Kenneth L. Rock

254 total papers · 41.8k total citations
202 papers, 33.8k citations indexed

About

Kenneth L. Rock is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth L. Rock has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 33.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Immunology, 91 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Kenneth L. Rock's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (93 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (66 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (65 papers). Kenneth L. Rock is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (93 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (66 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (65 papers). Kenneth L. Rock collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Netherlands. Kenneth L. Rock's co-authors include Hajime Kono, Alfred L. Goldberg, Ian A. York, Eicke Latz, Yan Shi, Baruj Benacerraf, Magdalena Kovacsovics-Bankowski, Lisa Rothstein, Katherine A. Fitzgerald and Veit Hornung and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth L. Rock

200 papers receiving 33.1k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. NLRP3 inflammasomes are required for atherogenesis and activated by cholesterol crystals
    2010 3.0k citations Peter Duewell, Hajime Kono et al. Nature profile →
  2. Silica crystals and aluminum salts activate the NALP3 inflammasome through phagosomal destabilization
    2008 2.4k citations Veit Hornung, Franz Bauernfeind et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  3. Inhibitors of the proteasome block the degradation of most cell proteins and the generation of peptides presented on MHC class I molecules
    1994 2.2k citations Kenneth L. Rock, Colette F. Gramm et al. Cell profile →
  4. How dying cells alert the immune system to danger
    2008 1.3k citations Hajime Kono, Kenneth L. Rock Nature reviews. Immunology profile →
  5. Molecular identification of a danger signal that alerts the immune system to dying cells
    2003 1.3k citations Yan Shi, James Evans et al. Nature profile →
  6. Cloned dendritic cells can present exogenous antigens on both MHC class I and class II molecules
    1997 736 citations Zu T. Shen, Glenn Dranoff et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
  7. DEGRADATION OF CELL PROTEINS AND THE GENERATION OF MHC CLASS I-PRESENTED PEPTIDES
    1999 733 citations Kenneth L. Rock, Alfred L. Goldberg Annual Review of Immunology profile →
  8. A Phagosome-to-Cytosol Pathway for Exogenous Antigens Presented on MHC Class I Molecules
    1995 719 citations Magdalena Kovacsovics-Bankowski, Kenneth L. Rock Science profile →
  9. The Inflammatory Response to Cell Death
    2008 692 citations Kenneth L. Rock, Hajime Kono Annual Review of Pathology Mechanisms of Disease profile →
  10. The Sterile Inflammatory Response
    2010 670 citations Kenneth L. Rock, Eicke Latz et al. Annual Review of Immunology profile →
  11. Identification of a key pathway required for the sterile inflammatory response triggered by dying cells
    2007 661 citations Chun‐Jen Chen, Hajime Kono et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  12. Cancer Immune Evasion Through Loss of MHC Class I Antigen Presentation
    2021 555 citations Karthik Dhatchinamoorthy, Jeff D. Colbert et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →
  13. Present Yourself! By MHC Class I and MHC Class II Molecules
    2016 528 citations Kenneth L. Rock, Eric A. Reits et al. Trends in Immunology profile →
  14. γ-Interferon and expression of MHC genes regulate peptide hydrolysis by proteasomes
    1993 500 citations Maria Gaczyńska, Kenneth L. Rock et al. Nature profile →
  15. Proteolysis, proteasomes and antigen presentation
    1992 485 citations Alfred L. Goldberg, Kenneth L. Rock Nature profile →
  16. Altered peptidase and viral-specific T cell response in LMP2 mutant mice
    1994 367 citations Luc Van Kaer, Philip G. Ashton‐Rickardt et al. Immunity profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kenneth L. Rock 18.8k 17.5k 5.2k 4.6k 2.2k 202 33.8k
Michael B. Brenner 27.8k 1.5× 9.8k 0.6× 5.7k 1.1× 5.1k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 295 40.6k
Ulrich H. von Andrian 26.1k 1.4× 9.8k 0.6× 7.6k 1.5× 3.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 255 42.8k
Pascal Schneider 17.4k 0.9× 14.9k 0.9× 5.1k 1.0× 4.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 261 33.5k
Zanvil A. Cohn 13.4k 0.7× 10.6k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 3.9k 0.9× 2.6k 1.2× 235 32.0k
Charles R. Mackay 25.5k 1.4× 12.4k 0.7× 9.1k 1.7× 3.9k 0.9× 2.9k 1.3× 254 46.9k
Michael J. Lenardo 17.5k 0.9× 14.9k 0.9× 6.4k 1.2× 5.2k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 244 34.0k
Miriam Mérad 27.4k 1.5× 11.5k 0.7× 8.2k 1.6× 3.2k 0.7× 2.8k 1.3× 247 45.7k
Takashi Saito 15.6k 0.8× 10.8k 0.6× 5.1k 1.0× 2.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 416 30.0k
Samuel D. Wright 13.9k 0.7× 9.6k 0.6× 2.6k 0.5× 4.3k 0.9× 4.5k 2.0× 218 29.1k
Sharon M. Wahl 15.0k 0.8× 7.9k 0.5× 4.4k 0.9× 3.1k 0.7× 2.5k 1.1× 277 31.6k

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