Barbara M. Szczerba

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
23 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Barbara M. Szczerba is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara M. Szczerba has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Oncology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Barbara M. Szczerba's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (15 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers). Barbara M. Szczerba is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (15 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers). Barbara M. Szczerba collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. Barbara M. Szczerba's co-authors include Nicola Aceto, Ilona Krol, Francesc Castro-Giner, Ramona Scherrer, Sofia Gkountela, Christoph Rochlitz, Marcus Vetter, William P. Weber, Christian Beisel and Manuel C. Scheidmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Barbara M. Szczerba

23 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Neutrophils escort circulating tumour cells to enable cell cycle progression

2019 886 citations Barbara M. Szczerba, Francesc Castro-Giner et al. Nature profile →
Circulating Tumor Cell Clustering Shapes DNA Methylation to Enable Metastasis Seeding

2019 608 citations Sofia Gkountela, Francesc Castro-Giner et al. Cell profile →
E-cadherin is required for metastasis in multiple models of breast cancer

2019 562 citations Veena Padmanaban, Ilona Krol et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara M. Szczerba Switzerland	15	1.6k	1.1k	992	552	472	23	2.8k
Maja H. Oktay United States	32	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	854 0.9×	893 1.6×	447 0.9×	84	3.5k
Cristina R. Ferrone United States	20	1.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	1.5k 1.5×	576 1.0×	442 0.9×	29	4.6k
Lalit R. Patel United States	18	1.1k 0.7×	941 0.9×	660 0.7×	451 0.8×	203 0.4×	26	2.3k
Pallavi Chaturvedi United States	15	923 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	467 0.8×	175 0.4×	24	2.4k
Gwenola Manic Italy	20	868 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	597 0.6×	963 1.7×	230 0.5×	30	2.6k
Viviana Cremasco United States	22	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	469 0.5×	1.4k 2.6×	418 0.9×	31	3.3k
Yuri Sheinin United States	29	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	453 0.5×	576 1.0×	417 0.9×	60	2.9k
Lyn M. Duncan United States	22	1.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	686 0.7×	685 1.2×	155 0.3×	41	3.3k
Oakley C. Olson United States	18	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	702 0.7×	2.3k 4.1×	342 0.7×	23	4.2k
Natasha Y. Frank United States	23	2.6k 1.6×	2.0k 1.9×	786 0.8×	906 1.6×	232 0.5×	57	3.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Szczerba, Barbara M., Katharina Jahn, Francesc Castro-Giner, et al.. (2025). Phylogenetic inference reveals clonal heterogeneity in circulating tumor cell clusters. Nature Genetics. 57(6). 1357–1361. 2 indexed citations

Scharl, Michael, Barbara M. Szczerba, Yasser Morsy, et al.. (2022). Prospective observational study of the role of the microbiome in BCG responsiveness prediction (SILENT-EMPIRE): a study protocol. BMJ Open. 12(4). e061421–e061421. 12 indexed citations

Loeffler, Dirk, Yang Zhang, Cinzia Donato, et al.. (2022). Combining single-cell tracking and omics improves blood stem cell fate regulator identification. Blood. 140(13). 1482–1495. 16 indexed citations

Scheidmann, Manuel C., Francesc Castro-Giner, Karin Strittmatter, et al.. (2021). An In Vivo CRISPR Screen Identifies Stepwise Genetic Dependencies of Metastatic Progression. Cancer Research. 82(4). 681–694. 18 indexed citations

Fazilaty, Hassan, Tomáš Valenta, Barbara M. Szczerba, et al.. (2021). Tracing colonic embryonic transcriptional profiles and their reactivation upon intestinal damage. Cell Reports. 36(5). 109484–109484. 28 indexed citations

Tiede, Stefanie, Ravi Kiran Reddy Kalathur, Fabiana Lüönd, et al.. (2020). Multi-color clonal tracking reveals intra-stage proliferative heterogeneity during mammary tumor progression. Oncogene. 40(1). 12–27. 13 indexed citations

Donato, Cinzia, Leo Kunz, Francesc Castro-Giner, et al.. (2020). Hypoxia Triggers the Intravasation of Clustered Circulating Tumor Cells. Cell Reports. 32(10). 108105–108105. 171 indexed citations

Armbrecht, Lucas, et al.. (2020). Quantification of Protein Secretion from Circulating Tumor Cells in Microfluidic Chambers. Advanced Science. 7(11). 1903237–1903237. 47 indexed citations

Szczerba, Barbara M., Francesc Castro-Giner, Marcus Vetter, et al.. (2019). Neutrophils escort circulating tumour cells to enable cell cycle progression. Nature. 566(7745). 553–557. 886 indexed citations breakdown →

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Padmanaban, Veena, Ilona Krol, Yasir Suhail, et al.. (2019). E-cadherin is required for metastasis in multiple models of breast cancer. Nature. 573(7774). 439–444. 562 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gkountela, Sofia, Francesc Castro-Giner, Barbara M. Szczerba, et al.. (2019). Circulating Tumor Cell Clustering Shapes DNA Methylation to Enable Metastasis Seeding. Cell. 176(1-2). 98–112.e14. 608 indexed citations breakdown →

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Donato, Cinzia, Barbara M. Szczerba, Manuel C. Scheidmann, Francesc Castro-Giner, & Nicola Aceto. (2019). Micromanipulation of Circulating Tumor Cells for Downstream Molecular Analysis and Metastatic Potential Assessment. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 9 indexed citations

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Vetter, Marcus, Julia Landin, Barbara M. Szczerba, et al.. (2018). Denosumab treatment is associated with the absence of circulating tumor cells in patients with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 20(1). 141–141. 25 indexed citations

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Krol, Ilona, Francesc Castro-Giner, Martina Maurer, et al.. (2018). Detection of circulating tumour cell clusters in human glioblastoma. British Journal of Cancer. 119(4). 487–491. 102 indexed citations

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Gkountela, Sofia, Barbara M. Szczerba, Cinzia Donato, & Nicola Aceto. (2016). Recent advances in the biology of human circulating tumour cells and metastasis. ESMO Open. 1(4). e000078–e000078. 35 indexed citations

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Szczerba, Barbara M., Paulina Kapłonek, Nina Wolska, et al.. (2015). Interaction between innate immunity and Ro52-induced antibody causes Sjögren's syndrome-like disorder in mice. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75(3). 617–622. 44 indexed citations

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Szymula, Agnieszka, Jacob Rosenthal, Barbara M. Szczerba, et al.. (2014). T cell epitope mimicry between Sjögren's syndrome Antigen A (SSA)/Ro60 and oral, gut, skin and vaginal bacteria. Clinical Immunology. 152(1-2). 1–9. 115 indexed citations

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Nąckiewicz, Dominika, Paromita Dey, Barbara M. Szczerba, et al.. (2014). Inhibitor of Differentiation 3, a Transcription Factor, Regulates Hyperlipidemia-Associated Kidney Disease. Nephron Experimental Nephrology. 126(3). 141–147. 3 indexed citations

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Szczerba, Barbara M., et al.. (2013). Type I Interferon Receptor Deficiency Prevents Murine Sjögren’s Syndrome. Journal of Dental Research. 92(5). 444–449. 35 indexed citations

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Szymula, Agnieszka, Barbara M. Szczerba, Harini Bagavant, Shu Man Fu, & Umesh S. Deshmukh. (2012). A case for microbial involvement in the activation of lupus-antigen reactive T cells (171.39). The Journal of Immunology. 188(1_Supplement). 171.39–171.39. 2 indexed citations

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