Karen Cox

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Karen Cox is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Cox has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Karen Cox's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (14 papers), Bone Metabolism and Diseases (14 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (13 papers). Karen Cox is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (14 papers), Bone Metabolism and Diseases (14 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (13 papers). Karen Cox collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. Karen Cox's co-authors include Vicki Rosen, Kunikazu Tsuji, Clifford J. Tabin, Brian D. Harfe, Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Laura W. Gamer, Julie Glowacki, John M. Wozney, John Nove and Marijke Holtrop and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Karen Cox

33 papers receiving 3.7k 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. BMP2 activity, although dispensable for bone formation, is required for the initiation of fracture healing
    2006 674 citations Kunikazu Tsuji, Amitabha Bandyopadhyay et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen Cox United States 28 2.1k 840 725 623 557 33 3.7k
L. C. Gerstenfeld United States 32 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 818 1.1× 984 1.6× 457 0.8× 60 4.4k
Takanobu Nakase Japan 32 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 1.0k 1.4× 767 1.2× 333 0.6× 86 3.8k
Ellen Filvaroff United States 29 3.0k 1.4× 913 1.1× 698 1.0× 901 1.4× 385 0.7× 66 5.5k
Céline Colnot France 37 2.1k 1.0× 601 0.7× 944 1.3× 698 1.1× 373 0.7× 57 4.3k
Akira Nifuji Japan 33 2.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.5× 593 0.8× 354 0.6× 662 1.2× 95 4.1k
Clare E. Yellowley United States 35 1.9k 0.9× 493 0.6× 533 0.7× 816 1.3× 706 1.3× 63 3.9k
C.G. Bellows Canada 27 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 369 0.5× 815 1.3× 375 0.7× 44 3.8k
Ivo Kalajzić United States 40 2.7k 1.3× 1.0k 1.2× 637 0.9× 513 0.8× 724 1.3× 110 5.0k
Rolf E. Brenner Germany 30 1.1k 0.5× 1.0k 1.2× 820 1.1× 680 1.1× 285 0.5× 102 3.7k
Noriyuki Tsumaki Japan 34 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 1.6× 631 0.9× 476 0.8× 218 0.4× 90 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Cox

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Cox

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All Works

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Salazar, Valerie S, Luciane P. Capelo, Claudio Cantù, et al.. (2019). Reactivation of a developmental Bmp2 signaling center is required for therapeutic control of the murine periosteal niche. eLife. 8. 29 indexed citations
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Nia, Hadi T., Patrik Önnerfjord, Karen Cox, et al.. (2014). Nanomechanical phenotype of chondroadherin-null murine articular cartilage. Matrix Biology. 38. 84–90. 38 indexed citations
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Gamer, Laura W., et al.. (2013). Gene signature of the embryonic meniscus. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 32(1). 46–53. 24 indexed citations
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Chappuis, Vivianne, Laura W. Gamer, Karen Cox, et al.. (2012). Periosteal BMP2 activity drives bone graft healing. Bone. 51(4). 800–809. 47 indexed citations
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Kokabu, Shoichiro, Laura W. Gamer, Karen Cox, et al.. (2011). BMP3 Suppresses Osteoblast Differentiation of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells via Interaction with Acvr2b. Molecular Endocrinology. 26(1). 87–94. 93 indexed citations
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Gamer, Laura W., et al.. (2009). Overexpression of BMP3 in the developing skeleton alters endochondral bone formation resulting in spontaneous rib fractures. Developmental Dynamics. 238(9). 2374–2381. 61 indexed citations
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Tsuji, Kunikazu, Karen Cox, Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, et al.. (2008). BMP4 Is Dispensable for Skeletogenesis and Fracture-Healing in the Limb. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 90(Supplement_1). 14–18. 77 indexed citations
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Gamer, Laura W., Victoria M. Ho, Karen Cox, & Vicki Rosen. (2008). Expression and function of BMP3 during chick limb development. Developmental Dynamics. 237(6). 1691–1698. 31 indexed citations
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Chen, Hanying, Weidong Yong, Shuxun Ren, et al.. (2006). Overexpression of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 10 in Myocardium Disrupts Cardiac Postnatal Hypertrophic Growth. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(37). 27481–27491. 54 indexed citations
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Bandyopadhyay, Amitabha, Kunikazu Tsuji, Karen Cox, et al.. (2006). Genetic Analysis of the Roles of BMP2, BMP4, and BMP7 in Limb Patterning and Skeletogenesis. PLoS Genetics. 2(12). e216–e216. 486 indexed citations
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Tsuji, Kunikazu, Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Brian D. Harfe, et al.. (2006). BMP2 activity, although dispensable for bone formation, is required for the initiation of fracture healing. Nature Genetics. 38(12). 1424–1429. 674 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gamer, Laura W., Karen Cox, Clayton Small, & Vicki Rosen. (2001). Gdf11 Is a Negative Regulator of Chondrogenesis and Myogenesis in the Developing Chick Limb. Developmental Biology. 229(2). 407–420. 71 indexed citations
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Daluiski, Aaron, Thomas Engstrand, Matthew E. Bahamonde, et al.. (2001). Bone morphogenetic protein-3 is a negative regulator of bone density. Nature Genetics. 27(1). 84–88. 328 indexed citations
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Israel, David I., John Nove, Kelvin M. Kerns, et al.. (1996). Heterodimeric Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Show Enhanced ActivityIn VitroandIn Vivo. Growth Factors. 13(3-4). 291–300. 277 indexed citations
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Glowacki, Julie, et al.. (1991). Normal bone particles are preferentially resorbed in the presence of osteocalcin-deficient bone particlesIn vivo. Calcified Tissue International. 49(1). 43–50. 48 indexed citations
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Glowacki, Julie, Christian Rey, Melvin J. Glimcher, Karen Cox, & Jane B. Lian. (1991). A role for osteocalcin in osteoclast differentiation. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 45(3). 292–302. 120 indexed citations
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Glowacki, Julie, et al.. (1989). Impaired osteoclast differentiation in subcutaneous implants of bone particles in osteopetrotic mutants. Bone and Mineral. 5(3). 271–278. 17 indexed citations
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Glowacki, Julie, et al.. (1986). Osteoclasts can be induced in fish having an acellular bony skeleton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(11). 4104–4107. 39 indexed citations
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Holtrop, Marijke, Karen Cox, & Julie Glowacki. (1982). Cells of the mononuclear phagocytic system resorb implanted bone matrix: A histologic and ultrastructural study. Calcified Tissue International. 34(1). 488–494. 83 indexed citations
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Holtrop, Marijke, Karen Cox, Gabriel Eilon, Hollis A. Simmons, & Lawrence G. Raisz. (1981). The ultrastructure of osteoclasts in microphthalmic mice. Metabolic Bone Disease and Related Research. 3(2). 123–129. 42 indexed citations

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