Melissa Piper

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Melissa Piper is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Piper has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Melissa Piper's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (6 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (4 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers). Melissa Piper is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (6 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (4 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (4 papers). Melissa Piper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Hungary. Melissa Piper's co-authors include Lynne Bemis, Cecilia Lässer, Jan Lötvall, Kenneth W. Witwer, Johan Skog, Edit I. Buzás, Clotilde Théry, Sarada Sivaraman, Marca H. M. Wauben and Fred H. Hochberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, The Journal of Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Piper

21 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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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.

Standardization of sample collection, isolation and analysis methods in extracellular vesicle research

2013 1.9k citations Kenneth W. Witwer, Edit I. Buzás et al. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa Piper United States	14	2.9k	1.8k	444	385	244	22	3.4k
Khalid Al‐Nedawi Canada	15	3.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	498 1.1×	243 0.6×	320 1.3×	24	3.7k
Nina P. Hessvik Norway	15	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	389 0.9×	162 0.4×	228 0.9×	18	3.6k
Maria Eldh Sweden	17	3.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	703 1.6×	181 0.5×	359 1.5×	29	4.0k
Jason Webber United Kingdom	20	2.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	565 1.3×	298 0.8×	372 1.5×	27	3.6k
Johnny Akers United States	18	2.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	264 0.6×	176 0.5×	407 1.7×	30	3.1k
Dennis K. Jeppesen United States	15	4.1k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	546 1.2×	162 0.4×	458 1.9×	23	4.4k
Shu Wen United States	24	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	584 1.3×	165 0.4×	339 1.4×	62	3.3k
Mohammed Adam Canada	8	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	369 0.8×	221 0.6×	123 0.5×	25	2.8k
Mária Pásztói Hungary	15	2.2k 0.8×	965 0.5×	537 1.2×	146 0.4×	266 1.1×	32	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Piper

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Piper

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McGinness, Heather M., Micha V. Jackson, Luke R. Lloyd‐Jones, et al.. (2025). Flight heights in ibis and spoonbills: implications for collision risk. Wildlife Research. 52(9).

McGinness, Heather M., Luke R. Lloyd‐Jones, Art Langston, et al.. (2024). Habitat use by nomadic ibis and spoonbills post-dispersal from breeding sites. Landscape Ecology. 39(11). 4 indexed citations

McGinness, Heather M., Micha V. Jackson, Luke R. Lloyd‐Jones, et al.. (2024). Extensive Tracking of Nomadic Waterbird Movements Reveals an Inland Flyway. Ecology and Evolution. 14(12). e70668–e70668. 2 indexed citations

McGinness, Heather M., Luke R. Lloyd‐Jones, Art Langston, et al.. (2024). Satellite telemetry reveals complex mixed movement strategies in ibis and spoonbills of Australia: implications for water and wetland management. Movement Ecology. 12(1). 74–74. 2 indexed citations

Dakhlallah, Duaa, Yijie Wang, Xiaokui Mo, et al.. (2019). Constitutive AKT Activity Predisposes Lung Fibrosis by Regulating Macrophage, Myofibroblast and Fibrocyte Recruitment and Changes in Autophagy. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology. 10(10). 346–373. 15 indexed citations

Kabbout, Mohamed, Duaa Dakhlallah, Sudarshana M. Sharma, et al.. (2014). MicroRNA 17-92 Cluster Mediates ETS1 and ETS2-Dependent RAS-Oncogenic Transformation. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e100693–e100693. 20 indexed citations

Dakhlallah, Duaa, Kara Batte, Yijie Wang, et al.. (2013). Epigenetic Regulation of miR-17∼92 Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 187(4). 397–405. 214 indexed citations

Moldovan, Leni, Kara Batte, Yijie Wang, Jon Wisler, & Melissa Piper. (2013). Analyzing the Circulating MicroRNAs in Exosomes/Extracellular Vesicles from Serum or Plasma by qRT-PCR. Methods in molecular biology. 1024. 129–145. 90 indexed citations

Witwer, Kenneth W., Edit I. Buzás, Lynne Bemis, et al.. (2013). Standardization of sample collection, isolation and analysis methods in extracellular vesicle research. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 2(1). 1926 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aïkawa, Elena, Chris Gardiner, Joshua D. Hutcheson, et al.. (2013). International Society for Extracellular Vesicles: Second Annual Meeting, 17–20 April 2013, Boston, MA (ISEV 2013). Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 2(1). 23070–23070. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Yijie, Melissa Piper, & Clay B. Marsh. (2012). The role of Src family kinases in mediating M-CSF receptor signaling and monocytic cell survival. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology. 3(5). 592–602. 2 indexed citations

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Cho, Ji‐Hoon, Richard Gelinas, Kai Wang, et al.. (2011). Systems biology of interstitial lung diseases: integration of mRNA and microRNA expression changes. BMC Medical Genomics. 4(1). 8–8. 107 indexed citations

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Kotha, Sainath R., Melissa Piper, Lingying Zhao, et al.. (2011). Phospholipase A2 Activation by Poultry Particulate Matter is Mediated Through Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase in Lung Epithelial Cells: Regulation of Interleukin-8 Release. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 67(2). 415–429. 5 indexed citations

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Exline, Matthew C., Payal Mehta, Melissa Piper, et al.. (2011). Thrombospondin-1 Contributes to Mortality in Murine Sepsis through Effects on Innate Immunity. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19654–e19654. 40 indexed citations

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Wang, Yijie, Xiaokui Mo, Melissa Piper, et al.. (2011). M-CSF Induces Monocyte Survival by Activating NF-κB p65 Phosphorylation at Ser276 via Protein Kinase C. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28081–e28081. 28 indexed citations

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Piper, Melissa, et al.. (2010). Neutrophil elastase downmodulates native G-CSFR expression and granulocyte-macrophage colony formation. Journal of Inflammation. 7(1). 5–5. 12 indexed citations

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Ezzie, Michael E., Melissa Piper, Christine R. Montague, et al.. (2010). Thrombospondin-1–Deficient Mice Are Not Protected from Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 44(4). 556–561. 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Yijie, Hongmei Wang, Melissa Piper, et al.. (2010). sRAGE Induces Human Monocyte Survival and Differentiation. The Journal of Immunology. 185(3). 1822–1835. 61 indexed citations

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Curry, Jennifer M., Mark L. Hanke, Melissa Piper, et al.. (2009). Social disruption induces lung inflammation. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 24(3). 394–402. 43 indexed citations

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Nana‐Sinkam, S. Patrick, et al.. (2009). Lung microRNA: from development to disease. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. 3(4). 373–385. 42 indexed citations

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