Ken Jacobson

17.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
112 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Ken Jacobson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Jacobson has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Cell Biology and 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ken Jacobson's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (39 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (37 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (13 papers). Ken Jacobson is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (39 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (37 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (13 papers). Ken Jacobson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Ken Jacobson's co-authors include Michael J. Saxton, Christian Dietrich, Cai Huang, Akira Ishihara, Michael D. Schaller, Richard G.W. Anderson, Ole G. Mouritsen, Erin D. Sheets, Rudolf Simson and Moshe Levi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ken Jacobson

106 papers receiving 13.9k 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.

SINGLE-PARTICLE TRACKING:Applications to Membrane Dynamics

1997 1.4k citations Ken Jacobson et al. profile →
Lipid Rafts Reconstituted in Model Membranes

2001 1.2k citations Christian Dietrich, Moshe Levi et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
Lipid rafts: at a crossroad between cell biology and physics

2007 905 citations Ken Jacobson et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
MAP kinases and cell migration

2004 905 citations Ken Jacobson, Michael D. Schaller et al. profile →
Phospholipids undergo hop diffusion in compartmentalized cell membrane

2002 712 citations Takahiro Fujiwara, Ken Jacobson et al. profile →
Local Measurements of Viscoelastic Parameters of Adherent Cell Surfaces by Magnetic Bead Microrheometry

1998 550 citations Andreas R. Bausch, Alexei Boulbitch et al. Biophysical Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ken Jacobson	8.6k	5.1k	2.9k	2.4k	1.6k	112	14.2k
Paul Matsudaira	7.9k 0.9×	5.3k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	678 0.4×	285	18.2k
Gaudenz Danuser	8.2k 1.0×	9.9k 2.0×	3.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	3.1k 1.9×	210	17.7k
Akihiro Kusumi	9.9k 1.2×	2.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	2.7k 1.6×	123	13.1k
Günther Gerisch	6.5k 0.8×	8.6k 1.7×	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	200	13.7k
Denis Wirtz	8.8k 1.0×	9.5k 1.9×	5.8k 2.0×	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	258	22.5k
R. Dyche Mullins	5.5k 0.6×	7.5k 1.5×	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	86	12.3k
Julie A. Theriot	5.5k 0.6×	5.7k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	163	13.5k
Guillaume Charras	3.9k 0.5×	7.6k 1.5×	3.4k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	823 0.5×	118	12.1k
John W. Sedat	12.4k 1.4×	3.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	3.5k 2.1×	163	18.9k
Jay T. Groves	8.1k 0.9×	2.2k 0.4×	2.8k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	875 0.5×	197	12.3k

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Jacobson, Ken, Ping Liu, & B. Christoffer Lagerholm. (2019). The Lateral Organization and Mobility of Plasma Membrane Components. Cell. 177(4). 806–819. 174 indexed citations

Monteith, Andrew J., Heather A. Vincent, SunAh Kang, et al.. (2018). mTORC2 Activity Disrupts Lysosome Acidification in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Impairing Caspase-1 Cleavage of Rab39a. The Journal of Immunology. 201(2). 371–382. 17 indexed citations

Liu, Ping, Violetta Weinreb, Laurie Betts, et al.. (2017). Rapid, directed transport of DC-SIGN clusters in the plasma membrane. Science Advances. 3(11). eaao1616–eaao1616. 8 indexed citations

Itano, Michelle S., Matthew S. Graus, Carolyn Pehlke, et al.. (2014). Super-resolution imaging of C-type lectin spatial rearrangement within the dendritic cell plasma membrane at fungal microbe contact sites. Frontiers in Physics. 2. 22 indexed citations

Trepat, Xavier, Zaozao Chen, & Ken Jacobson. (2012). Cell Migration. Comprehensive physiology. 2(4). 2369–2392. 26 indexed citations

Itano, Michelle S., Christian Steinhauer, Jürgen J. Schmied, et al.. (2012). Super-Resolution Imaging of C-Type Lectin and Influenza Hemagglutinin Nanodomains on Plasma Membranes Using Blink Microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 102(7). 1534–1542. 37 indexed citations

Itano, Michelle S., Aaron K. Neumann, Ping Liu, et al.. (2011). DC-SIGN and Influenza Hemagglutinin Dynamics in Plasma Membrane Microdomains Are Markedly Different. Biophysical Journal. 100(11). 2662–2670. 36 indexed citations

Costigliola, Nancy, Maryna Kapustina, Gabriel E. Weinreb, et al.. (2010). RhoA Regulates Calcium-Independent Periodic Contractions of the Cell Cortex. Biophysical Journal. 99(4). 1053–1063. 11 indexed citations

Weinreb, Gabriel E., Maryna Kapustina, Ken Jacobson, & Timothy C. Elston. (2009). In Silico Generation of Alternative Hypotheses Using Causal Mapping (CMAP). PLoS ONE. 4(4). e5378–e5378. 1 indexed citations

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Rubinstein, Boris, et al.. (2009). Actin-Myosin Viscoelastic Flow in the Keratocyte Lamellipod. Biophysical Journal. 97(7). 1853–1863. 138 indexed citations

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Rajfur, Zenon, et al.. (2007). Immobilization of the Type XIV Myosin Complex inToxoplasma gondii. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 18(8). 3039–3046. 59 indexed citations

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Lagerholm, B. Christoffer, et al.. (2006). Analysis Method for Measuring Submicroscopic Distances with Blinking Quantum Dots. Biophysical Journal. 91(8). 3050–3060. 40 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun, B. Christoffer Lagerholm, Bing Yang, & Ken Jacobson. (2006). Methods to measure the lateral diffusion of membrane lipids and proteins. Methods. 39(2). 147–153. 117 indexed citations

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Humphrey, David M., Zenon Rajfur, M. Eugenio Vázquez, et al.. (2005). In Situ Photoactivation of a Caged Phosphotyrosine Peptide Derived from Focal Adhesion Kinase Temporarily Halts Lamellar Extension of Single Migrating Tumor Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(23). 22091–22101. 28 indexed citations

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Dietrich, Christian, Bing Yang, Takahiro Fujiwara, Akihiro Kusumi, & Ken Jacobson. (2002). Relationship of Lipid Rafts to Transient Confinement Zones Detected by Single Particle Tracking. Biophysical Journal. 82(1). 274–284. 338 indexed citations

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Roy, Partha, Zenon Rajfur, Paweł Pomorski, & Ken Jacobson. (2002). Microscope-based techniques to study cell adhesion and migration. Nature Cell Biology. 4(4). E91–E96. 57 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Ken, et al.. (2001). Lipid rafts in model and biological membranes. Biophysical Journal. 80(1). 19 indexed citations

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Rajfur, Zenon, et al.. (2001). Induction of cortical oscillations in spreading cells by depolymerization of microtubules. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 48(4). 235–244. 71 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Ken & Christian Dietrich. (1999). Looking at lipid rafts?. Trends in Cell Biology. 9(3). 87–91. 360 indexed citations

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Bausch, Andreas R., et al.. (1998). Local Measurements of Viscoelastic Parameters of Adherent Cell Surfaces by Magnetic Bead Microrheometry. Biophysical Journal. 75(4). 2038–2049. 550 indexed citations breakdown →

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