Deborah Young

13.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
103 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Deborah Young is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Young has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 19 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Deborah Young's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (12 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (12 papers). Deborah Young is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (12 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (12 papers). Deborah Young collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom. Deborah Young's co-authors include Matthew J. During, P. Lawlor, Michiko Kobayashi, Mike Dragunow, S F Wolf, Michael Dragunow, Susan Chan, Dahna M. Fong, Paola Leone and Bronwen Connor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Young

101 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

Production of natural kil... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1992 1995 1991 2007 1991 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Production of natural killer cell stimulatory factor (interleukin 12) by peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
    1992 1.0k citations Annalisa D’Andrea, Manthrasalam Rengaraju et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  2. Protection and repair of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system by GDNF in vivo
    1995 932 citations Deborah Young et al. profile →
  3. Induction of interferon gamma production by natural killer cell stimulatory factor: characterization of the responder cells and synergy with other inducers.
    1991 858 citations Susan Chan, B Perussia et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  4. Safety and tolerability of gene therapy with an adeno-associated virus (AAV) borne GAD gene for Parkinson's disease: an open label, phase I trial
    2007 775 citations Michael G. Kaplitt, Andrew Feigin et al. The Lancet profile →
  5. Cloning of cDNA for natural killer cell stimulatory factor, a heterodimeric cytokine with multiple biologic effects on T and natural killer cells
    1991 754 citations S F Wolf, Michiko Kobayashi et al. profile →
  6. VEGF links hippocampal activity with neurogenesis, learning and memory
    2004 675 citations Dahna M. Fong, Deborah Young et al. profile →
  7. Environmental enrichment inhibits spontaneous apoptosis, prevents seizures and is neuroprotective
    1999 621 citations Deborah Young, P. Lawlor et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Deborah Young 3.9k 3.5k 3.0k 1.6k 1.5k 103 11.1k
R. Blake Pepinsky 6.7k 1.7× 1.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 1.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 138 11.9k
Greg Lemke 6.8k 1.8× 5.2k 1.5× 6.8k 2.2× 1.1k 0.7× 1.9k 1.3× 143 18.1k
Heikki Rauvala 9.1k 2.3× 3.1k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 771 0.5× 188 17.6k
Peter S. DiStefano 7.1k 1.8× 3.9k 1.1× 3.9k 1.3× 706 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 89 15.1k
Masayuki Miura 8.6k 2.2× 2.4k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 817 0.5× 677 0.4× 253 13.2k
Dragan Maric 4.9k 1.2× 2.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 539 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 196 11.1k
Karen E. Anderson 6.4k 1.7× 3.8k 1.1× 1.5k 0.5× 596 0.4× 777 0.5× 152 12.5k
David Pleasure 4.5k 1.2× 3.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.4× 681 0.4× 2.6k 1.7× 272 11.4k
J. Gregor Sutcliffe 6.2k 1.6× 2.8k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 384 0.3× 106 14.7k
Lino Tessarollo 11.0k 2.8× 5.6k 1.6× 2.6k 0.9× 2.3k 1.5× 2.4k 1.6× 247 21.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Deborah Young

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Deborah Young's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Deborah Young with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Deborah Young more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Deborah Young

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Deborah Young. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Deborah Young. The network helps show where Deborah Young may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deborah Young

