Howard J. Federoff

22.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
255 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

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Howard J. Federoff is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard J. Federoff has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Molecular Biology, 89 papers in Genetics and 85 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Howard J. Federoff's work include Virus-based gene therapy research (78 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (56 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (50 papers). Howard J. Federoff is often cited by papers focused on Virus-based gene therapy research (78 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (56 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (50 papers). Howard J. Federoff collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Howard J. Federoff's co-authors include William J. Bowers, Marc W. Halterman, Kathleen A. Maguire‐Zeiss, Massimo S. Fiandaca, Valina L. Dawson, Ted M. Dawson, Hongmin Wang, Guy G. Poirier, Seong-Woon Yu and Mark Mapstone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Howard J. Federoff

255 papers receiving 16.5k 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.

Mediation of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1-Dependent Cell Death by Apoptosis-Inducing Factor

2002 1.5k citations Seong-Woon Yu, Hongmin Wang et al. Science profile →
Plasma phospholipids identify antecedent memory impairment in older adults

2014 782 citations Mark Mapstone, Amrita K. Cheema et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Identification of preclinical Alzheimer's disease by a profile of pathogenic proteins in neurally derived blood exosomes: A case‐control study

2014 726 citations Massimo S. Fiandaca, Mark Mapstone et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Howard J. Federoff United States	69	8.2k	4.2k	3.1k	3.0k	2.6k	255	16.8k
Frank Baas Netherlands	79	9.4k 1.2×	3.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.2×	361	21.7k
Ben A. Oostra Netherlands	61	6.8k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	4.0k 1.3×	4.2k 1.6×	159	16.2k
Nereo Bresolin Italy	71	10.6k 1.3×	2.8k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	2.7k 1.0×	487	18.1k
Sidney Strickland United States	74	9.3k 1.1×	3.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	194	19.0k
Mathias Bähr Germany	76	9.2k 1.1×	5.9k 1.4×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	2.5k 1.0×	356	17.3k
Richard S. Jope United States	75	12.8k 1.6×	6.6k 1.5×	3.3k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	1.0k 0.4×	251	23.0k
Eleonora Aronica Netherlands	90	9.9k 1.2×	9.3k 2.2×	4.1k 1.3×	3.2k 1.1×	3.1k 1.2×	503	27.1k
Akira Sawa United States	73	10.8k 1.3×	5.2k 1.2×	2.2k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	325	20.4k
Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance United States	63	7.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	4.8k 1.6×	2.8k 0.9×	2.9k 1.1×	340	18.4k
Keqiang Ye United States	71	9.0k 1.1×	3.8k 0.9×	3.4k 1.1×	995 0.3×	1.5k 0.6×	244	17.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Emborg, Marina E., et al.. (2025). Advantages and challenges of using allogeneic vs. autologous sources for neuronal cell replacement in Parkinson’s disease: Insights from non-human primate studies. Brain Research Bulletin. 224. 111297–111297. 2 indexed citations

Barker, Roger A., Märt Saarma, Clive N. Svendsen, et al.. (2024). Neurotrophic factors for Parkinson's disease: Current status, progress, and remaining questions. Conclusions from a 2023 workshop. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 14(8). 1659–1676. 3 indexed citations

Fiandaca, Massimo S., Mark Mapstone, Amin Mahmoodi, et al.. (2018). Plasma metabolomic biomarkers accurately classify acute mild traumatic brain injury from controls. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0195318–e0195318. 30 indexed citations

Mapstone, Mark, Amrita K. Cheema, Massimo S. Fiandaca, et al.. (2014). Plasma phospholipids identify antecedent memory impairment in older adults. Nature Medicine. 20(4). 415–418. 782 indexed citations breakdown →

Hadaczek, Piotr, Janine Beyer, Adrian P. Kells, et al.. (2011). Evaluation of an AAV2-Based Rapamycin-Regulated Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Expression Vector System. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27728–e27728. 15 indexed citations

Philippidou, Polyxeni, Gregorio Valdez, Wendy Akmentin, et al.. (2010). Trk retrograde signaling requires persistent, Pincher-directed endosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(2). 852–857. 50 indexed citations

Lilliehöök, Christina, et al.. (2010). Activity-dependent α-Cleavage of Nectin-1 Is Mediated by A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease 10 (ADAM10). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(30). 22919–22926. 43 indexed citations

Chiu, Yahui Grace, William J. Bowers, Seung T. Lim, Deborah A. Ryan, & Howard J. Federoff. (2009). Effects of Herpes Simplex Virus Amplicon Transduction on Murine Dendritic Cells. Human Gene Therapy. 20(5). 442–452. 3 indexed citations

Ryan, Deborah A. & Howard J. Federoff. (2009). Immune Responses to Herpesviral Vectors. Human Gene Therapy. 20(5). 434–441. 6 indexed citations

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Johnston, Louisa C., Jamie L. Eberling, Philip Pivirotto, et al.. (2009). Clinically Relevant Effects of Convection-Enhanced Delivery of AAV2-GDNF on the Dopaminergic Nigrostriatal Pathway in Aged Rhesus Monkeys. Human Gene Therapy. 20(5). 497–510. 76 indexed citations

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Mastrangelo, Michael A., et al.. (2009). Extending the transposable payload limit of Sleeping Beauty (SB) using the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)/SB amplicon-vector platform. Gene Therapy. 17(3). 424–431. 20 indexed citations

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Yi, Kyung Hee, Hovav Nechushtan, William J. Bowers, et al.. (2007). Adoptively Transferred Tumor-Specific T Cells Stimulated Ex vivo Using Herpes Simplex Virus Amplicons Encoding 4-1BBL Persist in the Host and Show Antitumor Activity In vivo. Cancer Research. 67(20). 10027–10037. 17 indexed citations

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Leon, Mony J. de, et al.. (2007). Imaging and the aging brain. 7 indexed citations

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Wuertzer, Charles A., et al.. (2006). HSV Amplicons: Neuro Applications. Current Gene Therapy. 6(3). 337–350. 6 indexed citations

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Miller, Renee M., et al.. (2005). Temporal evolution of mouse striatal gene expression following MPTP injury. Neurobiology of Aging. 26(5). 765–775. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Hongmin, Seong-Woon Yu, David W. Koh, et al.. (2004). Apoptosis-Inducing Factor Substitutes for Caspase Executioners in NMDA-Triggered Excitotoxic Neuronal Death. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(48). 10963–10973. 236 indexed citations

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Yu, Seong-Woon, Hongmin Wang, Marc F. Poitras, et al.. (2002). Mediation of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1-Dependent Cell Death by Apoptosis-Inducing Factor. Science. 297(5579). 259–263. 1523 indexed citations breakdown →

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DeCory, Heleen H., et al.. (2001). Efflux of glutathione conjugate of monochlorobimane from striatal and cortical neurons.. PubMed. 29(10). 1256–62. 14 indexed citations

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Karpoff, Howard M., Michael I. D’Angelica, Sarah L. Blair, et al.. (1997). Prevention of hepatic tumor metastases in rats with herpes viral vaccines and gamma-interferon.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 99(4). 799–804. 39 indexed citations

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Bergold, Peter J., et al.. (1993). Transsynaptic neuronal loss induced in hippocampal slice cultures by a herpes simplex virus vector expressing the GluR6 subunit of the kainate receptor.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(13). 6165–6169. 70 indexed citations

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