J. Thomas Parsons

16.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
76 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

J. Thomas Parsons is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology and Allergy. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Thomas Parsons has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Cell Biology and 29 papers in Immunology and Allergy. Recurrent topics in J. Thomas Parsons's work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (29 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (13 papers). J. Thomas Parsons is often cited by papers focused on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (29 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (13 papers). J. Thomas Parsons collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. J. Thomas Parsons's co-authors include Michael D. Schaller, Jeffrey D. Hildebrand, Keith Burridge, Mark H. Ginsberg, Martin A. Schwartz, Alan Rick Horwitz, Gary G. Borisy, Richard Firtel, Anne J. Ridley and Alan Richardson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. Thomas Parsons

75 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Cell Migration: Integrati... 1992 2026 2003 2014 2003 1994 1992 2000 1995 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Cell Migration: Integrating Signals from Front to Back
    2003 3.9k citations J. Thomas Parsons et al. profile →
  2. Autophosphorylation of the focal adhesion kinase, pp125FAK, directs SH2-dependent binding of pp60src.
    1994 785 citations Michael D. Schaller, Jeffrey D. Hildebrand et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
  3. Cell adhesion or integrin clustering increases phosphorylation of a focal adhesion-associated tyrosine kinase.
    1992 649 citations J. Thomas Parsons, Michael D. Schaller et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  4. Focal Adhesion Kinase: a regulator of focal adhesion dynamics and cell movement
    2000 568 citations J. Thomas Parsons, Karen H. Martin et al. Oncogene profile →
  5. Focal adhesion kinase and paxillin bind to peptides mimicking beta integrin cytoplasmic domains.
    1995 507 citations Michael D. Schaller, Jeffrey D. Hildebrand et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Thomas Parsons United States 44 7.1k 6.2k 5.7k 1.6k 1.4k 76 13.4k
Alan F. Horwitz United States 61 7.2k 1.0× 6.9k 1.1× 6.5k 1.1× 955 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 110 14.7k
David R. Critchley United Kingdom 72 7.3k 1.0× 9.4k 1.5× 7.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 910 0.7× 199 16.9k
Christopher E. Turner United States 63 8.7k 1.2× 8.7k 1.4× 8.7k 1.5× 1.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 134 16.7k
J. Thomas Parsons United States 59 10.4k 1.5× 8.6k 1.4× 8.2k 1.4× 2.6k 1.7× 2.0k 1.5× 100 18.7k
John Couchman United States 72 7.5k 1.1× 9.2k 1.5× 5.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 2.3k 1.7× 204 15.6k
Steven K. Hanks United States 49 13.6k 1.9× 6.3k 1.0× 5.5k 1.0× 3.1k 2.0× 1.6k 1.2× 92 20.8k
Guido Tarone Italy 57 5.1k 0.7× 3.1k 0.5× 3.9k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 147 9.1k
David Calderwood United States 53 5.2k 0.7× 5.6k 0.9× 6.5k 1.1× 861 0.5× 899 0.7× 106 12.0k
Margaret C. Frame United Kingdom 69 8.3k 1.2× 5.0k 0.8× 3.8k 0.7× 3.6k 2.3× 1.8k 1.3× 174 16.5k
Filippo G. Giancotti United States 67 9.0k 1.3× 6.2k 1.0× 7.9k 1.4× 4.4k 2.8× 3.0k 2.2× 115 18.5k

