Martin Chalfie

24.1k total citations · 13 hit papers
119 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

Martin Chalfie is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Chalfie has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Aging, 72 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Martin Chalfie's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (90 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (33 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (21 papers). Martin Chalfie is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (90 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (33 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (21 papers). Martin Chalfie collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Martin Chalfie's co-authors include Yuan Tu, Ghia Euskirchen, Douglas C. Prasher, William W. Ward, John Sulston, Monica Driscoll, Jeffrey C. Way, J. Nichol Thomson, Robert O’Hagan and Mingxia Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Martin Chalfie

118 papers receiving 17.2k 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.

  1. Green Fluorescent Protein as a Marker for Gene Expression
    1994 5.1k citations Martin Chalfie et al. profile →
  2. The neural circuit for touch sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans
    1985 821 citations Martin Chalfie et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  3. Developmental genetics of the mechanosensory neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans
    1981 583 citations Martin Chalfie et al. profile →
  4. mec-3, a homeobox-containing gene that specifies differentiation of the touch receptor neurons in C. elegans
    1988 496 citations Martin Chalfie et al. profile →
  5. Serotonin and Octopamine in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
    1982 480 citations H. Robert Horvitz, Martin Chalfie et al. profile →
  6. The mec-4 gene is a member of a family of Caenorhabditis elegans genes that can mutate to induce neuronal degeneration
    1991 459 citations Martin Chalfie et al. profile →
  7. Mutations that lead to reiterations in the cell lineages of C. elegans
    1981 408 citations Martin Chalfie profile →
  8. The MEC-4 DEG/ENaC channel of Caenorhabditis elegans touch receptor neurons transduces mechanical signals
    2004 392 citations Robert O’Hagan, Martin Chalfie et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  9. Neurosensory mechanotransduction
    2008 301 citations Martin Chalfie profile →
  10. Genetic Control of Differentiation of the Caenorhabditis elegans Touch Receptor Neurons
    1989 284 citations Martin Chalfie et al. profile →
  11. The mec-3 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans requires its own product for maintained expression and is expressed in three neuronal cell types.
    1989 270 citations Martin Chalfie et al. profile →
  12. The identification and suppression of inherited neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans
    1990 249 citations Martin Chalfie et al. profile →
  13. mec-7 is a beta-tubulin gene required for the production of 15-protofilament microtubules in Caenorhabditis elegans.
    1989 247 citations Martin Chalfie et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martin Chalfie United States 57 10.1k 6.8k 3.3k 3.1k 2.7k 119 17.6k
Erik M. Jørgensen United States 65 8.3k 0.8× 5.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 4.5k 1.5× 1.5k 0.6× 158 14.5k
Oliver Hobert United States 73 9.9k 1.0× 8.5k 1.2× 3.9k 1.2× 2.9k 1.0× 1.4k 0.5× 226 17.5k
J. Nichol Thomson United Kingdom 26 5.5k 0.5× 9.0k 1.3× 3.9k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 29 13.4k
Cornelia I. Bargmann United States 98 11.4k 1.1× 16.7k 2.5× 10.4k 3.1× 11.2k 3.7× 3.6k 1.4× 181 34.4k
Piali Sengupta United States 50 3.1k 0.3× 3.5k 0.5× 2.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 127 7.8k
William R Schafer United States 56 3.3k 0.3× 5.3k 0.8× 3.5k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 152 9.7k
Gary Ruvkun United States 93 26.8k 2.7× 17.5k 2.6× 6.1k 1.8× 2.0k 0.6× 4.8k 1.8× 218 42.8k
Eisuke Nishida Japan 104 26.9k 2.7× 1.9k 0.3× 1.4k 0.4× 2.7k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 332 37.5k
R Waterston United States 74 11.9k 1.2× 6.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.3× 872 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 155 17.3k
Ueli Schibler Switzerland 69 8.9k 0.9× 3.7k 0.6× 16.9k 5.0× 3.7k 1.2× 9.1k 3.4× 131 28.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ambros, Victor, Martin Chalfie, Andrew Fire, et al.. (2025). From nematode to Nobel: How community-shared resources fueled the rise of Caenorhabditis elegans as a research organism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(48). e2522808122–e2522808122. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Chaogu, Margarete Díaz-Cuadros, & Martin Chalfie. (2016). GEFs and Rac GTPases control directional specificity of neurite extension along the anterior–posterior axis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(25). 6973–6978. 15 indexed citations
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Kratz, John, et al.. (2011). Microtubule depolymerization in Caenorhabditis elegans touch receptor neurons reduces gene expression through a p38 MAPK pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(10). 3982–3987. 68 indexed citations
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Topalidou, Irini, Alexander van Oudenaarden, & Martin Chalfie. (2011). Caenorhabditis elegans aristaless/Arx gene alr-1 restricts variable gene expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(10). 4063–4068. 38 indexed citations
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O’Hagan, Robert, et al.. (2011). The DEG/ENaC Protein MEC-10 Regulates the Transduction Channel Complex inCaenorhabditis elegansTouch Receptor Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(35). 12695–12704. 68 indexed citations
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Calixto, Andrea, et al.. (2010). Enhanced neuronal RNAi in C. elegans using SID-1. Nature Methods. 7(7). 554–559. 286 indexed citations
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Chalfie, Martin. (2009). GFP: Ein Protein bringt Licht ins Dunkel (Nobel‐Vortrag). Angewandte Chemie. 121(31). 5711–5720. 11 indexed citations
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Chalfie, Martin, et al.. (2007). Targeted cell killing by reconstituted caspases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(7). 2283–2288. 126 indexed citations
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Chalfie, Martin, et al.. (2007). Touch sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 454(5). 691–702. 70 indexed citations
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Huber, Tobias B., Bernhard Schermer, Roman Ulrich Müller, et al.. (2006). Podocin and MEC-2 bind cholesterol to regulate the activity of associated ion channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(46). 17079–17086. 236 indexed citations
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O’Hagan, Robert & Martin Chalfie. (2005). Mechanosensation in Caenorhabditis elegans. International review of neurobiology. 69. 169–203. 30 indexed citations
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Gu, Guoqiang, et al.. (2004). Extracellular Proteins Organize the Mechanosensory Channel Complex in C. elegans Touch Receptor Neurons. Neuron. 44(5). 795–807. 102 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shifang, et al.. (2004). MEC-2 Is Recruited to the Putative Mechanosensory Complex in C. elegans Touch Receptor Neurons through Its Stomatin-like Domain. Current Biology. 14(21). 1888–1896. 87 indexed citations
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O’Hagan, Robert, Martin Chalfie, & Miriam B. Goodman. (2004). The MEC-4 DEG/ENaC channel of Caenorhabditis elegans touch receptor neurons transduces mechanical signals. Nature Neuroscience. 8(1). 43–50. 392 indexed citations breakdown →
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Savage‐Dunn, Cathy, et al.. (1994). Mutations in the Caenorhabditis elegans p-tubulin gene mec-7: effects on microtubule assembly and stability and on tubulin autoregulation. Journal of Cell Science. 107(8). 2165–2175. 68 indexed citations
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Chalfie, Martin, et al.. (1990). Organogenesis in C. elegans: Positioning of neurons and muscles in the egg-laying system. Neuron. 4(5). 681–695. 70 indexed citations
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Chalfie, Martin. (1989). Caenorhabditis elegans development. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 1(6). 1122–1126. 16 indexed citations
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Chalfie, Martin & John G. White. (1988). 11 The Nervous System. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 17. 337–391. 2 indexed citations

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