James J. Chou

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

James J. Chou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, James J. Chou has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 16 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in James J. Chou's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (28 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (23 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers). James J. Chou is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (28 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (23 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers). James J. Chou collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. James J. Chou's co-authors include Jason R. Schnell, Rafal M. Pielak, Ad Bax, William M. Shih, Kirill Oxenoid, Marcelo J. Berardi, Matthew E. Call, Shawn M. Douglas, Gerhard Wagner and Kai W. Wucherpfennig and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

James J. Chou

121 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

Structure and mechanism of the M2 proton channel of influenza A virus

2008 830 citations Jason R. Schnell, James J. Chou Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James J. Chou United States	50	6.9k	1.3k	1.1k	1.0k	695	124	9.1k
Michael Sattler Germany	64	13.6k 2.0×	673 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	1.7k 2.4×	316	16.8k
Narayanan Eswar United States	25	8.4k 1.2×	623 0.5×	288 0.3×	802 0.8×	1.3k 1.8×	52	11.2k
István Simon Hungary	46	10.2k 1.5×	613 0.5×	790 0.7×	547 0.5×	2.1k 3.1×	144	13.1k
Pedro Romero United States	41	9.1k 1.3×	555 0.4×	837 0.8×	970 0.9×	2.6k 3.7×	65	11.3k
Steve W. Homans United Kingdom	40	4.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	571 0.5×	463 0.4×	688 1.0×	92	6.3k
Edward T. Olejniczak United States	54	7.8k 1.1×	485 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	965 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	122	10.7k
Stewart R. Durell United States	44	5.8k 0.8×	394 0.3×	367 0.3×	770 0.7×	763 1.1×	96	7.9k
Michael G. Prisant United States	13	5.2k 0.8×	462 0.4×	397 0.4×	596 0.6×	1.3k 1.9×	25	7.6k
Giorgio Colombo Italy	47	5.9k 0.9×	368 0.3×	354 0.3×	594 0.6×	968 1.4×	262	7.7k
András Fiser United States	43	8.0k 1.2×	518 0.4×	387 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.9k 2.7×	144	11.3k

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Lopes-Rodrigues, Vanessa, Xueqing Lun, Jianbo Zhang, et al.. (2025). Impaired migration and lung invasion of human melanoma by a novel small molecule targeting the transmembrane domain of death receptor p75NTR. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 17(10). 2661–2690. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Xing, et al.. (2024). Self‐Assembled Antibody‐Oligonucleotide Conjugates for Targeted Delivery of Complementary Antisense Oligonucleotides. Angewandte Chemie. 137(3). 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xing, et al.. (2024). Self‐Assembled Antibody‐Oligonucleotide Conjugates for Targeted Delivery of Complementary Antisense Oligonucleotides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(3). e202415272–e202415272. 5 indexed citations

Du, Gang, Linlin Zhao, Yumei Zheng, et al.. (2023). Autoinhibitory structure of preligand association state implicates a new strategy to attain effective DR5 receptor activation. Cell Research. 33(2). 131–146. 6 indexed citations

Qi, Fei, Zhi Zhang, Justin Kale, et al.. (2021). An amphipathic Bax core dimer forms part of the apoptotic pore wall in the mitochondrial␣membrane. The EMBO Journal. 40(14). 26 indexed citations

Yuan, Yuan, Chan Cao, Min Li, et al.. (2020). Structural Characterization of the N-Terminal Domain of the Dictyostelium discoideum Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter. ACS Omega. 5(12). 6452–6460. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Wen, Yongfei Cai, Qingshan Fu, et al.. (2019). Unidirectional Presentation of Membrane Proteins in Nanoparticle‐Supported Liposomes. Angewandte Chemie. 131(29). 9971–9975. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Wen, Yongfei Cai, Qingshan Fu, et al.. (2019). Unidirectional Presentation of Membrane Proteins in Nanoparticle‐Supported Liposomes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(29). 9866–9870. 14 indexed citations

Chen, Wen, Bo OuYang, & James J. Chou. (2018). Chen et al. reply. Nature. 562(7727). E19–E20. 4 indexed citations

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Griffin, Stephen, et al.. (2015). Genotype-specific differences in structural features of hepatitis C virus (HCV) p7 membrane protein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1848(6). 1383–1392. 22 indexed citations

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Strauss, Mike, Sarah Gold, Terry Jackson, et al.. (2014). Capsid Protein VP4 of Human Rhinovirus Induces Membrane Permeability by the Formation of a Size-Selective Multimeric Pore. PLoS Pathogens. 10(8). e1004294–e1004294. 78 indexed citations

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Pielak, Rafal M., Kirill Oxenoid, & James J. Chou. (2011). Structural Investigation of Rimantadine Inhibition of the AM2-BM2 Chimera Channel of Influenza Viruses. Structure. 19(11). 1655–1663. 61 indexed citations

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Andreas, Loren B., Matthew T. Eddy, Rafal M. Pielak, James J. Chou, & Robert G. Griffin. (2010). Magic Angle Spinning NMR Investigation of Influenza A M2(18-60): Support for an Allosteric Mechanism of Inhibition. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

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Chou, James J., et al.. (2009). Model-Based Process Strategies for Ic Foundries. 5(1). 56.

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Xu, Chenqi, Étienne Gagnon, Matthew E. Call, et al.. (2008). Regulation of T Cell Receptor Activation by Dynamic Membrane Binding of the CD3ɛ Cytoplasmic Tyrosine-Based Motif. Cell. 135(4). 702–713. 351 indexed citations

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Douglas, Shawn M., James J. Chou, & William M. Shih. (2007). DNA-nanotube-induced alignment of membrane proteins for NMR structure determination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(16). 6644–6648. 370 indexed citations

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Roychowdhury, Sukla, Robert A. Baiocchi, Srinivas Vourganti, et al.. (2004). Selective Efficacy of Depsipeptide in a Xenograft Model of Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Lymphoproliferative Disorder. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 96(19). 1447–1457. 26 indexed citations

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Chou, James J., Frank Delaglio, & Ad Bax. (2000). Measurement of one-bond 15N-13C′ dipolar couplings in medium sized proteins. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 18(2). 101–105. 48 indexed citations

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Chou, James J., et al.. (1998). Solution Structure of the RAIDD CARD and Model for CARD/CARD Interaction in Caspase-2 and Caspase-9 Recruitment. Cell. 94(2). 171–180. 263 indexed citations

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Althaus, Irene W., James J. Chou, Andrea J. Gonzales, et al.. (1993). Kinetic studies with the non-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor U-88204E. Biochemistry. 32(26). 6548–6554. 149 indexed citations

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