Jay X. Tang

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Jay X. Tang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jay X. Tang has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jay X. Tang's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (30 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (26 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (22 papers). Jay X. Tang is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (30 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (26 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (22 papers). Jay X. Tang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Jay X. Tang's co-authors include Paul A. Janmey, Guanglai Li, David J. Kwiatkowski, Toshifumi Azuma, Gerard C. L. Wong, Lewis T. Williams, Keting Chu, Christoph Reinhard, Thomas J. McGarry and Kirston Koths and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Jay X. Tang

102 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Caspase-3-Generated Fragment of Gelsolin: Effector of Morphological Change in Apoptosis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jay X. Tang United States	40	2.1k	1.6k	1.4k	872	671	105	5.6k
Ernst‐Ludwig Florin Germany	32	2.3k 1.1×	2.3k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	803 0.9×	4.0k 6.0×	59	7.3k
Yoshie Harada Japan	33	2.7k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	218 0.3×	1.2k 1.8×	88	6.2k
Motomu Tanaka Germany	37	2.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	562 0.4×	299 0.3×	1.1k 1.7×	244	6.2k
Dario Anselmetti Germany	41	1.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.5×	505 0.4×	651 0.7×	2.9k 4.4×	227	7.2k
Gijsje H. Koenderink Netherlands	49	2.4k 1.1×	2.2k 1.4×	3.9k 2.8×	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	146	8.2k
Patricia Bassereau France	55	6.8k 3.2×	1.6k 1.0×	3.5k 2.5×	490 0.6×	1.9k 2.8×	157	9.6k
Pietro Cicuta United Kingdom	42	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	253 0.2×	705 0.8×	619 0.9×	152	5.3k
Stephan Block Germany	33	2.7k 1.2×	2.5k 1.6×	675 0.5×	394 0.5×	2.5k 3.8×	98	6.8k
Rumiana Dimova Germany	57	6.4k 3.0×	3.2k 2.0×	1.0k 0.7×	416 0.5×	1.4k 2.1×	204	10.4k
Pierre Sens France	36	3.1k 1.5×	872 0.6×	2.0k 1.4×	140 0.2×	844 1.3×	77	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jay X. Tang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bell, Jordan, et al.. (2025). Bacteria can rotate while body tethered to a solid surface. Biophysical Journal. 124(10). 1693–1703.

Tang, Jay X., et al.. (2024). Rapid growth rate of Enterobacter sp. SM3 determined using several methods. BMC Microbiology. 24(1). 403–403. 2 indexed citations

Ji, Chao, et al.. (2019). Density and viscosity measurements on the liquid condensates of FUS protein low-complexity domain. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Weijie, et al.. (2019). Orbiting of Flagellated Bacteria within a Thin Fluid Film around Micrometer-Sized Particles. Biophysical Journal. 117(2). 346–354. 5 indexed citations

Si, Tieyan, Junhua Yuan, Yilin Wu, & Jay X. Tang. (2016). Physical biology of bacterial motility. Acta Physica Sinica. 65(17). 178703–178703. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Jay X., et al.. (2012). Stick-slip motion and elastic coupling in crawling cells. Physical Review E. 86(3). 31908–31908. 13 indexed citations

McMullen, Angus, Xu Liu, Mirna Mihovilovic Skanata, Derek Stein, & Jay X. Tang. (2012). fd Virus as a Model Stiff Polymer for Translocation Experiments with Solid-State Nanopores. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2012. 1 indexed citations

He, Jun Kit & Jay X. Tang. (2011). Surface adsorption and hopping cause probe-size-dependent microrheology of actin networks. Physical Review E. 83(4). 41902–41902. 17 indexed citations

Kang, Hyeran, et al.. (2010). Observation and Kinematic Description of Long Actin Tracks Induced by Spherical Beads. Biophysical Journal. 99(9). 2793–2802. 7 indexed citations

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Kang, Hyeran, et al.. (2010). Relative actin nucleation promotion efficiency by WASP and WAVE proteins in endothelial cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 400(4). 661–666. 11 indexed citations

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Garg, Sumit, Jay X. Tang, Jürgen Rühe, & Christoph Naumann. (2009). Actin-induced perturbation of PS lipid–cholesterol interaction: A possible mechanism of cytoskeleton-based regulation of membrane organization. Journal of Structural Biology. 168(1). 11–20. 22 indexed citations

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Liu, Yifeng, et al.. (2008). Effects of Osmotic Force and Torque on Microtubule Bundling and Pattern Formation. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Tsang, Peter H., Guanglai Li, Yves V. Brun, L. B. Freund, & Jay X. Tang. (2006). Adhesion of single bacterial cells in the micronewton range. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(15). 5764–5768. 154 indexed citations

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Oakes, Patrick W., et al.. (2006). Isotropic to Nematic Liquid Crystalline Phase Transition ofF-Actin Varies from Continuous to First Order. Physical Review Letters. 97(11). 118103–118103. 45 indexed citations

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Atakhorrami, M., Joanna I. Sułkowska, G. H. Koenderink, et al.. (2006). Correlated fluctuations of microparticles in viscoelastic solutions: Quantitative measurement of material properties by microrheology in the presence of optical traps. Physical Review E. 73(6). 61501–61501. 63 indexed citations

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Yang, Lihua, Hongjun Liang, Thomas E. Angelini, et al.. (2004). Self-assembled virus–membrane complexes. Nature Materials. 3(9). 615–619. 50 indexed citations

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Tang, Jay X., Paul A. Janmey, Alexander P. Lyubartsev, & Lars Nordenskiöld. (2002). Metal Ion-Induced Lateral Aggregation of Filamentous Viruses fd and M13. Biophysical Journal. 83(1). 566–581. 60 indexed citations

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Janmey, Paul A., Jagesh V. Shah, Jay X. Tang, & Thomas P. Stossel. (2001). Actin Filament Networks. Results and problems in cell differentiation. 32. 181–199. 11 indexed citations

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Tang, Jay X., Paul A. Janmey, Thomas P. Stossel, & Tadanao Ito. (1999). Thiol Oxidation of Actin Produces Dimers That Enhance the Elasticity of the F-Actin Network. Biophysical Journal. 76(4). 2208–2215. 58 indexed citations

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Tang, Jay X. & Paul A. Janmey. (1998). Two Distinct Mechanisms of Actin Bundle Formation. Biological Bulletin. 194(3). 406–408. 16 indexed citations

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