Jim Kaufman

11.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
139 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Jim Kaufman is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Kaufman has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Immunology, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Jim Kaufman's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (90 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (60 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (38 papers). Jim Kaufman is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (90 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (60 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (38 papers). Jim Kaufman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Jim Kaufman's co-authors include J L Strominger, Alan J. Korman, Martin F. Flajnik, Jan Salomonsen, Jack L. Strominger, Deborah A. Shackelford, Stephan Beck, Louis Du Pasquier, Hans‐Joachim Wallny and Sarah Milne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jim Kaufman

135 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

Mice lacking MHC class II molecules 1984 2026 1998 2012 1991 1984 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. Mice lacking MHC class II molecules
    1991 768 citations Jim Kaufman et al. profile →
  2. The class II molecules of the human and murine major histocompatibility complex
    1984 557 citations Jim Kaufman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jim Kaufman United Kingdom 47 5.6k 2.1k 1.0k 946 942 139 8.1k
Martin F. Flajnik United States 59 7.2k 1.3× 3.6k 1.7× 572 0.6× 263 0.3× 2.3k 2.4× 174 10.2k
Robert G. Urban United States 22 5.1k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 779 0.8× 855 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 33 7.0k
R. M. E. Parkhouse United Kingdom 55 3.6k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 498 0.5× 664 0.7× 1.5k 1.6× 327 11.0k
L. William Clem United States 52 6.6k 1.2× 1.8k 0.8× 565 0.6× 168 0.2× 1.1k 1.1× 197 8.4k
Gregory W. Warr United States 45 5.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 533 0.5× 184 0.2× 863 0.9× 174 7.2k
Claude–Agnès Reynaud France 48 4.9k 0.9× 3.4k 1.6× 829 0.8× 559 0.6× 1.5k 1.6× 112 8.0k
Steven Kessler United States 23 1.9k 0.3× 2.6k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 668 0.7× 974 1.0× 50 5.7k
Arsène Burny Belgium 63 6.4k 1.1× 4.3k 2.0× 1.4k 1.4× 1.4k 1.5× 368 0.4× 333 12.3k
Reinhold Schirmbeck Germany 45 4.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 764 0.8× 1.9k 2.0× 272 0.3× 152 6.4k
Jean–Claude Weill France 43 4.0k 0.7× 2.9k 1.4× 686 0.7× 479 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 101 6.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jim Kaufman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jim Kaufman

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All Works

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Kaiser, Michael G., Jim Kaufman, & Susan J. Lamont. (2024). Different MHC class I cell surface expression levels in diverse chicken lines, associations with B blood group, and proposed relationship to antigen-binding repertoire. Poultry Science. 104(1). 104569–104569. 3 indexed citations
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Kaufman, Jim, et al.. (2022). New vistas unfold: Chicken MHC molecules reveal unexpected ways to present peptides to the immune system. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 886672–886672. 5 indexed citations
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Tregaskes, Clive A. & Jim Kaufman. (2021). Chickens as a simple system for scientific discovery: The example of the MHC. Molecular Immunology. 135. 12–20. 13 indexed citations
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Hamede, Rodrigo, Thomas Madsen, Hamish McCallum, et al.. (2020). Darwin, the devil, and the management of transmissible cancers. Conservation Biology. 35(2). 748–751. 13 indexed citations
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Bichet, Coraline, Édouard Guitton, Andrew P. Krupa, et al.. (2019). Development and optimization of a hybridization technique to type the classical class I and class II B genes of the chicken MHC. Immunogenetics. 71(10). 647–663. 4 indexed citations
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Tovar, Cesar, Ruth J. Pye, Alexandre Kreiss, et al.. (2017). Regression of devil facial tumour disease following immunotherapy in immunised Tasmanian devils. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43827–43827. 44 indexed citations
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Berry, Richard, Stephen J. Headey, Melissa Call, et al.. (2014). Structure of the Chicken CD3ϵδ/γ Heterodimer and Its Assembly with the αβT Cell Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(12). 8240–8251. 13 indexed citations
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Walker, Brian A., Lawrence Hunt, Karsten Skjødt, et al.. (2011). The dominantly expressed class I molecule of the chicken MHC is explained by coevolution with the polymorphic peptide transporter (TAP) genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(20). 8396–8401. 69 indexed citations
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Shaw, Iain, Timothy J. Powell, Denise A. Marston, et al.. (2007). Different Evolutionary Histories of the Two Classical Class I Genes BF1 and BF2 Illustrate Drift and Selection within the Stable MHC Haplotypes of Chickens. The Journal of Immunology. 178(9). 5744–5752. 69 indexed citations
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Salomonsen, Jan, Maria Rathmann Sørensen, Denise A. Marston, et al.. (2005). Two CD1 genes map to the chicken MHC, indicating that CD1 genes are ancient and likely to have been present in the primordial MHC. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(24). 8668–8673. 87 indexed citations
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Rogers, Sally, Thomas Göbel, Birgit C. Viertlboeck, et al.. (2005). Characterization of the Chicken C-Type Lectin-Like Receptors B-NK and B-lec Suggests That the NK Complex and the MHC Share a Common Ancestral Region. The Journal of Immunology. 174(6). 3475–3483. 67 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Pete, Tuang Yeow Poh, Lisa Rothwell, et al.. (2005). A Genomic Analysis of Chicken Cytokines and Chemokines. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 25(8). 467–484. 179 indexed citations
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Kaufman, Jim. (1990). Evolution of the MHC: Lessons from the nonmammalian vertebrates. Immunologic Research. 9(2). 123–134.
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Kaufman, Jim, Karsten Skjoedt, & Jan Salomonsen. (1990). The MHC Molecules of Nonmammalian Vertebrates. Immunological Reviews. 113(1). 83–117. 55 indexed citations
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Kaufman, Jim, et al.. (1990). MHC-like molecules in some nonmammalian vertebrates can be detected by some cross-reactive monoclonal antibodies.. The Journal of Immunology. 144(6). 2273–2280. 25 indexed citations
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Kaufman, Jim, Martin F. Flajnik, Louis Du Pasquier, & Patricia Riegert. (1985). Xenopus MHC class II molecules. I. Identification and structural characterization.. The Journal of Immunology. 134(5). 3248–3257. 61 indexed citations
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Fuks, A, et al.. (1977). Structural aspects of the products of the human major histocompatibility complex.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 9(4). 1685–9. 3 indexed citations

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