George J. Todaro

38.2k total citations · 18 hit papers
274 papers, 31.9k citations indexed

About

George J. Todaro is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, George J. Todaro has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 31.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Genetics, 125 papers in Molecular Biology and 77 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in George J. Todaro's work include Virus-based gene therapy research (144 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (76 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (39 papers). George J. Todaro is often cited by papers focused on Virus-based gene therapy research (144 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (76 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (39 papers). George J. Todaro collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. George J. Todaro's co-authors include Howard Green, Joseph E. De Larco, Stuart A. Aaronson, Raoul Ė. Benveniste, Michael M. Lieber, Michael B. Sporn, M. Shoyab, Hans Marquardt, Charles J. Sherr and Wade P. Parks and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

George J. Todaro

272 papers receiving 27.8k citations

Hit Papers

QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF THE GROWTH OF MOUSE EMBRYO CELLS ... 1963 2026 1984 2005 1963 1973 1978 1980 1976 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF THE GROWTH OF MOUSE EMBRYO CELLS IN CULTURE AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT INTO ESTABLISHED LINES
    1963 2.4k citations George J. Todaro et al. profile →
  2. In Vitro Cultivation of Human Tumors: Establishment of Cell Lines Derived From a Series of Solid Tumors2
    1973 1.9k citations Stuart A. Aaronson, George J. Todaro et al. profile →
  3. Growth factors from murine sarcoma virus-transformed cells.
    1978 1.2k citations Joseph E. De Larco, George J. Todaro Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Autocrine Secretion and Malignant Transformation of Cells
    1980 1.1k citations George J. Todaro et al. profile →
  5. A continuous tumor‐cell line from a human lung carcinoma with properties of type II alveolar epithelial cells
    1976 1.1k citations Michael M. Lieber, George J. Todaro et al. profile →
  6. Transforming growth factors produced by certain human tumor cells: polypeptides that interact with epidermal growth factor receptors.
    1980 754 citations George J. Todaro, Joseph E. De Larco et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Murine Sarcoma and Leukemia Viruses: Assay Using Clonal Lines of Contact-Inhibited Mouse Cells
    1969 739 citations John Jainchill, Stuart A. Aaronson et al. Journal of Virology profile →
  8. The initiation of cell division in a contact‐inhibited mammalian cell line
    1965 690 citations George J. Todaro et al. profile →
  9. ONCOGENES OF RNA TUMOR VIRUSES AS DETERMINANTS OF CANCER
    1969 614 citations George J. Todaro et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. Rat Transforming Growth Factor Type 1: Structure and Relation to Epidermal Growth Factor
    1984 570 citations Hans Marquardt, Michael W. Hunkapiller et al. Science profile →
  11. Development of 3T3‐like lines from Balb/c mouse embryo cultures: Transformation susceptibility to SV40
    1968 562 citations Stuart A. Aaronson, George J. Todaro profile →
  12. Structure and Function of Human Amphiregulin: A Member of the Epidermal Growth Factor Family
    1989 502 citations M. Shoyab, George J. Todaro et al. Science profile →
  13. Biologically active phorbol esters specifically alter affinity of epidermal growth factor membrane receptors
    1979 463 citations M. Shoyab, Joseph E. De Larco et al. Nature profile →
  14. Establishment of a continuous tumor‐cell line (PANC‐1) from a human carcinoma of the exocrine pancreas
    1975 412 citations Michael M. Lieber, George J. Todaro et al. profile →
  15. Induction of Murine C-Type Viruses from Clonal Lines of Virus-Free BALB/3T3 Cells
    1971 362 citations Stuart A. Aaronson, George J. Todaro et al. Science profile →
  16. Transformation by murine and feline sarcoma viruses specifically blocks binding of epidermal growth factor to cells
    1976 309 citations George J. Todaro, Joseph E. De Larco et al. Nature profile →
  17. Susceptibility of Human Diploid Fibroblast Strains to Transformation by SV40 Virus
    1966 298 citations George J. Todaro et al. Science profile →
  18. Viruses in naturally occurring cancers
    1980 225 citations Max Essex, George J. Todaro et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George J. Todaro United States 89 16.9k 9.0k 7.6k 4.4k 3.4k 274 31.9k
Stuart A. Aaronson United States 107 27.9k 1.7× 9.3k 1.0× 12.2k 1.6× 6.4k 1.5× 3.4k 1.0× 438 45.8k
J. Michael Bishop United States 116 33.0k 1.9× 11.4k 1.3× 9.5k 1.3× 5.7k 1.3× 4.1k 1.2× 356 48.6k
Peter K. Vogt United States 87 17.7k 1.0× 5.8k 0.6× 4.5k 0.6× 3.2k 0.7× 3.3k 1.0× 382 27.3k
J. Gordon United Kingdom 23 27.6k 1.6× 5.8k 0.6× 3.4k 0.4× 6.4k 1.5× 4.0k 1.2× 56 52.1k
T. Staehelin Switzerland 22 28.0k 1.7× 5.6k 0.6× 3.5k 0.5× 6.6k 1.5× 4.0k 1.2× 27 52.5k
Frank L. Graham Canada 69 17.7k 1.0× 14.3k 1.6× 6.4k 0.8× 4.0k 0.9× 3.9k 1.2× 184 28.6k
William J. Rutter United States 101 35.4k 2.1× 9.8k 1.1× 5.4k 0.7× 5.9k 1.3× 5.3k 1.5× 311 56.7k
Hilary Koprowski United States 105 16.7k 1.0× 5.4k 0.6× 6.5k 0.9× 10.1k 2.3× 8.1k 2.4× 811 41.4k
