Michael Socolich

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Socolich is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Socolich has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Michael Socolich's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers). Michael Socolich is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (4 papers). Michael Socolich collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Japan. Michael Socolich's co-authors include Rama Ranganathan, Charles S. Zuker, William P. Russ, Mark A. Wall, Robert W. Hardy, Nansi Jo Colley, Emiko Suzuki, Susan Tsunoda, Ann Becker and Jimena Sierralta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael Socolich

14 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

A multivalent PDZ-domain protein assembles signalling complexes in a G-protein-coupled cascade

1997 545 citations Susan Tsunoda, Jimena Sierralta et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Socolich United States	13	2.0k	1.1k	355	255	236	14	2.7k
Barry E. Knox United States	33	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	368 1.0×	194 0.8×	162 0.7×	90	2.4k
Anthony Persechini United States	32	2.6k 1.3×	671 0.6×	578 1.6×	135 0.5×	275 1.2×	59	3.4k
Jonathan S. Marvin United States	26	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	193 0.5×	164 0.6×	217 0.9×	44	3.4k
Peter W. Hildebrand Germany	32	3.7k 1.8×	1.6k 1.5×	148 0.4×	183 0.7×	317 1.3×	82	4.5k
Hui‐Woog Choe Germany	20	3.6k 1.7×	2.3k 2.2×	169 0.5×	243 1.0×	201 0.9×	38	3.8k
Thomas Huber United States	34	3.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	237 0.7×	168 0.7×	153 0.6×	90	4.0k
R Y Tsien United States	9	2.2k 1.1×	903 0.8×	291 0.8×	204 0.8×	108 0.5×	10	3.0k
Jeannie Chen United States	40	4.1k 2.0×	2.7k 2.5×	508 1.4×	148 0.6×	259 1.1×	87	5.4k
James C. Clemens United States	22	2.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	730 2.1×	424 1.7×	99 0.4×	30	4.2k
David T. Lodowski United States	25	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.6×	164 0.5×	75 0.3×	177 0.8×	41	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Socolich

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Lee, Bo-Ram, K. Ian White, Michael Socolich, et al.. (2025). Direct visualization of electric-field-stimulated ion conduction in a potassium channel. Cell. 188(1). 77–88.e15. 7 indexed citations

Russ, William P., Matteo Figliuzzi, Christian Stocker, et al.. (2020). An evolution-based model for designing chorismate mutase enzymes. Science. 369(6502). 440–445. 166 indexed citations

Poelwijk, Frank J., Michael Socolich, & Rama Ranganathan. (2019). Learning the pattern of epistasis linking genotype and phenotype in a protein. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4213–4213. 91 indexed citations

Hekstra, Doeke R., K. Ian White, Michael Socolich, et al.. (2016). Electric-field-stimulated protein mechanics. Nature. 540(7633). 400–405. 151 indexed citations

Reynolds, Kimberly A., William P. Russ, Michael Socolich, & Rama Ranganathan. (2013). Evolution-Based Design of Proteins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 523. 213–235. 38 indexed citations

Lee, Jeeyeon, Madhusudan Natarajan, Vishal Nashine, et al.. (2008). Surface Sites for Engineering Allosteric Control in Proteins. Science. 322(5900). 438–442. 275 indexed citations

Mishra, Prashant, et al.. (2007). Dynamic Scaffolding in a G Protein-Coupled Signaling System. Cell. 131(1). 80–92. 79 indexed citations

Socolich, Michael, Steve W. Lockless, William P. Russ, et al.. (2005). Evolutionary information for specifying a protein fold. Nature. 437(7058). 512–518. 323 indexed citations

Ranganathan, Rama, Mark A. Wall, & Michael Socolich. (2000). The structural basis for red fluorescence in the tetrameric GFP homolog DsRed.. Nature Structural Biology. 7(12). 1133–1138. 272 indexed citations

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Kiselev, Alexander, Michael Socolich, Javier Vinós, et al.. (2000). A Molecular Pathway for Light-Dependent Photoreceptor Apoptosis in Drosophila. Neuron. 28(1). 139–152. 207 indexed citations

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Tsunoda, Susan, Jimena Sierralta, Yumei Sun, et al.. (1997). A multivalent PDZ-domain protein assembles signalling complexes in a G-protein-coupled cascade. Nature. 388(6639). 243–249. 545 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Louisa P., Barbara A. Niemeyer, Nansi Jo Colley, Michael Socolich, & Charles S. Zuker. (1995). Regulation of PLC-mediated signalling in vivo by CDP-diacylglycerol synthase. Nature. 373(6511). 216–222. 141 indexed citations

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Dolph, Patrick J., Rama Ranganathan, Nansi Jo Colley, et al.. (1993). Arrestin Function in Inactivation of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Rhodopsin in Vivo. Science. 260(5116). 1910–1916. 274 indexed citations

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Feiler, R, et al.. (1992). Ectopic expression of ultraviolet-rhodopsins in the blue photoreceptor cells of Drosophila: visual physiology and photochemistry of transgenic animals. Journal of Neuroscience. 12(10). 3862–3868. 115 indexed citations

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