Eric Wait

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Eric Wait is a scholar working on Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Wait has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Biophysics, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Eric Wait's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (11 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (11 papers) and AI in cancer detection (3 papers). Eric Wait is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (11 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (11 papers) and AI in cancer detection (3 papers). Eric Wait collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Eric Wait's co-authors include Andrew R. Cohen, Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz, Wesley R. Legant, Eric Betzig, Michael W. Davidson, Justin Melunis, Alex M. Valm, Sarah Cohen, Uri Hershberg and Teng‐Leong Chew and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Eric Wait

22 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Applying systems-level spectral imaging and analysis to r... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 250 500 750
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. Applying systems-level spectral imaging and analysis to reveal the organelle interactome
    2017 802 citations Alex M. Valm, Sarah Cohen et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Wait United States 14 856 351 306 199 151 24 1.4k
Per Niklas Hedde United States 19 584 0.7× 409 1.2× 122 0.4× 105 0.5× 213 1.4× 45 1.3k
Edward S. Allgeyer United States 14 681 0.8× 528 1.5× 238 0.8× 195 1.0× 262 1.7× 29 1.4k
Justin Melunis United States 4 533 0.6× 193 0.5× 213 0.7× 192 1.0× 86 0.6× 4 829
Sohum Mehta United States 25 1.9k 2.3× 464 1.3× 245 0.8× 94 0.5× 205 1.4× 58 2.5k
Edward Avezov United Kingdom 21 742 0.9× 118 0.3× 558 1.8× 49 0.2× 67 0.4× 36 1.3k
Leonel Malacrida Uruguay 21 725 0.8× 481 1.4× 117 0.4× 36 0.2× 241 1.6× 57 1.4k
Francesca Bottanelli Germany 16 643 0.8× 197 0.6× 399 1.3× 33 0.2× 94 0.6× 27 1.1k
Uthpala Seneviratne United States 13 482 0.6× 263 0.7× 90 0.3× 67 0.3× 94 0.6× 22 965
Andrew Ridsdale Canada 20 454 0.5× 497 1.4× 124 0.4× 56 0.3× 203 1.3× 41 1.4k
Jonathon A. Ditlev United States 16 1.9k 2.2× 87 0.2× 469 1.5× 208 1.0× 116 0.8× 22 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Eric Wait

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Wait

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Wait

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aaron, Jesse, Eric Wait, Ihor Smal, et al.. (2024). Distinct mobility patterns of BRCA2 molecules at DNA damage sites. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(14). 8332–8343.
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Liu, Chao J., Jason T. Smith, Yuanbo Wang, et al.. (2024). Assessing cell viability with dynamic optical coherence microscopy. Biomedical Optics Express. 15(3). 1408–1408. 8 indexed citations
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Sinclair, Rosalie, Minmin Wang, Jesse Aaron, et al.. (2024). Four-dimensional quantitative analysis of cell plate development in Arabidopsis using lattice light sheet microscopy identifies robust transition points between growth phases. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(10). 2829–2847. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Jason T., Chao J. Liu, Matthew W. Conklin, et al.. (2024). Label-free fluorescence lifetime imaging for the assessment of cell viability in living tumor fragments. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 29(S2). S22709–S22709.
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Fili, Natalia, Ália dos Santos, Rosemarie E. Gough, et al.. (2022). Myosin VI regulates the spatial organisation of mammalian transcription initiation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1346–1346. 24 indexed citations
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Moore, Andrew S., Cory L. Simpson, Fabian E. Ortega, et al.. (2021). Actin cables and comet tails organize mitochondrial networks in mitosis. Nature. 591(7851). 659–664. 114 indexed citations
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Arts, Janine, Lilian Schimmel, Ivar Noordstra, et al.. (2021). Endothelial junctional membrane protrusions serve as hotspots for neutrophil transmigration. eLife. 10. 28 indexed citations
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Pfisterer, Karin, James A. Levitt, Campbell D. Lawson, et al.. (2020). FMNL2 regulates dynamics of fascin in filopodia. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(5). 23 indexed citations
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Wait, Eric, Michael Reiche, & Teng‐Leong Chew. (2020). Hypothesis-driven quantitative fluorescence microscopy – the importance of reverse-thinking in experimental design. Journal of Cell Science. 133(21). 32 indexed citations
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Aaron, Jesse, et al.. (2019). Practical Considerations in Particle and Object Tracking and Analysis. Current Protocols in Cell Biology. 83(1). e88–e88. 15 indexed citations
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Winter, Mark, et al.. (2018). Separating Touching Cells Using Pixel Replicated Elliptical Shape Models. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 38(4). 883–893. 17 indexed citations
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Valm, Alex M., Sarah Cohen, Wesley R. Legant, et al.. (2017). Applying systems-level spectral imaging and analysis to reveal the organelle interactome. Nature. 546(7656). 162–167. 802 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ashraf, Ali, et al.. (2017). Gravity Stress Radiographs and the Effect of Ankle Position on Deltoid Ligament Integrity and Medial Clear Space Measurements. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 31(5). 270–274. 17 indexed citations
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Caino, M. Cecilia, Jae Ho Seo, Eric Wait, et al.. (2016). A neuronal network of mitochondrial dynamics regulates metastasis. Nature Communications. 7(1). 107 indexed citations
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Wait, Eric, Mark Winter, Chris S. Bjornsson, et al.. (2014). Visualization and correction of automated segmentation, tracking and lineaging from 5-D stem cell image sequences. BMC Bioinformatics. 15(1). 328–328. 36 indexed citations
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Winter, Mark, et al.. (2014). Segmentation of occluded hematopoietic stem cells from tracking. PubMed. 9. 5510–5513. 6 indexed citations
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Winter, Mark, Eric Wait, Badrinath Roysam, et al.. (2011). Vertebrate neural stem cell segmentation, tracking and lineaging with validation and editing. Nature Protocols. 6(12). 1942–1952. 41 indexed citations
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Comyns, Alan E., Bryan M. Gatehouse, & Eric Wait. (1958). 938. The chemistry of uranyl acetylacetone complex. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 4655–4655. 39 indexed citations

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