Nicholas H. Oberlies

15.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
292 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

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Nicholas H. Oberlies is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas H. Oberlies has authored 292 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Molecular Biology, 132 papers in Pharmacology and 55 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas H. Oberlies's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (90 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (46 papers) and Silymarin and Mushroom Poisoning (42 papers). Nicholas H. Oberlies is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (90 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (46 papers) and Silymarin and Mushroom Poisoning (42 papers). Nicholas H. Oberlies collaborates with scholars based in United States, Jordan and Mexico. Nicholas H. Oberlies's co-authors include Cedric J. Pearce, Huzefa A. Raja, David J. Kroll, Tyler N. Graf, Tamam El‐Elimat, Jerry L. McLaughlin, Nadja B. Cech, Mary F. Paine, Mansukh C. Wani and Andrew N. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas H. Oberlies

286 papers receiving 11.1k 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.

Fungal Identification Using Molecular Tools: A Primer for the Natural Products Research Community

2017 634 citations Huzefa A. Raja, Andrew N. Miller et al. Journal of Natural Products profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas H. Oberlies United States	57	5.1k	3.4k	2.1k	1.9k	1.5k	292	11.5k
Hong‐Xiang Lou China	59	6.2k 1.2×	3.0k 0.9×	3.5k 1.7×	967 0.5×	429 0.3×	535	15.7k
Jing‐Gung Chung Taiwan	69	10.4k 2.0×	3.2k 0.9×	3.5k 1.7×	2.1k 1.1×	533 0.3×	550	18.8k
Takuji Tanaka Japan	65	6.6k 1.3×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	677 0.4×	409	14.7k
Sang Kook Lee South Korea	56	6.5k 1.3×	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	974 0.5×	510 0.3×	434	13.0k
Yueh‐Hsiung Kuo Taiwan	60	7.0k 1.4×	2.8k 0.8×	4.0k 1.9×	1.9k 1.0×	205 0.1×	616	14.6k
Rajesh Agarwal United States	82	10.5k 2.0×	3.5k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	2.4k 1.2×	6.6k 4.3×	393	20.4k
Sanjay Gupta United States	69	7.2k 1.4×	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	716 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	286	15.1k
Hiroshi Morita Japan	50	5.5k 1.1×	2.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	386 0.3×	464	11.8k
Xiao‐Jiang Hao China	44	6.7k 1.3×	1.7k 0.5×	2.9k 1.4×	2.7k 1.4×	309 0.2×	685	12.2k
Jai‐Sing Yang Taiwan	64	7.3k 1.4×	2.1k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	437 0.3×	344	13.3k

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Raja, Huzefa A., Blaise A. Darveaux, Michael J. Hall, et al.. (2025). Studies on the epipolythiodioxopiperazine alkaloid verticillin D: Scaled production, streamlined purification, and absolute configuration. Phytochemistry. 236. 114492–114492.

Steffen, Karin, Nicholas H. Oberlies, & Antonis Rokas. (2025). Machine-Readable Structural Information Is Essential for Natural Products Research. Journal of Natural Products. 88(11). 2815–2821.

Kuttikrishnan, Shilpa, Kirti S. Prabhu, Tamam El‐Elimat, et al.. (2024). Exploring the in vivo anti-cancer potential of Neosetophomone B in leukemic cells using a zebrafish xenograft model. Experimental Cell Research. 435(1). 113907–113907. 1 indexed citations

Ayon, Navid J., Fatma Ayaloglu Butun, Matthew T. Robey, et al.. (2024). Bioactivity-driven fungal metabologenomics identifies antiproliferative stemphone analogs and their biosynthetic gene cluster. Metabolomics. 20(5). 90–90. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Ziwei, Daniel D. Lantvit, Tal Hirschhorn, et al.. (2023). Probing the Cytotoxic Signaling Induced by Eupenifeldin in Ovarian Cancer Models. Journal of Natural Products. 86(9). 2102–2110. 1 indexed citations

Cech, Nadja B. & Nicholas H. Oberlies. (2023). From plant to cancer drug: lessons learned from the discovery of taxol. Natural Product Reports. 40(7). 1153–1157. 15 indexed citations

