Raphael Alford

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Raphael Alford is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Raphael Alford has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Raphael Alford's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (6 papers), Cancer Research and Treatments (3 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (2 papers). Raphael Alford is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (6 papers), Cancer Research and Treatments (3 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (2 papers). Raphael Alford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Raphael Alford's co-authors include Hisataka Kobayashi, Mikako Ogawa, Peter L. Choyke, Yasuteru Urano, Haley Simpson, Josh Duberman, G. Craig Hill, Celeste A.S. Regino, Korgün Koral and Amir Gandjbakhche and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Clinical Cancer Research and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Raphael Alford

10 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

New Strategies for Fluorescent Probe Design in Medical Diagnostic Imaging

2009 1.9k citations Hisataka Kobayashi, Mikako Ogawa et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raphael Alford United States	9	1.3k	909	729	680	305	10	2.5k
Daisuke Asanuma Japan	16	825 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	584 0.9×	294 1.0×	26	2.6k
Yuling Xu China	30	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	539 0.7×	463 0.7×	376 1.2×	53	2.6k
Ruiyuan Liu China	32	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	938 1.3×	605 0.9×	316 1.0×	124	3.2k
Gökhan Yahioglu United Kingdom	28	1.6k 1.3×	716 0.8×	794 1.1×	717 1.1×	528 1.7×	63	3.4k
Miae Won South Korea	31	1.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.7×	709 1.0×	341 1.1×	71	3.7k
Ruoyu Zhang China	26	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	863 1.2×	757 1.1×	267 0.9×	71	2.7k
Fude Feng China	30	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.5k 2.0×	755 1.1×	440 1.4×	87	3.6k
Wen Lv China	23	2.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	650 0.9×	466 0.7×	495 1.6×	54	3.0k
Bowen Li China	29	786 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	945 1.3×	316 0.5×	228 0.7×	84	2.5k
Kangqiang Qiu China	28	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	709 1.0×	264 0.4×	496 1.6×	55	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Raphael Alford

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raphael Alford

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

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Theruvath, Ashok J., Anuj Pareek, Raphael Alford, et al.. (2018). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Tumor-Associated Macrophages: Clinical Translation. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(17). 4110–4118. 73 indexed citations

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Alford, Raphael, Lynn Gargan, Daniel C. Bowers, et al.. (2016). Postoperative surveillance of pediatric cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 130(1). 149–154. 11 indexed citations

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Koral, Korgün, Raphael Alford, Mahmud Mossa‐Basha, et al.. (2014). Applicability of apparent diffusion coefficient ratios in preoperative diagnosis of common pediatric cerebellar tumors across two institutions. Neuroradiology. 56(9). 781–788. 30 indexed citations

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Alford, Raphael, David Fried, Benjamin Huang, et al.. (2013). Clinical significance of indeterminate pulmonary nodules in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Head & Neck. 36(3). 334–339. 2 indexed citations

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Alford, Raphael, Mikako Ogawa, Moinuddin Hassan, et al.. (2010). Fluorescence lifetime imaging of activatable target specific molecular probes. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging. 5(1). 1–8. 29 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Mikako, Raphael Alford, Karen Wong, et al.. (2010). Two-Step Synthesis of Galactosylated Human Serum Albumin as a Targeted Optical Imaging Agent for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 53(4). 1579–1586. 16 indexed citations

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Alford, Raphael, Mikako Ogawa, Peter L. Choyke, & Hisataka Kobayashi. (2009). Molecular probes for the in vivo imaging of cancer. Molecular BioSystems. 5(11). 1279–1291. 57 indexed citations

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Alford, Raphael, Haley Simpson, Josh Duberman, et al.. (2009). Toxicity of Organic Fluorophores Used in Molecular Imaging: Literature Review. Molecular Imaging. 8(6). 341–54. 370 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Hisataka, Mikako Ogawa, Raphael Alford, Peter L. Choyke, & Yasuteru Urano. (2009). New Strategies for Fluorescent Probe Design in Medical Diagnostic Imaging. Chemical Reviews. 110(5). 2620–2640. 1908 indexed citations breakdown →

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Malpica, Anaís, Raphael Alford, Audrey Nath, et al.. (2003). Relationship Between Collagen Autofluorescence of the Human Cervix and Menopausal Status. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 77(6). 653–653. 21 indexed citations

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