Monica S. Thakar

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Monica S. Thakar is a scholar working on Immunology, Hematology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Monica S. Thakar has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Immunology, 28 papers in Hematology and 15 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Monica S. Thakar's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (30 papers), Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (23 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (13 papers). Monica S. Thakar is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (30 papers), Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (23 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (13 papers). Monica S. Thakar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Africa. Monica S. Thakar's co-authors include Subramaniam Malarkannan, Chao Yang, Alex Abel, Timothy A. Mousseau, Charles W. Fox, Pawan Kumar, Kamalakannan Rajasekaran, Sridhar Rao, Wenjun Ouyang and John M. Routes and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Monica S. Thakar

63 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Natural Killer Cells: Development, Maturation, and Clinic... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Natural Killer Cells: Development, Maturation, and Clinical Utilization
    2018 795 citations Alex Abel, Chao Yang et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Monica S. Thakar United States 23 1.5k 594 489 414 231 64 2.5k
Urban Gullberg Sweden 35 1.2k 0.8× 554 0.9× 1.6k 3.2× 579 1.4× 502 2.2× 132 4.0k
Vladimir Vincek United States 34 1.6k 1.1× 386 0.6× 953 1.9× 154 0.4× 570 2.5× 132 3.7k
Anselm Enders United States 37 2.3k 1.6× 322 0.5× 1.4k 2.8× 259 0.6× 568 2.5× 119 4.4k
Esther Caparrós Spain 20 663 0.5× 217 0.4× 1.1k 2.2× 180 0.4× 182 0.8× 34 2.4k
Akira Sugita Japan 22 1.3k 0.9× 445 0.7× 420 0.9× 103 0.2× 1.2k 5.4× 97 2.8k
Antony C. Willis United Kingdom 31 1.3k 0.9× 236 0.4× 1.5k 3.1× 260 0.6× 305 1.3× 46 3.8k
Everett Meyer United States 26 2.3k 1.6× 632 1.1× 461 0.9× 433 1.0× 202 0.9× 104 3.4k
Michele K. Anderson United States 32 2.1k 1.5× 374 0.6× 1.1k 2.2× 197 0.5× 225 1.0× 81 3.3k
Vivienne I. Rebel United States 27 1.2k 0.8× 716 1.2× 2.0k 4.0× 1.1k 2.6× 426 1.8× 56 3.7k
George N. Goulielmos Greece 26 873 0.6× 205 0.3× 512 1.0× 141 0.3× 263 1.1× 127 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Monica S. Thakar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Monica S. Thakar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Monica S. Thakar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nordlander, Anna, Hu Xie, Yae‐Jean Kim, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Pretransplant Respiratory Virus Detection on Posttransplant Outcomes in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 79(3). 761–771. 3 indexed citations
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Biernacki, Melinda A., Sami B. Kanaan, Todd M. Cooper, et al.. (2022). Single-Cell Multiomics for Residual Disease Detection in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Blood. 140(Supplement 1). 10215–10216. 1 indexed citations
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Siebert, Jason, Alex Abel, K. E. Johnson, et al.. (2021). MyD88 is an essential regulator of NK cell-mediated clearance of MCMV infection. Molecular Immunology. 137. 94–104. 3 indexed citations
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Gerbec, Zachary J., Arash Nanbakhsh, Sandra Holzhauer, et al.. (2020). Conditional Deletion of PGC-1α Results in Energetic and Functional Defects in NK Cells. iScience. 23(9). 101454–101454. 14 indexed citations
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Yang, Chao, Jason Siebert, Robert Burns, et al.. (2019). Heterogeneity of human bone marrow and blood natural killer cells defined by single-cell transcriptome. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3931–3931. 177 indexed citations
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Broglie, Larisa, Bernadette Vitola, Monica S. Thakar, et al.. (2019). Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis mimicking neonatal hemochromatosis. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 36(7). 451–456. 3 indexed citations
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Thakar, Monica S., Larisa Broglie, Brent R. Logan, et al.. (2018). The Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Comorbidity Index predicts survival after allogeneic transplant for nonmalignant diseases. Blood. 133(7). 754–762. 35 indexed citations
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Thakar, Monica S., et al.. (2017). A Practical Approach to Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Using the T Cell Receptor Excision Circle Assay. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1470–1470. 28 indexed citations
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Broglie, Larisa, Lauren Pommert, Sridhar Rao, et al.. (2017). Ruxolitinib for treatment of refractory hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Blood Advances. 1(19). 1533–1536. 93 indexed citations
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Abel, Alex, Kamalakannan Rajasekaran, David Hwang, et al.. (2015). IQGAP1: Insights into the function of a molecular puppeteer. Molecular Immunology. 65(2). 336–349. 76 indexed citations
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Burroughs, Lauri M., Eneida R. Nemecek, Troy R. Torgerson, et al.. (2014). Treosulfan-Based Conditioning and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Nonmalignant Diseases: A Prospective Multicenter Trial. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 20(12). 1996–2003. 38 indexed citations
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Kumar, Pawan, Kamalakannan Rajasekaran, Jeanne Palmer, Monica S. Thakar, & Subramaniam Malarkannan. (2013). IL-22: An Evolutionary Missing-Link Authenticating the Role of the Immune System in Tissue Regeneration. Journal of Cancer. 4(1). 57–65. 36 indexed citations
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Palmer, Jeanne, Kamalakannan Rajasekaran, Monica S. Thakar, & Subramaniam Malarkannan. (2013). Clinical Relevance of Natural Killer Cells Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Journal of Cancer. 4(1). 25–35. 39 indexed citations
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Verbsky, James, Monica S. Thakar, & John M. Routes. (2012). The Wisconsin approach to newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 129(3). 622–627. 58 indexed citations
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Rajasekaran, Kamalakannan, Haiyan Chu, Pawan Kumar, et al.. (2011). Transforming Growth Factor-β-activated Kinase 1 Regulates Natural Killer Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity and Cytokine Production. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(36). 31213–31224. 24 indexed citations
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Nakamae, Hirohisa, D. Scott Wilbur, Donald K. Hamlin, et al.. (2009). Biodistributions, Myelosuppression, and Toxicities in Mice Treated with an Anti-CD45 Antibody Labeled with the α-Emitting Radionuclides Bismuth-213 or Astatine-211. Cancer Research. 69(6). 2408–2415. 43 indexed citations
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Raaphorst, G. P., et al.. (1993). Postirradiation Exposure to Hypotonic Saline Shows Normal Damage Processing in Radiation-sensitive Cell Lines. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 64(5). 593–600. 6 indexed citations

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