Raja, Huzefa A., Sonja L. Knowles, Kevin K. Fuller, et al.. (2022). Genomic and Phenotypic Trait Variation of the Opportunistic Human Pathogen Aspergillus flavus and Its Close Relatives. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(6). e0306922–e0306922. 18 indexed citations

Castro, Patrícia Alves de, Ana Cristina Colabardini, Maria Augusta Crivelente Horta, et al.. (2022). Regulation of gliotoxin biosynthesis and protection in Aspergillus species. PLoS Genetics. 18(1). e1009965–e1009965. 23 indexed citations

Steenwyk, Jacob L., Matthew E. Mead, Sonja L. Knowles, et al.. (2020). Variation Among Biosynthetic Gene Clusters, Secondary Metabolite Profiles, and Cards of Virulence Across Aspergillus Species. Genetics. 216(2). 481–497. 43 indexed citations

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Russo, Angela, Daniel D. Lantvit, Cedric J. Pearce, et al.. (2020). Verticillin A Causes Apoptosis and Reduces Tumor Burden in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer by Inducing DNA Damage. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 19(1). 89–100. 19 indexed citations

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Rokas, Antonis, Matthew E. Mead, Jacob L. Steenwyk, Nicholas H. Oberlies, & Gustavo H. Goldman. (2020). Evolving moldy murderers: Aspergillus section Fumigati as a model for studying the repeated evolution of fungal pathogenicity. PLoS Pathogens. 16(2). e1008315–e1008315. 28 indexed citations

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Mead, Matthew E., Huzefa A. Raja, Jacob L. Steenwyk, et al.. (2019). Draft Genome Sequence of the Griseofulvin-Producing Fungus Xylaria flabelliformis Strain G536. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(38). 11 indexed citations

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Paguigan, Noemi D., José Rivera‐Chávez, Huzefa A. Raja, et al.. (2019). Prenylated Diresorcinols Inhibit Bacterial Quorum Sensing. Journal of Natural Products. 82(3). 550–558. 25 indexed citations

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Ekladious, Iriny, Nitinun Varongchayakul, Daniel A. Todd, et al.. (2018). Reinforcement of polymeric nanoassemblies for ultra-high drug loadings, modulation of stiffness and release kinetics, and sustained therapeutic efficacy. Nanoscale. 10(18). 8360–8366. 11 indexed citations

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Sica, Vincent P., et al.. (2016). Spatial and Temporal Profiling of Griseofulvin Production in Xylaria cubensis Using Mass Spectrometry Mapping. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 544–544. 28 indexed citations

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Gufford, Brandon T., Tyler N. Graf, Noemi D. Paguigan, Nicholas H. Oberlies, & Mary F. Paine. (2015). Chemoenzymatic Synthesis, Characterization, and Scale-Up of Milk Thistle Flavonolignan Glucuronides. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 43(11). 1734–1743. 8 indexed citations

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Raja, Huzefa A., Tamam El‐Elimat, Nicholas H. Oberlies, et al.. (2015). Minutisphaerales (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota): a new order of freshwater ascomycetes including a new family, Minutisphaeraceae, and two new species from North Carolina, USA. Mycologia. 107(4). 845–862. 22 indexed citations

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Graf, Tyler N., Hiyas A. Junio, Scott A. Jarmusch, et al.. (2013). Sarothrin from Alkanna orientalis Is an Antimicrobial Agent and Efflux Pump Inhibitor. Planta Medica. 79(5). 327–329. 36 indexed citations

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Deep, Gagan, Komal Raina, Rana P. Singh, et al.. (2008). Isosilibinin inhibits advanced human prostate cancer growth in athymic nude mice: Comparison with silymarin and silibinin. International Journal of Cancer. 123(12). 2750–2758. 29 indexed citations

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Davis-Searles, Paula R., Yuka Nakanishi, Nam-Cheol Kim, et al.. (2005). Milk Thistle and Prostate Cancer: Differential Effects of Pure Flavonolignans from Silybum marianum on Antiproliferative End Points in Human Prostate Carcinoma Cells. Cancer Research. 65(10). 4448–4457. 194 indexed citations

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