James W. Nelson

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

James W. Nelson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. Nelson has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in James W. Nelson's work include Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). James W. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). James W. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. James W. Nelson's co-authors include Ronald R. Breaker, John R. W. Govan, Peter J. Chen, Gregory A. Newby, Catherine Doherty, Zasha Weinberg, Madeline E. Sherlock, A P Greening, P H Brown and A.K. Webb and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

James W. Nelson

30 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Enhanced prime editing systems by manipulating cellular determinants of editing outcomes

2021 488 citations Peter J. Chen, Jeffrey A. Hussmann et al. Cell profile →
Engineered pegRNAs improve prime editing efficiency

2021 463 citations James W. Nelson, Peyton B. Randolph et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James W. Nelson United States	22	2.0k	704	631	455	240	31	2.8k
Maurice P. Gallagher United Kingdom	17	967 0.5×	318 0.5×	361 0.6×	132 0.3×	78 0.3×	28	2.0k
Nicole T. Liberati United States	17	3.2k 1.6×	226 0.3×	946 1.5×	252 0.6×	614 2.6×	19	4.0k
Barbara I. Kazmierczak United States	33	2.5k 1.2×	351 0.5×	857 1.4×	208 0.5×	756 3.1×	61	3.6k
Michal Mudd United States	27	1.8k 0.9×	412 0.6×	465 0.7×	123 0.3×	230 1.0×	36	3.3k
Amy Huei‐Yi Lee Canada	21	667 0.3×	122 0.2×	261 0.4×	459 1.0×	84 0.3×	74	1.7k
Sean F. Wolfort United States	11	726 0.4×	116 0.2×	302 0.5×	161 0.4×	222 0.9×	15	1.4k
Maren Scharfe Germany	24	1.3k 0.6×	86 0.1×	290 0.5×	157 0.3×	128 0.5×	34	1.9k
Antje Munder Germany	19	726 0.4×	196 0.3×	193 0.3×	99 0.2×	148 0.6×	39	1.2k
Colin Davenport Germany	17	844 0.4×	173 0.2×	221 0.4×	100 0.2×	146 0.6×	36	1.1k
Jan D.H. Jongbloed Netherlands	37	2.3k 1.2×	104 0.1×	1.5k 2.3×	197 0.4×	91 0.4×	96	5.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Callaghan, Chris, Claudia Chan, James W. Nelson, et al.. (2024). Impact of primary care triage using the Head and Neck Cancer Risk Calculator version 2 on tertiary head and neck services in the post-coronavirus disease 2019 period. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 138(7). 760–765.

Liu, Meizi, Jogender Mehla, Deepti Diwan, et al.. (2023). Isoflurane Conditioning Provides Protection against Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Induced Delayed Cerebral Ischemia through NF-kB Inhibition. Biomedicines. 11(4). 1163–1163. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Peter J., Jeffrey A. Hussmann, Jun Yan, et al.. (2021). Enhanced prime editing systems by manipulating cellular determinants of editing outcomes. Cell. 184(22). 5635–5652.e29. 488 indexed citations breakdown →

Nelson, James W., Peyton B. Randolph, Simon P. Shen, et al.. (2021). Engineered pegRNAs improve prime editing efficiency. Nature Biotechnology. 40(3). 402–410. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

Nelson, James W. & Ronald R. Breaker. (2017). The lost language of the RNA World. Science Signaling. 10(483). 74 indexed citations

Weinberg, Zasha, James W. Nelson, Christina E. Weinberg, Madeline E. Sherlock, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2017). Bioinformatic analysis of riboswitch structures uncovers variant classes with altered ligand specificity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(11). E2077–E2085. 71 indexed citations

Weinberg, Zasha, Christina E. Weinberg, Tyler D. Ames, et al.. (2017). Detection of 224 candidate structured RNAs by comparative analysis of specific subsets of intergenic regions. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(18). 10811–10823. 108 indexed citations

Nelson, James W., Ruben M. Atilho, Madeline E. Sherlock, Randy B Stockbridge, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2016). Metabolism of Free Guanidine in Bacteria Is Regulated by a Widespread Riboswitch Class. Molecular Cell. 65(2). 220–230. 117 indexed citations

Kim, Peter B., James W. Nelson, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2015). An Ancient Riboswitch Class in Bacteria Regulates Purine Biosynthesis and One-Carbon Metabolism. Molecular Cell. 57(2). 317–328. 93 indexed citations

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Nelson, James W., Mark S. Plummer, Ken Blount, Tyler D. Ames, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2015). Small Molecule Fluoride Toxicity Agonists. Chemistry & Biology. 22(4). 527–534. 24 indexed citations

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Nelson, James W., Zhi‐Yuan Zhou, & Ronald R. Breaker. (2014). Gramicidin D enhances the antibacterial activity of fluoride. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24(13). 2969–2971. 10 indexed citations

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Nelson, James W., et al.. (2013). Riboswitches in eubacteria sense the second messenger c-di-AMP. Nature Chemical Biology. 9(12). 834–839. 213 indexed citations

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Butler, Sarah L., J.S. Elborn, J. R. W. Govan, et al.. (2000). Antibody Response to Burkholderia cepacia in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Colonized with Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Infection. 40(2). 164–170. 9 indexed citations

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Butler, Sarah L., James W. Nelson, Ian R. Poxton, & John R. W. Govan. (1994). Serum sensitivity ofBurkholderia(Pseudomonas)cepaciaisolates from patients with cystic fibrosis. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 8(4). 285–292. 19 indexed citations

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Simpson, I. N., et al.. (1994). Multi-resistance isolates possessing characteristics of both Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia and Burkholderia gladioli from patients with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 34(3). 353–361. 49 indexed citations

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Govan, John R. W., Catherine Doherty, James W. Nelson, et al.. (1993). Evidence for transmission of Pseudomonas cepacia by social contact in cystic fibrosis. The Lancet. 342(8862). 15–19. 386 indexed citations

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Nelson, James W., Sarah L. Butler, P H Brown, A P Greening, & John R. W. Govan. (1993). Serum IgG and sputum IgA antibody to core lipopolysaccharide antigen from Pseudomonas cepacia in patients with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 39(1). 39–47. 29 indexed citations

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Govan, J. R. W. & James W. Nelson. (1993). Microbiology of cystic fibrosis lung infections: themes and issues.. PubMed. 86 Suppl 20. 11–8. 48 indexed citations

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Nelson, James W., et al.. (1992). Microbiology of lung infection in cystic fibrosis. British Medical Bulletin. 48(4). 912–930. 161 indexed citations

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Nelson, James W., et al.. (1992). Production and characterisation of mouse monoclonal antibodies reactive with the lipopolysaccharide core of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 36(5). 358–365. 13 indexed citations

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