Patricia Kensel-Hammes

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Patricia Kensel-Hammes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Patricia Kensel-Hammes has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Patricia Kensel-Hammes's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (6 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (6 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). Patricia Kensel-Hammes is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (6 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (6 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). Patricia Kensel-Hammes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Japan. Patricia Kensel-Hammes's co-authors include Sandra Bajjalieh, Berkley A. Lynch, B. B. Fuks, Karl Nocka, Nathalie Lambeng, Alain Matagne, Jia Yao, Amy Nowack, Richard G. Gardner and Bryant S. Fujimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Patricia Kensel-Hammes

8 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

  1. The synaptic vesicle protein SV2A is the binding site for the antiepileptic drug levetiracetam
    2004 1.1k citations Berkley A. Lynch, Nathalie Lambeng et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patricia Kensel-Hammes United States 8 896 801 576 521 327 8 1.6k
M J During United States 22 1.1k 1.3× 489 0.6× 1.0k 1.8× 151 0.3× 81 0.2× 28 2.1k
Julika Pitsch Germany 20 841 0.9× 383 0.5× 620 1.1× 94 0.2× 104 0.3× 43 1.4k
Sebastian Ivens Germany 12 787 0.9× 669 0.8× 494 0.9× 312 0.6× 27 0.1× 16 1.7k
Li‐Dong Huang China 13 552 0.6× 528 0.7× 719 1.2× 202 0.4× 64 0.2× 19 1.5k
Stéphanie Schorge United Kingdom 29 1.6k 1.8× 629 0.8× 1.8k 3.1× 266 0.5× 62 0.2× 67 3.0k
Cheolsu Shin United States 18 719 0.8× 632 0.8× 247 0.4× 267 0.5× 69 0.2× 33 1.4k
Norman K. So United States 21 830 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 364 0.6× 287 0.6× 59 0.2× 34 1.7k
Raffaella Morini Italy 19 447 0.5× 152 0.2× 436 0.8× 147 0.3× 114 0.3× 37 1.3k
Rikke S. Møller Denmark 28 426 0.5× 792 1.0× 1.0k 1.8× 316 0.6× 100 0.3× 121 2.4k
Donncha F. O’Brien Ireland 16 401 0.4× 315 0.4× 721 1.3× 222 0.4× 42 0.1× 37 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patricia Kensel-Hammes

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All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Yang, Wendy, Paul D. Lampe, Patricia Kensel-Hammes, et al.. (2019). Connexin 43 Functions as a Positive Regulator of Stem Cell Differentiation into Definitive Endoderm and Pancreatic Progenitors. iScience. 19. 450–460. 11 indexed citations
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Mutch, Sarah, Patricia Kensel-Hammes, Bryant S. Fujimoto, et al.. (2011). Protein Quantification at the Single Vesicle Level Reveals That a Subset of Synaptic Vesicle Proteins Are Trafficked with High Precision. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(4). 1461–1470. 147 indexed citations
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Mutch, Sarah, Bryant S. Fujimoto, Patricia Kensel-Hammes, et al.. (2011). Determining the number of specific proteins in cellular compartments by quantitative microscopy. Nature Protocols. 6(12). 1953–1968. 25 indexed citations
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Yao, Jia, Amy Nowack, Patricia Kensel-Hammes, Richard G. Gardner, & Sandra Bajjalieh. (2010). Cotrafficking of SV2 and Synaptotagmin at the Synapse. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(16). 5569–5578. 127 indexed citations
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Morgans, Catherine W., Patricia Kensel-Hammes, James B. Hurley, et al.. (2009). Loss of the Synaptic Vesicle Protein SV2B Results in Reduced Neurotransmission and Altered Synaptic Vesicle Protein Expression in the Retina. PLoS ONE. 4(4). e5230–e5230. 46 indexed citations
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Fujimoto, Bryant S., et al.. (2009). Large Structural Change in Isolated Synaptic Vesicles upon Loading with Neurotransmitter. Biophysical Journal. 97(9). 2577–2584. 49 indexed citations
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Mochida, Sumiko, et al.. (2005). SV2A and SV2C contain a unique synaptotagmin-binding site. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 29(1). 56–64. 72 indexed citations
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Lynch, Berkley A., Nathalie Lambeng, Karl Nocka, et al.. (2004). The synaptic vesicle protein SV2A is the binding site for the antiepileptic drug levetiracetam. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(26). 9861–9866. 1112 indexed citations breakdown →

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