Joel Lawitts

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Joel Lawitts is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel Lawitts has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Joel Lawitts's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (16 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (7 papers). Joel Lawitts is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (16 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (7 papers). Joel Lawitts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Joel Lawitts's co-authors include John D. Biggers, J. D. Biggers, Bradford B. Lowell, Jean Himms‐Hagen, Jeffrey S. Flier, Bert B. Boyer, Leslie P. Kozak, A. Hamann, Gregory T. Erbach and Virginia E. Papaioannou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Joel Lawitts

32 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Development of obesity in transgenic mice after genetic ablation of brown adipose tissue

1993 881 citations Bradford B. Lowell, A. Hamann et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joel Lawitts United States	21	2.3k	1.3k	1.3k	560	522	32	4.4k
Adrian C. Herington Australia	46	2.1k 0.9×	342 0.3×	975 0.8×	457 0.8×	898 1.7×	183	6.3k
Andreas Hoeflich Germany	42	2.5k 1.1×	346 0.3×	827 0.7×	231 0.4×	935 1.8×	169	5.8k
Kathleen M. Caron United States	39	2.3k 1.0×	382 0.3×	529 0.4×	537 1.0×	693 1.3×	114	5.4k
Alexander M. Simon United States	32	2.8k 1.2×	535 0.4×	539 0.4×	313 0.6×	288 0.6×	67	3.9k
R. Ann Word United States	42	969 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	452 0.4×	829 1.5×	653 1.3×	126	5.3k
J. Zapf Switzerland	41	3.3k 1.4×	293 0.2×	971 0.8×	161 0.3×	1.3k 2.5×	103	7.5k
Yoshiro Toyama Japan	33	1.8k 0.8×	669 0.5×	287 0.2×	1.0k 1.8×	716 1.4×	112	3.7k
Richard N. Clayton United Kingdom	52	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	305 0.2×	3.5k 6.3×	1.2k 2.3×	181	9.2k
Lincoln R. Potter United States	33	2.2k 1.0×	344 0.3×	704 0.6×	197 0.4×	347 0.7×	75	4.7k
Luis García Spain	31	1.2k 0.5×	694 0.5×	227 0.2×	787 1.4×	263 0.5×	122	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joel Lawitts

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Liu, Jie, Gloria Y. Lee, Joel Lawitts, Mehmet Toner, & John D. Biggers. (2014). Live Pups from Evaporatively Dried Mouse Sperm Stored at Ambient Temperature for up to 2 Years. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e99809–e99809. 20 indexed citations

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McGinnis, Lynda K., et al.. (2005). Mouse Sperm Desiccated and Stored in Trehalose Medium Without Freezing1. Biology of Reproduction. 73(4). 627–633. 76 indexed citations

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Kutok, Jeffery L., Xing Yang, Rebecca D. Folkerth, et al.. (2005). The cell cycle associated protein, HTm4, is expressed in differentiating cellsof the hematopoietic and central nervous system in mice. The Histochemical Journal. 36(1-2). 77–87. 6 indexed citations

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Bhowmick, Sankha, et al.. (2003). Desiccation Tolerance of Spermatozoa Dried at Ambient Temperature: Production of Fetal Mice1. Biology of Reproduction. 68(5). 1779–1786. 68 indexed citations

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Eroğlu, Ali, Joel Lawitts, Mehmet Toner, & Thomas L. Toth. (2003). Quantitative microinjection of trehalose into mouse oocytes and zygotes, and its effect on development. Cryobiology. 46(2). 121–134. 62 indexed citations

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Nagy, Janice A., Eliza Vasile, Dian Feng, et al.. (2002). Vascular Permeability Factor/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Induces Lymphangiogenesis as well as Angiogenesis. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 196(11). 1497–1506. 436 indexed citations

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Kasahara, Hideko, Hiroko Wakimoto, Margaret Liu, et al.. (2001). Progressive atrioventricular conduction defects and heart failure in mice expressing a mutant Csx/Nkx2.5 homeoprotein. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 108(2). 189–201. 106 indexed citations

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Kasahara, Hideko, Hiroko Wakimoto, Margaret Liu, et al.. (2001). Progressive atrioventricular conduction defects and heart failure in mice expressing a mutant Csx/Nkx2.5 homeoprotein. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 108(2). 189–201. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaomin, Jianyuan Chai, Gohar Azhar, et al.. (2001). Early Postnatal Cardiac Changes and Premature Death in Transgenic Mice Overexpressing a Mutant Form of Serum Response Factor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(43). 40033–40040. 69 indexed citations

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Shioi, Tetsuo, Peter Kang, Pamela S. Douglas, et al.. (2000). IS101 Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Selectively Regulates Cell Size and Specific Gene Expression in the Adult Mouse Heart. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 64. 151. 1 indexed citations

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Ito, M., Danica Grujić, E. Dale Abel, et al.. (1998). Mice expressing human but not murine beta3-adrenergic receptors under the control of human gene regulatory elements.. Diabetes. 47(9). 1464–1471. 36 indexed citations

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Mureebe, Leila, Peter R. Nelson, Shinji Yamamura, Joel Lawitts, & K. Craig Kent. (1997). Activation of pp60c-src is necessary for human vascular smooth muscle cell migration. Surgery. 122(2). 138–145. 25 indexed citations

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Summers, Michael C., et al.. (1995). Fertilization in Vitro of Mouse Ova from Inbred and Outbred Strains: Complete Preimplantation Embryo Development in Glucose-Supplemented KSOM1. Biology of Reproduction. 53(2). 431–437. 107 indexed citations

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Susulic, Vedrana S., Robert Frederich, Joel Lawitts, et al.. (1995). Targeted Disruption of the β3-Adrenergic Receptor Gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(49). 29483–29492. 420 indexed citations

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Lowell, Bradford B., Vedrana S. Susulic, A. Hamann, et al.. (1993). Development of morbid obesity in transgenic mice following the genetic ablation of brown adipose tissue. Clinical research. 41(2). 260. 8 indexed citations

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Lawitts, Joel & John D. Biggers. (1993). [9] Culture of preimplantation embryos. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 225. 153–164. 490 indexed citations

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Lawitts, Joel & John D. Biggers. (1992). Joint effects of sodium chloride, glutamine, and glucose in mouse preimplantation embryo culture media. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 31(3). 189–194. 156 indexed citations

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Lawitts, Joel, J. E. Butler, Ann A. Kiessling, & John D. Biggers. (1991). Growth and DNA replication in rabbit blastocysts. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 30(4). 320–329. 5 indexed citations

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Lawitts, Joel & J. D. Biggers. (1991). Overcoming the 2-Cell Block by Modifying Standard Components in a Mouse Embryo Culture Medium1. Biology of Reproduction. 45(2). 245–251. 98 indexed citations

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Lawitts, Joel & C.N. Graves. (1988). Viability of mouse half‐embryos in vitro and in vivo. Gamete Research. 20(4). 421–430. 12 indexed citations

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