Meltem Alper

512 total citations
18 papers, 422 citations indexed

About

Meltem Alper is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology and Allergy. According to data from OpenAlex, Meltem Alper has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 422 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Immunology and Allergy. Recurrent topics in Meltem Alper's work include Enzyme function and inhibition (5 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (4 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (4 papers). Meltem Alper is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme function and inhibition (5 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (4 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (4 papers). Meltem Alper collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye and Italy. Meltem Alper's co-authors include B N Ames, Feray Köçkar, Oktay Arslan, Nahit Gençer, Claudiu T. Supuran, Semra Işık, Selma Sinan, Alfonso Maresca, Mümtaz İşcan and Yasemin Başbınar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Gene and Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Meltem Alper

15 papers receiving 357 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Meltem Alper Türkiye 7 278 115 55 50 38 18 422
Hyoun Sook Kim South Korea 17 486 1.7× 67 0.6× 32 0.6× 50 1.0× 37 1.0× 49 736
Linda A. Egger United States 14 470 1.7× 195 1.7× 46 0.8× 63 1.3× 37 1.0× 17 750
Alexandra Vergnes France 9 411 1.5× 104 0.9× 25 0.5× 37 0.7× 77 2.0× 17 636
Daniel Maragno Trindade Brazil 14 204 0.7× 88 0.8× 27 0.5× 42 0.8× 28 0.7× 25 402
Mario Bumann Switzerland 8 517 1.9× 102 0.9× 23 0.4× 32 0.6× 26 0.7× 12 605
Yongbin Xu China 12 294 1.1× 137 1.2× 35 0.6× 40 0.8× 165 4.3× 51 620
Joy L. Huffman United States 8 425 1.5× 137 1.2× 42 0.8× 48 1.0× 26 0.7× 11 509
Igor Brikun United States 11 337 1.2× 98 0.9× 34 0.6× 39 0.8× 9 0.2× 12 461
Ruiyang Zou Singapore 13 625 2.2× 120 1.0× 73 1.3× 53 1.1× 25 0.7× 22 724
Jessica Momb United States 11 550 2.0× 112 1.0× 108 2.0× 17 0.3× 76 2.0× 15 697

Countries citing papers authored by Meltem Alper

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Fields of papers citing papers by Meltem Alper

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meltem Alper

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Alper, Meltem, et al.. (2025). STAT-3, ELK-1, and c- Jun contributes IL-6 mediated ADAMTS-8 upregulation in colorectal cancer. Molecular Biology Reports. 52(1). 246–246. 2 indexed citations
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Alper, Meltem, et al.. (2025). The role of thrombin in the paradoxical interplay of cancer metastasis and the vascular system: A driving dynamic. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 186. 118031–118031. 1 indexed citations
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Calibasi‐Kocal, Gizem, et al.. (2024). Effect of Collagen-Coating Variations on the Morphology and Viability of Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences. 8(3). 726–733. 1 indexed citations
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Alper, Meltem, et al.. (2018). SP1-mediated downregulation of ADAMTS3 gene expression in osteosarcoma models. Gene. 659. 1–10. 15 indexed citations
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Alper, Meltem, et al.. (2016). Amplification of GC-rich ADAMTS-2 and URG4/URGCP promoter regions with optimized combination of PCR enhancers. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY. 40. 196–205. 5 indexed citations
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Köçkar, Feray, et al.. (2015). Molecular characterization of zeta class glutathione S-transferases from Pinus brutia Ten.. Journal of Genetics. 94(3). 417–423. 3 indexed citations
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Alper, Meltem & Feray Köçkar. (2014). IL-6 upregulates a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 2 (ADAMTS-2) in human osteosarcoma cells mediated by JNK pathway. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 393(1-2). 165–175. 29 indexed citations
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Maresca, Alfonso, Meltem Alper, Feray Köçkar, et al.. (2012). Mutation of active site residues Asn67 to Ile, Gln92 to Val and Leu204 to Ser in human carbonic anhydrase II: Influences on the catalytic activity and affinity for inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 20(7). 2208–2213. 5 indexed citations
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Gençer, Nahit, et al.. (2011). Evaluation ofin vitroeffects of some analgesic drugs on erythrocyte and recombinant carbonic anhydrase I and II. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 27(1). 37–42. 16 indexed citations
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Alper, Meltem & B N Ames. (1978). Transport of antibiotics and metabolite analogs by systems under cyclic AMP control: positive selection of Salmonella typhimurium cya and crp mutants. Journal of Bacteriology. 133(1). 149–157. 174 indexed citations
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Alper, Meltem & B N Ames. (1975). Cyclic 3', 5'-adenosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase mutants of Salmonella typhimurium. Journal of Bacteriology. 122(3). 1081–1090. 45 indexed citations
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