Tess Whitwam

1.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
7 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Tess Whitwam is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tess Whitwam has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Tess Whitwam's work include Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (3 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (2 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2 papers). Tess Whitwam is often cited by papers focused on Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (3 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (2 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2 papers). Tess Whitwam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Tess Whitwam's co-authors include Ardem Patapoutian, Andrew B. Ward, Swetha E. Murthy, Kei Saotome, Jennifer M. Kefauver, Stuart M. Cahalan, Adrienne E. Dubin, Seyed Ali Reza Mousavi, Sebastian Jojoa-Cruz and Daniel T. Sweet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tess Whitwam

7 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structure of the mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1

2017 427 citations Kei Saotome, Swetha E. Murthy et al. Nature profile →
OSCA/TMEM63 are an evolutionarily conserved family of mechanically activated ion channels

2018 243 citations Swetha E. Murthy, Adrienne E. Dubin et al. eLife profile →
Mechanically activated ion channel PIEZO1 is required for lymphatic valve formation

2018 197 citations Keiko Nonomura, Viktor Lukacs et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Tess Whitwam

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Jennifer M. Kefauver United States

Khadar Abdi United States

Richard J. Bookman United States

Radhakrishnan Gnanasambandam United States

Tiao Xie United States

Nikky Corthout Belgium

Sylvie Coscoy France

Sangwon Min United States

Michael Andäng Sweden

Jennifer M. Kefauver United States

Tess Whitwam

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870 ×1.4

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340 ×1.4

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299 ×1.4

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122 ×1.3

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Citations per year, relative to Tess Whitwam Tess Whitwam (= 1×) peers Jennifer M. Kefauver

Countries citing papers authored by Tess Whitwam

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tess Whitwam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tess Whitwam

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

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Tzeng, Christopher P., Tess Whitwam, Lisa D. Boxer, et al.. (2023). Activity-induced MeCP2 phosphorylation regulates retinogeniculate synapse refinement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(44). e2310344120–e2310344120. 3 indexed citations

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Boxer, Lisa D., William Renthal, Tess Whitwam, et al.. (2019). MeCP2 Represses the Rate of Transcriptional Initiation of Highly Methylated Long Genes. Molecular Cell. 77(2). 294–309.e9. 79 indexed citations

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Kefauver, Jennifer M., Kei Saotome, Adrienne E. Dubin, et al.. (2018). Structure of the human volume regulated anion channel. eLife. 7. 101 indexed citations

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Nonomura, Keiko, Viktor Lukacs, Daniel T. Sweet, et al.. (2018). Mechanically activated ion channel PIEZO1 is required for lymphatic valve formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(50). 12817–12822. 197 indexed citations breakdown →

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Murthy, Swetha E., Adrienne E. Dubin, Tess Whitwam, et al.. (2018). OSCA/TMEM63 are an evolutionarily conserved family of mechanically activated ion channels. eLife. 7. 243 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saotome, Kei, Swetha E. Murthy, Jennifer M. Kefauver, et al.. (2017). Structure of the mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1. Nature. 554(7693). 481–486. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kato, Masato, et al.. (2016). An Atypical Tropomyosin in Drosophila with Intermediate Filament-like Properties. Cell Reports. 16(4). 928–938. 27 indexed citations

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