James E. Thornton

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

James E. Thornton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. Thornton has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in James E. Thornton's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). James E. Thornton is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). James E. Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. James E. Thornton's co-authors include Richard I. Gregory, John P. Hagan, Robinson Triboulet, Hao-Ming Chang, Elena Piskounova, Richard I. Gregory, Charalabos Pothoulakis, Dimitrios Iliopoulos, Christos Polytarchou and David Altshuler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

James E. Thornton

29 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Lin28/let-7 Axis Regulates Glucose Metabolism

2011 724 citations Hao Zhu, Ng Shyh‐Chang et al. Cell profile →
Lin28A and Lin28B Inhibit let-7 MicroRNA Biogenesis by Distinct Mechanisms

2011 506 citations Elena Piskounova, Christos Polytarchou et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James E. Thornton United States	14	1.9k	1.2k	162	131	113	30	2.6k
Jean Wu United States	23	307 0.2×	145 0.1×	360 2.2×	148 1.1×	51 0.5×	47	1.2k
Megan F. Cole United States	13	5.9k 3.1×	988 0.8×	163 1.0×	21 0.2×	540 4.8×	25	6.6k
Thomas Richter Germany	21	611 0.3×	157 0.1×	102 0.6×	13 0.1×	110 1.0×	80	1.7k
Thompson United States	18	267 0.1×	108 0.1×	52 0.3×	131 1.0×	159 1.4×	43	1.4k
Enrique Álvarez United States	32	1.2k 0.7×	210 0.2×	525 3.2×	6 0.0×	211 1.9×	144	3.8k
Benjamin Schubert Germany	17	688 0.4×	110 0.1×	535 3.3×	27 0.2×	120 1.1×	47	1.6k
Sol Efroni Israel	27	1.7k 0.9×	419 0.4×	628 3.9×	7 0.1×	208 1.8×	76	2.8k
Pier Francesco Palamara United States	20	800 0.4×	264 0.2×	102 0.6×	6 0.0×	1.6k 14.2×	34	2.5k
Vladimir Knežević United States	19	1.3k 0.7×	137 0.1×	104 0.6×	3 0.0×	242 2.1×	52	1.8k
Wenbin Ma China	39	3.3k 1.7×	548 0.5×	713 4.4×	3 0.0×	667 5.9×	184	5.1k

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Slavish, Danica C., Ateka A. Contractor, Jessica R. Dietch, et al.. (2022). Characterizing Patterns of Nurses’ Daily Sleep Health: a Latent Profile Analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 29(5). 648–658. 10 indexed citations

Watts, George S., James E. Thornton, Ken Youens‐Clark, et al.. (2019). Identification and quantitation of clinically relevant microbes in patient samples: Comparison of three k-mer based classifiers for speed, accuracy, and sensitivity. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(11). e1006863–e1006863. 17 indexed citations

Vries, Brian de & James E. Thornton. (2018). Research on Guided Autobiography: A Review of Content, Process, and Outcome. 5(1). 22–27. 2 indexed citations

Hurwitz, Bonnie L., Alise J. Ponsero, James E. Thornton, & Jana M. U’Ren. (2017). Phage hunters: Computational strategies for finding phages in large-scale ‘omics datasets. Virus Research. 244. 110–115. 22 indexed citations

Brendel, Christian, Raffaele Renella, Peng Du, et al.. (2015). miRNA-embedded shRNAs for Lineage-specific BCL11A Knockdown and Hemoglobin F Induction. Molecular Therapy. 23(9). 1465–1474. 89 indexed citations

Thornton, James E., Peng Du, Lili Jing, et al.. (2014). Selective microRNA uridylation by Zcchc6 (TUT7) and Zcchc11 (TUT4). Nucleic Acids Research. 42(18). 11777–11791. 84 indexed citations

Chang, Hao-Ming, Robinson Triboulet, James E. Thornton, & Richard I. Gregory. (2013). A role for the Perlman syndrome exonuclease Dis3l2 in the Lin28–let-7 pathway. Nature. 497(7448). 244–248. 264 indexed citations

Thornton, James E., Hao-Ming Chang, Elena Piskounova, & Richard I. Gregory. (2012). Lin28-mediated control of let-7 microRNA expression by alternative TUTases Zcchc11 (TUT4) and Zcchc6 (TUT7). RNA. 18(10). 1875–1885. 175 indexed citations

Martínez, Natalia, et al.. (2012). Trim71 cooperates with microRNAs to repress Cdkn1a expression and promote embryonic stem cell proliferation. Nature Communications. 3(1). 923–923. 125 indexed citations

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Thornton, James E. & Richard I. Gregory. (2012). How does Lin28 let-7 control development and disease?. Trends in Cell Biology. 22(9). 474–482. 296 indexed citations

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Piskounova, Elena, Christos Polytarchou, James E. Thornton, et al.. (2011). Lin28A and Lin28B Inhibit let-7 MicroRNA Biogenesis by Distinct Mechanisms. Cell. 147(5). 1066–1079. 506 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Hao, Ng Shyh‐Chang, Ayellet V. Segrè, et al.. (2011). The Lin28/let-7 Axis Regulates Glucose Metabolism. Cell. 147(1). 81–94. 724 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thornton, James E.. (2008). The Guided Autobiography Method: A Learning Experience. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 66(2). 155–173. 10 indexed citations

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Thornton, James E.. (1992). INTRODUCTION. Educational Gerontology. 18(5). 409–413. 1 indexed citations

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Thornton, James E. & John B. Collins. (1986). Patterns of Leisure and Physical Activities Among Older Adults. Activities Adaptation & Aging. 8(2). 5–27. 10 indexed citations

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Thornton, James E.. (1983). Issues Affecting Gerontology Education and Manpower Needs in Population Aging. Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement. 2(3). 153–161. 2 indexed citations

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Thornton, James E.. (1981). 8th annual symposium on computer architecture. ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News. 9(4). 25–33. 16 indexed citations

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Thornton, James E.. (1980). The CDC 6600 Project. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 2(4). 338–348. 17 indexed citations

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Thornton, James E.. (1970). Design of a Computer—The Control Data 6600. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 127 indexed citations

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Thornton, James E.. (1965). Parallel operation in the control data 6600. IEEE Computer Society Press eBooks. 33–33. 7 indexed citations

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