Johanna A. Joyce

43.8k total citations · 16 hit papers
105 papers, 29.4k citations indexed

About

Johanna A. Joyce is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Johanna A. Joyce has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 29.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Immunology and 38 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Johanna A. Joyce's work include Immune cells in cancer (34 papers), Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (23 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers). Johanna A. Joyce is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (34 papers), Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (23 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers). Johanna A. Joyce collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Johanna A. Joyce's co-authors include Daniela F. Quail, Jeffrey W. Pollard, Karin E. de Visser, Douglas T. Fearon, Oakley C. Olson, Leila Akkari, Florian Klemm, Vasilena Gocheva, Leire Bejarano and Marta Joana Costa Jordão and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Johanna A. Joyce

101 papers receiving 29.2k citations

Hit Papers

Microenvironmental regulation of tumor progressio... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2013 2008 2023 2013 2015 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. Microenvironmental regulation of tumor progression and metastasis
    2013 5.9k citations Daniela F. Quail, Johanna A. Joyce profile →
  2. Microenvironmental regulation of metastasis
    2008 2.8k citations Johanna A. Joyce, Jeffrey W. Pollard profile →
  3. The evolving tumor microenvironment: From cancer initiation to metastatic outgrowth
    2023 1.9k citations Johanna A. Joyce et al. Cancer Cell profile →
  4. CSF-1R inhibition alters macrophage polarization and blocks glioma progression
    2013 1.8k citations Stephanie M. Pyonteck, Leila Akkari et al. profile →
  5. T cell exclusion, immune privilege, and the tumor microenvironment
    2015 1.7k citations Johanna A. Joyce et al. profile →
  6. The Microenvironmental Landscape of Brain Tumors
    2017 1.2k citations Daniela F. Quail, Johanna A. Joyce Cancer Cell profile →
  7. Therapeutic Targeting of the Tumor Microenvironment
    2021 1.1k citations Johanna A. Joyce et al. profile →
  8. Interrogation of the Microenvironmental Landscape in Brain Tumors Reveals Disease-Specific Alterations of Immune Cells
    2020 618 citations Florian Klemm, Roeltje R. Maas et al. Cell profile →
  9. Non-Cell-Autonomous Tumor Suppression by p53
    2013 615 citations Leila Akkari, Johanna A. Joyce et al. Cell profile →
  10. Microenvironmental regulation of therapeutic response in cancer
    2014 580 citations Florian Klemm, Johanna A. Joyce profile →
  11. IL-4 induces cathepsin protease activity in tumor-associated macrophages to promote cancer growth and invasion
    2010 577 citations Vasilena Gocheva, Hao‐Wei Wang et al. profile →
  12. Cysteine cathepsin proteases: regulators of cancer progression and therapeutic response
    2015 519 citations Oakley C. Olson, Johanna A. Joyce profile →
  13. The tumor microenvironment underlies acquired resistance to CSF-1R inhibition in gliomas
    2016 519 citations Daniela F. Quail, Robert L. Bowman et al. profile →
  14. Cathepsin cysteine proteases are effectors of invasive growth and angiogenesis during multistage tumorigenesis
    2004 504 citations Johanna A. Joyce, Nicole Meyer-Morse et al. Cancer Cell profile →
  15. Macrophage Ontogeny Underlies Differences in Tumor-Specific Education in Brain Malignancies
    2016 430 citations Robert L. Bowman, Florian Klemm et al. profile →
  16. Perivascular M2 Macrophages Stimulate Tumor Relapse after Chemotherapy
    2015 399 citations Russell Hughes, Bin‐Zhi Qian et al. Cancer Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Johanna A. Joyce United States 62 12.1k 11.8k 10.7k 7.2k 3.6k 105 29.4k
Gabriele Bergers United States 50 14.5k 1.2× 8.5k 0.7× 3.8k 0.4× 9.7k 1.3× 2.9k 0.8× 70 25.1k
Eric C. Holland United States 77 12.2k 1.0× 6.3k 0.5× 4.7k 0.4× 5.8k 0.8× 2.4k 0.7× 230 25.7k
Steven Μ. Albelda United States 96 10.6k 0.9× 13.2k 1.1× 13.6k 1.3× 2.8k 0.4× 5.2k 1.4× 315 35.5k
Claire E. Lewis United Kingdom 70 8.4k 0.7× 7.3k 0.6× 9.9k 0.9× 4.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 156 21.3k
David A. Tuveson United States 83 19.6k 1.6× 21.2k 1.8× 7.5k 0.7× 9.4k 1.3× 4.8k 1.3× 200 41.1k
David A. Cheresh United States 109 28.3k 2.3× 10.3k 0.9× 6.5k 0.6× 10.6k 1.5× 2.5k 0.7× 245 48.7k
Dmitry I. Gabrilovich United States 97 15.6k 1.3× 25.8k 2.2× 41.6k 3.9× 5.9k 0.8× 4.3k 1.2× 266 57.3k
Jeremy N. Rich United States 97 20.6k 1.7× 14.1k 1.2× 3.9k 0.4× 12.0k 1.7× 4.0k 1.1× 314 38.3k
Daniel J. Hicklin United States 91 20.8k 1.7× 14.0k 1.2× 4.9k 0.5× 8.8k 1.2× 5.6k 1.6× 185 35.4k
Weiping Zou United States 79 10.9k 0.9× 16.9k 1.4× 19.8k 1.8× 5.0k 0.7× 4.1k 1.1× 188 35.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hijfte, Levi van, Marjolein Geurts, Iris de Heer, et al.. (2025). Gemistocytic tumor cells programmed for glial scarring characterize T cell confinement in IDH-mutant astrocytoma. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1156–1156. 2 indexed citations
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Valiente, Manuel, Carey K. Anders, Nuria Kotecki, et al.. (2025). The evolving landscape of brain metastasis: volume II. Trends in cancer. 12(2). 116–146.