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All Works

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Yang, Yeqing Angela, K. Mäder, Volkan Sevi̇m, et al.. (2025). Simultaneous capture of single cell RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, and CRISPR perturbation enables multiomic screens to identify gene regulatory relationships. Cell Reports Methods. 5(12). 101222–101222.
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Reynolds, Albert B., S B Kanner, Amy H. Bouton, et al.. (2013). SRChing for the substrates of Src. Oncogene. 33(37). 4537–4547. 35 indexed citations
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Grigera, Pablo R., Li Ma, Cheryl A. Borgman, et al.. (2012). Mass spectrometric analysis identifies a cortactin–RCC2/TD60 interaction in mitotic cells. Journal of Proteomics. 75(7). 2153–2159. 16 indexed citations
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Rojas, Mauricio, et al.. (2008). FRNK Expression Promotes Smooth Muscle Cell Maturation During Vascular Development and After Vascular Injury. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 28(12). 2115–2122. 25 indexed citations
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Iwanicki, Marcin, Tomáš Vomastek, Robert W. Tilghman, et al.. (2008). FAK, PDZ-RhoGEF and ROCKII cooperate to regulate adhesion movement and trailing-edge retraction in fibroblasts. Journal of Cell Science. 121(6). 895–905. 93 indexed citations
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Parsons, J. Thomas, Karen H. Martin, Jill K. Slack, Joan M. Taylor, & Scott A. Weed. (2000). Focal Adhesion Kinase: a regulator of focal adhesion dynamics and cell movement. Oncogene. 19(49). 5606–5613. 568 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xiong, Wen‐Cheng & J. Thomas Parsons. (1997). Induction of Apoptosis after Expression of PYK2, a Tyrosine Kinase Structurally Related to Focal Adhesion Kinase. The Journal of Cell Biology. 139(2). 529–539. 146 indexed citations
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Malik, Rajesh & J. Thomas Parsons. (1996). Integrin-mediated signaling in normal and malignant cells: a role of protein tyrosine kinases. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1287(2-3). 73–76. 24 indexed citations
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Médico, Enzo, Janice L. Huff, Mary Anne Jelinek, et al.. (1996). The tyrosine kinase receptors Ron and Sea control "scattering" and morphogenesis of liver progenitor cells in vitro.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 7(4). 495–504. 127 indexed citations
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Hildebrand, Jeffrey D., Michael D. Schaller, & J. Thomas Parsons. (1995). Paxillin, a tyrosine phosphorylated focal adhesion-associated protein binds to the carboxyl terminal domain of focal adhesion kinase.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 6(6). 637–647. 296 indexed citations
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Huff, Janice L., et al.. (1993). プロトオンコジーンc‐seaはMet/肝細胞成長因子/scatter因子レセプターに関連する膜貫通プロテイン‐チロシンキナーゼをコードする. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 90(13). 6140–6144. 42 indexed citations
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Parsons, J. Thomas. (1990). Closing the GAP in a signal transduction pathway. Trends in Genetics. 6(6). 169–170. 17 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Albert B., Steven B. Kanner, Hwa‐Chain Robert Wang, & J. Thomas Parsons. (1989). Stable Association of Activated pp60 src with Two Tyrosine-Phosphorylated Cellular Proteins. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 9(9). 3951–3958. 159 indexed citations
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Chen, Wen‐Tien, et al.. (1985). Local degradation of fibronectin at sites of expression of the transforming gene product pp60src. Nature. 316(6024). 156–158. 125 indexed citations
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Parsons, J. Thomas, Paul F. Lewis, & Peter M. Dierks. (1978). Purification of virus-specific RNA from chicken cells infected with avian sarcoma virus: identification of genome-length and subgenome-leghth viral RNAs. Journal of Virology. 27(1). 227–238. 20 indexed citations
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Collins, Carolyn J. & J. Thomas Parsons. (1977). Integration of avian sarcoma virus DNA sequences in transformed mammalian cells.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 74(10). 4301–4305. 23 indexed citations
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Fujinaga, Kei, J. Thomas Parsons, J. W. Beard, Dorothy Beard, & Maurice Green. (1970). Mechanism of Carcinogenesis by RNA Tumor Viruses, III Formation of RNA·DNA Complex and Duplex DNA Molecules by the DNA Polymerase(s) of Avian Myeloblastosis Virus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 67(3). 1432–1439. 40 indexed citations
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Parsons, J. Thomas & Kenneth S. McCarty. (1968). Rapidly Labeled Messenger Ribonucleic Acid-Protein Complex of Rat Liver Nuclei. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 243(20). 5377–5384. 55 indexed citations

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