Keith Baar

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Keith Baar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Baar has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cell Biology and 19 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Keith Baar's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (25 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (23 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (11 papers). Keith Baar is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (25 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (23 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (11 papers). Keith Baar collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Keith Baar's co-authors include Karyn A. Esser, Daniel W. D. West, George R. Marcotte, Sue C. Bodine, D. Lee Hamilton, Andrew Philp, Leslie M. Baehr, Tomas B. Waldén, Claes Wahlestedt and Ola Larsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Keith Baar

57 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Phosphorylation of p70^S6kcorrelates with increased skeletal muscle mass following resistance exercise

1999 577 citations Keith Baar, Karyn A. Esser profile →
Myogenic gene expression signature establishes that brown and white adipocytes originate from distinct cell lineages

2007 563 citations James A. Timmons, Kristian Wennmalm et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith Baar United States	27	1.7k	1.5k	1.4k	666	500	60	3.3k
Erin L. Glynn United States	27	2.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.3×	2.6k 1.8×	710 1.1×	779 1.6×	37	4.1k
Bertrand Léger Switzerland	23	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	722 0.5×	418 0.6×	217 0.4×	74	3.2k
A. Russell Tupling Canada	32	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	686 0.5×	544 0.8×	277 0.6×	109	3.2k
Angus G. Scrimgeour United States	23	2.2k 1.3×	990 0.6×	954 0.7×	495 0.7×	257 0.5×	38	3.5k
Joachim Nielsen Denmark	24	989 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	512 0.8×	715 1.4×	58	2.9k
Ulrika Raue United States	26	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	910 0.6×	735 1.1×	450 0.9×	41	2.6k
Elisa Calabria Italy	20	3.3k 1.9×	1.5k 1.0×	819 0.6×	615 0.9×	178 0.4×	32	4.2k
John Babraj United Kingdom	25	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	788 1.2×	1.5k 3.0×	53	4.1k
Kristian Vissing Denmark	33	1.0k 0.6×	843 0.6×	882 0.6×	737 1.1×	825 1.6×	72	3.0k
Vitor A. Lira United States	28	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	586 0.4×	538 0.8×	101 0.2×	72	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Keith Baar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keith Baar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith Baar

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Paulussen, Kevin J.M., et al.. (2025). Exosome enriched serum enhances engineered ligament mechanics and collagen content with no additional benefit of resistance exercise. PubMed. 27. 100181–100181.

Klimek, Peter, et al.. (2024). Effects of Different Loading Programs on Finger Strength in Rock Climbers. Sports Medicine - Open. 10(1). 125–125.

Baar, Keith, et al.. (2024). Using load to improve tendon/ligament tissue engineering and develop novel treatments for tendinopathy. Matrix Biology. 135. 39–54. 5 indexed citations

Begue, Gwénaëlle, et al.. (2024). Review of Exercise Interventions to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Nondialysis CKD. Kidney International Reports. 9(11). 3097–3115. 2 indexed citations

Lanzi, Cecilia Rodríguez, Rasheed Sule, Shuai Chen, et al.. (2023). A Ketogenic Diet in Combination with Gemcitabine Mitigates Pancreatic Cancer-Associated Cachexia in Male and Female KPC Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(13). 10753–10753. 11 indexed citations

Baar, Keith, et al.. (2023). Inhibiting JAK1, not NF-κB, reverses the effect of pro-inflammatory cytokines on engineered human ligament function. Matrix Biology. 125. 100–112. 2 indexed citations

Langer, Henning T., et al.. (2022). Dominant-negative p53-overexpression in skeletal muscle induces cell death and fiber atrophy in rats. Cell Death and Disease. 13(8). 716–716. 6 indexed citations

Langer, Henning T., et al.. (2021). Cannabidiol Does Not Impact Acute Anabolic or Inflammatory Signaling in Skeletal Muscle In Vitro. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 7(5). 628–636. 7 indexed citations

West, Daniel W. D., et al.. (2019). Normal Ribosomal Biogenesis but Shortened Protein Synthetic Response to Acute Eccentric Resistance Exercise in Old Skeletal Muscle. Frontiers in Physiology. 9. 1915–1915. 26 indexed citations

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West, Daniel W. D., et al.. (2018). Age-dependent bone loss and recovery during hindlimb unloading and subsequent reloading in rats. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 19(1). 223–223. 31 indexed citations

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Baehr, Leslie M., Daniel W. D. West, Andrea G. Marshall, et al.. (2017). Muscle-specific and age-related changes in protein synthesis and protein degradation in response to hindlimb unloading in rats. Journal of Applied Physiology. 122(5). 1336–1350. 90 indexed citations

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Wecksler, Aaron T., Sung Hee Hwang, Hiromi I. Wettersten, et al.. (2014). Novel sorafenib-based structural analogues. Anti-Cancer Drugs. 25(4). 433–446. 3 indexed citations

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Baar, Keith, et al.. (2014). mTOR and the health benefits of exercise. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 36. 130–139. 74 indexed citations

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Loon, Luc J. C. van, et al.. (2013). The Role of Amino Acids in Skeletal Muscle Adaptation to Exercise. Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop series. 76. 85–102. 15 indexed citations

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MacKenzie, Matthew G., D. Lee Hamilton, Mark E. Pepin, Amy Patton, & Keith Baar. (2013). Inhibition of Myostatin Signaling through Notch Activation following Acute Resistance Exercise. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68743–e68743. 57 indexed citations

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Bodine, Sue C. & Keith Baar. (2011). Analysis of Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy in Models of Increased Loading. Methods in molecular biology. 798. 213–229. 35 indexed citations

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Deldicque, Louise, Luc Bertrand, Amy Patton, Marc Francaux, & Keith Baar. (2011). ER Stress Induces Anabolic Resistance in Muscle Cells through PKB-Induced Blockade of mTORC1. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e20993–e20993. 43 indexed citations

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Timmons, James A., Kristian Wennmalm, Ola Larsson, et al.. (2007). Myogenic gene expression signature establishes that brown and white adipocytes originate from distinct cell lineages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(11). 4401–4406. 563 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Yiwen, Gustavo A. Nader, Keith Baar, et al.. (2002). Response of rat muscle to acute resistance exercise defined by transcriptional and translational profiling. The Journal of Physiology. 545(1). 27–41. 132 indexed citations

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Baar, Keith. (2000). Autocrine phosphorylation of p70^ in response to acute stretch in myotubes. Molecular Cell. 4. 76–80. 1 indexed citations

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