John Y. Lin

7.1k citations

48 papers · 4.7k · 4 hit papers · h-index 24

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Biophysics top 0.5%
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 29
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research 20
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering 13
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 9
Molecular Biology 13
- Retinal Development and Disorders 4

Co-authors: Roger Y. Tsien (10 shared papers)Michael Z. Lin (3 shared papers)Paul Steinbach (2 shared papers)Thomas S. Huang (6 shared papers)Roberto Malinow (2 shared papers)Christophe D. Proulx (2 shared papers)Sadegh Nabavi (4 shared papers)David Kleinfeld (1 shared paper)
Journals: Journal of Neuroscience (3 papers)Journal of Neurophysiology (2 papers)Nature Methods (2 papers)eLife (2 papers)Experimental Eye Research (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Australia New Zealand

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John Y. Lin

48 papers receiving 4.6k citations

John Y. Lin's Hit Papers

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The Growing and Glowing Toolbox of Fluorescent and Photoactive Proteins 2016 · 471 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Trends in Biochemical Sciences
2014 Nature
2013 Nature Neuroscience
2009 Biophysical Journal

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1	Engineering a memory with LTD and LTP Nature ·Sadegh Nabavi, Rocky Fox, Christophe D. Proulx, John Y. Lin, Roger Y. Tsien, Roberto Malinow Hit paper breakdown →	2014	708
2	ReaChR: a red-shifted variant of channelrhodopsin enables deep transcranial optogenetic excitation Nature Neuroscience ·John Y. Lin, Per Magne Knutsen, Arnaud Muller, David Kleinfeld, Roger Y. Tsien Hit paper breakdown →	2013	594
3	Characterization of Engineered Channelrhodopsin Variants with Improved Properties and Kinetics Biophysical Journal ·John Y. Lin, Michael Z. Lin, Paul Steinbach, Roger Y. Tsien Hit paper breakdown →	2009	529
4	The Growing and Glowing Toolbox of Fluorescent and Photoactive Proteins Trends in Biochemical Sciences ·Erik A. Rodriguez, Robert E. Campbell, John Y. Lin, Michael Z. Lin, Atsushi Miyawaki, Amy E. Palmer, Xiaokun Shu, Jin Zhang, Roger Y. Tsien Hit paper breakdown →	2016	471
5	A user's guide to channelrhodopsin variants: features, limitations and future developments Experimental Physiology ·John Y. Lin	2010	259
6	Optically monitoring voltage in neurons by photo-induced electron transfer through molecular wires Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Evan W. Miller, John Y. Lin, E. Paxon Frady, Paul Steinbach, William B. Kristan, Roger Y. Tsien	2012	232
7	Optogenetic control of Drosophila using a red-shifted channelrhodopsin reveals experience-dependent influences on courtship Nature Methods ·H. Inagaki, Yonil Jung, Eric D. Hoopfer, Allan M. Wong, Neeli Mishra, John Y. Lin, Roger Y. Tsien, David J. Anderson	2013	212
8	Modeling the constraints of human hand motion John Y. Lin, Ying Wu, Thomas S. Huang	2002	182
9	An Oral Vaccine Against NMDAR1 with Efficacy in Experimental Stroke and Epilepsy Science ·Matthew J. During, C. Wymond Symes, P. Lawlor, John Y. Lin, Jane Dunning, Helen L. Fitzsimons, David J. Poulsen, Paola Leone, Ruian Xu, Bridget Dicker, Janusz Lipski, Deborah Young	2000	174
10	A far-red fluorescent protein evolved from a cyanobacterial phycobiliprotein Nature Methods ·Erik A. Rodriguez, Geraldine Tran, Larry A. Gross, Jessica L. Crisp, Xiaokun Shu, John Y. Lin, Roger Y. Tsien	2016	168
11	Capturing natural hand articulation Ying Wu, John Y. Lin, Thomas S. Huang	2002	157
12	Optogenetic Inhibition of Synaptic Release with Chromophore-Assisted Light Inactivation (CALI) Neuron ·John Y. Lin, Sharon B. Sann, Keming Zhou, Sadegh Nabavi, Christophe D. Proulx, Roberto Malinow, Yishi Jin, Roger Y. Tsien	2013	138
13	Red‐shifted channelrhodopsin stimulation restores light responses in blind mice, macaque retina, and human retina EMBO Molecular Medicine ·Abhishek Sengupta, Antoine Chaffiol, Émilie Macé, Romain Caplette, Mélissa Desrosiers, Maruša Lampič, Valérie Forster, Olivier Marre, John Y. Lin, José‐Alain Sahel, Serge Picaud, Deniz Dalkara, Jens Duebel	2016	131
14	Hypothalamic huntingtin-associated protein 1 as a mediator of feeding behavior Nature Medicine ·Guoqing Sheng, Guo‐Qing Chang, John Y. Lin, Zhao-Xue Yu, Zhihui Fang, Juan Rong, Stuart A. Lipton, Shihua Li, Gang Tong, Sarah F. Leibowitz, Xiao‐Jiang Li	2006	80
15	Dual-Channel Circuit Mapping Reveals Sensorimotor Convergence in the Primary Motor Cortex Journal of Neuroscience ·Bryan M. Hooks, John Y. Lin, Caiying Guo, Karel Svoboda	2015	76
16	Toward the Second Generation of Optogenetic Tools Journal of Neuroscience ·Thomas Knöpfel, Michael Z. Lin, Anselm Levskaya, Lin Tian, John Y. Lin, Edward S. Boyden	2010	76
17	Optogenetic approaches to vision restoration Experimental Eye Research ·Matthew P. Simunovic, Weiyong Shen, John Y. Lin, Darío A. Protti, Leszek Lisowski, Mark C. Gillies	2018	76
18	Analyzing and capturing articulated hand motion in image sequences IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence ·Ying Wu, John Y. Lin, Tianyu Huang	2005	62
19	STIM1 Is Required for Remodeling of the Endoplasmic Reticulum and Microtubule Cytoskeleton in Steering Growth Cones Journal of Neuroscience ·Macarena Pavez, Adrian C. Thompson, Hayden J. Arnott, Camilla B. Mitchell, Ilaria D’Atri, Emily K. Don, John K. Chilton, Ethan K. Scott, John Y. Lin, Kaylene M. Young, Robert Gasperini, Lisa Foa	2019	39
20	Capturing human hand motion in image sequences John Y. Lin, Ying Wu, Thomas S. Huang	2003	38

About John Y. Lin

John Y. Lin is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Human-Computer Interaction, having authored 48 papers that have together received 4.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (13 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (9 papers), Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (7 papers), Human Pose and Action Recognition (6 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (4 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.8k citations), Biophysics (409 citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (1.1k citations), Human-Computer Interaction (316 citations) and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (240 citations). John Y. Lin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Roger Y. Tsien, Michael Z. Lin, Paul Steinbach, Thomas S. Huang, Roberto Malinow, Christophe D. Proulx, Sadegh Nabavi, David Kleinfeld, Per Magne Knutsen and Arnaud Muller. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Nature Methods, eLife and Experimental Eye Research.

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