Joshua A. Lees

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Joshua A. Lees is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joshua A. Lees has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Joshua A. Lees's work include Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (3 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (3 papers). Joshua A. Lees is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (3 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (3 papers). Joshua A. Lees collaborates with scholars based in United States and Singapore. Joshua A. Lees's co-authors include Karin M. Reinisch, Nikit Kumar, Peiqi Li, Pietro De Camilli, Thomas Walz, Heather Wheeler, Shenliang Yu, Thomas J. Melia, Rajendra Boggavarapu and Marianna Leonzino and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Joshua A. Lees

10 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

VPS13A and VPS13C are lipid transport proteins differentially localized at ER contact sites

2018 406 citations Nikit Kumar, Marianna Leonzino et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
ATG2 transports lipids to promote autophagosome biogenesis

2019 371 citations Shenliang Yu, Rajendra Boggavarapu et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joshua A. Lees United States	9	787	636	412	220	188	10	1.3k
Shuliang Chen United States	21	1.1k 1.4×	637 1.0×	309 0.8×	140 0.6×	127 0.7×	30	1.5k
Mariana E. G. de Araújo Austria	14	858 1.1×	500 0.8×	359 0.9×	179 0.8×	111 0.6×	21	1.4k
Guangyan Miao China	11	483 0.6×	398 0.6×	626 1.5×	155 0.7×	93 0.5×	13	1.1k
Xudong Wu United States	16	1.1k 1.4×	813 1.3×	172 0.4×	139 0.6×	200 1.1×	25	1.6k
Chinatsu Otomo United States	11	865 1.1×	968 1.5×	843 2.0×	146 0.7×	80 0.4×	13	1.8k
Haoxi Wu United States	8	998 1.3×	545 0.9×	235 0.6×	147 0.7×	86 0.5×	9	1.3k
Joachim Moser von Filseck France	11	1.1k 1.5×	964 1.5×	128 0.3×	191 0.9×	122 0.6×	12	1.6k
Alf Håkon Lystad Norway	19	671 0.9×	477 0.8×	1.1k 2.6×	161 0.7×	54 0.3×	26	1.5k
Soichiro Kakuta Japan	19	622 0.8×	525 0.8×	787 1.9×	146 0.7×	47 0.3×	55	1.5k
Margarita Cabrera Germany	16	883 1.1×	942 1.5×	232 0.6×	204 0.9×	40 0.2×	25	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joshua A. Lees

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10 of 10 papers shown

Sung, Min Woo, Lea M. Hürlimann, Joshua A. Lees, et al.. (2025). Cyclosporine A sterically inhibits statin transport by solute carrier OATP1B1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(5). 108484–108484. 2 indexed citations

Lees, Joshua A., Peiqi Li, Nikit Kumar, Lois S. Weisman, & Karin M. Reinisch. (2020). Insights into Lysosomal PI(3,5)P2 Homeostasis from a Structural-Biochemical Analysis of the PIKfyve Lipid Kinase Complex. Molecular Cell. 80(4). 736–743.e4. 60 indexed citations

Lees, Joshua A. & Karin M. Reinisch. (2020). Inter-organelle lipid transfer: a channel model for Vps13 and chorein-N motif proteins. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 65. 66–71. 44 indexed citations

Li, Peiqi, Joshua A. Lees, C. Patrick Lusk, & Karin M. Reinisch. (2020). Cryo-EM reconstruction of a VPS13 fragment reveals a long groove to channel lipids between membranes. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(5). 119 indexed citations

Yu, Shenliang, Rajendra Boggavarapu, Nikit Kumar, et al.. (2019). ATG2 transports lipids to promote autophagosome biogenesis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 218(6). 1787–1798. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

Kumar, Nikit, Marianna Leonzino, William Hancock‐Cerutti, et al.. (2018). VPS13A and VPS13C are lipid transport proteins differentially localized at ER contact sites. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(10). 3625–3639. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

Lees, Joshua A., Yixiao Zhang, Michael S. Oh, et al.. (2017). Architecture of the human PI4KIIIα lipid kinase complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(52). 13720–13725. 47 indexed citations

Lees, Joshua A., Mirko Messa, Heather Wheeler, et al.. (2017). Lipid transport by TMEM24 at ER–plasma membrane contacts regulates pulsatile insulin secretion. Science. 355(6326). 147 indexed citations

Lees, Joshua A., Calvin K. Yip, Thomas Walz, & Frederick M. Hughson. (2010). Molecular organization of the COG vesicle tethering complex. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17(11). 1292–1297. 67 indexed citations

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Bennett, Ryan P., Elie J. Diner, Mark P. Sowden, et al.. (2006). APOBEC-1 and AID are nucleo-cytoplasmic trafficking proteins but APOBEC3G cannot traffic. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 350(1). 214–219. 27 indexed citations

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