Joseph Heitman

60.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
503 papers, 39.2k citations indexed

About

Joseph Heitman is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Heitman has authored 503 papers receiving a total of 39.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 286 papers in Epidemiology, 272 papers in Molecular Biology and 187 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Joseph Heitman's work include Fungal Infections and Studies (271 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (187 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (96 papers). Joseph Heitman is often cited by papers focused on Fungal Infections and Studies (271 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (187 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (96 papers). Joseph Heitman collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Joseph Heitman's co-authors include María E. Cárdenas, John R. Perfect, Michael N. Hall, Gary M. Cox, N. Rao Movva, Alexander Idnurm, Xuewen Pan, Ping Wang, Xiaorong Lin and Yong‐Sun Bahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Heitman

493 papers receiving 38.7k 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.

Targets for Cell Cycle Arrest by the Immunosuppressant Rapamycin in Yeast

1991 1.5k citations Joseph Heitman et al. profile →
Signal Transduction Cascades Regulating Fungal Development and Virulence

2000 739 citations Joseph Heitman et al. profile →
A metabolic enzyme for S-nitrosothiol conserved from bacteria to humans

2001 735 citations Joseph Heitman et al. profile →
Nuclear protein localization

1991 503 citations Joseph Heitman et al. profile →
Threats Posed by the Fungal Kingdom to Humans, Wildlife, and Agriculture

