Joanna L. James

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Joanna L. James is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joanna L. James has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 43 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Joanna L. James's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (58 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (20 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (16 papers). Joanna L. James is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (58 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (20 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (16 papers). Joanna L. James collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia. Joanna L. James's co-authors include Larry Chamley, Peter Stone, Alys R. Clark, Judith E. Cartwright, Teena K. J. B. Gamage, Martin Knöfler, Jürgen Pollheimer, Sandra Haider, Leila Saleh and Guy Whitley and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Biology, Scientific Reports and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Joanna L. James

87 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Human placenta and trophoblast development: key molecular mechanisms and model systems

2019 500 citations Teena K. J. B. Gamage, Joanna L. James et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joanna L. James New Zealand	34	2.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	404	87	3.8k
Hans‐Georg Frank Germany	28	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	377 0.9×	87	3.4k
Padma Murthi Australia	32	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	801 0.7×	477 1.2×	138	3.6k
Caroline Dunk Canada	39	2.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	632 1.6×	83	4.4k
Mana M. Parast United States	37	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	770 0.7×	638 1.6×	92	4.8k
Jürgen Pollheimer Austria	35	2.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	2.6k 2.4×	623 1.5×	75	5.2k
Yanling Wang China	38	1.9k 0.8×	842 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	356 0.9×	143	4.5k
Thomas J. Musci United States	29	2.3k 1.0×	3.2k 2.3×	2.2k 1.6×	699 0.6×	544 1.3×	48	6.2k
Ramazan Demir Türkiye	32	1.3k 0.5×	661 0.5×	948 0.7×	915 0.8×	436 1.1×	97	3.0k
Amanda N. Sferruzzi‐Perri United Kingdom	42	2.5k 1.1×	2.7k 1.9×	961 0.7×	662 0.6×	513 1.3×	111	4.6k
Umit A. Kayisli United States	40	1.9k 0.8×	562 0.4×	893 0.7×	2.2k 2.0×	965 2.4×	141	4.5k

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Chamley, Larry, et al.. (2024). Organoid generation from trophoblast stem cells highlights distinct roles for cytotrophoblasts and stem cells in organoid formation and expansion. Placenta. 166. 33–40. 1 indexed citations

Hakim, M, Jenny Myers, Karen E. Chapman, et al.. (2024). Feto-placental vascular structure and in silico haemodynamics: Of mice, rats, and human. Placenta. 158. 175–184. 2 indexed citations

Leighton, S., et al.. (2023). Synergistic regulation of uterine radial artery adaptation to pregnancy by paracrine and hemodynamic factors. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 325(4). H790–H805. 5 indexed citations

James, Joanna L., Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan, Rachael C. Crew, et al.. (2021). Three-dimensional visualisation of the feto-placental vasculature in humans and rodents. Placenta. 114. 8–13. 11 indexed citations

Aughwane, Rosalind, Joanna L. James, J. Ciaran Hutchinson, et al.. (2021). Structure-function relationships in the feto-placental circulation from in silico interpretation of micro-CT vascular structures. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 517. 110630–110630. 17 indexed citations

Srinivasan, Vijayalakshmi, Andrew Melbourne, Charlotte Oyston, Joanna L. James, & Alys R. Clark. (2021). Multiscale and multimodal imaging of utero-placental anatomy and function in pregnancy. Placenta. 112. 111–122. 7 indexed citations

Brooks, Anna E. S., Megan Iminitoff, Vicky Fan, et al.. (2020). Ex Vivo Human Adipose Tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (ASC) Are a Heterogeneous Population That Demonstrate Rapid Culture-Induced Changes. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 10. 1695–1695. 29 indexed citations

Boss, Anna, et al.. (2020). Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells from the Placentae of Growth Restricted Pregnancies Are Poor Stimulators of Angiogenesis. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 16(3). 557–568. 12 indexed citations

Boss, Anna, Larry Chamley, & Joanna L. James. (2018). Placental formation in early pregnancy: how is the centre of the placenta made?. Human Reproduction Update. 24(6). 750–760. 98 indexed citations

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Clark, Alys R., Joanna L. James, Gordon Stevenson, & Sally Collins. (2018). Understanding abnormal uterine artery Doppler waveforms: A novel computational model to explore potential causes within the utero-placental vasculature. Placenta. 66. 74–81. 57 indexed citations

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Wei, Jia, Cherie Blenkiron, Peter Tsai, et al.. (2017). Placental trophoblast debris mediated feto-maternal signalling via small RNA delivery: implications for preeclampsia. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 14681–14681. 27 indexed citations

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Novakovic, Boris, Thierry Fournier, Lynda K. Harris, et al.. (2017). Increased methylation and decreased expression of homeobox genes TLX1, HOXA10 and DLX5 in human placenta are associated with trophoblast differentiation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 4523–4523. 16 indexed citations

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Gamage, Teena K. J. B., Larry Chamley, & Joanna L. James. (2016). Stem cell insights into human trophoblast lineage differentiation. Human Reproduction Update. 23(1). 77–103. 62 indexed citations

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Wei, Jia, Sandy Lau, Cherie Blenkiron, et al.. (2016). Trophoblastic debris modifies endothelial cell transcriptome in vitro: a mechanism by which fetal cells might control maternal responses to pregnancy. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 30632–30632. 20 indexed citations

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James, Joanna L., Daniel Hurley, Teena K. J. B. Gamage, et al.. (2015). Isolation and characterisation of a novel trophoblast side-population from first trimester placentae. Reproduction. 150(5). 449–462. 39 indexed citations

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DaSilva‐Arnold, Sonia C., Joanna L. James, Abdulla Al‐Khan, Stacy Zamudio, & Nicholas P. Illsley. (2015). Differentiation of first trimester cytotrophoblast to extravillous trophoblast involves an epithelial–mesenchymal transition. Placenta. 36(12). 1412–1418. 131 indexed citations

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James, Joanna L., Anthony Michael Carter, & Larry Chamley. (2012). Human placentation from nidation to 5 weeks of gestation. Part II: Tools to model the crucial first days. Placenta. 33(5). 335–342. 20 indexed citations

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Yee, Karen S., Simon Wilkinson, Joanna L. James, Kevin M. Ryan, & Karen H. Vousden. (2009). PUMA- and Bax-induced autophagy contributes to apoptosis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 16(8). 1135–1145. 205 indexed citations

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James, Joanna L., Peter Stone, & Larry Chamley. (2005). Cytotrophoblast differentiation in the first trimester of pregnancy: evidence for separate progenitors of extravillous trophoblasts and syncytiotrophoblast. Reproduction. 130(1). 95–103. 72 indexed citations

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Monzon-Mayor, M, C. Yanes, Joanna L. James, & R R Sturrock. (1990). An ultrastructural study of the development of oligodendrocytes in the midbrain of the lizard. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 8 indexed citations

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