Paul A. Janmey

59.4k total citations · 19 hit papers
430 papers, 47.0k citations indexed

About

Paul A. Janmey is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul A. Janmey has authored 430 papers receiving a total of 47.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 267 papers in Cell Biology, 129 papers in Molecular Biology and 94 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Paul A. Janmey's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (229 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (57 papers) and Blood properties and coagulation (45 papers). Paul A. Janmey is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (229 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (57 papers) and Blood properties and coagulation (45 papers). Paul A. Janmey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Germany. Paul A. Janmey's co-authors include Dennis E. Discher, Yu-Li Wang, Penelope C. Georges, Thomas P. Stossel, F. C. MacKintosh, Ilya Levental, John H. Hartwig, Josef A. Käs, Robert Bucki and Lisa A. Flanagan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Paul A. Janmey

426 papers receiving 46.3k citations

Hit Papers

Tissue Cells Feel and Respond to the Stiffne... 1985 2026 1998 2012 2005 2004 2020 2005 1995 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. Tissue Cells Feel and Respond to the Stiffness of Their Substrate
    2005 5.0k citations Dennis E. Discher, Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  2. Effects of substrate stiffness on cell morphology, cytoskeletal structure, and adhesion
    2004 1.9k citations Tony Yeung, Penelope C. Georges et al. profile →
  3. Effects of extracellular matrix viscoelasticity on cellular behaviour
    2020 1.5k citations Ovijit Chaudhuri, Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  4. Nonlinear elasticity in biological gels
    2005 1.3k citations Jennifer J. Pastore, Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  5. Elasticity of Semiflexible Biopolymer Networks
    1995 871 citations Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  6. Fibroblast Adaptation and Stiffness Matching to Soft Elastic Substrates
    2007 835 citations Jérôme Solon, Ilya Levental et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
  7. Soft biological materials and their impact on cell function
    2006 728 citations Ilya Levental, Penelope C. Georges et al. profile →
  8. MARCKS is an actin filament crosslinking protein regulated by protein kinase C and calcium–calmodulin
    1992 630 citations Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  9. The Cytoskeleton and Cell Signaling: Component Localization and Mechanical Coupling
    1998 619 citations Paul A. Janmey profile →
  10. Neurite branching on deformable substrates
    2002 615 citations Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  11. Matrices with Compliance Comparable to that of Brain Tissue Select Neuronal over Glial Growth in Mixed Cortical Cultures
    2006 587 citations Penelope C. Georges, William J. Miller et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
  12. Phosphoinositide Regulation of the Actin Cytoskeleton
    2003 569 citations Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  13. Viscoelastic properties of vimentin compared with other filamentous biopolymer networks.
    1991 566 citations Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  14. Thrombin receptor ligation and activated rac uncap actin filament barbed ends through phosphoinositide synthesis in permeabilized human platelets
    1995 565 citations Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  15. Modulation of gelsolin function by phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
    1987 555 citations Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  16. Fibrin gels and their clinical and bioengineering applications
    2008 527 citations Paul A. Janmey, Jessamine Winer‐Jones et al. profile →
  17. Nonmuscle Actin-Binding Proteins
    1985 513 citations Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →
  18. Control of cell morphology and differentiation by substrates with independently tunable elasticity and viscous dissipation
    2018 317 citations Elisabeth E. Charrier, Katarzyna Pogoda et al. profile →
  19. Stiffness Sensing by Cells
    2019 287 citations Paul A. Janmey et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul A. Janmey United States 105 24.3k 14.2k 14.1k 5.5k 4.1k 430 47.0k
Christopher S. Chen United States 111 22.0k 0.9× 27.4k 1.9× 13.7k 1.0× 7.0k 1.3× 3.7k 0.9× 403 51.5k
Dennis E. Discher United States 95 18.2k 0.7× 21.0k 1.5× 18.3k 1.3× 14.2k 2.6× 3.7k 0.9× 317 58.5k
Benjamin Geiger Israel 102 23.8k 1.0× 7.4k 0.5× 18.8k 1.3× 2.6k 0.5× 3.2k 0.8× 342 43.4k
Michael P. Sheetz United States 113 26.7k 1.1× 9.0k 0.6× 20.8k 1.5× 1.6k 0.3× 6.7k 1.6× 367 45.5k
Valerie M. Weaver United States 77 15.6k 0.6× 11.0k 0.8× 12.4k 0.9× 3.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 184 36.6k
Donald E. Ingber United States 155 26.6k 1.1× 40.4k 2.9× 29.0k 2.1× 6.9k 1.3× 4.1k 1.0× 454 88.9k
H. Lee Sweeney United States 81 10.6k 0.4× 9.2k 0.6× 18.2k 1.3× 3.8k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 279 34.6k
Kenneth M. Yamada United States 140 25.4k 1.0× 10.0k 0.7× 28.8k 2.0× 4.3k 0.8× 2.8k 0.7× 701 71.9k
Roger D. Kamm United States 100 7.5k 0.3× 16.5k 1.2× 9.8k 0.7× 4.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.3× 460 35.9k
