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Joseph G. Culotti

Joseph G. Culotti

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
51
Citations
16627
World Ranking
2471
National Ranking
78

Joseph G. Culotti 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 Joseph G. Culotti sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 73 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph G. Culotti 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 Joseph G. Culotti sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joseph G. Culotti is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on aging as a significant subfield. The scientist's work also touches on social psychology and endocrine and autonomic systems.

Their research topics include genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, as well as circadian rhythm and melatonin. Culotti's contributions in these areas have been documented in several publications across notable journals.

  • Small molecule inhibitors of α-synuclein oligomers identified by targeting early dopamine-mediated motor impairment in C. elegans (2021) - Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • Sensory regulated Wnt production from neurons helps make organ development robust to environmental changes in C. elegans (2020) - Development
  • Distal tip cell migration mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans are rescued by bioequivalent outputs from chondroitin and N-glycosylation pathways (2025) - Journal of Biological Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Culotti include Nadeem Moghal, Kevin S. Chen, Krystal S Menezes, Jarlath Byrne Rodgers, and Darren M. O'Hara. These collaborations reflect a range of interdisciplinary approaches in their research projects.

  • Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • Development
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Genetic Control of the Cell Division Cycle in Yeast

    Leland H. Hartwell;Joseph Culotti;John R. Pringle;Brian J. Reid

  • Deleted in Colorectal Cancer (DCC) Encodes a Netrin Receptor

    Kazuko Keino-Masu;Kazuko Keino-Masu;Masayuki Masu;Lindsay Hinck;E.David Leonardo

  • The unc-5, unc-6, and unc-40 genes guide circumferential migrations of pioneer axons and mesodermal cells on the epidermis in C. elegans.

    Edward M. Hedgecock;Joseph G. Culotti;David H. Hall

  • GENETIC CONTROL OF THE CELL DIVISION CYCLE IN YEAST: V. GENETIC ANALYSIS OF cdc MUTANTS

    Leland H. Hartwell;Robert K. Mortimer;Joseph Culotti;Marilyn Culotti

  • Genetic Control of the Cell-Division Cycle in Yeast, I. Detection of Mutants

    Leland H. Hartwell;Joseph Culotti;Brian Reid

  • UNC-6, a laminin-related protein, guides cell and pioneer axon migrations in C. elegans

    Naoaki Ishii;William G. Wadsworth;Brian D. Stern;Brian D. Stern;Joseph G. Culotti

  • UNC-40, a C. elegans Homolog of DCC (Deleted in Colorectal Cancer), Is Required in Motile Cells Responding to UNC-6 Netrin Cues

    S.S.-Y. Chan;S.S.-Y. Chan;H. Zheng;M.-W. Su;R. Wilk;R. Wilk

  • UNC-5, a transmembrane protein with immunoglobulin and thrombospondin type 1 domains, guides cell and pioneer axon migrations in C. elegans

    Chungyee Leung-Hagesteijn;Andrew M. Spence;Andrew M. Spence;Brian D. Stern;Brian D. Stern;Youwen Zhou

  • Unified nomenclature for the semaphorins/collapsins [1]

    J. A. Bamberg;S. Baumgartner;H. Betz;J. Bolz

  • Semaphorin and Eph receptor signaling guide a series of cell movements for ventral enclosure in C. elegans

    Richard Ikegami;Richard Ikegami;Kristin Simokat;Hong Zheng;Louise Brown

  • mec-7 is a beta-tubulin gene required for the production of 15-protofilament microtubules in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Cathy Savage;Michel Hamelin;Joseph G. Culotti;Alan Coulson

  • UNC-73 Activates the Rac GTPase and Is Required for Cell and Growth Cone Migrations in C. elegans

    Robert Steven;Robert Steven;Terrance J Kubiseski;Hong Zheng;Sarang Kulkarni

  • Expression of the UNC-5 guidance receptor in the touch neurons of C. elegans steers their axons dorsally

    Michel Hamelin;Michel Hamelin;Youwen Zhou;Ming-Wan Su;Ian M. Scott;Ian M. Scott

  • Pioneer Axon Guidance by UNC-129, a C. elegans TGF-β

    Antonio Colavita;Srikant Krishna;Hong Zheng;Richard W. Padgett

  • C. elegans Slit Acts in Midline, Dorsal-Ventral, and Anterior-Posterior Guidance via the SAX-3/Robo Receptor

    Joe C Hao;Timothy W Yu;Kazuko Fujisawa;Joseph G Culotti

  • Dopamine modulates the plasticity of mechanosensory responses in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Suparna Sanyal;Richard F Wintle;Katie S Kindt;William M Nuttley

  • Genetic control of the cell division cycle in yeast: III. Seven genes controlling nuclear division☆

    J. Culotti;Leland H. Hartwell

  • Suppressors of ectopic UNC-5 growth cone steering identify eight genes involved in axon guidance in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Antonio Colavita;Joseph G. Culotti;Joseph G. Culotti

  • Netrin-G1: A novel glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-linked mammalian netrin that is functionally divergent from classical netrins

    Toshiaki Nakashiba;Toshio Ikeda;Sachiko Nishimura;Kei Tashiro

  • The mec-7 beta-tubulin gene of Caenorhabditis elegans is expressed primarily in the touch receptor neurons.

    M Hamelin;I M Scott;J C Way;J G Culotti

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony Pawson
Tony Pawson University of Toronto
Jeffrey L. Wrana
Jeffrey L. Wrana Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
James W. Dennis
James W. Dennis Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Hubert H. M. Van Tol
Hubert H. M. Van Tol University of Toronto
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Xaira Therapeutics
Brian J. Reid
Brian J. Reid Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Herbert Y. Meltzer
Herbert Y. Meltzer Northwestern University
Jeffrey A. Lieberman
Jeffrey A. Lieberman Columbia University
John R. Pringle
John R. Pringle Stanford University

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