Mehmet Koçak

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Mehmet Koçak is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mehmet Koçak has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Genetics, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mehmet Koçak's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (61 papers), Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (21 papers) and Brain Metastases and Treatment (14 papers). Mehmet Koçak is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (61 papers), Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (21 papers) and Brain Metastases and Treatment (14 papers). Mehmet Koçak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Canada. Mehmet Koçak's co-authors include Amar Gajjar, Richard J. Gilbertson, Christine Fuller, Larry E. Kun, James M. Boyett, Andrew M. Davidoff, Ildar T. Bayazitov, Helen Poppleton, M. Waleed Gaber and Twala L. Hogg and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Mehmet Koçak

143 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

A Perivascular Niche for Brain Tumor Stem Cells

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mehmet Koçak United States	40	3.3k	2.6k	1.6k	1.3k	1.3k	150	7.1k
Richard G. Grundy United Kingdom	44	2.9k 0.9×	3.0k 1.1×	812 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	208	6.4k
Lawrence D. Recht United States	41	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	885 0.7×	157	6.7k
Maryam Fouladi United States	45	3.2k 1.0×	2.5k 1.0×	932 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	205	6.0k
Joshua B. Rubin United States	50	1.7k 0.5×	3.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	797 0.6×	926 0.7×	160	8.8k
François Doz France	52	3.1k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	2.0k 1.5×	324	8.3k
Peter C. Phillips∥ United States	49	3.2k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	860 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	136	7.5k
Darren Hargrave United Kingdom	38	3.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	779 0.5×	769 0.6×	2.1k 1.7×	187	5.5k
Gino Cioffi United States	19	4.1k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	948 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	70	7.4k
Stewart Goldman United States	48	3.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	903 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.6×	178	6.7k
Terri S. Armstrong United States	40	3.8k 1.2×	970 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	731 0.6×	253	6.6k

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Baltacı, Saltuk Buğra, et al.. (2024). Vinpocetine Ameliorates Neuronal Injury After Cold-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice. Molecular Neurobiology. 62(3). 3956–3972. 1 indexed citations

Koçak, Mehmet, et al.. (2024). Association of Environmental and Behavioural Factors with Cardiovascular Disease Mortality. ESC Heart Failure. 12(1). 401–407. 1 indexed citations

Koçak, Mehmet, et al.. (2024). The impact of plasma-rich platelet injection to perianal sphincters on incontinence and quality of life in patients with rectal cancer after low anterior or intersphincteric resection: a prospective cohort study. Techniques in Coloproctology. 28(1). 109–109. 1 indexed citations

Lewit, Ruth A., et al.. (2022). Pediatric traumatic brain injury: Resource utilization and outcomes at adult versus pediatric trauma centers. Surgery Open Science. 7. 68–73. 5 indexed citations

Leary, Sarah, Lindsay Kilburn, J. Russell Geyer, et al.. (2021). Vorinostat and isotretinoin with chemotherapy in young children with embryonal brain tumors: A report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC-026). Neuro-Oncology. 24(7). 1178–1190. 21 indexed citations

Koçak, Mehmet, Robert C. Klesges, G. Wayne Talcott, et al.. (2021). Assessing the Contribution of Self-Monitoring Through a Commercial Weight Loss App: Mediation and Predictive Modeling Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 9(7). e18741–e18741. 9 indexed citations

Zhao, Qi, Zunsong Hu, Mehmet Koçak, et al.. (2021). Associations of prenatal metabolomics profiles with early childhood growth trajectories and obesity risk in African Americans: the CANDLE study. International Journal of Obesity. 45(7). 1439–1447. 8 indexed citations

Zukotynski, Katherine, Sridhar Vajapeyam, Frederic H. Fahey, et al.. (2017). Correlation of ¹⁸F-FDG PET and MRI Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Histogram Metrics with Survival in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: A Report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 58(8). 1264–1269. 29 indexed citations

Murphy, Laura E., et al.. (2017). Prospective Associations Between Infant Sleep at 12 Months and Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening Scores at 24 Months in a Community-Based Birth Cohort. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 79(1). 16m11127–16m11127. 21 indexed citations

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Koçak, Mehmet, et al.. (2017). The association of maternal prenatal vitamin D levels and child current wheeze. Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. 120(1). 98–99. 4 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Lindsey M., Maryam Fouladi, James M. Olson, et al.. (2015). Phase I trial of weekly MK-0752 in children with refractory central nervous system malignancies: a pediatric brain tumor consortium study. Child s Nervous System. 31(8). 1283–1289. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yueying, Jinsong Huang, Yan Jiao, et al.. (2015). Bone Morphology in 46 BXD Recombinant Inbred Strains and Femur‐Tibia Correlation. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2015(1). 728278–728278. 2 indexed citations

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Karadağ, Burak, et al.. (2014). Risk for Malignant and Borderline Ovarian Neoplasms Following Basic Preoperative Evaluation by Ultrasonography, Ca125 Level and Age. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 15(19). 8489–8493. 13 indexed citations

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Sedlacik, Jan, et al.. (2013). MR Imaging Assessment of Tumor Perfusion and 3D Segmented Volume at Baseline, during Treatment, and at Tumor Progression in Children with Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 34(7). 1450–1455. 29 indexed citations

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Jakacki, Regina I., Peter C. Burger, Tianni Zhou, et al.. (2012). Outcome of Children With Metastatic Medulloblastoma Treated With Carboplatin During Craniospinal Radiotherapy: A Children's Oncology Group Phase I/II Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 30(21). 2648–2653. 131 indexed citations

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Blaney, Susan M., Mehmet Koçak, Amar Gajjar, et al.. (2012). Pilot study of systemic and intrathecal mafosfamide followed by conformal radiation for infants with intracranial central nervous system tumors: a pediatric brain tumor consortium study (PBTC-001). Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 109(3). 565–571. 22 indexed citations

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Ellison, David W., Mehmet Koçak, James Dalton, et al.. (2010). Definition of Disease-Risk Stratification Groups in Childhood Medulloblastoma Using Combined Clinical, Pathologic, and Molecular Variables. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29(11). 1400–1407. 203 indexed citations

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Fahey, Frederic H., et al.. (2010). Variability in PET quantitation within a multicenter consortium. Medical Physics. 37(7Part1). 3660–3666. 91 indexed citations

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Ellison, David H., Catherine Godfraind, Mehmet Koçak, et al.. (2008). Histopathological grading of intracranial pediatric ependymomas. Neuro-Oncology. 10(3). 407–407. 3 indexed citations

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Broniscer, Alberto, Suzanne J. Baker, Alina Nico West, et al.. (2007). Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Malignant Transformation of Low-Grade Glioma in Children. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 25(6). 682–689. 146 indexed citations

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