Scott J. Dixon

56.3k total citations · 22 hit papers
96 papers, 31.0k citations indexed

About

Scott J. Dixon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott J. Dixon has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 31.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 55 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 33 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Scott J. Dixon's work include Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (55 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (31 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (28 papers). Scott J. Dixon is often cited by papers focused on Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (55 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (31 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (28 papers). Scott J. Dixon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Scott J. Dixon's co-authors include Brent R. Stockwell, Rachid Skouta, Caroline E. Gleason, Wan Seok Yang, Michael R. Lamprecht, Andras J. Bauer, Alexandra M. Cantley, Kathryn M. Lemberg, Barclay Morrison and Jennifer Yinuo Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Scott J. Dixon

90 papers receiving 30.9k 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.

Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death

2012 12.8k citations Scott J. Dixon, Brent R. Stockwell et al. profile →
The CoQ oxidoreductase FSP1 acts parallel to GPX4 to inhibit ferroptosis

2019 2.6k citations Leslie Magtanong, Scott J. Dixon et al. Nature profile →
The role of iron and reactive oxygen species in cell death

2013 1.9k citations Scott J. Dixon, Brent R. Stockwell Nature Chemical Biology profile →
Pharmacological inhibition of cystine–glutamate exchange induces endoplasmic reticulum stress and ferroptosis

2014 1.6k citations Scott J. Dixon, Brent R. Stockwell et al. profile →
Mechanisms of ferroptosis

2016 1.2k citations Jennifer Yinuo Cao, Scott J. Dixon profile →
Ferrostatins Inhibit Oxidative Lipid Damage and Cell Death in Diverse Disease Models

2014 872 citations Scott J. Dixon, Brent R. Stockwell et al. profile →
Human Haploid Cell Genetics Reveals Roles for Lipid Metabolism Genes in Nonapoptotic Cell Death

2015 817 citations Scott J. Dixon, Brent R. Stockwell et al. profile →
Global survey of cell death mechanisms reveals metabolic regulation of ferroptosis

2016 816 citations Scott J. Dixon, Brent R. Stockwell et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →
Exogenous Monounsaturated Fatty Acids Promote a Ferroptosis-Resistant Cell State

2019 780 citations Leslie Magtanong, Jennifer Yinuo Cao et al. profile →
GPX4 at the Crossroads of Lipid Homeostasis and Ferroptosis

2019 758 citations Giovanni C. Forcina, Scott J. Dixon profile →
The cell biology of ferroptosis

2024 582 citations Scott J. Dixon et al. profile →
Prominin2 Drives Ferroptosis Resistance by Stimulating Iron Export

2019 460 citations Caitlin W. Brown, John J. Amante et al. Developmental Cell profile →
The Hallmarks of Ferroptosis

2018 455 citations Scott J. Dixon, Brent R. Stockwell profile →
p53 Suppresses Metabolic Stress-Induced Ferroptosis in Cancer Cells

2018 454 citations Amy Tarangelo, Leslie Magtanong et al. Cell Reports profile →
Ferroptosis occurs through an osmotic mechanism and propagates independently of cell rupture

2020 350 citations Tom Levin, Noah J. Steinberg et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Regulation of ferroptosis by lipid metabolism

2023 314 citations Scott J. Dixon et al. profile →
Protein palmitoylation and cancer

2018 285 citations Scott J. Dixon et al. profile →
Ferroptotic mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of iron metabolism and lipid peroxidation in the kidney

2023 195 citations Hülya Bayır, Scott J. Dixon et al. Nature Reviews Nephrology profile →
Ferroptosis: A flexible constellation of related biochemical mechanisms

2023 120 citations Scott J. Dixon, Derek A. Pratt profile →
CDKN2A deletion remodels lipid metabolism to prime glioblastoma for ferroptosis

2023 102 citations Danielle Morrow, Nicholas Bayley et al. profile →
Ferroptosis regulation by the NGLY1/NFE2L1 pathway

2022 73 citations Giovanni C. Forcina, Wentao Dong et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Recommendations for robust and reproducible research on ferroptosis

2025 21 citations Derek A. Pratt, Scott J. Dixon et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Lipid Composition Alters Ferroptosis Sensitivity 2025 ·Cancer Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Justin P. Ingram, (unknown), Julie J. Purkal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sarah Kongpachith, Darren C. Phillips, Scott J. Dixon, Relja Popovic	0
2	Data from Lipid Composition Alters Ferroptosis Sensitivity 2025 ·(unknown), (unknown), Justin P. Ingram, (unknown), Julie J. Purkal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sarah Kongpachith, Darren C. Phillips, Scott J. Dixon, Relja Popovic	0
3	Mechanisms of ferroptosis sensitization and resistance 2025 ·Developmental Cell ·Weaverly Colleen Lee, Scott J. Dixon	11
4	A guide to using small-molecule ferroptosis inhibitors 2025 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Derek A. Pratt, Scott J. Dixon	0
5	Monitoring of cancer ferroptosis with [¹⁸F]hGTS13, a system xc- specific radiotracer 2024 ·Theranostics ·Abraham S. Moses, R.S. Malek, (unknown), (unknown), Madeleine Landry, Marco Herrera‐Barrera, Ali Khojasteh, (unknown), (unknown), Jody E. Hooper, Melanie Hayden Gephart, Scott J. Dixon, Lawrence D. Recht, Corinne Beinat	3
6	Integrated molecular and functional characterization of the intrinsic apoptotic machinery identifies therapeutic vulnerabilities in glioma 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Elízabeth Fernández, X. Wilson, (unknown), Nicholas Bayley, Jiyoon Kim, Henan Zhu, Marissa S. Pioso, Pauline Young, (unknown), (unknown), Linda M. Liau, Gang Li, William H. Yong, Fausto J. Rodriguez, Scott J. Dixon, Andrew J. Souers, Jingyi Jessica Li, Thomas G. Graeber, Timothy F. Cloughesy, David A. Nathanson	4
7	Waves of ferroptotic cell death sculpt embryonic tissue 2024 ·Nature ·(unknown), Scott J. Dixon	1
8	TMET-12. CDKN2A DELETION REMODELS LIPID METABOLISM TO PRIME GLIOBLASTOMA FOR FERROPTOSIS 2023 ·Neuro-Oncology ·(unknown), Danielle Morrow, Nicholas Bayley, Elízabeth Fernández, Jennifer J. Salinas, (unknown), Henan Zhu, Baolong Su, Alessandro Sammarco, Linda M. Liau, Thomas G. Graeber, Kevin Jon Williams, Timothy F. Cloughesy, Scott J. Dixon, Steven J. Bensinger, David A. Nathanson	1
9	Ferroptotic mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of iron metabolism and lipid peroxidation in the kidney breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Reviews Nephrology ·Hülya Bayır, Scott J. Dixon, Yulia Y. Tyurina, John A. Kellum, Valerian E. Kagan	195
10	Ferroptosis regulation by the NGLY1/NFE2L1 pathway breakdown → 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Giovanni C. Forcina, (unknown), (unknown), Wentao Dong, Monther Abu-Remaileh, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Scott J. Dixon	73
11	Nucleotide biosynthesis links glutathione metabolism to ferroptosis sensitivity 2022 ·Life Science Alliance ·Amy Tarangelo, (unknown), Joon T. Kim, Leslie Magtanong, Jonathan Z. Long, Scott J. Dixon	33
12	Oxaliplatin disrupts nucleolar function through biophysical disintegration 2022 ·Cell Reports ·Hermann Broder Schmidt, Zane A. Jaafar, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter K. Jackson, Manuel D. Leonetti, Scott J. Dixon, Rajat Rohatgi, Onn Brandman	33
13	A compendium of kinetic modulatory profiles identifies ferroptosis regulators 2021 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·(unknown), Carson D. Poltorack, Giovanni C. Forcina, (unknown), (unknown), Marcos Perez, (unknown), (unknown), Leslie Magtanong, Jennifer L. Watts, Derek A. Pratt, Scott J. Dixon	116
14	Ferroptosis occurs through an osmotic mechanism and propagates independently of cell rupture breakdown → 2020 ·Nature Cell Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tom Levin, Noah J. Steinberg, Scott J. Dixon, Ulrich Wiesner, Michelle S. Bradbury, Philipp Niethammer, Assaf Zaritsky, Michael Overholtzer	350
15	Prominin2 Drives Ferroptosis Resistance by Stimulating Iron Export breakdown → 2019 ·Developmental Cell ·Caitlin W. Brown, John J. Amante, Peter Chhoy, Ameer L. Elaimy, Haibo Liu, Lihua Julie Zhu, Christina E. Baer, Scott J. Dixon, Arthur M. Mercurio	460
16	Heat stress induces ferroptosis-like cell death in plants 2017 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Ayelén Mariana Distéfano, María Victoria Martin, (unknown), Andrés Bellido, Sebastián D’Ippólito, Silvana Lorena Colman, (unknown), (unknown), Carlos G. Bartoli, Eduardo Zabaleta, Diego F. Fiol, Brent R. Stockwell, Scott J. Dixon, Gabriela Carolina Pagnussat	187
17	Systematic Quantification of Population Cell Death Kinetics in Mammalian Cells 2017 ·Cell Systems ·Giovanni C. Forcina, (unknown), (unknown), Jennifer Yinuo Cao, Scott J. Dixon	67
18	An UNC-40 pathway directs postsynaptic membrane extension in Caenorhabditis elegans 2009 ·Development ·Mariam Alexander, (unknown), Alexandra B. Byrne, Guillermo Selman, Teresa Lee, Jasmine Ono, Eric A. Wong, (unknown), Scott J. Dixon, Peter J. Roy	36
19	Identifying druggable disease-modifying gene products 2009 ·Current Opinion in Chemical Biology ·Scott J. Dixon, Brent R. Stockwell	78
20	Muscle arm development in Caenorhabditis elegans 2005 ·Development ·Scott J. Dixon, Peter J. Roy	58

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