George B. Cohen

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

George B. Cohen is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, George B. Cohen has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Immunology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in George B. Cohen's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (5 papers). George B. Cohen is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (5 papers). George B. Cohen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. George B. Cohen's co-authors include Daniel D. Oprian, Ruibao Ren, D Baltimore, Phyllis R. Robinson, Daniel M. Davis, Jack L. Strominger, Ofer Mandelboim, Benjamin K. Chen, David Baltimore and Satoshi Ishido and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

George B. Cohen

17 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Modular binding domains in signal transduction proteins 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1999 250 500 750
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. Modular binding domains in signal transduction proteins
    1995 816 citations George B. Cohen, Ruibao Ren et al. Cell profile →
  2. The Selective Downregulation of Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex Proteins by HIV-1 Protects HIV-Infected Cells from NK Cells
    1999 702 citations George B. Cohen, Rajesh T. Gandhi et al. Immunity profile →

Peers

George B. Cohen
Nikolaus Heveker Canada
Wes Yonemoto United States
Timothy S. Gomez United States
Jonathan W. Yewdell United States
John Colicelli United States
Luis C. Antón Spain
Françoise Baleux France
Ira Mellman United States
Marco A. Purbhoo United Kingdom
Andrés Alcover France
Nikolaus Heveker Canada
George B. Cohen
Citations per year, relative to George B. Cohen George B. Cohen (= 1×) peers Nikolaus Heveker

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Fields of papers citing papers by George B. Cohen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George B. Cohen

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Cohen, George B., Amitinder Kaur, & R. Paul Johnson. (2005). Isolation of viable antigen-specific CD4 T cells by CD40L surface trapping. Journal of Immunological Methods. 302(1-2). 103–115. 19 indexed citations
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Cohen, George B., Sabina A. Islam, Christian Brander, et al.. (2002). Clonotype Tracking of TCR Repertoires during Chronic Virus Infections. Virology. 304(2). 474–484. 32 indexed citations
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Altfeld, Marcus, Marylyn M. Addo, Robert L. Eldridge, et al.. (2001). Vpr Is Preferentially Targeted by CTL During HIV-1 Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 167(5). 2743–2752. 91 indexed citations
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Fassett, Marlys S., Daniel M. Davis, Markus M. Valter, George B. Cohen, & Jack L. Strominger. (2001). Signaling at the inhibitory natural killer cell immune synapse regulates lipid raft polarization but not class I MHC clustering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(25). 14547–14552. 94 indexed citations
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Ishido, Satoshi, Joong-Kook Choi, Bok-Soo Lee, et al.. (2000). Inhibition of Natural Killer Cell–Mediated Cytotoxicity by Kaposi's Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus K5 Protein. Immunity. 13(3). 365–374. 221 indexed citations
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Cohen, George B., Vangipuram S. Rangan, Benjamin K. Chen, Sean C. Smith, & David Baltimore. (2000). The Human Thioesterase II Protein Binds to a Site on HIV-1 Nef Critical for CD4 Down-regulation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(30). 23097–23105. 63 indexed citations
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Baba, Eishi, Jonathan E. Boyson, George B. Cohen, et al.. (2000). N-linked carbohydrate on human leukocyte antigen-C and recognition by natural killer cell inhibitory receptors. Human Immunology. 61(12). 1202–1218. 16 indexed citations
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Ishido, Satoshi, Chunyang Wang, Bok-Soo Lee, George B. Cohen, & Jae U. Jung. (2000). Downregulation of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Molecules by Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus K3 and K5 Proteins. Journal of Virology. 74(11). 5300–5309. 369 indexed citations
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Ishido, Satoshi, Chunyang Wang, Bok-Soo Lee, George B. Cohen, & Jongsun Jung. (2000). Downregulation of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Molecules by Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus K3 and K5 Proteins. Journal of Virology. 74(11). 5300–5309. 21 indexed citations
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Cohen, George B., Rajesh T. Gandhi, Daniel M. Davis, et al.. (1999). The Selective Downregulation of Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex Proteins by HIV-1 Protects HIV-Infected Cells from NK Cells. Immunity. 10(6). 661–671. 702 indexed citations breakdown →
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Davis, Daniel M., Isaac M. Chiu, Marlys S. Fassett, et al.. (1999). The human natural killer cell immune synapse. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(26). 15062–15067. 344 indexed citations
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Cohen, George B., Ruibao Ren, & D Baltimore. (1995). Modular binding domains in signal transduction proteins. Cell. 80(2). 237–248. 816 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cohen, George B., Ruibao Ren, & David Baltimore. (1995). Modular Binding Domains in Signal Transduction Proteins Review. 1 indexed citations
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Rao, Vikram R., George B. Cohen, & Daniel D. Oprian. (1994). Rhodopsin mutation G90D and a molecular mechanism for congenital night blindness. Nature. 367(6464). 639–642. 295 indexed citations
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Cohen, George B., Tong Yang, Phyllis R. Robinson, & Daniel D. Oprian. (1993). Constitutive activation of opsin: Influence of charge at position 134 and size at position 296. Biochemistry. 32(23). 6111–6115. 197 indexed citations
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Cohen, George B., Daniel D. Oprian, & Phyllis R. Robinson. (1992). Mechanism of activation and inactivation of opsin: role of Glu113 and Lys296. Biochemistry. 31(50). 12592–12601. 152 indexed citations
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Robinson, Phyllis R., George B. Cohen, Eugene A. Zhukovsky, & Daniel D. Oprian. (1992). Constitutively active mutants of rhodopsin. Neuron. 9(4). 719–725. 408 indexed citations

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