Standout Papers

Understanding the tumor i... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2018 2015 2019 2022 2024 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Understanding the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) for effective therapy
    2018 3.9k citations Mikhail Binnewies, Edward W. Roberts et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  2. IL-17-producing γδ T cells and neutrophils conspire to promote breast cancer metastasis
    2015 1.3k citations Seth B. Coffelt, Kelly Kersten et al. Nature profile →
  3. Unleashing Type-2 Dendritic Cells to Drive Protective Antitumor CD4+ T Cell Immunity
    2019 437 citations Mikhail Binnewies, Adriana M. Mujal et al. Cell profile →
  4. Spatiotemporal co-dependency between macrophages and exhausted CD8+ T cells in cancer
    2022 186 citations Kelly Kersten, Kenneth H. Hu et al. Cancer Cell profile →
  5. Tumor-associated macrophages restrict CD8+ T cell function through collagen deposition and metabolic reprogramming of the breast cancer microenvironment
    2024 111 citations Kevin M. Tharp, Kelly Kersten et al. Nature Cancer profile →

Immediate Impact

3 by Nobel laureates 13 from Science/Nature 76 hit
Sub-graph 1 of 19

Citing Papers

Bacterial immunotherapy leveraging IL-10R hysteresis for both phagocytosis evasion and tumor immunity revitalization
2025 Hit
Pyridinium Rotor Strategy toward a Robust Photothermal Agent for STING Activation and Multimodal Image-Guided Immunotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
2025 Hit

Works of Kelly Kersten being referenced

Understanding the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) for effective therapy
2018 Hit

Author Peers

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

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kelly Kersten 3.7k 3.6k 2.1k 1.1k 1.1k 20 6.7k
Mikhail Binnewies 4.4k 1.2× 3.8k 1.1× 2.6k 1.2× 998 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 20 8.0k
Elisa C. Woodhouse 2.0k 0.5× 2.6k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 947 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 14 5.5k
Bin‐Zhi Qian 4.6k 1.3× 3.9k 1.1× 3.0k 1.4× 857 0.8× 1.5k 1.4× 41 8.3k
Leah Haworth 2.5k 0.7× 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 797 0.7× 21 6.0k
T. Kevin Howcroft 2.3k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 824 0.8× 770 0.7× 22 4.8k
Thomas F. Gajewski 5.9k 1.6× 5.4k 1.5× 2.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 33 9.4k
Liufu Deng 4.5k 1.2× 3.9k 1.1× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 549 0.5× 33 7.2k
Edward W. Roberts 4.9k 1.3× 5.9k 1.6× 3.0k 1.4× 1.2k 1.1× 1.6k 1.5× 39 9.8k
Aitziber Buqué 3.2k 0.9× 3.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 968 0.9× 488 0.5× 51 6.1k
Daniela Bruni 2.1k 0.6× 2.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 938 0.9× 709 0.7× 13 4.4k

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