John Cobb

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

John Cobb is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, John Cobb has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in John Cobb's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (10 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (8 papers). John Cobb is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (10 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers) and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (8 papers). John Cobb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. John Cobb's co-authors include Mary Ann Handel, Shannon Eaker, John C. Schimenti, Denis Duboule, Kerry J. Schimenti, Lawriston A. Wilson, Douglas L. Pittman, April D. Pyle, Benjamin J. Cargile and Akihiko Kikuchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Blood.

In The Last Decade

John Cobb

36 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Meiotic Prophase Arrest with Failure of Chromosome Synapsis in Mice Deficient for Dmc1 , a Germline-Specific RecA Homolog

1998 513 citations John Cobb, Mary Ann Handel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Cobb United States	21	1.4k	533	381	274	240	36	1.9k
Sandrine Caburet France	23	1.3k 0.9×	686 1.3×	462 1.2×	229 0.8×	368 1.5×	39	1.9k
Birgit Koschorz Germany	9	1.1k 0.8×	498 0.9×	191 0.5×	161 0.6×	125 0.5×	10	1.5k
Jaime A. Rivera‐Pérez United States	27	2.5k 1.7×	751 1.4×	212 0.6×	154 0.6×	110 0.5×	47	2.9k
Pascal Bernard France	28	2.2k 1.5×	812 1.5×	149 0.4×	611 2.2×	285 1.2×	56	2.7k
Hidehito Inagaki Japan	25	1.4k 1.0×	713 1.3×	202 0.5×	392 1.4×	96 0.4×	98	2.1k
K. John McLaughlin United States	29	2.8k 1.9×	937 1.8×	804 2.1×	281 1.0×	359 1.5×	58	3.6k
Yasuhide Ohinata Japan	20	2.6k 1.8×	910 1.7×	543 1.4×	84 0.3×	273 1.1×	29	3.1k
Shantha K. Mahadevaiah United Kingdom	23	2.4k 1.7×	1.1k 2.0×	502 1.3×	776 2.8×	399 1.7×	31	3.0k
Monica Di Giacomo Italy	17	1.7k 1.2×	219 0.4×	302 0.8×	469 1.7×	220 0.9×	20	2.0k
Yayoi Toyooka Japan	14	3.5k 2.4×	973 1.8×	838 2.2×	157 0.6×	437 1.8×	23	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by John Cobb

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Cobb

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Cheung, Leonard, Karine Rizzoti, Greg Hamilton, et al.. (2023). Novel Candidate Regulators and Developmental Trajectory of Pituitary Thyrotropes. Endocrinology. 164(6). 7 indexed citations

Kim, Julie, et al.. (2021). R-Spondin 3 Regulates Mammalian Dental and Craniofacial Development. Journal of Developmental Biology. 9(3). 31–31. 5 indexed citations

Cobb, John, et al.. (2020). Animal Models for Understanding Human Skeletal Defects. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1236. 157–188. 1 indexed citations

Hagner, Andrew, Sarthak Sinha, Matthew L. Workentine, et al.. (2020). Transcriptional Profiling of the Adult Hair Follicle Mesenchyme Reveals R-spondin as a Novel Regulator of Dermal Progenitor Function. iScience. 23(4). 101019–101019. 29 indexed citations

Cooper, Kim, et al.. (2020). Interspecies transcriptome analyses identify genes that control the development and evolution of limb skeletal proportion. The FASEB Journal. 34(S1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations

Kučka, Marek, William Beluch, Ronald Naumann, et al.. (2019). An integrative genomic analysis of the Longshanks selection experiment for longer limbs in mice. eLife. 8. 51 indexed citations

Rosin, Jessica M., Deborah M. Kurrasch, & John Cobb. (2015). Shox2 is required for the proper development of the facial motor nucleus and the establishment of the facial nerves. BMC Neuroscience. 16(1). 39–39. 9 indexed citations

Rosin, Jessica M., Brendan B. McAllister, Richard H. Dyck, et al.. (2014). Mice lacking the transcription factor SHOX2 display impaired cerebellar development and deficits in motor coordination. Developmental Biology. 399(1). 54–67. 15 indexed citations

Rosin, Jessica M., et al.. (2012). A conditional allele of Rspo3 reveals redundant function of R‐spondins during mouse limb development. genesis. 50(10). 741–749. 31 indexed citations

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Scott, Alexandra J., Hiroshi Hasegawa, Katsuyasu Sakurai, et al.. (2011). Transcription Factor Short Stature Homeobox 2 Is Required for Proper Development of Tropomyosin-Related Kinase B-Expressing Mechanosensory Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(18). 6741–6749. 38 indexed citations

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Cobb, John, et al.. (2010). Shox2 function couples neural, muscular and skeletal development in the proximal forelimb. Developmental Biology. 350(2). 323–336. 39 indexed citations

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Cobb, John & Denis Duboule. (2005). Comparative analysis of genes downstream of the Hoxd cluster in developing digits and external genitalia. Development. 132(13). 3055–3067. 85 indexed citations

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Libby, Brian, Rabindranath De La Fuente, Marilyn J. O’Brien, et al.. (2002). The Mouse Meiotic Mutation mei1 Disrupts Chromosome Synapsis with Sexually Dimorphic Consequences for Meiotic Progression. Developmental Biology. 242(2). 174–187. 110 indexed citations

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Eaker, Shannon, John Cobb, April D. Pyle, & Mary Ann Handel. (2002). Meiotic Prophase Abnormalities and Metaphase Cell Death in MLH1-Deficient Mouse Spermatocytes: Insights into Regulation of Spermatogenic Progress. Developmental Biology. 249(1). 85–95. 90 indexed citations

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Cobb, John, Benjamin J. Cargile, & Mary Ann Handel. (1999). Acquisition of Competence to Condense Metaphase I Chromosomes during Spermatogenesis. Developmental Biology. 205(1). 49–64. 101 indexed citations

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Cobb, John, et al.. (1999). Meiotic events at the centromeric heterochromatin: histone H3 phosphorylation, topoisomerase IIα localization and chromosome condensation. Chromosoma. 108(7). 412–425. 107 indexed citations

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Cobb, John & Mary Ann Handel. (1998). Dynamics of meiotic prophase I during spermatogenesis: from pairing to division. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9(4). 445–450. 34 indexed citations

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Hall, Robert E., et al.. (1996). cDNA and genomic cloning and expression of the P48 monocytic differentiation/activation factor, a Mycoplasma fermentans gene product. Biochemical Journal. 319(3). 919–927. 18 indexed citations

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Barnard, Graham F., Masaki Mori, Raymond J. Staniunas, et al.. (1995). Ubiquitin fusion proteins are overexpressed in colon cancer but not in gastric cancer. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1272(3). 147–153. 24 indexed citations

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Toth, Thomas E., John Cobb, Stephen M. Boyle, R. Martin Roop, & Gerhardt G. Schurig. (1995). Selective humoral immune response of Balb/C mice to Brucella abortus proteins expressed by vaccinia virus recombinants. Veterinary Microbiology. 45(2-3). 171–183. 13 indexed citations

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