Joel C. Watts

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Joel C. Watts is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel C. Watts has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Neurology and 19 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Joel C. Watts's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (56 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (31 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (19 papers). Joel C. Watts is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (56 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (31 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (19 papers). Joel C. Watts collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Joel C. Watts's co-authors include Stanley B. Prusiner, Kurt Giles, Abby Oehler, Stephen J. DeArmond, David Westaway, Jan Stöhr, Lefkos Middleton, Steve Gentleman, Gerold Schmitt‐Ulms and Smita S. Patel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Joel C. Watts

68 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Evidence for α-synuclein prions causing multiple system atrophy in humans with parkinsonism

2015 542 citations Stanley B. Prusiner, Amanda L. Woerman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joel C. Watts Canada	32	2.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.2k	709	69	4.1k
Abby Oehler United States	23	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	354 0.5×	42	2.8k
Pedro Piccardo United States	40	4.4k 1.6×	2.7k 1.6×	1.4k 0.9×	766 0.6×	1.5k 2.1×	116	5.7k
John Collinge United Kingdom	29	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	451 0.6×	36	4.3k
Katsumi Doh‐ura Japan	34	3.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	814 0.5×	624 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	107	4.1k
Patrick Horne Canada	15	1.2k 0.4×	825 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	829 0.7×	253 0.4×	21	3.2k
Jeppe Falsig Switzerland	23	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	675 0.4×	214 0.2×	337 0.5×	29	2.7k
Emiliano Biasini Italy	25	1.7k 0.6×	918 0.6×	752 0.5×	157 0.1×	531 0.7×	57	2.1k
Stéphane Haı̈k France	30	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	567 0.4×	432 0.4×	423 0.6×	91	2.5k
Brandon B. Holmes United States	17	1.4k 0.5×	945 0.6×	2.2k 1.4×	782 0.6×	77 0.1×	28	3.2k
Nadia Angeretti Italy	21	1.7k 0.6×	970 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	142 0.1×	579 0.8×	28	2.5k

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So, Raphaella W. L., et al.. (2024). α-Synuclein strain propagation is independent of cellular prion protein expression in a transgenic synucleinopathy mouse model. PLoS Pathogens. 20(9). e1012517–e1012517. 2 indexed citations

Zampar, Silvia, et al.. (2024). “Prion-like” seeding and propagation of oligomeric protein assemblies in neurodegenerative disorders. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18. 1436262–1436262. 12 indexed citations

Williams, Declan, Hansen Wang, Christine Sato, et al.. (2023). Somatostatin slows Aβ plaque deposition in aged APPNL-F/NL-F mice by blocking Aβ aggregation. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2337–2337. 4 indexed citations

Lau, Heather H. C., Iván Martínez-Valbuena, Raphaella W. L. So, et al.. (2023). The G51D SNCA mutation generates a slowly progressive α-synuclein strain in early-onset Parkinson’s disease. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 72–72. 15 indexed citations

Arshad, Hamza & Joel C. Watts. (2022). Genetically engineered cellular models of prion propagation. Cell and Tissue Research. 392(1). 63–80. 5 indexed citations

Martínez-Valbuena, Iván, Naomi P. Visanji, Heather H. C. Lau, et al.. (2022). Alpha-synuclein seeding shows a wide heterogeneity in multiple system atrophy. Translational Neurodegeneration. 11(1). 7–7. 65 indexed citations

Ruiz‐Riquelme, Alejandro, Heather H. C. Lau, Erica Stuart, et al.. (2021). Aβ43 aggregates exhibit enhanced prion-like seeding activity in mice. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 9(1). 83–83. 15 indexed citations

Arshad, Hamza, Ondrej Halgas, Ronald A. Shikiya, et al.. (2019). Engineering a murine cell line for the stable propagation of hamster prions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(13). 4911–4923. 17 indexed citations

Mehrabian, Mohadeseh, Declan Williams, Ondrej Halgas, et al.. (2018). The prion protein is embedded in a molecular environment that modulates transforming growth factor β and integrin signaling. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8654–8654. 16 indexed citations

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Ruiz‐Riquelme, Alejandro, Heather H. C. Lau, Erica Stuart, et al.. (2018). Prion-like propagation of β-amyloid aggregates in the absence of APP overexpression. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 6(1). 26–26. 47 indexed citations

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Woerman, Amanda L., Joel C. Watts, Atsushi Aoyagi, et al.. (2017). α-Synuclein: Multiple System Atrophy Prions. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 8(7). a024588–a024588. 69 indexed citations

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Watts, Joel C., et al.. (2017). The function of the cellular prion protein in health and disease. Acta Neuropathologica. 135(2). 159–178. 71 indexed citations

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Watts, Joel C. & Stanley B. Prusiner. (2017). β-Amyloid Prions and the Pathobiology of Alzheimer’s Disease. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 8(5). a023507–a023507. 67 indexed citations

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Visanji, Naomi P., Jonathan M. Brotchie, Lorraine V. Kalia, et al.. (2016). α-Synuclein-Based Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Era. Trends in Neurosciences. 39(11). 750–762. 119 indexed citations

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Prusiner, Stanley B., Amanda L. Woerman, Daniel A. Mordes, et al.. (2015). Evidence for α-synuclein prions causing multiple system atrophy in humans with parkinsonism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(38). E5308–17. 542 indexed citations breakdown →

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Watts, Joel C. & Stanley B. Prusiner. (2014). Mouse Models for Studying the Formation and Propagation of Prions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(29). 19841–19849. 72 indexed citations

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Stöhr, Jan, Joel C. Watts, Zachary L. Mensinger, et al.. (2012). Purified and synthetic Alzheimer’s amyloid beta (Aβ) prions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(27). 11025–11030. 286 indexed citations

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Schmitt‐Ulms, Gerold, Sepehr Ehsani, Joel C. Watts, David Westaway, & Holger Wille. (2009). Evolutionary Descent of Prion Genes from the ZIP Family of Metal Ion Transporters. PLoS ONE. 4(9). e7208–e7208. 105 indexed citations

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Bi, Yumin, et al.. (2008). Probing the functional tolerance of the b subunit of Escherichia coli ATP synthase for sequence manipulation through a chimera approach. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777(7-8). 583–591. 11 indexed citations

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Watts, Joel C., Bettina Drisaldi, Jing Yang, et al.. (2007). The CNS glycoprotein Shadoo has PrPC-like protective properties and displays reduced levels in prion infections. The EMBO Journal. 26(17). 4038–4050. 113 indexed citations

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