John Abrahamson

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

John Abrahamson is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Abrahamson has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Oncology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in John Abrahamson's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (3 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (2 papers). John Abrahamson is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (3 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (2 papers). John Abrahamson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. John Abrahamson's co-authors include Jonathan M. Lee, John Cogswell, Harvey A. Risch, Danny Vesprini, Steven A. Narod, Barry P. Rosen, Isabel Fan, Linda Bradley, Elaine Kwan and Betty Wong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John Abrahamson

13 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Prevalence and Penetrance of Germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in a Population Series of 649 Women with Ovarian Cancer

2001 730 citations Harvey A. Risch, Esther M. John et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Abrahamson Canada	12	764	726	658	400	294	13	1.7k
Valeria Masciullo Italy	25	1.5k 2.0×	184 0.3×	722 1.1×	489 1.2×	361 1.2×	53	2.5k
Steinunn Thorlacius Iceland	19	943 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	713 1.1×	150 0.4×	602 2.0×	24	2.1k
Lisa Vanderveer United States	22	816 1.1×	256 0.4×	297 0.5×	232 0.6×	238 0.8×	29	1.3k
Honglin Song United Kingdom	24	904 1.2×	498 0.7×	441 0.7×	329 0.8×	315 1.1×	41	1.6k
Valentina Calò Italy	21	703 0.9×	544 0.7×	758 1.2×	114 0.3×	358 1.2×	43	1.7k
Paul R. Hoban United Kingdom	29	1.4k 1.9×	238 0.3×	827 1.3×	72 0.2×	292 1.0×	55	2.1k
Mary B. Daly United States	19	669 0.9×	838 1.2×	449 0.7×	670 1.7×	467 1.6×	24	1.8k
Nagarajan Kannan United States	27	1.0k 1.4×	223 0.3×	783 1.2×	129 0.3×	435 1.5×	57	1.8k
Minshu Yu United States	20	541 0.7×	174 0.2×	516 0.8×	178 0.4×	155 0.5×	37	959
Jacqueline A. Hall United Kingdom	18	689 0.9×	188 0.3×	350 0.5×	93 0.2×	375 1.3×	33	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Abrahamson

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Eisenberg, Mark J., Sarah B. Windle, Tim Brandys, et al.. (2020). Effect of e-Cigarettes Plus Counseling vs Counseling Alone on Smoking Cessation. JAMA. 324(18). 1844–1844. 61 indexed citations

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Risch, Harvey A., Esther M. John, David E.C. Cole, et al.. (2001). Prevalence and Penetrance of Germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in a Population Series of 649 Women with Ovarian Cancer. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 68(3). 700–710. 730 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang‐Gohrke, Shan, W. Weikel, Harvey A. Risch, et al.. (1999). Intron variants of the p53 gene are associated with increased risk for ovarian cancer but not in carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline mutations. British Journal of Cancer. 81(1). 179–183. 55 indexed citations

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Abrahamson, John. (1999). p53 regulates a G2 checkpoint through cyclin B1. 14 indexed citations

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Abrahamson, John, et al.. (1999). p53 regulates a G ₂ checkpoint through cyclin B1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(5). 2147–2152. 384 indexed citations

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Ghadirian, Parviz, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Caryn Lerman, et al.. (1998). Effect of Smoking on Breast Cancer in Carriers of Mutant BRCA1 or BRCA2 Genes. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 90(10). 761–765. 102 indexed citations

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Abrahamson, John, Roxana Moslehi, Beth Y. Karlan, et al.. (1998). No association of the I1307K APC allele with ovarian cancer risk in Ashkenazi Jews.. PubMed. 58(14). 2919–22. 15 indexed citations

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Abrahamson, John, Jonathan M. Lee, & Alan Bernstein. (1995). Regulation of p53-Mediated Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest by Steel Factor. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(12). 6953–6960. 53 indexed citations

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Lee, Jonathan M., John Abrahamson, & Alan Bernstein. (1994). DNA damage, oncogenesis and the p53 tumour-suppressor gene. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 307(2). 573–581. 56 indexed citations

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Abrahamson, John, et al.. (1994). Susceptibility to radiation-carcinogenesis and accumulation of chromosomal breakage in p53 deficient mice.. PubMed. 9(12). 3731–6. 97 indexed citations

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Nazar, Ross N., William Wong, & John Abrahamson. (1987). Nucleotide sequence of the 18-25 S ribosomal RNA intergenic region from a thermophile, Thermomyces lanuginosus.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 262(16). 7523–7527. 32 indexed citations

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Wong, William, John Abrahamson, & Ross N. Nazar. (1984). Are DNA spacers relics of gene amplification events?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 81(6). 1768–1770. 5 indexed citations

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Abrahamson, John, et al.. (1983). Proline Dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli K12. European Journal of Biochemistry. 134(1). 77–82. 60 indexed citations

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