Ron Vale

8.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
43 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

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Ron Vale is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron Vale has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cell Biology, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ron Vale's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (24 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (8 papers). Ron Vale is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (24 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (8 papers). Ron Vale collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Portugal. Ron Vale's co-authors include Michael P. Sheetz, Thomas S. Reese, Nico Stuurman, Arthur Edelstein, Nenad Amodaj, A. J. Hudspeth, Jonathon Howard, Viki Allan, J Niclas and Fady I. Malik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ron Vale

42 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identification of a novel force-generating protein, kinesin, involved in microtubule-based motility

1985 1.6k citations Ron Vale, Thomas S. Reese et al. Cell profile →
Computer Control of Microscopes Using µManager

2010 1.3k citations Arthur Edelstein, Nenad Amodaj et al. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology profile →
Movement of microtubules by single kinesin molecules

1989 715 citations Jonathon Howard, A. J. Hudspeth et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ron Vale United States	27	4.2k	4.1k	614	489	408	43	6.6k
Vladimir I. Gelfand United States	53	5.9k 1.4×	5.5k 1.3×	1.4k 2.2×	482 1.0×	521 1.3×	146	8.9k
Timothy J. Mitchison United States	35	5.6k 1.3×	4.0k 1.0×	628 1.0×	812 1.7×	334 0.8×	39	8.5k
Bruce J. Schnapp United States	32	4.1k 1.0×	4.1k 1.0×	927 1.5×	596 1.2×	306 0.8×	45	7.5k
Robert A. Cross United Kingdom	42	3.7k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	321 0.5×	202 0.4×	333 0.8×	121	5.4k
William M. Bement United States	47	4.3k 1.0×	3.7k 0.9×	644 1.0×	328 0.7×	304 0.7×	102	6.9k
Manfred Schliwa Germany	51	5.7k 1.4×	5.3k 1.3×	858 1.4×	435 0.9×	734 1.8×	134	9.9k
Peter J.M. Van Haastert Netherlands	49	4.8k 1.1×	4.4k 1.1×	876 1.4×	708 1.4×	411 1.0×	190	8.3k
Giorgio Scita Italy	57	4.8k 1.2×	5.3k 1.3×	823 1.3×	360 0.7×	192 0.5×	141	9.8k
Tim Mitchison United States	21	6.3k 1.5×	5.7k 1.4×	641 1.0×	378 0.8×	776 1.9×	26	8.2k
Samara L. Reck‐Peterson United States	33	3.6k 0.9×	3.8k 0.9×	358 0.6×	270 0.6×	257 0.6×	75	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ron Vale

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Jönsson, Erik, et al.. (2025). Kinetic regulation of kinesin’s two motor domains coordinates its stepping along microtubules. eLife. 14. 1 indexed citations

Vega, Anthony R., Jonathon A. Ditlev, D Köster, et al.. (2018). Differential LAT Microcluster Composition and ACTIN-Dependent Movement at the Immunological Synapse Center. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 201a–201a.

Edelstein, Arthur, et al.. (2010). Computer Control of Microscopes Using µManager. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. 92(1). Unit14.20–Unit14.20. 1274 indexed citations breakdown →

Stuurman, Nico, et al.. (2007). μManager: Open Source Software for Light Microscope Imaging. Microscopy Today. 15(3). 42–43. 76 indexed citations

Vale, Ron. (2005). Ron Vale. Current Biology. 15(24). R976–R977. 1 indexed citations

Rego, Rosa, Nídia S. Caetano, Ron Vale, & Adélio Mendes. (2004). Development of a new gas sensor for binary mixtures based on the permselectivity of polymeric membranes. Application to oxygen/nitrogen mixture. Journal of Membrane Science. 244(1-2). 35–44. 6 indexed citations

Shepard, Kelly A., André P. Gerber, Ashwini Jambhekar, et al.. (2003). Widespread cytoplasmic mRNA transport in yeast: Identification of 22 bud-localized transcripts using DNA microarray analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(20). 11429–11434. 238 indexed citations

Rice, Selena L., et al.. (2003). Thermodynamic Properties of the Kinesin Neck-Region Docking to the Catalytic Core. Biophysical Journal. 84(3). 1844–1854. 137 indexed citations

Vale, Ron. (1996). Switches, latches, and amplifiers: common themes of G proteins and molecular motors.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 135(2). 291–302. 221 indexed citations

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Sablin, Elena P., F. Jon Kull, Roger Cooke, Ron Vale, & R.J. Fletterick. (1996). Three-dimensional structure of the motor domain of NCD, a kinesin-related motor with reversed polarity of movement. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 52(a1). C211–C211. 5 indexed citations

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Coppin, C, J.T. Finer, J A Spudich, & Ron Vale. (1996). Detection of sub-8-nm movements of kinesin by high-resolution optical-trap microscopy.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93(5). 1913–1917. 87 indexed citations

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Niclas, J, et al.. (1996). Differential Expression of Ubiquitous and Neuronal Kinesin Heavy Chains During Differentiation of Human Neuroblastoma and PC12 Cells. European Journal of Neuroscience. 8(3). 536–544. 24 indexed citations

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Vale, Ron, Fady I. Malik, & David T. Brown. (1992). Directional instability of microtubule transport in the presence of kinesin and dynein, two opposite polarity motor proteins.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 119(6). 1589–1596. 108 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Takashi, Kazuya Furusawa, Satoshi Ohashi, et al.. (1991). Nucleotide specificity of the enzymatic and motile activities of dynein, kinesin, and heavy meromyosin.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 112(6). 1189–1197. 67 indexed citations

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Vale, Ron. (1990). Protein motors and Maxwell's demons: Does mechanochemical transduction involve a thermal ratchet?. Advances in Biophysics. 26. 97–134. 180 indexed citations

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Howard, Jonathon, A. J. Hudspeth, & Ron Vale. (1989). Movement of microtubules by single kinesin molecules. Nature. 342(6246). 154–158. 715 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vale, Ron & Hirokazu Hotani. (1988). Formation of membrane networks in vitro by kinesin-driven microtubule movement.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 107(6). 2233–2241. 138 indexed citations

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Vale, Ron. (1987). Intracellular Transport Using Microtubule-Based Motors. PubMed. 3(1). 347–378. 298 indexed citations

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Vale, Ron, Thomas S. Reese, & Michael P. Sheetz. (1985). Identification of a novel force-generating protein, kinesin, involved in microtubule-based motility. Cell. 42(1). 39–50. 1578 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fox, Colin, Michael Wrann, Peter S. Linsley, & Ron Vale. (1979). Hormone‐induced modification of EGF receptor proteolysis in the induction of EGF action. Journal of Supramolecular Structure. 12(4). 517–531. 28 indexed citations

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