David J. Calkins, Milos Pekny, et al.. (2017). The challenge of regenerative therapies for the optic nerve in glaucoma. Experimental Eye Research. 157. 28–33. 56 indexed citations

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Ngwa, Julius S., Robert Wojciechowski, Donald J. Zack, Terri Beaty, & Ingo Ruczinski. (2017). Differential Expression Analysis of Gene and Transcript Abundance for Single Cell RNA-Seq Data using STAR and HISAT Aligners.. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(8). 1850–1850. 1 indexed citations

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Elachouri, Ghizlane, Irene Lee-Rivera, Emmanuelle Clérin, et al.. (2015). The thioredoxin RdCVFL protects against photo-oxidative retinal damage. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 56(7). 5467–5467. 1 indexed citations

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Wan, Jun, Verity F. Oliver, Hongxiao Zhu, et al.. (2013). Integrative analysis of tissue-specific methylation and alternative splicing identifies conserved transcription factor binding motifs. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(18). 8503–8514. 44 indexed citations

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Sharma, Srilakshmi M., Zhiyong Yang, Yan Guo, et al.. (2011). Sunitinib Malate Preserves Retinal Ganglion Cells in Rodent NAION. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(14). 6614–6614. 1 indexed citations

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Esumi, Noriko, Shu Kachi, Peter A. Campochiaro, & Donald J. Zack. (2006). VMD2 Promoter Requires Two Proximal E-box Sites for Its Activity in Vivo and Is Regulated by the MITF-TFE Family. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(3). 1838–1850. 40 indexed citations

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Otteson, Deborah C., Steven G. Gray, Mohit Jain, et al.. (2005). Mice Lacking the Transcriptional Repressor KLF15 Show a Limited, but Statistically Significant Increase in Ectopic Rhodopsin Expressing Cells. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 46(13). 3970–3970. 1 indexed citations

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Kerrison, John, Donald J. Zack, & I.H. Maumenee. (2004). Candidate Gene Analysis in X–linked Congenital Nystagmus (NYS1). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 4742–4742. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhenglin, Yang Li, Li Jiang, et al.. (2004). A novel RDS/peripherin gene mutation associated with diverse macular phenotypes. Ophthalmic Genetics. 25(2). 133–145. 21 indexed citations

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Yamada, Haruhiko, Eri Yamada, Akira Ando, et al.. (2000). Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-A-Induced Retinal Gliosis Protects against Ischemic Retinopathy. American Journal Of Pathology. 156(2). 477–487. 32 indexed citations

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Kniazeva, Marina, Michael F. Chiang, Garry R. Cutting, et al.. (1999). Clinical and genetic studies of an autosomal dominant cone-rod dystrophy with features of Stargardt disease. Ophthalmic Genetics. 20(2). 71–81. 21 indexed citations

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