Michael Weinfeld

10.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
182 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Weinfeld is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Weinfeld has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Oncology and 24 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Michael Weinfeld's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (97 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (48 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (36 papers). Michael Weinfeld is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (97 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (48 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (36 papers). Michael Weinfeld collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Egypt. Michael Weinfeld's co-authors include Feridoun Karimi‐Busheri, X. Chris Le, Aghdass Rasouli‐Nia, Shengwen Shen, Walter Cullen, Xing‐Fang Li, Keith W. Caldecott, M. Ahmad Chaudhry, Rajam S. Mani and Susan P. Lees‐Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael Weinfeld

179 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

Arsenic Binding to Proteins

2013 660 citations Shengwen Shen, Michael Weinfeld et al. profile →
XRCC1 Stimulates Human Polynucleotide Kinase Activity at Damaged DNA Termini and Accelerates DNA Single-Strand Break Repair

2001 512 citations Hong Zhang, Feridoun Karimi‐Busheri et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Weinfeld Canada	49	6.9k	2.0k	1.4k	676	511	182	8.8k
James E. Trosko United States	56	8.3k 1.2×	3.8k 1.9×	2.3k 1.6×	285 0.4×	1.3k 2.6×	297	14.3k
Philip G. Board Australia	61	9.2k 1.3×	780 0.4×	776 0.6×	347 0.5×	484 0.9×	285	12.2k
Yu‐Ying He United States	44	2.9k 0.4×	723 0.4×	892 0.6×	331 0.5×	170 0.3×	118	5.6k
Isabel Marzo Spain	48	8.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	975 0.7×	92 0.1×	152 0.3×	109	11.7k
Michael W. Lieberman United States	46	3.9k 0.6×	821 0.4×	981 0.7×	302 0.4×	520 1.0×	170	6.6k
Lin Li China	47	4.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	83 0.1×	121 0.2×	250	7.6k
Alan Eastman United States	61	9.0k 1.3×	5.2k 2.7×	1.8k 1.3×	69 0.1×	251 0.5×	185	12.5k
William DeGraff United States	45	4.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	50 0.1×	240 0.5×	100	10.9k
Paweł Jaruga United States	43	5.2k 0.8×	645 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	51 0.1×	326 0.6×	113	7.3k
Kim Boekelheide United States	55	3.4k 0.5×	533 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	172 0.3×	2.9k 5.7×	185	9.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Weinfeld

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Weinfeld

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Weinfeld

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

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Abdelfattah, Ahmed, Sams M. A. Sadat, Ahmed H. Elmenoufy, et al.. (2025). Nano-delivery of a novel inhibitor of ERCC1-XPF for targeted sensitization of colorectal cancer to platinum-based chemotherapeutics. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 15(8). 2833–2847. 2 indexed citations

Weinfeld, Michael, et al.. (2024). Personalized treatment approach for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Medical Oncology. 41(11). 252–252. 10 indexed citations

Tao, Jeffrey, Hongquan Zhang, Michael Weinfeld, & X. Chris Le. (2024). Detection of Uracil-Excising DNA Glycosylases in Cancer Cell Samples Using a Three-Dimensional DNAzyme Walker. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 459–466. 2 indexed citations

Fanta, Mesfin, et al.. (2024). CDK-dependent phosphorylation regulates PNKP function in DNA replication. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(11). 107880–107880. 2 indexed citations

Diaz‐Dussan, Diana, Dawn Macdonald, Patrick N. Nation, et al.. (2022). Cellular mechanism of action of 2-nitroimidazoles as hypoxia-selective therapeutic agents. Redox Biology. 52. 102300–102300. 24 indexed citations

Sinha, Sarthak, Gary R. Martin, Xiaoyan Yang, et al.. (2021). PNKP is required for maintaining the integrity of progenitor cell populations in adult mice. Life Science Alliance. 4(9). e202000790–e202000790. 7 indexed citations

Sadat, Sams M. A., Melinda Wuest, Xiaoyan Yang, et al.. (2021). Nano-Delivery of a Novel Inhibitor of Polynucleotide Kinase/Phosphatase (PNKP) for Targeted Sensitization of Colorectal Cancer to Radiation-Induced DNA Damage. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 772920–772920. 7 indexed citations

Azad, Abul Kalam, Nidhi Gupta, Zhihua Xu, et al.. (2019). RUNX3 Promotes the Tumorigenic Phenotype in KGN, a Human Granulosa Cell Tumor-Derived Cell Line. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(14). 3471–3471. 10 indexed citations

Yang, Ning, Michael Weinfeld, Hélène Lemieux, Ben Montpetit, & Ing Swie Goping. (2017). Photo-activation of the delocalized lipophilic cation D112 potentiates cancer selective ROS production and apoptosis. Cell Death and Disease. 8(2). e2587–e2587. 15 indexed citations

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Piett, Cortt G., Ross A. Edwards, Martial Rey, et al.. (2017). Structural and functional characterization of the PNKP–XRCC4–LigIV DNA repair complex. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(10). 6238–6251. 33 indexed citations

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Hendzel, Michael J., et al.. (2016). Shuttling towards a predictive assay for radiotherapy. Translational Cancer Research. 5(4). 1 indexed citations

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Gendy, Mohamed A.M. El, Ana M. Mendes‐Pereira, Christopher J. Lord, et al.. (2013). Synthetic Lethal Targeting of PTEN-Deficient Cancer Cells Using Selective Disruption of Polynucleotide Kinase/Phosphatase. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 12(10). 2135–2144. 23 indexed citations

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Lai, Raymond, et al.. (2012). Genetic Screening for Synthetic Lethal Partners of Polynucleotide Kinase/Phosphatase: Potential for Targeting SHP-1–Depleted Cancers. Cancer Research. 72(22). 5934–5944. 36 indexed citations

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Lee, Jae Ho, Stefan Schweyer, Moneef Shoukier, et al.. (2010). Pathways of Proliferation and Antiapoptosis Driven in Breast Cancer Stem Cells by Stem Cell Protein Piwil2. Cancer Research. 70(11). 4569–4579. 96 indexed citations

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Shen, Shengwen, Jane Lee, Michael Weinfeld, & X. Chris Le. (2007). Attenuation of DNA damage‐induced p53 expression by arsenic: A possible mechanism for arsenic co‐carcinogenesis. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 47(7). 508–518. 57 indexed citations

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Murray, David, et al.. (2005). A method for the isolation of covalent DNA–protein crosslinks suitable for proteomics analysis. Analytical Biochemistry. 344(2). 204–215. 28 indexed citations

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Karimi‐Busheri, Feridoun, et al.. (2002). Pnk1, a DNA Kinase/Phosphatase Required for Normal Response to DNA Damage by γ-Radiation or Camptothecin inSchizosaccharomyces pombe. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(6). 4050–4055. 94 indexed citations

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Fanta, Mesfin, Hong Zhang, Nina Bernstein, et al.. (2001). Production, Characterization, and Epitope Mapping of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Human Polydeoxyribonucleotide Kinase. Hybridoma. 20(4). 237–242. 13 indexed citations

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Weinfeld, Michael, James Z. Xing, Jane Lee, et al.. (2001). Factors influencing the removal of thymine glycol from DNA in γ-irradiated human cells. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 68. 139–149. 11 indexed citations

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Izumi, Tadahide, et al.. (1999). Intragenic suppression of an active site mutation in the human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 1Edited by P. E. Wright. Journal of Molecular Biology. 287(1). 47–57. 46 indexed citations

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