Frank Church

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
128 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Frank Church is a scholar working on Hematology, Cancer Research and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Church has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Hematology, 60 papers in Cancer Research and 34 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Frank Church's work include Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (74 papers), Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (57 papers) and Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema (21 papers). Frank Church is often cited by papers focused on Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (74 papers), Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (57 papers) and Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema (21 papers). Frank Church collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frank Church's co-authors include George L. Catignani, Harold E. Swaisgood, David H. Porter, Herbert C. Whinna, Charlotte W. Pratt, Claudia M. Noyes, Lea M. Beaulieu, Robin W. Carrell, James A. Huntington and Michael Griffith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Frank Church

123 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Spectrophotometric Assay Using o-Phthaldialdehyde for Determination of Proteolysis in Milk and Isolated Milk Proteins

1983 1.4k citations Frank Church et al. profile →
The Serpins Are an Expanding Superfamily of Structurally Similar but Functionally Diverse Proteins

2001 1.0k citations Frank Church et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Church United States	42	2.9k	2.4k	1.9k	1.0k	906	128	7.3k
Dominique Belin Switzerland	52	8.0k 2.7×	2.6k 1.1×	4.2k 2.2×	428 0.4×	1.3k 1.4×	114	15.0k
Ifor R. Williams United States	56	5.6k 1.9×	2.8k 1.2×	841 0.4×	300 0.3×	477 0.5×	156	13.2k
María A. Juliano Brazil	47	4.8k 1.7×	553 0.2×	872 0.4×	175 0.2×	543 0.6×	376	9.1k
Magnus Abrahamson Sweden	52	3.9k 1.3×	625 0.3×	2.5k 1.3×	117 0.1×	723 0.8×	178	9.4k
Helena B. Nader Brazil	53	4.2k 1.5×	527 0.2×	1.0k 0.5×	280 0.3×	3.4k 3.7×	389	10.0k
J.E. Folk United States	50	5.1k 1.8×	873 0.4×	250 0.1×	901 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	139	10.1k
Joost Schalkwijk Netherlands	59	3.3k 1.1×	502 0.2×	916 0.5×	144 0.1×	1.7k 1.9×	259	11.2k
Alister C. Ward Australia	51	3.1k 1.1×	984 0.4×	782 0.4×	137 0.1×	1.3k 1.4×	201	8.4k
Nobuhiko Katunuma Japan	59	6.4k 2.2×	399 0.2×	2.5k 1.3×	143 0.1×	2.2k 2.4×	362	12.5k
Janko Kos Slovenia	57	4.3k 1.5×	442 0.2×	3.6k 1.9×	131 0.1×	920 1.0×	314	10.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Church

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Church

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Church

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Church, Frank, et al.. (2020). Integrative Medicine and Health Therapy for Parkinson Disease. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation. 36(3). 176–186. 17 indexed citations

Cobbold, P H, et al.. (2020). Potential Role of Vitamin D in the Elderly to Resist COVID-19 and to Slow Progression of Parkinson’s Disease. Brain Sciences. 10(5). 284–284. 63 indexed citations

Carter, Jennifer C. & Frank Church. (2011). Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γLigands Alter Breast Cancer Cell Motility through Modulation of the Plasminogen Activator System. Journal of Oncology. 2011. 1–8. 4 indexed citations

Rau, Jill C., Jennifer W. Mitchell, Yolanda M. Fortenberry, & Frank Church. (2011). Heparin Cofactor II: Discovery, Properties, and Role in Controlling Vascular Homeostasis. Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. 37(4). 339–348. 27 indexed citations

Campbell, Robert A., et al.. (2010). Enhanced cell‐associated plasminogen activator pathway but not coagulation pathway activity contributes to motility in metastatic breast cancer cells. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 8(6). 1323–1332. 5 indexed citations

Carter, Jennifer C. & Frank Church. (2009). Obesity and Breast Cancer: The Roles of Peroxisome Proliferator‐Activated Receptor‐γ and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor‐1. PPAR Research. 2009(1). 345320–345320. 63 indexed citations

Church, Frank, et al.. (2008). Effect of Locked-Nucleic Acid on a Biologically Active G-Quadruplex. A Structure-Activity Relationship of the Thrombin Aptamer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 9(3). 422–433. 69 indexed citations

Fortenberry, Yolanda M., Herbert C. Whinna, Scott Cooper, et al.. (2007). Essential thrombin residues for inhibition by protein C inhibitor with the cofactors heparin and thrombomodulin. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 5(7). 1486–1492. 7 indexed citations

Réhault‐Godbert, Sophie, Christopher W. Gregory, Scott Cooper, et al.. (2005). Protein C inhibitor (plasminogen activator inhibitor-3) expression in the CWR22 prostate cancer xenograft. Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 79(1). 23–32. 3 indexed citations

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Myles, Timothy, Frank Church, Herbert C. Whinna, Denis Monard, & Stuart R. Stone. (1998). Role of Thrombin Anion-binding Exosite-I in the Formation of Thrombin-Serpin Complexes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(47). 31203–31208. 55 indexed citations

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Slate, Cheryl A., et al.. (1995). Engineering of five 88‐residue receptor‐adhesive modular proteins containing a parallel α‐helical coiled coil and two RGD ligand sites. International journal of peptide & protein research. 45(3). 290–298. 6 indexed citations

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Crago, Aimeé M., et al.. (1995). Monocyte Chemoattractant Activity of Ser195 → Ala Active Site Mutant Recombinant α-Thrombin. Experimental Cell Research. 219(2). 650–656. 16 indexed citations

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Whinna, Herbert C., et al.. (1993). Inhibition of dysthrombins Quick I and II by heparin cofactor II and antithrombin.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(5). 3321–3327. 19 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Maureane, et al.. (1991). The effects of heparin cofactor II-derived chemotaxins on neutrophil actin conformation and cyclic AMP levels. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1095(1). 78–82. 4 indexed citations

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Pratt, Charlotte W., B. Gail Macik, & Frank Church. (1989). Protein C inhibitor: Purification and proteinase reactivity. Thrombosis Research. 53(6). 595–602. 24 indexed citations

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Pratt, Charlotte W., et al.. (1989). Physicochemical Aspects of Heparin Cofactor IIa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 556(1). 104–115. 44 indexed citations

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Church, Frank, et al.. (1988). Antithrombin action of phosvitin and other phosphate‐containing polyanions is mediated by heparin cofactor II. FEBS Letters. 237(1-2). 26–30. 24 indexed citations

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Peterson, Cynthia B., et al.. (1987). LYSINE-125 IS ESSENTIAL FOR HEPARIN BINDING TO ANTITHROMBIN. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 1 indexed citations

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Peterson, Cynthia B., et al.. (1987). Identification of a lysyl residue in antithrombin which is essential for heparin binding.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 262(17). 8061–8065. 63 indexed citations

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Church, Frank, et al.. (1985). Effect of divalent cations on the limited proteolysis of prothrombin by thrombin. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 240(2). 607–612. 8 indexed citations

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