Alex Koufos

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Alex Koufos is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Koufos has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ophthalmology and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alex Koufos's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers), Renal and related cancers (3 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (3 papers). Alex Koufos is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers), Renal and related cancers (3 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (3 papers). Alex Koufos collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Belgium. Alex Koufos's co-authors include Webster K. Cavenee, Beatrice C. Lampkin, Neal G. Copeland, Mark Hansen, Kenneth Morgan, Paul E. Grundy, Marc F. Hansen, Nancy A. Jenkins, M. Linda Workman and N.A. Jenkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Genes Chromosomes and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Alex Koufos

9 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Loss of alleles at loci on human chromosome 11 during genesis of Wilms' tumour

1984 463 citations Alex Koufos, Mark Hansen et al. Nature profile →

Peers

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Rosalyn Slater Netherlands

W. F. Benedict United States

Harald Rieder Germany

Debra M. Lillington United Kingdom

JD Rowley United States

O. Margaret Garson Australia

Masashi Sanada Japan

MM Le Beau United States

CR Bartram Germany

Sérgio Castedo Portugal

Rosalyn Slater Netherlands

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392 ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Alex Koufos

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Koufos

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Koufos

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Koufos. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Koufos based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex Koufos. Alex Koufos is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Scrable, Heidi, David P. Witte, Hiroyuki Shimada, et al.. (1989). Molecular differential pathology of rhabdomyosarcoma. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 1(1). 23–35. 170 indexed citations

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Koufos, Alex, Paul E. Grundy, Kenneth Morgan, et al.. (1989). Familial Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome and a second Wilms tumor locus both map to 11p15.5.. PubMed. 44(5). 711–9. 365 indexed citations

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Grundy, Paul E., Alex Koufos, Kenneth Morgan, et al.. (1988). Familial predisposition to Wilms' tumour does not map to the short arm of chromosome 11. Nature. 336(6197). 374–376. 209 indexed citations

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Gray, Alane, Albert W. Tam, Thomas J. Dull, et al.. (1987). Tissue-Specific and Developmentally Regulated Transcription of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 Gene. DNA. 6(4). 283–295. 139 indexed citations

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Dryja, Thaddeus P., Joyce M. Rapaport, J. Epstein, et al.. (1986). Chromosome 13 homozygosity in osteosarcoma without retinoblastoma.. PubMed. 38(1). 59–66. 82 indexed citations

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Cavenee, Webster K., Alex Koufos, & Mark Hansen. (1986). Recessive mutant genes predisposing to human cancer. Mutation Research/Reviews in Genetic Toxicology. 168(1). 3–14. 95 indexed citations

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Koufos, Alex, Marc F. Hansen, Neal G. Copeland, et al.. (1985). Loss of heterozygosity in three embryonal tumours suggests a common pathogenetic mechanism. Nature. 316(6026). 330–334. 448 indexed citations

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Hansen, Mark, Alex Koufos, Brenda L. Gallie, et al.. (1985). Osteosarcoma and retinoblastoma: a shared chromosomal mechanism revealing recessive predisposition.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(18). 6216–6220. 318 indexed citations

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Koufos, Alex, Mark Hansen, Beatrice C. Lampkin, et al.. (1984). Loss of alleles at loci on human chromosome 11 during genesis of Wilms' tumour. Nature. 309(5964). 170–172. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

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