Nelson B. Cole

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

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Nelson B. Cole is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Nelson B. Cole has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Nelson B. Cole's work include Cellular transport and secretion (17 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (8 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers). Nelson B. Cole is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (17 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (8 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers). Nelson B. Cole collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Australia. Nelson B. Cole's co-authors include Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz, Robert L. Nussbaum, Declan Murphy, John F. Presley, Kristien J.M. Zaal, Noah Sciaky, Tobias S. Ulmer, Ad Bax, Koret Hirschberg and Menahem Segal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nelson B. Cole

40 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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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.

ER-to-Golgi transport visualized in living cells

1997 1000 citations John F. Presley, Nelson B. Cole et al. Nature profile →
Structure and Dynamics of Micelle-bound Human α-Synuclein

2004 771 citations Tobias S. Ulmer, Ad Bax et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Synaptic Vesicle Depletion Correlates with Attenuated Synaptic Responses to Prolonged Repetitive Stimulation in Mice Lacking α-Synuclein

2002 695 citations Declan Murphy, Nelson B. Cole et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nelson B. Cole United States	32	3.9k	3.3k	1.7k	1.5k	1.3k	41	7.4k
Masaki Fukata Japan	57	6.6k 1.7×	4.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	2.5k 1.7×	784 0.6×	104	10.2k
Thierry Galli France	56	5.6k 1.4×	5.1k 1.6×	512 0.3×	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	146	9.2k
Bazbek Davletov United Kingdom	44	4.8k 1.2×	3.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	101	7.3k
William S. Trimble Canada	61	7.1k 1.8×	5.1k 1.6×	856 0.5×	2.3k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	134	10.9k
Chiara Zurzolo France	52	5.3k 1.3×	2.3k 0.7×	942 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.5×	129	8.3k
Yuko Fukata Japan	54	9.5k 2.4×	6.0k 1.8×	1.2k 0.7×	3.9k 2.7×	2.0k 1.5×	99	15.3k
Paola Pizzo Italy	52	5.7k 1.5×	1.6k 0.5×	425 0.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	115	8.7k
Masayuki Miura Japan	64	8.6k 2.2×	2.3k 0.7×	640 0.4×	2.4k 1.6×	825 0.6×	253	13.2k
Patrik Verstreken Belgium	53	5.3k 1.3×	2.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	3.1k 2.1×	1.9k 1.5×	122	9.2k
Alfredo Cáceres Argentina	56	4.4k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	406 0.2×	3.4k 2.4×	1.6k 1.2×	103	8.7k

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Cole, Nelson B., et al.. (2025). CD83 suppresses endogenous March-I-dependent MHC class II ubiquitination, endocytosis, and degradation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(21). e2504077122–e2504077122.

Cole, Nelson B., et al.. (2022). Liver X receptor-agonist treatment rescues degeneration in a Drosophila model of hereditary spastic paraplegia. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 10(1). 40–40. 3 indexed citations

Cole, Nelson B., et al.. (2014). Roles for Trafficking and O-Linked Glycosylation in the Turnover of Model Cell Surface Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(28). 19477–19490. 13 indexed citations

Cole, Nelson B.. (2013). Site‐Specific Protein Labeling with SNAP‐Tags. Current Protocols in Protein Science. 73(1). 30.1.1–30.1.16. 58 indexed citations

Dutta, Dipannita, Chad D. Williamson, Nelson B. Cole, & Julie G. Donaldson. (2012). Pitstop 2 Is a Potent Inhibitor of Clathrin-Independent Endocytosis. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45799–e45799. 181 indexed citations

Kim, Geumsoo, Nelson B. Cole, Jung Chae Lim, Hang Zhao, & Rodney L. Levine. (2010). Dual Sites of Protein Initiation Control the Localization and Myristoylation of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase A. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(23). 18085–18094. 45 indexed citations

Cole, Nelson B., Mathew P. Daniels, Rodney L. Levine, & Geumsoo Kim. (2010). Oxidative stress causes reversible changes in mitochondrial permeability and structure. Experimental Gerontology. 45(7-8). 596–602. 30 indexed citations

Cole, Nelson B., et al.. (2004). Metal-catalyzed Oxidation of α-Synuclein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(10). 9678–9690. 100 indexed citations

Ulmer, Tobias S., Ad Bax, Nelson B. Cole, & Robert L. Nussbaum. (2004). Structure and Dynamics of Micelle-bound Human α-Synuclein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(10). 9595–9603. 771 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cole, Nelson B., et al.. (2002). Lipid Droplet Binding and Oligomerization Properties of the Parkinson's Disease Protein α-Synuclein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(8). 6344–6352. 373 indexed citations

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Figueiredo, Regina Célia Bressan Queiroz de, et al.. (2000). Phospholipase A₂ Antagonists Inhibit Constitutive Retrograde Membrane Traffic to the Endoplasmic Reticulum. Traffic. 1(6). 504–511. 57 indexed citations

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Nehls, Sarah, Erik L. Snapp, Nelson B. Cole, et al.. (2000). Dynamics and retention of misfolded proteins in native ER membranes. Nature Cell Biology. 2(5). 288–295. 225 indexed citations

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Zaal, Kristien J.M., Carolyn L. Smith, Roman Polishchuk, et al.. (1999). Golgi Membranes Are Absorbed into and Reemerge from the ER during Mitosis. Cell. 99(6). 589–601. 285 indexed citations

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Presley, John F., et al.. (1998). Golgi Membrane Dynamics. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 9(7). 1617–1626. 73 indexed citations

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Lippincott‐Schwartz, Jennifer, Nelson B. Cole, & John F. Presley. (1998). Unravelling Golgi membrane traffic with green fluorescent protein chimeras. Trends in Cell Biology. 8(1). 16–20. 69 indexed citations

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Geiser, John R., Eric J. Schott, Tami J. Kingsbury, et al.. (1997). Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes required in the absence of the CIN8-encoded spindle motor act in functionally diverse mitotic pathways.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 8(6). 1035–1050. 171 indexed citations

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Presley, John F., Nelson B. Cole, Trina A. Schroer, et al.. (1997). ER-to-Golgi transport visualized in living cells. Nature. 389(6646). 81–85. 1000 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cole, Nelson B., et al.. (1996). Golgi dispersal during microtubule disruption: regeneration of Golgi stacks at peripheral endoplasmic reticulum exit sites.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 7(4). 631–650. 420 indexed citations

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Cole, Nelson B. & Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz. (1995). Organization of organelles and membrane traffic by microtubules. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 7(1). 55–64. 279 indexed citations

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Amegadzie, Bernard Y., Michael H. Holmes, Nelson B. Cole, et al.. (1991). Identification, sequence, and expression of the gene encoding the second-largest subunit of the vaccinia virus DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Virology. 180(1). 88–98. 37 indexed citations

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