Tim Mitchison

10.7k citations
26 papers · 8.5k · 5 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

  • Cell Biology top 0.05%
    • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
    • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
    • Cellular transport and secretion
    • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
    • Protist diversity and phylogeny
    • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
    • 14-3-3 protein interactions
    • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Papers in

    • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics 19
    • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions 7
    • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 7
    • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways 4
    • Protist diversity and phylogeny 4
    • Fungal and yeast genetics research 2

Tim Mitchison

26 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Tim Mitchison's Hit Papers

Nucleation of microtubule assembly by a γ-tubulin-containing ring complex 1995 · 727 citations
7270+14+28Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k2.5k

Peers

Tim Mitchison
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  • Cell Biology 6.5k
  • Molecular Biology 5.8k
  • Biophysics 380
  • Structural Biology 91
  • Aging 92
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All Works

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Dynamic instability of microtubule growth
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19842654
2
Cytoskeletal dynamics and nerve growth
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1988757
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Nucleation of microtubule assembly by a γ-tubulin-containing ring complex
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1995727
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Microtubule assembly nucleated by isolated centrosomes
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1984682
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[39] Preparation of modified tubulins
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1991641
6 1985412
7 2011407
8 1986370
9 1999341
10 1983303
11 1988181
12 2008175
13 2013164
14 2000140
15 1994125
16 1999113
17 200387
18 201383
19 200969
20 201128

About Tim Mitchison

Tim Mitchison is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Biophysics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 26 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (19 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (7 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (4 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (4 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (2 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (2 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (6.5k citations), Molecular Biology (5.8k citations), Biophysics (380 citations), Structural Biology (91 citations) and Aging (92 citations). Tim Mitchison has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Marc W. Kirschner, Bruce Alberts, Yixian Zheng, Mei Lie Wong, Kenneth E. Sawin, Eric Schulze, Louise Evans, Anthony A. Hyman, David Drechsel and Linda Wordeman. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Cell, The Journal of Cell Biology, Current Biology and Development.

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