Ruth Collins

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Ruth Collins is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Collins has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Cell Biology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ruth Collins's work include Cellular transport and secretion (26 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (10 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (9 papers). Ruth Collins is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (26 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (10 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (9 papers). Ruth Collins collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Ruth Collins's co-authors include Lisa Blackwell, Anthony Keech, Adrienne Kirby, Colin Baigent, R Peto, Georgina Buck, C Pollicino, T. Sourjina, Patricia M. Kearney and Peter Novick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Collins

35 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: pr... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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.

  1. Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: prospective meta-analysis of data from 90 056 participants in 14 randomised trials of statins
    2005 5.0k citations Colin Baigent, Anthony Keech et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruth Collins United States 21 3.6k 1.6k 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 36 6.6k
Jean Bergeron Canada 33 3.3k 0.9× 1.8k 1.1× 851 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 81 6.1k
Heiner Greten Germany 33 3.2k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 824 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 875 0.7× 78 5.3k
Marcello Arca Italy 43 2.9k 0.8× 2.1k 1.3× 1.3k 0.9× 2.1k 1.5× 360 0.3× 215 6.3k
Fernando Civeira Spain 43 4.9k 1.4× 2.4k 1.5× 1.4k 0.9× 1.9k 1.3× 1.0k 0.8× 286 8.0k
David W. Bilheimer United States 35 4.7k 1.3× 2.2k 1.4× 1.9k 1.3× 1.3k 0.9× 411 0.3× 61 7.5k
Sergio Fazio United States 44 4.6k 1.3× 2.3k 1.4× 1.4k 0.9× 1.9k 1.3× 821 0.6× 143 8.0k
Eran Leitersdorf Israel 41 5.2k 1.4× 2.5k 1.6× 2.8k 1.9× 1.3k 0.9× 314 0.2× 152 8.9k
Robert J. Konrad United States 47 2.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 2.2k 1.5× 757 0.5× 359 0.3× 151 6.9k
John R. Burnett Australia 36 2.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 956 0.7× 287 0.2× 164 4.6k
A. David Marais South Africa 35 3.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 480 0.4× 130 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ruth Collins

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth Collins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Collins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ruth Collins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ruth Collins 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 Ruth Collins. Ruth Collins is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rinaldi, Fábio C., Michael S. Packer, & Ruth Collins. (2015). New insights into the molecular mechanism of the Rab GTPase Sec4p activation. BMC Structural Biology. 15(1). 14–14. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Mengqiao & Ruth Collins. (2014). A lysine deacetylase Hos3 is targeted to the bud neck and involved in the spindle position checkpoint. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 25(18). 2720–2734. 6 indexed citations
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Heger, Christopher D., Christiane D. Wrann, & Ruth Collins. (2011). Phosphorylation Provides a Negative Mode of Regulation for the Yeast Rab GTPase Sec4p. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24332–e24332. 13 indexed citations
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Rahl, Peter B., et al.. (2008). Mutational analysis of βCOP (Sec26p) identifies an appendage domain critical for function. BMC Cell Biology. 9(1). 3–3. 9 indexed citations
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Rahl, Peter B. & Ruth Collins. (2008). Analysis of the Elp Complex and Its Role in Regulating Exocytosis. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 439. 315–325. 1 indexed citations
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Rahl, Peter B., Benjamin Briggs, Monica Calero, et al.. (2006). Bioinformatic and Comparative Localization of Rab Proteins Reveals Functional Insights into the Uncharacterized GTPases Ypt10p and Ypt11p. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(19). 7299–7317. 50 indexed citations
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Baigent, Colin, Anthony Keech, Patricia M. Kearney, et al.. (2005). Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: prospective meta-analysis of data from 90 056 participants in 14 randomised trials of statins. The Lancet. 366(9493). 1267–1278. 4980 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heidtman, Matthew, Catherine Z. Chen, Ruth Collins, & Charles Barlowe. (2005). Yos1p Is a Novel Subunit of the Yip1p–Yif1p Complex and Is Required for Transport between the Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Golgi Complex. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(4). 1673–1683. 44 indexed citations
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Rahl, Peter B., Catherine Z. Chen, & Ruth Collins. (2005). Elp1p, the Yeast Homolog of the FD Disease Syndrome Protein, Negatively Regulates Exocytosis Independently of Transcriptional Elongation. Molecular Cell. 17(6). 841–853. 141 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Gregory R., Peter B. Rahl, Ruth Collins, & Richard A. Cerione. (2003). Conserved Structural Motifs in Intracellular Trafficking Pathways. Molecular Cell. 12(3). 615–625. 44 indexed citations
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Collins, Ruth. (2003). Rab and ARF GTPase regulation of exocytosis (Review). Molecular Membrane Biology. 20(2). 105–115. 26 indexed citations
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Collins, Ruth. (2003). “Getting It On”—GDI Displacement and Small GTPase Membrane Recruitment. Molecular Cell. 12(5). 1064–1066. 21 indexed citations
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Calero, Monica, Nena J. Winand, & Ruth Collins. (2002). Identification of the novel proteins Yip4p and Yip5p as Rab GTPase interacting factors. FEBS Letters. 515(1-3). 89–98. 66 indexed citations
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Calero, Monica & Ruth Collins. (2002). Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pra1p/Yip3p Interacts with Yip1p and Rab Proteins. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 290(2). 676–681. 44 indexed citations
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Calero, Monica, Gary R. Whittaker, & Ruth Collins. (2001). Yop1p, the Yeast Homolog of the Polyposis Locus Protein 1, Interacts with Yip1p and Negatively Regulates Cell Growth. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(15). 12100–12112. 96 indexed citations
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Du, Li‐Lin, Ruth Collins, & Peter Novick. (1998). Identification of a Sec4p GTPase-activating Protein (GAP) as a Novel Member of a Rab GAP Family. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(6). 3253–3256. 74 indexed citations
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Collins, Ruth, Patrick Brennwald, Michelle D. Garrett, Adam S. Lauring, & Peter Novick. (1997). Interactions of Nucleotide Release Factor Dss4p with Sec4p in the Post-Golgi Secretory Pathway of Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(29). 18281–18289. 41 indexed citations
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Novick, Peter, Michelle D. Garrett, Patrick Brennwald, et al.. (1995). Control of Exocytosis in Yeast. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 60(0). 171–177. 12 indexed citations
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Collins, Ruth. (1993). CHOLESTEROL LOWERING TRIALS IN THEIR EPIDEMIOLOGIC CONTEXT. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 69.
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Peto, Richard, Salim Yusuf, & Ruth Collins. (1985). CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING TRIAL RESULTS IN THEIR EPIDEMIOLOGIC CONTEXT. Circulation. 72. 451–451. 66 indexed citations

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