John D. McCorvy

9.8k citations

71 papers · 4.9k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Biological Psychiatry top 5%

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 42
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior 28
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology 18
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 5
Clinical Psychology 21
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies 21

Co-authors: Bryan L. Roth Xi‐Ping Huang Philippe Giguère Maria F. Sassano Katherine Lansu Brian K. Shoichet Tao Che Wesley K. Kroeze
Journals: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (8 papers)ACS Chemical Neuroscience (5 papers)Science (4 papers)ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science (4 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

John D. McCorvy

65 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

A non-hallucinogenic LSD analog with therapeutic potential for mood disorders 2023 · 79 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Cell Reports
2023 Science
2020 Nature Chemical Biology
2016 Nature
2015 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
2013 Science

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1	Assessing the Potential Cardiovascular Risk of Microdosing the Psychedelic LSD in Mice ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science ·Devin P. Effinger, Serena S. Schalk, Jillian L. King, Janae R. Wallingford, Casey L. O’Connell, Juan Carlos Calderón, Benjamin J. Kopecky, John D. McCorvy, Scott M. Thompson	2025	1
2	Serotonin 5-HT_2C Receptor Signaling Analysis Reveals Psychedelic Biased Agonism ACS Chemical Neuroscience ·Emma M. Bonniwell, Rana Alabdali, Joseph J. Hennessey, J. M. T. McKee, Natalie G. Cavalco, Jane W. Lammers, Elizabeth A. Moore, Luca Franchini, Cesare Orlandi, John D. McCorvy	2025	0
3	Bioisosteric analogs of MDMA : Improving the pharmacological profile? Journal of Neurochemistry ·Ana Sofia Alberto‐Silva, Selina Hemmer, Hailey A. Bock, Letícia Alves da Silva, Kenneth R. Scott, Nina Kastner, Manan Bhatt, Marco Niello, Kathrin Jäntsch, Oliver Kudlacek, Elena Bossi, Thomas Stockner, Markus R. Meyer, John D. McCorvy, Simon D. Brandt, Pierce V. Kavanagh, Harald H. Sitte	2024	3
4	Structural basis for selectivity and antagonism in extracellular GPCR-nanobodies Nature Communications ·Roman R. Schlimgen, Francis C. Peterson, Raimond Heukers, Martine J. Smit, John D. McCorvy, Brian F. Volkman	2024	10
5	Identification of 5-HT2A receptor signaling pathways associated with psychedelic potential Nature Communications ·Jason Wallach, Andrew B. Cao, Maggie M. Calkins, Andrew J. Heim, Janelle K. Lanham, Emma M. Bonniwell, Joseph J. Hennessey, Hailey A. Bock, Emilie I. Anderson, Alexander M. Sherwood, Hamilton Morris, Robbin de Klein, Adam K. Klein, Bruna Cuccurazzu, James M. Gamrat, Tilka Fannana, Randy J. Zauhar, Adam L. Halberstadt, John D. McCorvy	2023	75
6	Molecular insights into GPCR mechanisms for drugs of abuse Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Omar B. Sánchez-Reyes, Gregory Zilberg, John D. McCorvy, Daniel Wacker	2023	4
7	Psilocybin analog 4-OH-DiPT enhances fear extinction and GABAergic inhibition of principal neurons in the basolateral amygdala Neuropsychopharmacology ·Thomas J. Kelly, Emma M. Bonniwell, Lianwei Mu, Xiaojie Liu, Ying Hu, Vladislav Friedman, Hao Yu, Wantang Su, John D. McCorvy, Qing-song Liu	2023	12
8	Beyond the 5-HT_2AReceptor: Classic and Nonclassic Targets in Psychedelic Drug Action Journal of Neuroscience ·Lindsay P. Cameron, Joseph Benetatos, Vern Lewis, Emma M. Bonniwell, Alaina M. Jaster, Rafael Moliner, Eero Ċastrén, John D. McCorvy, Mikael Palner, Argel Aguilar‐Valles	2023	35
9	Pharmacological Mechanism of the Non-hallucinogenic 5-HT_2A Agonist Ariadne and Analogs ACS Chemical Neuroscience ·Michael J. Cunningham, Hailey A. Bock, Inis C. Serrano, Benjamin Bechand, D. J. Vidyadhara, Emma M. Bonniwell, David Lankri, Priscilla Duggan, Antonina L. Nazarova, Andrew B. Cao, Maggie M. Calkins, Prashant Khirsariya, Christopher Hwu, Vsevolod Katritch, Sreeganga S. Chandra, John D. McCorvy, Dalibor Sameš	2022	43
10	Conformational selection guides β-arrestin recruitment at a biased G protein–coupled receptor Science ·Andrew B. Kleist, Shawn Jenjak, Andrija Sente, Lauren J. Laskowski, Martyna Szpakowska, Maggie M. Calkins, Emilie I. Anderson, Lisa McNally, Raimond Heukers, Vladimir Bobkov, Francis C. Peterson, Monica A. Thomas, Andy Chevigné, Martine J. Smit, John D. McCorvy, M. Madan Babu, Brian F. Volkman	2022	25
