Ilene Comeras

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Ilene Comeras is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilene Comeras has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ilene Comeras's work include Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (6 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (3 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). Ilene Comeras is often cited by papers focused on Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (6 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (3 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). Ilene Comeras collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and France. Ilene Comeras's co-authors include Albert de la Chapelle, Heather Hampel, Wendy L. Frankel, Judith A. Westman, Dan Fix, Thomas W. Prior, K. S. Khanduja, Edward W. Martin, Kaisa Sotamaa and Mark Arnold and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Ilene Comeras

8 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Screening for the Lynch Syndrome (Hereditary Nonpolyposis... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2008 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. Screening for the Lynch Syndrome (Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer)
    2005 973 citations Heather Hampel, Wendy L. Frankel et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Feasibility of Screening for Lynch Syndrome Among Patients With Colorectal Cancer
    2008 612 citations Heather Hampel, Wendy L. Frankel et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

Peers

Ilene Comeras
Janet Lockman United States
Kaisa Sotamaa United States
Constanze Pagenstecher Germany
Dan Fix United States
Marjo van Puijenbroek Netherlands
R Salmon France
Michelle Landon United States
Motoko Konishi Japan
Erin Salo‐Mullen United States
Daniëlle Bodmer Netherlands
Janet Lockman United States
Ilene Comeras
Citations per year, relative to Ilene Comeras Ilene Comeras (= 1×) peers Janet Lockman

Countries citing papers authored by Ilene Comeras

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ilene Comeras

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ilene Comeras. 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 Ilene Comeras. The network helps show where Ilene Comeras may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ilene Comeras

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

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Coissieux, Marie‐May, Jerneja Tomšič, Marie Castets, et al.. (2011). Variants in the Netrin-1 Receptor UNC5C Prevent Apoptosis and Increase Risk of Familial Colorectal Cancer. Gastroenterology. 141(6). 2039–2046. 28 indexed citations
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Nagy, Rebecca, Ilene Comeras, Charissa Peterson, et al.. (2011). Frequency of Germline PTEN Mutations in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid. 21(5). 505–510. 54 indexed citations
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Clendenning, Mark, Shuying Sun, Kyle M. Walsh, et al.. (2008). Origins and Prevalence of the American Founder Mutation of MSH2. Cancer Research. 68(7). 2145–2153. 29 indexed citations
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Valle, Laura, Sandya Liyanarachchi, Heather Hampel, et al.. (2008). Germline Allele-Specific Expression of TGFBR1 Confers an Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer. Science. 321(5894). 1361–1365. 107 indexed citations
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Hampel, Heather, et al.. (2008). The Frequency of Muir-Torre Syndrome Among Lynch Syndrome Families. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 100(4). 277–281. 116 indexed citations
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Hampel, Heather, Wendy L. Frankel, Edward W. Martin, et al.. (2008). Feasibility of Screening for Lynch Syndrome Among Patients With Colorectal Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 26(35). 5783–5788. 612 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hampel, Heather, Wendy L. Frankel, Edward W. Martin, et al.. (2005). Screening for the Lynch Syndrome (Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer). New England Journal of Medicine. 352(18). 1851–1860. 973 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nakagawa, Hidewaki, et al.. (2003). Identification of a deletion in the mismatch repair gene, MSH2, using mouse–human cell hybrids monosomal for chromosome 2. Clinical Genetics. 63(3). 215–218. 3 indexed citations

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