L. Clifton Stephens

11.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
192 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

L. Clifton Stephens is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Clifton Stephens has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Oncology and 32 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in L. Clifton Stephens's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (20 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (19 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (15 papers). L. Clifton Stephens is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (20 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (19 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (15 papers). L. Clifton Stephens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Japan. L. Clifton Stephens's co-authors include Timothy E. Schultheiss, K. Kian Ang, Nancy Hunter, Raymond E. Meyn, Luka Milas, L. Milas, Frank A. Sinicrope, R.E. Meyn, Larry E. Kun and Roger E. Price and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

L. Clifton Stephens

192 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

bcl-2 and p53 oncoprotein expression during colorectal tumorigenesis.

1995 520 citations L. Clifton Stephens et al. PubMed profile →
Radiation response of the central nervous system

1995 493 citations Timothy E. Schultheiss, L. Clifton Stephens et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. Clifton Stephens United States	52	3.5k	2.4k	1.7k	1.3k	1.3k	192	8.8k
Philip J. Coates United Kingdom	49	4.5k 1.3×	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	205	9.4k
Bharat Jasani United Kingdom	49	3.1k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	760 0.6×	976 0.7×	225	7.9k
Nariaki Matsuura∥ Japan	65	5.2k 1.5×	3.4k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	2.5k 1.9×	798 0.6×	297	12.6k
Herman Yee United States	52	3.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	432 0.3×	160	9.4k
Thomas J. FitzGerald United States	44	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	889 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	285	6.7k
Pier Giorgio Natali Italy	61	5.3k 1.5×	3.1k 1.3×	984 0.6×	897 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	260	11.3k
Stephan D. Voss United States	46	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	732 0.6×	893 0.7×	173	6.8k
Frans C. S. Ramaekers Netherlands	58	7.1k 2.1×	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	395 0.3×	240	13.4k
Thomas Horn Denmark	52	1.5k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	2.4k 1.9×	915 0.7×	362	9.3k
David Chia United States	45	3.7k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	818 0.6×	146	9.0k

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Stephens, L. Clifton, et al.. (2011). Pure Ethiodized Oil-based Transcatheter Ablative Therapy in Normal Rabbit Kidneys and Kidneys Inoculated with VX-2 Carcinoma. CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 34(5). 1031–1041. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Shuying, Xianjun Fang, Hassan Hall, et al.. (2008). Homozygous deletion of glycogen synthase kinase 3β bypasses senescence allowing Ras transformation of primary murine fibroblasts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(13). 5248–5253. 17 indexed citations

Bagheri‐Yarmand, Rozita, Seetharaman Balasenthil, Anupama E. Gururaj, et al.. (2007). Metastasis-Associated Protein 1 Transgenic Mice: A New Model of Spontaneous B-Cell Lymphomas. Cancer Research. 67(15). 7062–7067. 12 indexed citations

Sun, Kai, Minghui Li, Marina Konopleva, et al.. (2007). The Synthetic Triterpenoid, CDDO, Suppresses Alloreactive T Cell Responses and Reduces Murine Early Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease Mortality. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 13(5). 521–529. 10 indexed citations

Hill, Lori R., Kenneth R. Hess, L. Clifton Stephens, Peggy T. Tinkey, & Roger E. Price. (1999). Comparison of kidney weight and volume to selected anatomical parameters in the adult female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). Journal of Medical Primatology. 28(2). 67–72. 5 indexed citations

Li, Chun, Robert A. Newman, Fernando Cabral, et al.. (1998). Complete regression of well-established tumors using a novel water-soluble poly(L-glutamic acid)-paclitaxel conjugate.. PubMed. 58(11). 2404–9. 272 indexed citations

Makino, Masato, Robert F. Lodato, L. Clifton Stephens, et al.. (1996). Protective effect of N^G-monomethyl-L-arginine against hypotension inducted by combined tumour necrosis factor-α and whole body hyperthermia in rats. International Journal of Hyperthermia. 12(5). 617–634. 2 indexed citations

Matsuda, Hikaru, et al.. (1996). Apoptosis and necrosis occurring during different stages of primary and metastatic tumor growth of a rat mammary adenocarcinoma.. PubMed. 16(3A). 1117–21. 11 indexed citations

Stephens, L. Clifton, et al.. (1996). Dystrophic cardiac calcinosis in C3H/HeN mice.. PubMed. 46(5). 572–5. 2 indexed citations

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Milas, Luka, Nancy Hunter, Belma Kurdoglu, et al.. (1995). Kinetics of mitotic arrest and apoptosis in murine mammary and ovarian tumors treated with taxol. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 35(4). 297–303. 157 indexed citations

11.

Wondergem, J., F. R. Strebel, L. Clifton Stephens, Zahid H. Siddik, & J. M. C. Bull. (1995). Chronic effect of whole-body hyperthermia combined simultaneously with cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) on normal tissue in rat. International Journal of Hyperthermia. 11(1). 37–47. 5 indexed citations

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Wheeler, James, L. Clifton Stephens, Carmen Tornos, et al.. (1995). Astro research fellowship: Apoptosis as a predictor of tumor response to radiation in Stage IB cervical carcinoma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 32(5). 1487–1493. 104 indexed citations

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Wheeler, James, L. Clifton Stephens, Luka Milas, et al.. (1995). Cisplatin‐induced enhancement of radioresponse in a murine mammary carcinoma: Test of a role for apoptosis. Radiation Oncology Investigations. 3(5). 225–231. 3 indexed citations

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Story, Michael D., et al.. (1994). Cytotoxic manifestations of the interaction between hyperthermia and TNF: DNA fragmentation. International Journal of Hyperthermia. 10(2). 247–262. 12 indexed citations

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Ohno, Shinji, F. R. Strebel, L. Clifton Stephens, et al.. (1992). Increased therapeutic efficacy induced by tumor necrosis factor alpha combined with platinum complexes and whole-body hyperthermia in rats.. PubMed. 52(15). 4096–101. 14 indexed citations

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Rodgers, George P., Steven T. Minor, Keith A. Robinson, et al.. (1991). The coronary artery response to implantation of a balloon-expandable flexible stent in the aspirin- and non-aspirin-treated swine model. American Heart Journal. 122(3). 640–647. 23 indexed citations

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Stephens, L. Clifton, Timothy E. Schultheiss, Roger E. Price, K. Kian Ang, & Lester J. Peters. (1991). Radiation apoptosis of serous acinar cells of salivary and lacrimal glands. Cancer. 67(6). 1539–1543. 146 indexed citations

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Wargovich, Michael J., et al.. (1990). Inhibition of the promotional phase of azoxymethane-induced colon carcinogenesis in the F344 rat by calcium lactate: effect of simulating two human nutrient density levels. Cancer Letters. 53(1). 17–25. 61 indexed citations

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McLemore, Donia, et al.. (1987). Processing of Paraffin Embedded Tissues for Flow Cytometry. Journal of Histotechnology. 10(2). 109–113. 21 indexed citations

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Stephens, L. Clifton, A. E. McChesney, & C.F. Nockels. (1979). Improved Recovery of Vitamin E-Treated Lambs that have been Experimentally Infected with Intratracheal Chlamydia. British Veterinary Journal. 135(3). 291–293. 25 indexed citations

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