Kevin F. Sullivan

13.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Kevin F. Sullivan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin F. Sullivan has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Cell Biology and 25 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kevin F. Sullivan's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (26 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (23 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (22 papers). Kevin F. Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (26 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (23 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (22 papers). Kevin F. Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and United Kingdom. Kevin F. Sullivan's co-authors include Don W. Cleveland, Richard D. Shelby, Eng M. Tan, Yinghui Mao, Geoffrey M. Wahl, Teru Kanda, Omid Vafa, Edward K. L. Chan, Keith J. Griffin and Michael P. Manns and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kevin F. Sullivan

97 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

Centromeres and Kinetochores

2003 819 citations Don W. Cleveland, Yinghui Mao et al. Cell profile →
Histone–GFP fusion protein enables sensitive analysis of chromosome dynamics in living mammalian cells

1998 812 citations Teru Kanda, Kevin F. Sullivan et al. Current Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin F. Sullivan United States	46	6.1k	3.1k	2.6k	1.0k	922	100	9.8k
Alan Tunnacliffe United Kingdom	48	5.1k 0.8×	876 0.3×	2.8k 1.1×	2.2k 2.1×	1.2k 1.3×	122	11.3k
John R. Pringle United States	77	23.1k 3.8×	9.5k 3.0×	3.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	717 0.8×	150	27.2k
Paul Russell United States	87	20.7k 3.4×	8.3k 2.7×	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	456 0.5×	365	25.8k
Paul Anderson United States	69	16.4k 2.7×	1.9k 0.6×	680 0.3×	671 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	137	21.3k
C. J. Marshall United Kingdom	46	9.0k 1.5×	1.7k 0.5×	470 0.2×	1.2k 1.2×	317 0.3×	124	12.8k
Frank H. Ruddle United States	63	8.9k 1.5×	734 0.2×	1.2k 0.4×	4.2k 4.0×	492 0.5×	267	12.4k
Julian Gough United Kingdom	37	7.3k 1.2×	832 0.3×	799 0.3×	1.5k 1.5×	293 0.3×	73	9.4k
Adrian Salic United States	33	9.0k 1.5×	1.7k 0.5×	416 0.2×	1.7k 1.7×	407 0.4×	47	11.8k
Philipp Bücher Switzerland	44	7.2k 1.2×	795 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	345 0.4×	105	9.6k
Mark H. Skolnick United States	47	6.5k 1.1×	915 0.3×	2.9k 1.1×	6.4k 6.2×	725 0.8×	141	17.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sullivan, Kevin F., et al.. (2025). Understanding and mitigating the risks that environmental DNA contamination poses to the recovery of forensic evidence from victims and suspects of rape and sexual assault. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 114. 102911–102911.

Wanninkhof, Rik, Denis Pierrot, Kevin F. Sullivan, Leticia Barbero, & Joaquín Triñanes. (2020). A 17-year dataset of surface water fugacity of CO ₂ along with calculated pH, aragonite saturation state and air–sea CO ₂ fluxes in the northern Caribbean Sea. Earth system science data. 12(3). 1489–1509. 4 indexed citations

Prendergast, Lisa, Sebastian Müller, Yiwei Liu, et al.. (2016). The CENP-T/-W complex is a binding partner of the histone chaperone FACT. Genes & Development. 30(11). 1313–1326. 43 indexed citations

Sullivan, Kevin F., et al.. (2014). CENP-W Plays a Role in Maintaining Bipolar Spindle Structure. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e106464–e106464. 7 indexed citations

Sullivan, Kevin F., et al.. (2014). Using a real-time operating system for multitasking in Remote Patient Monitoring. 1–5. 11 indexed citations

Sullivan, Kevin F.. (2006). In War-Torn Congo, Going Wireless to Reach Home. 4 indexed citations

Wanninkhof, Rik, Kevin F. Sullivan, & Zafer Top. (2004). Air‐sea gas transfer in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(C8). 60 indexed citations

Scholtz, Jean, et al.. (2003). The Common Industry Format: A Way for Vendors and Customers to Talk About Software Usability. 4 indexed citations

Cleveland, Don W., Yinghui Mao, & Kevin F. Sullivan. (2003). Centromeres and Kinetochores. Cell. 112(4). 407–421. 819 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Lin, William A. Rudert, Anatoly Grishin, et al.. (2002). Identification and genetic analysis of human and mouse activated Cdc42 interacting protein-4 isoforms. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 293(5). 1426–1430. 13 indexed citations

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Yao, Xuebiao, Ariane Abrieu, Yun Zheng, Kevin F. Sullivan, & Don W. Cleveland. (2000). CENP-E forms a link between attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochores and the mitotic checkpoint. Nature Cell Biology. 2(8). 484–491. 311 indexed citations

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Rhein, Monika, et al.. (1999). Pollutants from the Gulf War serve as water mass tracer in the Arabian Sea. Geophysical Research Letters. 26(1). 71–74. 5 indexed citations

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Kanda, Teru, Kevin F. Sullivan, & Geoffrey M. Wahl. (1998). Histone–GFP fusion protein enables sensitive analysis of chromosome dynamics in living mammalian cells. Current Biology. 8(7). 377–385. 812 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martı́nez, Antı́gona, Dongxu Sun, Peter B. Billings, et al.. (1998). Isolation and Comparison of Natural and Recombinant Human CENP-A Autoantigen. Journal of Autoimmunity. 11(6). 611–619. 6 indexed citations

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Vafa, Omid & Kevin F. Sullivan. (1997). Chromatin containing CENP-A and α-satellite DNA is a major component of the inner kinetochore plate. Current Biology. 7(11). 897–900. 137 indexed citations

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Sage, Carleton R., et al.. (1995). β‐Tubulin mutation suppresses microtubule dynamics in vitro and slows mitosis in vivo. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 30(4). 285–300. 20 indexed citations

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Manns, Michael P., Eric F. Johnson, Keith J. Griffin, Eng M. Tan, & Kevin F. Sullivan. (1989). Major antigen of liver kidney microsomal autoantibodies in idiopathic autoimmune hepatitis is cytochrome P450db1.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 83(3). 1066–1072. 275 indexed citations

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Ben‐Chetrit, Eldad, Edward K. L. Chan, Kevin F. Sullivan, & Eng M. Tan. (1988). A 52-kD protein is a novel component of the SS-A/Ro antigenic particle.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 167(5). 1560–1571. 319 indexed citations

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Penning, C A, Hisashi Yamanaka, Dennis A. Carson, et al.. (1987). The effect of in vitro neuropeptides np on systemic lupus erythematosus sle lymphocytic mitogen responses and natural killer nk activity. Clinical research. 35(3). 566. 1 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Kevin F. & Leslie Wilson. (1984). Developmental and Biochemical Analysis of Chick Brain Tubulin Heterogeneity. Journal of Neurochemistry. 42(5). 1363–1371. 25 indexed citations

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