James R. Birkhead

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

James R. Birkhead is a scholar working on Immunology and Allergy, Rheumatology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. Birkhead has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Immunology and Allergy, 5 papers in Rheumatology and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in James R. Birkhead's work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (7 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (5 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (3 papers). James R. Birkhead is often cited by papers focused on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (7 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (5 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (3 papers). James R. Birkhead collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. James R. Birkhead's co-authors include Naomi Fukai, Bjørn R. Olsen, Judah Folkman, William S. Lane, Michael S. O’Reilly, Evelyn Flynn, George Vasios, Thomas Boehm, Yuen Shing and Mary B. Goldring and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

James R. Birkhead

8 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Endostatin: An Endogenous Inhibitor of Angiogenesis and T... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Endostatin: An Endogenous Inhibitor of Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth
    1997 3.7k citations Michael S. O’Reilly, Thomas Boehm et al. Cell profile →

Peers

James R. Birkhead
Peter Oettgen United States
George Vasios United States
K Tognazzi United States
Patrice Tremble United States
Carl‐Henrik Heldin Sweden
Ronald A. Seifert United States
Tet-Kin Yeo United States
Mario A. Anzano United States
Taina Turpeenniemi‐Hujanen Finland
Florian Otto Germany
Peter Oettgen United States
James R. Birkhead
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Countries citing papers authored by James R. Birkhead

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Fields of papers citing papers by James R. Birkhead

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James R. Birkhead

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James R. Birkhead. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James R. Birkhead 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 R. Birkhead. James R. Birkhead 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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Riquet, Franck B., et al.. (2000). Suppression of Type I Collagen Gene Expression by Prostaglandins in Fibroblasts Is Mediated at the Transcriptional Level. Molecular Medicine. 6(8). 705–719. 45 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Michael S., Thomas Boehm, Yuen Shing, et al.. (1997). Endostatin: An Endogenous Inhibitor of Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth. Cell. 88(2). 277–285. 3657 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goldring, Mary B., Keisuke Fukuo, James R. Birkhead, Edward J. Dudek, & Linda J. Sandell. (1994). Transcriptional suppression by interleukin‐1 and interferon‐γ of type II collagen gene expression in human chondrocytes. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 54(1). 85–99. 152 indexed citations
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Goldring, Mary B., James R. Birkhead, L.-F. Suen, et al.. (1994). Interleukin-1 beta-modulated gene expression in immortalized human chondrocytes.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 94(6). 2307–2316. 398 indexed citations
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Wu, Hong, M. Byrne, A Stacey, et al.. (1990). Generation of collagenase-resistant collagen by site-directed mutagenesis of murine pro alpha 1(I) collagen gene.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(15). 5888–5892. 101 indexed citations
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Goldring, Mary B., James R. Birkhead, Linda J. Sandell, & Stephen M. Krane. (1990). Synergistic Regulation of Collagen Gene Expression in Human Chondrocytes by Tumor Necrosis Factor‐α and Interleukin‐1βa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 580(1). 536–539. 13 indexed citations
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Goldring, Mary B., James R. Birkhead, Linda J. Sandell, T. Kimura, & Stephen M. Krane. (1988). Interleukin 1 suppresses expression of cartilage-specific types II and IX collagens and increases types I and III collagens in human chondrocytes.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 82(6). 2026–2037. 320 indexed citations
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Stephenson, Mary L., Mary B. Goldring, James R. Birkhead, et al.. (1987). Stimulation of procollagenase synthesis parallels increases in cellular procollagenase mRNA in human articular chondrocytes exposed to recombinant interleukin 1β or phorbol ester. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 144(2). 583–590. 74 indexed citations

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