Barbara Degar

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Barbara Degar is a scholar working on Hematology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Degar has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Hematology, 19 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Barbara Degar's work include Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (14 papers), Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies (13 papers) and Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments (12 papers). Barbara Degar is often cited by papers focused on Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (14 papers), Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies (13 papers) and Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments (12 papers). Barbara Degar collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Barbara Degar's co-authors include Barrett J. Rollins, Jo‐Anne Vergilio, Gayane Badalian‐Very, Mark D. Fleming, Kristen E. Stevenson, Laura E. MacConaill, William C. Hahn, Azra H. Ligon, Frank C. Kuo and Matthew Meyerson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Degar

48 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Recurrent BRAF mutations in Langerhans cell histiocytosis

2010 742 citations Gayane Badalian‐Very, Jo‐Anne Vergilio et al. Blood profile →
Emapalumab in Children with Primary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

2020 311 citations Barbara Degar, Alexei A. Grom et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Degar United States	20	1.1k	891	696	603	514	48	2.5k
Itziar Astigarraga Spain	18	644 0.6×	679 0.8×	568 0.8×	747 1.2×	297 0.6×	89	2.0k
Milen Minkov Austria	31	1.0k 0.9×	2.3k 2.6×	957 1.4×	1.8k 3.1×	567 1.1×	85	3.7k
Claire Galambrun France	29	1.3k 1.1×	217 0.2×	494 0.7×	206 0.3×	395 0.8×	79	2.5k
Diane M. Komp United States	21	565 0.5×	972 1.1×	443 0.6×	783 1.3×	417 0.8×	54	2.0k
Édouard Pertuiset France	22	828 0.7×	329 0.4×	225 0.3×	188 0.3×	570 1.1×	59	2.3k
Syuji Takei Japan	26	1.2k 1.1×	159 0.2×	750 1.1×	202 0.3×	115 0.2×	108	2.7k
Naynesh Kamani United States	27	1.5k 1.3×	158 0.2×	870 1.3×	250 0.4×	312 0.6×	77	2.8k
Vasanta Nanduri United Kingdom	15	426 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	417 0.6×	836 1.4×	188 0.4×	36	1.7k
Andishe Attarbaschi Austria	33	1.1k 1.0×	139 0.2×	327 0.5×	422 0.7×	942 1.8×	155	3.4k
Shigeko Inokuma Japan	24	429 0.4×	337 0.4×	421 0.6×	313 0.5×	118 0.2×	78	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Degar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Degar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Degar, Barbara, Jennifer T. Huang, & Jacob R. Bledsoe. (2025). Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Histiocytic Disorders in Children. Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. 39(3). 513–529. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Huiyun, Xueyuan Cao, Abdelrahman H. Elsayed, et al.. (2024). Pharmacogenomic Score Effectively Personalizes Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Clinical Cancer Research. 30(19). 4388–4396. 1 indexed citations

Tsai, Harrison, Mark F Sabbagh, Meagan Montesion, et al.. (2024). Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia With Torque Teno Mini Virus::RARA Fusion: An Approach to Screening and Diagnosis. Modern Pathology. 37(7). 100509–100509. 7 indexed citations

Lamba, Jatinder K., Huiyun Wu, Xueyuan Cao, et al.. (2023). Intensification of Therapy and Pharmacogenetic Personalization Mitigate Racial Disparities in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia Outcomes. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 386–386. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Rosa, Huiyun Wu, Stanley Pounds, et al.. (2019). A phase II clinical trial of adoptive transfer of haploidentical natural killer cells for consolidation therapy of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 7(1). 81–81. 87 indexed citations

Solomon, Isaac H., Hojun Li, Leslie Benson, et al.. (2018). Histopathologic Correlates of Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Isolated to the Central Nervous System. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 77(12). 1079–1084. 19 indexed citations

Li, Hojun, Leslie Benson, Lauren A. Henderson, et al.. (2017). Treatment of CNS-Restricted Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis with Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 23(3). S288–S288. 1 indexed citations

Ginat, Daniel Thomas, Sara O. Vargas, V. Michelle Silvera, et al.. (2016). Imaging Features of Juvenile Xanthogranuloma of the Pediatric Head and Neck. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 37(5). 910–916. 13 indexed citations

Degar, Barbara. (2015). Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. 29(5). 903–913. 26 indexed citations

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Green, Adam L., Jefferson Terry, Gayane Badalian‐Very, et al.. (2013). BRAF V600E-Positive Multisite Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in a Preterm Neonate. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 63–66. 7 indexed citations

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Inaba, Hiroto, Elaine Coustan‐Smith, Xueyuan Cao, et al.. (2012). Comparative Analysis of Different Approaches to Measure Treatment Response in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 30(29). 3625–3632. 136 indexed citations

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Badalian‐Very, Gayane, Jo‐Anne Vergilio, Barbara Degar, Carlos Rodríguez‐Galindo, & Barrett J. Rollins. (2011). Recent advances in the understanding of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. British Journal of Haematology. 156(2). 163–172. 74 indexed citations

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Badalian‐Very, Gayane, Jo‐Anne Vergilio, Barbara Degar, et al.. (2010). Recurrent BRAF mutations in Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Blood. 116(11). 1919–1923. 742 indexed citations breakdown →

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Narla, Anupama, et al.. (2010). Neonatal Enteroviral Sepsis/Meningoencephalitis and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Diagnostic Challenges. American Journal of Perinatology. 28(5). 337–346. 14 indexed citations

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Rubnitz, Jeffrey E., Hiroto Inaba, Gary V. Dahl, et al.. (2009). Minimal Residual Disease–Directed Therapy for Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Results of the AML02 Multicenter Trial.. Blood. 114(22). 16–16. 3 indexed citations

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Hazen, Melissa M., Amy Woodward, Inga Hofmann, et al.. (2008). Mutations of the hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis–associated gene UNC13D in a patient with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 58(2). 567–570. 82 indexed citations

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Rodig, Scott J., Barbara Degar, Barrett J. Rollins, et al.. (2007). Aggressive Langerhans cell histiocytosis following T‐ALL: Clonally related neoplasms with persistent expression of constitutively active NOTCH1. American Journal of Hematology. 83(2). 116–121. 40 indexed citations

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Rogulina, Svetlana, et al.. (2007). Effects of the Homeodomain Gene Pitx2 on Self-Renewal of Hematopoietic Stem Cells.. Blood. 110(11). 95–95. 1 indexed citations

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Degar, Barbara, et al.. (2001). The homeodomain gene Pitx2 is expressed in primitive hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells but not in their differentiated progeny. Experimental Hematology. 29(7). 894–902. 20 indexed citations

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Degar, Barbara, Robert Harrington, Joel M. Rappeport, & Ann E. Woolfrey. (1999). 13-cis-retinoic acid-induced eosinophilia following autologous bone marrow transplantation for neuroblastoma. Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 32(4). 308–310. 2 indexed citations

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