Omid Vafa

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Omid Vafa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Omid Vafa has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Omid Vafa's work include Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (14 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (6 papers) and Protein purification and stability (6 papers). Omid Vafa is often cited by papers focused on Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (14 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (6 papers) and Protein purification and stability (6 papers). Omid Vafa collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Omid Vafa's co-authors include Kevin F. Sullivan, Geoffrey M. Wahl, S Kern, Mark Wade, Tej K. Pandita, Garret M. Hampton, Richard D. Shelby, Inder M. Verma, Vinay Tergaonkar and Matthew P. Pando and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Oncology and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Omid Vafa

28 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

c-Myc Can Induce DNA Damage, Increase Reactive Oxygen Species, and Mitigate p53 Function

2002 720 citations Omid Vafa, Mark Wade et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Engineered antibody Fc variants with enhanced effector function

2006 590 citations Greg A. Lazar, Wei Dang 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
Omid Vafa United States	19	2.0k	875	758	671	601	28	3.3k
G. Taucher-Scholz Germany	39	3.1k 1.6×	783 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	86 0.1×	320 0.5×	93	4.2k
Burkhard Greve Germany	31	1.3k 0.6×	179 0.2×	668 0.9×	391 0.6×	133 0.2×	101	2.7k
Kathryn R. Ely United States	35	2.5k 1.3×	833 1.0×	343 0.5×	771 1.1×	87 0.1×	76	3.4k
Piers Nash Canada	31	3.8k 1.9×	439 0.5×	698 0.9×	695 1.0×	158 0.3×	43	5.0k
Li-Zhi Mi United States	20	1.5k 0.8×	379 0.4×	597 0.8×	450 0.7×	70 0.1×	30	2.6k
Marie Dutreix France	32	2.0k 1.0×	525 0.6×	446 0.6×	91 0.1×	160 0.3×	90	3.3k
Maureen D. O'Connor‐McCourt Canada	36	3.3k 1.7×	544 0.6×	967 1.3×	384 0.6×	55 0.1×	118	4.6k
Dale A. Cumming Canada	24	1.8k 0.9×	357 0.4×	286 0.4×	764 1.1×	69 0.1×	32	2.9k
Melissa A. Starovasnik United States	32	3.1k 1.6×	670 0.8×	676 0.9×	1.5k 2.2×	39 0.1×	47	4.5k
W. Michael Kuehl United States	49	6.7k 3.4×	793 0.9×	2.5k 3.3×	1.2k 1.7×	185 0.3×	99	9.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Omid Vafa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Omid Vafa

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vafa, Omid & Nathan D. Trinklein. (2020). Perspective: Designing T-Cell Engagers With Better Therapeutic Windows. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 446–446. 60 indexed citations

Pomerantz, Steven C., Omid Vafa, Michael Naso, et al.. (2015). Optimizing production of Fc-amidated peptides by Chinese hamster ovary cells. BMC Biotechnology. 15(1). 95–95. 7 indexed citations

Pomerantz, Steven C., Jiali Li, Omid Vafa, et al.. (2015). Secretion of Fc-amidated peptide fusion proteins by Chinese hamster ovary cells. BMC Biotechnology. 15(1). 61–61. 5 indexed citations

Vafa, Omid, Gary L. Gilliland, Randall J. Brezski, et al.. (2013). An engineered Fc variant of an IgG eliminates all immune effector functions via structural perturbations. Methods. 65(1). 114–126. 117 indexed citations

Gilliland, Gary L., Jinquan Luo, Omid Vafa, & Juan C. Almagro. (2011). Leveraging SBDD in Protein Therapeutic Development: Antibody Engineering. Methods in molecular biology. 841. 321–349. 31 indexed citations

Lubiniecki, A. S., David B. Volkin, M. Marcia Federici, et al.. (2010). Comparability assessments of process and product changes made during development of two different monoclonal antibodies. Biologicals. 39(1). 9–22. 63 indexed citations

Shealy, David J., Eilyn R. Lacy, Laura Johns, et al.. (2010). Characterization of golimumab, a human monoclonal antibody specific for human tumor necrosis factor α. mAbs. 2(4). 428–439. 189 indexed citations

Lazar, Greg A., Wei Dang, Sher Karki, et al.. (2006). Engineered antibody Fc variants with enhanced effector function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(11). 4005–4010. 590 indexed citations breakdown →

Tergaonkar, Vinay, Matthew P. Pando, Omid Vafa, Geoffrey M. Wahl, & Inder M. Verma. (2002). p53 stabilization is decreased upon NFκB activation. Cancer Cell. 1(5). 493–503. 271 indexed citations

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Vafa, Omid, Mark Wade, S Kern, et al.. (2002). c-Myc Can Induce DNA Damage, Increase Reactive Oxygen Species, and Mitigate p53 Function. Molecular Cell. 9(5). 1031–1044. 720 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wahl, Geoffrey M. & Omid Vafa. (2000). Genetic Instability, Oncogenes, and the p53 Pathway. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 65(0). 511–520. 5 indexed citations

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Vafa, Omid, Richard D. Shelby, & Kevin F. Sullivan. (1999). CENP-A associated complex satellite DNA in the kinetochore of the Indian muntjac. Chromosoma. 108(6). 367–374. 27 indexed citations

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Vafa, Omid & Kevin F. Sullivan. (1997). Chromatin containing CENP-A and α-satellite DNA is a major component of the inner kinetochore plate. Current Biology. 7(11). 897–900. 137 indexed citations

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Warburton, Peter E., Carol Cooke, Sylvie Bourassa, et al.. (1997). Immunolocalization of CENP-A suggests a distinct nucleosome structure at the inner kinetochore plate of active centromeres. Current Biology. 7(11). 901–904. 291 indexed citations

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Vafa, Omid, Laura Goetzl, Dominic Poccia, & David Nishioka. (1996). Localization and characterization of blastocoelic extracellular matrix antigens in early sea urchin embryos and evidence for their proteolytic modification during gastrulation. Differentiation. 60(3). 129–138. 6 indexed citations

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Vafa, Omid & David Nishioka. (1995). Developmentally regulated protease expression during sea urchin embryogenesis. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 40(1). 36–47. 20 indexed citations

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Tadir, Yona, W. H. Wright, Omid Vafa, et al.. (1991). REVIEW. Human Reproduction. 6(7). 1011–1016. 58 indexed citations

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Tadir, Yona, et al.. (1990). Force generated by human sperm correlated to velocity and determined using a laser generated optical trap. Fertility and Sterility. 53(5). 944–947. 63 indexed citations

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Tadir, Yona, W. H. Wright, Omid Vafa, et al.. (1989). Micromanipulation of sperm by a laser generated optical trap. Fertility and Sterility. 52(5). 870–873. 110 indexed citations

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Tadir, Yona, et al.. (1989). Micromanipulation of sperm by a laser generated optical trap - eScholarship. 52(5). 870–873. 10 indexed citations

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