James A. Langeland

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

James A. Langeland is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Langeland has authored 18 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, 5 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in James A. Langeland's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers), Congenital heart defects research (4 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (3 papers). James A. Langeland is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers), Congenital heart defects research (4 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (3 papers). James A. Langeland collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. James A. Langeland's co-authors include John H. Postlethwait, Yanling Wang, Victoria Prince, Angel Amores, Lucille Joly, Robert K. Ho, Yi‐Lin Yan, Allan Force, Monte Westerfield and Marc Ekker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James A. Langeland

18 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Zebrafish hox Clusters and Vertebrate Genome Evolution 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 400 800 1.2k
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. Zebrafish hox Clusters and Vertebrate Genome Evolution
    1998 1.4k citations Angel Amores, Allan Force et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James A. Langeland United States 14 1.7k 708 352 312 248 18 2.3k
Lucille Joly Canada 9 1.6k 0.9× 679 1.0× 534 1.5× 307 1.0× 200 0.8× 12 2.2k
Felix Loosli Germany 28 1.7k 1.0× 574 0.8× 558 1.6× 102 0.3× 291 1.2× 45 2.4k
Jean‐Stéphane Joly France 27 2.5k 1.5× 660 0.9× 570 1.6× 244 0.8× 521 2.1× 47 3.6k
Hironori Wada Japan 27 1.4k 0.8× 530 0.7× 790 2.2× 181 0.6× 374 1.5× 41 2.3k
Andreas Fritz United States 25 3.0k 1.8× 872 1.2× 937 2.7× 342 1.1× 301 1.2× 41 4.1k
Giuseppina Barsacchi Italy 27 2.3k 1.4× 632 0.9× 340 1.0× 216 0.7× 494 2.0× 52 2.7k
Yoshihito Taniguchi Japan 34 2.4k 1.4× 604 0.9× 516 1.5× 171 0.5× 246 1.0× 53 3.5k
Sebastian M. Shimeld United Kingdom 37 2.9k 1.7× 816 1.2× 281 0.8× 248 0.8× 406 1.6× 99 4.0k
Tatjana Sauka‐Spengler United States 33 3.2k 1.9× 825 1.2× 382 1.1× 144 0.5× 200 0.8× 81 3.8k
Kazuyuki Hoshijima United States 24 1.7k 1.0× 485 0.7× 427 1.2× 111 0.4× 248 1.0× 35 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James A. Langeland

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James A. Langeland

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Langeland, James A., et al.. (2024). Early Animal Origin of BACE1 APP/Aβ Proteolytic Function. Biology. 13(5). 320–320. 1 indexed citations
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Campo‐Paysaa, Florent, Dávid Jandzík, Maria V. Cattell, et al.. (2015). Evolution of retinoic acid receptors in chordates: insights from three lamprey species, Lampetra fluviatilis, Petromyzon marinus, and Lethenteron japonicum. EvoDevo. 6(1). 18–18. 7 indexed citations
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Moore, D. Blaine, et al.. (2013). Asynchronous Evolutionary Origins of A  and BACE1. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31(3). 696–702. 18 indexed citations
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Furge, Laura Lowe, et al.. (2009). Vertical and horizontal integration of bioinformatics education. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 37(1). 26–36. 23 indexed citations
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Tank, Elizabeth M.H., et al.. (2009). Patterns and consequences of vertebrateEmxgene duplications. Evolution & Development. 11(4). 343–353. 24 indexed citations
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Rahimi, Rod A., et al.. (2008). Lamprey snail highlights conserved and novel patterning roles in vertebrate embryos. Development Genes and Evolution. 219(1). 31–36. 12 indexed citations
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Langeland, James A., Linda Z. Holland, Roger A. Chastain, & Nicholas D. Holland. (2006). An amphioxus LIM-homeobox gene, AmphiLim1/5, expressed early in the invaginating organizer region and later in differentiating cells of the kidney and central nervous system. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 2(3). 110–116. 27 indexed citations
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Langeland, James A.. (2003). Imaging Immunolabeled Drosophila Embryos by Confocal Microscopy. Humana Press eBooks. 122. 167–172. 3 indexed citations
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Neidert, Adam, et al.. (2001). Lamprey Dlx genes and early vertebrate evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(4). 1665–1670. 125 indexed citations
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Jackman, William R., James A. Langeland, & Charles B. Kimmel. (2000). islet Reveals Segmentation in the Amphioxus Hindbrain Homolog. Developmental Biology. 220(1). 16–26. 90 indexed citations
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Neidert, Adam, G. V. Panopoulou, & James A. Langeland. (2000). Amphioxus goosecoid and the evolution of the head organizer and prechordal plate. Evolution & Development. 2(6). 303–310. 29 indexed citations
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Langeland, James A., et al.. (1999). OtxExpression during Lamprey Embryogenesis Provides Insights into the Evolution of the Vertebrate Head and Jaw. Developmental Biology. 207(1). 26–37. 85 indexed citations
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Amores, Angel, Allan Force, Yi‐Lin Yan, et al.. (1998). Zebrafish hox Clusters and Vertebrate Genome Evolution. Science. 282(5394). 1711–1714. 1425 indexed citations breakdown →
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Langeland, James A., et al.. (1998). An amphioxus snail gene: Expression in paraxial mesoderm and neural plate suggests a conserved role in patterning the chordate embryo. Development Genes and Evolution. 208(10). 569–577. 128 indexed citations
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Carroll, Sean B., Scott D. Weatherbee, & James A. Langeland. (1995). Homeotic genes and the regulation and evolution of insect wing number. Nature. 375(6526). 58–61. 160 indexed citations
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Langeland, James A., et al.. (1994). Positioning adjacent pair-rule stripes in the posterior Drosophila embryo. Development. 120(10). 2945–2955. 43 indexed citations
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Langeland, James A. & Sean B. Carroll. (1993). Conservation of regulatory elements controlling hairy pair-rule stripe formation. Development. 117(2). 585–596. 32 indexed citations
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Paddock, Steve, James A. Langeland, Peter J. DeVries, & Sean B. Carroll. (1993). Three-color immunofluorescence imaging of Drosophila embryos by laser scanning confocal microscopy.. PubMed. 14(1). 42–8. 25 indexed citations

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