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William C. Earnshaw

Active 1976–2025

185
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46,853
Citations
118
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Citations

Citations per year for William C. Earnshaw1977: 3 citations1978: 15 citations1979: 2 citations1980: 8 citations1981: 7 citations1982: 10 citations1983: 6 citations1984: 25 citations1985: 29 citations1986: 59 citations1987: 82 citations1988: 107 citations1989: 108 citations1990: 114 citations1991: 145 citations1992: 150 citations1993: 128 citations1994: 167 citations1995: 262 citations1996: 342 citations1997: 484 citations1998: 618 citations1999: 652 citations2000: 593 citations2001: 717 citations2002: 635 citations2003: 704 citations2004: 696 citations2005: 538 citations2006: 504 citations2007: 560 citations2008: 442 citations2009: 397 citations2010: 393 citations2011: 369 citations2012: 422 citations2013: 262 citations2014: 297 citations2015: 268 citations2016: 242 citations2017: 223 citations2018: 270 citations2019: 729 citations2020: 868 citations2021: 657 citations2022: 479 citations2023: 340 citations2024: 521 citations2025: 274 citations2026: 3 citations

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 4,966 citing papers, 35.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,333 citing papers, 9.6% of this breakdownGermany: 954 citing papers, 6.8% of this breakdownJapan: 772 citing papers, 5.5% of this breakdownChina: 748 citing papers, 5.4% of this breakdownFrance: 642 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownCanada: 455 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownItaly: 345 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownNetherlands: 296 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 245 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 243 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdownSpain: 232 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology70%
  • Medicine15.2%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
  • Immunology and Microbiology2.5%
  • Environmental Science1.9%
  • Neuroscience1.3%
  • Other2.8%

Topics

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics8.6%
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics7.2%
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation5.8%
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations3.9%
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms3.8%
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways2.8%
  • Other67.9%

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  1. A pathway for mitotic chromosome formation

    Authors: Johan H. Gibcus, Kumiko Samejima, Anton Goloborodko, Itaru Samejima, N. M. Naumova, Johannes Nuebler, Masato T. Kanemaki, Linfeng Xie, James R. Paulson, William C. Earnshaw, Leonid A. Mirny, Job Dekker - Science 2018 cited by 837

  2. The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC): from easy rider to the godfather of mitosis

    Authors: Mar Carmena, Michael Wheelock, Hironori Funabiki, William C. Earnshaw - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2012 cited by 936

  3. An intrinsic S/G 2 checkpoint enforced by ATR

    Authors: Joshua C. Saldivar, Stephan Hamperl, M Bocek, Mingyu Chung, Thomas E. Bass, Fernanda Cisneros-Soberanis, Kumiko Samejima, Linfeng Xie, James R. Paulson, William C. Earnshaw, David Cortez, Tobias Meyer, Karlene A. Cimprich - Science 2018 cited by 311

  4. Induction of Apoptosis by Cancer Chemotherapy

    Authors: Scott H. Kaufmann, William C. Earnshaw - Experimental Cell Research 2000 cited by 1,260

  5. Cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase by a proteinase with properties like ICE

    Authors: Yuri Lazebnik, Scott H. Kaufmann, Serge Desnoyers, Guy G. Poirier, William C. Earnshaw - Nature 1994 cited by 2,580

  6. The Centromere: Chromatin Foundation for the Kinetochore Machinery

    Authors: Tatsuo Fukagawa, William C. Earnshaw - Developmental Cell 2014 cited by 436

  7. The cellular geography of Aurora kinases

    Authors: Mar Carmena, William C. Earnshaw - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2003 cited by 1,147

  8. The intrinsically disorderly story of Ki-67

    Authors: Lucy Remnant, Natalia Y. Kochanova, Caitlin Reid, Fernanda Cisneros-Soberanis, William C. Earnshaw - Open Biology 2021 cited by 118

  9. Structure and Function in the Nucleus

    Authors: Angus I. Lamond, William C. Earnshaw - Science 1998 cited by 928

  10. Vertebrate centromeres in mitosis are functionally bipartite structures stabilized by cohesin

    Authors: Carlos Sacristán, Kumiko Samejima, Lorena Andrade Ruiz, Moonmoon Deb, Maaike L.A. Lambers, Adam Buckle, Chris A. Brackley, Daniel Robertson, Tetsuya Hori, Shaun Webb, Robert Kiewisz, Tristan Bepler, Eloïse van Kwawegen, Patrik Risteski, Kruno Vukušić, Iva M. Tolić, Thomas Müller‐Reichert, Tatsuo Fukagawa, Nick Gilbert, Davide Marenduzzo, William C. Earnshaw, Geert J.P.L. Kops - Cell 2024 cited by 44

  11. Mitotic chromosomes

    Authors: James R. Paulson, Damien F. Hudson, Fernanda Cisneros-Soberanis, William C. Earnshaw - Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 2021 cited by 107

