Joan Boyes

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Joan Boyes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan Boyes has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Joan Boyes's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers). Joan Boyes is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers). Joan Boyes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Austria. Joan Boyes's co-authors include Adrian Bird, Francisco Antequera, PETER G. H. BYFIELD, Vasily Ogryzko, Gary Felsenfeld, Jin Ho Chung, David J. Clark, Vasily M. Studitsky, Fraser McBlane and Sarah L. Bevington and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joan Boyes

28 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

High levels of De Novo methylation and altered chromatin structure at CpG islands in cell lines

1990 613 citations Francisco Antequera, Joan Boyes et al. Cell profile →
Regulation of activity of the transcription factor GATA-1 by acetylation

1998 611 citations Joan Boyes, PETER G. H. BYFIELD et al. Nature profile →
DNA methylation inhibits transcription indirectly via a methyl-CpG binding protein

1991 599 citations Joan Boyes, Adrian Bird Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joan Boyes United Kingdom	15	2.7k	694	383	287	220	29	3.2k
Chih‐Lin Hsieh United States	33	3.6k 1.4×	988 1.4×	321 0.8×	333 1.2×	212 1.0×	77	4.2k
Chih-Lin Hsieh United States	22	3.2k 1.2×	841 1.2×	586 1.5×	248 0.9×	253 1.1×	25	3.9k
Aleyde Van Eynde Belgium	27	3.3k 1.2×	397 0.6×	212 0.6×	317 1.1×	132 0.6×	52	3.9k
Mark Samuels United States	27	2.4k 0.9×	779 1.1×	226 0.6×	156 0.5×	131 0.6×	48	3.2k
Jun Shinga Japan	19	2.0k 0.7×	549 0.8×	304 0.8×	216 0.8×	115 0.5×	28	2.4k
Aengus Stewart United Kingdom	31	2.5k 0.9×	585 0.8×	253 0.7×	268 0.9×	170 0.8×	41	3.1k
Alon Goren United States	21	3.3k 1.2×	506 0.7×	436 1.1×	245 0.9×	193 0.9×	35	4.0k
Irina Issaeva Israel	11	2.4k 0.9×	455 0.7×	255 0.7×	197 0.7×	79 0.4×	13	2.9k
Elena Klenova United Kingdom	31	2.8k 1.0×	937 1.4×	378 1.0×	433 1.5×	231 1.1×	47	3.3k
Saı̈d Sif United States	36	5.4k 2.0×	549 0.8×	563 1.5×	542 1.9×	164 0.7×	58	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Joan Boyes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joan Boyes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joan Boyes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joan Boyes 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 Joan Boyes. Joan Boyes is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Scott, James N., Matthew Edwards, Xiaoling Wang, et al.. (2025). Excised DNA circles from V(D)J recombination promote relapsed leukaemia. Nature. 645(8081). 774–783.

Scott, James N., et al.. (2023). Temporal analyses reveal a pivotal role for sense and antisense enhancer RNAs in coordinate immunoglobulin lambda locus activation. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(19). 10344–10363. 1 indexed citations

Burke, Matthew J., James N. Scott, Iain W. Manfield, et al.. (2022). A bovine antibody possessing an ultralong complementarity-determining region CDRH3 targets a highly conserved epitope in sarbecovirus spike proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(12). 102624–102624. 7 indexed citations

Rangel-Santos, Andréia, Krisztián Csomós, Boglárka Ujházi, et al.. (2019). Combined Immunodeficiency With Late-Onset Progressive Hypogammaglobulinemia and Normal B Cell Count in a Patient With RAG2 Deficiency. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 7. 122–122. 6 indexed citations

Scott, James N., et al.. (2019). The ESC: The Dangerous By-Product of V(D)J Recombination. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 1572–1572. 3 indexed citations

Scott, James N., Xiaoling Wang, Anthony M. Ford, et al.. (2019). Cut-and-Run: A Distinct Mechanism by which V(D)J Recombination Causes Genome Instability. Molecular Cell. 74(3). 584–597.e9. 17 indexed citations

Stockley, Peter G., et al.. (2014). Oncogene dependency and the potential of targeted RNAi-based anti-cancer therapy. Biochemical Journal. 461(1). 1–13. 15 indexed citations

Bevington, Sarah L. & Joan Boyes. (2013). Transcription-coupled eviction of histones H2A/H2B governs V(D)J recombination. The EMBO Journal. 32(10). 1381–1392. 33 indexed citations

Bevington, Sarah L., et al.. (2013). The Eλ3–1 enhancer is essential for V(D)J recombination of the murine immunoglobulin lambda light chain locus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 441(2). 482–487. 3 indexed citations

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Thonel, Aurélie de, David Lanneau, S. Selvakumar, et al.. (2010). HSP27 controls GATA-1 protein level during erythroid cell differentiation. Blood. 116(1). 85–96. 60 indexed citations

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Boyes, Joan, et al.. (2007). Chromatin opening is tightly linked to enhancer activation at the κ light chain locus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 363(1). 223–228. 4 indexed citations

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Nightingale, Karl P., Matthias Baumann, Anton Eberharter, et al.. (2007). Acetylation increases access of remodelling complexes to their nucleosome targets to enhance initiation of V(D)J recombination. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(18). 6311–6321. 18 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Hernández, Ángel, Pampa Ray, Marco Cirò, et al.. (2006). Acetylation and MAPK phosphorylation cooperate to regulate the degradation of active GATA‐1. The EMBO Journal. 25(14). 3264–3274. 81 indexed citations

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McBlane, Fraser & Joan Boyes. (2000). Stimulation of V(D)J recombination by histone acetylation. Current Biology. 10(8). 483–486. 100 indexed citations

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Boyes, Joan, et al.. (1998). Regulation of activity of the transcription factor GATA-1 by acetylation. Nature. 396(6711). 594–598. 611 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bell, Adam C., Joan Boyes, Jay H. Chung, et al.. (1998). The Establishment of Active Chromatin Domains. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 63(0). 509–514. 7 indexed citations

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Boyes, Joan, James G. Omichinski, David Clark, Michael J. Pikaart, & Gary Felsenfeld. (1998). Perturbation of nucleosome structure by the erythroid transcription factor GATA-1. Journal of Molecular Biology. 279(3). 529–544. 54 indexed citations

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Boyes, Joan & Adrian Bird. (1992). Repression of genes by DNA methylation depends on CpG density and promoter strength: evidence for involvement of a methyl-CpG binding protein.. The EMBO Journal. 11(1). 327–333. 404 indexed citations

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Boyes, Joan & Adrian Bird. (1991). DNA methylation inhibits transcription indirectly via a methyl-CpG binding protein. Cell. 64(6). 1123–1134. 599 indexed citations breakdown →

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Antequera, Francisco, Joan Boyes, & Adrian Bird. (1990). High levels of De Novo methylation and altered chromatin structure at CpG islands in cell lines. Cell. 62(3). 503–514. 613 indexed citations breakdown →

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