Tim Hunt

23.2k total citations · 16 hit papers
159 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Tim Hunt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Hunt has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Molecular Biology, 62 papers in Cell Biology and 31 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Tim Hunt's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (53 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (28 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (21 papers). Tim Hunt is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (53 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (28 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (21 papers). Tim Hunt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Tim Hunt's co-authors include Richard J. Jackson, Jeremy Minshull, Ángel R. Nebreda, Julian Gannon, Satoru Mochida, Daniel L. Distel, Tom Evans, Eric T. Rosenthal, J P Adamczewski and Philip Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tim Hunt

157 papers receiving 18.0k citations

Hit Papers

A novel kinase cascade triggered by stress and hea... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1994 1983 1977 1990 1994 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. A novel kinase cascade triggered by stress and heat shock that stimulates MAPKAP kinase-2 and phosphorylation of the small heat shock proteins
    1994 1.5k citations John Rouse, Philip Cohen et al. Cell profile →
  2. Cyclin: A protein specified by maternal mRNA in sea urchin eggs that is destroyed at each cleavage division
    1983 1.1k citations Tim Hunt et al. Cell profile →
  3. Phosphorylation of initiation factor eIF-2 and the control of reticulocyte protein synthesis
    1977 650 citations Tim Hunt, Richard J. Jackson et al. Cell profile →
  4. Cyclin is a component of maturation-promoting factor from Xenopus
    1990 569 citations Jeremy Minshull, Tim Hunt et al. Cell profile →
  5. A brain-specific activator of cyclin-dependent kinase 5
    1994 510 citations Tim Hunt et al. Nature profile →
  6. [4] Preparation and use of nuclease-treated rabbit reticulocyte lysates for the translation of eukaryotic messenger RNA
    1983 496 citations Richard J. Jackson, Tim Hunt profile →
  7. Cut2 proteolysis required for sister-chromatid separation in fission yeast
    1996 408 citations Hiroyuki Yamano, Tim Hunt et al. Nature profile →
  8. Translation of cyclin mRNA is necessary for extracts of activated Xenopus eggs to enter mitosis
    1989 388 citations Jeremy Minshull, Tim Hunt et al. Cell profile →
  9. The cdc2-related protein p40MO15 is the catalytic subunit of a protein kinase that can activate p33cdk2 and p34cdc2.
    1993 349 citations Tim Hunt et al. profile →
  10. The A- and B-type cyclin associated cdc2 kinases in Xenopus turn on and off at different times in the cell cycle.
    1990 338 citations Jeremy Minshull, Tim Hunt et al. profile →
  11. Cyclin A and the retinoblastoma gene product complex with a common transcription factor
    1991 267 citations Tim Hunt et al. Nature profile →
  12. Initiation of protein synthesis: Evidence for messenger RNA-independent binding of methionyl-transfer RNA to the 40 S ribosomal subunit
    1973 263 citations Tim Hunt, Richard J. Jackson et al. profile →
  13. Control of globin synthesis: The role of heme
    1972 239 citations Tim Hunt et al. profile →
  14. Messenger RNA for the coat protein of tobacco mosaic virus
    1976 220 citations Tim Hunt et al. Nature profile →
  15. The characteristics of inhibition of protein synthesis by double-stranded ribonucleic acid in reticulocyte lysates
    1975 216 citations Tim Hunt, Richard J. Jackson et al. profile →
  16. Double-Stranded Poliovirus RNA Inhibits Initiation of Protein Synthesis by Reticulocyte Lysates
    1971 158 citations Tim Hunt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tim Hunt United Kingdom 73 15.0k 7.1k 4.2k 1.8k 1.7k 159 18.9k
James L. Maller United States 72 12.7k 0.8× 7.4k 1.1× 2.9k 0.7× 4.4k 2.5× 1.4k 0.8× 172 17.4k
Jonathon Pines United Kingdom 72 14.8k 1.0× 8.5k 1.2× 7.4k 1.8× 979 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 122 18.8k
Robert Schimke United States 84 13.4k 0.9× 2.4k 0.3× 2.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 215 20.5k
Raymond L. Erikson United States 62 10.5k 0.7× 4.0k 0.6× 2.5k 0.6× 416 0.2× 1.0k 0.6× 154 13.6k
Philip Hieter United States 69 18.3k 1.2× 5.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 521 0.3× 3.6k 2.1× 167 21.8k
Giulio Draetta United States 62 14.3k 0.9× 4.7k 0.7× 8.6k 2.1× 787 0.4× 936 0.5× 126 18.8k
Jan‐Michael Peters Austria 83 21.4k 1.4× 12.0k 1.7× 3.6k 0.9× 688 0.4× 4.5k 2.6× 148 24.0k
Steven I. Reed United States 83 22.7k 1.5× 7.8k 1.1× 11.3k 2.7× 377 0.2× 2.2k 1.3× 208 27.3k
Laurence Florens United States 79 18.2k 1.2× 2.4k 0.3× 2.3k 0.6× 2.2k 1.2× 1.9k 1.1× 266 23.9k
