Joseph L. Watson

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 474 citations indexed

About

Joseph L. Watson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph L. Watson has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 474 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Joseph L. Watson's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (2 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). Joseph L. Watson is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (2 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers). Joseph L. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Joseph L. Watson's co-authors include Michael J.E. Sternberg, Simon Read, David Baker, D. S. Moss, Peter F. Lindley, B. Gorinsky, Emmanuel Derivery, Justin Decarreau, James J. De Yoreo and William Sheffler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joseph L. Watson

15 papers receiving 447 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.

Design of biologically active binary protein 2D materials

2021 86 citations Ariel J. Ben‐Sasson, Joseph L. Watson et al. Nature profile →
De novo design of pH-responsive self-assembling helical protein filaments

2024 34 citations Hao Shen, Eric M. Lynch et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers

Joseph L. Watson

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Jiehua Ma China

Beyazıt Çırakoğlu Türkiye

Yun Ju Sung United States

Stephen Cunningham Ireland

Anh H. Nguyen United States

Sok Bee Lim Singapore

Christina Greenwood United Kingdom

Srinivasa Nalabolu United States

Yutaka Nakachi Japan

Brian Miller United States

Jiehua Ma China

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431 ×2.3

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84 ×0.5

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33 ×0.5

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37 ×0.6

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9 ×0.2

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Countries citing papers authored by Joseph L. Watson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph L. Watson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph L. Watson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joseph L. Watson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joseph L. Watson 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 Joseph L. Watson. Joseph L. Watson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Kim, David E., Joseph L. Watson, David Juergens, et al.. (2025). Parametrically guided design of beta barrels and transmembrane nanopores using deep learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(38). e2425459122–e2425459122. 2 indexed citations

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Castro, Karla M., Joseph L. Watson, Jue Wang, et al.. (2025). Accurate single-domain scaffolding of three nonoverlapping protein epitopes using deep learning. Nature Chemical Biology.

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Shen, Hao, Eric M. Lynch, Joseph L. Watson, et al.. (2024). De novo design of pH-responsive self-assembling helical protein filaments. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(7). 1016–1021. 34 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Jue, et al.. (2024). Protein Design Using Structure-Prediction Networks: AlphaFold and RoseTTAFold as Protein Structure Foundation Models. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 16(7). a041472–a041472. 13 indexed citations

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Pisa, Marco, Joseph L. Watson, Yasamin Mahjoub, et al.. (2024). A role for vessel‐associated extracellular matrix proteins in multiple sclerosis pathology. Brain Pathology. 34(6). e13263–e13263. 3 indexed citations

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Baek, Minkyung, et al.. (2023). Zero‐shot mutation effect prediction on protein stability and function using RoseTTAFold. Protein Science. 32(11). e4780–e4780. 18 indexed citations

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Watson, Joseph L., Ariel J. Ben‐Sasson, Marta N. Shahbazi, et al.. (2023). Synthetic Par polarity induces cytoskeleton asymmetry in unpolarized mammalian cells. Cell. 186(21). 4710–4727.e35. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Jin, Pietro Scaturro, Joseph L. Watson, et al.. (2023). HEATR5B associates with dynein‐dynactin and promotes motility of AP1 ‐bound endosomal membranes. The EMBO Journal. 42(23). e114473–e114473. 5 indexed citations

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Ben‐Sasson, Ariel J., Joseph L. Watson, William Sheffler, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Design of biologically active binary protein 2D materials. Nature. 591(7850). E16–E16. 1 indexed citations

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Ben‐Sasson, Ariel J., Joseph L. Watson, William Sheffler, et al.. (2021). Design of biologically active binary protein 2D materials. Nature. 589(7842). 468–473. 86 indexed citations breakdown →

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Watson, Joseph L., et al.. (2020). High-efficacy subcellular micropatterning of proteins using fibrinogen anchors. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(2). 12 indexed citations

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Schneider, Kim, Geoffrey M. Nelson, Joseph L. Watson, et al.. (2020). Protein Stability Buffers the Cost of Translation Attenuation following eIF2α Phosphorylation. Cell Reports. 32(11). 108154–108154. 19 indexed citations

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Watson, Joseph L., Alessandra Stangherlin, & Emmanuel Derivery. (2020). Quantitative Chemical Delivery of Quantum Dots into the Cytosol of Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 2135. 179–197. 2 indexed citations

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Read, Simon, Michael J.E. Sternberg, & Joseph L. Watson. (1997). Sexual dysfunction in primary medical care: prevalence, characteristics and detection by the general practitioner. Journal of Public Health. 19(4). 387–391. 198 indexed citations

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Watson, Joseph L.. (1984). Appraisal of Marital Problems in the Context of Psychosexual Disturbance. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 12(1). 52–61. 2 indexed citations

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Gorinsky, B., et al.. (1979). Evidence for the bilobal nature of diferric rabbit plasma transferrin. Nature. 281(5727). 157–158. 65 indexed citations

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