John Chant

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

John Chant is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Chant has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cell Biology and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in John Chant's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (26 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (15 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (8 papers). John Chant is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (26 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (15 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (8 papers). John Chant collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. John Chant's co-authors include Lisa Stowers, Ira Herskowitz, John R. Pringle, Amitabha Chaudhuri, Deborah Yelon, Leslie J. Berg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Joel S. Bader, Kathleen Corrado and Pontus Aspenström and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John Chant

40 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Rac and Cdc42 Induce Actin Polymerization and G1 Cell Cyc... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Rac and Cdc42 Induce Actin Polymerization and G1 Cell Cycle Progression Independently of p65PAK and the JNK/SAPK MAP Kinase Cascade
    1996 527 citations Lisa Stowers, John Chant et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Chant United States 32 4.3k 2.0k 582 338 301 41 5.0k
Roman Körner Germany 38 4.3k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 879 1.5× 673 2.0× 443 1.5× 61 7.1k
Lee Bardwell United States 36 4.8k 1.1× 732 0.4× 731 1.3× 383 1.1× 422 1.4× 68 5.3k
Marie Evangelista United States 29 5.7k 1.3× 2.5k 1.2× 412 0.7× 594 1.8× 689 2.3× 42 7.2k
James I. Garrels United States 33 4.6k 1.1× 988 0.5× 265 0.5× 421 1.2× 758 2.5× 54 6.1k
Anne B. Vojtek United States 26 3.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 271 0.5× 625 1.8× 271 0.9× 32 4.8k
Daniel Lockshon United States 17 7.0k 1.7× 796 0.4× 376 0.6× 487 1.4× 792 2.6× 19 7.9k
Nicolas Tapon United Kingdom 38 4.8k 1.1× 5.2k 2.5× 503 0.9× 686 2.0× 318 1.1× 64 7.6k
Daniel J. Lew United States 51 7.6k 1.8× 4.2k 2.0× 1.4k 2.5× 944 2.8× 392 1.3× 115 8.6k
Jeffrey A. Ranish United States 46 9.6k 2.3× 1.1k 0.5× 671 1.2× 664 2.0× 894 3.0× 84 10.9k
Frederick R. Cross United States 58 9.5k 2.2× 3.2k 1.6× 1.4k 2.4× 1.2k 3.4× 1.4k 4.6× 142 10.8k

Countries citing papers authored by John Chant

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Chant

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Chant

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Chant. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Chant based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Chant. John Chant is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Modrek, Barmak, Lin Ge, Ajay Pandita, et al.. (2009). Oncogenic Activating Mutations Are Associated with Local Copy Gain. Molecular Cancer Research. 7(8). 1244–1252. 51 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiaolan, Howard M. Stern, Lin Ge, et al.. (2009). Genetic Alterations and Oncogenic Pathways Associated with Breast Cancer Subtypes. Molecular Cancer Research. 7(4). 511–522. 177 indexed citations
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Haverty, Peter M., Lawrence Hon, Joshua S. Kaminker, John Chant, & Zemin Zhang. (2009). High-resolution analysis of copy number alterations and associated expression changes in ovarian tumors. BMC Medical Genomics. 2(1). 21–21. 80 indexed citations
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Haverty, Peter M., Jane Fridlyand, Li Li, et al.. (2008). High‐resolution genomic and expression analyses of copy number alterations in breast tumors. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 47(6). 530–542. 116 indexed citations
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Li, Li, Amitabha Chaudhuri, John Chant, & Zhijun Tang. (2007). PADGE: analysis of heterogeneous patterns of differential gene expression. Physiological Genomics. 32(1). 154–159. 15 indexed citations
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Chaudhuri, Amitabha & John Chant. (2005). Protein‐interaction mapping in search of effective drug targets. BioEssays. 27(9). 958–969. 13 indexed citations
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Fujita, Atsushi, et al.. (2002). Subcellular Localization of Axl1, the Cell Type-Specific Regulator of Polarity. Current Biology. 12(15). 1347–1352. 34 indexed citations
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Marston, Adèle L., et al.. (2001). A localized GTPase exchange factor, Bud5, determines the orientation of division axes in yeast. Current Biology. 11(10). 803–807. 46 indexed citations
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Chaudhuri, Amitabha, et al.. (2000). Multigenerational Cortical Inheritance of the Rax2 Protein in Orienting Polarity and Division in Yeast. Science. 290(5498). 1975–1978. 64 indexed citations
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Chant, John. (1999). Cell Polarity in Yeast. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 15(1). 365–391. 190 indexed citations
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Brown, Jeffrey L., Malika Jaquenoud, Marie‐Pierre Gulli, John Chant, & Matthias Peter. (1997). Novel Cdc42-binding proteins Gic1 and Gic2 control cell polarity in yeast. Genes & Development. 11(22). 2972–2982. 144 indexed citations
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Chant, John, et al.. (1997). An IQGAP-related protein controls actin-ring formation and cytokinesis in yeast. Current Biology. 7(12). 921–929. 163 indexed citations
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Halme, Adrian, et al.. (1996). Bud10p directs axial cell polarization in budding yeast and resembles a transmembrane receptor. Current Biology. 6(5). 570–579. 69 indexed citations
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Stowers, Lisa, Deborah Yelon, Leslie J. Berg, & John Chant. (1995). Regulation of the polarization of T cells toward antigen-presenting cells by Ras-related GTPase CDC42.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(11). 5027–5031. 345 indexed citations
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Chant, John & Lisa Stowers. (1995). GTPase cascades choreographing cellular behavior: Movement, morphogenesis, and more. Cell. 81(1). 1–4. 352 indexed citations
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Chant, John. (1995). Control of cell polarity by internal programs and external signals in yeast. 6(1). 13–23. 3 indexed citations
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Chant, John. (1994). Multifunctional Proteins: Calmodulin clarified. Current Biology. 4(5). 433–435. 4 indexed citations
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Chant, John, et al.. (1991). Budding and cell polarity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 1(3). 342–350. 72 indexed citations
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Chant, John & Patrick P. Dennis. (1986). Archaebacteria: transcription and processing of ribosomal RNA sequences in Halobacterium cutirubrum. The EMBO Journal. 5(5). 1091–1097. 44 indexed citations
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Chant, John, et al.. (1986). The protein synthesizing machinery of the archaebacterium Halobacterium cutirubrum: Molecular characterization. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 7(1). 106–114. 19 indexed citations

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