Jonathan N. Wells

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jonathan N. Wells is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan N. Wells has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jonathan N. Wells's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers). Jonathan N. Wells is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers). Jonathan N. Wells collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Jonathan N. Wells's co-authors include Cédric Feschotte, Joseph A. Marsh, L. Therese Bergendahl, John C. Gerhart, Brian A. Rowning, Carolyn A. Larabell, Mike Wu, Zuzana Štorchová, Randall T. Moon and Erik McShane and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan N. Wells

24 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

A Field Guide to Eukaryotic Transposable Elements

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan N. Wells United States	12	927	285	194	185	61	25	1.2k
Raman Nambudripad United States	5	1.1k 1.2×	204 0.7×	270 1.4×	130 0.7×	23 0.4×	5	1.4k
Tetsuro Kokubo Japan	30	2.6k 2.8×	244 0.9×	132 0.7×	363 2.0×	41 0.7×	69	2.9k
Michael S. Cosgrove United States	22	1.9k 2.1×	135 0.5×	69 0.4×	146 0.8×	50 0.8×	36	2.2k
Judith Sleeman United Kingdom	18	1.7k 1.9×	129 0.5×	240 1.2×	61 0.3×	116 1.9×	25	1.9k
Jonathan J. Ipsaro United States	16	812 0.9×	279 1.0×	86 0.4×	83 0.4×	18 0.3×	23	1.1k
C.H.S. Aylett United Kingdom	17	937 1.0×	82 0.3×	170 0.9×	174 0.9×	55 0.9×	26	1.2k
Andreas Mayer Germany	26	2.7k 2.9×	144 0.5×	141 0.7×	190 1.0×	32 0.5×	48	3.0k
Eden Fussner Canada	10	2.2k 2.4×	206 0.7×	225 1.2×	188 1.0×	20 0.3×	13	2.4k
Adam G. Larson United States	11	2.2k 2.4×	301 1.1×	506 2.6×	114 0.6×	19 0.3×	16	2.5k
Matt E. Oates United Kingdom	12	1.1k 1.2×	106 0.4×	91 0.5×	110 0.6×	58 1.0×	17	1.5k

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Chang, Ni‐Chen, et al.. (2025). Gag proteins encoded by endogenous retroviruses are required for zebrafish development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(18). e2411446122–e2411446122. 4 indexed citations

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Gunasekara, Chathura, Taylor Zhang, Jonathan N. Wells, et al.. (2025). Mouse metastable epialleles are extremely rare. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(14).

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Wells, Jonathan N., et al.. (2023). Transposable elements drive the evolution of metazoan zinc finger genes. Genome Research. 33(8). 1325–1339. 22 indexed citations

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Bergendahl, L. Therese, et al.. (2019). The role of protein complexes in human genetic disease. Protein Science. 28(8). 1400–1411. 52 indexed citations

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Brennan, Christopher M., Laura Pontano Vaites, Jonathan N. Wells, et al.. (2019). Protein aggregation mediates stoichiometry of protein complexes in aneuploid cells. Genes & Development. 33(15-16). 1031–1047. 79 indexed citations

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Wells, Jonathan N., L. Therese Bergendahl, & Joseph A. Marsh. (2018). Computational Modelling of Protein Complex Structure and Assembly. Methods in molecular biology. 1764. 347–356. 2 indexed citations

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Wells, Jonathan N. & Joseph A. Marsh. (2018). A Graph-Based Approach for Detecting Sequence Homology in Highly Diverged Repeat Protein Families. Methods in molecular biology. 1851. 251–261. 1 indexed citations

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Pan, Joshua, Robin M. Meyers, Brittany C. Michel, et al.. (2018). Interrogation of Mammalian Protein Complex Structure, Function, and Membership Using Genome-Scale Fitness Screens. Cell Systems. 6(5). 555–568.e7. 92 indexed citations

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Wells, Jonathan N. & Joseph A. Marsh. (2018). Experimental Characterization of Protein Complex Structure, Dynamics, and Assembly. Methods in molecular biology. 1764. 3–27. 5 indexed citations

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Natan, Eviatar, Jonathan N. Wells, Sarah A. Teichmann, & Joseph A. Marsh. (2016). Regulation, evolution and consequences of cotranslational protein complex assembly. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 42. 90–97. 54 indexed citations

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McShane, Erik, Celine Sin, Henrik Zauber, et al.. (2016). Kinetic Analysis of Protein Stability Reveals Age-Dependent Degradation. Cell. 167(3). 803–815.e21. 212 indexed citations

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Wells, Jonathan N., L. Therese Bergendahl, & Joseph A. Marsh. (2016). Operon Gene Order Is Optimized for Ordered Protein Complex Assembly. Cell Reports. 14(4). 679–685. 69 indexed citations

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Wells, Jonathan N.. (2014). Membrane Patterns Carry Ontogenetic Information that is Specified Independently of DNA. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 596a–596a. 1 indexed citations

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Wells, Jonathan N.. (2011). Gene regulatory networks in embryos depend on pre-existing spatial coordinates. Developmental Biology. 356(1). 207–207. 1 indexed citations

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Wells, Jonathan N.. (2005). Do centrioles generate a polar ejection force?. PubMed. 98(1). 71–95. 2 indexed citations

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Wells, Jonathan N.. (2004). Using Intelligent Design Theory to Guide Scientific Research. 3 indexed citations

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Nelson, Paul A. & Jonathan N. Wells. (2003). Homology in Biology. Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods. 19(3). 202–8. 1 indexed citations

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Larabell, Carolyn A., Brian A. Rowning, Jonathan N. Wells, Mike Wu, & John C. Gerhart. (1996). Confocal microscopy analysis of living Xenopus eggs and the mechanism of cortical rotation. Development. 122(4). 1281–1289. 49 indexed citations

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Wells, Jonathan N., et al.. (1986). The acute effects of different energy beta-emitters on pig and mouse skin.. PubMed. 19. 47–51. 20 indexed citations

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Wells, Jonathan N.. (1985). Inertial force as a possible factor in mitosis. Biosystems. 17(4). 301–315. 2 indexed citations

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