Edward Otto

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Edward Otto is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward Otto has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Genetics, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Edward Otto's work include Virus-based gene therapy research (12 papers), Trace Elements in Health (9 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers). Edward Otto is often cited by papers focused on Virus-based gene therapy research (12 papers), Trace Elements in Health (9 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers). Edward Otto collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Edward Otto's co-authors include Gustavo Maroni, Gerard J. McGarrity, Zhifeng Long, R. Michael Blaese, Ya‐Wen Chiang, W.F. Anderson, Linda Muul, Edward H. Oldfield, John J. Viola and Kenneth W. Culver and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Edward Otto

27 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Therapy of malignant brain tumors by intratumoral implant... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Therapy of malignant brain tumors by intratumoral implantation of retroviral vector-producing cells
    1997 539 citations Zvi Ram, Kenneth W. Culver et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edward Otto United States 19 1.2k 1.2k 361 340 257 27 2.2k
Francesca Beretti Italy 29 573 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 251 0.7× 231 0.7× 255 1.0× 82 2.5k
Barry L. Davison United States 17 544 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 755 2.1× 124 0.4× 311 1.2× 26 3.7k
M Sawadogo United States 21 935 0.8× 3.0k 2.5× 302 0.8× 161 0.5× 66 0.3× 32 3.9k
Bernard Gerrard United States 19 311 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 399 1.1× 153 0.5× 93 0.4× 30 2.2k
Ralph M. Bunte United States 24 290 0.2× 791 0.7× 481 1.3× 209 0.6× 36 0.1× 54 2.0k
Laura Zeinstra Netherlands 7 278 0.2× 743 0.6× 419 1.2× 237 0.7× 29 0.1× 7 1.3k
Donnie S. Bundman United States 25 386 0.3× 1.7k 1.4× 553 1.5× 266 0.8× 32 0.1× 36 2.9k
Janice L. Brissette United States 25 445 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 215 0.6× 65 0.2× 87 0.3× 36 2.5k
Nam‐On Ku United States 34 599 0.5× 2.1k 1.8× 144 0.4× 151 0.4× 40 0.2× 57 3.9k
Kunihiko Naito Japan 31 805 0.7× 2.0k 1.7× 80 0.2× 139 0.4× 47 0.2× 155 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Edward Otto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Edward Otto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edward Otto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Edward Otto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Edward Otto 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 Edward Otto. Edward Otto 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
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Powell, Sharon K., Michele Kaloss, Michael Pensiero, et al.. (2000). Breeding of retroviruses by DNA shuffling for improved stability and processing yields. Nature Biotechnology. 18(12). 1279–1282. 71 indexed citations
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Laan, Luc J. W. van der, Carolyn A. Wilson, David Onions, et al.. (2000). Infection by porcine endogenous retrovirus after islet xenotransplantation in SCID mice. Nature. 407(6800). 90–94. 299 indexed citations
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Kaloss, Michele, Patrick Lu, Long Zhang, et al.. (1999). Distribution of retroviral vectors and vector producer cells using two routes of administration in rats. Gene Therapy. 6(8). 1389–1396. 7 indexed citations
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Long, Zhifeng, et al.. (1999). Molecular Evaluation of Biopsy and Autopsy Specimens from Patients Receiving in Vivo Retroviral Gene Therapy. Human Gene Therapy. 10(5). 733–740. 29 indexed citations
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Powell, Sharon K., Michele Kaloss, Zhifeng Long, et al.. (1999). In Vitro Analysis of Transformation Potential Associated with Retroviral Vector Insertions. Human Gene Therapy. 10(13). 2123–2132. 18 indexed citations
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Powell, Sharon K., et al.. (1999). Efficacy of Antiretroviral Agents against Murine Replication-Competent Retrovirus Infection in Human Cells. Journal of Virology. 73(10). 8813–8816. 16 indexed citations
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Long, Zhifeng, Stephen N. Mueller, Patricia C. Ryan, et al.. (1998). Biosafety Monitoring of Patients Receiving Intracerebral Injections of Murine Retroviral Vector Producer Cells. Human Gene Therapy. 9(8). 1165–1172. 44 indexed citations
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Otto, Edward, et al.. (1998). Real-Time Fluorescence Detection of a Single DNA Molecule. BioTechniques. 24(5). 744–746. 46 indexed citations
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Ram, Zvi, Kenneth W. Culver, Eric M. Oshiro, et al.. (1997). Therapy of malignant brain tumors by intratumoral implantation of retroviral vector-producing cells. Nature Medicine. 3(12). 1354–1361. 539 indexed citations breakdown →
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Otto, Edward, et al.. (1996). Quantitative detection of cell culture Mycoplasmas by a one step polymerase chain reaction method. Methods in Cell Science. 18(4). 261–268. 4 indexed citations
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Nash, M A, Chris D. Platsoucas, Bryan Wong, et al.. (1995). Transduction of rIL-2 Expanded CD4 + and CD8 + Ovarian TIL-Derived T Cell Lines with the G1Na (neo R ) Replication-Deficient Retroviral Vector. Human Gene Therapy. 6(11). 1379–1389. 4 indexed citations
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Forry‐Schaudies, Suzanne, et al.. (1995). An improved retroviral vector encoding the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene increases antitumor efficacy in vivo.. PubMed. 2(4). 273–80. 33 indexed citations
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Otto, Edward, et al.. (1994). Characterization of a Replication-Competent Retrovirus Resulting from Recombination of Packaging and Vector Sequences. Human Gene Therapy. 5(5). 567–575. 95 indexed citations
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Kotani, Hitoshi, Shuyuan Zhang, Ya‐Wen Chiang, et al.. (1994). Improved Methods of Retroviral Vector Transduction and Production for Gene Therapy. Human Gene Therapy. 5(1). 19–28. 320 indexed citations
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Otto, Edward, et al.. (1989). Increased Incidence of CAD Gene Amplification in Tumorigenic Rat Lines as an Indicator of Genomic Instability of Neoplastic Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(6). 3390–3396. 70 indexed citations
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Maroni, Gustavo, et al.. (1987). The Metallothionein Gene of Drosophila. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions. 385–392. 2 indexed citations
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Otto, Edward, et al.. (1987). A DNA Segment Controlling Metal-Regulated Expression of the Drosophila Melanogaster Metallothionein Gene Mtn. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 7(5). 1710–1715. 40 indexed citations
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Otto, Edward, et al.. (1987). A DNA segment controlling metal-regulated expression of the Drosophila melanogaster metallothionein gene Mtn.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 7(5). 1710–1715. 29 indexed citations
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Maroni, Gustavo, et al.. (1986). Effects of heavy metals on Drosophila larvae and a metallothionein cDNA.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 65. 107–116. 20 indexed citations
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Otto, Edward, et al.. (1985). Nucleotide sequence and expression of a Drosophila metallothionein.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260(3). 1527–1530. 87 indexed citations

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