Kevin J. Lee

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Kevin J. Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin J. Lee has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Kevin J. Lee's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (4 papers) and Organ Donation and Transplantation (3 papers). Kevin J. Lee is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (4 papers) and Organ Donation and Transplantation (3 papers). Kevin J. Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Kevin J. Lee's co-authors include Thomas M. Jessell, Brian Kloss, Monica Mendelsohn, Paula Dietrich, Yemiliya Berman, Richard Axel, Gilles Herrada, Gilad Barnea, Walter Strapps and Jane Jun‐Xin Ong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Kevin J. Lee

23 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

The genetic design of signaling cascades to record receptor activation

2007 528 citations Gilad Barnea, Walter Strapps et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin J. Lee United States	15	1.8k	839	466	414	235	23	2.5k
Mitsuhiro Hashimoto Japan	27	1.4k 0.7×	958 1.1×	436 0.9×	338 0.8×	177 0.8×	51	3.0k
Alicia Hidalgo United Kingdom	25	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	276 0.6×	293 0.7×	391 1.7×	60	2.4k
Francesca Tuorto Germany	29	3.5k 1.9×	467 0.6×	242 0.5×	521 1.3×	144 0.6×	49	4.1k
Jean‐Philippe Hugnot France	28	2.6k 1.4×	655 0.8×	295 0.6×	263 0.6×	128 0.5×	62	3.4k
Ichiro Masai Japan	23	1.9k 1.0×	633 0.8×	252 0.5×	207 0.5×	854 3.6×	50	2.3k
Matthias Heidenreich United States	12	2.5k 1.4×	548 0.7×	94 0.2×	498 1.2×	93 0.4×	18	3.0k
Angela Giangrande France	28	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	198 0.4×	429 1.0×	534 2.3×	93	2.5k
Thomas Theil United Kingdom	28	2.1k 1.2×	665 0.8×	498 1.1×	627 1.5×	383 1.6×	55	2.7k
Phillip Karpowicz Canada	17	1.1k 0.6×	384 0.5×	132 0.3×	252 0.6×	345 1.5×	29	1.9k
Mark A. Seeger United States	22	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.8×	439 0.9×	286 0.7×	807 3.4×	37	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin J. Lee

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Joshi, Tanvi, et al.. (2025). The relationship between acid-sensing ion channel, ASIC2, and oncogenic β-catenin signaling in ovarian cancer. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 18633–18633. 1 indexed citations

Lin, Benjamin, Amr Elkholy, M. Kumar, et al.. (2025). Xenoline-polarized macrophages as an alternative in vitro model of tumor-associated macrophages in glioblastoma. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 13(1). 137–137. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Kun, Nicole Dobbs, Reiko Fujinawa, et al.. (2025). The STING pathway drives noninflammatory neurodegeneration in NGLY1 deficiency. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 222(10). 1 indexed citations

Tong, Sandra, Pamela Ventola, Jennifer M. Phillips, et al.. (2023). NGLY1 deficiency: a prospective natural history study. Human Molecular Genetics. 32(18). 2787–2796. 6 indexed citations

Anderson, Joshua C., Zongliang Yue, Thanh Nguyen, et al.. (2022). An in vivo model of glioblastoma radiation resistance identifies long noncoding RNAs and targetable kinases. JCI Insight. 7(16). 12 indexed citations

Doby, Brianna, et al.. (2022). Examining utilization of kidneys as a function of procurement performance. American Journal of Transplantation. 22(6). 1614–1623. 14 indexed citations

Doby, Brianna, Diane Brockmeier, Kevin J. Lee, et al.. (2021). Opportunity to increase deceased donation for United States veterans. American Journal of Transplantation. 21(11). 3758–3764. 1 indexed citations

Lynch, Raymond, Brianna Doby, David S. Goldberg, et al.. (2021). Procurement characteristics of high- and low-performing OPOs as seen in OPTN/SRTR data. American Journal of Transplantation. 22(2). 455–463. 16 indexed citations

Lee, Kevin J., et al.. (2021). Cytoprotective Effect of Vitamin D on Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiac Toxicity in Triple Negative Breast Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(14). 7439–7439. 29 indexed citations

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Lee, Kevin J., et al.. (2020). Exploiting DNA repair defects in triple negative breast cancer to improve cell killing. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology. 12. 3863573394–3863573394. 34 indexed citations

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Wilson, Sara Ivy, Beth Shafer, Kevin J. Lee, & Jane Dodd. (2008). A Molecular Program for Contralateral Trajectory: Rig-1 Control by LIM Homeodomain Transcription Factors. Neuron. 59(3). 413–424. 96 indexed citations

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Barnea, Gilad, Walter Strapps, Gilles Herrada, et al.. (2007). The genetic design of signaling cascades to record receptor activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(1). 64–69. 528 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jones, Walton D., Thuy‐Ai Nguyen, Brian Kloss, Kevin J. Lee, & Leslie B. Vosshall. (2005). Functional conservation of an insect odorant receptor gene across 250 million years of evolution. Current Biology. 15(4). R119–R121. 222 indexed citations

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Lee, Kevin J., Paula Dietrich, & Thomas M. Jessell. (2000). Genetic ablation reveals that the roof plate is essential for dorsal interneuron specification. Nature. 403(6771). 734–740. 225 indexed citations

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Alder, Janet, et al.. (1999). Generation of cerebellar granule neurons in vivo by transplantation of BMP-treated neural progenitor cells. Nature Neuroscience. 2(6). 535–540. 159 indexed citations

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Lee, Kevin J. & Thomas M. Jessell. (1999). THE SPECIFICATION OF DORSAL CELL FATES IN THE VERTEBRATE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 22(1). 261–294. 406 indexed citations

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Lee, Kevin J., Monica Mendelsohn, & Thomas M. Jessell. (1998). Neuronal patterning by BMPs: a requirement for GDF7 in the generation of a discrete class of commissural interneurons in the mouse spinal cord. Genes & Development. 12(21). 3394–3407. 278 indexed citations

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Skromne, Isaac, Clifford R. Hume, Daniel S. Kessler, et al.. (1997). Misexpression of chick Vg1 in the marginal zone induces primitive streak formation. Development. 124(24). 5127–5138. 102 indexed citations

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Campos, Ana Regina Nascimento, Kevin J. Lee, & Hermann Steller. (1995). Establishment of neuronal connectivity during development of the Drosophila larval visual system. Journal of Neurobiology. 28(3). 313–329. 46 indexed citations

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Lee, Kevin J., Reed Hickey, Hong Zhu, & Kenneth R. Chien. (1994). Positive Regulatory Elements (HF-1a and HF-1b) and a Novel Negative Regulatory Element (HF-3) Mediate Ventricular Muscle-Specific Expression of Myosin Light-Chain 2-Luciferase Fusion Genes in Transgenic Mice. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(2). 1220–1229. 56 indexed citations

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