Alfred G. Knudson

19.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
93 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Alfred G. Knudson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred G. Knudson has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cancer Research and 26 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alfred G. Knudson's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (21 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (17 papers) and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (13 papers). Alfred G. Knudson is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (21 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (17 papers) and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (13 papers). Alfred G. Knudson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. Alfred G. Knudson's co-authors include Suresh H. Moolgavkar, Michael M. Vilenchik, Louise C. Strong, Anna T. Meadows, Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Alice H. Berger, Joseph M. Natterson, Joseph R. Testa, Raymond S. Yeung and Robert C. Seeger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alfred G. Knudson

92 papers receiving 13.2k 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.

Mutation and Cancer: Statistical Study of Retinoblastoma

1971 5.2k citations Alfred G. Knudson profile →
Hereditary cancer, oncogenes, and antioncogenes.

1985 1000 citations Alfred G. Knudson PubMed profile →
Mutation and Cancer: A Model for Human Carcinogenesis2

1981 782 citations Alfred G. Knudson et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →
Two genetic hits (more or less) to cancer

2001 713 citations Alfred G. Knudson Nature reviews. Cancer profile →
Antioncogenes and human cancer.

1993 601 citations Alfred G. Knudson profile →
Endogenous DNA double-strand breaks: Production, fidelity of repair, and induction of cancer

2003 505 citations Alfred G. Knudson et al. profile →
Mutation and Cancer: A Model for Wilms' Tumor of the Kidney<xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN2">2</xref>

1972 502 citations Alfred G. Knudson et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alfred G. Knudson United States	39	7.1k	4.4k	3.7k	2.5k	1.9k	93	14.0k
Louise C. Strong United States	58	8.9k 1.3×	7.2k 1.6×	3.2k 0.8×	3.3k 1.3×	1.8k 0.9×	183	16.9k
Frederick P. Li United States	50	5.8k 0.8×	5.7k 1.3×	2.7k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	131	13.8k
Margaret A. Tucker United States	65	4.7k 0.7×	7.3k 1.6×	2.9k 0.8×	3.4k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	230	16.0k
Magnus Nordenskjöld Sweden	57	4.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	3.7k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	241	12.9k
James D. Griffin United States	95	12.8k 1.8×	7.4k 1.7×	1.9k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	354	29.7k
David Malkin Canada	54	5.6k 0.8×	4.6k 1.0×	3.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	226	11.5k
Gilbert Lenoir France	64	6.3k 0.9×	5.2k 1.2×	1.9k 0.5×	3.4k 1.3×	3.5k 1.9×	254	15.5k
Timothy J. Triche United States	70	7.4k 1.0×	3.7k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	2.7k 1.4×	268	17.0k
H. Shelton Earp United States	71	8.8k 1.2×	6.2k 1.4×	3.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	241	21.4k
Yusuke Nakamura Japan	82	15.2k 2.2×	8.0k 1.8×	5.4k 1.4×	3.6k 1.4×	4.8k 2.6×	377	25.6k

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Peri, Suraj, Karthik Devarajan, Dong‐Hua Yang, Alfred G. Knudson, & Siddharth Balachandran. (2013). Meta-Analysis Identifies NF-κB as a Therapeutic Target in Renal Cancer. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e76746–e76746. 36 indexed citations

Bellacosa, Alfonso, Andrew K. Godwin, Suraj Peri, et al.. (2010). Altered Gene Expression in Morphologically Normal Epithelial Cells from Heterozygous Carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutations. Cancer Prevention Research. 3(1). 48–61. 41 indexed citations

Yeung, Anthony T., Xinming Li, Steven H. Seeholzer, et al.. (2008). One-Hit Effects in Cancer: Altered Proteome of Morphologically Normal Colon Crypts in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis. Cancer Research. 68(18). 7579–7586. 34 indexed citations

Upson, John J., Radka Stoyanova, Harry S. Cooper, et al.. (2004). Optimized procedures for microarray analysis of histological specimens processed by laser capture microdissection. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 201(3). 366–373. 22 indexed citations

Stoyanova, Radka, John J. Upson, Christos Patriotis, et al.. (2004). Use of RNA amplification in the optimal characterization of global gene expression using cDNA microarrays. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 201(3). 359–365. 13 indexed citations

Knudson, Alfred G.. (2001). Two genetic hits (more or less) to cancer. Nature reviews. Cancer. 1(2). 157–162. 713 indexed citations breakdown →

Knudson, Alfred G.. (1993). Introduction to the genetics of primary renal tumors in children. Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 21(3). 193–198. 24 indexed citations

Knudson, Alfred G.. (1993). Pediatric molecular oncology. Past as prologue to the future. Cancer. 71(S10). 3320–3324. 8 indexed citations

Knudson, Alfred G.. (1993). Genetics of Tumors of the Head and Neck. Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 119(7). 735–737. 16 indexed citations

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Testa, Joseph R., Takahiro Taguchi, Alfred G. Knudson, & Okio Hino. (1992). Localization of the interferon-α gene cluster to rat chromosome bands 5q31→q33 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 60(3-4). 247–249. 28 indexed citations

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Knudson, Alfred G.. (1991). Overview: Genes that predispose to cancer. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 247(2). 185–190. 41 indexed citations

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Knudson, Alfred G. & Arthur C. Upton. (1990). Tumor Suppressor Genes Workshop. Cancer Research. 50(20). 6765–6765. 2 indexed citations

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Evans, Andrea, G J D'Angio, Alfred G. Knudson, & Robert C. Seeger. (1980). Advances in neuroblastoma research. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 248 indexed citations

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Knudson, Alfred G.. (1979). Presidential address. Our load of mutations and its burden of disease.. PubMed. 31(4). 401–13. 9 indexed citations

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Knudson, Alfred G.. (1979). Hereditary Cancer. JAMA. 241(3). 279–279. 5 indexed citations

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Knudson, Alfred G. & Anna T. Meadows. (1976). Developmental Genetics of Neuroblastoma12. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 57(3). 675–682. 54 indexed citations

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Knudson, Alfred G.. (1970). Genetics and Cancer. Postgraduate Medicine. 48(5). 70–74. 3 indexed citations

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Knudson, Alfred G.. (1965). The Control of Human Heredity and Evolution. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 17(4). 375–375. 1 indexed citations

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Knudson, Alfred G.. (1965). Genetics and disease. 7 indexed citations

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Knudson, Alfred G.. (1951). Mixed adrenal disease of infancy. The Journal of Pediatrics. 39(4). 408–423. 17 indexed citations

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