Robert E. Cohen

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
72 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Cohen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Cohen has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Oncology and 17 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Cohen's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (40 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (21 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (13 papers). Robert E. Cohen is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (40 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (21 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (13 papers). Robert E. Cohen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Robert E. Cohen's co-authors include Tingting Yao, Cecile M. Pickart, Clinton E. Ballou, George Demartino, Joshua J. Sims, Wei Xu, Y. Amy Lam, Ling Song, Min Hu and Yigong Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Cohen

71 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

A cryptic protease couples deubiquitination and degradation by the proteasome

2002 593 citations Tingting Yao, Robert E. Cohen profile →
Proteasomes and their kin: proteases in the machine age

2004 567 citations Cecile M. Pickart, Robert E. Cohen Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
Crystal Structure of a UBP-Family Deubiquitinating Enzyme in Isolation and in Complex with Ubiquitin Aldehyde

2002 515 citations Min Hu, Pingwei Li et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert E. Cohen United States	38	5.7k	1.7k	1.4k	1.2k	668	72	6.8k
Jonathan M. Goldberg United States	39	4.6k 0.8×	883 0.5×	3.0k 2.1×	455 0.4×	451 0.7×	55	7.3k
Jens Schneider‐Mergener Germany	47	5.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	666 0.5×	593 0.5×	557 0.8×	124	7.5k
Eric Spooner United States	43	5.6k 1.0×	886 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	501 0.8×	58	8.4k
Rudolf Volkmer Germany	47	6.1k 1.1×	753 0.4×	762 0.5×	697 0.6×	471 0.7×	155	8.1k
Sung Key Jang South Korea	49	5.4k 1.0×	802 0.5×	399 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	755 1.1×	127	8.8k
Marco Rusnati Italy	55	5.8k 1.0×	996 0.6×	2.0k 1.5×	534 0.4×	660 1.0×	174	9.0k
Frank R. Masiarz United States	39	5.5k 1.0×	792 0.5×	638 0.5×	994 0.8×	1000 1.5×	52	8.2k
Ger J. Strous Netherlands	48	5.8k 1.0×	880 0.5×	3.1k 2.2×	491 0.4×	556 0.8×	126	8.5k
Marcelo Ehrlich Israel	35	3.9k 0.7×	705 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	454 0.4×	565 0.8×	102	6.1k
Kirill Alexandrov Australia	47	5.5k 1.0×	540 0.3×	2.7k 1.9×	417 0.3×	376 0.6×	178	7.4k

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Eskelinen, Eeva‐Liisa, et al.. (2025). Trafficking of K63-polyubiquitin–modified membrane proteins in a macroautophagy-independent pathway is linked to ATG9A. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 36(4). ar42–ar42. 1 indexed citations

Fischer, Tara D., Eric Bunker, Peng-Peng Zhu, et al.. (2024). STING induces HOIP-mediated synthesis of M1 ubiquitin chains to stimulate NF-κB signaling. The EMBO Journal. 44(1). 141–165. 6 indexed citations

Choi, Yun‐Seok, et al.. (2023). Avidity-based biosensors for ubiquitylated PCNA reveal choreography of DNA damage bypass. Science Advances. 9(36). eadf3041–eadf3041. 4 indexed citations

Passos, Carolina dos Santos, Yun‐Seok Choi, Christopher D. Snow, Tingting Yao, & Robert E. Cohen. (2021). Design of genetically encoded sensors to detect nucleosome ubiquitination in live cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(4). 7 indexed citations

Choi, Yun‐Seok, et al.. (2019). High-affinity free ubiquitin sensors for quantifying ubiquitin homeostasis and deubiquitination. Nature Methods. 16(8). 771–777. 21 indexed citations

Choi, Yun‐Seok, Seo‐Yeon Lee, Lei Shi, et al.. (2014). Differential Ubiquitin Binding by the Acidic Loops of Ube2g1 and Ube2r1 Enzymes Distinguishes Their Lys-48-ubiquitylation Activities. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(4). 2251–2263. 23 indexed citations

Nakasone, Mark A., Nurit Livnat‐Levanon, Michael H. Glickman, Robert E. Cohen, & David Fushman. (2013). Mixed-Linkage Ubiquitin Chains Send Mixed Messages. Structure. 21(5). 727–740. 85 indexed citations

Samara, N.L., Ajit B. Datta, Christopher Berndsen, et al.. (2010). Structural Insights into the Assembly and Function of the SAGA Deubiquitinating Module. Science. 328(5981). 1025–1029. 178 indexed citations

Winborn, Brett J, Sue M. Travis, Sokol V. Todi, et al.. (2008). The Deubiquitinating Enzyme Ataxin-3, a Polyglutamine Disease Protein, Edits Lys63 Linkages in Mixed Linkage Ubiquitin Chains. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(39). 26436–26443. 213 indexed citations

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Yao, Tingting, Ling Song, Jingji Jin, et al.. (2008). Distinct Modes of Regulation of the Uch37 Deubiquitinating Enzyme in the Proteasome and in the Ino80 Chromatin-Remodeling Complex. Molecular Cell. 31(6). 909–917. 124 indexed citations

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Lee, Daeyeon, et al.. (2007). pH-Dependent Structure and Properties of TiO₂/SiO₂Nanoparticle Multilayer Thin Films. Chemistry of Materials. 19(6). 1427–1433. 108 indexed citations

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Yao, Tingting, Ling Song, Wei Xu, et al.. (2006). Proteasome recruitment and activation of the Uch37 deubiquitinating enzyme by Adrm1. Nature Cell Biology. 8(9). 994–1002. 275 indexed citations

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Hu, Min, Pingwei Li, Ling Song, et al.. (2005). Structure and mechanisms of the proteasome‐associated deubiquitinating enzyme USP14. The EMBO Journal. 24(21). 3747–3756. 339 indexed citations

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Wicks, Stephen J., et al.. (2005). The deubiquitinating enzyme UCH37 interacts with Smads and regulates TGF-β signalling. Oncogene. 24(54). 8080–8084. 150 indexed citations

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Pickart, Cecile M. & Robert E. Cohen. (2004). Proteasomes and their kin: proteases in the machine age. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 5(3). 177–187. 567 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yao, Tingting & Robert E. Cohen. (2000). Cyclization of Polyubiquitin by the E2-25K Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(47). 36862–36868. 25 indexed citations

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Lam, Y. Amy, George Demartino, Cecile M. Pickart, & Robert E. Cohen. (1997). Specificity of the Ubiquitin Isopeptidase in the PA700 Regulatory Complex of 26 S Proteasomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(45). 28438–28446. 80 indexed citations

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Shaeffer, Joseph R. & Robert E. Cohen. (1997). Ubiquitin Aldehyde Increases Adenosine Triphosphate–Dependent Proteolysis of Hemoglobin α-Subunits in β-Thalassemic Hemolysates. Blood. 90(3). 1300–1308. 15 indexed citations

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Cohen, Robert E., et al.. (1990). Gingival Manifestations of Wegener's Granulomatosis. Journal of Periodontology. 61(11). 705–709. 23 indexed citations

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Lehle, Ludwig, Robert E. Cohen, & Clinton E. Ballou. (1979). Carbohydrate structure of yeast invertase. Demonstration of a form with only core oligosaccharides and a form with completed polysaccharide chains.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 254(23). 12209–12218. 78 indexed citations

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