  12. Mammalian Caspases: Structure, Activation, Substrates, and Functions During Apoptosis

    Authors: William C. Earnshaw, L. Miguel Martins, Scott H. Kaufmann - Annual Review of Biochemistry 1999 cited by 2,768

  13. Identification of a family of human centromere proteins using autoimmune sera from patients with scleroderma

    Authors: William C. Earnshaw, Naomi F. Rothfield - Chromosoma 1985 cited by 851

  14. openalex_id:w2169400314

    Authors: Shinya Ohta, Jimi Wills, Luis Sánchez‐Pulido, Flávia de Lima Alves, Laura Wood, Zhuo A. Chen, Melpi Platani, Lutz Fischer, Damien F. Hudson, Chris P. Ponting, Tatsuo Fukagawa, William C. Earnshaw, Juri Rappsilber cited by 319

  15. Apoptotic Phosphorylation of Histone H2B Is Mediated by Mammalian Sterile Twenty Kinase

    Authors: Wang L. Cheung, Kozo Ajiro, Kumiko Samejima, Małgorzata Kloc, Peter Cheung, Craig A. Mizzen, Alexander Beeser, Laurence D. Etkin, Jonathan Chernoff, William C. Earnshaw, C. David Allis - Cell 2003 cited by 480

  16. Ki-67 is a PP1-interacting protein that organises the mitotic chromosome periphery

    Authors: Daniel G. Booth, Masatoshi Takagi, Luis Sánchez‐Pulido, E Petfalski, Giulia Vargiu, Kumiko Samejima, Naoko Imamoto, Chris P. Ponting, David Tollervey, William C. Earnshaw, Paola Vagnarelli - eLife 2014 cited by 247

  17. Mitotic chromosomes are compacted laterally by KIF4 and condensin and axially by topoisomerase IIα

    Authors: Kumiko Samejima, Itaru Samejima, Paola Vagnarelli, Hiromi Ogawa, Giulia Vargiu, David A. Kelly, Flávia de Lima Alves, Alastair Kerr, Lydia C. Green, Damien F. Hudson, Shinya Ohta, Carol Cooke, Christine J. Farr, Juri Rappsilber, William C. Earnshaw - The Journal of Cell Biology 2012 cited by 192

  18. 3D-CLEM Reveals that a Major Portion of Mitotic Chromosomes Is Not Chromatin

    Authors: Daniel G. Booth, Alison J. Beckett, Òscar Molina, Itaru Samejima, Hiroshi Masumoto, Natalay Kouprina, Vladimir Larionov, Ian A. Prior, William C. Earnshaw - Molecular Cell 2016 cited by 140

  19. Rules of engagement for condensins and cohesins guide mitotic chromosome formation

    Authors: Kumiko Samejima, Johan H. Gibcus, Sameer Abraham, Fernanda Cisneros-Soberanis, Itaru Samejima, Alison J. Beckett, N Pucekova, Maria Alba Abad, Bethan Medina‐Pritchard, James R. Paulson, Linfeng Xie, A. Arockia Jeyaprakash, Ian A. Prior, Leonid A. Mirny, Job Dekker, Anton Goloborodko, William C. Earnshaw - 2024 cited by 22

  20. Chromosomal passengers: conducting cell division

    Authors: Sandrine Ruchaud, Mar Carmena, William C. Earnshaw - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2007 cited by 807

  21. Contrasting roles of condensin I and II in mitotic chromosome formation

    Authors: Lydia C. Green, Paul Kalitsis, Tsz Man Chang, Miri Cipetic, Ji Hun Kim, Owen J. Marshall, Lynne Turnbull, Cynthia B. Whitchurch, Paola Vagnarelli, Kumiko Samejima, William C. Earnshaw, K. H. Andy Choo, Damien F. Hudson - Journal of Cell Science 2012 cited by 194

  22. Mitotic post-translational modifications of histones promote chromatin compaction in vitro

    Authors: Alisa Zhiteneva, Juán José Bonfiglio, А. А. Макаров, Thomas Colby, Paola Vagnarelli, Eric C. Schirmer, Ivan Matić, William C. Earnshaw - Open Biology 2017 cited by 76

  23. Functional analysis after rapid degradation of condensins and 3D-EM reveals chromatin volume is uncoupled from chromosome architecture in mitosis

    Authors: Kumiko Samejima, Daniel G. Booth, Hiromi Ogawa, James R. Paulson, Linfeng Xie, Cara A. Watson, Melpomeni Platani, Masato T. Kanemaki, William C. Earnshaw - Journal of Cell Science 2018 cited by 75

  24. Common Fragile Sites Are Characterized by Faulty Condensin Loading after Replication Stress

    Authors: Lora Boteva, Ryu‐Suke Nozawa, Catherine Naughton, Kumiko Samejima, William C. Earnshaw, Nick Gilbert - Cell Reports 2020 cited by 53