Jonathan Flax

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Flax is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Flax has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 6 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Flax's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers). Jonathan Flax is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers). Jonathan Flax collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and South Korea. Jonathan Flax's co-authors include Judah Folkman, Noel Weidner, Walter Blumenfeld, Peter R. Carroll, Evan Y. Snyder, Moncef Jendoubi, Jeffrey D. Macklis, Richard L. Sidman, Chunhua Yang and Seung Up Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Flax

26 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tumor angiogenesis correlates with metastasis in invasive prostate carcinoma.

1993 1.4k citations Jonathan Flax et al. PubMed profile →
Engraftable human neural stem cells respond to development cues, replace neurons, and express foreign genes

1998 594 citations Jonathan Flax, Chunhua Yang et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan Flax United States	16	2.1k	1.1k	823	684	620	26	3.6k
Simona Parrinello United Kingdom	26	2.7k 1.3×	691 0.6×	744 0.9×	1.4k 2.1×	255 0.4×	38	5.9k
Yonehiro Kanemura Japan	31	1.6k 0.8×	695 0.6×	355 0.4×	820 1.2×	177 0.3×	175	3.5k
Mandar D. Muzumdar United States	14	2.9k 1.4×	478 0.4×	480 0.6×	390 0.6×	367 0.6×	21	4.5k
Kazunari Yoshida Japan	40	1.6k 0.8×	520 0.5×	605 0.7×	990 1.4×	577 0.9×	336	6.2k
Tatyana V. Michurina United States	18	1.6k 0.7×	684 0.6×	432 0.5×	336 0.5×	345 0.6×	32	4.3k
Lise K. Sorensen United States	20	2.2k 1.0×	275 0.3×	462 0.6×	938 1.4×	663 1.1×	28	4.1k
Nils Ole Schmidt Germany	28	1.6k 0.7×	333 0.3×	489 0.6×	304 0.4×	417 0.7×	134	3.7k
Yoh‐suke Mukouyama United States	35	2.7k 1.3×	343 0.3×	357 0.4×	1.0k 1.5×	264 0.4×	73	4.5k
Johanna Andræ Sweden	22	2.0k 0.9×	221 0.2×	616 0.7×	348 0.5×	553 0.9×	35	4.4k
Nikolai G. Rainov Germany	31	1.7k 0.8×	467 0.4×	347 0.4×	291 0.4×	220 0.4×	87	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jonathan Flax

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Flax

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jonathan Flax. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jonathan Flax based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jonathan Flax. Jonathan Flax is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Jones, Jordan, Britta Engelhardt, Jonathan Flax, et al.. (2025). Shear Conditioning Promotes Microvascular Endothelial Barrier Resilience in a Human BBB‐on‐a‐Chip Model of Systemic Inflammation Leading to Astrogliosis. Advanced Science. 12(43). e08271–e08271. 1 indexed citations

Dewey, Marley J., et al.. (2024). Rapid Assessment of Biomarkers on Single Extracellular Vesicles Using “Catch and Display” on Ultrathin Nanoporous Silicon Nitride Membranes. Small. 21(4). e2405505–e2405505. 3 indexed citations

McCloskey, Molly C., Kaihua Chen, Hideaki Nishihara, et al.. (2022). The Modular µSiM: A Mass Produced, Rapidly Assembled, and Reconfigurable Platform for the Study of Barrier Tissue Models In Vitro. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 11(18). e2200804–e2200804. 21 indexed citations

Salminen, Alec T., Molly C. McCloskey, Kaihua Chen, et al.. (2022). Molecular mechanisms underlying the heterogeneous barrier responses of two primary endothelial cell types to sphingosine-1-phosphate. European Journal of Cell Biology. 101(3). 151233–151233. 4 indexed citations

Salminen, Alec T., et al.. (2021). Rapid and specific detection of intact viral particles using functionalized microslit silicon membranes as a fouling-based sensor. The Analyst. 147(2). 213–222. 4 indexed citations

