James Palis

15.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
156 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

James Palis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Palis has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Molecular Biology, 67 papers in Physiology and 53 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in James Palis's work include Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (67 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (49 papers) and Platelet Disorders and Treatments (18 papers). James Palis is often cited by papers focused on Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (67 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (49 papers) and Platelet Disorders and Treatments (18 papers). James Palis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. James Palis's co-authors include Kathleen E. McGrath, Paul D. Kingsley, Anne D. Koniski, Gordon Keller, Mervin C. Yöder, Jenna M. Frame, Marion Kennedy, Scott Robertson, Jeffrey Malik and Leonard I. Zon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James Palis

149 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Positional cloning of zebrafish ferroportin1 identifies a conserved vertebrate iron exporter

2000 1.3k citations Paul D. Kingsley, James Palis et al. profile →
Development of erythroid and myeloid progenitors in the yolk sac and embryo proper of the mouse

1999 767 citations James Palis, Scott Robertson et al. profile →
A human cell atlas of fetal gene expression

2020 383 citations Junyue Cao, Diana R. O’Day et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Palis United States	51	5.2k	3.4k	3.2k	2.3k	1.9k	156	10.7k
Barry H. Paw United States	50	5.1k 1.0×	3.5k 1.0×	2.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	100	9.8k
Herbert Y. Lin United States	55	6.5k 1.3×	797 0.2×	4.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	110	13.7k
Samuel E. Lux United States	53	3.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	511 0.2×	3.9k 2.1×	114	9.4k
Lars Rönnstrand Sweden	54	5.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	653 0.3×	173	10.2k
Koichi Kokame Japan	43	2.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	553 0.3×	135	6.5k
Atsushi Hirao Japan	44	7.2k 1.4×	1.1k 0.3×	3.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	132	12.4k
Wolfram Goessling United States	40	4.7k 0.9×	2.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	575 0.3×	113	8.5k
Moosa Mohammadi United States	72	18.6k 3.6×	4.0k 1.2×	601 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	143	25.3k
W. Scott Argraves United States	52	4.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	994 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	99	9.0k
Andrius Kazlauskas United States	60	9.8k 1.9×	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	2.3k 1.0×	840 0.4×	188	15.1k

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McGrath, Kathleen E., Anne D. Koniski, Kristin Murphy, et al.. (2025). BMI1 regulates human erythroid self-renewal through both gene repression and gene activation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7619–7619.

McGrath, Kathleen E., Chen Li, Sara Ture, et al.. (2024). Long-lived lung megakaryocytes contribute to platelet recovery in thrombocytopenia models. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 134(22). 11 indexed citations

Michelucci, Antonio, Laura Pietrangelo, Sundeep Malik, et al.. (2024). An Orai1 gain-of-function tubular aggregate myopathy mouse model phenocopies key features of the human disease. The EMBO Journal. 43(23). 5941–5971. 2 indexed citations

Pilzecker, Bas, Aldo Spanjaard, Stefan Preković, et al.. (2023). Mammalian life depends on two distinct pathways of DNA damage tolerance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(4). e2216055120–e2216055120. 4 indexed citations

Kawano, Yuko, Yu Chen, Marlies P. Rossmann, et al.. (2023). Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 2 Mutation Allows Myeloid Differentiation but Impairs Bone Marrow Macrophage Polarization and Function Via Metabolic Dysregulation. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 314–314. 1 indexed citations

Bourne, Joshua H., Joana Campos, James Palis, et al.. (2023). Megakaryocyte NLRP3 hyperactivation induces mild anemia and potentiates inflammatory response in mice. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 7 indexed citations

Huang, Yu, et al.. (2022). Development of Mechanical Stability in Late-Stage Embryonic Erythroid Cells: Insights From Fluorescence Imaged Micro-Deformation Studies. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 761936–761936. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Junyue, Diana R. O’Day, Hannah A. Pliner, et al.. (2020). A human cell atlas of fetal gene expression. Science. 370(6518). 383 indexed citations breakdown →

Calvi, Laura M., Benjamin J. Frisch, Paul D. Kingsley, et al.. (2019). Acute and late effects of combined internal and external radiation exposures on the hematopoietic system. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 95(11). 1447–1461. 12 indexed citations

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Ayoub, Edward, Michael P. Wilson, Kathleen E. McGrath, et al.. (2018). EVI1 overexpression reprograms hematopoiesis via upregulation of Spi1 transcription. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4239–4239. 37 indexed citations

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Zhou, Sitong, et al.. (2017). Microfluidic assay of the deformability of primitive erythroblasts. Biomicrofluidics. 11(5). 54112–54112.

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Huang, Yu‐Shan, Paul D. Kingsley, Xiuli An, et al.. (2017). Circulating primitive erythroblasts establish a functional, protein 4.1R-dependent cytoskeletal network prior to enucleating. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5164–5164. 10 indexed citations

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England, Samantha J., Kathleen E. McGrath, Jenna M. Frame, & James Palis. (2010). Immature erythroblasts with extensive ex vivo self-renewal capacity emerge from the early mammalian fetus. Blood. 117(9). 2708–2717. 74 indexed citations

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Lux, Christopher T., Momoko Yoshimoto, Kathleen E. McGrath, et al.. (2007). All primitive and definitive hematopoietic progenitor cells emerging before E10 in the mouse embryo are products of the yolk sac. Blood. 111(7). 3435–3438. 199 indexed citations

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Tober, Joanna, et al.. (2006). The megakaryocyte lineage originates from hemangioblast precursors and is an integral component both of primitive and of definitive hematopoiesis. Blood. 109(4). 1433–1441. 226 indexed citations

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Kingsley, Paul D., Jeffrey Malik, Katherine A. Fantauzzo, & James Palis. (2004). Yolk sac–derived primitive erythroblasts enucleate during mammalian embryogenesis. Blood. 104(1). 19–25. 178 indexed citations

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Lacaud, Georges, Scott Robertson, James Palis, Marion Kennedy, & Gordon Keller. (2001). Regulation of Hemangioblast Development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 938(1). 96–108. 63 indexed citations

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Korones, David N., Marilyn R. Brown, & James Palis. (2001). “Liver function tests” are not always tests of liver function. American Journal of Hematology. 66(1). 46–48. 1 indexed citations

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Korones, David N., Marilyn R. Brown, & James Palis. (2000). ?Liver function tests? are not always tests of liver function. American Journal of Hematology. 66(1). 46–48. 38 indexed citations

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Palis, James & George B. Segel. (1998). Developmental biology of erythropoiesis. Blood Reviews. 12(2). 106–114. 137 indexed citations

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