Christopher A. Schafer

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher A. Schafer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Periodontics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher A. Schafer has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cancer Research and 2 papers in Periodontics. Recurrent topics in Christopher A. Schafer's work include Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (2 papers), Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (2 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (2 papers). Christopher A. Schafer is often cited by papers focused on Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (2 papers), Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (2 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (2 papers). Christopher A. Schafer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Bulgaria. Christopher A. Schafer's co-authors include David T. Wong, Jason J. Schafer, James J. Farrell, Janice Yoshizawa, Bruce J. Paster, Jieping Yang, Wei Fang, Paulo M. Camargo, Patrícia Oliveira de Lima and Robert E. Maxson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christopher A. Schafer

8 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Salivary Biomarkers: Toward Future Clinical and Diagnostic Utilities

2013 458 citations Janice Yoshizawa, Christopher A. Schafer et al. Clinical Microbiology Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher A. Schafer United States	8	586	338	280	228	106	8	1.1k
Haruhiko Kashiwazaki Japan	18	396 0.7×	221 0.7×	107 0.4×	232 1.0×	85 0.8×	60	1.1k
Mireya González–Begne United States	17	683 1.2×	286 0.8×	91 0.3×	458 2.0×	56 0.5×	19	1.4k
Kaya Yoshida Japan	24	753 1.3×	109 0.3×	157 0.6×	358 1.6×	33 0.3×	66	1.4k
Kazuo Sanada Japan	14	305 0.5×	450 1.3×	132 0.5×	294 1.3×	63 0.6×	29	920
Karol D. McNeill Canada	18	573 1.0×	282 0.8×	109 0.4×	87 0.4×	24 0.2×	25	1.2k
Mercedes F. Rivera United States	15	441 0.8×	195 0.6×	111 0.4×	536 2.4×	12 0.1×	18	1.1k
Bo Gong China	20	663 1.1×	74 0.2×	185 0.7×	22 0.1×	86 0.8×	113	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher A. Schafer

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Hughes, Michael W., Ting-Xin Jiang, Maksim V. Plikus, et al.. (2018). Msx2 Supports Epidermal Competency during Wound-Induced Hair Follicle Neogenesis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 138(9). 2041–2050. 21 indexed citations

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Schafer, Christopher A., Jason J. Schafer, Maha Yakob, et al.. (2014). Saliva Diagnostics: Utilizing Oral Fluids to Determine Health Status. Monographs in oral science. 24. 88–98. 87 indexed citations

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Yang, Jieping, Wei Fang, Christopher A. Schafer, & David T. Wong. (2014). Detection of Tumor Cell-Specific mRNA and Protein in Exosome-Like Microvesicles from Blood and Saliva. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e110641–e110641. 96 indexed citations

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Lau, Chang S., Yong Kim, David Chia, et al.. (2013). Role of Pancreatic Cancer-derived Exosomes in Salivary Biomarker Development. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(37). 26888–26897. 205 indexed citations

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Yoshizawa, Janice, Christopher A. Schafer, Jason J. Schafer, et al.. (2013). Salivary Biomarkers: Toward Future Clinical and Diagnostic Utilities. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 26(4). 781–791. 458 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Nancy, et al.. (2010). Inactivation of Msx1 and Msx2 in neural crest reveals an unexpected role in suppressing heterotopic bone formation in the head. Developmental Biology. 343(1-2). 28–39. 73 indexed citations

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Bahary, Nathan, Katsutoshi Goishi, Carsten Stuckenholz, et al.. (2007). Duplicate VegfA genes and orthologues of the KDR receptor tyrosine kinase family mediate vascular development in the zebrafish. Blood. 110(10). 3627–3636. 107 indexed citations

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Guo, Ping, Quan Fang, Christopher A. Schafer, et al.. (2003). Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor by MCF-7 breast cancer cells promotes estrogen-independent tumor growth in vivo.. PubMed. 63(15). 4684–91. 66 indexed citations

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