Babak Banapour

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Babak Banapour is a scholar working on Virology, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Babak Banapour has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Virology, 8 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Babak Banapour's work include HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (4 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers). Babak Banapour is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (4 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers). Babak Banapour collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Babak Banapour's co-authors include Jay A. Levy, Anthony Hoffman, Gregory R. Reyes, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Linda Rabin, Kathelyn S. Steimer, Mark B. Feinberg, Bernard Moss, Sekhar Chakrabarti and Flossie Wong‐Staal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Blood and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Babak Banapour

14 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Induction of CD4-dependent cell fusion by the HTLV-III/LA... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Induction of CD4-dependent cell fusion by the HTLV-III/LAV envelope glycoprotein
    1986 521 citations Jeffrey D. Lifson, Mark B. Feinberg et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Babak Banapour United States 12 1.2k 644 639 404 267 14 1.5k
R E Benveniste United States 17 1.0k 0.8× 519 0.8× 464 0.7× 423 1.0× 278 1.0× 20 1.5k
L O Arthur United States 17 1.5k 1.2× 611 0.9× 727 1.1× 497 1.2× 412 1.5× 23 1.7k
Beth Haggarty United States 24 1.5k 1.2× 788 1.2× 940 1.5× 515 1.3× 359 1.3× 30 2.0k
Linda Rabin United States 15 1.6k 1.4× 862 1.3× 1.0k 1.6× 605 1.5× 423 1.6× 18 2.3k
Julie M. Sligh United States 4 1.1k 0.9× 498 0.8× 721 1.1× 296 0.7× 253 0.9× 7 1.4k
S Benn United States 7 1.1k 0.9× 623 1.0× 587 0.9× 337 0.8× 168 0.6× 7 1.4k
Janet E. Embretson United States 9 1.3k 1.1× 711 1.1× 617 1.0× 468 1.2× 244 0.9× 11 1.7k
Maja A. Sommerfelt Norway 17 983 0.8× 548 0.9× 622 1.0× 403 1.0× 396 1.5× 43 1.6k
Allyson M. Haislip United States 11 1.6k 1.3× 842 1.3× 897 1.4× 439 1.1× 369 1.4× 15 2.0k
S P Cort United States 9 1.6k 1.3× 762 1.2× 1.1k 1.7× 441 1.1× 380 1.4× 12 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Babak Banapour

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Babak Banapour

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Banapour, Babak, et al.. (2004). Induction of immune responses against human papillomaviruses by hypervariable epitope constructs. Immunology. 112(2). 321–327. 7 indexed citations
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Muniappan, Ashok, Babak Banapour, Jane Lebkowski, & Sohel Talib. (2000). Ligand-mediated cytolysis of tumor cells: Use of heregulin-ζ chimeras to redirect cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Cancer Gene Therapy. 7(1). 128–134. 39 indexed citations
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Park, SW, et al.. (1996). Expression of Fas/CD95 and Bcl-2 by primitive hematopoietic progenitors freshly isolated from human fetal liver. Blood. 88(6). 2013–2025. 65 indexed citations
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Torres, José V., Arthur Malley, Babak Banapour, et al.. (1993). An Epitope on the Surface Envelope Glycoprotein (gp130) of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV mac ) Involved in Viral Neutralization and T Cell Activation. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 9(5). 423–430. 28 indexed citations
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Marthas, Marta L., Ross A. Ramos, Barbara L. Lohman, et al.. (1993). Viral determinants of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) virulence in rhesus macaques assessed by using attenuated and pathogenic molecular clones of SIVmac. Journal of Virology. 67(10). 6047–6055. 83 indexed citations
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Torres, José V., David E. Anderson, Arthur Malley, et al.. (1993). SIV envelope glycoprotein epitopes recognized by antibodies from infected or vaccinated rhesus macaques. Journal of Medical Primatology. 22(2-3). 129–137. 8 indexed citations
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Luciw, Paul A., Kirsten E. Shaw, Ronald E. Unger, et al.. (1992). Genetic and Biological Comparisons of Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Molecular Clones of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV MAC ). AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(3). 395–402. 83 indexed citations
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Banapour, Babak, Marta L. Marthas, Robert J. Munn, & Paul A. Luciw. (1991). In vitro macrophage tropism of pathogenic and nonpathogenic molecular clones of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVmac). Virology. 183(1). 12–19. 46 indexed citations
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Banapour, Babak, Marta L. Marthas, Barbara L. Lohman, et al.. (1991). Identification of viral determinants of macrophage tropism for simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac. Journal of Virology. 65(11). 5798–5805. 51 indexed citations
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Marthas, Marta L., Babak Banapour, Suganto Sutjipto, et al.. (1989). Rhesus Macaques Inoculated With Molecularly Cloned Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. Journal of Medical Primatology. 18(3-4). 311–319. 78 indexed citations
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Banapour, Babak, K L Rosenthal, Linda Rabin, et al.. (1987). Characterization and epitope mapping of a human monoclonal antibody reactive with the envelope glycoprotein of human immunodeficiency virus.. The Journal of Immunology. 139(12). 4027–4033. 43 indexed citations
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Lifson, Jeffrey D., Mark B. Feinberg, Gregory R. Reyes, et al.. (1986). Induction of CD4-dependent cell fusion by the HTLV-III/LAV envelope glycoprotein. Nature. 323(6090). 725–728. 521 indexed citations breakdown →
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Banapour, Babak, et al.. (1986). The AIDS-associated retrovirus is not sensitive to lysis or inactivation by human serum. Virology. 152(1). 268–271. 71 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Anthony, Babak Banapour, & Jay A. Levy. (1985). Characterization of the AIDS-associated retrovirus reverse transcriptase and optimal conditions for its detection in virions. Virology. 147(2). 326–335. 402 indexed citations

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