Alfred Au

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Alfred Au is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred Au has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Oncology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Alfred Au's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (4 papers). Alfred Au is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (6 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (4 papers). Alfred Au collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Alfred Au's co-authors include Laura J. Esserman, Valerie M. Weaver, E. Shelley Hwang, Irene Acerbi, Ivory Dean, Jan Liphardt, Luke Cassereau, Quanming Shi, Chanhyuk Park and E. Shelley Hwang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alfred Au

32 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

  1. Human breast cancer invasion and aggression correlates with ECM stiffening and immune cell infiltration
    2015 789 citations Alfred Au et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alfred Au United States 20 1.2k 636 517 493 416 33 2.4k
Daniel J. McGrail United States 25 1.2k 1.0× 839 1.3× 481 0.9× 516 1.0× 264 0.6× 70 2.4k
Jean-François Delaloye Switzerland 17 1.1k 0.9× 686 1.1× 512 1.0× 232 0.5× 139 0.3× 50 2.2k
Min Hu Canada 16 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.9× 850 1.6× 374 0.8× 227 0.5× 38 2.6k
Hiroko Endo Japan 24 791 0.6× 827 1.3× 446 0.9× 176 0.4× 179 0.4× 81 2.0k
Derek Chan United Kingdom 7 2.8k 2.2× 1.0k 1.6× 722 1.4× 1.2k 2.4× 228 0.5× 10 3.8k
Christian Kurzeder Germany 15 1.4k 1.1× 675 1.1× 913 1.8× 478 1.0× 115 0.3× 42 2.4k
Isabell Witzel Germany 27 1.5k 1.2× 685 1.1× 702 1.4× 309 0.6× 96 0.2× 115 2.5k
Kevin Shee United States 16 956 0.8× 1.2k 1.8× 385 0.7× 204 0.4× 211 0.5× 56 2.0k
E. Shelley Hwang United States 23 2.5k 2.0× 1.1k 1.7× 1.1k 2.2× 1.8k 3.6× 575 1.4× 41 4.6k
Marcus Q. Bernardini Canada 30 834 0.7× 723 1.1× 496 1.0× 293 0.6× 105 0.3× 134 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alfred Au

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alfred Au

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alfred Au

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All Works

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Campbell, Michael J., Frederick L. Baehner, Tess A. O’Meara, et al.. (2016). Characterizing the immune microenvironment in high-risk ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 161(1). 17–28. 84 indexed citations
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Magbanua, Mark Jesus M., Denise M. Wolf, Christina Yau, et al.. (2015). Serial expression analysis of breast tumors during neoadjuvant chemotherapy reveals changes in cell cycle and immune pathways associated with recurrence and response. Breast Cancer Research. 17(1). 73–73. 57 indexed citations
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Campbell, Michael J., Rita A. Mukhtar, Booyeon J. Han, et al.. (2015). Abstract PD1-5: Characterizing the Tumor Immune MicroEnvironment (TIME) in high-risk ductal carcinoma in situ. Cancer Research. 75(9_Supplement). PD1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shulin, Yi‐Lin Yang, Yucheng Wang, et al.. (2014). CK2α, over-expressed in human malignant pleural mesothelioma, regulates the Hedgehog signaling pathway in mesothelioma cells. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 33(1). 93–93. 24 indexed citations
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Magbanua, Mark Jesus M., Ritu Roy, Eduardo V. Sosa, et al.. (2014). Genome-wide copy number analysis of cerebrospinal fluid tumor cells and their corresponding archival primary tumors. Genomics Data. 2. 60–62. 8 indexed citations
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Magbanua, Mark Jesus M., Michelle Melisko, Ritu Roy, et al.. (2013). Molecular Profiling of Tumor Cells in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Matched Primary Tumors from Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients with Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis. Cancer Research. 73(23). 7134–7143. 52 indexed citations
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Campbell, Michael J., Denise M. Wolf, Rita A. Mukhtar, et al.. (2013). The Prognostic Implications of Macrophages Expressing Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen in Breast Cancer Depend on Immune Context. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e79114–e79114. 26 indexed citations
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Mukhtar, Rita A., Amy P. Moore, Vickram J. Tandon, et al.. (2012). Elevated Levels of Proliferating and Recently Migrated Tumor-associated Macrophages Confer Increased Aggressiveness and Worse Outcomes in Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 19(12). 3979–3986. 27 indexed citations
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Mukhtar, Rita A., Amy P. Moore, Frederick L. Baehner, et al.. (2011). Elevated PCNA+ tumor-associated macrophages in breast cancer are associated with early recurrence and non-Caucasian ethnicity. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 130(2). 635–644. 48 indexed citations
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Li, Tong, Hui Li, Yucheng Wang, et al.. (2010). The expression of CXCR4, CXCL12 and CXCR7 in malignant pleural mesothelioma. The Journal of Pathology. 223(4). 519–530. 34 indexed citations
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Garwood, Elisabeth R., Anjali S. Kumar, Frederick L. Baehner, et al.. (2009). Fluvastatin reduces proliferation and increases apoptosis in women with high grade breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 119(1). 137–144. 179 indexed citations
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Yoo, Grace J., Caryn Aviv, Ellen G. Levine, Cheryl A. Ewing, & Alfred Au. (2009). Emotion work: disclosing cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer. 18(2). 205–215. 47 indexed citations
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Yoo, Grace J., Ellen G. Levine, Caryn Aviv, Cheryl A. Ewing, & Alfred Au. (2009). Older women, breast cancer, and social support. Supportive Care in Cancer. 18(12). 1521–1530. 64 indexed citations
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Levine, Ellen G., Caryn Aviv, Grace J. Yoo, Cheryl A. Ewing, & Alfred Au. (2008). The benefits of prayer on mood and well-being of breast cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer. 17(3). 295–306. 67 indexed citations
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Levine, Ellen G., Grace J. Yoo, Caryn Aviv, Cheryl A. Ewing, & Alfred Au. (2007). Ethnicity and spirituality in breast cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 1(3). 212–225. 77 indexed citations
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Kumar, Anjali S., Alfred Au, Yunn-Yi Chen, et al.. (2006). Biologic significance of false-positive magnetic resonance imaging enhancement in the setting of ductal carcinoma in situ. The American Journal of Surgery. 192(4). 520–524. 36 indexed citations
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Misell, Lisa, E. Shelley Hwang, Alfred Au, Laura J. Esserman, & Marc K. Hellerstein. (2005). Development of a novel method for measuring in vivo breast epithelial cell proliferation in humans. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 89(3). 257–264. 18 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jianxin, et al.. (2002). Determination of HER2 Gene Amplification by Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization (CISH) in Archival Breast Carcinoma. Modern Pathology. 15(6). 657–665. 118 indexed citations
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