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142
Citations
75107
World Ranking
249
National Ranking
168

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1951 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John D. Scott is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has an extensive publication record across multiple scientific fields. Their research primarily spans Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine.

The scientist's main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Cell Biology, Epidemiology, and Hepatology. Their work covers topics such as HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Hepatitis C virus research, HIV, Drug Use, and Sexual Risk, Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics, Ubiquitin and Proteasome Pathways, Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Scott has contributed to the following frequent publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Biochemical Journal
  • Cell Reports
  • Pathogens

Their recent papers include:

  • "AKAP Signaling Islands: Venues for Precision Pharmacology" (2020) in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
  • "The Impact of COVID-19 on HIV Care Provided via Telemedicine-Past, Present, and Future" (2021) in Current HIV/AIDS Reports
  • "Advancing Digital Health Equity: A Policy Paper of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association" (2020) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Implementation and evaluation of a Project ECHO telementoring program for the Namibian HIV workforce" (2020) in Human Resources for Health
  • "A framework for fibrolamellar carcinoma research and clinical trials" (2022) in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with John D. Scott include:

  • Mitchell H. Omar
  • Katherine A. Forbush
  • Shao-En Ong
  • F. Donelson Smith
  • Raymond S. Yeung

Throughout their career, Scott has been recognized with fellowships from several prestigious organizations, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1951 and 2009
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2008
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 2003

Best Publications

  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Signaling Through Scaffold, Anchoring, and Adaptor Proteins

    Tony Pawson;John D. Scott

  • Tests of general relativity with GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Effect of interleukin-1β inhibition with canakinumab on incident lung cancer in patients with atherosclerosis: exploratory results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Paul M Ridker;Jean G MacFadyen;Tom Thuren;Brendan M Everett

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Exploring the Sensitivity of Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • AKAP signalling complexes: focal points in space and time

    Wei Wong;John D. Scott

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4 M_{\odot}$

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 M$_\odot$ Black Hole with a 2.6 M$_\odot$ Compact Object

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • A mammalian PAR-3-PAR-6 complex implicated in Cdc42/Rac1 and aPKC signalling and cell polarity.

    Dan Lin;Amelia S. Edwards;James P. Fawcett;Geraldine Mbamalu

  • Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • ASTROPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE BINARY BLACK HOLE MERGER GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1

    B.P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T.D. Abbott;S. Abraham

  • Phosphorylation and Inactivation of BAD by Mitochondria-Anchored Protein Kinase A

    Hisashi Harada;Brian Becknell;Matthias Wilm;Matthias Mann

  • AKAPs: from structure to function

    Marcie Colledge;John D Scott

  • Hepatitis C Guidance 2018 Update: AASLD-IDSA Recommendations for Testing, Managing, and Treating Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Raymond T. Chung;Marc G. Ghany;Arthur Y. Kim;Kristen M. Marks

  • Association of protein kinase A and protein phosphatase 2B with a common anchoring protein

    VM Coghlan;BA Perrino;M Howard;LK Langeberg

  • Protein phosphorylation in signaling – 50 years and counting

    Tony Pawson;John D. Scott

  • Cell Signaling in Space and Time: Where Proteins Come Together and When They’re Apart

    John D. Scott;Tony Pawson;Tony Pawson

  • Coordination of Three Signaling Enzymes by AKAP79, a Mammalian Scaffold Protein

    Theresa M. Klauck;Maree C. Faux;Kirstin Labudda;Lorene K. Langeberg

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
J. H. Hough
J. H. Hough University of Glasgow

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