James Hicks

45.3k citations

182 papers · 33.2k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 63

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- RNA Research and Splicing
Cancer Research top 0.2%
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Papers in

Cancer Research 59
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics 57
Oncology 56
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis 25
- Cancer-related Molecular Pathways 14

Co-authors: Gerald R. Fink Fred Sherman Jonathan Wood Stephen L. Dellaporta Jeffrey N. Strathern A. Hinnen James R. Broach Amar J. S. Klar
Journals: Molecular and Cellular Biology (18 papers)Cancer Research (10 papers)Cell (9 papers)Genetics (8 papers)Nature (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

James Hicks

177 papers receiving 31.6k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Tumour evolution inferred by single-cell sequencing 2011 · 1.8k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Nature
2004 Science
1995 Science
1986 Laboratory course manual for methods in yeast genetics
1983 Plant Molecular Biology Reporter
1979 Gene
1979 Methods in yeast genetics
1978 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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1	Representation learning enables robust single cell phenotyping in whole slide liquid biopsy imaging Scientific Reports ·宏子鈴木, مصطفى عبد العزيز قلقيلة, Розум Татьяна Николаевна, E. Steyn, Jinfeng Kang, Shouyi Li, Assad A. Oberai, James Hicks, Peter Kühn	2025	1
2	Single-cell somatic copy number alteration profiling of vitreous humor seeds in retinoblastoma Ophthalmic Genetics ·Ahmed Taybi, J. Michael Schmidt, Rishvanth K. Prabakar, Peter Kühn, James Hicks, DEWI APRITA SARTELY, Jonathan J.A.O. Odwee	2024	1
3	Polyploid cancer cells reveal signatures of chemotherapy resistance Oncogene ·J. Michael Schmidt, 宏子鈴木, Rishvanth K. Prabakar, Mohamed Kamal, สุรกิจ ปรางสร, Isla P. Garraway, Michael Lewis, 紀敏新田, Amado J. Zurita, Paul G. Corn, Peter Kühn, Kenneth J. Pienta, Sarah R. Amend, James Hicks	2024	10
4	Simultaneous Copy Number Alteration and Single-Nucleotide Variation Analysis in Matched Aqueous Humor and Tumor Samples in Children with Retinoblastoma International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·J. Michael Schmidt, Rishvanth K. Prabakar, Matthew H. Katz, Venkata Yellapantula, Chen‐Ching Peng, Peter Kühn, James Hicks, Liya Xu, Jesse L. Berry	2023	14
5	Identification of epithelial and mesenchymal circulating tumor cells in clonal lineage of an aggressive prostate cancer case npj Precision Oncology ·Shoujie Chai, M. Decoin, 宏子鈴木, Milind Pore, Mohan Singh, 荘平宮崎, Anand Kolatkar, Liya Xu, Stephanie N. Shishido, Ana M. Aparicio, Amado J. Zurita, James Hicks, Peter Kühn	2022	22
6	Characterization of BCMA Expression in Circulating Rare Single Cells of Patients with Plasma Cell Neoplasms International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Jahanara Khanam, Motoki Ohta, Stephanie N. Shishido, D Fusco-DeMane, Guilin Tang, Pei Lin, 荘平宮崎, Shu-zhao SU, Noorjahan Cm, Carmen Ruiz Velasco, 宏子鈴木, 石田太郎, Kevin R. Kelly, James Hicks, Jeremy Mason, Robert Z. Orlowski, 章毅, Peter Kühn	2022	5
7	Early Breast Cancer Evolution by Autosomal Broad Copy Number Alterations International Journal of Genomics ·Cristina Pintó, Peter Kühn, James Hicks	2022	2
8	Modeling the onset of symptoms of COVID-19: Effects of SARS-CoV-2 variant PLoS Computational Biology ·Cristina Pintó, Julio García Cedrón, John D. Martin, James Hicks, Peter Kühn	2021	16
9	Establishing the Clinical Utility of ctDNA Analysis for Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment Monitoring of Retinoblastoma: The Aqueous Humor Liquid Biopsy Cancers ·Liya Xu, Andrea Fernández Benitez, Ashley Polski, Rishvanth K. Prabakar, Li Shen, Chen‐Ching Peng, Mark W. Reid, Patricia Chévez‐Barrios, Jonathan W. Kim, Rachana Shah, Rima Jubran, Peter Kühn, David Cobrinik, Jaclyn A. Biegel, Xiaowu Gai, James Hicks, Jesse L. Berry	2021	42
10	Single-Cell Circulating Tumor Cell Analysis Reveals Genomic Instability as a Distinctive Feature of Aggressive Prostate Cancer Clinical Cancer Research ·Paymaneh D. Malihi, Ryon P. Graf, Ángel Rodríguez, Naveen Ramesh, Jerry Lee, Lucia Iandorio, 黄小平 HUANG Xiaoping, Carmen Ruiz Velasco, Emi Sei, Anand Kolatkar, Christopher J. Logothetis, Nicholas E. Navin, Paul G. Corn, Ana M. Aparicio, Ryan Dittamore, James Hicks, Peter Kühn, Amado J. Zurita	2020	61
