Ryan C. Russell

7.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
36 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Ryan C. Russell is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan C. Russell has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Epidemiology, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ryan C. Russell's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (20 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (6 papers). Ryan C. Russell is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (20 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (6 papers). Ryan C. Russell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Ryan C. Russell's co-authors include Kun‐Liang Guan, Hai‐Xin Yuan, Jenna L. Jewell, Hyun Woo Park, Joungmok Kim, Young Chul Kim, Thomas P. Neufeld, Ye Tian, Haerin Kim and Andrew Dillin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ryan C. Russell

33 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

ULK1 induces autophagy by phosphorylating Beclin-1 and activating VPS34 lipid kinase

2013 1.3k citations Ryan C. Russell, Hai‐Xin Yuan et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Amino acid signalling upstream of mTOR

2013 694 citations Jenna L. Jewell, Ryan C. Russell et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
Differential Regulation of Distinct Vps34 Complexes by AMPK in Nutrient Stress and Autophagy

2013 642 citations Joungmok Kim, Young Chul Kim et al. Cell profile →
Differential regulation of mTORC1 by leucine and glutamine

2015 572 citations Jenna L. Jewell, Young Chul Kim et al. profile →
Autophagy regulation by nutrient signaling

2013 557 citations Ryan C. Russell, Hai‐Xin Yuan et al. Cell Research profile →
The multifaceted role of autophagy in cancer

2022 139 citations Ryan C. Russell, Kun‐Liang Guan profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan C. Russell United States	25	3.4k	2.8k	1.3k	672	602	36	5.8k
Zhifen Yang China	19	2.9k 0.9×	3.9k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	503 0.7×	487 0.8×	46	6.5k
Satoko Arakawa Japan	27	2.7k 0.8×	3.1k 1.1×	984 0.7×	465 0.7×	788 1.3×	49	5.2k
Marco Corazzari Italy	35	2.7k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	589 0.9×	449 0.7×	87	5.6k
Shouqing Luo United Kingdom	30	3.4k 1.0×	3.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	366 0.5×	800 1.3×	52	6.4k
Maria Høyer-Hansen Denmark	22	2.5k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	508 0.8×	369 0.6×	27	4.5k
Chieko Kishi Japan	7	3.3k 1.0×	4.8k 1.7×	1.4k 1.0×	536 0.8×	581 1.0×	8	6.5k
Sophie Pattingre France	23	3.6k 1.1×	4.9k 1.7×	1.5k 1.1×	604 0.9×	507 0.8×	28	7.0k
Akiko Kuma Japan	21	2.7k 0.8×	4.4k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	365 0.5×	584 1.0×	28	5.9k
David G. McEwan United Kingdom	20	3.0k 0.9×	4.1k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	353 0.5×	589 1.0×	27	5.8k
Xiao Huan Liang United States	7	3.1k 0.9×	4.6k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	561 0.8×	356 0.6×	9	5.9k

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Kim, Minjun, Lars Egevad, Simon Tanguay, et al.. (2025). Loss of VHL-mediated pRb regulation promotes clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 307–307. 1 indexed citations

Gatica, Damián, Boran Li, Rudolf Mueller, et al.. (2025). The ER-phagy receptor FAM134B is targeted by Salmonella Typhimurium to promote infection. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2923–2923. 1 indexed citations

Rousseaux, Maxime W.C., et al.. (2025). Identification of organelle-specific autophagy regulators from tandem CRISPR screens. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(10).

Gatica, Damián, et al.. (2025). Salmonella Typhimurium exploits the reticulophagy/ERphagy receptor RETREG1 to promote infection. Autophagy. 21(12). 3416–3418.

Russell, Ryan C., Bo Guo, Jicai Zeng, et al.. (2025). Combining field datasets and mathematical modeling to quantify PFAS leaching and mass discharge at an AFFF-impacted site. Water Research. 286. 124063–124063. 1 indexed citations

Russell, Ryan C., et al.. (2021). Regulation of Autophagy Enzymes by Nutrient Signaling. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 46(8). 687–700. 66 indexed citations

Guo, Zhihao, Micaël Carrier, Marie‐Ève Tremblay, et al.. (2019). An antibody for analysis of autophagy induction. Nature Methods. 17(2). 232–239. 46 indexed citations

LeBlond, Nicholas D., Yujin Suk, Zhihao Guo, et al.. (2019). AMPK Promotes Xenophagy through Priming of Autophagic Kinases upon Detection of Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles. Cell Reports. 26(8). 2150–2165.e5. 51 indexed citations

Abd‐Elrahman, Khaled S., et al.. (2017). mGluR5 antagonism increases autophagy and prevents disease progression in the zQ175 mouse model of Huntington’s disease. Science Signaling. 10(510). 70 indexed citations

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Guo, Hui‐Shan, Charlotte Javalet, Fiona J. Hemming, et al.. (2017). Atg5 Disassociates the V1V0-ATPase to Promote Exosome Production and Tumor Metastasis Independent of Canonical Macroautophagy. Developmental Cell. 43(6). 716–730.e7. 227 indexed citations

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Nemazanyy, Ivan, Guillaume Montagnac, Ryan C. Russell, et al.. (2015). Class III PI3K regulates organismal glucose homeostasis by providing negative feedback on hepatic insulin signalling. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8283–8283. 35 indexed citations

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Yuan, Hai‐Xin, Ryan C. Russell, & Kun‐Liang Guan. (2013). Regulation of PIK3C3/VPS34 complexes by MTOR in nutrient stress-induced autophagy. Autophagy. 9(12). 1983–1995. 229 indexed citations

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Jewell, Jenna L., Ryan C. Russell, & Kun‐Liang Guan. (2013). Amino acid signalling upstream of mTOR. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 14(3). 133–139. 694 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kim, Joungmok, Young Chul Kim, Chong Fang, et al.. (2013). Differential Regulation of Distinct Vps34 Complexes by AMPK in Nutrient Stress and Autophagy. Cell. 152(1-2). 290–303. 642 indexed citations breakdown →

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Russell, Ryan C., Hai‐Xin Yuan, & Kun‐Liang Guan. (2013). Autophagy regulation by nutrient signaling. Cell Research. 24(1). 42–57. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tumaneng, Karen, Ryan C. Russell, & Kun‐Liang Guan. (2012). Organ Size Control by Hippo and TOR Pathways. Current Biology. 22(9). R368–R379. 147 indexed citations

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Tumaneng, Karen, Karin Schlegelmilch, Ryan C. Russell, et al.. (2012). YAP mediates crosstalk between the Hippo and PI(3)K–TOR pathways by suppressing PTEN via miR-29. Nature Cell Biology. 14(12). 1322–1329. 392 indexed citations

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Russell, Ryan C., Roxana I. Sufan, Bing Zhou, et al.. (2011). Loss of JAK2 regulation via a heterodimeric VHL-SOCS1 E3 ubiquitin ligase underlies Chuvash polycythemia. Nature Medicine. 17(7). 845–853. 58 indexed citations

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Koeman, Julie, Ryan C. Russell, Min‐Han Tan, et al.. (2008). Correction: Somatic Pairing of Chromosome 19 in Renal Oncocytoma Is Associated with Deregulated EGLN2-Mediated Oxygen-Sensing Response. PLoS Genetics. 4(9). 3 indexed citations

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Maeda, Motoi, Carmine Carpenito, Ryan C. Russell, et al.. (2005). Murine CD160, Ig-Like Receptor on NK Cells and NKT Cells, Recognizes Classical and Nonclassical MHC Class I and Regulates NK Cell Activation. The Journal of Immunology. 175(7). 4426–4432. 67 indexed citations

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