Julie D. Forman‐Kay

29.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
218 papers, 21.8k citations indexed

About

Julie D. Forman‐Kay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Julie D. Forman‐Kay has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 21.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in Molecular Biology, 67 papers in Materials Chemistry and 29 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Julie D. Forman‐Kay's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (103 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (67 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (49 papers). Julie D. Forman‐Kay is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (103 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (67 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (49 papers). Julie D. Forman‐Kay collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Julie D. Forman‐Kay's co-authors include Lewis E. Kay, Joseph A. Marsh, Tanja Mittag, Ouwen Zhang, Tony Pawson, Neil A. Farrow, Robert M. Vernon, Alaji Bah, P. Andrew Chong and Wing‐Yiu Choy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Julie D. Forman‐Kay

211 papers receiving 21.6k citations

Hit Papers

Backbone Dynamics of a Fr... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 2015 1994 2006 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Backbone Dynamics of a Free and a Phosphopeptide-Complexed Src Homology 2 Domain Studied by 15N NMR Relaxation
    1994 1.9k citations Alex U. Singer, Tony Pawson et al. profile →
  2. Phase Transition of a Disordered Nuage Protein Generates Environmentally Responsive Membraneless Organelles
    2015 1.3k citations Timothy J. Nott, Patrick Farber et al. profile →
  3. Backbone 1H and 15N resonance assignments of the N-terminal SH3 domain of drk in folded and unfolded states using enhanced-sensitivity pulsed field gradient NMR techniques
    1994 604 citations Lewis E. Kay, Julie D. Forman‐Kay et al. profile →
  4. Sensitivity of secondary structure propensities to sequence differences between α‐ and γ‐synuclein: Implications for fibrillation
    2006 596 citations Joseph A. Marsh, Zongchao Jia et al. Protein Science profile →
  5. Pi-Pi contacts are an overlooked protein feature relevant to phase separation
    2018 587 citations Robert M. Vernon, P. Andrew Chong et al. eLife profile →
  6. Folding of an intrinsically disordered protein by phosphorylation as a regulatory switch
    2014 432 citations Alaji Bah, Robert M. Vernon et al. profile →
  7. Modulation of Intrinsically Disordered Protein Function by Post-translational Modifications
    2016 388 citations Alaji Bah, Julie D. Forman‐Kay Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  8. Structural and hydrodynamic properties of an intrinsically disordered region of a germ cell-specific protein on phase separation
    2017 376 citations Jacob P. Brady, Patrick Farber et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Julie D. Forman‐Kay Canada 77 18.7k 4.9k 2.8k 2.2k 1.3k 218 21.8k
İvet Bahar United States 74 17.1k 0.9× 6.0k 1.2× 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 373 21.7k
A. Keith Dunker United States 75 22.6k 1.2× 6.2k 1.3× 2.0k 0.7× 2.8k 1.3× 1.9k 1.4× 163 26.8k
D. Peter Tieleman Canada 80 22.2k 1.2× 3.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 271 29.3k
Kim A. Sharp United States 65 15.7k 0.8× 4.3k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 150 22.7k
Péter Tompa Hungary 64 19.9k 1.1× 4.9k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 3.4k 1.6× 1.5k 1.1× 240 23.8k
Kresten Lindorff‐Larsen Denmark 53 15.3k 0.8× 5.5k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 863 0.7× 227 19.0k
Luís Serrano Spain 76 19.6k 1.1× 5.5k 1.1× 1.4k 0.5× 2.5k 1.1× 2.6k 2.0× 314 23.5k
Richard W. Pastor United States 65 16.3k 0.9× 3.0k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 722 0.5× 176 22.1k
Guang Zhu Hong Kong 32 13.7k 0.7× 3.1k 0.6× 2.3k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 125 18.4k
Geerten W. Vuister Netherlands 46 15.8k 0.8× 3.8k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 1.6k 1.2× 120 20.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Arsenault, Jason, Tian Fook Kong, Salil Saurav Pathak, et al.. (2025). Essential lipids enrich membrane-associated condensates to rescue synaptic morpho-functional deficits in a mouse model of autism. Cell Reports. 44(5). 115573–115573.