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Wang, Ruishan, Mingqi Li, Bin Wang, et al.. (2022). Heat shock factor HSF1 regulates BDNF gene promoters upon acute stress in the hippocampus, together with pCREB. Journal of Neurochemistry. 165(2). 131–148. 10 indexed citations
2.
Kaserer, Teresa, Angela Wu, Alexandre Mouravlev, et al.. (2019). Olanzapine: A potent agonist at the hM4D(Gi) DREADD amenable to clinical translation of chemogenetics. Science Advances. 5(4). eaaw1567–eaaw1567. 47 indexed citations
3.
Young, Deborah. (2015). Gene Therapy-Based Modeling of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Huntington’s Disease. Methods in molecular biology. 1382. 383–395. 3 indexed citations
4.
Lin, En‐Ju D., C. Wymond Symes, Andrea Townsend‐Nicholson, et al.. (2014). An Immunological Approach to Increase the Brain’s Resilience to Insults. PubMed. 2014. 1–10. 1 indexed citations
5.
Vagner, Tatyana, Alexandre Mouravlev, & Deborah Young. (2014). A novel bicistronic sensor vector for detecting caspase-3 activation. Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods. 72. 11–18. 7 indexed citations
6.
Deen, Bill, et al.. (2011). A comparative study assessing variety and management effects on C4 perennial grasses in a northern climate. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 12 indexed citations
7.
Kaplitt, Michael G., Andrew Feigin, Chengke Tang, et al.. (2007). Safety and tolerability of gene therapy with an adeno-associated virus (AAV) borne GAD gene for Parkinson's disease: an open label, phase I trial. The Lancet. 369(9579). 2097–2105. 775 indexed citations breakdown →
8.
Mouravlev, Alexandre, et al.. (2006). Somatic gene transfer of cAMP response element-binding protein attenuates memory impairment in aging rats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(12). 4705–4710. 50 indexed citations
9.
Mouravlev, Alexandre, Deborah Young, & Matthew J. During. (2006). Phosphorylation-dependent degradation of transgenic CREB protein initiated by heterodimerization. Brain Research. 1130(1). 31–37. 15 indexed citations
10.
Klugmann, Matthias, Claudia B. Leichtlein, C. Wymond Symes, et al.. (2005). A novel role of circadian transcription factor DBP in hippocampal plasticity. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 31(2). 303–314. 38 indexed citations
11.
Klugmann, Matthias, C. Wymond Symes, Claudia B. Leichtlein, et al.. (2003). Identification and distribution of aspartoacylase in the postnatal rat brain. Neuroreport. 14(14). 1837–1840. 37 indexed citations
12.
Dragunow, Michael, Ruian Xu, M. Walton, et al.. (2000). c-Jun promotes neurite outgrowth and survival in PC12 cells. Molecular Brain Research. 83(1-2). 20–33. 64 indexed citations
13.
Young, Deborah & Michael Dragunow. (1995). Neuronal Injury Following Electrically Induced Status Epilepticus with and without Adenosine Receptor Antagonism. Experimental Neurology. 133(2). 125–137. 24 indexed citations
14.
Dragunow, Mike, Deborah Young, Paul E. Hughes, et al.. (1993). Is c-Jun involved in nerve cell death following status epilepticus and hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury?. Molecular Brain Research. 18(4). 347–352. 190 indexed citations
15.
Chehimi, Jihed, Stuart E. Starr, Ian Frank, et al.. (1992). Natural killer (NK) cell stimulatory factor increases the cytotoxic activity of NK cells from both healthy donors and human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 175(3). 789–796. 163 indexed citations
16.
D’Andrea, Annalisa, Manthrasalam Rengaraju, Nicholas M. Valiante, et al.. (1992). Production of natural killer cell stimulatory factor (interleukin 12) by peripheral blood mononuclear cells.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 176(5). 1387–1398. 1025 indexed citations breakdown →
17.
Robertson, M. J., RJ Soiffer, S F Wolf, et al.. (1992). Response of human natural killer (NK) cells to NK cell stimulatory factor (NKSF): cytolytic activity and proliferation of NK cells are differentially regulated by NKSF.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 175(3). 779–788. 315 indexed citations
18.
19.
Chan, Susan, B Perussia, Jean Gupta, et al.. (1991). Induction of interferon gamma production by natural killer cell stimulatory factor: characterization of the responder cells and synergy with other inducers.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 173(4). 869–879. 858 indexed citations breakdown →
20.
Lamb, Jonathan R., Vineeta Bal, Patricia Méndez‐Samperio, et al.. (1989). Stress proteins may provide a link between the immune response to infection and autoimmunity. International Immunology. 1(2). 191–196. 221 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by R. Blake Pepinsky Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Greg Lemke Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Heikki Rauvala Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter S. DiStefano Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Masayuki Miura Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Dragan Maric Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Karen E. Anderson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David Pleasure Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by J. Gregor Sutcliffe Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Lino Tessarollo
Rankless by CCL
2026