James Briggs

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

James Briggs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Briggs has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in James Briggs's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (2 papers). James Briggs is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (2 papers). James Briggs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. James Briggs's co-authors include Allon M. Klein, Caleb Weinreb, Sean G. Megason, Daniel E. Wagner, Ernst J. Wolvetang, Zach M. Collins, John S. Mattick, Guy Barry, John L. Rinn and Marc W. Kirschner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Neuron and Molecular Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

James Briggs

7 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Single-cell mapping of gene expression landscapes and lineage in the zebrafish embryo
    2018 530 citations Daniel E. Wagner, Caleb Weinreb et al. Science profile →
  2. The dynamics of gene expression in vertebrate embryogenesis at single-cell resolution
    2018 365 citations James Briggs, Caleb Weinreb 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 Briggs United States 7 1.5k 631 171 159 131 7 1.7k
Guangdun Peng China 23 1.8k 1.2× 402 0.6× 136 0.8× 118 0.7× 135 1.0× 66 2.2k
Blue B. Lake United States 17 1.6k 1.1× 297 0.5× 176 1.0× 136 0.9× 141 1.1× 21 1.9k
Michael L. Gonzales United States 13 2.0k 1.4× 376 0.6× 476 2.8× 144 0.9× 168 1.3× 21 2.4k
Annalena Moliner Sweden 12 1.3k 0.9× 347 0.5× 109 0.6× 88 0.6× 49 0.4× 13 1.6k
Brian S. Clark United States 23 1.8k 1.3× 716 1.1× 149 0.9× 80 0.5× 382 2.9× 35 2.2k
Yohei Sasagawa Japan 18 1.1k 0.7× 237 0.4× 107 0.6× 70 0.4× 196 1.5× 33 1.4k
Kevin Huang United States 17 1.4k 1.0× 279 0.4× 228 1.3× 63 0.4× 58 0.4× 19 1.8k
Hannah Dueck United States 12 1.2k 0.9× 308 0.5× 78 0.5× 166 1.0× 38 0.3× 13 1.5k
Bushra Raj Canada 10 1.7k 1.1× 298 0.5× 191 1.1× 82 0.5× 135 1.0× 12 1.9k
Dwight Stambolian United States 26 1.3k 0.9× 165 0.3× 333 1.9× 70 0.4× 116 0.9× 76 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by James Briggs

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Briggs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Briggs

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

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Briggs, James, Caleb Weinreb, Daniel E. Wagner, et al.. (2018). The dynamics of gene expression in vertebrate embryogenesis at single-cell resolution. Science. 360(6392). 365 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wagner, Daniel E., Caleb Weinreb, Zach M. Collins, et al.. (2018). Single-cell mapping of gene expression landscapes and lineage in the zebrafish embryo. Science. 360(6392). 981–987. 530 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Briggs, James, Victor Li, Seungkyu Lee, et al.. (2017). Mouse embryonic stem cells can differentiate via multiple paths to the same state. eLife. 6. 59 indexed citations
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Briggs, James, Ernst J. Wolvetang, John S. Mattick, John L. Rinn, & Guy Barry. (2015). Mechanisms of Long Non-coding RNAs in Mammalian Nervous System Development, Plasticity, Disease, and Evolution. Neuron. 88(5). 861–877. 320 indexed citations
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Barry, Guy, James Briggs, Darya Vanichkina, et al.. (2013). The long non-coding RNA Gomafu is acutely regulated in response to neuronal activation and involved in schizophrenia-associated alternative splicing. Molecular Psychiatry. 19(4). 486–494. 313 indexed citations
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Briggs, James, Elizabeth A. Mason, Dmitry A. Ovchinnikov, Christine A. Wells, & Ernst J. Wolvetang. (2013). Concise Review: New Paradigms for Down Syndrome Research Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Tackling Complex Human Genetic Disease. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 2(3). 175–184. 11 indexed citations
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Briggs, James, Jane Sun, Dmitry A. Ovchinnikov, et al.. (2012). Integration-Free Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Model Genetic and Neural Developmental Features of Down Syndrome Etiology. Stem Cells. 31(3). 467–478. 115 indexed citations

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