Standout Papers

Sensitization of T cells ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1995 250 500 750
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. Sensitization of T cells to CD95-mediated apoptosis by HIV-1 Tat and gp120
    1995 843 citations Michael O. Westendorp, Rainer Frank et al. Nature profile →
  2. Requirement of an ICE/CED-3 protease for Fas/APO-1-mediated apoptosis
    1995 567 citations Marek Łoś, Marc Van de Craen et al. Nature profile →

Immediate Impact

20 by Nobel laureates 31 from Science/Nature 158 hit
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Citing Papers

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2019 Hit
Inferences, questions and possibilities in Toll-like receptor signalling
2004 HitNatureNobel
7 intermediate papers

Works of Michael O. Westendorp being referenced

Requirement of an ICE/CED-3 protease for Fas/APO-1-mediated apoptosis
1995 HitNature
Sensitization of T cells to CD95-mediated apoptosis by HIV-1 Tat and gp120
1995 HitNature

Author Peers

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

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael O. Westendorp 1.3k 1.1k 1.0k 416 287 9 2.4k
Bronwyn M. Owens 807 0.6× 692 0.6× 772 0.8× 228 0.5× 348 1.2× 15 2.0k
Sheryl Brown‐Shimer 1.4k 1.0× 493 0.4× 973 0.9× 310 0.7× 294 1.0× 18 2.7k
Emmanuel Ségéral 903 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 749 0.7× 398 1.0× 451 1.6× 19 1.9k
E P Gelmann 686 0.5× 539 0.5× 759 0.7× 289 0.7× 353 1.2× 18 2.0k
L Riddle 1.3k 1.0× 1.6k 1.4× 819 0.8× 472 1.1× 602 2.1× 26 3.2k
Samuel A. Williams 878 0.7× 970 0.9× 641 0.6× 270 0.6× 592 2.1× 20 2.0k
Michelle M. Stempien 1.0k 0.8× 642 0.6× 326 0.3× 329 0.8× 435 1.5× 17 2.3k
Ahmad Yatim 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 526 1.3× 751 2.6× 22 2.7k
Dzung Nguyen 1.2k 0.9× 687 0.6× 779 0.8× 245 0.6× 250 0.9× 22 2.1k
Sarah Schmidt 892 0.7× 515 0.5× 717 0.7× 375 0.9× 272 0.9× 29 2.1k

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