Peter Alexander

13.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
232 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Peter Alexander is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Alexander has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Immunology and 45 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Peter Alexander's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (20 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (18 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (16 papers). Peter Alexander is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (20 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (18 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (16 papers). Peter Alexander collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Peter Alexander's co-authors include Robert L. Evans, J.T. Lett, Suzanne A. Eccles, A. Charlesby, K. A. Stacey, Judith G. Hall, Robert Evans, Chris Dean, R Powles and G. Hamilton Fairley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Peter Alexander

227 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Endotoxin and Double Stranded RNA render Macrophages Cytotoxic

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter Alexander	2.9k	2.7k	1.9k	1.0k	895	232	9.4k
Robert Schlegel	2.4k 0.8×	6.5k 2.4×	1.8k 0.9×	428 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	176	11.3k
George Poste	2.1k 0.7×	8.3k 3.0×	2.7k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	1.9k 2.2×	259	15.1k
Donald F. H. Wallach	1.2k 0.4×	7.5k 2.8×	795 0.4×	541 0.5×	402 0.4×	149	13.2k
Roland K. Strong	4.3k 1.5×	3.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	876 0.8×	291 0.3×	124	11.1k
Rainer H. Köhler	3.0k 1.0×	4.2k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	715 0.7×	571 0.6×	98	10.1k
Michael J. Hickey	4.6k 1.6×	3.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	364 0.4×	325 0.4×	206	10.8k
Atsushi Ogata	1.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	623 0.6×	316 0.4×	227	7.5k
Zhiwei Chen	2.2k 0.7×	3.2k 1.2×	849 0.4×	485 0.5×	546 0.6×	396	11.6k
Marcel B. Bally	1.1k 0.4×	9.3k 3.4×	2.4k 1.3×	896 0.9×	692 0.8×	263	15.3k
Hans J. Tanke	831 0.3×	5.1k 1.9×	1.4k 0.7×	558 0.5×	765 0.9×	281	11.6k

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Eriksen, Ruth, D.J. Mackey, Peter Alexander, Roland De Marco, & Xuedong Wang. (1999). Continuous flow methods for evaluating the response of a copper ion selective electrode to total and free copper in seawater. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 1(5). 483–487. 21 indexed citations

Richter, Audrey, Donna E. Davies, & Peter Alexander. (1995). Growth inhibitory effects of FK506 and cyclosporin A independent of inhibition of calcineurin. Biochemical Pharmacology. 49(3). 367–373. 30 indexed citations

Holt, S. J., Peter Alexander, C.B.E. Inman, & Donna E. Davies. (1994). Epidermal growth factor induced tyrosine phosphorylation of nuclear proteins associated with translocation of epidermal growth factor receptor into the nucleus. Biochemical Pharmacology. 47(1). 117–126. 35 indexed citations

Davies, Donna E., et al.. (1994). Contribution of host-derived growth factors to in vivo growth of a transplantable murine mammary carcinoma. British Journal of Cancer. 70(2). 263–269. 18 indexed citations

Richter, Audrey, J. Wayne Conlan, Michael E. Ward, et al.. (1992). Multidomain binding of transforming growth factor .alpha. to the epidermal growth factor receptor. Biochemistry. 31(40). 9546–9554. 18 indexed citations

Skipper, Daniel, et al.. (1989). Enhanced growth of tumour cells in healing colonie anastomoses and laparotomy wounds. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 4(3). 172–177. 66 indexed citations

Alexander, Peter, Paul V. Murphy, & Daniel Skipper. (1988). Preferential Growth of Blood-Borne Cancer Cells at Sites of Trauma — A Growth Promoting Role of Macrophages. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 233. 245–251. 14 indexed citations

Alexander, Peter. (1982). 2nd Gordon Hamilton Fairley Lecture. British Journal of Cancer. 46(2). 151–159. 10 indexed citations

Heckford, Susan E., et al.. (1982). Failure of short-term treatment with flurbiprofen to enhance the therapeutic effect of cyclophosphamide against rodent sarcomas and a leukaemia. British Journal of Cancer. 46(1). 51–57. 3 indexed citations

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Evans, Robert L., et al.. (1972). THYMUS-DERIVED LYMPHOCYTES PRODUCE AN IMMUNOLOGICALLY SPECIFIC MACROPHAGEARMING FACTOR. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 136(5). 1318–1322. 103 indexed citations

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Grant, C. K., G A Currie, & Peter Alexander. (1972). THYMOCYTES FROM MICE IMMUNIZED AGAINST AN ALLOGRAFT RENDER BONE-MARROW CELLS SPECIFICALLY CYTOTOXIC. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 135(1). 150–164. 44 indexed citations

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Powles, R, et al.. (1971). Recognition of Leukaemia Cells as Foreign before and after Autoimmunization. BMJ. 1(5747). 486–489. 78 indexed citations

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Ikonopisov, R. L., M. G. Lewis, D. C. Bodenham, et al.. (1970). Autoimmunization with Irradiated Tumour Cells in Human Malignant Melanoma. BMJ. 2(5712). 752–754. 84 indexed citations

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Lewis, Martin, R. L. Ikonopisov, R. C. Nairn, et al.. (1969). Tumour-specific Antibodies in Human Malignant Melanoma and their Relationship to the Extent of the Disease. BMJ. 3(5670). 547–552. 304 indexed citations

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Alexander, Peter & R. F. Hudson. (1963). Wool : its chemistry and physics. Chapman & Hall eBooks. 114 indexed citations

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Alexander, Peter, J.T. Lett, H. Moroson, K. A. Stacey, & A. A. Buzzati-Traverso. (1960). Changes produced by ionizing radiations and some related agents in DNA in vitro and in vivo.. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 47–69. 7 indexed citations

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Alexander, Peter, Robin M. Black, & A. Charlesby. (1955). Radiation induced changes in the structure of poly iso butylene. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 232(1188). 31–48. 58 indexed citations

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Alexander, Peter & A. Charlesby. (1955). Radiation protection in copolymers of iso butylene and styrene. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 230(1180). 136–145. 34 indexed citations

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Alexander, Peter, A. Charlesby, & Mitchell Ross. (1954). The degradation of solid polymethylmethacrylate by ionizing radiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 223(1154). 392–404. 122 indexed citations

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Alexander, Peter & K. A. Stacey. (1952). The colloidal behaviour of dyes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 212(1109). 274–290. 30 indexed citations

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