James M. Ward

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

James M. Ward is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Ward has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in James M. Ward's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers) and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (5 papers). James M. Ward is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers) and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (5 papers). James M. Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. James M. Ward's co-authors include David Brown, Allen D. Roses, Jill Richardson, Jon Kemppainen, Ian A. Taylor, John Cogswell, Ann M. Saunders, Rab K. Prinjha, Yunling Shi and Kevin Kelnar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

James M. Ward

46 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Identification of miRNA Changes in Alzheimer's Disease Brain and CSF Yields Putative Biomarkers and Insights into Disease Pathways

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James M. Ward United States	21	1.5k	801	285	193	187	56	2.2k
Jannet Kocerha United States	17	1.3k 0.9×	924 1.2×	106 0.4×	245 1.3×	165 0.9×	21	1.9k
Elizabeth A. Pollina United States	13	1.7k 1.1×	334 0.4×	457 1.6×	196 1.0×	259 1.4×	15	2.7k
Emerald Perlas Italy	27	1.4k 0.9×	335 0.4×	273 1.0×	401 2.1×	345 1.8×	39	2.8k
Allissa Dillman United States	19	1.7k 1.1×	348 0.4×	407 1.4×	206 1.1×	441 2.4×	26	2.4k
Elizabeth A. Stoll United Kingdom	15	943 0.6×	358 0.4×	158 0.6×	198 1.0×	252 1.3×	30	1.8k
Ngan Vo United States	9	1.5k 1.0×	685 0.9×	127 0.4×	274 1.4×	359 1.9×	9	2.0k
Avtar Roopra United States	27	1.6k 1.1×	341 0.4×	419 1.5×	572 3.0×	436 2.3×	55	2.5k
Yi‐Shuian Huang Taiwan	25	1.7k 1.2×	209 0.3×	177 0.6×	463 2.4×	219 1.2×	69	2.3k
Rime Madani Switzerland	16	584 0.4×	426 0.5×	279 1.0×	464 2.4×	106 0.6×	25	1.6k
Irina Dedova Australia	19	1.1k 0.7×	253 0.3×	153 0.5×	321 1.7×	181 1.0×	37	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James M. Ward

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Lee, Mi Kyeong, Hilde Kristin Vindenes, Farnaz Fouladi, et al.. (2025). Oral microbiota related to allergy in Norwegian adults. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global. 4(2). 100435–100435.

Alexander, Georgia M., et al.. (2025). Mineralocorticoid receptor knockout alters hippocampal CA2 neurons to become like those in CA1. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1037–1037.

Ward, James M., Kakali Sarkar, Adam Schiffenbauer, et al.. (2024). Neutrophil and mononuclear leukocyte pathways and upstream regulators revealed by serum proteomics of adult and juvenile dermatomyositis. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 26(1). 196–196.

Kinyamu, H. Karimi, Brian D. Bennett, James M. Ward, & Trevor Archer. (2024). Proteasome Inhibition Reprograms Chromatin Landscape in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research Communications. 4(4). 1082–1099. 2 indexed citations

Edin, Matthew L., Artiom Gruzdev, Joan P. Graves, et al.. (2024). Effects of sEH inhibition on the eicosanoid and cytokine storms in SARS‐CoV ‐2‐infected mice. The FASEB Journal. 38(10). e23692–e23692. 4 indexed citations

Hoffman, Jackson A., Ginger W. Muse, Lee Langer, et al.. (2024). BRG1 establishes the neuroectodermal chromatin landscape to restrict dorsal cell fates. Science Advances. 10(9). eadj5107–eadj5107. 1 indexed citations

Ward, James M., Terrance P. OʼHanlon, Michael A. Smith, et al.. (2023). Shared and Distinctive Transcriptomic and Proteomic Pathways in Adult and Juvenile Dermatomyositis. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 75(11). 2014–2026. 12 indexed citations

Ward, James M., et al.. (2023). Nicotine exposure decreases likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 RNA expression and neuropathology in the hACE2 mouse brain but not moribundity. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2042–2042. 3 indexed citations

Hoffman, Jackson A., Kevin W. Trotter, Christopher R. Day, et al.. (2022). Multimodal regulatory elements within a hormone-specific super enhancer control a heterogeneous transcriptional response. Molecular Cell. 82(4). 803–815.e5. 15 indexed citations

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Yang, Jun, Brian D. Bennett, James M. Ward, et al.. (2020). Ancestry-dependent gene expression correlates with reprogramming to pluripotency and multiple dynamic biological processes. Science Advances. 6(47). 21 indexed citations

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Nichols, C.E., John S. House, James M. Ward, et al.. (2020). Lrp1 Regulation of Pulmonary Function. Follow-Up of Human GWAS in Mice. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 64(3). 368–378. 5 indexed citations

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Langer, Lee, James M. Ward, & Trevor Archer. (2019). Tumor suppressor SMARCB1 suppresses super-enhancers to govern hESC lineage determination. eLife. 8. 27 indexed citations

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Farris, Shannon, et al.. (2019). Hippocampal Subregions Express Distinct Dendritic Transcriptomes that Reveal Differences in Mitochondrial Function in CA2. Cell Reports. 29(2). 522–539.e6. 59 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Jackson A., Kevin W. Trotter, James M. Ward, & Trevor Archer. (2018). BRG1 governs glucocorticoid receptor interactions with chromatin and pioneer factors across the genome. eLife. 7. 49 indexed citations

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Tyssowski, Kelsey M., Nicholas R. DeStefino, Jin-Hyung Cho, et al.. (2018). Different Neuronal Activity Patterns Induce Different Gene Expression Programs. Neuron. 98(3). 530–546.e11. 223 indexed citations

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Thomas, Seddon Y., Gregory S. Whitehead, Motoki Takaku, et al.. (2017). MyD88-dependent dendritic and epithelial cell crosstalk orchestrates immune responses to allergens. Mucosal Immunology. 11(3). 796–810. 19 indexed citations

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Whitehead, Gregory S., Seddon Y. Thomas, Karim H. Shalaby, et al.. (2017). TNF is required for TLR ligand–mediated but not protease-mediated allergic airway inflammation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(9). 3313–3326. 33 indexed citations

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Tang, Shuang, Gang Huang, Wei Fan, et al.. (2014). SIRT1-Mediated Deacetylation of CRABPII Regulates Cellular Retinoic Acid Signaling and Modulates Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation. Molecular Cell. 55(6). 843–855. 56 indexed citations

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Wang, Li, Yi‐Liang Miao, Xiaofeng Zheng, et al.. (2013). The THO Complex Regulates Pluripotency Gene mRNA Export and Controls Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Somatic Cell Reprogramming. Cell stem cell. 13(6). 676–690. 74 indexed citations

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Roulhac, Petra L., James M. Ward, J. Will Thompson, et al.. (2011). Microproteomics: Quantitative Proteomic Profiling of Small Numbers of Laser-Captured Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2011(2). pdb.prot5573–pdb.prot5573. 26 indexed citations

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