Paul Kubes

70.3k total citations · 22 hit papers
423 papers, 52.5k citations indexed

About

Paul Kubes is a scholar working on Immunology, Immunology and Allergy and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Kubes has authored 423 papers receiving a total of 52.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 254 papers in Immunology, 130 papers in Immunology and Allergy and 80 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Paul Kubes's work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (129 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (123 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (110 papers). Paul Kubes is often cited by papers focused on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (129 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (123 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (110 papers). Paul Kubes collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Paul Kubes's co-authors include Elżbieta Kołaczkowska, Craig N. Jenne, D. Neil Granger, D. Neil Granger, Motohisa Suzuki, Braedon McDonald, Bryan G. Yipp, Mia Phillipson, Selina K. Jorch and Shamsher S. Kanwar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Paul Kubes

420 papers receiving 51.7k citations

Hit Papers

Neutrophil recruitment and func... 1991 2026 2002 2014 2013 1991 2007 2013 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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.

  1. Neutrophil recruitment and function in health and inflammation
    2013 4.0k citations Elżbieta Kołaczkowska, Paul Kubes profile →
  2. Nitric oxide: an endogenous modulator of leukocyte adhesion.
    1991 2.5k citations Paul Kubes et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Platelet TLR4 activates neutrophil extracellular traps to ensnare bacteria in septic blood
    2007 1.8k citations Stephen Clark, Samantha A. Tavener et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  4. Neutrophil extracellular traps sequester circulating tumor cells and promote metastasis
    2013 1.1k citations Jonathan Cools‐Lartigue, Jonathan Spicer et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  5. Intravascular Danger Signals Guide Neutrophils to Sites of Sterile Inflammation
    2010 930 citations Braedon McDonald, Keir Pittman et al. Science profile →
  6. An emerging role for neutrophil extracellular traps in noninfectious disease
    2017 928 citations Selina K. Jorch, Paul Kubes Nature Medicine profile →
  7. Infection-induced NETosis is a dynamic process involving neutrophil multitasking in vivo
    2012 901 citations Björn Petri, Craig N. Jenne et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  8. A Novel Mechanism of Rapid Nuclear Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Response to Staphylococcus aureus
    2010 880 citations Francis H. Y. Green, Paul Kubes et al. profile →
  9. The Neutrophil’s Role During Health and Disease
    2019 800 citations Paul Kubes et al. profile →
  10. Immune surveillance by the liver
    2013 780 citations Craig N. Jenne, Paul Kubes profile →
  11. NETosis: how vital is it?
    2013 764 citations Paul Kubes et al. Blood profile →
  12. The microcirculation and inflammation: modulation of leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion
    1994 681 citations Paul Kubes et al. profile →
  13. Immune Responses in the Liver
    2018 628 citations Paul Kubes, Craig N. Jenne profile →
  14. DAMPs, PAMPs, and LAMPs in Immunity and Sterile Inflammation
    2019 612 citations Paul Kubes et al. profile →
  15. Intravascular Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Capture Bacteria from the Bloodstream during Sepsis
    2012 609 citations Braedon McDonald, Craig N. Jenne et al. profile →
  16. The neutrophil in vascular inflammation
    2011 593 citations Mia Phillipson, Paul Kubes Nature Medicine profile →
  17. Neutrophils and NETs in modulating acute and chronic inflammation
    2019 557 citations Fernanda V. S. Castanheira, Paul Kubes Blood profile →
  18. The systemic immune response to trauma: an overview of pathophysiology and treatment
    2014 549 citations Paul Kubes et al. profile →
  19. Sterile Inflammation in the Liver
    2012 529 citations Paul Kubes et al. profile →
  20. Intraluminal crawling of neutrophils to emigration sites: a molecularly distinct process from adhesion in the recruitment cascade
    2006 528 citations Mia Phillipson, Bryan Heit et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  21. Molecular mechanisms of NET formation and degradation revealed by intravital imaging in the liver vasculature
    2015 462 citations Elżbieta Kołaczkowska, Craig N. Jenne et al. profile →
  22. Immune mechanisms linking metabolic injury to inflammation and fibrosis in fatty liver disease – novel insights into cellular communication circuits
    2022 325 citations Moritz Peiseler, Paul Kubes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Kubes Canada 113 26.2k 12.7k 8.1k 6.9k 6.2k 423 52.5k
Peter A. Ward United States 121 23.1k 0.9× 13.8k 1.1× 4.8k 0.6× 8.3k 1.2× 4.5k 0.7× 690 53.1k
Peter M. Henson United States 118 28.1k 1.1× 16.9k 1.3× 8.3k 1.0× 4.2k 0.6× 3.4k 0.5× 375 51.4k
Steven L. Kunkel United States 113 21.6k 0.8× 9.7k 0.8× 5.3k 0.7× 6.3k 0.9× 4.6k 0.7× 528 48.1k
Andrew D. Luster United States 120 29.2k 1.1× 10.8k 0.9× 7.6k 0.9× 5.1k 0.7× 4.6k 0.7× 342 51.2k
Siamon Gordon United Kingdom 133 41.2k 1.6× 22.0k 1.7× 6.1k 0.7× 10.6k 1.5× 3.4k 0.5× 455 78.1k
Klaus Ley United States 122 26.9k 1.0× 16.3k 1.3× 3.4k 0.4× 5.8k 0.8× 13.2k 2.1× 457 55.9k
Kouji Matsushima Japan 116 25.6k 1.0× 11.8k 0.9× 4.4k 0.5× 4.2k 0.6× 5.1k 0.8× 562 49.2k
Ko Okumura Japan 113 28.8k 1.1× 12.6k 1.0× 4.7k 0.6× 3.6k 0.5× 5.2k 0.8× 848 47.4k
Robert L. Coffman United States 104 39.5k 1.5× 8.8k 0.7× 7.0k 0.9× 9.0k 1.3× 4.5k 0.7× 256 60.9k
Yoichiro Iwakura Japan 126 32.8k 1.3× 18.2k 1.4× 5.6k 0.7× 8.7k 1.3× 2.0k 0.3× 694 61.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Kubes