Harry Towbin Switzerland 33 28.2k 1.7× 5.7k 0.6× 3.7k 0.5× 7.0k 1.6× 4.2k 1.2× 73 53.7k
Mary Osborn Germany 90 27.5k 1.6× 5.5k 0.6× 3.8k 0.5× 2.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 315 48.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gersuk, Vivian H., Timothy M. Rose, & George J. Todaro. (1995). Molecular cloning and chromosomal localization of a pseudogene related to the human Acyl-CoA binding protein/diazepam binding inhibitor. Genomics. 25(2). 469–476. 11 indexed citations
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Webb, Nancy R., Timothy M. Rose, Najma Iqbal Malik, et al.. (1987). Bovine and Human cDNA Sequences Encoding a Putative Benzodiazepine Receptor Ligand. DNA. 6(1). 71–79. 69 indexed citations
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Schultz, Gregory S., Michael White, Robert O. Mitchell, et al.. (1987). Epithelial Wound Healing Enhanced by Transforming Growth Factor-α and Vaccinia Growth Factor. Science. 235(4786). 350–352. 307 indexed citations
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Marquardt, Hans, Michael W. Hunkapiller, Leroy Hood, & George J. Todaro. (1984). Rat Transforming Growth Factor Type 1: Structure and Relation to Epidermal Growth Factor. Science. 223(4640). 1079–1082. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shoyab, M., Thomas C. Warren, & George J. Todaro. (1981). Isolation and characterization of an ester hydrolase active on phorbol diesters from murine liver.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 256(23). 12529–12534. 22 indexed citations
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Shoyab, M. & George J. Todaro. (1981). Perturbation of membrane phospholipids alters the interaction between epidermal growth factor and its membrane receptors. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 206(1). 222–226. 23 indexed citations
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Todaro, George J., Robert Callahan, Ulf R. Rapp, & Joseph E. De Larco. (1980). Genetic transmission of retroviral genes and cellular oncogenes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 210(1180). 367–385. 7 indexed citations
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Essex, Max, George J. Todaro, & Harald zur Hausen. (1980). Viruses in naturally occurring cancers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 225 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bonner, Tom I. & George J. Todaro. (1980). The evolution of baboon endogenous type C virus: Related sequences in the DNA of distant species. Virology. 103(1). 217–227. 13 indexed citations
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Battula, Narayana & George J. Todaro. (1980). Physical map of infectious baboon type C viral DNA and sites of integration in infected cells. Journal of Virology. 36(3). 709–718. 8 indexed citations
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Essex, Max, George J. Todaro, & Harald zur Hausen. (1979). Viruses in naturally occurring cancers : abstracts of papers presented at the Seventh Cold Spring Harbor Conference on Cell Proliferation, September 4-September 9, 1979. 3 indexed citations
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Stevens, Jack G., George J. Todaro, & Colin Fox. (1978). Persistent viruses : proceedings of the 1978 ICN-UCLA symposia on molecular and cellular biology held in Keystone, Colorado, February, 1978. Academic Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Todaro, George J.. (1976). Type C Virogenes: Modes of Transmission and Evolutionary Aspects. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 19. 357–374. 2 indexed citations
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Benveniste, Raoul Ė. & George J. Todaro. (1975). Segregation of RD-114 and FeLV-related sequences in crosses between domestic cat and leopard cat. Nature. 257(5526). 506–508. 40 indexed citations
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Henderson, I. Craig, Michael M. Lieber, & George J. Todaro. (1974). Mink cell line MvlLu (CCL 64). Virology. 60(1). 282–287. 219 indexed citations
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Livingston, David M. & George J. Todaro. (1973). Murine Sarcoma Virus-Transformed Nonproducer Rat Cell Lines Resistant to Type C-Virus Infection. Intervirology. 1(5-6). 329–337. 2 indexed citations
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Parks, Wade P., Edward M. Scolnick, Jeffrey A. Ross, George J. Todaro, & Stuart A. Aaronson. (1972). Immunological Relationships of Reverse Transcriptases from Ribonucleic Acid Tumor Viruses. Journal of Virology. 9(1). 110–115. 94 indexed citations
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Smith, Helene S., Charles D. Scher, & George J. Todaro. (1971). Induction of cell division in medium lacking serum growth factor by SV40. Virology. 44(2). 359–370. 161 indexed citations
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Aaronson, Stuart A., John Jainchill, & George J. Todaro. (1970). MURINE SARCOMA VIRUS TRANSFORMATION OF BALB/3T3 CELLS: LACK OF DEPENDENCE ON MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 66(4). 1236–1243. 61 indexed citations
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Todaro, George J. & H. Green. (1967). Interferon resistance of SV40 induced DNA synthesis. Virology. 33(4). 752–754. 12 indexed citations

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