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James H. Hurley publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James H. Hurley sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 289 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

James H. Hurley D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James H. Hurley sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

James H. Hurley is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in medicine. Their work is concentrated in key subfields such as molecular biology, cell biology, epidemiology, physiology, and immunology.

The main topics of James H. Hurley's research include:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Some of Hurley's recent papers highlight advances in structural and cellular biology, including:

  • Structure of SARS-CoV-2 ORF8, a rapidly evolving immune evasion protein, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Autophagosome biogenesis comes out of the black box, 2021, Nature Cell Biology
  • Structure of the lysosomal mTORC1-TFEB-Rag-Ragulator megacomplex, 2023, Nature
  • Clathrin-associated AP-1 controls termination of STING signalling, 2022, Nature
  • A PI3K-WIPI2 positive feedback loop allosterically activates LC3 lipidation in autophagy, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hurley include:

  • Xuefeng Ren
  • Adam L. Yokom
  • Chunmei Chang
  • Liv Jensen
  • Michael Lazarou

Hurley's work has been published in various scientific venues with a focus on both preprints and peer-reviewed journals. Notable publication venues with multiple contributions are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular mechanism of multivesicular body biogenesis by ESCRT complexes

    Thomas Wollert;James H. Hurley

  • Crystal structure of the Cys2 activator-binding domain of protein kinase Cδ in complex with phorbol ester

    Gongyi Zhang;Marcelo G Kazanietz;Peter M Blumberg;James H Hurley

  • Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's all in the neck

    James H. Hurley;Phyllis I. Hanson

  • Ubiquitin-binding domains

    James H. Hurley;Sangho Lee;Gali Prag

  • ESCRTs are everywhere

    James H Hurley;James H Hurley

  • Membrane scission by the ESCRT-III complex

    Thomas Wollert;Christian Wunder;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;James H. Hurley

  • The ESCRT complexes: structure and mechanism of a membrane-trafficking network.

    James H. Hurley;Scott D. Emr

  • Structure and lipid transport mechanism of a StAR-related domain.

    Yosuke Tsujishita;James H. Hurley

  • Mechanisms of Autophagy Initiation.

    James H. Hurley;Lindsey N. Young

  • ESCRT complexes and the biogenesis of multivesicular bodies

    James H Hurley

  • Structure of the adenylyl cyclase catalytic core.

    Gongyi Zhang;Yu Liu;Arnold E. Ruoho;James H. Hurley

  • Taxonomy and function of C1 protein kinase C homology domains.

    James H. Hurley;Alexandra C. Newton;Peter J. Parker;Peter M. Blumberg

  • Structural mechanism for sterol sensing and transport by OSBP-related proteins

    Young Jun Im;Sumana Raychaudhuri;William A. Prinz;James H. Hurley

  • Dynamics of endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery during cytokinesis and its role in abscission

    Natalie Elia;Rachid Sougrat;Tighe A. Spurlin;James H. Hurley

  • Reverse-topology membrane scission by the ESCRT proteins

    Johannes Schöneberg;Il Hyung Lee;Janet H. Iwasa;James H. Hurley;James H. Hurley

  • Structure of the GAF domain, a ubiquitous signaling motif and a new class of cyclic GMP receptor.

    Yew‐Seng J. Ho;Lisa M. Burden;James H. Hurley

  • The ESCRT Complexes

    James H. Hurley

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan S. Bonifacino
Juan S. Bonifacino National Institutes of Health
Gerhard Hummer
Gerhard Hummer Max Planck Society
Roberto Zoncu
Roberto Zoncu University of California, Berkeley
Sascha Martens
Sascha Martens University of Vienna
Rodolfo Ghirlando
Rodolfo Ghirlando National Institutes of Health
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Tamotsu Yoshimori
Tamotsu Yoshimori Osaka University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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