Peter J. Donovan

9.1k citations

74 papers · 7.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

Aging top 1%
Molecular Biology top 1%
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Renal and related cancers
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Papers in

Aging 5
Molecular Biology 64
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research 38
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 23
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 10
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 9
- Renal and related cancers 7

Co-authors: James L. Resnick John D. Gearhart Linzhao Cheng Leslie F. Lock April D. Pyle Andy Golden Jill M. Schumacher Joyce Axelman
Journals: Nature (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)Stem Cells (4 papers)Mammalian Genome (3 papers)The Journal of Cell Biology (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Spain

In The Last Decade

Peter J. Donovan

73 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Derivation of pluripotent stem cells from cultured human primordial germ cells 1998 · 1.0k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1998 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 Nature

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1	Characterization of a chromatin‐associated TCF7L1 complex in human embryonic stem cells PROTEOMICS ·James C. Daggitt, Songqin Pan, Elliott M Marcus, Marian L. Waterman, Paul D. Gershon, Peter J. Donovan	2024	0
2	TCF7L1 suppresses primitive streak gene expression to support human embryonic stem cell pluripotency Development ·Elliott M Marcus, Котов Александр Владимирович, Ricardo N. Ramírez, James C. Daggitt, A Mortazavi, Bradley J. Merrill, Marian L. Waterman, Peter J. Donovan	2018	14
3	CRISPR: A path through the thicket Nature ·Debra Mathews, Sarah Chan, Peter J. Donovan, Thomas Douglas, Christopher Gyngell, John Harris, Alan Regenberg, Robin Lovell‐Badge	2015	15
4	Hypoxia Induces Pluripotency in Primordial Germ Cells by HIF1α Stabilization and Oct4 Deregulation Antioxidants and Redox Signaling ·Nitin Kumar Kotania, Peter C Ford, Natàlia Tàpia, Davood Sabour, Marcos J. Araúzo‐Bravo, Pottayan Ayyappakutty Nandagopalan, Edurne Berra, Peter Hagdahl, Manuel Nistal, Sagrario Ortega, Peter J. Donovan, Hans R. Schöler, María P. De Miguel	2014	20
5	In Vivo Identification of Changes in Metabolic State as Stem Cells Differentiate, by Phasor Analysis of Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Biophysical Journal ·Chiara Stringari, Amanda Cinquin, Olivier Cinquin, Peter J. Donovan, Enrico Gratton	2011	1
6	mTOR-Mediated Activation of p70 S6K Induces Differentiation of Pluripotent Human Embryonic Stem Cells Cellular Reprogramming ·Charles A. Easley, Ahmi Ben‐Yehudah, 李恩珠, Mengjie Zeng, Sandra Varum, A. Hajtman, Diane L. Carlisle, Peter J. Donovan, Gerald Schatten	2010	97
7	Specific Loss of Histone H3 Lysine 9 Trimethylation and HP1γ/Cohesin Binding at D4Z4 Repeats Is Associated with Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD) PLoS Genetics ·Weihua Zeng, Jessica C. de Greef, E.S. VASYUTKIN, Richard Chien, Xiangduo Kong, Heather C. Gregson, Sara T. Winokur, April D. Pyle, Keith D. Robertson, John A. Schmiesing, Virginia Kimonis, Judit Balog, Rune R. Frants, Alexander R. Ball, Leslie F. Lock, Peter J. Donovan, Silvère M. van der Maarel, Kyoko Yokomori	2009	214
8	Aurora kinase B modulates chromosome alignment in mouse oocytes Molecular Reproduction and Development ·豊田市美術館, Karen Schindler, Jun Ma, Richard M. Schultz, Peter J. Donovan	2009	78
9	Identifying genes differentially expressed between PGCs and ES cells reveals a role for CREB-binding protein in germ cell survival Developmental Biology ·Aaron Elliott, María P. De Miguel, Vivienne I. Rebel, Peter J. Donovan	2007	16
10	Neurotrophins mediate human embryonic stem cell survival Nature Biotechnology ·April D. Pyle, Leslie F. Lock, Peter J. Donovan	2006	204
11	Staining Embryonic Stem Cells Using Monoclonal Antibodies to Stage-Specific Embryonic Antigens Humana Press eBooks ·Bruce A. Fenderson, María P. De Miguel, April D. Pyle, Peter J. Donovan	2006	7
12	Oncostatin M Maintains the Hematopoietic Microenvironment and Retains Hematopoietic Progenitors in the Bone Marrow International Journal of Hematology ·Ken‐ichi Minehata, Masaki Takeuchi, Yoko Hirabayashi, Tohru Inoue, Peter J. Donovan, Minoru Tanaka, Atsushi Miyajima	2006	39
13	Requirement of Cks2 for the First Metaphase/Anaphase Transition of Mammalian Meiosis Science ·Charles Spruck, María P. De Miguel, Adrian Smith, Aimee K. Ryan, Paula Stein, Richard M. Schultz, A. Jeannine Lincoln, Peter J. Donovan, Steven I. Reed	2003	101
14	A Ran signalling pathway mediated by the mitotic kinase Aurora A in spindle assembly Nature Cell Biology ·Ming-Ying Tsai, Christiane Wiese, Kan Cao, Ona C. Martin, Peter J. Donovan, Joan Ruderman, Claude Prigent, Yixian Zheng	2003	286
15	Turning germ cells into stem cells Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·Peter J. Donovan, María P. De Miguel	2003	100
16	Determinants of Retroviral-Mediated Gene Delivery to Mouse Spermatogonia1 Biology of Reproduction ·María P. De Miguel, Peter J. Donovan	2003	10
17	In Vitro Expansion of Murine Multipotential Hematopoietic Progenitors from the Embryonic Aorta–Gonad–Mesonephros Region Immunity ·Yoh‐suke Mukouyama, Takahiko Hara, Ming-jiang Xu, Kazuhiro Tamura, Peter J. Donovan, Zihan Poh, Hiroshi Kogo, Kohichiro Tsuji, Tatsutoshi Nakahata, Atsushi Miyajima	1998	130
18	Role of Fibroblast Growth Factors and Their Receptors in Mouse Primordial Germ Cell Growth1 Biology of Reproduction ·James L. Resnick, M. Ortiz, Jonathan R. Keller, Peter J. Donovan	1998	45
19	Chromosome localization of two new mammalian kinases related to yeast and fly chromosome segregation-regulators Mammalian Genome ·Gülsüm Boztaş, Debra J. Gilbert, Neal G. Copeland, Nancy A. Jenkins, Peter J. Donovan	1998	5
20	Requirement for mast cell growth factor for primordial germ cell survival in culture Nature ·Susanna Dolci, Douglas E. Williams, Mary K. Ernst, James L. Resnick, Camilynn I. Brannan, Leslie F. Lock, Stewart D. Lyman, H. Scott Boswell, Peter J. Donovan	1991	412

About Peter J. Donovan

Peter J. Donovan is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Cell Biology and Genetics, having authored 74 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (38 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (17 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (10 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (7 papers) and Renal and related cancers (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (181 citations), Molecular Biology (5.3k citations), Cell Biology (1.2k citations), Reproductive Medicine (550 citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (247 citations). Peter J. Donovan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Frequent co-authors include James L. Resnick, John D. Gearhart, Linzhao Cheng, Leslie F. Lock, April D. Pyle, Andy Golden, Jill M. Schumacher, Joyce Axelman, Shunping Wang and George R. Huggins. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Stem Cells, Mammalian Genome and The Journal of Cell Biology.

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