Nicholas J. Cowan
Impact in
- Cell Biology top 0.05%
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Developmental Neuroscience top 0.5%
Papers in
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- Heat shock proteins research 20
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways 17
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research 14
- RNA Research and Splicing 13
- 14-3-3 protein interactions 12
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 11
- Cell Biology 49
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics 40
- Cellular transport and secretion 10
- Co-authors
- Sally A. Lewis (36 shared papers)Marc W. Kirschner (3 shared papers)Don W. Cleveland (6 shared papers)William J. Rutter (1 shared paper)Raymond J. MacDonald (1 shared paper)Margaret A. Lopata (1 shared paper)Guoling Tian (17 shared papers)Gloria Lee (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Molecular and Cellular Biology (17 papers)The Journal of Cell Biology (12 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (8 papers)Cell (7 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomFrance
In The Last Decade
Nicholas J. Cowan
97 papers receiving 11.7k citations
Nicholas J. Cowan's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 137
- Cell Biology 5.0k
- Developmental Neuroscience 574
- Molecular Biology 8.6k
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1.3k
- Aging 117
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Number and evolutionary conservation of α- and β-tubulin and cytoplasmic β- and γ-actin genes using specific cloned cDNA probes Hit paper breakdown → | 1980 | 1799 |
| 2 | Neurofilament gene expression: a major determinant of axonal caliber. Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 609 |
| 3 | The Primary Structure and Heterogeneity of Tau Protein from Mouse Brain Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 592 |
| 4 | 1992 | 481 | |
| 5 | 1998 | 437 | |
| 6 | 1988 | 423 | |
| 7 | 2007 | 325 | |
| 8 | 1984 | 321 | |
| 9 | 1985 | 289 | |
| 10 | 1992 | 289 | |
| 11 | 1983 | 264 | |
| 12 | 1983 | 259 | |
| 13 | 1986 | 251 | |
| 14 | 1986 | 249 | |
| 15 | 1996 | 230 | |
| 16 | 1987 | 215 | |
| 17 | 1992 | 191 | |
| 18 | 2000 | 183 | |
| 19 | 1983 | 179 | |
| 20 | 1985 | 168 |
About Nicholas J. Cowan
Nicholas J. Cowan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, having authored 98 papers that have together received 12.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (40 papers), Heat shock proteins research (20 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (17 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (14 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers), 14-3-3 protein interactions (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (5.0k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (574 citations), Molecular Biology (8.6k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.3k citations) and Aging (117 citations). Nicholas J. Cowan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Sally A. Lewis, Marc W. Kirschner, Don W. Cleveland, William J. Rutter, Raymond J. MacDonald, Margaret A. Lopata, Guoling Tian, Gloria Lee, Paul R. Dobner and Yoshimitsu Kanai. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Journal of Cell Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Cell.
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