2020 326 citations Christina A. Cuomo, Joseph Heitman et al. mBio profile →

Peers

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Citations

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Calcineurin contributes to RNAi-mediated transgene silencing and small interfering RNA production in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans 2024 ·Genetics ·Vikas Yadav, (unknown), Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman	4
2	Heterochromatin and RNAi act independently to ensure genome stability in Mucorales human fungal pathogens 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·María Isabel Navarro-Mendoza, Carlos Pérez‐Arques, Joseph Heitman	11
3	Genome-wide analysis of heat stress-stimulated transposon mobility in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Asiya Gusa, Vikas Yadav, Cullen Roth, (unknown), (unknown), Paul M. Magwene, Joseph Heitman, Sue Jinks-Robertson	29
4	Structure-Guided Synthesis of FK506 and FK520 Analogs with Increased Selectivity Exhibit In Vivo Therapeutic Efficacy against Cryptococcus 2022 ·mBio ·(unknown), (unknown), Hyunji Lee, (unknown), Deborah Cole, (unknown), Benjamin G. Bobay, (unknown), David Fox, Maria Ciofani, Praveen R. Juvvadi, William J. Steinbach, Jiyong Hong, Joseph Heitman	19
5	Multiple Hybridization Events Punctuate the Evolutionary Trajectory of Malassezia furfur 2022 ·mBio ·Bart Theelen, Verónica Mixão, Giuseppe Ianiri, (unknown), Jan Dijksterhuis, Joseph Heitman, Thomas L. Dawson, Toni Gabaldón, Teun Boekhout	13
6	Epistatic genetic interactions govern morphogenesis during sexual reproduction and infection in a global human fungal pathogen 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sheng Sun, Cullen Roth, Anna Floyd Averette, Paul M. Magwene, Joseph Heitman	6
7	A Novel Mycovirus Evokes Transcriptional Rewiring in the Fungus Malassezia and Stimulates Beta Interferon Production in Macrophages 2020 ·mBio ·Shelly Applen Clancey, Fiorella Ruchti, Salomé LeibundGut‐Landmann, Joseph Heitman, Giuseppe Ianiri	33
8	A Novel Resistance Pathway for Calcineurin Inhibitors in the Human-Pathogenic Mucorales Mucor circinelloides 2020 ·mBio ·(unknown), R. Blake Billmyre, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Eun Young Huh, Joseph Heitman, Soo Chan Lee	30
9	Centromere scission drives chromosome shuffling and reproductive isolation 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Vikas Yadav, Sheng Sun, Marco A. Coelho, Joseph Heitman	44
10	Mucor circinelloides Thrives inside the Phagosome through an Atf-Mediated Germination Pathway 2019 ·mBio ·Carlos Pérez‐Arques, María Isabel Navarro-Mendoza, Laura Murcia, Carlos Lax, (unknown), Joseph Heitman, Francisco E. Nicolás, Victoriano Garre	30
11	Cryptococcus deuterogattii VGIIa Infection Associated with Travel to the Pacific Northwest Outbreak Region in an Anti-Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Autoantibody-Positive Patient in the United States 2019 ·mBio ·Shelly Applen Clancey, Emily J. Ciccone, Marco A. Coelho, Joie Davis, Li Ding, (unknown), (unknown), Yueh Z. Lee, Steven M. Holland, Peter H. Gilligan, Julia Sung, Joseph Heitman	30
12	Mating-Type-Specific Ribosomal Proteins Control Aspects of Sexual Reproduction in Cryptococcus neoformans 2019 ·Genetics ·Giuseppe Ianiri, Yufeng Fang, Tim A. Dahlmann, Shelly Applen Clancey, Guilhem Janbon, Ulrich Kück, Joseph Heitman	5
13	Whole-Genome Analysis Illustrates Global Clonal Population Structure of the Ubiquitous Dermatophyte Pathogen Trichophyton rubrum 2018 ·Genetics ·Gabriela Félix Persinoti, Diego Martinez, Wen‐Jun Li, Aylin Döğen, R. Blake Billmyre, Anna Floyd Averette, Jonathan M. Goldberg, Terrance Shea, Sarah Young, Qiandong Zeng, Brian G. Oliver, Richard Barton, Banu Metin, Süleyha Hilmioğlu Polat, Macit İlkit, Yvonne Gräser, Nilce Maria Martinez-Rossi, Theodore C. White, Joseph Heitman, Christina A. Cuomo	43
14	Outbreak of Invasive Wound Mucormycosis in a Burn Unit Due to Multiple Strains of Mucor circinelloides f. circinelloides Resolved by Whole-Genome Sequencing 2018 ·mBio ·Dea Garcia‐Hermoso, Alexis Criscuolo, Soo Chan Lee, Matthieu Legrand, Marc Chaouat, Blandine Denis, Matthieu Lafaurie, M. Rouveau, C. Soler, (unknown), Maurice Mimoun, Alexandre Mebazaa, Joseph Heitman, Françoise Dromer, Sylvain Brisse, Stéphane Bretagne, Alexandre Alanio	44
15	A High-Resolution Map of Meiotic Recombination in Cryptococcus deneoformans Demonstrates Decreased Recombination in Unisexual Reproduction 2018 ·Genetics ·Cullen Roth, Sheng Sun, R. Blake Billmyre, Joseph Heitman, Paul M. Magwene	26
16	A Unique Chromosomal Rearrangement in the Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii Type Strain Enhances Key Phenotypes Associated with Virulence 2012 ·mBio ·Carl A. Morrow, (unknown), Eve W. L. Chow, Kate L. Ormerod, (unknown), Edmond J. Byrnes, Kirsten Nielsen, Joseph Heitman, Horst Joachim Schirra, James A. Fraser	27
17	Sex-induced silencing defends the genome of Cryptococcus neoformans via RNAi 2010 ·Genes & Development ·Xuying Wang, Yen‐Ping Hsueh, Wenjun Li, Anna Floyd, Rebecca L. Skalsky, Joseph Heitman	109
18	Cryptococcus neoformans Mates on Pigeon Guano: Implications for the Realized Ecological Niche and Globalization 2007 ·Eukaryotic Cell ·Kirsten Nielsen, (unknown), Joseph Heitman	135
19	Sexual Cycle of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and Virulence of Congenic a and α Isolates 2003 ·Infection and Immunity ·Kirsten Nielsen, Gary M. Cox, Ping Wang, Dena L. Toffaletti, John R. Perfect, Joseph Heitman	322
20	Killing of Caenorhabditis elegans by Cryptococcus neoformans as a model of yeast pathogenesis 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Eleftherios Mylonakis, Frederick M. Ausubel, John R. Perfect, Joseph Heitman, Stephen B. Calderwood	248

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