New Hot Paper Comment by Professor Tony Hunter

Professor Tony Hunter answers a few questions about this month's new hot paper in field of Molecular Biology & Genetics.

From •>>March 2002

Field: Molecular Biology & Genetics
Article Title: Signaling - 2000 and beyond
Authors: Hunter, T
Journal: CELL
Volume: 100
Page: 113-127
Year: JAN 7 2000
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* Salk Inst Biol Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA.

Read a classic, comprehensive interview in Science Watch (5 [5]:3-4, July/August 1994) with Tony Hunter

Why do you think your paper is highly cited?

Cell signaling is a very topical area, and there is enormous interest in the field of protein phosphorylation, particularly because protein kinases and phosphatases are becoming increasingly important targets for therapeutic intervention in human disease. I suspect that most of the people who have cited the paper have not read it in detail, but rather used it as a convenient and recent generic review on protein phosphorylation. In this regard, I think that review citations should be put in a separate category from papers reporting primary research, and that review citations should be excluded from research impact factor calculations.

Is it a condensation of previous literature on the subject?

Not really. It provides a historical perspective on cell signaling, and then proceeds to try to make some predictions about where the protein phosphorylation field is headed.

Tony Hunter - Professor
Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California

ESI Special Topics, March 2002
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