James Che

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

James Che is a scholar working on Oncology, Biomedical Engineering and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, James Che has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Oncology, 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in James Che's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (17 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (16 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (10 papers). James Che is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (17 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (16 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (10 papers). James Che collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. James Che's co-authors include Dino Di Carlo, Jonathan W. Goldman, Rajan P. Kulkarni, Elodie Sollier, Stefanie S. Jeffrey, Corinne Renier, Edward B. Garon, Matthew B. Rettig, Derek E. Go and Elodie Sollier‐Christen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

James Che

25 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Size-selective collection of circulating tumor cells using Vortex technology
    2013 432 citations Elodie Sollier, Derek E. Go et al. Lab on a Chip profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Che United States 15 957 678 433 293 156 26 1.5k
Swee Jin Tan Singapore 14 973 1.0× 409 0.6× 258 0.6× 291 1.0× 193 1.2× 22 1.5k
Cristina I. Truica United States 14 693 0.7× 591 0.9× 316 0.7× 478 1.6× 131 0.8× 39 1.7k
Frank Coumans Netherlands 15 480 0.5× 694 1.0× 556 1.3× 421 1.4× 43 0.3× 27 1.3k
Guofeng Guan Singapore 15 1.2k 1.3× 326 0.5× 184 0.4× 230 0.8× 356 2.3× 20 1.6k
Julie Trautwein United States 3 484 0.5× 385 0.6× 273 0.6× 155 0.5× 86 0.6× 3 812
Guus van Dalum Netherlands 17 547 0.6× 1.1k 1.6× 811 1.9× 448 1.5× 31 0.2× 26 1.6k
Ramdane Harouaka United States 15 413 0.4× 907 1.3× 561 1.3× 547 1.9× 27 0.2× 32 1.4k
Matthew Wiggin Canada 11 555 0.6× 155 0.2× 240 0.6× 355 1.2× 186 1.2× 19 940
Manjima Dhar United States 10 409 0.4× 273 0.4× 128 0.3× 119 0.4× 68 0.4× 16 642
Hyunju Han South Korea 8 473 0.5× 366 0.5× 198 0.5× 147 0.5× 100 0.6× 10 764

Countries citing papers authored by James Che

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Che

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Che

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

All Works

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Vuppalapaty, Meghah, Corinne Renier, James Che, et al.. (2020). Detection of EGFR Mutations in cfDNA and CTCs, and Comparison to Tumor Tissue in Non-Small-Cell-Lung-Cancer (NSCLC) Patients. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 572895–572895. 43 indexed citations
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Ramani, Vishnu C., Kuo‐Wei Huang, James Che, et al.. (2018). Fast and Label-Free Isolation of Circulating Tumor Cells from Blood: From a Research Microfluidic Platform to an Automated Fluidic Instrument, VTX-1 Liquid Biopsy System. SLAS TECHNOLOGY. 23(1). 16–29. 47 indexed citations
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Dhar, Manjima, J. Wong, James Che, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of PD-L1 expression on vortex-isolated circulating tumor cells in metastatic lung cancer. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 2592–2592. 81 indexed citations
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Sinkala, Elly, Elodie Sollier‐Christen, Corinne Renier, et al.. (2017). Profiling protein expression in circulating tumour cells using microfluidic western blotting. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14622–14622. 207 indexed citations
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Triboulet, Melanie, Amin Zia, Meghah Vuppalapaty, et al.. (2017). Workflow optimization of whole genome amplification and targeted panel sequencing for CTC mutation detection. npj Genomic Medicine. 2(1). 34–34. 38 indexed citations
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Renier, Corinne, Edward Pao, James Che, et al.. (2017). Label-free isolation of prostate circulating tumor cells using Vortex microfluidic technology. npj Precision Oncology. 1(1). 15–15. 84 indexed citations
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Hur, Soojung, James Che, & Dino Di Carlo. (2017). Microscale Laminar Vortices for High-Purity Extraction and Release of Circulating Tumor Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 1634. 65–79. 1 indexed citations
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Dhar, Manjima, Edward Pao, Corinne Renier, et al.. (2016). Label-free enumeration, collection and downstream cytological and cytogenetic analysis of circulating tumor cells. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35474–35474. 49 indexed citations
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Che, James, Manjima Dhar, Corinne Renier, et al.. (2016). Classification of large circulating tumor cells isolated with ultra-high throughput microfluidic Vortex technology. Oncotarget. 7(11). 12748–12760. 157 indexed citations
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Triboulet, Melanie, James Che, Vishnu C. Ramani, et al.. (2016). Enumeration and targeted analysis of KRAS, BRAF and PIK3CA mutations in CTCs captured by a label-free platform: Comparison to ctDNA and tissue in metastatic colorectal cancer. Oncotarget. 7(51). 85349–85364. 71 indexed citations
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Goldman, Jonathan W., Manjima Dhar, James Che, et al.. (2015). Abstract B98: Serial evaluation of PD-L1 expression on circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(12_Supplement_2). B98–B98. 1 indexed citations
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Dhar, Manjima, J. Wong, Armin Karimi, et al.. (2015). High efficiency vortex trapping of circulating tumor cells. Biomicrofluidics. 9(6). 64116–64116. 63 indexed citations
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Dhar, Manjima, James Che, Edward Pao, et al.. (2015). Abstract 1582: Isolation of circulating tumor cells and evaluation of PD-L1 expression in metastatic lung cancer. Cancer Research. 75(15_Supplement). 1582–1582. 2 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Hector E., et al.. (2014). Advances in the production and handling of encoded microparticles. Lab on a Chip. 14(13). 2212–2212. 4 indexed citations
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Kunze, Anja, James Che, Armin Karimi, & Dino Di Carlo. (2014). Research highlights: cell separation at the bench and beyond. Lab on a Chip. 15(3). 605–609. 7 indexed citations
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Kulkarni, Rajan P., James Che, Manjima Dhar, & Dino Di Carlo. (2014). Research highlights: microfluidic single-cell analysis from nucleic acids to proteins to functions. Lab on a Chip. 14(19). 3663–3663. 7 indexed citations
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Sollier, Elodie, Derek E. Go, James Che, et al.. (2013). Size-selective collection of circulating tumor cells using Vortex technology. Lab on a Chip. 14(1). 63–77. 432 indexed citations breakdown →
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Che, James, Albert J. Mach, Derek E. Go, et al.. (2013). Microfluidic Purification and Concentration of Malignant Pleural Effusions for Improved Molecular and Cytomorphological Diagnostics. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78194–e78194. 35 indexed citations
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Che, James, Elodie Sollier, Nicolas T. Kummer, et al.. (2013). MICROFLUIDIC VORTEX TECHNOLOGY FOR PURE CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL CONCENTRATION FROM PATIENT BLOOD. 1018–1020. 1 indexed citations

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