Kimberly A. Toops

654 total citations
18 papers, 500 citations indexed

About

Kimberly A. Toops is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kimberly A. Toops has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 500 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ophthalmology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Kimberly A. Toops's work include Retinal Diseases and Treatments (8 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (3 papers). Kimberly A. Toops is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Diseases and Treatments (8 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (3 papers). Kimberly A. Toops collaborates with scholars based in United States. Kimberly A. Toops's co-authors include Aparna Lakkaraju, Li Xuan Tan, Roxana A. Radu, Zhichun Jiang, Gurugirijha Rathnasamy, Steven D. Holladay, Terry C. Hrubec, Robert W. Nickells, M. Renée Prater and Marie Fernandes and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kimberly A. Toops

18 papers receiving 496 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kimberly A. Toops United States 13 302 242 73 69 60 18 500
José R. Hombrebueno United Kingdom 13 279 0.9× 240 1.0× 78 1.1× 18 0.3× 40 0.7× 24 513
Peng Shang United States 10 245 0.8× 172 0.7× 54 0.7× 27 0.4× 63 1.1× 23 444
Takahisa Koga Japan 16 301 1.0× 356 1.5× 161 2.2× 145 2.1× 30 0.5× 24 651
Katsuaki Miki Japan 12 293 1.0× 209 0.9× 86 1.2× 50 0.7× 26 0.4× 23 491
Ankush Madaan Canada 12 201 0.7× 114 0.5× 83 1.1× 24 0.3× 107 1.8× 14 490
Saul Merin Israel 17 533 1.8× 302 1.2× 146 2.0× 95 1.4× 57 0.9× 26 878
Ikuyo Maruyama Japan 11 251 0.8× 231 1.0× 43 0.6× 62 0.9× 15 0.3× 14 464
Philippe M. D’Onofrio Canada 12 304 1.0× 123 0.5× 29 0.4× 33 0.5× 27 0.5× 18 477
Takashi Katome Japan 12 324 1.1× 433 1.8× 295 4.0× 40 0.6× 45 0.8× 31 718
Reiko Kinouchi Japan 11 282 0.9× 332 1.4× 129 1.8× 44 0.6× 23 0.4× 25 638

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kimberly A. Toops

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All Works

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Tan, Li Xuan, Gurugirijha Rathnasamy, Kimberly A. Toops, et al.. (2018). Aberrant early endosome biogenesis mediates complement activation in the retinal pigment epithelium in models of macular degeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(36). 9014–9019. 58 indexed citations
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Toops, Kimberly A., et al.. (2016). Novel roles for the radial spoke head protein 9 in neural and neurosensory cilia. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34437–34437. 16 indexed citations
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Tan, Li Xuan, Kimberly A. Toops, & Aparna Lakkaraju. (2016). Protective responses to sublytic complement in the retinal pigment epithelium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(31). 8789–8794. 55 indexed citations
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Toops, Kimberly A., Li Xuan Tan, & Aparna Lakkaraju. (2015). Apolipoprotein E Isoforms and AMD. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 854. 3–9. 30 indexed citations
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Toops, Kimberly A., Li Xuan Tan, & Aparna Lakkaraju. (2014). A detailed three-step protocol for live imaging of intracellular traffic in polarized primary porcine RPE monolayers. Experimental Eye Research. 124. 74–85. 51 indexed citations
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Lakkaraju, Aparna, Kimberly A. Toops, & Jin Xu. (2014). Should I Stay or Should I Go? Trafficking of Sub-Lytic MAC in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 801. 267–274. 13 indexed citations
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Toops, Kimberly A., Li Xuan Tan, Zhichun Jiang, Roxana A. Radu, & Aparna Lakkaraju. (2014). Cholesterol-mediated activation of acid sphingomyelinase disrupts autophagy in the retinal pigment epithelium. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(1). 1–14. 89 indexed citations
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Xu, Jin, Kimberly A. Toops, & Aparna Lakkaraju. (2013). Photoreceptor outer segment phagocytosis couples lysosome biogenesis to autophagy in the retinal pigment epithelium. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 1773–1773. 1 indexed citations
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Toops, Kimberly A. & Aparna Lakkaraju. (2013). Let’s play a game of chutes and ladders. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 6(4). e24474–e24474. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Jin, Kimberly A. Toops, Fernando Dı́az, et al.. (2013). Mechanism of polarized lysosome exocytosis in epithelial cells. Journal of Cell Science. 126(21). 5086–5086. 1 indexed citations
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Toops, Kimberly A., Jin Xu, & Aparna Lakkaraju. (2012). Interactions Between Apolipoprotein E Isoforms, Hepatic Lipase, and Lipoprotein Lipase In The Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 6499–6499. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Jin, Kimberly A. Toops, Fernando Dı́az, et al.. (2012). Mechanism of polarized lysosome exocytosis in epithelial cells. Journal of Cell Science. 125(24). 5937–5943. 42 indexed citations
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Toops, Kimberly A., Tracy L. Hagemann, Albee Messing, & Robert W. Nickells. (2012). The effect of glial fibrillary acidic protein expression on neurite outgrowth from retinal explants in a permissive environment. BMC Research Notes. 5(1). 693–693. 14 indexed citations
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Toops, Kimberly A., Cynthia Berlinicke, Donald J. Zack, & Robert W. Nickells. (2012). Hydrocortisone Stimulates Neurite Outgrowth from Mouse Retinal Explants by Modulating Macroglial Activity. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(4). 2046–2046. 13 indexed citations
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Hrubec, Terry C., Kimberly A. Toops, & Steven D. Holladay. (2008). Modulation of Diabetes‐Induced Palate Defects by Maternal Immune Stimulation. The Anatomical Record. 292(2). 271–276. 11 indexed citations
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Buss, Robert R., Thomas W. Gould, Jianjun Ma, et al.. (2006). Neuromuscular Development in the Absence of Programmed Cell Death: Phenotypic Alteration of Motoneurons and Muscle. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(52). 13413–13427. 41 indexed citations
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Hrubec, Terry C., M. Renée Prater, Kimberly A. Toops, & Steven D. Holladay. (2005). Reduction in diabetes‐induced craniofacial defects by maternal immune stimulation. Birth Defects Research Part B Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology. 77(1). 1–9. 22 indexed citations

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