John D. Pitts

1.1k total citations
25 papers, 874 citations indexed

About

John D. Pitts is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Pitts has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 874 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in John D. Pitts's work include Connexins and lens biology (8 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). John D. Pitts is often cited by papers focused on Connexins and lens biology (8 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). John D. Pitts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. John D. Pitts's co-authors include Malcolm E. Finbow, Ephraim Kam, Robert R. Bürk, Mike Fried, Judson D. Sheridan, Graeme K. Hunter, John Shuttleworth, John B. C. Findlay, D. Goldstein and Richard Schlegel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The EMBO Journal and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

John D. Pitts

25 papers receiving 832 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John D. Pitts United Kingdom 19 664 139 95 71 63 25 874
Rebecca Rimini Italy 12 694 1.0× 263 1.9× 111 1.2× 102 1.4× 75 1.2× 13 1.1k
Ilona Rafalska Germany 6 1.4k 2.1× 91 0.7× 71 0.7× 38 0.5× 49 0.8× 6 1.6k
Elisabeth Larsen Norway 17 1.4k 2.1× 142 1.0× 185 1.9× 48 0.7× 43 0.7× 25 1.7k
J.G. Streefkerk Netherlands 10 257 0.4× 50 0.4× 49 0.5× 61 0.9× 54 0.9× 19 740
Régine Roubin France 17 559 0.8× 125 0.9× 96 1.0× 64 0.9× 140 2.2× 25 1.2k
Paul W. Howard United States 17 495 0.7× 205 1.5× 55 0.6× 223 3.1× 76 1.2× 23 944
Kohji Nomura Japan 15 329 0.5× 60 0.4× 86 0.9× 24 0.3× 45 0.7× 34 729
Emmanuel Spanakis United Kingdom 13 349 0.5× 141 1.0× 132 1.4× 18 0.3× 65 1.0× 25 634
Marc‐André Laniel Russia 7 920 1.4× 132 0.9× 104 1.1× 26 0.4× 33 0.5× 10 1.1k
F. Ricciuti United States 14 614 0.9× 390 2.8× 70 0.7× 74 1.0× 39 0.6× 24 972

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All Works

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Pitts, John D.. (1999). The discovery of metabolic co-operation. BioEssays. 20(12). 1047–1051. 24 indexed citations
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Pitts, John D.. (1994). Cancer gene therapy: A bystander effect using the gap junctional pathway. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 11(3). 127–130. 52 indexed citations
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Finbow, Malcolm E., Scott John, Ephraim Kam, David K. Apps, & John D. Pitts. (1993). Disposition and Orientation of Ductin (DCCD-Reactive Vacuolar H+-ATPase Subunit) in Mammalian Membrane Complexes. Experimental Cell Research. 207(2). 261–270. 25 indexed citations
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Finbow, Malcolm E., John D. Pitts, D. Goldstein, Richard Schlegel, & John B. C. Findlay. (1991). The E5 oncoprotein target: A 16‐kDa channel‐forming protein with diverse functions. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 4(6). 441–444. 45 indexed citations
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Kam, Ephraim & John D. Pitts. (1989). Tissue-specific regulation of junctional communication in the skin of mouse fetuses homozygous for the repeated epilation (Er) mutation. Development. 107(4). 923–929. 6 indexed citations
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Kam, Ephraim, Fiona M. Watt, & John D. Pitts. (1987). Patterns of junctional communication in skin: Studies on cultured keratinocytes. Experimental Cell Research. 173(2). 431–438. 22 indexed citations
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Pitts, John D., et al.. (1986). Retinoic acid inhibits junctional communication between animal cells. Carcinogenesis. 7(6). 1003–1010. 35 indexed citations
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Pitts, John D. & Malcolm E. Finbow. (1986). The Gap Junction. Journal of Cell Science. 1986(Supplement_4). 239–266. 132 indexed citations
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Finbow, Malcolm E., et al.. (1984). Isolation and characterisation of arthropod gap junctions. The EMBO Journal. 3(10). 2271–2278. 54 indexed citations
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Kam, Ephraim & John D. Pitts. (1984). Computer-assisted grain counting for autoradiography. Computer Programs in Biomedicine. 19(1). 81–83. 6 indexed citations
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MacKie, Rona M., et al.. (1983). DNA Repair in Cells from Patients with Actinic Keratosis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 80(4). 241–244. 12 indexed citations
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Pitts, John D. & Malcolm E. Finbow. (1982). The functional integration of cells in animal tissues. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 66 indexed citations
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Hunter, Graeme K. & John D. Pitts. (1981). Non-selective junctional communication between some different mammalian cell types in primary culture. Journal of Cell Science. 49(1). 163–175. 21 indexed citations
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Pitts, John D. & Robert R. Bürk. (1976). Specificity of junctional communication between animal cells. Nature. 264(5588). 762–764. 70 indexed citations
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Pitts, John D.. (1975). How do animal cells communicate?. Nature. 255(5507). 371–372. 6 indexed citations
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Jarrett, Oswald, et al.. (1971). Isolation of the nucleic acid of feline leukemia virus. Virology. 43(1). 317–320. 22 indexed citations
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Fried, Mike & John D. Pitts. (1968). Replication of polyoma virus DNA. Virology. 34(4). 761–770. 39 indexed citations
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Pitts, John D. & Robert L. Sinsheimer. (1966). Effect of phleomycin upon replication of bacteriophage ΦX174. Journal of Molecular Biology. 15(2). 676–680. 12 indexed citations

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