John W.B. Hershey

22.0k citations

215 papers · 18.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 72

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.1%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA regulation and disease
- Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
- PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
Biochemistry top 0.5%

Papers in

Molecular Biology 193
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 147
- RNA Research and Splicing 44
- RNA modifications and cancer 43
- RNA regulation and disease 32
- Polyamine Metabolism and Applications 31
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects 29
Genetics 31
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 22

Co-authors: Nahum Sonenberg Michael B. Mathews Roger Duncan Rob Benne Susan C. Milburn William C. Merrick Hyun Ah Kang Jörg Howe
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (60 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (17 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (12 papers)Biochimie (11 papers)Biochemistry (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada France

In The Last Decade

John W.B. Hershey

214 papers receiving 17.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Translational control in biology and medicine 2007 · 556 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2007 Translational control in biology and medicine
2000 Translational control of gene expression
1991 Annual Review of Biochemistry
1982 Journal of Biological Chemistry

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1	Engineered transient and stable overexpression of translation factors eIF3i and eIF3c in CHOK1 and HEK293 cells gives enhanced cell growth associated with increased c-Myc expression and increased recombinant protein synthesis Metabolic Engineering ·Anne Roobol, Krittaya Sutheesophon, Charles C. Babington, Martin J. Carden, John W.B. Hershey, Anne E. Willis, C. Mark Smales	2020	26
2	Protein synthesis and translational control : a subject collection from Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology John W.B. Hershey, Nahum Sonenberg, Michael B. Mathews	2012	1
3	Initiation of Translation of the FMR1 mRNA Occurs Predominantly through 5′-End-Dependent Ribosomal Scanning Journal of Molecular Biology ·A. L. Ludwig, John W.B. Hershey, Paul J. Hagerman	2011	22
4	Translational control in health and disease Elsevier eBooks ·John W.B. Hershey	2009	1
5	1 Origins and Principles of Translational Control Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Michael B. Mathews, Nahum Sonenberg, John W.B. Hershey	2007	67
6	Translational control in biology and medicine Michael B. Mathews, Nahum Sonenberg, John W.B. Hershey Hit paper breakdown →	2007	556
7	Structural Characterization of the Human Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 3 Protein Complex by Mass Spectrometry Molecular & Cellular Proteomics ·Eugen Damoc, Christopher S. Fraser, Min Zhou, Hortense Videler, Greg L. Mayeur, John W.B. Hershey, Jennifer A. Doudna, Carol V. Robinson, Julie A. Leary	2007	104
8	eIF3j Is Located in the Decoding Center of the Human 40S Ribosomal Subunit Molecular Cell ·Christopher S. Fraser, Katherine E. Berry, John W.B. Hershey, Jennifer A. Doudna	2007	102
9	Translational control of gene expression Nahum Sonenberg, John W.B. Hershey, Michael B. Mathews Hit paper breakdown →	2000	1256
10	2 The Pathway and Mechanism of Initiation of Protein Synthesis Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·John W.B. Hershey, William C. Merrick	2000	104
11	20 Translational Control and Cancer Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·John W.B. Hershey, Suzanne Miyamoto	2000	28
12	A systematic nomenclature for new translation initiation factor genes fromS. pombe and other fungi Yeast ·Patrick Linder, Hans‐Peter Vornlocher, John W.B. Hershey, John E.G. McCarthy	1999	7
13	Conservation and Diversity of Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor eIF3 Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Katsura Asano, Terri Goss Kinzy, William C. Merrick, John W.B. Hershey	1997	123
14	1 Origins and Targets of Translational Control Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Michael B. Mathews, Nahum Sonenberg, John W.B. Hershey	1996	66
15	2 The Pathway and Mechanism of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·William C. Merrick, John W.B. Hershey	1996	198
16	Mutations in the NKXD consensus element indicate that GTP binds to the γ‐subunit of translation initiation factor eIF2 FEBS Letters ·Tatjana Naranda, Ivana Sirangelo, Daniel Cham, John W.B. Hershey	1995	13
17	PKR: Proposed Nomenclature for the RNA-Dependent Protein Kinase Induced by Interferon Journal of Interferon Research ·Michael J. Clemens, John W.B. Hershey, L Kath Randal, Jamil Sakinah, Michael G. Katze, Randal J. Kaufman, Péter Lengyel, Charles E. Samuel, Ganes C. Sen, Bryan Williams	1993	44
18	Immunoblot analysis of the structure of protein synthesis initiation factor eIF3 from HeLa cells Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Susan C. Milburn, Roger F. Duncan, John W.B. Hershey	1990	19
19	Translational Initiation Factor Expression and Ribosomal Protein Gene Expression Are Repressed Coordinately but by Different Mechanisms in Murine Lymphosarcoma Cells Treated with Glucocorticoids Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Shi Huang, John W.B. Hershey	1989	9
20	Protein Topography of Ribosomal Subunit from Escherichia coli Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Robert R. Traut, Ronald L. Heimark, V.M. Halimova., John W.B. Hershey, Alex Bollen	1974	6

About John W.B. Hershey

John W.B. Hershey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Endocrinology, Biochemistry and Ecology, having authored 215 papers that have together received 18.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (147 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (44 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (43 papers), RNA regulation and disease (32 papers), Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (31 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (29 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (22 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (16.3k citations), Biochemistry (661 citations), Cell Biology (1.4k citations), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (1.9k citations) and Genetics (2.2k citations). John W.B. Hershey has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Frequent co-authors include Nahum Sonenberg, Michael B. Mathews, Roger Duncan, Rob Benne, Susan C. Milburn, William C. Merrick, Hyun Ah Kang, Jörg Howe, Vinay K. Pathak and Randal J. Kaufman. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biochimie and Biochemistry.

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