K. Hughes

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

K. Hughes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Hughes has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 2 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in K. Hughes's work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (3 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (2 papers). K. Hughes is often cited by papers focused on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (3 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (2 papers). K. Hughes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. K. Hughes's co-authors include James R. Woodgett, Simon Plyte, Eleni Nikolakaki, Nick Totty, Peter J. Parker, Nigel T. Goode, Rushika Sumathipala, David P. Cook, Michael Fry and Trevor Dale and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The EMBO Journal and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

K. Hughes

13 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Modulation of the glycogen synthase kinase-3 family by ty... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 100 200 300 400 500
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. Modulation of the glycogen synthase kinase-3 family by tyrosine phosphorylation.
    1993 539 citations K. Hughes, Eleni Nikolakaki et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. Hughes United Kingdom 12 1.3k 291 251 250 142 13 1.6k
Simon Plyte United Kingdom 16 1.2k 0.9× 347 1.2× 161 0.6× 177 0.7× 126 0.9× 26 1.5k
Iok-Hou Pang United States 21 1.5k 1.2× 397 1.4× 183 0.7× 265 1.1× 125 0.9× 40 2.4k
Zahi Damuni United States 23 1.6k 1.2× 376 1.3× 405 1.6× 157 0.6× 136 1.0× 36 2.1k
J M Balcarek United States 13 933 0.7× 286 1.0× 165 0.7× 264 1.1× 104 0.7× 17 1.3k
Michael F. Crouch Australia 25 1.1k 0.9× 351 1.2× 160 0.6× 370 1.5× 93 0.7× 59 1.7k
John M. Jenco United States 9 1.1k 0.8× 503 1.7× 344 1.4× 248 1.0× 100 0.7× 11 1.6k
Yoshiko Akita Japan 21 1.8k 1.4× 508 1.7× 167 0.7× 294 1.2× 183 1.3× 34 2.2k
Theresa M. Klauck United States 9 1.1k 0.8× 360 1.2× 104 0.4× 204 0.8× 71 0.5× 10 1.3k
Mie Nakaya Japan 7 1.1k 0.8× 165 0.6× 115 0.5× 276 1.1× 113 0.8× 8 1.4k
Paschal A. Oude Weernink Germany 20 1.2k 0.9× 458 1.6× 178 0.7× 233 0.9× 70 0.5× 27 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. Hughes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Hughes

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Scobie, Linda, et al.. (1999). The antibody response of cattle infected with bovine immunodeficiency virus to peptides of the viral transmembrane protein.. Journal of General Virology. 80(1). 237–243. 15 indexed citations
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Cook, David P., Michael Fry, K. Hughes, et al.. (1996). Wingless inactivates glycogen synthase kinase-3 via an intracellular signalling pathway which involves a protein kinase C.. The EMBO Journal. 15(17). 4526–4536. 336 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Peter C., et al.. (1995). Epizootic bovine abortion in a dairy herd: Characterization of a Chlamydia psittaci isolate and antibody response. British Veterinary Journal. 151(6). 683–693. 19 indexed citations
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Mulot, Sandrine, K. Hughes, James R. Woodgett, Brian H. Anderton, & Diane P. Hanger. (1995). PHOSPHORYLATION OF TAU BY GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE-3β IN VITRO PRODUCES SPECIES WITH SIMILAR ELECTROPHORETIC AND IMMUNOGENIC PROPERTIES TO PHF-TAU FROM AIZHEIMERS DISEASE BRAIN. Biochemical Society Transactions. 23(1). 45S–45S. 1 indexed citations
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Mulot, Sandrine, K. Hughes, James R. Woodgett, Brian H. Anderton, & Diane P. Hanger. (1994). PHF‐tau from Alzheimer's brain comprises four species on SDS‐PAGE which can be mimicked by in vitro phosphorylation of human brain tau by glycogen synthase kinase‐3β. FEBS Letters. 349(3). 359–364. 88 indexed citations
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Hughes, K., Eleni Nikolakaki, Simon Plyte, Nick Totty, & James R. Woodgett. (1993). Modulation of the glycogen synthase kinase-3 family by tyrosine phosphorylation.. The EMBO Journal. 12(2). 803–808. 539 indexed citations breakdown →
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Woodgett, James R., Bernd Pulverer, Eleni Nikolakaki, et al.. (1993). Regulation of jun/AP-1 oncoproteins by protein phosphorylation.. PubMed. 28. 261–9. 23 indexed citations
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Pulverer, Bernd, K. Hughes, Christopher C. Franklin, et al.. (1993). Co-purification of mitogen-activated protein kinases with phorbol ester-induced c-Jun kinase activity in U937 leukaemic cells.. PubMed. 8(2). 407–15. 60 indexed citations
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Woodgett, James R., Simon Plyte, Bernd Pulverer, Jennifer A. Mitchell, & K. Hughes. (1993). Roles of glycogen synthase kinase-3 in signal transduction. Biochemical Society Transactions. 21(4). 905–907. 24 indexed citations
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Hughes, K., S. Anantha Ramakrishna, Benjamin Wagner, & James R. Woodgett. (1992). Identification of multifunctional ATP-citrate lyase kinase as the α-isoform of glycogen synthase kinase-3. Biochemical Journal. 288(1). 309–314. 100 indexed citations
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Goode, Nigel T., K. Hughes, James R. Woodgett, & Peter J. Parker. (1992). Differential regulation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta by protein kinase C isotypes.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(24). 16878–16882. 344 indexed citations
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Saksela, Kalle, Tomi P. Mäkelä, K. Hughes, James R. Woodgett, & Kari Alitalo. (1992). Activation of protein kinase C increases phosphorylation of the L-myc trans-activator domain at a GSK-3 target site.. PubMed. 7(2). 347–53. 48 indexed citations
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Hughes, K. & N. Crawford. (1989). Reversible electropermeabilisation of human and rat blood platelets: evaluation of morphological and functional integrity ‘in vitro’ and ‘in vivo’. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 981(2). 277–287. 22 indexed citations

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