Martin A. Schwartz United States 107 19.2k 0.8× 5.5k 0.4× 22.6k 1.6× 1.6k 0.3× 1.8k 0.5× 409 46.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Janmey, Paul A., et al.. (2023). Local fat content determines global and local stiffness in livers with simple steatosis. FASEB BioAdvances. 5(6). 251–261. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Xingyu, Dongning Chen, Ehsan Ban, et al.. (2022). Glycosaminoglycans modulate long-range mechanical communication between cells in collagen networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(15). e2116718119–e2116718119. 32 indexed citations
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Janmey, Paul A., et al.. (2021). Fibrous Hydrogels under Multi‐Axial Deformation: Persistence Length as the Main Determinant of Compression Softening. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(18). 17 indexed citations
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Broussard, Joshua A., Daniel E. Conway, Alexander R. Dunn, et al.. (2020). Scaling up single-cell mechanics to multicellular tissues – the role of the intermediate filament–desmosome network. Journal of Cell Science. 133(6). 47 indexed citations
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Chin, LiKang, et al.. (2020). Lipid droplets disrupt mechanosensing in human hepatocytes. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 319(1). G11–G22. 28 indexed citations
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Kenchappa, Rajappa S., Vandana Rai, James F. Crish, et al.. (2019). Myosin IIA suppresses glioblastoma development in a mechanically sensitive manner. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(31). 15550–15559. 43 indexed citations
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Gong, Ze, Spencer E. Szczesny, Steven R. Caliari, et al.. (2018). Matching material and cellular timescales maximizes cell spreading on viscoelastic substrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(12). E2686–E2695. 211 indexed citations
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Holle, Andrew W., Jennifer L. Young, Krystyn J. Van Vliet, et al.. (2017). Cell–Extracellular Matrix Mechanobiology: Forceful Tools and Emerging Needs for Basic and Translational Research. Nano Letters. 18(1). 1–8. 115 indexed citations
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Perepelyuk, Maryna, Masahiko Terajima, Andrew Y. Wang, et al.. (2013). Hepatic stellate cells and portal fibroblasts are the major cellular sources of collagens and lysyl oxidases in normal liver and early after injury. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 304(6). G605–G614. 141 indexed citations
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Mendez, Melissa G. & Paul A. Janmey. (2012). Transcription factor regulation by mechanical stress. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 44(5). 728–732. 55 indexed citations
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Miller, William J., et al.. (2009). Mechanically Induced Reactive Gliosis Causes ATP-Mediated Alterations in Astrocyte Stiffness. Journal of Neurotrauma. 26(5). 789–797. 48 indexed citations
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Winer‐Jones, Jessamine, Paul A. Janmey, Margaret E. McCormick, & Makoto Funaki. (2008). Bone Marrow-Derived Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Become Quiescent on Soft Substrates but Remain Responsive to Chemical or Mechanical Stimuli. Tissue Engineering Part A. 15(1). 147–154. 291 indexed citations
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Bucki, Robert, Fitzroy J. Byfield, Alina Kułakowska, et al.. (2008). Extracellular Gelsolin Binds Lipoteichoic Acid and Modulates Cellular Response to Proinflammatory Bacterial Wall Components. The Journal of Immunology. 181(7). 4936–4944. 68 indexed citations
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Solon, Jérôme, Ilya Levental, Kheya Sengupta, Penelope C. Georges, & Paul A. Janmey. (2007). Fibroblast Adaptation and Stiffness Matching to Soft Elastic Substrates. Biophysical Journal. 93(12). 4453–4461. 835 indexed citations breakdown →
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Georges, Penelope C., Zoltán Gombos, Margaret E. McCormick, et al.. (2007). Increased stiffness of the rat liver precedes matrix deposition: implications for fibrosis. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 293(6). G1147–G1154. 432 indexed citations
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Georges, Penelope C., Oliver I. Wagner, Tony Yeung, & Paul A. Janmey. (2004). Biopolymer Networks and Cellular Mechanosensing. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 17(2). 2 indexed citations
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Korde, Neha, Robert Bucki, Jennifer J. Pastore, et al.. (2002). Purification of salmon thrombin and its potential as an alternative to mammalian thrombins in fibrin sealants. Thrombosis Research. 107(5). 245–254. 32 indexed citations
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Janmey, Paul A.. (1995). Protein regulation by phosphatidylinositol lipids. Chemistry & Biology. 2(2). 61–65. 48 indexed citations
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Takata, Satoru, Mitsunobu Matsubara, Philip G. Allen, et al.. (1994). Remodeling of neutrophil phospholipids with 15(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid inhibits leukotriene B4-induced neutrophil migration across endothelium.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 93(2). 499–508. 68 indexed citations

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