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

All Works

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Omolo, Calvin A., Eman Abdel Rahman Ismail, Usri H. Ibrahim, et al.. (2025). Multifunctional hyaluronic acid-based biomimetic/pH-responsive hybrid nanostructured lipid carriers for treating bacterial sepsis. Journal of Biomedical Science. 32(1). 19–19. 4 indexed citations
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David, Bruna Araújo, Jawairia Atif, Fernanda V. S. Castanheira, et al.. (2024). Kupffer cell reverse migration into the liver sinusoids mitigates neonatal sepsis and meningitis. Science Immunology. 9(101). eadq9704–eadq9704. 10 indexed citations
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Castanheira, Fernanda V. S., Ruby H.N. Nguyen, Marcela Davoli-Ferreira, et al.. (2023). Intravital imaging of three different microvascular beds in SARS-CoV-2–infected mice. Blood Advances. 7(15). 4170–4181. 6 indexed citations
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Skopelja‐Gardner, Sladjana, Xizhang Sun, Lena Tanaka, et al.. (2021). Acute skin exposure to ultraviolet light triggers neutrophil-mediated kidney inflammation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(3). 75 indexed citations
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Jorch, Selina K., Bas G. J. Surewaard, Mokarram Hossain, et al.. (2019). Peritoneal GATA6+ macrophages function as a portal for Staphylococcus aureus dissemination. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(11). 4643–4656. 62 indexed citations
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Ley, Klaus, Hal M. Hoffman, Paul Kubes, et al.. (2018). Neutrophils: New insights and open questions. Science Immunology. 3(30). 371 indexed citations
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Deniset, Justin, et al.. (2017). Splenic Ly6Ghigh mature and Ly6Gint immature neutrophils contribute to eradication of S. pneumoniae. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 214(5). 1333–1350. 166 indexed citations
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Fine, Noah, Ioannis D. Dimitriou, María José Sandí, et al.. (2016). GEF-H1 is necessary for neutrophil shear stress–induced migration during inflammation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 215(1). 107–119. 38 indexed citations
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Dal-Secco, Daniela, Jing Wang, Zhutian Zeng, et al.. (2015). A dynamic spectrum of monocytes arising from the in situ reprogramming of CCR2+ monocytes at a site of sterile injury. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 212(4). 447–456. 350 indexed citations
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Roberts, Derek J., Craig N. Jenne, Caroline Léger, et al.. (2013). A Prospective Evaluation of the Temporal Matrix Metalloproteinase Response after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Humans. Journal of Neurotrauma. 30(20). 1717–1726. 31 indexed citations
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Roberts, Derek J., Craig N. Jenne, Caroline Léger, et al.. (2013). Association between the Cerebral Inflammatory and Matrix Metalloproteinase Responses after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Humans. Journal of Neurotrauma. 30(20). 1727–1736. 46 indexed citations
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Spicer, Jonathan, Braedon McDonald, Jonathan Cools‐Lartigue, et al.. (2012). Neutrophils Promote Liver Metastasis via Mac-1–Mediated Interactions with Circulating Tumor Cells. Cancer Research. 72(16). 3919–3927. 338 indexed citations
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Freeman, Spencer A., Sarah J. McLeod, Pamela Austin, et al.. (2010). Preventing the Activation or Cycling of the Rap1 GTPase Alters Adhesion and Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Blocks Metastatic Melanoma Cell Extravasation into the Lungs. Cancer Research. 70(11). 4590–4601. 37 indexed citations
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McDonald, Braedon, Keir Pittman, Gustavo Batista Menezes, et al.. (2010). Intravascular Danger Signals Guide Neutrophils to Sites of Sterile Inflammation. Science. 330(6002). 362–366. 930 indexed citations breakdown →
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McDonald, Braedon, Erin F. McAvoy, Varinder Gill, et al.. (2008). Interaction of CD44 and hyaluronan is the dominant mechanism for neutrophil sequestration in inflamed liver sinusoids. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 205(4). 915–927. 262 indexed citations
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Clark, Stephen, Samantha A. Tavener, Braedon McDonald, et al.. (2007). Platelet TLR4 activates neutrophil extracellular traps to ensnare bacteria in septic blood. Nature Medicine. 13(4). 463–469. 1778 indexed citations breakdown →
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Phillipson, Mia, Bryan Heit, Pina Colarusso, et al.. (2006). Intraluminal crawling of neutrophils to emigration sites: a molecularly distinct process from adhesion in the recruitment cascade. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 203(12). 2569–2575. 528 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bonder, Claudine S., Stephen Clark, M. Ursula Norman, Pauline Johnson, & Paul Kubes. (2006). Use of CD44 by CD4+ Th1 and Th2 lymphocytes to roll and adhere. Blood. 107(12). 4798–4806. 70 indexed citations
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Johnston, Brent, Alan R. Burns, Makoto Suematsu, et al.. (1999). Chronic inflammation upregulates chemokine receptors and induces neutrophil migration to monocyte chemoattractant protein-1. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 103(9). 1269–1276. 169 indexed citations
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Kanwar, Shamsher S. & Paul Kubes. (1995). Nitric oxide is an antiadhesive molecule for leukocytes.. PubMed. 3(1). 93–104. 71 indexed citations

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