Ann Schlesinger

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ann Schlesinger is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ann Schlesinger has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Immunology, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Ann Schlesinger's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (2 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (2 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (2 papers). Ann Schlesinger is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (2 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (2 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (2 papers). Ann Schlesinger collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ann Schlesinger's co-authors include Bruce Bowerman, Richard A. Young, Gerard J. Nau, Christopher J. Thorpe, Eric S. Lander, Ezra G. Jennings, Chris J. Thorpe, Judy Lieberman, Dong Zhang and Pengcheng Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Ann Schlesinger

6 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Human macrophage activation programs induced by bacterial... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400 500
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 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 macrophage activation programs induced by bacterial pathogens
    2002 570 citations Gerard J. Nau, Ann Schlesinger et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ann Schlesinger United States 6 638 451 301 184 156 6 1.3k
Margery Smelkinson United States 21 642 1.0× 666 1.5× 218 0.7× 296 1.6× 129 0.8× 37 1.8k
Alison M. Kell United States 15 401 0.6× 443 1.0× 182 0.6× 173 0.9× 83 0.5× 22 1.1k
Elena Rydkina United States 18 417 0.7× 278 0.6× 112 0.4× 87 0.5× 273 1.8× 30 1.8k
Robert W. Brooks United States 13 397 0.6× 200 0.4× 111 0.4× 103 0.6× 25 0.2× 31 1.2k
Sophie Cypowyj France 15 264 0.4× 1.0k 2.3× 244 0.8× 438 2.4× 36 0.2× 16 1.7k
Nicholas Paquette United States 12 416 0.7× 752 1.7× 35 0.1× 74 0.4× 123 0.8× 14 1.2k
Varnesh Tiku Germany 10 506 0.8× 115 0.3× 92 0.3× 106 0.6× 31 0.2× 12 802
Marta Gaglia United States 15 329 0.5× 253 0.6× 128 0.4× 355 1.9× 18 0.1× 27 873
Lionel Tafforeau Belgium 18 1.0k 1.6× 192 0.4× 29 0.1× 220 1.2× 82 0.5× 27 1.4k
Stuart K. Archer Australia 19 1.1k 1.7× 143 0.3× 60 0.2× 406 2.2× 82 0.5× 32 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ann Schlesinger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ann Schlesinger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ann Schlesinger. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ann Schlesinger. The network helps show where Ann Schlesinger may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ann Schlesinger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ann Schlesinger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ann Schlesinger 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 Ann Schlesinger. Ann Schlesinger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Zhu, Pengcheng, Denis Martinvalet, Dipanjan Chowdhury, et al.. (2009). The cytotoxic T lymphocyte protease granzyme A cleaves and inactivates poly(adenosine 5′-diphosphate-ribose) polymerase-1. Blood. 114(6). 1205–1216. 47 indexed citations
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Feng, Hanping, Dong Zhang, Deborah Palliser, et al.. (2005). Listeria -Infected Myeloid Dendritic Cells Produce IFN-β, Priming T Cell Activation. The Journal of Immunology. 175(1). 421–432. 63 indexed citations
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Nau, Gerard J., et al.. (2003). Cumulative Toll-Like Receptor Activation in Human Macrophages Treated with Whole Bacteria. The Journal of Immunology. 170(10). 5203–5209. 84 indexed citations
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Nau, Gerard J., et al.. (2002). Human macrophage activation programs induced by bacterial pathogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(3). 1503–1508. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thorpe, Chris J., Ann Schlesinger, & Bruce Bowerman. (2000). Wnt signalling in Caenorhabditis elegans : regulating repressors and polarizing the cytoskeleton. Trends in Cell Biology. 10(1). 10–17. 81 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Christopher J., et al.. (1997). Wnt Signaling Polarizes an Early C. elegans Blastomere to Distinguish Endoderm from Mesoderm. Cell. 90(4). 695–705. 447 indexed citations

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