James Messing

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
16 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

James Messing is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, James Messing has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Neurology and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in James Messing's work include RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (3 papers). James Messing is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (3 papers). James Messing collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Germany. James Messing's co-authors include J. Paul Taylor, Hong Joo Kim, Peipei Zhang, Peiguo Yang, Tanja Mittag, Yuxin Li, Zemin Yang, Qingfei Pan, Jiyang Yu and Jinjun Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

James Messing

16 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

G3BP1 Is a Tunable Switch that Triggers Phase Separa... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2020 2016 2017 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. G3BP1 Is a Tunable Switch that Triggers Phase Separation to Assemble Stress Granules
    2020 815 citations Peiguo Yang, Regina‐Maria Kolaitis et al. Cell profile →
  2. C9orf72 Dipeptide Repeats Impair the Assembly, Dynamics, and Function of Membrane-Less Organelles
    2016 510 citations Kyung‐Ha Lee, Peipei Zhang et al. Cell profile →
  3. Therapeutic reduction of ataxin-2 extends lifespan and reduces pathology in TDP-43 mice
    2017 396 citations Lindsay A. Becker, Gregor Bieri et al. Nature 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 Messing United States 15 1.9k 668 406 317 235 16 2.5k
Anat Yanai Canada 17 1.7k 0.9× 461 0.7× 206 0.5× 355 1.1× 450 1.9× 34 2.3k
Peiguo Yang China 18 1.8k 0.9× 291 0.4× 196 0.5× 537 1.7× 99 0.4× 28 2.6k
Matthew J. Hayes United Kingdom 16 761 0.4× 281 0.4× 110 0.3× 216 0.7× 115 0.5× 29 1.1k
Alberto T. Gatta United Kingdom 10 832 0.4× 252 0.4× 114 0.3× 482 1.5× 91 0.4× 11 1.3k
Shiwen Luo China 29 1.7k 0.9× 226 0.3× 117 0.3× 394 1.2× 286 1.2× 69 2.4k
Gianluca Cestra Italy 19 973 0.5× 187 0.3× 152 0.4× 626 2.0× 194 0.8× 28 1.5k
John F. Staropoli United States 18 975 0.5× 569 0.9× 404 1.0× 498 1.6× 266 1.1× 29 2.0k
Christoph S. Clemen Germany 29 1.4k 0.7× 147 0.2× 214 0.5× 856 2.7× 254 1.1× 89 2.1k
Judit Herreros Spain 21 1.1k 0.6× 385 0.6× 81 0.2× 338 1.1× 603 2.6× 39 1.7k
Jacqueline M. Linehan United Kingdom 33 3.3k 1.7× 245 0.4× 102 0.3× 101 0.3× 155 0.7× 59 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Messing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Messing

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James Messing. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James Messing based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with James Messing. James Messing is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Farag, Mina, Kiersten M. Ruff, Anurag Singh, et al.. (2025). Tunable metastability of condensates reconciles their dual roles in amyloid fibril formation. Molecular Cell. 85(11). 2230–2245.e7. 15 indexed citations
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Freibaum, Brian D., James Messing, Hong Joo Kim, et al.. (2023). Identification of small molecule inhibitors of G3BP-driven stress granule formation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(3). 32 indexed citations
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Korff, Ané, Xiaojing Yang, Kevin J. O’Donovan, et al.. (2023). A murine model of hnRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder reveals a mechanism for genetic compensation by Hnrnph1. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(14). 8 indexed citations
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Qin, Wei, Joleen S. Cheah, James Messing, et al.. (2023). Dynamic mapping of proteome trafficking within and between living cells by TransitID. Cell. 186(15). 3307–3324.e30. 75 indexed citations
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Batlle, Cristina, Peiguo Yang, James Messing, et al.. (2020). hnRNPDL Phase Separation Is Regulated by Alternative Splicing and Disease-Causing Mutations Accelerate Its Aggregation. Cell Reports. 30(4). 1117–1128.e5. 51 indexed citations
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Yang, Peiguo, Regina‐Maria Kolaitis, Peipei Zhang, et al.. (2020). G3BP1 Is a Tunable Switch that Triggers Phase Separation to Assemble Stress Granules. Cell. 181(2). 325–345.e28. 815 indexed citations breakdown →
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Freibaum, Brian D., James Messing, Peiguo Yang, Hong Joo Kim, & J. Paul Taylor. (2020). High-fidelity reconstitution of stress granules and nucleoli in mammalian cellular lysate. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(3). 58 indexed citations
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Zhang, Peipei, Peiguo Yang, Jamshid Temirov, et al.. (2019). Chronic optogenetic induction of stress granules is cytotoxic and reveals the evolution of ALS-FTD pathology. eLife. 8. 187 indexed citations
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Wang, Bo, Brian A. Maxwell, Joung Hyuck Joo, et al.. (2019). ULK1 and ULK2 Regulate Stress Granule Disassembly Through Phosphorylation and Activation of VCP/p97. Molecular Cell. 74(4). 742–757.e8. 135 indexed citations
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Becker, Lindsay A., Gregor Bieri, K. Rosanna, et al.. (2017). Therapeutic reduction of ataxin-2 extends lifespan and reduces pathology in TDP-43 mice. Nature. 544(7650). 367–371. 396 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Kyung‐Ha, Peipei Zhang, Hong Joo Kim, et al.. (2016). C9orf72 Dipeptide Repeats Impair the Assembly, Dynamics, and Function of Membrane-Less Organelles. Cell. 167(3). 774–788.e17. 510 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chandrasekaran, Siddarth, Jocelyn R. Marshall, James Messing, Jong‐Wei Hsu, & Michael R. King. (2014). TRAIL-Mediated Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells Cultured as 3D Spheroids. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e111487–e111487. 36 indexed citations
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Hsu, Jong‐Wei, et al.. (2013). 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxylvitamin D3 promotes Bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy of bladder cancer. Oncotarget. 4(12). 2397–2406. 25 indexed citations
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Ting, Huei‐Ju, James Messing, Sayeda Yasmin‐Karim, & Yi‐Fen Lee. (2012). Identification of microRNA-98 as a Therapeutic Target Inhibiting Prostate Cancer Growth and a Biomarker Induced by Vitamin D. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(1). 1–9. 85 indexed citations
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Ting, Huei‐Ju, Sayeda Yasmin‐Karim, Shian-Jang Yan, et al.. (2011). A Positive Feedback Signaling Loop between ATM and the Vitamin D Receptor Is Critical for Cancer Chemoprevention by Vitamin D. Cancer Research. 72(4). 958–968. 40 indexed citations
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Scosyrev, Emil, James Messing, Katia Noyes, Peter J. Veazie, & Edward M. Messing. (2010). Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program and population-based research in urologic oncology: An overview. Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations. 30(2). 126–132. 74 indexed citations

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