James F. Martin

29.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
267 papers, 21.8k citations indexed

About

James F. Martin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, James F. Martin has authored 267 papers receiving a total of 21.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Cell Biology and 37 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in James F. Martin's work include Congenital heart defects research (80 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (38 papers) and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (35 papers). James F. Martin is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (80 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (38 papers) and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (35 papers). James F. Martin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. James F. Martin's co-authors include Eric N. Olson, Todd R. Heallen, Benoît De Crombrugghe, Randy L. Johnson, Brian L. Black, Min Zhang, Haruhiko Akiyama, Marie‐Christine Chaboissier, Andreas Schedl and Mei-Fang Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

James F. Martin

261 papers receiving 21.5k citations

Hit Papers

The transcription factor Sox9 has essential roles in succ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2002 2011 2002 1995 2017 400 800 1.2k
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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. The transcription factor Sox9 has essential roles in successive steps of the chondrocyte differentiation pathway and is required for expression of Sox5 and Sox6
    2002 1.4k citations James F. Martin et al. profile →
  2. Hippo Pathway Inhibits Wnt Signaling to Restrain Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Heart Size
    2011 841 citations Todd R. Heallen, Randy L. Johnson et al. Science profile →
  3. Expression of Cre recombinase in the developing mouse limb bud driven by a Prxl enhancer
    2002 806 citations James F. Martin, Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  4. Cooperative activation of muscle gene expression by MEF2 and myogenic bHLH proteins
    1995 707 citations James F. Martin, Eric N. Olson et al. profile →
  5. The extracellular matrix protein agrin promotes heart regeneration in mice
    2017 478 citations John P. Leach, James F. Martin et al. profile →
  6. Cardiomyocyte Regeneration
    2017 351 citations James F. Martin et al. profile →
  7. Cardiomyocyte Regeneration: A Consensus Statement.
    2017 315 citations James F. Martin et al. 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 F. Martin United States 80 15.8k 3.5k 3.1k 3.1k 3.0k 267 21.8k
Nadia Rosenthal United States 74 13.5k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 3.5k 1.1× 3.7k 1.2× 2.0k 0.7× 239 20.7k
Thomas Braun Germany 82 21.9k 1.4× 3.1k 0.9× 4.1k 1.3× 3.1k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 483 31.1k
Shin’ichi Takeda Japan 70 12.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 3.4k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 427 17.5k
Jonathan A. Epstein United States 92 17.1k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 3.7k 1.2× 2.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 263 23.9k
Margaret Buckingham France 83 21.7k 1.4× 3.6k 1.0× 4.2k 1.3× 2.9k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 201 24.1k
Simon J. Conway United States 75 10.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 3.2k 1.0× 4.2k 1.4× 1.9k 0.6× 215 22.7k
Amy J. Wagers United States 75 15.9k 1.0× 2.4k 0.7× 5.0k 1.6× 1.3k 0.4× 1.9k 0.6× 172 30.8k
Thomas Doetschman United States 63 13.8k 0.9× 3.3k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 2.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.4× 134 19.5k
Andrew B. Lassar United States 59 19.6k 1.2× 3.8k 1.1× 2.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.4× 1.7k 0.6× 88 22.9k
Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte United States 93 22.9k 1.5× 4.0k 1.1× 3.4k 1.1× 786 0.3× 2.1k 0.7× 358 28.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Turaga, Diwakar, et al.. (2025). Fibroblasts Are the Primary Contributors to a Disrupted Micro-Environment in End-Stage Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 18(6). e005192–e005192.
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Li, Gang, Fansen Meng, & James F. Martin. (2025). Targeting the Hippo Pathway for Cardiac Regeneration. Physiology. 40(6). 502–508.
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Scavuzzo, Marissa A., Wojciech J. Szlachcic, Matthew C. Hill, et al.. (2025). Pancreatic organogenesis mapped through space and time. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 57(1). 204–220. 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yue, Xiaohong Chen, Luge Li, et al.. (2025). Atrial cardiomyocyte-restricted cleavage of gasdermin D promotes atrial arrhythmogenesis. European Heart Journal. 46(13). 1250–1262. 7 indexed citations
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Deshmukh, Vaibhav & James F. Martin. (2024). SETD3 is a mechanosensitive enzyme that methylates actin on His73 to regulate mitochondrial dynamics and function. Journal of Cell Science. 137(14). 4 indexed citations
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Steimle, Jeffrey D. & James F. Martin. (2023). Sweet and sour story of maternal diabetes and birth defects. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 2(12). 1107–1108. 1 indexed citations
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Steimle, Jeffrey D., et al.. (2022). Decoding the PITX2-controlled genetic network in atrial fibrillation. JCI Insight. 7(11). 10 indexed citations
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Gnedeva, Ksenia, Xizi Wang, M. Kathryn Barton, et al.. (2020). Organ of Corti size is governed by Yap/Tead-mediated progenitor self-renewal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(24). 13552–13561. 36 indexed citations
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Scavuzzo, Marissa A., Matthew C. Hill, Jolanta Chmielowiec, et al.. (2018). Endocrine lineage biases arise in temporally distinct endocrine progenitors during pancreatic morphogenesis. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3356–3356. 64 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhao, Nathan E. Holton, Mason Sweat, et al.. (2018). FoxO6 regulates Hippo signaling and growth of the craniofacial complex. PLoS Genetics. 14(10). e1007675–e1007675. 28 indexed citations
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Song, Shumei, Jaffer A. Ajani, Soichiro Honjo, et al.. (2014). Hippo Coactivator YAP1 Upregulates SOX9 and Endows Esophageal Cancer Cells with Stem-like Properties. Cancer Research. 74(15). 4170–4182. 211 indexed citations
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Wang, Shang, Andrew L. Lopez, Yuka Morikawa, et al.. (2014). Noncontact quantitative biomechanical characterization of cardiac muscle using shear wave imaging optical coherence tomography. Biomedical Optics Express. 5(7). 1980–1980. 74 indexed citations
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Bai, Yan, Elzbieta Klysik, Wei Yu, et al.. (2013). Correction: MicroRNA-17-92, a Direct Ap-2α Transcriptional Target, Modulates T-Box Factor Activity in Orofacial Clefting. PLoS Genetics. 9(12). 17 indexed citations
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Bénazet, Jean-Denis, Mirko Bischofberger, Eva Tiecke, et al.. (2009). A Self-Regulatory System of Interlinked Signaling Feedback Loops Controls Mouse Limb Patterning. Science. 323(5917). 1050–1053. 156 indexed citations
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Ihida‐Stansbury, Kaori, David McKean, Sarah A. Gebb, et al.. (2004). Paired-Related Homeobox Gene Prx1 Is Required for Pulmonary Vascular Development. Circulation Research. 94(11). 1507–1514. 63 indexed citations
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Parmacek, Michael S., Hon S. Ip, Frank Jung, et al.. (1994). A Novel Myogenic Regulatory Circuit Controls Slow/Cardiac Troponin C Gene Transcription in Skeletal Muscle. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(3). 1870–1885. 26 indexed citations
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Martin, James F., et al.. (1986). A new cardiovascular model for real-time applications. 3(1). 31–65. 14 indexed citations

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