Cynthia A. Afshari

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Cynthia A. Afshari is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cynthia A. Afshari has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Cynthia A. Afshari's work include Gene expression and cancer classification (24 papers), Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (16 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (11 papers). Cynthia A. Afshari is often cited by papers focused on Gene expression and cancer classification (24 papers), Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (16 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (11 papers). Cynthia A. Afshari collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Cynthia A. Afshari's co-authors include Hisham K. Hamadeh, Pierre R. Bushel, J. Carl Barrett, L. Michelle Bennett, Richard S. Paules, Emile F. Nuwaysir, Izumi Horikawa, J. Carl Barrett, P. LouAnn Cable and Greg Gibson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Cynthia A. Afshari

81 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Assessing Gene Significance from cDNA Microarray Expression Data via Mixed Models

2001 846 citations Russell D. Wolfinger, Greg Gibson et al. Journal of Computational Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cynthia A. Afshari United States	45	4.0k	1.3k	1.1k	746	680	82	6.5k
Richard S. Paules United States	43	5.8k 1.5×	629 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	410 0.5×	429 0.6×	121	9.0k
Byron Kemper United States	42	3.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	1.7k 2.3×	582 0.9×	110	6.5k
Ruth Roberts United Kingdom	45	3.0k 0.8×	376 0.3×	890 0.8×	583 0.8×	422 0.6×	148	6.4k
Marilyn Safran Israel	25	5.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	546 0.5×	854 1.1×	454 0.7×	32	8.8k
Derek J. Parks United States	29	4.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	3.5k 3.1×	1.3k 1.8×	1.1k 1.7×	42	9.5k
Julie F. Foley United States	47	2.7k 0.7×	643 0.5×	912 0.8×	813 1.1×	653 1.0×	128	6.3k
Friedrich Marks Germany	49	4.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	828 0.7×	396 0.5×	490 0.7×	222	8.1k
Tsippi Iny Stein Israel	13	4.1k 1.0×	938 0.7×	458 0.4×	811 1.1×	375 0.6×	13	6.9k
Y Fujii-Kuriyama Japan	38	3.1k 0.8×	932 0.7×	752 0.7×	1.4k 1.9×	271 0.4×	54	5.5k
Noa Rappaport United States	20	3.4k 0.8×	809 0.6×	377 0.3×	572 0.8×	500 0.7×	34	5.8k

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Taylor, Scott L., Michael S. Ominsky, Rong Hu, et al.. (2015). Time-dependent cellular and transcriptional changes in the osteoblast lineage associated with sclerostin antibody treatment in ovariectomized rats. Bone. 84. 148–159. 77 indexed citations

Afshari, Cynthia A., Hisham K. Hamadeh, & Pierre R. Bushel. (2010). The Evolution of Bioinformatics in Toxicology: Advancing Toxicogenomics. Toxicological Sciences. 120(Supplement 1). S225–S237. 97 indexed citations

Haugen, Astrid C., Ryan Kelley, Jennifer B. Collins, et al.. (2004). Integrating phenotypic and expression profiles to map arsenic-response networks. Genome biology. 5(12). R95–R95. 149 indexed citations

Thompson, Karol L., Cynthia A. Afshari, Rupesh P. Amin, et al.. (2004). Identification of Platform-Independent Gene Expression Markers of Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity. Environmental Health Perspectives. 1 indexed citations

Steenbergen, Charles, Cynthia A. Afshari, John G. Petranka, et al.. (2003). Alterations in apoptotic signaling in human idiopathic cardiomyopathic hearts in failure. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 284(1). H268–H276. 60 indexed citations

Johnson, Charles D., Yoganand Balagurunathan, Mahlet G. Tadesse, et al.. (2003). Genomic profiles and predictive biological networks in oxidant-induced atherogenesis. Physiological Genomics. 13(3). 263–275. 21 indexed citations

Hamadeh, Hisham K., Rupesh P. Amin, Richard S. Paules, & Cynthia A. Afshari. (2002). An Overview of Toxicogenomics. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 4(2). 45–56. 89 indexed citations

Bushel, Pierre R., Hisham K. Hamadeh, L. Michelle Bennett, et al.. (2002). Computational selection of distinct class- and subclass-specific gene expression signatures. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 35(3). 160–170. 31 indexed citations

Wolfinger, Russell D., Greg Gibson, L. Michelle Bennett, et al.. (2001). Assessing Gene Significance from cDNA Microarray Expression Data via Mixed Models. Journal of Computational Biology. 8(6). 625–637. 846 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tahara, Hidetoshi, et al.. (2001). INVOLVEMENT OF TELOMERE SHORTENING AND TELOMERASE IN CELL AGING AND IMMORTALIZATION. 49. 147–163. 1 indexed citations

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Hamadeh, Hisham K., Pierre R. Bushel, Richard S. Paules, & Cynthia A. Afshari. (2001). Discovery in toxicology: Mediation by gene expression array technology. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology. 15(5). 231–242. 34 indexed citations

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Bushel, Pierre R., Hisham K. Hamadeh, L. Michelle Bennett, et al.. (2001). MAPS: a microarray project system for gene expression experiment information and data validation. Bioinformatics. 17(6). 564–565. 40 indexed citations

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Paules, Richard S., Cynthia L. Innes, Stella O. Sieber, et al.. (2001). ATM-dependent responses to DNA-damaging agents. Nature Genetics. 27(S4). 78–78. 1 indexed citations

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Lobenhofer, Edward K., Pierre R. Bushel, Cynthia A. Afshari, & Hisham K. Hamadeh. (2001). Progress in the application of DNA microarrays.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 109(9). 881–891. 45 indexed citations

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Hamadeh, Hisham K. & Cynthia A. Afshari. (2000). Gene Chips and Functional Genomics. American Scientist. 88(6). 508–508. 4 indexed citations

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Annab, Lois A., Lori Terry, P. LouAnn Cable, et al.. (2000). Establishment and Characterization of a Breast Cell Strain Containing a BRCA1 185delAG Mutation. Gynecologic Oncology. 77(1). 121–128. 9 indexed citations

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Romagnolo, Donato F., Lois A. Annab, John I. Risinger, et al.. (1998). Estrogen upregulation of BRCA1 expression with no effect on localization. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 22(2). 102–109. 53 indexed citations

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Afshari, Cynthia A., Nelson Rhodes, Richard S. Paules, & Maria Mudryj. (1997). Deregulation of specific E2F complexes by the v-mos oncogene. Oncogene. 14(25). 3029–3038. 7 indexed citations

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Afshari, Cynthia A., et al.. (1994). Utilization of a Fos-lacz Plasmid to Investigate the Activation of C-fos During Cellular Senescence and Okadaic Acid-induced Apoptosis. Journal of Gerontology. 49(6). B263–B269. 24 indexed citations

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Afshari, Cynthia A., et al.. (1993). Investigation of the Role of G1/S Cell Cycle Mediators in Cellular Senescence. Experimental Cell Research. 209(2). 231–237. 84 indexed citations

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