William G. Dunphy United States 56 11.5k 0.8× 6.3k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 872 0.5× 757 0.4× 88 12.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Hunt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Hunt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hunt, Tim. (2013). On the regulation of protein phosphatase 2A and its role in controlling entry into and exit from mitosis. Advances in Biological Regulation. 53(2). 173–178. 60 indexed citations
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Mochida, Satoru & Tim Hunt. (2012). Protein phosphatases and their regulation in the control of mitosis. EMBO Reports. 2 indexed citations
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Mochida, Satoru, Sarah Maslen, Mark Skehel, & Tim Hunt. (2010). Greatwall Phosphorylates an Inhibitor of Protein Phosphatase 2Α That Is Essential for Mitosis. Science. 330(6011). 1670–1673. 340 indexed citations
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Errico, Alessia, et al.. (2010). Identification of substrates for cyclin dependent kinases. Advances in Enzyme Regulation. 50(1). 375–399. 96 indexed citations
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Takaki, Tohru, Aude Echalier, Nick R. Brown, et al.. (2009). The structure of CDK4/cyclin D3 has implications for models of CDK activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(11). 4171–4176. 93 indexed citations
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Hunt, Tim, et al.. (2008). Meiotic Inactivation of Xenopus Myt1 by CDK/XRINGO, but Not CDK/Cyclin, via Site-Specific Phosphorylation. Molecular Cell. 32(2). 210–220. 25 indexed citations
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Hunt, Tim & Paolo Sassone‐Corsi. (2007). Riding Tandem: Circadian Clocks and the Cell Cycle. Cell. 129(3). 461–464. 175 indexed citations
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Esashi, Fumiko, Nicole Christ, Julian Gannon, et al.. (2005). CDK-dependent phosphorylation of BRCA2 as a regulatory mechanism for recombinational repair. Nature. 434(7033). 598–604. 351 indexed citations
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Yamano, Hiroyuki, Julian Gannon, Hiro Mahbubani, & Tim Hunt. (2004). Cell Cycle-Regulated Recognition of the Destruction Box of Cyclin B by the APC/C in Xenopus Egg Extracts. Molecular Cell. 13(1). 137–147. 99 indexed citations
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Bartosch, Birke, Martin J. Murphy, Martin Hergersberg, et al.. (2001). The Long Form of CDK2 Arises via Alternative Splicing and Forms an Active Protein Kinase with Cyclins A and E. DNA and Cell Biology. 20(7). 413–423. 14 indexed citations
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Hunt, Tim & Kim Nasmyth. (1997). Cell multiplication - Overview. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 9. 765–767. 3 indexed citations
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Funakoshi, M, Hashmat Sikder, Kenji Irie, et al.. (1997). Xenopus cyclin A1 can associate with Cdc28 in budding yeast, causing cell‐cycle arrest with an abnormal distribution of nuclear DNA. Genes to Cells. 2(5). 329–343. 9 indexed citations
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Baptist, Mireille, Françoise Lamy, Julian Gannon, et al.. (1996). Expression and subcellular localization of CDK2 and cdc2 kinases and their common partner cyclin A in thyroid epithelial cells: Comparison of cyclic AMP-dependent and -independent cell cycles. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 166(2). 256–273. 28 indexed citations
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Rouse, John, Philip Cohen, Michel Morange, et al.. (1994). A novel kinase cascade triggered by stress and heat shock that stimulates MAPKAP kinase-2 and phosphorylation of the small heat shock proteins. Cell. 78(6). 1027–1037. 1491 indexed citations breakdown →
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Minshull, Jeremy & Tim Hunt. (1992). Antisense ablation of mRNA in frog and rabbit cell-free systems.. 11. 195–212. 6 indexed citations
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Félix, Marie‐Anne, Jean‐Claude Labbé, Marcel Dorée, Tim Hunt, & Eric Karsenti. (1990). Triggering of cyclin degradation in interphase extracts of amphibian eggs by cdc2 kinase. Nature. 346(6282). 379–382. 187 indexed citations
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Cornall, Richard J., Elayne A. Bornslaeger, & Tim Hunt. (1983). WHAT MAKES CYCLIN CYCLE. Biological Bulletin. 165. 513–514. 2 indexed citations
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Hunt, Tim. (1976). CONTROL OF GLOBIN SYNTHESIS. British Medical Bulletin. 32(3). 257–261. 33 indexed citations
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Zehavi‐Willner, Tova, Edward M. Kosower, Tim Hunt, & Nechama S. Kosower. (1971). Glutathione. V. The effects of the thiol-oxidizing agent diamide on initiation and translation in rabbit reticulocytes.. PubMed. 228(1). 245–51. 37 indexed citations

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