Kenneth Leslie

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kenneth Leslie is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Leslie has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Oncology, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Leslie's work include Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers), Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (2 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (2 papers). Kenneth Leslie is often cited by papers focused on Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers), Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (2 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (2 papers). Kenneth Leslie collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Kenneth Leslie's co-authors include Jacqueline Bromberg, William L. Gerald, Sizhi Paul Gao, William G. Bornmann, Marjan Berishaj, Kevin G. Mark, Darren R. Veach, Bayard Clarkson, William Pao and Noriko Motoi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Leslie

10 papers receiving 1.5k 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. Mutations in the EGFR kinase domain mediate STAT3 activation via IL-6 production in human lung adenocarcinomas
    2007 535 citations Sizhi Paul Gao, Kevin G. Mark et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

Peers

Kenneth Leslie
Nehal J. Lakhani United States
Wilma M. McKoy United States
Lihua Wang China
Radosław Januchowski Poland
Sheng-Chieh Hsu Taiwan
Anna Martínez‐Cardús Spain
Donald J. Dykes United States
Sven A. Lang Germany
Masanobu Naruto Japan
Zhirong Zhan United States
Nehal J. Lakhani United States
Kenneth Leslie
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Countries citing papers authored by Kenneth Leslie

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenneth Leslie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth Leslie

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Azare, Janeen, Ashley S. Doane, Kenneth Leslie, et al.. (2011). Stat3 Mediates Expression of Autotaxin in Breast Cancer. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27851–e27851. 65 indexed citations
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Leslie, Kenneth, Sizhi Paul Gao, Marjan Berishaj, et al.. (2010). Differential interleukin-6/Stat3 signaling as a function of cellular context mediates Ras-induced transformation. Breast Cancer Research. 12(5). R80–R80. 68 indexed citations
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Gao, Sizhi Paul, Kevin G. Mark, Kenneth Leslie, et al.. (2007). Mutations in the EGFR kinase domain mediate STAT3 activation via IL-6 production in human lung adenocarcinomas. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 117(12). 3846–3856. 535 indexed citations breakdown →
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Berishaj, Marjan, Sizhi Paul Gao, Simi Ahmed, et al.. (2007). Stat3 is tyrosine-phosphorylated through the interleukin-6/glycoprotein 130/Janus kinase pathway in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 9(3). R32–R32. 193 indexed citations
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Azare, Janeen, Kenneth Leslie, Hikmat Al‐Ahmadie, et al.. (2007). Constitutively Activated Stat3 Induces Tumorigenesis and Enhances Cell Motility of Prostate Epithelial Cells through Integrin β6. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(12). 4444–4453. 119 indexed citations
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Leslie, Kenneth, Geeta Devgan, Janeen Azare, et al.. (2006). Cyclin D1 Is Transcriptionally Regulated by and Required for Transformation by Activated Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3. Cancer Research. 66(5). 2544–2552. 234 indexed citations
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Dechow, Tobias, Laura Pedranzini, Kenneth Leslie, et al.. (2004). Requirement of matrix metalloproteinase-9 for the transformation of human mammary epithelial cells by Stat3-C. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(29). 10602–10607. 215 indexed citations
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Drago, Russell S., et al.. (1980). Hydrogen-bonding interactions involving metal-bound dioxygen. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 102(19). 6014–6019. 37 indexed citations
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Williams, Jack M., et al.. (1975). Detailed Structure of One-DimensionalK2Pt(CN)4Cl0.33·3.0H2O: A High-Precision Neutron-Diffraction Study. Physical Review Letters. 34(26). 1653–1655. 16 indexed citations

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