Matthew Freeman

12.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
128 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Matthew Freeman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Freeman has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Cell Biology and 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Matthew Freeman's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (33 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (26 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (13 papers). Matthew Freeman is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (33 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (26 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (13 papers). Matthew Freeman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Matthew Freeman's co-authors include Siniša Urban, Jonathan D. Wasserman, Antonio Baonza, Colin Adrain, Tanita Casci, Marius K. Lemberg, Kvido Střı́šovský, Javier Vinós, G. Angus McQuibban and Yonka Christova and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Freeman

121 papers receiving 9.8k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

Reiterative Use of the EGF Receptor Triggers Differentiation of All Cell Types in the Drosophila Eye

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew Freeman United Kingdom	53	7.6k	2.6k	2.2k	1.1k	1.0k	128	9.9k
Denise J. Montell United States	50	5.2k 0.7×	3.9k 1.5×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	113	8.5k
Ben‐Zion Shilo Israel	60	9.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	820 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	143	11.3k
Sarah J. Bray United Kingdom	54	8.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	599 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	125	10.1k
Markus Affolter Switzerland	67	11.0k 1.4×	3.8k 1.5×	1.8k 0.8×	640 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	186	14.0k
Jean‐Paul Borg France	55	7.0k 0.9×	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	994 1.0×	168	10.4k
Mark Peifer United States	67	12.2k 1.6×	5.5k 2.1×	1.5k 0.7×	800 0.8×	711 0.7×	168	15.0k
Arthur D. Lander United States	58	6.3k 0.8×	4.0k 1.5×	1.8k 0.8×	932 0.9×	596 0.6×	132	10.0k
Jacques Camonis France	58	8.9k 1.2×	3.9k 1.5×	690 0.3×	1.7k 1.6×	1.7k 1.6×	149	11.9k
David A. Zacharias United States	25	6.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	330 0.3×	640 0.6×	33	8.3k
Tom K. Kerppola United States	44	7.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	783 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	83	9.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Freeman

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Morais, Lívia H., Linsey Stiles, Matthew Freeman, et al.. (2025). The gut microbiome promotes mitochondrial respiration in the brain of a Parkinson’s disease mouse model. npj Parkinson s Disease. 11(1). 301–301.

Hammond, Thomas H., Gregor Jansen, Clémence Levet, et al.. (2024). Eta-secretase-like processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by the rhomboid protease RHBDL4. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(8). 107541–107541. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Fangfang, Hongtu Zhao, Yaxin Dai, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM reveals that iRhom2 restrains ADAM17 protease activity to control the release of growth factor and inflammatory signals. Molecular Cell. 84(11). 2152–2165.e5. 11 indexed citations

Düsterhöft, Stefan, Petr Kašpárek, Shixin Liu, et al.. (2021). The iRhom homology domain is indispensable for ADAM17-mediated TNFα and EGF receptor ligand release. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 78(11). 5015–5040. 13 indexed citations

Freeman, Matthew. (2021). Marketing virtual reality experiences … without the headset: watching, playing and fearing Anagram’s Goliath. ResearchSPAce (Bath Spa University). 23(1). 20–36. 1 indexed citations

Levet, Clémence, et al.. (2020). ADAM 17‐triggered TNF signalling protects the ageing Drosophila retina from lipid droplet‐mediated degeneration. The EMBO Journal. 39(17). e104415–e104415. 24 indexed citations

Düsterhöft, Stefan, Ulrike Künzel, & Matthew Freeman. (2017). Rhomboid proteases in human disease: Mechanisms and future prospects. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1864(11). 2200–2209. 52 indexed citations

Johnson, Nicholas, Elaine Stephens, Emma Burbridge, et al.. (2017). Quantitative proteomics screen identifies a substrate repertoire of rhomboid protease RHBDL2 in human cells and implicates it in epithelial homeostasis. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7283–7283. 40 indexed citations

Freeman, Matthew. (2014). Transmedia Critical| Advertising the Yellow Brick Road: Historicizing the Industrial Emergence of Transmedia Storytelling. International journal of communication. 8. 19. 1 indexed citations

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Freeman, Matthew. (2014). Advertising the Yellow Brick Road: historicising the industrial emergence of transmedia storytelling. ResearchSPAce (Bath Spa University). 6 indexed citations

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Freeman, Matthew. (2014). Deciphering models of transmedia production: history and technological change. ResearchSPAce (Bath Spa University). 2 indexed citations

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Adrain, Colin, Kvido Střı́šovský, Markus Zettl, et al.. (2011). Mammalian EGF receptor activation by the rhomboid protease RHBDL2. EMBO Reports. 12(5). 421–427. 96 indexed citations

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Blobel, Carl, Graham Carpenter, & Matthew Freeman. (2008). The role of protease activity in ErbB biology. Experimental Cell Research. 315(4). 671–682. 62 indexed citations

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Stevenson, Lindsay G., Kvido Střı́šovský, Katy M. Clemmer, et al.. (2007). Rhomboid protease AarA mediates quorum-sensing in Providencia stuartii by activating TatA of the twin-arginine translocase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(3). 1003–1008. 132 indexed citations

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Lemberg, Marius K. & Matthew Freeman. (2007). Functional and evolutionary implications of enhanced genomic analysis of rhomboid intramembrane proteases. Genome Research. 17(11). 1634–1646. 193 indexed citations

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Kerr, Martin, et al.. (2007). The EGFR ligands Spitz and Keren act cooperatively in the Drosophila eye. Developmental Biology. 307(1). 105–113. 23 indexed citations

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Urban, Siniša, Daniel Schlieper, & Matthew Freeman. (2002). Conservation of Intramembrane Proteolytic Activity and Substrate Specificity in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Rhomboids. Current Biology. 12(17). 1507–1512. 109 indexed citations

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Baonza, Antonio & Matthew Freeman. (2001). Notch signalling and the initiation of neural development in theDrosophilaeye. Development. 128(20). 3889–3898. 116 indexed citations

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Casci, Tanita & Matthew Freeman. (1999). Control of EGF Receptor Signalling: Lessons from Fruitflies. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews. 18(2). 181–201. 50 indexed citations

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Freeman, Matthew & David M. Glover. (1987). The gnu mutation of Drosophila causes inappropriate DNA synthesis in unfertilized and fertilized eggs. Genes & Development. 1(9). 924–930. 90 indexed citations

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