Lemma Kifle

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Lemma Kifle is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lemma Kifle has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Lemma Kifle's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (3 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (3 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (2 papers). Lemma Kifle is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (3 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (3 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (2 papers). Lemma Kifle collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Lemma Kifle's co-authors include Barbara L. Cool, William J. Chiou, Ernst U. Frevert, Gang Zhao, Philip R. Kym, Ning Cao, Rajesh Iyengar, Heidi S. Camp, Robert Dickinson and Andrew Adler and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell Metabolism, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Lemma Kifle

9 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Identification and characterization of a small molecule A... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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. Identification and characterization of a small molecule AMPK activator that treats key components of type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome
    2006 733 citations Barbara L. Cool, Bradley A. Zinker et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lemma Kifle United States 7 884 362 198 193 158 9 1.1k
Linda K. Buckett United Kingdom 12 421 0.5× 414 1.1× 189 1.0× 81 0.4× 185 1.2× 19 1.1k
William R. Bensch United States 16 638 0.7× 580 1.6× 347 1.8× 68 0.4× 138 0.9× 18 1.6k
Thomas P. Beyer United States 16 518 0.6× 772 2.1× 207 1.0× 78 0.4× 140 0.9× 22 1.2k
Jerry R. Faust United States 13 911 1.0× 418 1.2× 114 0.6× 49 0.3× 329 2.1× 14 1.4k
John K. Dickson United States 17 499 0.6× 232 0.6× 124 0.6× 85 0.4× 51 0.3× 34 1.1k
Curt D. Haffner United States 16 616 0.7× 243 0.7× 120 0.6× 56 0.3× 119 0.8× 22 1.2k
Richard Sulsky United States 12 640 0.7× 129 0.4× 94 0.5× 42 0.2× 165 1.0× 18 1.1k
Ernst U. Frevert United States 16 1.2k 1.4× 521 1.4× 408 2.1× 27 0.1× 277 1.8× 24 1.7k
Ralph Mosley United States 12 698 0.8× 143 0.4× 163 0.8× 37 0.2× 218 1.4× 15 1.2k
Korekiyo Wakitani Japan 17 331 0.4× 458 1.3× 339 1.7× 46 0.2× 135 0.9× 31 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Lemma Kifle

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lemma Kifle

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lemma Kifle. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Lemma Kifle. The network helps show where Lemma Kifle may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lemma Kifle

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
1.
Metz, James T., Eric F. Johnson, Niru B. Soni, et al.. (2011). Navigating the kinome. Nature Chemical Biology. 7(4). 200–202. 233 indexed citations
2.
Merta, Philip J., Lemma Kifle, Duncan R. Groebe, et al.. (2010). Biochemical and biophysical characterization of unique switch pocket inhibitors of p38α. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(19). 5787–5792. 12 indexed citations
3.
Zhao, Gang, Andrew S. Judd, Barbara L. Cool, et al.. (2007). Discovery and SAR development of thienopyridones: A class of small molecule AMPK activators. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(12). 3254–3257. 31 indexed citations
4.
Cool, Barbara L., Bradley A. Zinker, William J. Chiou, et al.. (2006). Identification and characterization of a small molecule AMPK activator that treats key components of type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. Cell Metabolism. 3(6). 403–416. 733 indexed citations breakdown →
5.
Cool, Barbara L., Lemma Kifle, William J. Chiou, et al.. (2004). Microarrayed Compound Screening (μARCS) to Identify Activators and Inhibitors of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase. SLAS DISCOVERY. 9(2). 112–121. 27 indexed citations
6.
Zhu, Gui‐Dong, David L. Arendsen, Indrani W. Gunawardana, et al.. (2001). Selective Inhibition of ICAM-1 and E-Selectin Expression in Human Endothelial Cells. 2. Aryl Modifications of 4-(Aryloxy)thieno[2,3-c]pyridines with Fine-Tuning at C-2 Carbamides. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 44(21). 3469–3487. 46 indexed citations
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Haasch, Deanna L., et al.. (1999). A Novel Stimulus, Oncogene, Induces Expression of CD80 (B7-1) Gene. Tumor Biology. 20(4). 193–201. 3 indexed citations
8.
Dille, Bruce J., et al.. (1990). Prevalence of Specific Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 as Revealed by an Enzyme-linked Immunoassay and Western Blot Analysis. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 278. 231–242. 5 indexed citations
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Bhorjee, Jaswant S., Isabel Mellon, & Lemma Kifle. (1983). Is high mobility group protein 17 phosphorylated in vivo? re-examination of the HeLa cell cycle data. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 111(3). 1001–1007. 10 indexed citations

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