Melissa Carpenter

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 220 citations indexed

About

Melissa Carpenter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Carpenter has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 220 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Physiology and 2 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Melissa Carpenter's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers), Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (2 papers) and Dietary Effects on Health (2 papers). Melissa Carpenter is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers), Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (2 papers) and Dietary Effects on Health (2 papers). Melissa Carpenter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Italy. Melissa Carpenter's co-authors include Agnete Kirkeby, Heather Main, Michel Bernier, Nathan L. Price, Rafael de Cabo, Arya Biragyn, Valter D. Longo, Alberto Díaz‐Ruiz, Jonathan Kato and Priya Krishna and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Cell stem cell and Schizophrenia Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Carpenter

9 papers receiving 200 citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Pluripotent stem-cell-derived therapies in clinical trial: A 2025 update

2025 39 citations Agnete Kirkeby, Heather Main et al. Cell stem cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa Carpenter United States	6	79	71	31	25	25	10	220
Peter Lenárt Czechia	8	95 1.2×	55 0.8×	26 0.8×	17 0.7×	5 0.2×	20	330
K. Bruce United Kingdom	7	106 1.3×	63 0.9×	40 1.3×	36 1.4×	25 1.0×	22	224
Nikolaos Tzavaras United States	7	100 1.3×	43 0.6×	12 0.4×	21 0.8×	6 0.2×	12	284
Shobana Kubendran United States	8	56 0.7×	16 0.2×	18 0.6×	17 0.7×	35 1.4×	11	314
Jessica L. Waxler United States	11	74 0.9×	27 0.4×	21 0.7×	22 0.9×	5 0.2×	21	437
Pat Furlong United States	10	128 1.6×	50 0.7×	17 0.5×	18 0.7×	20 0.8×	17	243
Fei Xin China	7	62 0.8×	40 0.6×	10 0.3×	8 0.3×	20 0.8×	19	283
K Stephens United States	7	79 1.0×	37 0.5×	24 0.8×	22 0.9×	34 1.4×	133	296
Ebony Bookman United States	8	49 0.6×	64 0.9×	34 1.1×	11 0.4×	12 0.5×	10	324
Borja Santos‐Zorrozúa Spain	10	121 1.5×	31 0.4×	35 1.1×	60 2.4×	57 2.3×	19	328

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Carpenter

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Melissa Carpenter's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Melissa Carpenter with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Melissa Carpenter more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa Carpenter

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Melissa Carpenter. 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 Melissa Carpenter. The network helps show where Melissa Carpenter may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Carpenter

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

10 of 10 papers shown

1.

Kirkeby, Agnete, Heather Main, & Melissa Carpenter. (2025). Pluripotent stem-cell-derived therapies in clinical trial: A 2025 update. Cell stem cell. 32(1). 10–37. 39 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Bodogai, Monica, Melissa Carpenter, Priya Krishna, et al.. (2022). Replenishment of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) overrides CR-mediated protection against tumor growth in a murine model of triple-negative breast cancer. GeroScience. 44(5). 2471–2490. 5 indexed citations

3.

Barker, Roger A., Melissa Carpenter, Catriona Jamieson, et al.. (2022). Lessons learnt, and still to learn, in first in human stem cell trials. Stem Cell Reports. 18(8). 1599–1609. 9 indexed citations

4.

Díaz‐Ruiz, Alberto, Nathan L. Price, Melissa Carpenter, et al.. (2021). Diet composition influences the metabolic benefits of short cycles of very low caloric intake. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6463–6463. 17 indexed citations

5.

Bodogai, Monica, Jonathan Kato, Melissa Carpenter, et al.. (2021). Daily caloric restriction limits tumor growth more effectively than caloric cycling regardless of dietary composition. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6201–6201. 79 indexed citations

6.

Nierengarten, Mary Beth & Melissa Carpenter. (2013). Promise of Regenerative Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases. 13(18). 36–37. 1 indexed citations

7.

Lewis, Alan J., Melissa Carpenter, Allan J. Robins, & Emmanuel E. Baetge. (2007). Novocell, Inc.. Regenerative Medicine. 2(6). 973–978. 1 indexed citations

8.

Carpenter, Melissa, Mahendra S. Rao, William J. Freed, & Xianmin Zeng. (2006). Derivation and Characterization of Neuronal Precursors and Dopaminergic Neurons From Human Embryonic Stem Cells In Vitro. Humana Press eBooks. 331. 153–168. 13 indexed citations

9.

Carpenter, Melissa. (1978). Residential Placement for the Chronic Psychiatric Patient: A Review and Evaluation of the Literature*. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 4(3). 384–398. 55 indexed citations

10.

Carpenter, Melissa. (1976). At Issue: On Teaching About Research in Schizophrenia*. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2(1). 5–8. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact