Ron McKay

11.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
47 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Ron McKay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron McKay has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ron McKay's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (25 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (22 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers). Ron McKay is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (25 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (22 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers). Ron McKay collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Ron McKay's co-authors include Nadya Lumelsky, Lorenz Studer, Sang‐Hun Lee, Jonathan M. Auerbach, Elena Cattaneo, Iván Velasco, Thomas G. Hazel, Karl Johe, Thomas Müller and Millicent M. Dugich‐Djordjevic and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ron McKay

47 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Dopamine neurons derived from embryonic stem cells function in an animal model of Parkinson's disease

2002 1.2k citations Jong‐Hoon Kim, Jonathan M. Auerbach et al. profile →
Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Insulin-Secreting Structures Similar to Pancreatic Islets

2001 1.1k citations Ron McKay et al. profile →
Efficient generation of midbrain and hindbrain neurons from mouse embryonic stem cells

2000 1.0k citations Lorenz Studer, Jonathan M. Auerbach et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Single factors direct the differentiation of stem cells from the fetal and adult central nervous system.

1996 969 citations Karl Johe, Thomas G. Hazel et al. Genes & Development profile →
Proliferation and differentiation of neuronal stem cells regulated by nerve growth factor

1990 612 citations Elena Cattaneo, Ron McKay profile →
Enhanced Proliferation, Survival, and Dopaminergic Differentiation of CNS Precursors in Lowered Oxygen

2000 573 citations Lorenz Studer, Ron McKay et al. profile →
Hypoxia promotes expansion of the CD133-positive glioma stem cells through activation of HIF-1α

2009 533 citations Akio Soeda, Akiva Mintz et al. Oncogene profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Ron McKay

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ron McKay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ron McKay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ron McKay based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ron McKay. Ron McKay is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Hes3 regulates cell number in cultures from glioblastoma multiforme with stem cell characteristics 2013 ·Scientific Reports ·Deric M. Park, Jinkyu Jung, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sarama Saha, (unknown), (unknown), Simone Pacioni, Ron McKay, Steven Poser, Andreas Androutsellis‐Theotokis	27
2	Long-term survival and differentiation of retinal neurons derived from human embryonic stem cell lines in un-immunosuppressed mouse retina. 2012 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Kyeyoon Park, Matthew Brooks, Ron McKay, Anand Swaroop, Igor O. Nasonkin	98
3	Neurovascular Signals Suggest a Propagation Mechanism for Endogenous Stem Cell Activation Along Blood Vessels 2012 ·CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets ·(unknown), Maria Adele Rueger, Stefan R. Bornstein, Ron McKay, Andreas Androutsellis‐Theotokis	10
4	Hypoxia promotes expansion of the CD133-positive glioma stem cells through activation of HIF-1α breakdown → 2009 ·Oncogene ·Akio Soeda, (unknown), (unknown), Akiva Mintz, Andreas Androutsellis‐Theotokis, Ron McKay, Johnathan A. Engh, Toru Iwama, Takahiro Kunisada, Amin Kassam, Ian F. Pollack, (unknown)	533
5	Will Stem Cell Biology Generate New Therapies for Parkinson's Disease? 2008 ·Neuron ·Ron McKay, Raja Kittappa	20
6	Cleavage of neuronal synaptosomal‐associated protein of 25 kDa by exogenous matrix metalloproteinase‐7 2007 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·Arek Szklarczyk, George A. Oyler, Ron McKay, Charles R. Gerfen, Katherine Conant	24
7	Fibroblast Growth Factor 20 Polymorphisms and Haplotypes Strongly Influence Risk of Parkinson Disease 2004 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Joelle M. van der Walt, Maher Noureddine, Raja Kittappa, Michael A. Hauser, William K. Scott, Ron McKay, Fengyu Zhang, Jeffrey M. Stajich, Kenichiro Fujiwara, B.L. Scott, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Jeffery M. Vance, Eden R. Martin	106
8	Generating CNS Neurons from Embryonic, Fetal, and Adult Stem Cells 2003 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Jong‐Hoon Kim, David M. Panchision, Raja Kittappa, Ron McKay	26
9	Building Animals from Stem Cells 2002 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Ron McKay	4
10	A more astonishing hypothesis 2002 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Ron McKay	16
11	Transplanted CNS stem cells form functional synapses in vivo 2000 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Jonathan M. Auerbach, Maribeth V. Eiden, Ron McKay	75
12	Transplantation of expanded mesencephalic precursors leads to recovery in parkinsonian rats 1998 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Lorenz Studer, Viviane Tabar, Ron McKay	433
13	Overexpression of the NMDA receptor subunit NR2D alters CA1 pyramidal cell morphology 1997 ·The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts ·Heather A. Cameron, Shigeo Okabe, Ron McKay	1
14	Single factors direct the differentiation of stem cells from the fetal and adult central nervous system. breakdown → 1996 ·Genes & Development ·Karl Johe, Thomas G. Hazel, Thomas Müller, Millicent M. Dugich‐Djordjevic, Ron McKay	969
15	Independent regulatory elements in the nestin gene direct transgene expression to neural stem cells or muscle precursors 1994 ·Neuron ·Lyle B. Zimmerman, Urban Lendahl, Miles G. Cunningham, Ron McKay, Brian A. Parr, Brian Gavin, Jeff Mann, Galya Vassileva, Andrew P. McMahon	495
16	Multipotential stem cells in the vertebrate CNS 1992 ·PubMed ·Martha J. Marvin, Ron McKay	12
17	Transplantation of a temperature‐sensitive, nerve growth factor‐secreting, neuroblastoma cell line into adult rats with fimbria–fornix lesions rescues cholinergic septal neurons 1991 ·Journal of Neuroscience Research ·Scott R. Whittemore, Vicky R. Holets, Robert W. Keane, (unknown), Ron McKay	61
18	Identifying and manipulating neuronal stem cells 1991 ·Trends in Neurosciences ·Elena Cattaneo, Ron McKay	49
19	Immortalization of precursor cells from the mammalian CNS 1988 ·Neuron ·Kristen Frederiksen, Parmjit Jat, N Valtz, (unknown), Ron McKay	280
20	Where Do Different Neurons Come From? 1988 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Ron McKay	3

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