Joshua Wheeler

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Joshua Wheeler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Joshua Wheeler has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Joshua Wheeler's work include RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (5 papers). Joshua Wheeler is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (5 papers). Joshua Wheeler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Poland. Joshua Wheeler's co-authors include Roy Parker, Saumya Jain, Tyler Matheny, Robert W. Walters, Anthony Barsic, Anurag Agrawal, Anthony Khong, Robert G. Abrisch, Sarah F. Mitchell and Evan Lester and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Joshua Wheeler

24 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. ATPase-Modulated Stress Granules Contain a Diverse Proteome and Substructure
    2016 1.2k citations Saumya Jain, Joshua Wheeler et al. Cell profile →
  2. Distinct stages in stress granule assembly and disassembly
    2016 576 citations Joshua Wheeler, Tyler Matheny et al. eLife profile →
  3. The Stress Granule Transcriptome Reveals Principles of mRNA Accumulation in Stress Granules
    2017 532 citations Anthony Khong, Tyler Matheny et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers

Joshua Wheeler
Peiguo Yang China
J. Ross Buchan United States
Saumya Jain United States
James Messing United States
Anderson Kanagaraj United States
Kevin Shi United States
Amandine Molliex United States
Anat Yanai Canada
Maja Radulovic United States
Dierk Niessing Germany
Peiguo Yang China
Joshua Wheeler
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Countries citing papers authored by Joshua Wheeler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joshua Wheeler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joshua Wheeler

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Di, Caroline Hu, Soochi Kim, et al.. (2025). Bioinstructive scaffolds enhance stem cell engraftment for functional tissue regeneration. Nature Materials. 24(9). 1364–1374. 7 indexed citations
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Bhalla, Manmeet, Joshua Wheeler, Fred Aswad, et al.. (2024). The prostaglandin D2 antagonist asapiprant ameliorates clinical severity in young hosts infected with invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infection and Immunity. 92(5). e0052223–e0052223. 1 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Joshua, Esther H. Nie, William Zhu, et al.. (2024). A rare non-gadolinium enhancing sarcoma brain metastasis with microenvironment dominated by tumor-associated macrophages. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 12(1). 15–15. 2 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Joshua, et al.. (2023). CHEK2 mutations in pediatric brain tumors. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 5(1). vdad038–vdad038. 1 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Joshua, Oscar N. Whitney, Thomas O. Vogler, et al.. (2022). RNA-binding proteins direct myogenic cell fate decisions. eLife. 11. 15 indexed citations
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Dániel, Bence, Julia A. Belk, Stefanie L. Meier, et al.. (2022). Macrophage inflammatory and regenerative response periodicity is programmed by cell cycle and chromatin state. Molecular Cell. 83(1). 121–138.e7. 19 indexed citations
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Cutler, Alicia A., Bradley Pawlikowski, Joshua Wheeler, et al.. (2022). The regenerating skeletal muscle niche drives satellite cell return to quiescence. iScience. 25(6). 104444–104444. 39 indexed citations
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Jhun, Iny, Jeffrey Nirschl, Joshua Wheeler, et al.. (2021). Biological data annotation via a human-augmenting AI-based labeling system. npj Digital Medicine. 4(1). 145–145. 24 indexed citations
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Lester, Evan, Felicia K. Ooi, Nadine Bakkar, et al.. (2021). Tau aggregates are RNA-protein assemblies that mislocalize multiple nuclear speckle components. Neuron. 109(10). 1675–1691.e9. 129 indexed citations
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Gaasterland, Douglas, Michael A. Hauser, Shiroh Miura, et al.. (2021). Investigation of Known Genetic Risk Factors for Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in Two Populations of African Ancestry. UNC Libraries.
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Wheeler, Joshua, et al.. (2019). Ferro-electret nanogenerators as flexible microphones. 1–4. 2 indexed citations
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Braselmann, Esther, Aleksandra J. Wierzba, Jacob T. Polaski, et al.. (2018). A multicolor riboswitch-based platform for imaging of RNA in live mammalian cells. Nature Chemical Biology. 14(10). 964–971. 110 indexed citations
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Vogler, Thomas O., Joshua Wheeler, Éric Nguyen, et al.. (2018). TDP-43 and RNA form amyloid-like myo-granules in regenerating muscle. Nature. 563(7732). 508–513. 145 indexed citations
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Khong, Anthony, Tyler Matheny, Saumya Jain, et al.. (2017). The Stress Granule Transcriptome Reveals Principles of mRNA Accumulation in Stress Granules. Molecular Cell. 68(4). 808–820.e5. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wheeler, Joshua, Saumya Jain, Anthony Khong, & Roy Parker. (2017). Isolation of yeast and mammalian stress granule cores. Methods. 126. 12–17. 92 indexed citations
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Khong, Anthony, Saumya Jain, Tyler Matheny, Joshua Wheeler, & Roy Parker. (2017). Isolation of mammalian stress granule cores for RNA-Seq analysis. Methods. 137. 49–54. 41 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Joshua, et al.. (2017). Systems Engineering Approach for Voice Recognition in the Car. SAE International journal of passenger cars. Electronic and electrical systems. 10(1). 181–185. 1 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Joshua. (2017). The Effect of Vehicle Noise on Automatic Speech Recognition Systems. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Jain, Saumya, Joshua Wheeler, Robert W. Walters, et al.. (2016). ATPase-Modulated Stress Granules Contain a Diverse Proteome and Substructure. Cell. 164(3). 487–498. 1151 indexed citations breakdown →
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Demircan, Emel, Oussama Khatib, Joshua Wheeler, & Scott L. Delp. (2009). Reconstruction and EMG-informed control, simulation and analysis of human movement for athletics: Performance improvement and injury prevention. PubMed. 2009. 6534–6537. 8 indexed citations

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