Julia Cox

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Julia Cox is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Julia Cox has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Julia Cox's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Julia Cox is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Julia Cox collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. Julia Cox's co-authors include Ilana B. Witten, Hee Jae Jang, Weston Fleming, Lucas Pinto, Ben Engelhard, Yang Dan, Sharon Ornelas, Nathaniel D. Daw, Joel Finkelstein and Michael M. Cox and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Julia Cox

19 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Striatal circuits for reward learning and decision-making

2019 326 citations Julia Cox, Ilana B. Witten Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
Specialized coding of sensory, motor and cognitive variables in VTA dopamine neurons

2019 312 citations Ben Engelhard, Joel Finkelstein et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julia Cox United States	13	746	616	461	148	127	19	1.3k
D. Gowanlock R. Tervo United States	10	813 1.1×	783 1.3×	501 1.1×	110 0.7×	174 1.4×	11	1.6k
Russell G. Port United States	19	664 0.9×	581 0.9×	298 0.6×	111 0.8×	171 1.3×	25	1.2k
Sarah Lindo United States	6	531 0.7×	620 1.0×	412 0.9×	114 0.8×	157 1.2×	7	1.2k
Aslihan Selimbeyoglu United States	8	747 1.0×	759 1.2×	377 0.8×	266 1.8×	159 1.3×	8	1.5k
Casey J. Guenthner United States	7	629 0.8×	767 1.2×	322 0.7×	157 1.1×	60 0.5×	8	1.3k
Peng Cao China	21	595 0.8×	739 1.2×	583 1.3×	190 1.3×	66 0.5×	54	1.7k
Minsuk Hyun United States	14	787 1.1×	1.3k 2.1×	534 1.2×	191 1.3×	86 0.7×	17	2.0k
J.M.H. Vossen Netherlands	20	572 0.8×	894 1.5×	293 0.6×	127 0.9×	71 0.6×	67	1.2k
Gleb P. Shumyatsky United States	21	503 0.7×	999 1.6×	815 1.8×	189 1.3×	110 0.9×	28	1.9k
Namsoo Kim South Korea	24	495 0.7×	598 1.0×	562 1.2×	60 0.4×	157 1.2×	73	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Julia Cox

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Fields of papers citing papers by Julia Cox

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julia Cox

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

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19 of 19 papers shown

Schaid, Michael D., et al.. (2025). Region-specific nucleus accumbens dopamine signals encode distinct aspects of avoidance learning. Current Biology. 35(10). 2433–2443.e5. 3 indexed citations

Branco, Paulo, Julia Cox, Yi‐Chen Wu, et al.. (2025). The role of mesolimbic circuitry in aversive signaling and opioid dependence. Neuron. 113(23). 3924–3941. 1 indexed citations

Cox, Julia, Weston Fleming, Christopher A Zimmerman, et al.. (2023). A neural substrate of sex-dependent modulation of motivation. Nature Neuroscience. 26(2). 274–284. 20 indexed citations

Bolkan, Scott S., Iris R. Stone, Lucas Pinto, et al.. (2022). Opponent control of behavior by dorsomedial striatal pathways depends on task demands and internal state. Nature Neuroscience. 25(3). 345–357. 42 indexed citations

Parker, Nathan F., Julia Cox, Laura M. Haetzel, et al.. (2022). Choice-selective sequences dominate in cortical relative to thalamic inputs to NAc to support reinforcement learning. Cell Reports. 39(7). 110756–110756. 26 indexed citations

Cai, Lili, et al.. (2020). Distinct signals in medial and lateral VTA dopamine neurons modulate fear extinction at different times. eLife. 9. 64 indexed citations

Cox, Julia & Ilana B. Witten. (2019). Striatal circuits for reward learning and decision-making. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 20(8). 482–494. 326 indexed citations breakdown →

Engelhard, Ben, Joel Finkelstein, Julia Cox, et al.. (2019). Specialized coding of sensory, motor and cognitive variables in VTA dopamine neurons. Nature. 570(7762). 509–513. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

Murugan, Malavika, Hee Jae Jang, Michelle Park, et al.. (2017). Combined Social and Spatial Coding in a Descending Projection from the Prefrontal Cortex. Cell. 171(7). 1663–1677.e16. 214 indexed citations

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Cox, Julia, Lucas Pinto, & Yang Dan. (2016). Calcium imaging of sleep–wake related neuronal activity in the dorsal pons. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10763–10763. 100 indexed citations

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LaBelle, Denise R., Julia Cox, Ambrose A. Dunn-Meynell, Barry E. Levin, & Loretta M. Flanagan‐Cato. (2009). Genetic and dietary effects on dendrites in the rat hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus. Physiology & Behavior. 98(4). 511–516. 12 indexed citations

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Cox, Julia, Hao Li, Elizabeth A. Wood, et al.. (2008). Defective Dissociation of a “Slow” RecA Mutant Protein Imparts an Escherichia coli Growth Defect. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(36). 24909–24921. 18 indexed citations

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Cox, Julia, et al.. (2006). Complementation of One RecA Protein Point Mutation by Another. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(18). 12968–12975. 26 indexed citations

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Cox, Julia, Oleg V. Tsodikov, & Michael M. Cox. (2005). Organized Unidirectional Waves of ATP Hydrolysis within a RecA Filament. PLoS Biology. 3(2). e52–e52. 59 indexed citations

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Cox, Julia, et al.. (2003). Generation of an Active Monomer of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase by Site-Directed Mutagenesis: The Effect of Quaternary Structure on Catalysis and Stability. Biochemistry. 42(7). 1863–1871. 35 indexed citations

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Tsai, Francis, Otis Littlefield, Péter Kósa, et al.. (1998). Polarity of Transcription on Pol II and Archaeal Promoters: Where Is the "One-way Sign" and How Is It Read?. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 63(0). 53–62. 4 indexed citations

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Cox, Julia, et al.. (1998). Preinitiation complex assembly: potentially a bumpy path. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 2(1). 11–17. 4 indexed citations

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Cox, Julia, Matthew M. Hayward, Sarina van der Zee, et al.. (1997). Bidirectional binding of the TATA box binding protein to the TATA box. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(25). 13475–13480. 54 indexed citations

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Cox, Julia, et al.. (1995). Conformation of Tax-response elements in the human T-cell leukemia virus type I promoter. Chemistry & Biology. 2(12). 819–826. 7 indexed citations

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