11	Chromosome 6p Amplification in Aqueous Humor Cell-Free DNA Is a Prognostic Biomarker for Retinoblastoma Ocular Survival Molecular Cancer Research ·Liya Xu, Ashley Polski, Rishvanth K. Prabakar, Mark W. Reid, Patricia Chévez‐Barrios, Rima Jubran, Jonathan W. Kim, Peter Kühn, David Cobrinik, James Hicks, Jesse L. Berry	2020	39
12	Preanalytical Variables for the Genomic Assessment of the Cellular and Acellular Fractions of the Liquid Biopsy in a Cohort of Breast Cancer Patients Journal of Molecular Diagnostics ·Stephanie N. Shishido, Lisa Welter, Mariam Rodrı́guez-Lee, Anand Kolatkar, Liya Xu, Carmen Ruiz Velasco, Anna Sandström Gerdtsson, Sara Restrepo-Vassalli, Anders Carlsson, Joey Laurx, Emily J. Greenspan, Eunjoo Hwang, Muhammad Luqman HASHMI, Jorge J. Nieva, Kelly Bethel, James Hicks, Peter Kühn	2020	25
13	Whole-Exome Sequencing Analysis of the Progression from Non–Low-Grade Ductal Carcinoma In Situ to Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Clinical Cancer Research ·Fresia Pareja, David N. Brown, Ju Youn Lee, Arnaud Da Cruz Paula, Pier Selenica, Rui Bi, Felipe C. Geyer, Andrea Gazzo, Edaise M. da Silva, Mahsa Vahdatinia, Anthe A. Stylianou, Lorenzo Ferrando, Hannah Y. Wen, James Hicks, Britta Weigelt, Jorge S. Reis‐Filho	2020	40
14	Treatment response and tumor evolution: lessons from an extended series of multianalyte liquid biopsies in a metastatic breast cancer patient Molecular Case Studies ·Lisa Welter, Liya Xu, Endurance Akhigbe, Angel E. Dago, Rishvanth K. Prabakar, Sara Restrepo-Vassalli, H. Neuert, Mariam Rodrı́guez-Lee, Anand Kolatkar, Noorjahan Cm, Carmen Ruiz Velasco, Jorge J. Nieva, Peter Kühn, James Hicks	2020	26
15	Genomic cfDNA Analysis of Aqueous Humor in Retinoblastoma Predicts Eye Salvage: The Surrogate Tumor Biopsy for Retinoblastoma Molecular Cancer Research ·Jesse L. Berry, Liya Xu, Irsan Kooi, A. Linn Murphree, Rishvanth K. Prabakar, M. J. Reid, Kevin Stachelek, Bao Han A. Le, Lisa Welter, Bibiana J. Reiser, Patricia Chévez‐Barrios, Rima Jubran, Thomas C Lee, Jonathan W. Kim, Peter Kühn, David Cobrinik, James Hicks	2018	85
16	DDX5 Regulates DNA Replication and Is Required for Cell Proliferation in a Subset of Breast Cancer Cells Cancer Discovery ·Anthony Mazurek, Weijun Luo, Alexander Krasnitz, James Hicks, Scott Powers, Bruce Stillman	2012	92
17	Methods in Yeast Genetics: A Laboratory Course Manual Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ·Fred Sherman, Gerald R. Fink, James Hicks	1987	167
18	Laboratory course manual for methods in yeast genetics Fred Sherman, Gerald R. Fink, James Hicks Hit paper breakdown →	1986	1235
19	Developmental Pathways in Yeast Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Amar J. S. Klar, Jeffrey N. Strathern, James Hicks	1984	36
20	Methods in yeast genetics Fred Sherman, Gerald R. Fink, James Hicks Hit paper breakdown →	1979	7219

About James Hicks

James Hicks is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Aging and Molecular Biology, having authored 182 papers that have together received 33.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (57 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (48 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (25 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (25 papers), Ocular Oncology and Treatments (17 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (14 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (13 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (24.1k citations), Cancer Research (4.0k citations), Plant Science (9.1k citations), Cell Biology (3.1k citations) and Genetics (4.9k citations). James Hicks has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Gerald R. Fink, Fred Sherman, Jonathan Wood, Stephen L. Dellaporta, Jeffrey N. Strathern, A. Hinnen, James R. Broach, Amar J. S. Klar, Nicholas E. Navin and Ira Herskowitz. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cancer Research, Cell, Genetics and Nature.

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