Richard Axel

54.8k total citations · 43 hit papers
186 papers, 42.9k citations indexed

About

Richard Axel is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Axel has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 42.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 67 papers in Molecular Biology and 54 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Richard Axel's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (67 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (54 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (33 papers). Richard Axel is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (67 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (54 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (33 papers). Richard Axel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Richard Axel's co-authors include Linda B. Buck, Àngel Pellicer, Saul J. Silverstein, Michael Wigler, Leslie B. Vosshall, Catherine Dulac, Allan M. Wong, Paul J. Maddon, Monica Mendelsohn and Robert Vassar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Richard Axel

185 papers receiving 40.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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 novel multigene family may encode odorant receptors: A molecular basis for odor recognition

1991 3.5k citations Linda B. Buck, Richard Axel Cell profile →
The T4 gene encodes the AIDS virus receptor and is expressed in the immune system and the brain

1986 1.7k citations Paul J. Maddon, Angus Dalgleish et al. Cell profile →
Visualizing an Olfactory Sensory Map

1996 1.6k citations Fan Wang, Adriana Nemes et al. Cell profile →
Transformation of mammalian cells with genes from procaryotes and eucaryotes

1979 1.3k citations Raymond W. Sweet, Tom Maniatis et al. Cell profile →
DNA-mediated transfer of the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase locus into mammalian cells.

1979 1.3k citations Richard Axel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Transfer of purified herpes virus thymidine kinase gene to cultured mouse cells

1977 1.2k citations Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
Biochemical transfer of single-copy eucaryotic genes using total cellular DNA as donor

1978 1.2k citations Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
Topographic organization of sensory projections to the olfactory bulb

1994 1.0k citations Leslie B. Vosshall, Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
A Spatial Map of Olfactory Receptor Expression in the Drosophila Antenna

1999 891 citations Leslie B. Vosshall, Hubert Amrein et al. Cell profile →
Allelic inactivation regulates olfactory receptor gene expression

1994 855 citations Andrew Chess, Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
An Olfactory Sensory Map in the Fly Brain

2000 820 citations Leslie B. Vosshall, Allan M. Wong et al. Cell profile →
A novel family of genes encoding putative pheromone receptors in mammals

1995 791 citations Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
Spatial segregation of odorant receptor expression in the mammalian olfactory epithelium

1993 692 citations John Ngai, Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
Two-Photon Calcium Imaging Reveals an Odor-Evoked Map of Activity in the Fly Brain

2003 634 citations Jing W. Wang, Allan M. Wong et al. Cell profile →
The neuronal architecture of the mushroom body provides a logic for associative learning

2014 634 citations Richard Axel et al. profile →
Analysis of transcriptional regulatory signals of the HSV thymidine kinase gene: Identification of an upstream control region

1981 602 citations Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
The isolation and nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding the T cell surface protein T4: a new member of the immunoglobulin gene family

1985 595 citations Paul J. Maddon, Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
Molecular Characterization of a Functional cDNA Encoding the Serotonin 1c Receptor

1988 586 citations Richard Axel et al. profile →
A Chemosensory Gene Family Encoding Candidate Gustatory and Olfactory Receptors in Drosophila

2001 537 citations Pavel Morozov, Andrey Rzhetsky et al. Cell profile →
The genetic design of signaling cascades to record receptor activation

2007 528 citations Gilad Barnea, Walter Strapps et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A family of glutamate receptor genes: Evidence for the formation of heteromultimeric receptors with distinct channel properties

1990 497 citations Richard Axel et al. Neuron profile →
Odorant Receptors Govern the Formation of a Precise Topographic Map

1998 489 citations Fan Wang, Adriana Nemes et al. Cell profile →
Crystal structure of an HIV-binding recombinant fragment of human CD4

1990 463 citations Alemseged Truneh, James Arthos et al. profile →
soluble form of CD4 (T4) protein inhibits AIDS virus infection

1988 460 citations Keith C. Deen, J. Steven McDougal et al. profile →
Spatial Representation of the Glomerular Map in the Drosophila Protocerebrum

2002 451 citations Allan M. Wong, Jing W. Wang et al. Cell profile →
Isolation and sequence of a cDNA encoding the major structural protein of peripheral myelin

1985 449 citations Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
Mice Deficient in Golf Are Anosmic

1998 446 citations Richard Axel et al. Neuron profile →
Selective digestion of transcriptionally active ovalbumin genes from oviduct nuclei.

1976 444 citations Richard Axel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Altered sexual and social behaviors in trp2 mutant mice

2002 431 citations Richard Axel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A single population of olfactory sensory neurons mediates an innate avoidance behaviour in Drosophila

2004 422 citations Allan M. Wong, Jing W. Wang et al. profile →
A novel ras-related gene family

1985 372 citations Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
Identification of the residues in human CD4 critical for the binding of HIV

1989 320 citations James Arthos, Keith C. Deen et al. Cell profile →
Spontaneous Neural Activity Is Required for the Establishment and Maintenance of the Olfactory Sensory Map

2004 313 citations Gilad Barnea, Richard Axel et al. Neuron profile →
Functional interaction between human T-cell protein CD4 and the major histocompatibility complex HLA-DR antigen

1987 306 citations Paul J. Maddon, Richard Axel et al. profile →
Ectopic Expression of the Serotonin 1c Receptor and the Triggering of Malignant Transformation

1989 297 citations Richard Axel et al. profile →
A bipotential neuroendocrine precursor whose choice of cell fate is determined by NGF and glucocorticoids

1986 297 citations Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
Differences in human α- and β-globin gene expression in mouse erythroleukemia cells: The role of intragenic sequences

