John E. Heuser

17.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
90 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

John E. Heuser is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Heuser has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Cell Biology and 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in John E. Heuser's work include Cellular transport and secretion (25 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (25 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). John E. Heuser is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (25 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (25 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). John E. Heuser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. John E. Heuser's co-authors include Thomas S. Reese, Clifford V. Harding, Philip D. Stahl, Marc W. Kirschner, Ursula Goodenough, Douglas E. Chandler, Robyn Roth, Dennis M.D. Landis, Michael J. Dennis and Lily Yeh Jan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John E. Heuser

89 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

EVIDENCE FOR RECYCLING OF SYNAPTIC VESICLE MEMBRANE DURING TRANSMITTER RELEASE AT THE FROG NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION

1973 1.7k citations John E. Heuser, Thomas S. Reese The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Receptor-mediated endocytosis of transferrin and recycling of the transferrin receptor in rat reticulocytes.

1983 1.4k citations John E. Heuser et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Synaptic vesicle exocytosis captured by quick freezing and correlated with quantal transmitter release.

1979 1.1k citations John E. Heuser, Thomas S. Reese et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Filament organization revealed in platinum replicas of freeze-dried cytoskeletons.

1980 564 citations John E. Heuser et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Three-dimensional visualization of coated vesicle formation in fibroblasts.

1980 449 citations John E. Heuser The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Functional changes in frog neuromuscular junctions studied with freeze-fracture

1974 426 citations John E. Heuser, Thomas S. Reese 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 E. Heuser United States	53	8.8k	5.4k	3.3k	1.1k	1.0k	90	13.7k
Anthony Bretscher United States	70	11.9k 1.3×	9.1k 1.7×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	833 0.8×	148	19.0k
Robert Adelstein United States	80	12.0k 1.4×	8.1k 1.5×	1.6k 0.5×	958 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	206	19.6k
Mark S. Mooseker United States	75	9.9k 1.1×	7.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.4×	768 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	150	17.1k
Michiyuki Matsuda Japan	67	11.2k 1.3×	5.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	2.7k 2.4×	856 0.8×	304	18.1k
Tadaomi Takenawa Japan	72	11.4k 1.3×	10.6k 2.0×	1.7k 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	237	19.3k
Shigenobu Yonemura Japan	64	13.6k 1.5×	7.3k 1.4×	2.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	149	21.0k
Peter W. Gunning Australia	61	9.4k 1.1×	4.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	924 0.9×	240	15.0k
Akira Nagafuchi Japan	53	11.8k 1.3×	5.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	827 0.7×	645 0.6×	78	16.1k
Barry M. Gumbiner United States	71	17.0k 1.9×	8.3k 1.5×	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	819 0.8×	122	23.5k
W. James Nelson United States	70	12.9k 1.5×	7.8k 1.4×	1.2k 0.4×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	148	18.8k

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Pemberton, Joshua G., Meredith L. Jenkins, Yeun Ju Kim, et al.. (2025). An advanced toolset to manipulate and monitor subcellular phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(6). 4 indexed citations

Garten, Matthias, Josh R. Beck, Robyn Roth, et al.. (2020). Contacting domains segregate a lipid transporter from a solute transporter in the malarial host–parasite interface. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3825–3825. 19 indexed citations

Sone, Masamitsu, Nobuhiro Morone, Tomonori Nakamura, et al.. (2017). Hybrid Cellular Metabolism Coordinated by Zic3 and Esrrb Synergistically Enhances Induction of Naive Pluripotency. Cell Metabolism. 25(5). 1103–1117.e6. 57 indexed citations

Arasada, Rajesh, et al.. (2017). Fission yeast Myo2: Molecular organization and diffusion in the cytoplasm. Cytoskeleton. 75(4). 164–173. 6 indexed citations

Muia, Joshua, Jian Zhu, Garima Gupta, et al.. (2014). Allosteric activation of ADAMTS13 by von Willebrand factor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(52). 18584–18589. 100 indexed citations

Heuser, John E.. (2014). Some personal and historical notes on the utility of “deep-etch” electron microscopy for making cell structure/function correlations. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 25(21). 3273–3276. 6 indexed citations

Kadota, Shin, Itsunari Minami, Nobuhiro Morone, et al.. (2012). Development of a reentrant arrhythmia model in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac cell sheets. European Heart Journal. 34(15). 1147–1156. 68 indexed citations

Galkin, Vitold E., Xiong Yu, John E. Heuser, et al.. (2008). Divergence of Quaternary Structures Among Bacterial Flagellar Filaments. Science. 320(5874). 382–385. 82 indexed citations

Naismith, Teresa V., John E. Heuser, Xandra O. Breakefield, & Phyllis I. Hanson. (2004). TorsinA in the nuclear envelope. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(20). 7612–7617. 177 indexed citations

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Beatty, Wandy L., et al.. (2000). Trafficking and Release of Mycobacterial Lipids from Infected Macrophages. Traffic. 1(3). 235–247. 283 indexed citations

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Graves, Michael V., Dwight E. Burbank, Robyn Roth, et al.. (1999). Hyaluronan Synthesis in Virus PBCV-1-Infected Chlorella-like Green Algae. Virology. 257(1). 15–23. 68 indexed citations

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Schafer, Dorothy A., Steven R. Gill, John A. Cooper, John E. Heuser, & Trina A. Schroer. (1994). Ultrastructural analysis of the dynactin complex: an actin-related protein is a component of a filament that resembles F-actin.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 126(2). 403–412. 242 indexed citations

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Kuehn, Meta, John E. Heuser, Staffan Normark, & Scott J. Hultgren. (1992). P pili in uropathogenic E. coli are composite fibres with distinct fibrillar adhesive tips. Nature. 356(6366). 252–255. 263 indexed citations

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Näthke, Inke, John E. Heuser, Andrei N. Lupas, et al.. (1992). Folding and trimerization of clathrin subunits at the triskelion hub. Cell. 68(5). 899–910. 131 indexed citations

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Goodenough, Ursula, W. Steven Adair, Patricia Collin‐Osdoby, & John E. Heuser. (1985). Structure of the Chlamydomonas agglutinin and related flagellar surface proteins in vitro and in situ.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 101(3). 924–941. 53 indexed citations

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Roof, Dorothy, Juan I. Korenbrot, & John E. Heuser. (1982). Surfaces of rod photoreceptor disk membranes: light-activated enzymes.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 95(2). 501–509. 33 indexed citations

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Aggeler, Judith, John E. Heuser, & Zena Werb. (1982). Presence of Clathrin at Adhesion Sites in Phagocytosing Macrophages. Proceedings annual meeting Electron Microscopy Society of America. 40. 114–117. 4 indexed citations

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Heuser, John E. & T.S. Reese. (1981). Structural changes after transmitter release at the frog neuromuscular junction.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 88(3). 564–580. 370 indexed citations

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Friend, Daniel S. & John E. Heuser. (1981). Orderly particle arrays on the mitochondrial outer membrane in rapidly‐frozen sperm. The Anatomical Record. 199(2). 159–175. 42 indexed citations

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Franzini-Armstrong, C, John E. Heuser, Thomas S. Reese, A P Somlyo, & A V Somlyo. (1978). T‐tubule swelling in hypertonic solutions: a freeze substitution study.. The Journal of Physiology. 283(1). 133–140. 45 indexed citations

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