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Watson, Spencer S., Ziqi Kang, Nils Eling, et al.. (2024). Microenvironmental reorganization in brain tumors following radiotherapy and recurrence revealed by hyperplexed immunofluorescence imaging. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3226–3226. 25 indexed citations
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Zomer, Anoek, et al.. (2023). Cranial imaging window implantation technique for longitudinal multimodal imaging of the brain environment in live mice. STAR Protocols. 4(2). 102197–102197. 2 indexed citations
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Loi, Sherene, Jeffrey Settleman, Johanna A. Joyce, et al.. (2023). The next big questions in cancer research. Cell. 186(8). 1523–1527. 9 indexed citations
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Méndez, Rui Santalla, Sebastian Temme, Klara Soukup, et al.. (2022). Multispectral fluorine-19 MRI enables longitudinal and noninvasive monitoring of tumor-associated macrophages. Science Translational Medicine. 14(667). eabo2952–eabo2952. 36 indexed citations
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Akkari, Leila, Robert L. Bowman, Florian Klemm, et al.. (2020). Dynamic changes in glioma macrophage populations after radiotherapy reveal CSF-1R inhibition as a strategy to overcome resistance. Science Translational Medicine. 12(552). 221 indexed citations
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Silva, Joana G., Tania Wyss, Silvia A. Fuertes Marraco, et al.. (2020). Central memory CD8+ T cells derive from stem-like Tcf7hi effector cells in the absence of cytotoxic differentiation. Immunity. 53(5). 985–1000.e11. 126 indexed citations
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Hämälistö, Saara, Jonathan L. Stahl, Elena Favaro, et al.. (2020). Spatially and temporally defined lysosomal leakage facilitates mitotic chromosome segregation. Nature Communications. 11(1). 229–229. 61 indexed citations
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Bakst, Richard L., Huizhong Xiong, Chun‐Hao Chen, et al.. (2017). Inflammatory Monocytes Promote Perineural Invasion via CCL2-Mediated Recruitment and Cathepsin B Expression. Cancer Research. 77(22). 6400–6414. 89 indexed citations
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Hughes, Russell, Bin‐Zhi Qian, Charlotte Rowan, et al.. (2015). Perivascular M2 Macrophages Stimulate Tumor Relapse after Chemotherapy. Cancer Research. 75(17). 3479–3491. 399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carmona‐Fontaine, Carlos, Vanni Bucci, Leila Akkari, et al.. (2013). Emergence of spatial structure in the tumor microenvironment due to the Warburg effect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(48). 19402–19407. 105 indexed citations
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Krajcovic, Matej, Shefali Krishna, Leila Akkari, Johanna A. Joyce, & Michael Overholtzer. (2013). mTOR regulates phagosome and entotic vacuole fission. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(23). 3736–3745. 100 indexed citations
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Ryder, Mabel, Matti L. Gild, Tobias M. Hohl, et al.. (2013). Genetic and Pharmacological Targeting of CSF-1/CSF-1R Inhibits Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Impairs BRAF-Induced Thyroid Cancer Progression. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54302–e54302. 116 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao‐Wei & Johanna A. Joyce. (2010). Alternative activation of tumor-associated macrophages by IL-4. Cell Cycle. 9(24). 4824–4835. 138 indexed citations
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Kanasaki, Keizo, Vasilena Gocheva, Galia Blum, et al.. (2009). VEGF-A Induces Angiogenesis by Perturbing the Cathepsin-Cysteine Protease Inhibitor Balance in Venules, Causing Basement Membrane Degradation and Mother Vessel Formation. Cancer Research. 69(10). 4537–4544. 97 indexed citations
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Hambardzumyan, Dolores, et al.. (2009). Sonic Hedgehog Pathway Activation Is Induced by Acute Brain Injury and Regulated by Injury-Related Inflammation. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(33). 10299–10308. 167 indexed citations
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Joyce, Johanna A., Craig Freeman, Nicole Meyer-Morse, Christopher R. Parish, & Douglas Hanahan. (2005). A functional heparan sulfate mimetic implicates both heparanase and heparan sulfate in tumor angiogenesis and invasion in a mouse model of multistage cancer. Oncogene. 24(25). 4037–4051. 135 indexed citations
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Joyce, Johanna A., Pirjo Laakkonen, Michele Bernasconi, et al.. (2003). Stage-specific vascular markers revealed by phage display in a mouse model of pancreatic islet tumorigenesis. Cancer Cell. 4(5). 393–403. 195 indexed citations
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Schofield, Paul N., Johanna A. Joyce, Wayne Lam, et al.. (2001). Genomic imprinting and cancer; new paradigms in the genetics of neoplasia. Toxicology Letters. 120(1-3). 151–160. 34 indexed citations

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