James G. Metz

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

James G. Metz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James G. Metz has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Biochemistry and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in James G. Metz's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (17 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (15 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (11 papers). James G. Metz is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (17 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (15 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (11 papers). James G. Metz collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. James G. Metz's co-authors include Michael Lassner, Kathryn Lardizabal, Bruce A. Diner, M. Seibert, Donald Miles, Paul G. Roessler, Norman I. Bishop, Michael R. Pollard, Peter J. Nixon and Gary W. Brudvig and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

James G. Metz

35 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Production of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids by Polyketide S... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Production of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids by Polyketide Synthases in Both Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
    2001 558 citations James G. Metz, Paul G. Roessler 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 G. Metz United States 25 2.2k 747 695 590 298 35 2.8k
Barry J. Bowman United States 36 3.6k 1.6× 360 0.5× 165 0.2× 817 1.4× 171 0.6× 76 4.5k
W. Patrick Williams United Kingdom 27 2.0k 0.9× 308 0.4× 374 0.5× 711 1.2× 339 1.1× 78 2.7k
Antoni R. Slabas United Kingdom 42 3.6k 1.6× 280 0.4× 1.3k 1.8× 2.4k 4.1× 65 0.2× 145 5.6k
Sean Coughlan United States 28 1.7k 0.8× 175 0.2× 140 0.2× 1.9k 3.2× 127 0.4× 59 3.2k
Kanji Ohyama Japan 31 3.2k 1.5× 657 0.9× 173 0.2× 1.2k 2.1× 152 0.5× 80 3.9k
Ikuo Nishida Japan 35 3.2k 1.4× 459 0.6× 1.3k 1.9× 2.8k 4.7× 36 0.1× 84 5.0k
Ken-ichiro Takamiya Japan 31 2.7k 1.2× 469 0.6× 551 0.8× 1.7k 2.8× 192 0.6× 79 3.2k
Giulia Friso United States 39 5.0k 2.3× 683 0.9× 282 0.4× 2.2k 3.8× 337 1.1× 70 5.7k
N H Chua United States 35 3.7k 1.7× 528 0.7× 131 0.2× 2.6k 4.3× 358 1.2× 42 4.4k
Christoph F. Beck Germany 32 2.6k 1.2× 999 1.3× 114 0.2× 1.2k 2.0× 458 1.5× 65 3.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gachotte, Daniel, Paul R. Graupner, David McCaskill, et al.. (2021). Plant and algal lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases increase docosahexaenoic acid accumulation at the sn-2 position of triacylglycerol in transgenic Arabidopsis seed oil. PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0256625–e0256625. 5 indexed citations
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Walsh, Terence A., Daniel Gachotte, William A. Moskal, et al.. (2016). Canola engineered with a microalgal polyketide synthase-like system produces oil enriched in docosahexaenoic acid. Nature Biotechnology. 34(8). 881–887. 83 indexed citations
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Metz, James G., et al.. (2009). Biochemical characterization of polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Schizochytrium: Release of the products as free fatty acids. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 47(6). 472–478. 68 indexed citations
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Barclay, William R., et al.. (2005). Development of a Docosahexaenoic Acid Production Technology Using Schizochytrium: A Historical Perspective. 21 indexed citations
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Zheng, Wei, et al.. (2002). Polyenoic fatty acid isomerase from the marine alga Ptilota filicina: protein characterization and functional expression of the cloned cDNA. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 401(1). 11–20. 18 indexed citations
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Metz, James G., Paul G. Roessler, Daniel Facciotti, et al.. (2001). Production of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids by Polyketide Synthases in Both Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. Science. 293(5528). 290–293. 558 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lassner, Michael, Kathryn Lardizabal, & James G. Metz. (1996). A Jojoba b-Ketoacyl-CoA Synthase cDNA Complements the Canola Fatty Acid Elongation Mutation in Transgenic Plants. The Plant Cell. 8(2). 281–281. 3 indexed citations
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Vermaas, Wim, Cathy S. Madsen, Jiujiang Yu, et al.. (1995). Turnover of the D1 protein and of Photosystem II in a Synechocystis 6803 mutant lacking Tyrz. Photosynthesis Research. 45(2). 99–104. 10 indexed citations
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Knutzon, Deborah S., et al.. (1995). Cloning of a Coconut Endosperm cDNA Encoding a 1-Acyl-sn-Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase That Accepts Medium-Chain-Length Substrates. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 109(3). 999–1006. 97 indexed citations
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Metz, James G., Peter J. Nixon, Matthias Rögner, Gary W. Brudvig, & Bruce A. Diner. (1989). Directed alteration of the D1 polypeptide of photosystem II: evidence that tyrosine-161 is the redox component, Z, connecting the oxygen-evolving complex to the primary electron donor, P680. Biochemistry. 28(17). 6960–6969. 229 indexed citations
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Diner, Bruce A., et al.. (1988). COOH-terminal processing of polypeptide D1 of the photosystem II reaction center of Scenedesmus obliquus is necessary for the assembly of the oxygen-evolving complex.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(18). 8972–8980. 125 indexed citations
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Metz, James G., et al.. (1986). Identification of a 34 kDa protein altered in the LF-1 mutant as the herbicide-binding D1 protein of photosystem II. 80(4). 47. 1 indexed citations
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Babcock, Ǵerald, William R. Widger, W.A. Cramer, W. Anthony Oertling, & James G. Metz. (1985). Axial ligands of chloroplast cytochrome b-559: Identification and requirement for a heme-crosslinked polypeptide structure. Biochemistry. 24(14). 3638–3645. 153 indexed citations
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Metz, James G. & M. Seibert. (1984). Presence in Photosystem II Core Complexes of a 34-Kilodalton Polypeptide Required for Water Photolysis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 76(3). 829–832. 36 indexed citations
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Metz, James G., Roger W. Krueger, & Donald Miles. (1984). Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes of a Photosystem II Mutant of Maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 75(1). 238–241. 28 indexed citations
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Metz, James G., Donald Miles, & A. William Rutherford. (1983). Characterization of Nuclear Mutants of Maize Which Lack the Cytochrome f/b-563 Complex. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 73(2). 452–459. 28 indexed citations
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Metz, James G. & Norman I. Bishop. (1980). Identification of a chloroplast membrane polypeptide associated with the oxidizing side of photosystem II by the use of select low-fluorescent mutants of Scenedesmus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 94(2). 560–566. 50 indexed citations
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