John C. Gerhart

17.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
108 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

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John C. Gerhart is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Gerhart has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in John C. Gerhart's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (39 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (10 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (10 papers). John C. Gerhart is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (39 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (10 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (10 papers). John C. Gerhart collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. John C. Gerhart's co-authors include Marc W. Kirschner, Arthur B. Pardee, H. K. Schachman, Richard M. Harland, Michelle Wu, Christopher J. Lowe, J.P. Vincent, Michael Wu, Robert L. Gimlich and Ronald M. Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John C. Gerhart

108 papers receiving 11.2k 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.

The Enzymology of Control by Feedback Inhibition

1962 867 citations John C. Gerhart, Arthur B. Pardee profile →
Evolvability

1998 815 citations Marc W. Kirschner, John C. Gerhart profile →
FORMATION AND FUNCTION OF SPEMANN'S ORGANIZER

1997 673 citations John C. Gerhart et al. profile →
Cell cycle dynamics of an M-phase-specific cytoplasmic factor in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs.

1984 514 citations John C. Gerhart, Michelle Wu et al. profile →
Distinct Subunits for the Regulation and Catalytic Activity of Aspartate Transcarbamylase^*

1965 466 citations John C. Gerhart et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. Gerhart United States	54	8.5k	3.0k	1.7k	976	929	108	12.1k
Joram Piatigorsky United States	63	12.1k 1.4×	2.4k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	618 0.6×	620 0.7×	292	14.9k
Michael J. Smith Canada	70	11.3k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	3.4k 2.0×	722 0.7×	246 0.3×	271	18.9k
I. R. Gibbons United States	52	6.5k 0.8×	5.6k 1.9×	1.4k 0.8×	334 0.3×	717 0.8×	130	10.7k
John G. White United States	57	8.0k 0.9×	4.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	150	18.4k
William F. Loomis United States	65	7.6k 0.9×	7.9k 2.7×	711 0.4×	280 0.3×	252 0.3×	256	14.3k
Sergey Lukyanov Russia	59	12.1k 1.4×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	950 1.0×	236 0.3×	150	18.7k
François Jacob France	41	9.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	3.3k 1.9×	954 1.0×	350 0.4×	90	13.6k
Julian Lewis United Kingdom	53	11.7k 1.4×	3.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	380 0.4×	229 0.2×	167	16.8k
Yuji Kohara Japan	54	8.3k 1.0×	591 0.2×	3.3k 1.9×	306 0.3×	445 0.5×	123	11.9k
Sydney Brenner United Kingdom	88	25.3k 3.0×	3.3k 1.1×	8.0k 4.6×	1.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	305	45.1k

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Pani, Ariel M., et al.. (2023). Molecular characterization of nervous system organization in the hemichordate acorn worm Saccoglossus kowalevskii. PLoS Biology. 21(9). e3002242–e3002242. 5 indexed citations

Darras, Sébastien, Jens H. Fritzenwanker, Kevin R. Uhlinger, et al.. (2018). Anteroposterior axis patterning by early canonical Wnt signaling during hemichordate development. PLoS Biology. 16(1). e2003698–e2003698. 55 indexed citations

Kirschner, Marc W. & John C. Gerhart. (2017). The Plausibility of Life. Yale University Press eBooks. 52 indexed citations

Peshkin, Leonid, Martin Wühr, Esther J. Pearl, et al.. (2015). On the Relationship of Protein and mRNA Dynamics in Vertebrate Embryonic Development. Developmental Cell. 35(3). 383–394. 161 indexed citations

Freeman, Robert M., Tetsuro Ikuta, Michael Wu, et al.. (2012). Identical Genomic Organization of Two Hemichordate Hox Clusters. Current Biology. 22(21). 2053–2058. 37 indexed citations

Lemons, Derek, Jens H. Fritzenwanker, John C. Gerhart, Christopher J. Lowe, & William McGinnis. (2010). Co-option of an anteroposterior head axis patterning system for proximodistal patterning of appendages in early bilaterian evolution. Developmental Biology. 344(1). 358–362. 35 indexed citations

Freeman, Robert M., Michelle Wu, L. H. Pratt, et al.. (2008). cDNA Sequences for Transcription Factors and Signaling Proteins of the HemichordateSaccoglossus kowalevskii: Efficacy of the Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) Approach for Evolutionary and Developmental Studies of a New Organism. Biological Bulletin. 214(3). 284–302. 42 indexed citations

Lowe, Christopher J., Kunifumi Tagawa, Tom Humphreys, Marc W. Kirschner, & John C. Gerhart. (2004). Hemichordate Embryos: Procurement, Culture, and Basic Methods. Methods in cell biology. 74. 171–194. 51 indexed citations

Lowe, Christopher J., Mike Wu, Adrian Salic, et al.. (2003). Anteroposterior Patterning in Hemichordates and the Origins of the Chordate Nervous System. Cell. 113(7). 853–865. 373 indexed citations

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Gerhart, John C.. (2001). Evolution of the organizer and the chordate body plan. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 45(1). 133–153. 46 indexed citations

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Kirschner, Marc W., John C. Gerhart, & Tim Mitchison. (2000). Molecular “Vitalism”. Cell. 100(1). 79–88. 129 indexed citations

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Gerhart, John C.. (1999). Pieter Nieuwkoop's contributions to the understanding of meso-endoderm induction and neural induction in chordate development. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 43(7). 605–613. 10 indexed citations

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Zoltewicz, J. Susie & John C. Gerhart. (1997). The Spemann Organizer ofXenopusIs Patterned along Its Anteroposterior Axis at the Earliest Gastrula Stage. Developmental Biology. 192(2). 482–491. 74 indexed citations

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Gerhart, John C.. (1995). Summing up: conservation and diversification in metazoan eukaryotic cells. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 349(1329). 333–336. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Michelle & John C. Gerhart. (1991). Chapter 1 Raising Xenopus in the Laboratory. Methods in cell biology. 36. 3–18. 89 indexed citations

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Stewart, Ronald M. & John C. Gerhart. (1991). Induction of notochord by the organizer inXenopus. Development Genes and Evolution. 199(6). 341–348. 15 indexed citations

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Leaf, David S., Susan Jo Roberts, John C. Gerhart, & Hsiao-Ping H. Moore. (1990). The secretory pathway is blocked between the trans-Golgi and the plasma membrane during meiotic maturation in Xenopus oocytes. Developmental Biology. 141(1). 1–12. 45 indexed citations

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Gerhart, John C.. (1989). Embryonic Development: Toward a Synthesis. (Book Reviews: Topobiology). Scientia Forestalis. 243(4896). 1373–1374. 1 indexed citations

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Rowning, Brian A., et al.. (1989). Hyperdorsoanterior embryos from Xenopus eggs treated with D2O. Developmental Biology. 134(1). 175–188. 38 indexed citations

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Gerhart, John C. & Arthur B. Pardee. (1963). The Effect of the Feedback Inhibitor, CTP, on Subunit Interactions in Aspartate Transcarbamylase. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 28(0). 491–496. 134 indexed citations

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