Thomas R. Cox

15.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
132 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas R. Cox is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas R. Cox has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Oncology and 23 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas R. Cox's work include Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (23 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (20 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (19 papers). Thomas R. Cox is often cited by papers focused on Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (23 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (20 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (19 papers). Thomas R. Cox collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Denmark. Thomas R. Cox's co-authors include Janine T. Erler, Georgina Lang, D. K. Bird, Holly E. Barker, Amato J. Giaccia, Ann‐Marie Baker, Kevin L. Bennewith, Quynh‐Thu Le, Albert C. Koong and Alison Gartland and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Thomas R. Cox

118 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Pre-metastatic niches: organ-specific homes for metastases

2017 1.4k citations Thomas R. Cox, Amato J. Giaccia et al. profile →
Remodeling and homeostasis of the extracellular matrix: implications for fibrotic diseases and cancer

2011 1.2k citations Thomas R. Cox, Janine T. Erler profile →
Hypoxia-Induced Lysyl Oxidase Is a Critical Mediator of Bone Marrow Cell Recruitment to Form the Premetastatic Niche

2009 951 citations Janine T. Erler, Kevin L. Bennewith et al. Cancer Cell profile →
The matrix in cancer

2021 634 citations Thomas R. Cox profile →
LOX-Mediated Collagen Crosslinking Is Responsible for Fibrosis-Enhanced Metastasis

2013 425 citations Thomas R. Cox, D. K. Bird et al. Cancer Research profile →
Why do patients with cancer die?

2024 43 citations Thomas R. Cox, Erik Sahai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas R. Cox Australia	37	4.2k	3.3k	2.1k	1.7k	1.5k	132	9.1k
Kristian Pietras Sweden	46	6.4k 1.5×	4.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	99	12.2k
Janine T. Erler Denmark	43	5.8k 1.4×	4.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.4×	3.4k 2.1×	2.4k 1.6×	103	12.8k
Katalin Csiszár United States	41	3.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	935 0.4×	2.2k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	93	7.9k
Robin L. Anderson Australia	52	4.4k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	997 0.6×	724 0.5×	205	9.4k
Vicki Plaks United States	24	3.5k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	510 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	52	8.1k
Arne Östman Sweden	63	9.8k 2.3×	4.6k 1.4×	2.9k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	165	16.8k
M. Sharon Stack United States	55	5.2k 1.2×	3.3k 1.0×	4.0k 1.9×	1.6k 1.0×	600 0.4×	192	10.4k
Richard E.B. Seftor United States	54	6.4k 1.5×	3.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	558 0.4×	101	9.4k
Takeshi Imamura Japan	68	12.1k 2.9×	3.8k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	248	16.9k
Dolores Di Vizio United States	50	8.8k 2.1×	1.2k 0.4×	4.6k 2.2×	1.8k 1.1×	928 0.6×	121	11.9k

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Chougale, Mahesh Y., et al.. (2026). Recycled Thermocol Nanofibers Based Smart Triboelectric Nanogenerators for AI‐Assisted Switching. Small. e12532–e12532.

Chitty, Jessica L. & Thomas R. Cox. (2025). The extracellular matrix in cancer: from understanding to targeting. Trends in cancer. 11(9). 839–849. 5 indexed citations

Trist, Benjamin G., Veronica Cottam, Michael Kuligowski, et al.. (2025). Imaging Copper Levels during Life in the Brain and beyond Using a Fluorescent Copper Sensor with Multimodal Capacity. Chemical & Biomedical Imaging. 3(10). 653–662.

Major, Gretel S., Habib Joukhdar, Yu Suk Choi, et al.. (2025). Photochemistry as a tool for dynamic modulation of hydrogel mechanics. Cell Reports Physical Science. 6(1). 102366–102366. 4 indexed citations

Ding, Lin, Thomas R. Cox, Kelly Lim, et al.. (2025). Development of Xeno-Free, Fast-Dissolving Microcarriers for Scalable Stem Cell Therapy Applications. Cytotherapy. 27(5). S152–S152.

Falkner, Nickolas, et al.. (2025). Brillouin microscopy in cancer research: a review. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 30(12). 124509–124509. 1 indexed citations

Soliman, Bram G., Thomas R. Cox, Gabriella Lindberg, et al.. (2024). Droplet-based microfluidics for engineering shape-controlled hydrogels with stiffness gradient. Biofabrication. 16(4). 45026–45026. 6 indexed citations

Condon, Nicholas D., Thomas R. Cox, Christopher Sexton, et al.. (2022). Dynamic dentin: A quantitative microscopic assessment of age and spatial changes to matrix architecture, peritubular dentin, and collagens types I and III. Journal of Structural Biology. 214(4). 107899–107899. 10 indexed citations

Polonchuk, Liudmila, Min Ho Lee, Poonam Sharma, et al.. (2021). Towards engineering heart tissues from bioprinted cardiac spheroids. Biofabrication. 13(4). 45009–45009. 39 indexed citations

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Holliday, Holly, Daniel Roden, Simon Junankar, et al.. (2021). Inhibitor of Differentiation 4 (ID4) represses mammary myoepithelial differentiation via inhibition of HEB. iScience. 24(2). 102072–102072. 10 indexed citations

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Parker, Amelia L. & Thomas R. Cox. (2020). The Role of the ECM in Lung Cancer Dormancy and Outgrowth. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 1766–1766. 62 indexed citations

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Pereira, Brooke, Claire Vennin, Michael Papanicolaou, et al.. (2019). CAF Subpopulations: A New Reservoir of Stromal Targets in Pancreatic Cancer. Trends in cancer. 5(11). 724–741. 222 indexed citations

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Warren, Sean, Max Nobis, Astrid Magenau, et al.. (2018). Removing physiological motion from intravital and clinical functional imaging data. eLife. 7. 31 indexed citations

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Madsen, Chris D., Jesper Torbøl Pedersen, Lukram Babloo Singh, et al.. (2015). Hypoxia and loss of PHD 2 inactivate stromal fibroblasts to decrease tumour stiffness and metastasis. EMBO Reports. 16(10). 1394–1408. 125 indexed citations

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Chang, Joan, Monica Nicolau, Thomas R. Cox, et al.. (2013). LOXL2 induces aberrant acinar morphogenesis via ErbB2 signaling. Breast Cancer Research. 15(4). R67–R67. 31 indexed citations

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Baker, Ann‐Marie, D. K. Bird, Jonathan Welti, et al.. (2012). Lysyl Oxidase Plays a Critical Role in Endothelial Cell Stimulation to Drive Tumor Angiogenesis. Cancer Research. 73(2). 583–594. 118 indexed citations

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Barker, Holly E., Joan Chang, Thomas R. Cox, et al.. (2011). LOXL2-Mediated Matrix Remodeling in Metastasis and Mammary Gland Involution. Cancer Research. 71(5). 1561–1572. 212 indexed citations

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Erler, Janine T., Kevin L. Bennewith, Thomas R. Cox, et al.. (2009). Hypoxia-Induced Lysyl Oxidase Is a Critical Mediator of Bone Marrow Cell Recruitment to Form the Premetastatic Niche. Cancer Cell. 15(1). 35–44. 951 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cox, Thomas R.. (1984). Harvesting the Hemlock: The Reminiscences of a Pennsylvania Wood-Hick. 67(2). 109–131. 1 indexed citations

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Cox, Thomas R.. (1980). Transition in the Woods: Log Drivers, Raftsmen, and the Emergence of Modern Lumbering in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 104(3). 345–364. 2 indexed citations

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