Standout Papers

Brain-derived neurotrophi... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor regulates energy balance downstream of melanocortin-4 receptor
    2003 677 citations Baoji Xu, Evan H Goulding et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Immediate Impact

15 by Nobel laureates 18 from Science/Nature 76 hit
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Citing Papers

STAT proteins in cancer: orchestration of metabolism
2023 Hit
TGF-β signaling in health and disease
2023 Hit

Works of Keling Zang being referenced

Vascular Development of the Brain Requires β8 Integrin Expression in the Neuroepithelium
2005
SOCS-3 is frequently silenced by hypermethylation and suppresses cell growth in human lung cancer
2003

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Keling Zang 1.7k 1.6k 856 464 463 27 3.8k
Rebecca M. Pruss 2.1k 1.2× 3.4k 2.2× 754 0.9× 909 2.0× 209 0.5× 78 6.0k
Kuo‐Fen Lee 2.8k 1.6× 2.7k 1.7× 1.2k 1.4× 378 0.8× 302 0.7× 52 7.0k
Brian Bates 1.0k 0.6× 2.0k 1.3× 460 0.5× 352 0.8× 216 0.5× 32 3.8k
Seung Wook Oh 1.9k 1.1× 3.2k 2.1× 571 0.7× 460 1.0× 719 1.6× 31 6.7k
Anna B. Auerbach 1.2k 0.7× 4.0k 2.6× 335 0.4× 467 1.0× 245 0.5× 22 5.6k
Carey Backus 2.3k 1.3× 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 414 0.9× 143 0.3× 41 5.0k
Joan P. Schwartz 3.0k 1.7× 2.8k 1.8× 731 0.9× 413 0.9× 291 0.6× 105 6.0k
Theresa A. Zwingman 2.2k 1.3× 3.2k 2.0× 590 0.7× 493 1.1× 425 0.9× 15 6.3k
Jane K. Relton 1.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 831 1.0× 128 0.3× 335 0.7× 38 4.8k
Jessica A. Gorski 2.0k 1.2× 2.0k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 540 1.2× 74 0.2× 23 4.1k

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