Michael Glotzer

15.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
78 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Glotzer is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Glotzer has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Cell Biology, 58 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Glotzer's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (58 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (31 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (17 papers). Michael Glotzer is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (58 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (31 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (17 papers). Michael Glotzer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Michael Glotzer's co-authors include Marc W. Kirschner, Andrew W. Murray, Masanori Mishima, Susanne Kaitna, Randall W. King, Verena Jantsch, Michael E. Werner, Anthony A. Hyman, Tina H. Lee and M. Philippe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael Glotzer

78 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

Cyclin is degraded by the ubiquitin pathway 1990 2026 2002 2014 1991 1990 1990 2005 1993 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Cyclin is degraded by the ubiquitin pathway
    1991 2.0k citations Michael Glotzer, Marc W. Kirschner et al. profile →
  2. Cyclin activation of p34cdc2
    1990 633 citations Michael Glotzer, Tina H. Lee et al. Cell profile →
  3. Cyclin is a component of maturation-promoting factor from Xenopus
    1990 569 citations Michael Glotzer et al. Cell profile →
  4. The Molecular Requirements for Cytokinesis
    2005 563 citations Michael Glotzer profile →
  5. Anaphase is initiated by proteolysis rather than by the inactivation of maturation-promoting factor
    1993 512 citations Michael Glotzer et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Glotzer United States 47 9.3k 8.1k 1.9k 1.6k 1.1k 78 12.3k
Sergio Moreno Spain 45 10.7k 1.1× 4.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.8× 98 12.6k
Arshad Desai United States 70 13.7k 1.5× 11.8k 1.5× 3.9k 2.1× 1.0k 0.6× 1.8k 1.7× 160 16.9k
Karen Oegema United States 60 8.2k 0.9× 7.3k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 552 0.3× 2.3k 2.2× 127 10.5k
Bruce A. Edgar United States 58 10.5k 1.1× 4.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 124 15.3k
Kathleen L. Gould United States 65 11.4k 1.2× 6.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 225 0.2× 211 13.4k
Angelika Amon United States 73 15.2k 1.6× 10.2k 1.3× 4.1k 2.1× 1.8k 1.2× 353 0.3× 166 18.6k
Bianca Habermann Germany 57 8.2k 0.9× 3.8k 0.5× 951 0.5× 429 0.3× 650 0.6× 133 10.7k
Yukiko Yamashita United States 46 6.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.3× 1.3k 0.7× 779 0.5× 549 0.5× 188 8.1k
John W. Newport United States 50 10.2k 1.1× 4.1k 0.5× 822 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 394 0.4× 68 11.7k
Jean Gautier United States 44 9.0k 1.0× 2.7k 0.3× 797 0.4× 2.5k 1.6× 300 0.3× 99 10.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Glotzer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Glotzer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rich, Ashley, et al.. (2023). Apical polarity and actomyosin dynamics control Kibra subcellular localization and function in Drosophila Hippo signaling. Developmental Cell. 58(19). 1864–1879.e4. 5 indexed citations
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Lü, Wen, Margot Lakonishok, Rong Liu, et al.. (2020). Competition between kinesin-1 and myosin-V defines Drosophila posterior determination. eLife. 9. 31 indexed citations
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Glotzer, Michael. (2013). Cytokinesis: Centralspindlin Moonlights as a Membrane Anchor. Current Biology. 23(4). R145–R147. 10 indexed citations
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White, Erin A. & Michael Glotzer. (2012). Centralspindlin: At the heart of cytokinesis. Cytoskeleton. 69(11). 882–892. 120 indexed citations
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Tse, Yu Chung, et al.. (2011). Anillin promotes astral microtubule-directed cortical myosin polarization. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(17). 3165–3175. 39 indexed citations
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Glotzer, Michael, et al.. (2009). Clustering of Centralspindlin Is Essential for Its Accumulation to the Central Spindle and the Midbody. Current Biology. 19(23). 2043–2049. 82 indexed citations
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Glotzer, Michael, et al.. (2008). Developmental Regulation of Central Spindle Assembly and Cytokinesis during Vertebrate Embryogenesis. Current Biology. 18(2). 116–123. 38 indexed citations
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Glotzer, Michael, et al.. (2008). Anillin Is a Scaffold Protein That Links RhoA, Actin, and Myosin during Cytokinesis. Current Biology. 18(1). 30–36. 321 indexed citations
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Petronczki, Mark, Michael Glotzer, Norbert Kraut, & Jan‐Michael Peters. (2007). Polo-like Kinase 1 Triggers the Initiation of Cytokinesis in Human Cells by Promoting Recruitment of the RhoGEF Ect2 to the Central Spindle. Developmental Cell. 12(5). 713–725. 242 indexed citations
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Werner, Michael E., Ed Munro, & Michael Glotzer. (2007). Astral Signals Spatially Bias Cortical Myosin Recruitment to Break Symmetry and Promote Cytokinesis. Current Biology. 17(15). 1286–1297. 111 indexed citations
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Mishima, Masanori, et al.. (2007). Cooperative Assembly of CYK-4/MgcRacGAP and ZEN-4/MKLP1 to Form the Centralspindlin Complex. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 18(12). 4992–5003. 92 indexed citations
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Werner, Michael E., et al.. (2005). Cytokinesis: welcome to the Rho zone. Trends in Cell Biology. 15(12). 651–658. 287 indexed citations
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Dechant, Reinhard & Michael Glotzer. (2003). Centrosome Separation and Central Spindle Assembly Act in Redundant Pathways that Regulate Microtubule Density and Trigger Cleavage Furrow Formation. Developmental Cell. 4(3). 333–344. 148 indexed citations
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Grüneberg, Ulrike, Michael Glotzer, Anton Gartner, & Erich A. Nigg. (2002). The CeCDC-14 phosphatase is required for cytokinesis in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. The Journal of Cell Biology. 158(5). 901–914. 71 indexed citations
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Kaitna, Susanne, Paweł Pasierbek, Michael F. Jantsch, Josef Loidl, & Michael Glotzer. (2002). The Aurora B Kinase AIR-2 Regulates Kinetochores during Mitosis and Is Required for Separation of Homologous Chromosomes during Meiosis. Current Biology. 12(10). 798–812. 195 indexed citations
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Jantsch, Verena & Michael Glotzer. (1999). Depletion of syntaxins in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo reveals a role for membrane fusion events in cytokinesis. Current Biology. 9(14). 738–745. 146 indexed citations
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Glotzer, Michael. (1997). Cytokinesis. Current Biology. 7(5). R274–R276. 8 indexed citations
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Glotzer, Michael & Anthony A. Hyman. (1995). Cell Polarity: The importance of being polar. Current Biology. 5(10). 1102–1105. 18 indexed citations
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Glotzer, Michael. (1995). Cell Cycle: The only way out of mitosis. Current Biology. 5(9). 970–972. 28 indexed citations
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Glotzer, Michael, et al.. (1990). Cyclin activation of p34cdc2. Cell. 63(5). 1013–1024. 633 indexed citations breakdown →

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