Pierre May

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Pierre May is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre May has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Oncology, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Pierre May's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (16 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (12 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (11 papers). Pierre May is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (16 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (12 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (11 papers). Pierre May collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Switzerland. Pierre May's co-authors include Evelyne May, E May, Thierry Soussi, Michel Kress, R. Cassingéna, A Duthu, Adi Kimchi, Moshe Oren, Elisheva Yonish-Rouach and Sylvia Wilder and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Pierre May

49 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

  1. Twenty years of p53 research: structural and functional aspects of the p53 protein
    1999 533 citations Pierre May, Evelyne May Oncogene profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pierre May France 25 1.7k 1.7k 433 392 384 49 2.6k
Evelyne May France 22 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 314 0.7× 347 0.9× 233 0.6× 40 2.1k
Jo Milner United Kingdom 31 2.4k 1.4× 1.7k 1.0× 476 1.1× 494 1.3× 461 1.2× 57 3.5k
S J Ullrich United States 19 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 269 0.6× 659 1.7× 453 1.2× 24 2.8k
Ruiqiong Ye Canada 24 2.1k 1.2× 902 0.5× 266 0.6× 383 1.0× 145 0.4× 29 2.4k
M.L. Hooper United Kingdom 20 2.9k 1.7× 1.7k 1.0× 513 1.2× 417 1.1× 467 1.2× 43 3.9k
K.A.O. Ellem Australia 30 1.9k 1.1× 878 0.5× 450 1.0× 192 0.5× 167 0.4× 97 2.9k
L A Donehower United States 24 3.0k 1.8× 1.9k 1.1× 453 1.0× 585 1.5× 290 0.8× 31 4.1k
Steven M. Picksley United Kingdom 22 1.5k 0.9× 975 0.6× 335 0.8× 261 0.7× 261 0.7× 30 2.1k
Masaru Yamaizumi Japan 35 3.2k 1.9× 919 0.5× 501 1.2× 806 2.1× 615 1.6× 72 4.1k
Lee F. Johnson United States 35 2.9k 1.7× 922 0.6× 337 0.8× 264 0.7× 65 0.2× 79 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pierre May

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre May

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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May, Pierre & Evelyne May. (1999). Twenty years of p53 research: structural and functional aspects of the p53 protein. Oncogene. 18(53). 7621–7636. 533 indexed citations breakdown →
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May, Pierre, et al.. (1997). cDNA cloning and immunological characterization of rabbit p53. Gene. 185(2). 169–173. 5 indexed citations
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Bourdon, Jean‐Christophe, et al.. (1997). Further characterisation of the p53 responsive element – identification of new candidate genes for trans-activation by p53. Oncogene. 14(1). 85–94. 134 indexed citations
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Dumaz, Nicolas, A Duthu, Jean‐Claude Ehrhart, et al.. (1997). Prolonged p53 protein accumulation in trichothiodystrophy fibroblasts dependent on unrepaired pyrimidine dimers on the transcribed strands of cellular genes. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 20(4). 340–347. 2 indexed citations
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Soussi, Thierry & Pierre May. (1996). Structural Aspects of the p53 Protein in Relation to Gene Evolution: A Second Look. Journal of Molecular Biology. 260(5). 623–637. 165 indexed citations
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Armand, Jean‐Pierre, et al.. (1995). Mutations clustered in exon 5 of the p53 gene in primary nasopharyngeal carcinomas from Southeastern Asia. International Journal of Cancer. 61(3). 316–320. 21 indexed citations
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Yonish-Rouach, Elisheva, Didier Grünwald, Sylvia Wilder, et al.. (1993). p53-Mediated Cell Death: Relationship to Cell Cycle Control. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(3). 1415–1423. 89 indexed citations
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Fromentel, Claude Caron de, et al.. (1992). Rainbow trout p53: cDNA cloning and biochemical characterization. Gene. 112(2). 241–245. 60 indexed citations
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Soussi, Thierry, Agnès Bégué, Michel Kress, D. Stéhelin, & Pierre May. (1988). Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding the chicken p53 nuclear oncoprotein. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(23). 11383–11383. 33 indexed citations
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Puvion, Edmond, A Duthu, Francis Harper, et al.. (1988). Intranuclear distribution of SV40 large T-antigen and transformation-related protein p53 in abortively infected cells. Experimental Cell Research. 177(1). 73–89. 9 indexed citations
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Ehrhart, Jean‐Claude, A Duthu, S J Ullrich, Ettore Appella, & Pierre May. (1988). Specific interaction between a subset of the p53 protein family and heat shock proteins hsp72/hsc73 in a human osteosarcoma cell line.. PubMed. 3(5). 595–603. 87 indexed citations
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May, Pierre, et al.. (1988). CHARACTERIZATION OF pADHC-9. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 2(3). 204–204. 1 indexed citations
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Louis, John M., Vivian W. McFarland, Pierre May, & Peter T. Mora. (1988). The phosphoprotein p53 is down-regulated post-transcriptionally during embryogenesis in vertebrates. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 950(3). 395–402. 62 indexed citations
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May, Evelyne, Michel Kress, & Pierre May. (1978). Characterization of two SV40 early mRNAs and evidence for a nuclear “prespliced” RNA species. Nucleic Acids Research. 5(9). 3083–3100. 21 indexed citations
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May, Pierre, et al.. (1976). Isolation and structural characterization of monomeric and dimeric forms of replicative intermediates of Kilham rat virus DNA. Journal of Virology. 20(1). 86–95. 14 indexed citations
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May, Pierre, et al.. (1976). Stimulation of cellular RNA synthesis in mouse-kidney cell cultures infected with SV40 virus. Experimental Cell Research. 100(2). 433–436. 34 indexed citations
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May, Evelyne, Pierre May, & Roger Weil. (1971). Analysis of the Events Leading to SV40-Induced Chromosome Replication and Mitosis in Primary Mouse Kidney Cell Cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 68(6). 1208–1211. 20 indexed citations
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May, Pierre & E May. (1970). The DNA of Kilham Rat Virus. Journal of General Virology. 6(3). 437–439. 10 indexed citations

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