John S. Beck

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

John S. Beck is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, John S. Beck has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Infectious Diseases and 15 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in John S. Beck's work include Leprosy Research and Treatment (15 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (11 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (8 papers). John S. Beck is often cited by papers focused on Leprosy Research and Treatment (15 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (11 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (8 papers). John S. Beck collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Indonesia. John S. Beck's co-authors include Val C. Sheffield, Edwin M. Stone, Diane C. Slusarski, Anne E. Kwitek, Scott Counts, Lisa M. Baye, Simon Mead, Qihong Zhang, John Collinge and T. Kardjito and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

John S. Beck

85 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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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.

The Sensitivity of Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis for the Detection of Single Base Substitutions

1993 567 citations Val C. Sheffield, John S. Beck et al. profile →
Enhancing mitochondrial proteostasis reduces amyloid-β proteotoxicity

2017 499 citations Vincenzo Sorrentino, Mario Romani et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John S. Beck United Kingdom	29	2.7k	1.5k	649	564	489	88	4.7k
Orna Elroy‐Stein Israel	37	3.5k 1.3×	837 0.6×	313 0.5×	503 0.9×	602 1.2×	75	5.2k
Vishwanath R. Lingappa United States	49	5.2k 1.9×	1.1k 0.8×	446 0.7×	1.4k 2.5×	835 1.7×	109	7.3k
Caroline J. Zeiss United States	32	3.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	479 0.7×	292 0.5×	343 0.7×	110	6.7k
Gregory W. Gundersen United States	10	4.7k 1.7×	744 0.5×	626 1.0×	417 0.7×	504 1.0×	11	7.6k
Hedi Peterson Estonia	20	3.9k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	386 0.6×	340 0.6×	355 0.7×	33	6.5k
Luis Del Valle United States	53	3.4k 1.2×	589 0.4×	488 0.8×	424 0.8×	685 1.4×	198	8.1k
Caroline D. Monteiro United States	6	4.5k 1.6×	713 0.5×	596 0.9×	398 0.7×	488 1.0×	6	7.1k
Ruslan I. Sadreyev United States	47	5.5k 2.0×	912 0.6×	492 0.8×	344 0.6×	446 0.9×	158	7.6k
Jun Miyoshi Japan	46	3.9k 1.4×	834 0.6×	560 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	625 1.3×	160	6.8k
Stuart Tugendreich United States	19	4.5k 1.7×	668 0.5×	477 0.7×	1.5k 2.7×	459 0.9×	26	6.9k

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Counts, Scott, John S. Beck, Bryan Maloney, et al.. (2025). Posterior cingulate cortex microRNA dysregulation differentiates cognitive resilience, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(2). e70019–e70019. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Ruizhi, Bryan Maloney, John S. Beck, Scott Counts, & Debomoy K. Lahiri. (2025). MicroRNA‐153‐3p targets repressor element 1‐silencing transcription factor (REST) and neuronal differentiation: Implications for Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(8). e70399–e70399.

Beck, John S., et al.. (2025). Neuronal gene profiling of tau oligomer-bearing cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons during the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 13(1). 218–218.

Patterson, Joseph R., Joseph Kochmanski, Christopher J. Kemp, et al.. (2024). Transcriptomic profiling of early synucleinopathy in rats induced with preformed fibrils. npj Parkinson s Disease. 10(1). 7–7. 6 indexed citations

Sorrentino, Vincenzo, Mario Romani, Laurent Mouchiroud, et al.. (2017). Enhancing mitochondrial proteostasis reduces amyloid-β proteotoxicity. Nature. 552(7684). 187–193. 499 indexed citations breakdown →

Beck, John S., Elliott J. Mufson, & Scott Counts. (2016). Evidence for Mitochondrial UPR Gene Activation in Familial and Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease. Current Alzheimer Research. 13(6). 610–614. 103 indexed citations

Lukić, Ana, James Uphill, Craig Brown, et al.. (2015). Rare structural genetic variation in human prion diseases. Neurobiology of Aging. 36(5). 2004.e1–2004.e8. 6 indexed citations

Davis, Lea K., Kacie J. Meyer, Emily I. Schindler, et al.. (2011). Copy Number Variations and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(10). 7122–7122. 29 indexed citations

Seo, Seongjin, Lisa M. Baye, John S. Beck, et al.. (2010). BBS6, BBS10, and BBS12 form a complex with CCT/TRiC family chaperonins and mediate BBSome assembly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(4). 1488–1493. 239 indexed citations

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Guerreiro, Rita, John S. Beck, J. Raphael Gibbs, et al.. (2010). Genetic Variability in CLU and Its Association with Alzheimer's Disease. PLoS ONE. 5(3). e9510–e9510. 44 indexed citations

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Tayeh, Marwan K., John S. Beck, Charles Searby, et al.. (2008). Genetic interaction between Bardet-Biedl syndrome genes and implications for limb patterning. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(13). 1956–1967. 58 indexed citations

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Abbot, Neil C, et al.. (2002). Immunotherapy with Mycobacterium vaccae and Peripheral Blood Flow in Long-treated Leprosy Patients, a Randomised, Placebo-controlled Trial. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 24(3). 202–208. 12 indexed citations

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Mykytyn, Kirk, Darryl Nishimura, Charles Searby, et al.. (2002). Identification of the gene (BBS1) most commonly involved in Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a complex human obesity syndrome. Nature Genetics. 31(4). 435–438. 258 indexed citations

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Mead, Simon, Sukhvir P. Mahal, John S. Beck, et al.. (2001). Sporadic—but Not Variant—Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Is Associated with Polymorphisms Upstream of PRNP Exon 1. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 69(6). 1225–1235. 74 indexed citations

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Bothamley, Graham, John S. Beck, G. M. T. Schreuder, et al.. (1995). Delayed Hypersensitivity and HLA in Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 106(1). 38–45. 7 indexed citations

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Sheffield, Val C., James L. Weber, Kenneth H. Buetow, et al.. (1995). A collection of tri- and tetranucleotide repeat markers used to generate high quality, high resolution human genome-wide linkage maps. Human Molecular Genetics. 4(10). 1837–1844. 154 indexed citations

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Abbot, Neil C, John S. Beck, David K. Harrison, & S. B. Wilson. (1993). Dynamic thermographic imaging for estimation of regional perfusion in the tuberculin reaction in healthy adults. Journal of Immunological Methods. 162(1). 97–107. 2 indexed citations

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Brett, Sara, et al.. (1991). Measurement of the tissue distribution of immunoperoxidase staining with polyclonal anti‐BCG serum in lung granulomata of mice infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The Journal of Pathology. 164(1). 41–45. 12 indexed citations

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Cree, Ian A., et al.. (1988). Reproducibility of histology in leprosy lesions.. PubMed. 56(2). 296–301. 10 indexed citations

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Harper, E. I., John S. Beck, V. A. Spence, & R.A. Brown. (1988). Effect of histamine and prostaglandin E2 on the microcirculation in the skin. Inflammation Research. 24(1-2). 102–108. 11 indexed citations

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