James E. Ferrell

22.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
129 papers, 16.7k citations indexed

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James E. Ferrell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. Ferrell has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 16.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Cell Biology and 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in James E. Ferrell's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (42 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (24 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (13 papers). James E. Ferrell is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (42 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (24 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (13 papers). James E. Ferrell collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Belgium. James E. Ferrell's co-authors include Jeffrey A. Ubersax, Tobias Meyer, Jason W. Myers, Chi‐Ying F. Huang, Wen‐Cheng Xiong, Eduardo D. Sontag, Joseph R. Pomerening, Joshua T. Jones, Won Do Heo and Jen Liou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

James E. Ferrell

128 papers receiving 16.4k 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.

STIM Is a Ca2+ Sensor Essential for Ca2+-Store-Depletion-Triggered Ca2+ Influx

2005 1.7k citations James E. Ferrell, Tobias Meyer et al. profile →
Mechanisms of specificity in protein phosphorylation

2007 1.1k citations James E. Ferrell et al. profile →
Ultrasensitivity in the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade.

1996 858 citations James E. Ferrell et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Self-perpetuating states in signal transduction: positive feedback, double-negative feedback and bistability

2002 852 citations James E. Ferrell profile →
The Biochemical Basis of an All-or-None Cell Fate Switch in Xenopus Oocytes

1998 834 citations James E. Ferrell et al. Science profile →
Detection of multistability, bifurcations, and hysteresis in a large class of biological positive-feedback systems

2004 720 citations James E. Ferrell, Eduardo D. Sontag et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Building a cell cycle oscillator: hysteresis and bistability in the activation of Cdc2

2003 583 citations Joseph R. Pomerening, Eduardo D. Sontag et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
A positive-feedback-based bistable ‘memory module’ that governs a cell fate decision

2003 567 citations James E. Ferrell et al. profile →
Robust, Tunable Biological Oscillations from Interlinked Positive and Negative Feedback Loops

2008 538 citations Tony Tsai, Yoon Sup Choi et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
James E. Ferrell	12.3k	3.4k	1.6k	1.6k	1.4k	129	16.7k
Thomas J. Deerinck	9.2k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.7×	1.0k 0.7×	126	14.9k
Mitsuhiko Ikura	22.1k 1.8×	4.5k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	4.3k 2.6×	2.0k 1.4×	305	29.8k
Martin D. Bootman	18.2k 1.5×	5.1k 1.5×	3.8k 2.3×	6.8k 4.2×	983 0.7×	163	28.1k
Tobias Meyer	17.9k 1.5×	7.1k 2.1×	3.4k 2.1×	6.0k 3.7×	1.4k 0.9×	216	26.8k
Marc A. Martı́-Renom	11.5k 0.9×	673 0.2×	988 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	123	15.4k
Peter Lipp	10.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	4.6k 2.8×	494 0.3×	189	14.9k
Sjors H. W. Scheres	19.8k 1.6×	2.3k 0.7×	294 0.2×	1.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	143	29.4k
Doron Lancet	10.5k 0.9×	756 0.2×	4.4k 2.7×	3.8k 2.3×	2.6k 1.8×	231	21.3k
Nir Ben‐Tal	11.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	302 0.2×	720 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	186	15.7k
Lubert Stryer	20.4k 1.7×	3.6k 1.1×	699 0.4×	7.5k 4.6×	811 0.6×	276	27.9k

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Huang, William Y. C., Steven G. Boxer, & James E. Ferrell. (2024). Membrane localization accelerates association under conditions relevant to cellular signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(10). e2319491121–e2319491121. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Liangfu, Tomek Swigut, David Yao, et al.. (2024). Long-range regulation of transcription scales with genomic distance in a gene-specific manner. Molecular Cell. 85(2). 347–361.e7. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Yuping, et al.. (2024). Robust trigger wave speed in Xenopus cytoplasmic extracts. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5782–5782. 2 indexed citations

Huang, William Y. C., Steven G. Boxer, & James E. Ferrell. (2024). Signaling reactions in 2D vs. 3D. Biophysical Journal. 123(3). 21a–21a. 1 indexed citations

Stearns, Tim, et al.. (2020). The nucleus serves as the pacemaker for the cell cycle. eLife. 9. 26 indexed citations

Cheng, Xianrui & James E. Ferrell. (2019). Spontaneous emergence of cell-like organization in Xenopus egg extracts. Science. 366(6465). 631–637. 58 indexed citations

Roake, Caitlin M., et al.. (2019). Disruption of Telomerase RNA Maturation Kinetics Precipitates Disease. Molecular Cell. 74(4). 688–700.e3. 36 indexed citations

Chung, H. Kay, et al.. (2019). A compact synthetic pathway rewires cancer signaling to therapeutic effector release. Science. 364(6439). 41 indexed citations

Anderson, Graham A., Lendert Gelens, Julie C. Baker, & James E. Ferrell. (2017). Desynchronizing Embryonic Cell Division Waves Reveals the Robustness of Xenopus laevis Development. Cell Reports. 21(1). 37–46. 33 indexed citations

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Ferrell, James E., et al.. (2016). Thresholds and ultrasensitivity from negative cooperativity. Science. 352(6288). 990–993. 54 indexed citations

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Tsai, Tony, Julie A. Theriot, & James E. Ferrell. (2014). Changes in Oscillatory Dynamics in the Cell Cycle of Early Xenopus laevis Embryos. PLoS Biology. 12(2). e1001788–e1001788. 63 indexed citations

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Yang, Qiong & James E. Ferrell. (2013). The Cdk1–APC/C cell cycle oscillator circuit functions as a time-delayed, ultrasensitive switch. Nature Cell Biology. 15(5). 519–525. 109 indexed citations

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Kim, Sun Young, et al.. (2011). Ultrasensitivity in the Regulation of Cdc25C by Cdk1. Molecular Cell. 41(3). 263–274. 110 indexed citations

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Tsai, Tony, Yoon Sup Choi, Wenzhe Ma, et al.. (2008). Robust, Tunable Biological Oscillations from Interlinked Positive and Negative Feedback Loops. Science. 321(5885). 126–129. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brandman, Onn, James E. Ferrell, Rong Li, & Tobias Meyer. (2005). Interlinked Fast and Slow Positive Feedback Loops Drive Reliable Cell Decisions. Science. 310(5747). 496–498. 356 indexed citations

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Kim, Sun Young, Eun Joo Song, Kong‐Joo Lee, & James E. Ferrell. (2005). Multisite M-Phase Phosphorylation of Xenopus Wee1A. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(23). 10580–10590. 35 indexed citations

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Pomerening, Joseph R., Eduardo D. Sontag, & James E. Ferrell. (2003). Building a cell cycle oscillator: hysteresis and bistability in the activation of Cdc2. Nature Cell Biology. 5(4). 346–351. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ferrell, James E., et al.. (1988). Platelet Tyrosine-Specific Protein Phosphorylation Is Regulated by Thrombin. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(9). 3603–3610. 49 indexed citations

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Loew, Gilda H., et al.. (1985). Computer-assisted mechanistic structure-activity studies: application to diverse classes of chemical carcinogens.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 61. 69–96. 28 indexed citations

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Ferrell, James E., et al.. (1979). Structure/Activity Studies of Flavonoids As Inhibitors of Cyclic AMP Phosphodiesterase and Relationship to Quantum Chemical Indices. Molecular Pharmacology. 16(2). 556–568. 95 indexed citations

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