Michaela Torkar

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 927 citations indexed

About

Michaela Torkar is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michaela Torkar has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 927 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Immunology, 2 papers in Oncology and 1 paper in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michaela Torkar's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (3 papers). Michaela Torkar is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers) and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (3 papers). Michaela Torkar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Tanzania. Michaela Torkar's co-authors include John Trowsdale, Michael J. Wilson, Anja Haude, Sarah Milne, Stephan Beck, T. Alwyn Jones, Denise Sheer, Roland Barten, Michael J. Wilson and Marco Colonna and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Immunology and European Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Michaela Torkar

8 papers receiving 914 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.

Plasticity in the organization and sequences of human KIR/ILT gene families

2000 518 citations Michael J. Wilson, Michaela Torkar et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michaela Torkar United Kingdom	7	895	62	62	45	31	8	927
C Döhring Switzerland	9	862 1.0×	100 1.6×	59 1.0×	126 2.8×	39 1.3×	12	942
Toshio Yabe Japan	13	471 0.5×	118 1.9×	31 0.5×	84 1.9×	35 1.1×	16	585
Ji Pei United States	9	368 0.4×	65 1.0×	219 3.5×	36 0.8×	31 1.0×	13	467
James E. Riggs United States	12	253 0.3×	53 0.9×	29 0.5×	63 1.4×	23 0.7×	38	379
J. Rafael Argüello United Kingdom	8	256 0.3×	39 0.6×	98 1.6×	30 0.7×	21 0.7×	12	334
Martha Marquesen United States	5	307 0.3×	72 1.2×	61 1.0×	120 2.7×	52 1.7×	8	426
Dominic Dordai United States	5	243 0.3×	169 2.7×	23 0.4×	62 1.4×	46 1.5×	9	452
Marie‐Claire Devilder France	12	360 0.4×	146 2.4×	43 0.7×	112 2.5×	35 1.1×	21	544
Atef Allam United States	11	237 0.3×	83 1.3×	21 0.3×	52 1.2×	30 1.0×	13	340
Françoise Gabert France	10	257 0.3×	75 1.2×	53 0.9×	32 0.7×	16 0.5×	18	338

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Torkar, Michaela, Chiwen Chang, Roland Barten, et al.. (2003). Killer Cell Ig-Like Receptor and Leukocyte Ig-Like Receptor Transgenic Mice Exhibit Tissue- and Cell-Specific Transgene Expression. The Journal of Immunology. 171(6). 3056–3063. 26 indexed citations

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Wilson, Michael J., Michaela Torkar, & John Trowsdale. (2003). Genetic Analysis of a Highly Homologous Gene Family: The Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors. Humana Press eBooks. 121. 251–263. 4 indexed citations

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Barten, Roland, Michaela Torkar, Anja Haude, John Trowsdale, & Michael J. Wilson. (2001). Divergent and convergent evolution of NK-cell receptors. Trends in Immunology. 22(1). 52–57. 121 indexed citations

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Torkar, Michaela, Anja Haude, Sarah Milne, et al.. (2000). Arrangement of theILT gene cluster: a common null allele of theILT6 gene results from a 6.7-kbp deletion. European Journal of Immunology. 30(12). 3655–3662. 68 indexed citations

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Wilson, Michael J., Michaela Torkar, Anja Haude, et al.. (2000). Plasticity in the organization and sequences of human KIR/ILT gene families. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(9). 4778–4783. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

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Torkar, Michaela, et al.. (1998). Isotypic variation of novel immunoglobulin-like transcript/killer cell inhibitory receptor loci in the leukocyte receptor complex. European Journal of Immunology. 28(12). 3959–3967. 88 indexed citations

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Wilson, Michael J., Michaela Torkar, & John Trowsdale. (1997). Genomic organization of a human killer cell inhibitory receptor gene. Tissue Antigens. 49(6). 574–579. 80 indexed citations

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Torkar, Michaela, P. Anton van der Merwe, Jennifer Q. Russell, et al.. (1996). Transgene‐encoded human CD2 acts in a dominant negative fashion to modify thymocyte selection signals in mice. European Journal of Immunology. 26(12). 2952–2963. 22 indexed citations

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