John A. Hammer

14.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
130 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

John A. Hammer is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Hammer has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Cell Biology, 74 papers in Molecular Biology and 44 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in John A. Hammer's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (50 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (44 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (28 papers). John A. Hammer is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (50 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (44 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (28 papers). John A. Hammer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. John A. Hammer's co-authors include Xufeng Wu, Goeh Jung, James R. Sellers, Edward D. Korn, Kang Rao, Blair Bowers, Wei Qin, Kirsten Remmert, Jordan R. Beach and Wolfgang Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John A. Hammer

130 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

Extended-resolution structured illumination imaging of endocytic and cytoskeletal dynamics

2015 549 citations Dong Li, Lin Shao et al. Science profile →
Mitochondrial fission facilitates the selective mitophagy of protein aggregates

2017 373 citations Xufeng Wu, John A. Hammer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John A. Hammer United States	57	5.6k	5.5k	2.3k	913	782	130	9.7k
Henry N. Higgs United States	52	6.3k 1.1×	6.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	909 1.0×	952 1.2×	104	11.6k
Bruce L. Goode United States	57	7.4k 1.3×	5.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	860 0.9×	1.4k 1.8×	138	10.9k
Pekka Lappalainen Finland	64	7.9k 1.4×	6.5k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.9×	146	13.6k
Peter W. Gunning Australia	61	4.5k 0.8×	9.4k 1.7×	3.7k 1.6×	1.4k 1.5×	417 0.5×	240	15.0k
Angelika A. Noegel Germany	56	5.2k 0.9×	6.2k 1.1×	771 0.3×	577 0.6×	702 0.9×	217	10.0k
Mark S. Mooseker United States	75	7.0k 1.2×	9.9k 1.8×	3.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	367 0.5×	150	17.1k
Laura M. Machesky United Kingdom	68	8.8k 1.6×	7.9k 1.4×	1.0k 0.5×	808 0.9×	926 1.2×	199	15.9k
J. Victor Small Austria	78	10.0k 1.8×	6.9k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	171	15.6k
R. Dyche Mullins United States	47	7.5k 1.3×	5.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	949 1.0×	1.5k 1.9×	86	12.3k
Tatyana Svitkina United States	59	8.8k 1.6×	5.2k 0.9×	987 0.4×	1.6k 1.7×	1.3k 1.7×	114	13.1k

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Fineberg, Adam, Yasuharu Takagi, Kavitha Thirumurugan, et al.. (2024). Myosin-5 varies its step length to carry cargo straight along the irregular F-actin track. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(13). e2401625121–e2401625121. 9 indexed citations

Wu, Xufeng, Marie‐Paule Strub, Yang-In Yim, et al.. (2023). OPA1 helical structures give perspective to mitochondrial dysfunction. Nature. 620(7976). 1109–1116. 36 indexed citations

Hammer, John A., et al.. (2023). Non-muscle myosin 2 at a glance. Journal of Cell Science. 136(5). 21 indexed citations

Yousafzai, Muhammad Sulaiman & John A. Hammer. (2023). Using Biosensors to Study Organoids, Spheroids and Organs-on-a-Chip: A Mechanobiology Perspective. Biosensors. 13(10). 905–905. 18 indexed citations

Jung, Goeh, et al.. (2022). Dual regulation of the actin cytoskeleton by CARMIL-GAP. Journal of Cell Science. 135(12). 2 indexed citations

Yim, Yang-In, Xufeng Wu, Valentin Jaumouillé, et al.. (2022). A B-cell actomyosin arc network couples integrin co-stimulation to mechanical force-dependent immune synapse formation. eLife. 11. 16 indexed citations

Pérez‐Alvarez, Alberto, Shuting Yin, Christian Schulze, et al.. (2020). Endoplasmic reticulum visits highly active spines and prevents runaway potentiation of synapses. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5083–5083. 49 indexed citations

Hammer, John A., et al.. (2019). An Improved Method for Differentiating Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells into Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons. The Cerebellum. 18(3). 406–421. 4 indexed citations

Rout, Ashok K., Xufeng Wu, Mary R. Starich, et al.. (2018). The Structure of Melanoregulin Reveals a Role for Cholesterol Recognition in the Protein's Ability to Promote Dynein Function. Structure. 26(10). 1373–1383.e4. 6 indexed citations

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Hammer, John A., et al.. (2017). A centrosomal scaffold shows some self-control. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(50). 20410–20411. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Dong, Lin Shao, Bi‐Chang Chen, et al.. (2015). Extended-resolution structured illumination imaging of endocytic and cytoskeletal dynamics. Science. 349(6251). aab3500–aab3500. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hammer, John A., et al.. (2015). Optimization of cerebellar purkinje neuron cultures and development of a plasmid-based method for purkinje neuron-specific, miRNA-mediated protein knockdown. Methods in cell biology. 131. 177–197. 8 indexed citations

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Fujiwara, Ikuko, Kirsten Remmert, Grzegorz Piszczek, & John A. Hammer. (2014). Capping protein regulatory cycle driven by CARMIL and V-1 may promote actin network assembly at protruding edges. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(19). E1970–9. 53 indexed citations

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Wu, Xufeng, Andrius Masedunskas, Roberto Weigert, et al.. (2012). Melanoregulin regulates a shedding mechanism that drives melanosome transfer from melanocytes to keratinocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(31). E2101–9. 71 indexed citations

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Yi, Jason, et al.. (2012). Actin retrograde flow and actomyosin II arc contraction drive receptor cluster dynamics at the immunological synapse in Jurkat T cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(5). 834–852. 206 indexed citations

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Zwolak, Adam, Takehito Uruno, Grzegorz Piszczek, John A. Hammer, & Nico Tjandra. (2010). Molecular Basis for Barbed End Uncapping by CARMIL Homology Domain 3 of Mouse CARMIL-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(37). 29014–29026. 25 indexed citations

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Bittins, Margarethe, et al.. (2009). Dominant-Negative Myosin Va Impairs Retrograde but Not Anterograde Axonal Transport of Large Dense Core Vesicles. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 30(3). 369–379. 33 indexed citations

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Hammer, John A. & Xufeng Wu. (2007). Organelle Motility: Running on Unleadened. Current Biology. 17(23). R1017–R1019. 2 indexed citations

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Al-Haddad, Ahmed M., Ariel Blocker, Janis K. Burkhardt, et al.. (2001). Myosin Va Bound to Phagosomes Binds to F-Actin and Delays Microtubule-dependent Motility. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 12(9). 2742–2755. 79 indexed citations

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Terasaki, Mark, Laurinda A. Jaffe, Gary R. Hunnicutt, & John A. Hammer. (1996). Structural Change of the Endoplasmic Reticulum during Fertilization: Evidence for Loss of Membrane Continuity Using the Green Fluorescent Protein. Developmental Biology. 179(2). 320–328. 89 indexed citations

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