11	DPP4-Truncated CXCL12 Alters CXCR4/ACKR3 Signaling, Osteogenic Cell Differentiation, Migration, and Senescence ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science ·Ahmed M. Elmansi, Nada H. Eisa, Sudharsan Periyasamy‐Thandavan, Galina Kondrikova, Dmitry Kondrikov, Maggie M. Calkins, Alexandra Aguilar‐Perez, Jie Chen, Maribeth H. Johnson, Xingming Shi, Charles A. Reitman, Meghan E. McGee‐Lawrence, Kyler Crawford, Michael B. Dwinell, Brian F. Volkman, J Blumer, Louis M. Luttrell, John D. McCorvy, William Hill	2022	7
12	Structure-based discovery of potent and selective melatonin receptor agonists eLife ·Nilkanth Patel, Xi‐Ping Huang, Jessica M. Grandner, Linda C. Johansson, Benjamin Stauch, John D. McCorvy, Yongfeng Liu, Bryan L. Roth, Vsevolod Katritch	2020	25
13	The chemokine X-factor: Structure-function analysis of the CXC motif at CXCR4 and ACKR3 Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Michael J. Wedemeyer, Sarah A. Mahn, Anthony E. Getschman, Kyler Crawford, Francis C. Peterson, Adriano Marchese, John D. McCorvy, Brian F. Volkman	2020	16
14	Pharmacological and biotransformation studies of 1-acyl-substituted derivatives of -lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) Neuropharmacology ·Adam L. Halberstadt, Muhammad Chatha, Adam K. Klein, John D. McCorvy, Markus R. Meyer, Lea Wagmann, Alexander Stratford, Simon D. Brandt	2019	29
15	Structural determinants of 5-HT2B receptor activation and biased agonism Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·John D. McCorvy, Daniel Wacker, Sheng Wang, Bemnat Agegnehu, Jing Liu, Katherine Lansu, Alexandra R. Tribo, Reid H. J. Olsen, Tao Che, Jian Jin, Bryan L. Roth	2018	116
16	In silico design of novel probes for the atypical opioid receptor MRGPRX2 Nature Chemical Biology ·Katherine Lansu, Joel Karpiak, Jing Liu, Xi‐Ping Huang, John D. McCorvy, Wesley K. Kroeze, Tao Che, Hiroshi Nagase, Frank I. Carroll, Jian Jin, Brian K. Shoichet, Bryan L. Roth	2017	217
17	A Miniaturized Screen of a Schistosoma mansoni Serotonergic G Protein-Coupled Receptor Identifies Novel Classes of Parasite-Selective Inhibitors PLoS Pathogens ·John D. Chan, John D. McCorvy, Sreemoyee Acharya, Malcolm E. Johns, Tim A. Day, Bryan L. Roth, Jonathan S. Marchant	2016	33
18	Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of N-benzyl substituted 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamines as 5-HT2A/2C partial agonists Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ·Martin Hansen, Sven‐Erik Jacobsen, Shane Plunkett, Gudrun Liebscher, John D. McCorvy, Hans Bräuner‐Osborne, Jesper L. Kristensen	2014	26
19	Structural Features for Functional Selectivity at Serotonin Receptors Science ·Daniel Wacker, Chong Wang, Vsevolod Katritch, Gye Won Han, Xi‐Ping Huang, Eyal Vardy, John D. McCorvy, Yi Jiang, Meihua Chu, Fai Siu, Wei Liu, H. Eric Xu, Vadim Cherezov, Bryan L. Roth, Raymond C. Stevens Hit paper breakdown →	2013	543
20	Assessment of dopamine D1 receptor affinity and efficacy of three tetracyclic conformationally-restricted analogs of SKF38393 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ·Alia H. Clark, John D. McCorvy, Val J. Watts, David E. Nichols	2011	7

About John D. McCorvy

John D. McCorvy is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, having authored 71 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (38 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (28 papers), Psychedelics and Drug Studies (21 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (18 papers), Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (16 papers), Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects (7 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.5k citations), Biological Psychiatry (138 citations), Molecular Biology (3.0k citations), Clinical Psychology (878 citations) and Toxicology (115 citations). John D. McCorvy has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Bryan L. Roth, Xi‐Ping Huang, Philippe Giguère, Maria F. Sassano, Katherine Lansu, Brian K. Shoichet, Tao Che, Wesley K. Kroeze, Noah Sciaky and Daniel Wacker. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, Science, ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science and Nature Communications.

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