James J. Cox

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

James J. Cox is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, James J. Cox has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Physiology and 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in James J. Cox's work include Ion channel regulation and function (24 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (22 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers). James J. Cox is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (24 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (22 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers). James J. Cox collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. James J. Cox's co-authors include C. Geoffrey Woods, John N. Wood, Adeline K. Nicholas, Gulshan Karbani, Kelly Springell, Emma Roberts, Lihadh Al‐Gazali, Frank Reimann, Fiona M. Gribble and Shaun Gorman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

James J. Cox

47 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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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.

An SCN9A channelopathy causes congenital inability to experience pain

2006 1.1k citations James J. Cox, Frank Reimann et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James J. Cox United Kingdom	27	2.4k	1.8k	1.2k	1.0k	584	50	4.6k
Andrew F. Russo United States	46	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	535 0.5×	445 0.8×	138	6.4k
Mami Noda Japan	39	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	314 0.3×	253 0.4×	124	6.9k
Susan A. Slaugenhaupt United States	47	3.3k 1.4×	775 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	569 1.0×	92	8.1k
Rajesh Khanna United States	45	3.2k 1.3×	1.8k 1.0×	2.7k 2.3×	310 0.3×	295 0.5×	223	6.1k
José R. Naranjo Spain	44	2.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	2.6k 2.2×	370 0.4×	177 0.3×	125	5.2k
G. Cristina Brailoiu United States	35	1.1k 0.5×	589 0.3×	813 0.7×	708 0.7×	581 1.0×	82	4.3k
Maurice A. Curtis New Zealand	44	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.7×	485 0.5×	248 0.4×	143	7.0k
Oliver von Bohlen und Halbach Germany	41	1.8k 0.7×	738 0.4×	2.1k 1.8×	304 0.3×	256 0.4×	115	5.1k
Adam J. Shaywitz United States	18	2.9k 1.2×	791 0.4×	2.1k 1.8×	528 0.5×	109 0.2×	41	5.6k
Heike Biebermann Germany	42	2.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	813 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	209 0.4×	141	7.2k

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Wood, John N., Nieng Yan, Jian Huang, et al.. (2025). Sensory neuron sodium channels as pain targets; from cocaine to Journavx (VX-548, suzetrigine). The Journal of General Physiology. 157(4). 5 indexed citations

Xu, Pengfei, Hao Wu, Qing Chen, et al.. (2025). Nav1.5 in the dorsal root ganglion plays a crucial role in mechanical hypersensitivity. Brain.

Habib, Abdella M., Shengnan Li, Chenjing Zhang, et al.. (2025). MDFIC2 is a PIEZO channel modulator that can alleviate mechanical allodynia associated with neuropathic pain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(45). e2512426122–e2512426122.

Gossage, Samuel J., Sara Caxaria, Bazbek Davletov, et al.. (2024). Novel therapies for cancer-induced bone pain. PubMed. 16. 100167–100167. 3 indexed citations

Bangash, Muhammad, Cankut Çubuk, Ana Paula Luiz, et al.. (2024). Analgesic targets identified in mouse sensory neuron somata and terminal pain translatomes. Cell Reports. 43(8). 114614–114614. 2 indexed citations

Gossage, Samuel J., Ana Paula Luiz, Shafaq Sikandar, et al.. (2023). Chemogenetic Silencing of Na_V1.8-Positive Sensory Neurons Reverses Chronic Neuropathic and Bone Cancer Pain in FLEx PSAM⁴-GlyR Mice. eNeuro. 10(9). ENEURO.0151–23.2023. 6 indexed citations

Israel, Mathilde R., Lotten Ragnarsson, James J. Cox, et al.. (2022). Low potency inhibition of NaV1.7 by externally applied QX-314 via a depolarizing shift in the voltage-dependence of activation. European Journal of Pharmacology. 925. 175013–175013.

Alles, Sascha R.A., Filipe Nascimento, Rafael Luján, et al.. (2020). Sensory neuron–derived Na _V 1.7 contributes to dorsal horn neuron excitability. Science Advances. 6(8). eaax4568–eaax4568. 19 indexed citations

Koenig, Jennifer, Honglei Huang, Martina Pyrski, et al.. (2018). Mapping protein interactions of sodium channel Na _V 1.7 using epitope‐tagged gene‐targeted mice. The EMBO Journal. 37(3). 427–445. 53 indexed citations

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Emery, Edward C., Abdella M. Habib, James J. Cox, et al.. (2015). NovelSCN9AMutations Underlying Extreme Pain Phenotypes: Unexpected Electrophysiological and Clinical Phenotype Correlations. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(20). 7674–7681. 41 indexed citations

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Waxman, Stephen G., Ingemar S. J. Merkies, Monique M. Gerrits, et al.. (2014). Sodium channel genes in pain-related disorders: phenotype–genotype associations and recommendations for clinical use. The Lancet Neurology. 13(11). 1152–1160. 140 indexed citations

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Lutes, Lesley D., Keeley J. Pratt, Amy Gross McMillan, et al.. (2014). Camp-Based Immersion Treatment for Obese, Low Socioeconomic Status, Multi-Ethnic Adolescents. Childhood Obesity. 10(2). 122–131. 19 indexed citations

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Quick, Kathy, Jing Zhao, Niels Eijkelkamp, et al.. (2012). TRPC3 and TRPC6 are essential for normal mechanotransduction in subsets of sensory neurons and cochlear hair cells. Open Biology. 2(5). 120068–120068. 129 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Ofélia P., Jozef Hertecant, Henry Houlden, et al.. (2010). A novel NGF mutation clarifies the molecular mechanism and extends the phenotypic spectrum of the HSAN5 neuropathy. Journal of Medical Genetics. 48(2). 131–135. 66 indexed citations

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Jacoby, Monique, James J. Cox, Stéphanie Gayral, et al.. (2009). INPP5E mutations cause primary cilium signaling defects, ciliary instability and ciliopathies in human and mouse. Nature Genetics. 41(9). 1027–1031. 277 indexed citations

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Nicholas, Adeline K., Eric A. Swanson, James J. Cox, et al.. (2008). The molecular landscape of ASPM mutations in primary microcephaly. Journal of Medical Genetics. 46(4). 249–253. 68 indexed citations

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Cox, James J., Frank Reimann, Adeline K. Nicholas, et al.. (2006). An SCN9A channelopathy causes congenital inability to experience pain. Nature. 444(7121). 894–898. 1094 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cox, James J., Andrew P. Jackson, Jacquelyn Bond, & C. Geoffrey Woods. (2006). What primary microcephaly can tell us about brain growth. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 12(8). 358–366. 128 indexed citations

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Woods, C. Geoffrey, James J. Cox, Kelly Springell, et al.. (2006). Quantification of Homozygosity in Consanguineous Individuals with Autosomal Recessive Disease. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 78(5). 889–896. 192 indexed citations

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Woods, C. Geoffrey, Sigmar Stricker, Petra Seemann, et al.. (2006). Mutations in WNT7A Cause a Range of Limb Malformations, Including Fuhrmann Syndrome and Al-Awadi/Raas-Rothschild/Schinzel Phocomelia Syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 79(2). 402–408. 116 indexed citations

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