George Thomas

5.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
33 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

George Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, George Thomas has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in George Thomas's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (6 papers). George Thomas is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (6 papers). George Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Spain and United States. George Thomas's co-authors include Nick Pullen, Sara C. Kozma, Harold B.J. Jefferies, Joffrey Pelletier, Siniša Volarević, Christoph Reinhard, Patrick B. Dennis, Brian A. Hemmings, Almut Dufner and Mirjana Andjelković and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

George Thomas

33 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Phosphorylation and Activation of p70 ^s6k by PDK1

1998 728 citations Nick Pullen, Patrick B. Dennis et al. profile →
Rapamycin selectively represses translation of the "polypyrimidine tract" mRNA family.

1994 534 citations Harold B.J. Jefferies, Christoph Reinhard et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Ribosome biogenesis in cancer: new players and therapeutic avenues

2017 523 citations Joffrey Pelletier, George Thomas et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
George Thomas Switzerland	24	3.4k	542	438	356	292	33	4.0k
Philippe Lenormand France	21	3.1k 0.9×	779 1.4×	657 1.5×	465 1.3×	332 1.1×	31	4.1k
Guri Tzivion United States	26	3.4k 1.0×	606 1.1×	503 1.1×	319 0.9×	297 1.0×	35	4.1k
Isabel Domínguez United States	31	2.9k 0.9×	535 1.0×	497 1.1×	546 1.5×	344 1.2×	51	3.7k
Hiroshi Shima Japan	35	3.0k 0.9×	599 1.1×	619 1.4×	534 1.5×	388 1.3×	141	4.0k
Drew E. Van Dyk United States	10	2.4k 0.7×	527 1.0×	450 1.0×	321 0.9×	443 1.5×	11	3.5k
Michiaki Kohno Japan	35	3.1k 0.9×	846 1.6×	523 1.2×	531 1.5×	393 1.3×	92	4.5k
Nicholas A. Morrice United Kingdom	36	3.3k 1.0×	657 1.2×	653 1.5×	383 1.1×	432 1.5×	64	4.2k
Anjaruwee S. Nimnual United States	11	2.5k 0.7×	500 0.9×	637 1.5×	400 1.1×	494 1.7×	14	3.3k
Liguo New United States	18	2.5k 0.7×	477 0.9×	323 0.7×	592 1.7×	414 1.4×	21	3.1k
Steve Arkinstall United States	25	3.4k 1.0×	496 0.9×	582 1.3×	331 0.9×	557 1.9×	34	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by George Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Thomas

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

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Peddigari, Suresh, Carol A. Mercer, Virginia Amador, et al.. (2021). Impaired ribosome biogenesis checkpoint activation induces p53-dependent MCL-1 degradation and MYC-driven lymphoma death. Blood. 137(24). 3351–3364. 17 indexed citations

Kusnadi, Eric, Anna Trigos, Carleen Cullinane, et al.. (2020). Reprogrammed mRNA translation drives resistance to therapeutic targeting of ribosome biogenesis. The EMBO Journal. 39(21). e105111–e105111. 28 indexed citations

Pelletier, Joffrey, Eugènia Almacellas, Caroline Mauvezin, et al.. (2020). Nucleotide depletion reveals the impaired ribosome biogenesis checkpoint as a barrier against DNA damage. The EMBO Journal. 39(13). e103838–e103838. 28 indexed citations

Thomas, George, et al.. (2020). Modified Karydakis procedure for uncomplicated pilonidal sinus. International Surgery Journal. 7(8). 2568–2568. 1 indexed citations

Tauler, Albert, et al.. (2019). Oncogenic MYC Induces the Impaired Ribosome Biogenesis Checkpoint and Stabilizes p53 Independent of Increased Ribosome Content. Cancer Research. 79(17). 4348–4359. 28 indexed citations

Pelletier, Joffrey, George Thomas, & Siniša Volarević. (2018). Erratum: Corrigendum: Ribosome biogenesis in cancer: new players and therapeutic avenues. Nature reviews. Cancer. 18(2). 134–134. 12 indexed citations

Gentilella, Antonio, Pedro Juan Barrios Fuentes, Guilherme Z. Rocha, et al.. (2017). Autogenous Control of 5′TOP mRNA Stability by 40S Ribosomes. Molecular Cell. 67(1). 55–70.e4. 83 indexed citations

Pelletier, Joffrey, George Thomas, & Siniša Volarević. (2017). Ribosome biogenesis in cancer: new players and therapeutic avenues. Nature reviews. Cancer. 18(1). 51–63. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

Cortés, Constanza, Sónia R. Veiga, Eugènia Almacellas, et al.. (2016). Effect of low doses of actinomycin D on neuroblastoma cell lines. Molecular Cancer. 15(1). 1–1. 114 indexed citations

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Almacellas, Eugènia, Antonio Gentilella, Santiago Ambrosio, et al.. (2015). V-ATPase: a master effector of E2F1-mediated lysosomal trafficking, mTORC1 activation and autophagy. Oncotarget. 6(29). 28057–28070. 38 indexed citations

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Montagne, Jacques & George Thomas. (2004). 9 S6K Integrates Nutrient and Mitogen Signals to Control Cell Growth. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 42. 265–298. 4 indexed citations

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Hannan, Katherine M., George Thomas, & Richard B. Pearson. (2003). Activation of S6K1 (p70 ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1) requires an initial calcium-dependent priming event involving formation of a high-molecular-mass signalling complex. Biochemical Journal. 370(2). 469–477. 51 indexed citations

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Dennis, Patrick B., Nick Pullen, Richard B. Pearson, Sara C. Kozma, & George Thomas. (1998). Phosphorylation Sites in the Autoinhibitory Domain Participate in p70s6k Activation Loop Phosphorylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(24). 14845–14852. 121 indexed citations

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Pullen, Nick & George Thomas. (1997). The modular phosphorylation and activation of p70^s6k. FEBS Letters. 410(1). 78–82. 479 indexed citations

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Jefferies, Harold B.J. & George Thomas. (1996). 14 Ribosomal Protein S6 Phosphorylation and Signal Transduction. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 30. 389–409. 52 indexed citations

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Katahira, Ritsuko, Horst Flotow, George Thomas, & Atsuko Y. Nosaka. (1996). Solution structure of the phosphorylated sites of ribosomal protein S6 by ¹H NMR spectroscopy. International journal of peptide & protein research. 47(4). 282–288. 2 indexed citations

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Pearson, Richard B. & George Thomas. (1995). Regulation of p70s6k/p85s6k and its role in the cell cycle. PubMed. 1. 21–32. 37 indexed citations

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Jefferies, Harold B.J., Christoph Reinhard, Sara C. Kozma, & George Thomas. (1994). Rapamycin selectively represses translation of the "polypyrimidine tract" mRNA family.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(10). 4441–4445. 534 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, George & A D Diwan. (1990). Changes in nucleic acids and protein content in relation to body size in the prawnPenaeuss indicus H Milne Edwards. Proceedings Animal Sciences. 99(2). 125–130. 1 indexed citations

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Krieg, Joachim, Jan Hofsteenge, & George Thomas. (1988). Identification of the 40 S ribosomal protein S6 phosphorylation sites induced by cycloheximide.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(23). 11473–11477. 154 indexed citations

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