Ajay V. Maker

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Ajay V. Maker is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ajay V. Maker has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Oncology, 58 papers in Surgery and 32 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ajay V. Maker's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (43 papers), Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment (23 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (21 papers). Ajay V. Maker is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (43 papers), Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment (23 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (21 papers). Ajay V. Maker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. Ajay V. Maker's co-authors include Steven A. Rosenberg, Peter Attia, Leah Haworth, Bellur S. Prabhakar, James Chih‐Hsin Yang, Sharon Mavroukakis, Catherine Lévy, Suzanne L. Topalian, Richard M. Sherry and Richard E. Royal and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, The Journal of Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ajay V. Maker

115 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Autoimmunity Correlates With Tumor Regression in Patients... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750
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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Autoimmunity Correlates With Tumor Regression in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Treated With Anti–Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen-4
    2005 771 citations Peter Attia, Ajay V. Maker et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ajay V. Maker United States 30 3.0k 1.8k 850 826 600 127 4.4k
Jun Gong United States 28 2.1k 0.7× 660 0.4× 457 0.5× 924 1.1× 843 1.4× 163 3.4k
Adam C. Berger United States 33 2.7k 0.9× 691 0.4× 1.4k 1.7× 1.7k 2.1× 1.1k 1.8× 137 4.8k
Ravit Geva Israel 33 4.1k 1.4× 1.2k 0.7× 880 1.0× 822 1.0× 1.6k 2.7× 134 5.3k
Vincent Chung United States 30 2.3k 0.8× 520 0.3× 646 0.8× 897 1.1× 631 1.1× 169 3.6k
David B. Page United States 22 2.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 174 0.2× 599 0.7× 628 1.0× 60 3.3k
Jean‐Paul Guastalla France 31 2.2k 0.7× 586 0.3× 521 0.6× 621 0.8× 495 0.8× 109 3.7k
Peter H. O’Donnell United States 34 3.7k 1.2× 854 0.5× 3.4k 4.0× 1.0k 1.2× 1.0k 1.7× 171 6.3k
Hiroshi Kagamu Japan 27 1.6k 0.5× 884 0.5× 223 0.3× 534 0.6× 1.0k 1.7× 172 3.0k
Alexander Burges Germany 35 1.3k 0.4× 545 0.3× 1.4k 1.7× 809 1.0× 438 0.7× 171 4.1k
Ingo Schmidt‐Wolf Germany 20 2.7k 0.9× 500 0.3× 831 1.0× 570 0.7× 717 1.2× 73 3.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wong, Paul, Thuy B. Tran, Tommaso Pollini, et al.. (2025). Impact of coronary artery stenting on perioperative mortality and complications in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 29(5). 102020–102020.
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Coukos, George, Marco Donia, Brian Gastman, et al.. (2025). The science of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL): perspectives from the SITC Surgery Committee. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 13(11). e013420–e013420.
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Keenan, Bridget P., Guilin Qiao, Prabhakaran Kumar, et al.. (2025). Combination LIGHT overexpression and checkpoint blockade disrupts the tumor immune environment impacting colorectal liver metastases. Science Advances. 11(41). eadv9161–eadv9161. 1 indexed citations
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Fernández, Manuel, Bridget P. Keenan, David Rosenberg, et al.. (2025). Novel Computational Analysis Identifies Cytotoxic Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte Balance in Tumors as a Predictor of Recurrence-Free Survival in Colorectal Carcinoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 32(9). 6980–6990. 3 indexed citations
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Wong, Paul, Tommaso Pollini, L. Aguilar, et al.. (2025). Minimally Invasive Versus Open Resection for Solid Pseudopapillary Tumors of the Pancreas: A Propensity Score‐Matched Analysis. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 132(4). 676–683.
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Wong, Paul, Andrew D. Wisneski, Katy K. Tsai, et al.. (2024). Metastatic melanoma to small bowel: metastasectomy is supported in the era of immunotherapy and checkpoint inhibitors. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 22(1). 77–77. 2 indexed citations
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Pollini, Tommaso, Paul Wong, & Ajay V. Maker. (2024). Current Management of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms. 4(1). 19–28. 1 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Daniel, Amir Ashraf‐Ganjouei, Alexa Glencer, et al.. (2024). Graft choice in pancreatectomy with vascular resection: equivalent safety in selected patients. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 28(11). 1799–1804.
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Hirose, Kenzo, Kimberly S. Kirkwood, Ajay V. Maker, et al.. (2023). National Practice Patterns in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Updates in Management and Survival. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 30(8). 5119–5129. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Annie, Rachel Lee, Maria C. Russell, et al.. (2022). Diagnostic laparoscopy is underutilized in the staging of gastric adenocarcinoma regardless of hospital type: An US safety net collaborative analysis. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 126(4). 649–657. 1 indexed citations
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Kronenfeld, Joshua P., Amber L. Collier, Annie Wang, et al.. (2021). Attrition during neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric adenocarcinoma is associated with decreased survival: A United States Safety‐Net Collaborative analysis. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 124(8). 1317–1328. 7 indexed citations
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Lee, Rachel, Matthew R. Porembka, Joshua P. Kronenfeld, et al.. (2021). Is there a difference in utilization of a perioperative treatment approach for gastric cancer between safety net hospitals and tertiary referral centers?. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 124(4). 551–559. 3 indexed citations
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Mansour, John C., Kenneth D. Chavin, Gareth Morris‐Stiff, et al.. (2018). Management of asymptomatic, well-differentiated PNETs: results of the Delphi consensus process of the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. HPB. 21(5). 515–523. 19 indexed citations
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Qiao, Guilin, Jian‐Zhong Qin, Dolores Mahmud, et al.. (2017). LIGHT Elevation Enhances Immune Eradication of Colon Cancer Metastases. Cancer Research. 77(8). 1880–1891. 34 indexed citations
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Kopanja, Dragana, Zebin Wang, Neha Chandan, et al.. (2015). Essential roles of FoxM1 in Ras-induced liver cancer progression and in cancer cells with stem cell features. Journal of Hepatology. 63(2). 429–436. 76 indexed citations
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Turner, Andrea, Tania Pilli, Elizabeth L. Wiley, et al.. (2013). MADD Knock-Down Enhances Doxorubicin and TRAIL Induced Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56817–e56817. 26 indexed citations
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Maker, Ajay V., James Chih‐Hsin Yang, Richard M. Sherry, et al.. (2006). Intrapatient Dose Escalation of Anti–CTLA-4 Antibody in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma. Journal of Immunotherapy. 29(4). 455–463. 214 indexed citations
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Maker, Ajay V., Peter Attia, & Steven A. Rosenberg. (2005). Analysis of the Cellular Mechanism of Antitumor Responses and Autoimmunity in Patients Treated with CTLA-4 Blockade. The Journal of Immunology. 175(11). 7746–7754. 256 indexed citations

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