Sarah J. Bray

13.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
125 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Sarah J. Bray is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah J. Bray has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Cell Biology and 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sarah J. Bray's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (83 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (32 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (21 papers). Sarah J. Bray is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (83 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (32 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (21 papers). Sarah J. Bray collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Sarah J. Bray's co-authors include José F. de Celis, Marc Furriols, Alena Krejčı́, Christos Delidakis, Antonio Garcı́a-Bellido, Kim M. Blankenship, Anette Preiss, Fred Bernard, Jay Hirsh and Michael Merson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sarah J. Bray

121 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

Notch signalling: a simple pathway becomes complex

2006 2.1k citations Sarah J. Bray profile →
Notch signalling in context

2016 708 citations Sarah J. Bray profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah J. Bray United Kingdom	54	8.0k	1.8k	1.7k	1.3k	1.2k	125	10.1k
Andrew P. Jackson United Kingdom	45	8.1k 1.0×	998 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	105	11.6k
Alfonso Martínez Arias United Kingdom	56	9.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	577 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	151	11.0k
S. Steven Potter United States	60	9.2k 1.1×	715 0.4×	811 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	3.0k 2.5×	166	12.4k
Robert Sullivan Canada	52	5.1k 0.6×	336 0.2×	1.3k 0.7×	948 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	128	9.5k
Marcelo B. Soares United States	49	5.0k 0.6×	521 0.3×	490 0.3×	868 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	127	8.0k
Ethylin Wang Jabs United States	58	8.6k 1.1×	653 0.4×	640 0.4×	605 0.5×	7.9k 6.7×	243	14.7k
James L. Weber United States	51	5.6k 0.7×	674 0.4×	497 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	5.8k 4.9×	131	13.2k
Jeffrey R. Gulcher Iceland	47	2.9k 0.4×	721 0.4×	376 0.2×	780 0.6×	2.7k 2.3×	81	7.5k
Yoshitake Nishimune Japan	48	6.1k 0.8×	470 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	3.2k 2.7×	215	11.0k
Fowzan S. Alkuraya Saudi Arabia	59	6.8k 0.9×	635 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	4.6k 3.9×	385	11.5k

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Roussos, Charalambos, et al.. (2026). Pioneer-factor activity requires stable chromatin occupancy mediated by both sequence-specific binding and disordered protein domains. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). 1 indexed citations

Bray, Sarah J., Stephen Royle, Holly A. Shiels, & Daniel St Johnston. (2025). The Company of Biologists: celebrating 100 years. Biology Open. 14(1).

Bray, Sarah J., Stephen Royle, Holly A. Shiels, & Daniel St Johnston. (2025). The Company of Biologists: celebrating 100 years. Journal of Cell Science. 138(1). 1 indexed citations

Roussos, Charalambos, et al.. (2024). Dynamic modes of Notch transcription hubs conferring memory and stochastic activation revealed by live imaging the co-activator Mastermind. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations

Roussos, Charalambos, et al.. (2023). Dynamic modes of Notch transcription hubs conferring memory and stochastic activation revealed by live imaging the co-activator Mastermind. eLife. 12. 9 indexed citations

Sanjuan, Julia Falo & Sarah J. Bray. (2022). Notch-dependent and -independent transcription are modulated by tissue movements at gastrulation. eLife. 11. 9 indexed citations

Géminard, Charles, Patrice Lassus, Lisa Héron‐Milhavet, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms underlying the cooperation between loss of epithelial polarity and Notch signaling during neoplastic growth in Drosophila. Development. 149(3). 5 indexed citations

Martins, Torcato, Yao Meng, Steven Johnson, et al.. (2021). The conserved C2 phospholipid‐binding domain in Delta contributes to robust Notch signalling. EMBO Reports. 22(10). e52729–e52729. 4 indexed citations

Sanjuan, Julia Falo & Sarah J. Bray. (2021). Membrane architecture and adherens junctions contribute to strong Notch pathway activation. Development. 148(19). 6 indexed citations

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Sanjuan, Julia Falo & Sarah J. Bray. (2019). Decoding the Notch signal. Development Growth & Differentiation. 62(1). 4–14. 40 indexed citations

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Bray, Sarah J., et al.. (2019). SWI / SNF chromatin remodeling controls Notch‐responsive enhancer accessibility. EMBO Reports. 20(5). 27 indexed citations

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Bray, Sarah J., et al.. (2018). A population of adult satellite-like cells in Drosophila is maintained through a switch in RNA-isoforms. eLife. 7. 31 indexed citations

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Skalska, Lenka, Robert Stojnic, Jinghua Li, et al.. (2015). Chromatin signatures at Notch‐regulated enhancers reveal large‐scale changes in H3K56ac upon activation. The EMBO Journal. 34(14). 1889–1904. 61 indexed citations

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Fu, Audrey Qiuyan, Steven Russell, & Sarah J. Bray. (2012). BAYESIAN CLUSTERING OF REPLICATED TIME-COURSE GENE EXPRESSION DATA WITH WEAK SIGNALS. 6 indexed citations

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Djiane, Alexandre, Hideyuki Shimizu, Marian B. Wilkin, et al.. (2011). Su(dx) E3 ubiquitin ligase–dependent and –independent functions of Polychaetoid, the Drosophila ZO-1 homologue. The Journal of Cell Biology. 192(1). 189–200. 31 indexed citations

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Housden, Benjamin E., et al.. (2010). The cytolinker Pigs is a direct target and a negative regulator of Notch signalling. Development. 137(6). 913–922. 21 indexed citations

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Bray, Sarah J., et al.. (2009). Lines is required for normal operation of Wingless, Hedgehog and Notch pathways during wing development. Development. 136(7). 1211–1221. 12 indexed citations

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Monastirioti, Maria, Νικόλαος Γιαγτζόγλου, Mara Almeida, et al.. (2009). Drosophila Hey is a target of Notch in asymmetric divisions during embryonic and larval neurogenesis. Development. 137(2). 191–201. 48 indexed citations

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Krejčı́, Alena, et al.. (2009). Direct Response to Notch Activation: Signaling Crosstalk and Incoherent Logic. Science Signaling. 2(55). ra1–ra1. 133 indexed citations

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Celis, José F. de, Sarah J. Bray, & Antonio Garcı́a-Bellido. (1997). Notch signalling regulates veinlet expression and establishes boundaries between veins and interveins in the Drosophila wing. Development. 124(10). 1919–1928. 164 indexed citations

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