Heather R. Keys

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Heather R. Keys is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather R. Keys has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Infectious Diseases and 2 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Heather R. Keys's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers). Heather R. Keys is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers). Heather R. Keys collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Heather R. Keys's co-authors include David M. Sabatini, Timothy C. Wang, Lynne Chantranupong, Nathanael S. Gray, Carson C. Thoreen, Nora Kory, Sze Ham Chan, Caroline A. Lewis, Jason R. Cantor and Gregory D. Cuny and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Heather R. Keys

17 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

A unifying model for mTORC1-mediated regulation of mRNA t... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2019 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. A unifying model for mTORC1-mediated regulation of mRNA translation
    2012 1.1k citations Carson C. Thoreen, Lynne Chantranupong et al. Nature profile →
  2. Mitochondrial metabolism promotes adaptation to proteotoxic stress
    2019 436 citations Peter Tsvetkov, Alexandre Detappe et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heather R. Keys United States 13 1.7k 384 257 232 199 17 2.3k
Huijian Wu China 27 1.5k 0.9× 448 1.2× 425 1.7× 203 0.9× 151 0.8× 66 2.4k
Asha Acharya United States 24 2.6k 1.5× 473 1.2× 267 1.0× 196 0.8× 176 0.9× 33 3.4k
Hyuk‐Jin Cha South Korea 29 1.7k 1.0× 364 0.9× 431 1.7× 181 0.8× 131 0.7× 117 2.5k
Venkatesha Basrur United States 30 2.5k 1.4× 331 0.9× 471 1.8× 138 0.6× 329 1.7× 86 3.2k
Hua Lu United States 24 1.8k 1.1× 395 1.0× 168 0.7× 537 2.3× 109 0.5× 43 2.3k
Nunziata Maio United States 25 1.1k 0.7× 255 0.7× 166 0.6× 155 0.7× 433 2.2× 37 2.2k
Katherine M. Hannan Australia 30 2.9k 1.7× 348 0.9× 668 2.6× 133 0.6× 274 1.4× 64 3.6k
Kyung Chan Park South Korea 19 995 0.6× 476 1.2× 201 0.8× 120 0.5× 117 0.6× 34 1.4k
Yusuke Saito Japan 24 1.3k 0.8× 283 0.7× 244 0.9× 182 0.8× 208 1.0× 119 2.1k
Yaping Tu United States 28 1.6k 0.9× 226 0.6× 259 1.0× 378 1.6× 238 1.2× 64 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather R. Keys

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather R. Keys

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Keys, Heather R., Shinya Imada, Anna Joseph, et al.. (2025). Genetically encoded fluorescent reporter for polyamines. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4921–4921. 1 indexed citations
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Pena, Izabella A., Ju Shi, Sarah Chang, et al.. (2025). SLC25A38 is required for mitochondrial pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (PLP) accumulation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 978–978. 4 indexed citations
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Su, Kuan-Chung, et al.. (2024). Functional genetics reveals modulators of antimicrotubule drug sensitivity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(2). 1 indexed citations
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Inglis, Alison J., Alina Guna, Heather R. Keys, et al.. (2023). Coupled protein quality control during nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Journal of Cell Science. 136(10). 17 indexed citations
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Winter, Jacob M., Corey N. Cunningham, Heather R. Keys, et al.. (2022). Collateral deletion of the mitochondrial AAA+ ATPase ATAD1 sensitizes cancer cells to proteasome dysfunction. eLife. 11. 10 indexed citations
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Keys, Heather R. & Kristin A. Knouse. (2022). Genome-scale CRISPR screening in a single mouse liver. Cell Genomics. 2(12). 100217–100217. 22 indexed citations
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Adelmann, Charles H., et al.. (2021). CRISPR screens in physiologic medium reveal conditionally essential genes in human cells. Cell Metabolism. 33(6). 1248–1263.e9. 71 indexed citations
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Tsvetkov, Peter, Alexandre Detappe, Kai Cai, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial metabolism promotes adaptation to proteotoxic stress. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(7). 681–689. 436 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Yun, Julien Muffat, Attya Omer, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide CRISPR screen for Zika virus resistance in human neural cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(19). 9527–9532. 88 indexed citations
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Kanarek, Naama, Heather R. Keys, Jason R. Cantor, et al.. (2018). Histidine catabolism is a major determinant of methotrexate sensitivity. Nature. 559(7715). 632–636. 226 indexed citations
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Kory, Nora, Gregory A. Wyant, Gyan Prakash, et al.. (2018). SFXN1 is a mitochondrial serine transporter required for one-carbon metabolism. Science. 362(6416). 169 indexed citations
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Choi, Sung‐Woon, Heather R. Keys, Richard J. Staples, et al.. (2012). Optimization of tricyclic Nec-3 necroptosis inhibitors for in vitro liver microsomal stability. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(17). 5685–5688. 17 indexed citations
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Thoreen, Carson C., Lynne Chantranupong, Heather R. Keys, et al.. (2012). A unifying model for mTORC1-mediated regulation of mRNA translation. Nature. 485(7396). 109–113. 1100 indexed citations breakdown →
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Keys, Heather R., et al.. (2009). DExD/H-box Prp5 protein is in the spliceosome during most of the splicing cycle. RNA. 15(7). 1345–1362. 20 indexed citations
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Teng, Xin, Heather R. Keys, Junying Yuan, Alexei Degterev, & Gregory D. Cuny. (2008). Structure–activity relationship and liver microsome stability studies of pyrrole necroptosis inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(11). 3219–3223. 25 indexed citations
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Teng, Xin, Heather R. Keys, Arumugasamy Jeevanandam, et al.. (2007). Structure–activity relationship study of [1,2,3]thiadiazole necroptosis inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(24). 6836–6840. 41 indexed citations
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Jagtap, Prakash G., Alexei Degterev, Sung‐Woon Choi, et al.. (2007). Structure−Activity Relationship Study of Tricyclic Necroptosis Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 50(8). 1886–1895. 69 indexed citations

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