R Swain

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

R Swain is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, R Swain has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in R Swain's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (10 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (8 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). R Swain is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (10 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (8 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). R Swain collaborates with scholars based in Australia, India and United Kingdom. R Swain's co-authors include Herbert Steinbeißer, Araceli Medina, Rudolf Winklbauer, Alastair Greystoke, Tim Ward, Cong Zhou, Lynsey Priest, Fiona Blackhall, Alison Backen and Lee Lancashire and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Oncology and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

R Swain

76 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Clinical Significance and Molecular Characteristics of Circulating Tumor Cells and Circulating Tumor Microemboli in Patients With Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R Swain Australia	19	716	653	415	337	237	79	2.0k
Jun Yamamoto Japan	30	590 0.8×	345 0.5×	261 0.6×	225 0.7×	71 0.3×	171	2.7k
Shigeharu Kinoshita Japan	24	1.3k 1.9×	352 0.5×	440 1.1×	429 1.3×	260 1.1×	105	3.1k
Cheryl A. Dean Canada	18	810 1.1×	754 1.2×	563 1.4×	342 1.0×	63 0.3×	37	1.9k
Sergey I. Nikolaev Switzerland	25	1.7k 2.3×	373 0.6×	394 0.9×	559 1.7×	118 0.5×	53	2.4k
Stephen R. Fairclough United States	14	977 1.4×	380 0.6×	596 1.4×	186 0.6×	164 0.7×	30	1.8k
A. Athanasiadis Greece	27	1.6k 2.2×	530 0.8×	177 0.4×	178 0.5×	103 0.4×	90	2.9k
Noriyuki Takai Japan	32	1.6k 2.3×	765 1.2×	291 0.7×	535 1.6×	384 1.6×	130	3.5k
Simone Seiter Germany	24	1.3k 1.8×	1.1k 1.7×	207 0.5×	164 0.5×	557 2.4×	36	2.7k
Zhiqiang Han China	23	1.1k 1.6×	470 0.7×	178 0.4×	330 1.0×	151 0.6×	166	2.2k
Alboukadel Kassambara France	25	1.0k 1.5×	439 0.7×	257 0.6×	148 0.4×	91 0.4×	51	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by R Swain

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R Swain

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Rath, Rachna, et al.. (2025). NEK9-mediated Wnt signalling repressor TLE3 rewires Docetaxel resistance in cancer cells by inducing pyroptosis. British Journal of Cancer. 133(10). 1428–1440.

Singh, Priya, et al.. (2023). Piperlongumine based nanomedicine impairs glycolytic metabolism in triple negative breast cancer stem cells through modulation of GAPDH & FBP1. Phytomedicine. 123. 155181–155181. 11 indexed citations

Thakur, Abhishek, Orlando Acevedo, R Swain, et al.. (2023). SELEX based aptamers with diagnostic and entry inhibitor therapeutic potential for SARS-CoV-2. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 14560–14560. 7 indexed citations

Mohapatra, Priyanka, et al.. (2023). Nimbolide-based nanomedicine inhibits breast cancer stem-like cells by epigenetic reprogramming of DNMTs-SFRP1-Wnt/β-catenin signaling axis. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 34. 102031–102031. 6 indexed citations

Shriwas, Omprakash, Rachna Rath, Mahesh Sultania, et al.. (2022). CRISPR-based kinome-screening revealed MINK1 as a druggable player to rewire 5FU-resistance in OSCC through AKT/MDM2/p53 axis. Oncogene. 41(45). 4929–4940. 13 indexed citations

Prasad, Punit, et al.. (2022). Underlying Co-Morbidity Reveals Unique Immune Signatures in Type II Diabetes Patients Infected With SARS-CoV2. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 848335–848335. 2 indexed citations

Barman, Hirak Kumar, et al.. (2021). Genomic organization and hypoxia inducible factor responsive regulation of teleost hsp90β gene during hypoxia stress. Molecular Biology Reports. 48(9). 6491–6501. 1 indexed citations

Swain, R, et al.. (2021). Methods to generate and evaluate zebrafish models of human kidney diseases. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 65(7-8-9). 475–485. 9 indexed citations

Dixit, Anshuman, et al.. (2021). Expression of two uncharacterized protein coding genes in zebrafish lateral line system. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 65(10-11-12). 563–570.

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Kolapalli, Srinivasa Prasad, Nishant Ranjan Chauhan, Kautilya Kumar Jena, et al.. (2020). RNA-Binding RING E3-Ligase DZIP3/hRUL138 Stabilizes Cyclin D1 to Drive Cell-Cycle and Cancer Progression. Cancer Research. 81(2). 315–331. 21 indexed citations

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Patra, Chinmoy, et al.. (2018). EF-hand domain containing 2 (Efhc2) is crucial for distal segmentation of pronephros in zebrafish. Cell & Bioscience. 8(1). 53–53. 4 indexed citations

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Swain, R, et al.. (2016). Nucleolar protein 4-like has a complex expression pattern in zebrafish embryos. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 60(1-2-3). 53–56. 6 indexed citations

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Swain, R, et al.. (2014). Some Aspects of the Rheological Behaviour of Coal Water Slurries. International Journal of Thermal and Environmental Engineering. 8(2). 2 indexed citations

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Kaufmann, Lilian, et al.. (2013). A secreted splice variant of the Xenopus frizzled-4 receptor is a biphasic modulator of Wnt signalling. Cell Communication and Signaling. 11(1). 89–89. 13 indexed citations

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Mura, Mauro Dalla, R Swain, Xiaodong Zhuang, et al.. (2011). Identification and angiogenic role of the novel tumor endothelial marker CLEC14A. Oncogene. 31(3). 293–305. 86 indexed citations

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Steinbeißer, Herbert & R Swain. (2008). Wnt-Frizzled Interactions in Xenopus. Methods in molecular biology. 469. 451–463. 1 indexed citations

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Swain, R, Masaru Katoh, Araceli Medina, & Herbert Steinbeißer. (2005). Xenopus frizzled-4S, a splicing variant of Xfz4 is a context-dependent activator and inhibitor of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Cell Communication and Signaling. 3(1). 12–12. 21 indexed citations

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Winklbauer, Rudolf, Araceli Medina, R Swain, & Herbert Steinbeißer. (2001). Frizzled-7 signalling controls tissue separation during Xenopus gastrulation. Nature. 413(6858). 856–860. 218 indexed citations

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Chester, Edwin T., et al.. (2000). Brood plate morphology and its implications for brooding in an ecological series of talitrid amphipods. Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii. 47. 1 indexed citations

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Ralhan, Ranju, et al.. (1999). P-glycoprotein is positively correlated with p53 in human oral pre-malignant and malignant lesions and is associated with poor prognosis. International Journal of Cancer. 84(1). 80–85. 20 indexed citations

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