Branson Chen

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 837 citations indexed

About

Branson Chen is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Branson Chen has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 837 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Immunology, 8 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Branson Chen's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (5 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (4 papers). Branson Chen is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (6 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (5 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (4 papers). Branson Chen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Branson Chen's co-authors include Jong Bok Lee, David E. Goertz, Margarita Todorova, Raffi Karshafian, Kullervo Hynynen, Mark D. Minden, Hyeonjeong Kang, Zhang Li, Jeffrey C. Kwong and Kevin L. Schwartz and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Branson Chen

26 papers receiving 825 citations

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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.

Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe outcomes with variants of concern in Ontario

2022 170 citations Sharifa Nasreen, Hannah Chung et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Branson Chen Canada	12	215	194	185	178	144	28	837
Erin I. Lafferty Canada	12	135 0.6×	109 0.6×	288 1.6×	68 0.4×	224 1.6×	13	917
Fanpu Ji China	21	67 0.3×	167 0.9×	67 0.4×	114 0.6×	190 1.3×	100	1.2k
Xiaojuan Zhu China	17	60 0.3×	365 1.9×	178 1.0×	57 0.3×	187 1.3×	63	1.3k
Liangshun You China	19	61 0.3×	247 1.3×	154 0.8×	216 1.2×	434 3.0×	45	1.0k
Chuanjun Xu China	13	115 0.5×	822 4.2×	33 0.2×	176 1.0×	128 0.9×	32	1.4k
Irfan Ullah Pakistan	14	18 0.1×	383 2.0×	53 0.3×	39 0.2×	134 0.9×	78	870
Weihong Zhang China	20	47 0.2×	129 0.7×	129 0.7×	219 1.2×	236 1.6×	62	1.1k
Wenxin Luo China	11	86 0.4×	168 0.9×	85 0.5×	117 0.7×	258 1.8×	29	645
Nor Fazila Che Mat Malaysia	11	45 0.2×	67 0.3×	289 1.6×	102 0.6×	88 0.6×	28	708
Hin Fung Tsang Hong Kong	15	61 0.3×	177 0.9×	34 0.2×	115 0.6×	350 2.4×	35	802

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Branson Chen

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

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Lee, Jongbok, Hyeonjeong Kang, Branson Chen, et al.. (2025). Allogeneic DNT cell therapy synergizes with T cells to promote anti-leukemic activities while suppressing GvHD. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 44(1). 28–28. 1 indexed citations

Chung, Hannah, Michael A. Campitelli, Sarah A. Buchan, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the Impact of Statin Use on Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness and Influenza Infection in Older Adults. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 77(2). 303–311. 4 indexed citations

Rodrigues, Rebecca, Jennifer Reid, Suzanne Archie, et al.. (2023). Sex differences in the clinical presentation of early psychosis in a primary care setting. Archives of Women s Mental Health. 26(4). 485–493.

Maclagan, Laura C., Mohamed Abdalla, Daniel A. Harris, et al.. (2023). Can Patients with Dementia Be Identified in Primary Care Electronic Medical Records Using Natural Language Processing?. PubMed. 7(1). 42–58. 11 indexed citations

Kwong, Jeffrey C., Kevin A. Brown, Frank Rudzicz, et al.. (2023). Validating pertussis data measures using electronic medical record data in Ontario, Canada 1986–2016. Vaccine X. 15. 100408–100408.

Dolatabadi, Elham, Branson Chen, Sarah A. Buchan, et al.. (2023). Natural Language Processing for Clinical Laboratory Data Repository Systems: Implementation and Evaluation for Respiratory Viruses. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. e44835–e44835. 1 indexed citations

Nasreen, Sharifa, Hannah Chung, Siyi He, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe outcomes with variants of concern in Ontario. Nature Microbiology. 7(3). 379–385. 170 indexed citations breakdown →

Kwong, Jeffrey C., Kevin A. Brown, Frank Rudzicz, et al.. (2022). Developing a reference standard for pertussis by applying a stratified sampling strategy to electronic medical record data. Annals of Epidemiology. 77. 53–60. 1 indexed citations

Sundaram, Maria E., Andrew Calzavara, Sharmistha Mishra, et al.. (2021). Individual and social determinants of SARS-CoV-2 testing and positivity in Ontario, Canada: a population-wide study. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 193(20). E723–E734. 61 indexed citations

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Sundaram, Maria E., Andrew Calzavara, Sharmistha Mishra, et al.. (2021). Déterminants individuels et sociaux du test de dépistage du SRAS-CoV-2 et de l’obtention d’un résultat positif en Ontario, au Canada: une étude populationnelle. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 193(32). E1261–E1276. 2 indexed citations

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Kitano, Taito, Bradley J. Langford, Kevin A. Brown, et al.. (2020). The Association Between High and Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing: A Cohort Study Using Family Physician Electronic Medical Records. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72(9). e345–e351. 19 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Kevin L., Bradley J. Langford, Nick Daneman, et al.. (2020). Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in a Canadian primary care setting: a descriptive analysis using routinely collected electronic medical record data. CMAJ Open. 8(2). E360–E369. 46 indexed citations

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Lee, Jong Bok, et al.. (2019). Cellular immunotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia: How specific should it be?. Blood Reviews. 35. 18–31. 24 indexed citations

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Vahedi, Fatemeh, Amanda J. Lee, Susan E. Collins, et al.. (2018). IL-15 and IFN-γ signal through the ERK pathway to inhibit HCV replication, independent of type I IFN signaling. Cytokine. 124. 154439–154439. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Branson, Jong Bok Lee, Hyeonjeong Kang, Mark D. Minden, & Zhang Li. (2018). Targeting chemotherapy-resistant leukemia by combining DNT cellular therapy with conventional chemotherapy. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 37(1). 88–88. 54 indexed citations

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Lee, Jong Bok, Mark D. Minden, Weihsu C. Chen, et al.. (2017). Allogeneic Human Double Negative T Cells as a Novel Immunotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Its Underlying Mechanisms. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(2). 370–382. 80 indexed citations

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Poznanski, Sophie M., Fatemeh Vahedi, Branson Chen, et al.. (2017). Type I interferon signalling is not required for the induction of endotoxin tolerance. Cytokine. 95. 7–11. 10 indexed citations

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Wouters, Maartje C.A., Céline M. Laumont, Branson Chen, et al.. (2017). The Summit for Cancer Immunotherapy (Summit4CI), June 26–29, 2016 Halifax, Canada. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 66(6). 811–818. 1 indexed citations

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Todorova, Margarita, Branson Chen, Raffi Karshafian, et al.. (2012). Antitumor effects of combining metronomic chemotherapy with the antivascular action of ultrasound stimulated microbubbles. International Journal of Cancer. 132(12). 2956–2966. 64 indexed citations

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Goertz, David E., et al.. (2012). Antitumor Effects of Combining Docetaxel (Taxotere) with the Antivascular Action of Ultrasound Stimulated Microbubbles. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52307–e52307. 95 indexed citations

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