Joe Swift

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Joe Swift is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Joe Swift has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Cell Biology and 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Joe Swift's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (24 papers), Nuclear Structure and Function (17 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers). Joe Swift is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (24 papers), Nuclear Structure and Function (17 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers). Joe Swift collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Joe Swift's co-authors include Dennis E. Discher, Jae‐Won Shin, Kyle Spinler, P.C. Dave P. Dingal, Irena L. Ivanovska, Takamasa Harada, Amnon Buxboim, Florian Rehfeldt, Jerome Irianto and J. David Pajerowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Joe Swift

62 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Nuclear Lamin-A Scales with Tissue Stiffness and Enhances Matrix-Directed Differentiation

2013 1.5k citations Joe Swift, Irena L. Ivanovska et al. Science profile →
Nuclear lamin stiffness is a barrier to 3D migration, but softness can limit survival

2014 456 citations Takamasa Harada, Joe Swift et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joe Swift United States	34	2.8k	2.6k	1.1k	513	441	64	5.3k
Julie Gavard France	36	3.2k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	893 0.8×	260 0.5×	561 1.3×	94	5.8k
Nathan J. Sniadecki United States	35	1.7k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	2.5k 2.2×	257 0.5×	447 1.0×	86	5.1k
Florian Rehfeldt Germany	27	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	262 0.5×	433 1.0×	63	4.0k
Yingxiao Wang United States	43	2.9k 1.1×	2.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	591 1.2×	215 0.5×	159	6.2k
Wesley R. Legant United States	27	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.9×	288 0.6×	645 1.5×	47	6.2k
Corinne Albigès‐Rizo France	37	1.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	673 0.6×	274 0.5×	280 0.6×	91	4.6k
Mariaceleste Aragona Italy	12	3.1k 1.1×	4.8k 1.8×	987 0.9×	369 0.7×	289 0.7×	15	6.8k
Jae‐Won Shin United States	13	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	744 0.6×	241 0.5×	146 0.3×	16	3.1k
Bernhard Wehrle‐Haller Switzerland	38	2.3k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	797 0.7×	262 0.5×	277 0.6×	85	5.7k
Christoph Ballestrem United Kingdom	38	2.4k 0.9×	4.2k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	394 0.8×	373 0.8×	67	6.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joe Swift

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20 of 20 papers shown

Boland, Erin, William Fuller, Joe Swift, et al.. (2025). Biomechanical and compositional basement membrane defects due to a Col4a1 mutation affect cardiac morphology and function. Matrix Biology. 141. 82–100.

Sánchez‐Alvarez, Rosa, Tomasz M. Witkos, Ioannis Bantounas, et al.. (2023). Vimentin intermediate filaments provide structural stability to the mammalian Golgi complex. Journal of Cell Science. 136(20). 5 indexed citations

Mallikarjun, Venkatesh, Maria A. Lebedeva, Hamish T. J. Gilbert, et al.. (2023). Loss of regulation of protein synthesis and turnover underpins an attenuated stress response in senescent human mesenchymal stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(14). e2210745120–e2210745120. 11 indexed citations

Yeung, Ching‐Yan Chloé, Richa Garva, Adam Pickard, et al.. (2023). Mmp14 is required for matrisome homeostasis and circadian rhythm in fibroblasts. Matrix Biology. 124. 8–22. 6 indexed citations

Moxon, Samuel R., et al.. (2022). Regulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Morphology Using Hydrogel Substrates with Tunable Topography and Photoswitchable Stiffness. Polymers. 14(24). 5338–5338. 2 indexed citations

Ozols, Matiss, Alexander Eckersley, Kieran T. Mellody, et al.. (2021). Peptide location fingerprinting reveals modification‐associated biomarker candidates of ageing in human tissue proteomes. Aging Cell. 20(5). e13355–e13355. 19 indexed citations

Herrera, Jeremy, Venkatesh Mallikarjun, M. Angeles Montero, et al.. (2020). Laser capture microdissection coupled mass spectrometry (LCM-MS) for spatially resolved analysis of formalin-fixed and stained human lung tissues. Clinical Proteomics. 17(1). 24–24. 34 indexed citations

Gilbert, Hamish T. J., Venkatesh Mallikarjun, Oana Dobre, et al.. (2019). Nuclear decoupling is part of a rapid protein-level cellular response to high-intensity mechanical loading. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4149–4149. 60 indexed citations

Herrera, Jeremy, Colleen L. Forster, Thomas Pengo, et al.. (2019). Registration of the extracellular matrix components constituting the fibroblastic focus in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. JCI Insight. 4(1). 61 indexed citations

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Blythe, Nicola M., Katsuhiko Muraki, Melanie J. Ludlow, et al.. (2019). Mechanically activated Piezo1 channels of cardiac fibroblasts stimulate p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activity and interleukin-6 secretion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(46). 17395–17408. 127 indexed citations

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Driscoll, Tristan P., Dionna M. Kasper, Nicolas Baeyens, et al.. (2019). MicroRNA-dependent regulation of biomechanical genes establishes tissue stiffness homeostasis. Nature Cell Biology. 21(3). 348–358. 54 indexed citations

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Dobre, Oana, Christoph Ballestrem, Judith M. Curran, et al.. (2018). Photoresponsive Hydrogels with Photoswitchable Mechanical Properties Allow Time-Resolved Analysis of Cellular Responses to Matrix Stiffening. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(9). 7765–7776. 121 indexed citations

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Wood, Amber, Hamish T. J. Gilbert, Oana Dobre, et al.. (2018). An immortalised mesenchymal stem cell line maintains mechano-responsive behaviour and can be used as a reporter of substrate stiffness. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8981–8981. 41 indexed citations

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Sosale, Nisha, Richard Tsai, Joe Swift, et al.. (2016). “Marker of Self” CD47 on lentiviral vectors decreases macrophage-mediated clearance and increases delivery to SIRPA-expressing lung carcinoma tumors. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 3. 16080–16080. 24 indexed citations

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Mallikarjun, Venkatesh & Joe Swift. (2016). Therapeutic Manipulation of Ageing: Repurposing Old Dogs and Discovering New Tricks. EBioMedicine. 14. 24–31. 10 indexed citations

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Dingal, P.C. Dave P., Andrew Bradshaw, Sang-Kyun Cho, et al.. (2015). Fractal heterogeneity in minimal matrix models of scars modulates stiff-niche stem-cell responses via nuclear exit of a mechanorepressor. Nature Materials. 14(9). 951–960. 98 indexed citations

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Harada, Takamasa, Joe Swift, Jerome Irianto, et al.. (2014). Nuclear lamin stiffness is a barrier to 3D migration, but softness can limit survival. The Journal of Cell Biology. 204(5). 669–682. 456 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shin, Jae‐Won, Kyle Spinler, Joe Swift, et al.. (2013). Lamins regulate cell trafficking and lineage maturation of adult human hematopoietic cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(47). 18892–18897. 151 indexed citations

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Swift, Joe, Irena L. Ivanovska, Amnon Buxboim, et al.. (2013). Nuclear Lamin-A Scales with Tissue Stiffness and Enhances Matrix-Directed Differentiation. Science. 341(6149). 1240104–1240104. 1498 indexed citations breakdown →

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Swift, Joe. (1997). Mechanism of split-end formation in human head hair. Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists. 48(2). 123–126. 2 indexed citations

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