Jay P. Slack

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Jay P. Slack is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Jay P. Slack has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Jay P. Slack's work include Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (13 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (9 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (4 papers). Jay P. Slack is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (13 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (9 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (4 papers). Jay P. Slack collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Jay P. Slack's co-authors include Wolfgang Meyerhof, Bernd Bufe, Dennis Drayna, Christina Kühn, Christopher T. Simons, Maik Behrens, Un‐Kyung Kim, Danielle R. Reed, Paul Breslin and Marcel Winnig and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jay P. Slack

21 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

The Molecular Basis of Individual Differences in Phenylthiocarbamide and Propylthiouracil Bitterness Perception

2005 550 citations Bernd Bufe, Paul Breslin et al. Current Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jay P. Slack United States	16	1.5k	1.2k	869	528	187	23	2.0k
Vijay Lyall United States	25	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	644 0.7×	392 0.7×	26 0.1×	65	1.9k
Masataka Narukawa Japan	24	946 0.6×	822 0.7×	417 0.5×	358 0.7×	12 0.1×	72	1.9k
Fabienne Laugerette France	19	911 0.6×	342 0.3×	193 0.2×	783 1.5×	71 0.4×	39	2.2k
Yu‐Kyong Shin South Korea	23	680 0.5×	470 0.4×	235 0.3×	510 1.0×	23 0.1×	52	2.0k
Cedrick D. Dotson United States	20	1.2k 0.8×	872 0.7×	484 0.6×	182 0.3×	12 0.1×	30	1.5k
Noriatsu Shigemura Japan	29	2.5k 1.7×	2.1k 1.7×	1.0k 1.2×	520 1.0×	16 0.1×	74	3.3k
Ryusuke Yoshida Japan	29	2.3k 1.6×	1.9k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	351 0.7×	10 0.1×	69	2.8k
Keiko Yasumatsu Japan	28	2.8k 1.9×	2.5k 2.0×	1.4k 1.7×	463 0.9×	10 0.1×	52	3.4k
Zaza Kokrashvili United States	12	2.4k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	794 0.9×	421 0.8×	9 0.0×	13	2.9k
Fuminori Kawabata Japan	19	488 0.3×	484 0.4×	161 0.2×	161 0.3×	40 0.2×	57	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jay P. Slack

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Kim, Seok‐Young, Gijs J. F. van Son, Femke Ringnalda, et al.. (2025). Tripotent Lgr5 stem cells in the posterior tongue generate lingual, taste, and salivary gland lineages. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10266–10266.

Lin, Lin, Johan H. van Es, Jay P. Slack, et al.. (2025). Organoid Modeling of Mouse Anterior Tongue Epithelium Reveals Regional and Cellular Identities. Advanced Science. 12(46). e06738–e06738.

Nachtigal, Danielle, et al.. (2017). Differential modulation of the lactisole ‘Sweet Water Taste’ by sweeteners. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180787–e0180787. 5 indexed citations

Lossow, Kristina, Sandra Hübner, Natacha Roudnitzky, et al.. (2016). Comprehensive Analysis of Mouse Bitter Taste Receptors Reveals Different Molecular Receptive Ranges for Orthologous Receptors in Mice and Humans. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(29). 15358–15377. 187 indexed citations

Li, Pan, Joshua N. Fletcher, Wei Lv, et al.. (2014). In Vitro Evaluation of Potential Bitterness-Masking Terpenoids from the Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis). Journal of Natural Products. 77(7). 1739–1743. 23 indexed citations

Kratochwil, Nicole A., Marius C. Hoener, Lothar Lindemann, et al.. (2011). G Protein-Coupled Receptor Transmembrane Binding Pockets and their Applications in GPCR Research and Drug Discovery: A Survey. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 11(15). 1902–1924. 17 indexed citations

Iguchi, Naoko, et al.. (2011). Sarco/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPases (SERCA) Contribute to GPCR-Mediated Taste Perception. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e23165–e23165. 13 indexed citations

Klein, Amanda H., Susan Cheung, Mirela Iodi Carstens, et al.. (2011). A tingling sanshool derivative excites primary sensory neurons and elicits nocifensive behavior in rats. Journal of Neurophysiology. 105(4). 1701–1710. 32 indexed citations

Slack, Jay P., Anne Brockhoff, Stephan Born, et al.. (2010). Modulation of Bitter Taste Perception by a Small Molecule hTAS2R Antagonist. Current Biology. 20(12). 1104–1109. 129 indexed citations

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Fushan, Alexey A., Christopher T. Simons, Jay P. Slack, & Dennis Drayna. (2010). Association between Common Variation in Genes Encoding Sweet Taste Signaling Components and Human Sucrose Perception. Chemical Senses. 35(7). 579–592. 69 indexed citations

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Fushan, Alexey A., Christopher T. Simons, Jay P. Slack, Ani Manichaikul, & Dennis Drayna. (2009). Allelic Polymorphism within the TAS1R3 Promoter Is Associated with Human Taste Sensitivity to Sucrose. Current Biology. 19(15). 1288–1293. 170 indexed citations

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Carstens, Mirela Iodi, et al.. (2009). Activation of Lumbar Spinal Wide-Dynamic Range Neurons by a Sanshool Derivative. Journal of Neurophysiology. 101(4). 1742–1748. 14 indexed citations

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Slack, Jay P., et al.. (2008). New Developments in the Chemistry of Cooling Compounds. Chemosensory Perception. 1(2). 119–126. 10 indexed citations

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Winnig, Marcel, Bernd Bufe, Nicole A. Kratochwil, Jay P. Slack, & Wolfgang Meyerhof. (2007). The binding site for neohesperidin dihydrochalcone at the human sweet taste receptor. BMC Structural Biology. 7(1). 66–66. 120 indexed citations

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Bufe, Bernd, Paul Breslin, Christina Kühn, et al.. (2005). The Molecular Basis of Individual Differences in Phenylthiocarbamide and Propylthiouracil Bitterness Perception. Current Biology. 15(4). 322–327. 550 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kühn, Christina, Bernd Bufe, Marcel Winnig, et al.. (2004). Bitter Taste Receptors for Saccharin and Acesulfame K. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(45). 10260–10265. 287 indexed citations

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Wenderfer, Scott E., et al.. (2000). Identification of 40 Genes on a 1-Mb Contig around the IL-4 Cytokine Family Gene Cluster on Mouse Chromosome 11. Genomics. 63(3). 354–373. 9 indexed citations

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Griffin, Thomas A., et al.. (2000). Identification of Proteassemblin, a Mammalian Homologue of the Yeast Protein, Ump1p, That Is Required for Normal Proteasome Assembly. PubMed. 3(4). 212–217. 53 indexed citations

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Slack, Jay P., et al.. (1997). Effects of age on the hyperdynamic cardiac function of phospholamban knockout mice. Circulation. 96. 179–179. 24 indexed citations

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Slack, Jay P., Ingrid L. Grupp, Donald G. Ferguson, Nadia Rosenthal, & Evangelia G. Kranias. (1997). Ectopic Expression of Phospholamban in Fast-Twitch Skeletal Muscle Alters Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Transport and Muscle Relaxation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(30). 18862–18868. 25 indexed citations

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