1984 284 citations Richard Axel, Tom Maniatis et al. Cell profile →
An Olfactory Sensory Map Develops in the Absence of Normal Projection Neurons or GABAergic Interneurons

1998 272 citations Fan Wang, Richard Axel et al. Neuron profile →
A single gene encodes multiple neuropeptides mediating a stereotyped behavior

1983 260 citations Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
Intragenic DNA spacers interrupt the ovalbumin gene

1978 258 citations Raymond W. Sweet, Richard Axel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Transforming DNA integrates into the host chromosome

1981 245 citations Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →
Cleavage of DNA in nuclei and chromatin with staphylococcal nuclease

1975 215 citations Richard Axel profile →
Regulated expression of human growth hormone genes in mouse cells

1982 187 citations Richard Axel et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The spatial and temporal structure of neural activity across the fly brain 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Evan Schaffer, Neeli Mishra, Matthew R Whiteway, Wenze Li, (unknown), (unknown), Kripa Patel, Venkatakaushik Voleti, Liam Paninski, Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, L. F. Abbott, Richard Axel	18
2	A brain atlas for the camouflaging dwarf cuttlefish, Sepia bandensis 2023 ·Current Biology ·Tessa G. Montague, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Adriana Nemes, (unknown), Luke A. Hammond, (unknown), (unknown), Jia Guo, Richard Axel	8
3	Olfactory landmarks and path integration converge to form a cognitive spatial map 2021 ·Neuron ·(unknown), David G. Clark, Narendra R. Joshi, (unknown), Lacey Kitch, Mark J. Schnitzer, L. F. Abbott, Richard Axel	33
4	Individual bitter-sensing neurons in Drosophila exhibit both ON and OFF responses that influence synaptic plasticity 2021 ·Current Biology ·Anita V. Devineni, (unknown), (unknown), Richard Axel	21
5	Evolving the olfactory system with machine learning 2021 ·Neuron ·Peter Y. Wang, (unknown), Richard Axel, L. F. Abbott, Guangyu Robert Yang	24
6	Synaptic Organization of Anterior Olfactory Nucleus Inputs to Piriform Cortex 2020 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Marco J. Russo, Kevin M. Franks, (unknown), Richard Axel, Steven A. Siegelbaum	17
7	Visualizing Neuromodulation In Vivo: TANGO-Mapping of Dopamine Signaling Reveals Appetite Control of Sugar Sensing 2012 ·Cell ·H. Inagaki, (unknown), Allan M. Wong, S. Jagadish, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Gilad Barnea, Toshihiro Kitamoto, Richard Axel, David J. Anderson	4
8	The genetic design of signaling cascades to record receptor activation breakdown → 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Gilad Barnea, Walter Strapps, Gilles Herrada, Yemiliya Berman, Jane Jun‐Xin Ong, Brian Kloss, Richard Axel, Kevin J. Lee	528
9	Geruch und Empfindung: eine molekulare Logik der olfaktorischen Wahrnehmung (Nobel‐Vortrag) 2005 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Richard Axel	11
10	Promoter Choice Determines Splice Site Selection in Protocadherin α and γ Pre-mRNA Splicing 2002 ·Molecular Cell ·Bosiljka Tasic, Christoph E. Nabholz, Kristin K. Baldwin, Young-Wook Kim, Erroll H. Rueckert, Scott Ribich, P. Cramer, Qiang Wu, Richard Axel, Tom Maniatis	244
11	Spatial Representation of the Glomerular Map in the Drosophila Protocerebrum breakdown → 2002 ·Cell ·Allan M. Wong, Jing W. Wang, Richard Axel	451
12	A Spatial Map of Olfactory Receptor Expression in the Drosophila Antenna breakdown → 1999 ·Cell ·Leslie B. Vosshall, Hubert Amrein, Pavel Morozov, Andrey Rzhetsky, Richard Axel	891
13	Odorant Receptors Govern the Formation of a Precise Topographic Map breakdown → 1998 ·Cell ·Fan Wang, Adriana Nemes, Monica Mendelsohn, Richard Axel	489
14	Genes Expressed in Neurons of Adult Male Drosophila 1997 ·Cell ·Hubert Amrein, Richard Axel	184
15	Molecular Biology of Smell: Expression of the Multigene Family Encoding Putative Odorant Receptors 1992 ·Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Andrew Chess, Linda B. Buck, (unknown), Richard Axel, John Ngai	27
16	Role of CD4 in the Penetration of Cells by HIV 1991 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·J. Steven McDougal, Paul J. Maddon, (unknown), (unknown), Angus Dalgleish, (unknown), Robin A. Weiss, Richard Axel	9
17	STRUCTURAL-ANALYSIS OF THE HIV GP120 BINDING DOMAIN OF THE CD4 RECEPTOR 1990 ·AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·James Arthos, Keith C. Deen, (unknown), Quentin J. Sattentau, Paul J. Maddon, Richard Axel, (unknown), Allan R. Shatzman, Alemseged Truneh, Raymond W. Sweet	2
18	HIV infection does not require endocytosis of its receptor, CD4 1988 ·Cell ·Paul J. Maddon, J. Steven McDougal, (unknown), Angus Dalgleish, Sumayah Jamal, Robin A. Weiss, Richard Axel	192
19	Glucocorticoids Enhance Stability of Human Growth Hormone mRNA 1987 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·(unknown), Richard Axel	59
20	Alternative splicing in individual aplysia neurons generates neuropeptide diversity 1987 ·Cell ·Linda B. Buck, (unknown), Richard Axel	43

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