Dehghani, Mehdi, et al.. (2020). Systematic Evaluation of PKH Labelling on Extracellular Vesicle Size by Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 9533–9533. 100 indexed citations

Dehghani, Mehdi, et al.. (2019). Tangential Flow Microfluidics for the Capture and Release of Nanoparticles and Extracellular Vesicles on Conventional and Ultrathin Membranes. Advanced Materials Technologies. 4(11). 63 indexed citations

Berrondo, Claudia, Jonathan Flax, Victor Kucherov, et al.. (2016). Expression of the Long Non-Coding RNA HOTAIR Correlates with Disease Progression in Bladder Cancer and Is Contained in Bladder Cancer Patient Urinary Exosomes. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0147236–e0147236. 222 indexed citations

Flax, Jonathan, et al.. (2014). MP39-11 BLADDER CANCER EXOSOMES CONTAIN TUMOR-ASSOCIATED MRNA AND LONG NON-CODING RNA AND FACILITATE TUMOR PROGRESSION. The Journal of Urology. 191(4S). 1 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Iram, Robert E. Hunter, Jonathan Flax, Evan Y. Snyder, & Robert P. Erickson. (2007). Neural stem cell implantation extends life in Niemann-Pick C1 mice. Journal of Applied Genetics. 48(3). 269–272. 24 indexed citations

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Park, Kook In, Michael A. Hack, Jitka Ourednik, et al.. (2006). Acute injury directs the migration, proliferation, and differentiation of solid organ stem cells: Evidence from the effect of hypoxia–ischemia in the CNS on clonal “reporter” neural stem cells. Experimental Neurology. 199(1). 156–178. 105 indexed citations

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Ourednik, Václav, Jitka Ourednik, Jonathan Flax, et al.. (2001). Segregation of Human Neural Stem Cells in the Developing Primate Forebrain. Science. 293(5536). 1820–1824. 165 indexed citations

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Park, Kook In, et al.. (1999). Transplantation of Neural Progenitor and Stem Cells: Developmental Insights May Suggest New Therapies for Spinal Cord and Other CNS Dysfunction. Journal of Neurotrauma. 16(8). 675–687. 96 indexed citations

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Flax, Jonathan, Chunhua Yang, C. Simonin, et al.. (1998). Engraftable human neural stem cells respond to development cues, replace neurons, and express foreign genes. Nature Biotechnology. 16(11). 1033–1039. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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Park, Kook In, et al.. (1997). Potential of neural "stem-like" cells for gene therapy and repair of the degenerating central nervous system.. PubMed. 72. 121–32. 50 indexed citations

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Snyder, Evan Y., et al.. (1997). Multipotent neural precursors can differentiate toward replacement of neurons undergoing targeted apoptotic degeneration in adult mouse neocortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(21). 11663–11668. 358 indexed citations

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Lacorazza, H. Daniel, Jonathan Flax, Evan Y. Snyder, & Moncef Jendoubi. (1996). Expression of human β–hexosaminidase α–subunit gene (the gene defect of Tay–Sachs disease) in mouse brains upon engraftment of transduced progenitor cells. Nature Medicine. 2(4). 424–429. 167 indexed citations

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Rivkin, Michael, Jonathan Flax, Robin L. Mozell, et al.. (1995). Oligodendroglial development in human fetal cerebrum. Annals of Neurology. 38(1). 92–101. 55 indexed citations

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Snyder, Evan Y. & Jonathan Flax. (1995). Transplantation of neural progenitor and stem‐like cells as a strategy for gene therapy and repair of neurodegenerative diseases. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews. 1(1). 27–38. 15 indexed citations

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Kinney, Hannah C., et al.. (1994). Myelination in the developing human brain: Biochemical correlates. Neurochemical Research. 19(8). 983–996. 102 indexed citations

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