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Lin, Yi‐Hsuan, Tae Hun Kim, Suman Das, et al.. (2025). Electrostatics of salt-dependent reentrant phase behaviors highlights diverse roles of ATP in biomolecular condensates. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Oufan, et al.. (2023). SPyCi-PDB: A modular command-line interface forback-calculating experimental datatypes of protein structures.. The Journal of Open Source Software. 8(85). 4861–4861. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Jie, et al.. (2023). Learning Correlations between Internal Coordinates to Improve 3D Cartesian Coordinates for Proteins. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 19(14). 4689–4700. 5 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Rashik & Julie D. Forman‐Kay. (2023). Aberrant phase separation: linking IDR mutations to disease. Cell Research. 33(8). 583–584. 4 indexed citations
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Chong, P. Andrew, et al.. (2023). Exploration of O-GlcNAc transferase glycosylation sites reveals a target sequence compositional bias. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(5). 104629–104629. 8 indexed citations
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Toyama, Yuki, Atul Rangadurai, Julie D. Forman‐Kay, & Lewis E. Kay. (2022). Surface electrostatics dictate RNA-binding protein CAPRIN1 condensate concentration and hydrodynamic properties. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(1). 102776–102776. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Meili, Akshaya Kumar Das, Sara Y. Cheng, et al.. (2021). Configurational Entropy of Folded Proteins and Its Importance for Intrinsically Disordered Proteins. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(7). 3420–3420. 12 indexed citations
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Birsa, Nicol, Maria Giovanna Garone, Brian Tsang, et al.. (2021). FUS-ALS mutants alter FMRP phase separation equilibrium and impair protein translation. Science Advances. 7(30). 44 indexed citations
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Sydor, Andrew M., Étienne Coyaud, Estelle Laurent, et al.. (2021). Global Proximity Interactome of the Human Macroautophagy Pathway. Autophagy. 18(5). 1174–1186. 11 indexed citations
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Tsang, Brian, Jason Arsenault, Robert M. Vernon, et al.. (2019). Phosphoregulated FMRP phase separation models activity-dependent translation through bidirectional control of mRNA granule formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(10). 4218–4227. 244 indexed citations
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Bozóky, Zoltán, Saumel Ahmadi, Tae Hun Kim, et al.. (2017). Synergy of cAMP and calcium signaling pathways in CFTR regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(11). E2086–E2095. 47 indexed citations
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Brady, Jacob P., Patrick Farber, Ashok Sekhar, et al.. (2017). Structural and hydrodynamic properties of an intrinsically disordered region of a germ cell-specific protein on phase separation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(39). E8194–E8203. 376 indexed citations breakdown →
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Borg, Mark G., et al.. (2010). "Fuzzy" complexes: How much disorder can a biologically relevant complex tolerate, and can it even be beneficial?. Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 88(2). 403–403. 2 indexed citations
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Mittag, Tanja, Stephen Orlicky, Wing‐Yiu Choy, et al.. (2008). Dynamic equilibrium engagement of a polyvalent ligand with a single-site receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(46). 17772–17777. 284 indexed citations
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Borg, Mikael, Tanja Mittag, Tony Pawson, et al.. (2007). Polyelectrostatic interactions of disordered ligands suggest a physical basis for ultrasensitivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(23). 9650–9655. 198 indexed citations
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Marsh, Joseph A., et al.. (2007). Synuclein-γ Targeting Peptide Inhibitor that Enhances Sensitivity of Breast Cancer Cells to Antimicrotubule Drugs. Cancer Research. 67(2). 626–633. 50 indexed citations
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Tollinger, Martin, Lewis E. Kay, & Julie D. Forman‐Kay. (2005). Measuring p K a Values in Protein Folding Transition State Ensembles by NMR Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(25). 8904–8905. 13 indexed citations
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Tollinger, Martin, Karin A. Crowhurst, Lewis E. Kay, & Julie D. Forman‐Kay. (2003). Site-specific contributions to the pH dependence of protein stability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(8). 4545–4550. 76 indexed citations
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Singer, Alex U. & Julie D. Forman‐Kay. (1997). pH Titration studies of an SH2 domain‐phosphopeptide complex: Unusual histidine and phosphate pKa values. Protein Science. 6(9). 1910–1919. 39 indexed citations

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