Richard Heller

13.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
171 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Richard Heller is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Heller has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Biotechnology, 54 papers in Molecular Biology and 54 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Richard Heller's work include Microbial Inactivation Methods (118 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (49 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (47 papers). Richard Heller is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Inactivation Methods (118 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (49 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (47 papers). Richard Heller collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovenia and France. Richard Heller's co-authors include Mark J. Jaroszeski, Loreé C. Heller, Richard Gilbert, Domenico Coppola, Richard Jove, Hua Yu, Ronald C. DeConti, M. L. Lucas, Drew M. Pardoll and Guilian Niu and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Medicine and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Richard Heller

167 papers receiving 10.4k citations

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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.

Constitutive Stat3 activity up-regulates VEGF expression and tumor angiogenesis

2002 1.0k citations Guilian Niu, Kenneth L. Wright et al. Oncogene profile →
Regulation of the innate and adaptive immune responses by Stat-3 signaling in tumor cells

2003 923 citations Tianhong Wang, Guilian Niu et al. Nature Medicine profile →
The Orderly Progression of Melanoma Nodal Metastases

1994 602 citations Douglas S. Reintgen, C. Wayne Cruse et al. Annals of Surgery profile →
Phase I Trial of Interleukin-12 Plasmid Electroporation in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

2008 503 citations Adil Daud, Ronald C. DeConti et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Heller United States	52	5.1k	3.5k	3.2k	3.0k	3.0k	171	10.7k
Julie Gehl Denmark	51	6.1k 1.2×	2.8k 0.8×	3.5k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	156	10.2k
Maja Čemažar Slovenia	54	7.7k 1.5×	2.8k 0.8×	5.0k 1.6×	1.2k 0.4×	2.8k 0.9×	319	10.9k
Gregor Serša Slovenia	58	10.3k 2.0×	3.0k 0.8×	6.8k 2.1×	1.2k 0.4×	3.5k 1.2×	353	13.6k
Lluis M. Mir France	76	13.0k 2.6×	4.6k 1.3×	9.3k 2.9×	1.3k 0.4×	3.9k 1.3×	262	18.4k
Raj K. Puri United States	67	1.8k 0.3×	4.6k 1.3×	961 0.3×	3.6k 1.2×	7.3k 2.5×	289	15.1k
Abhishek D. Garg Belgium	52	664 0.1×	5.1k 1.4×	3.3k 1.0×	4.2k 1.4×	6.2k 2.1×	117	14.0k
Leoni A. Kunz‐Schughart Germany	50	702 0.1×	5.7k 1.6×	3.6k 1.1×	5.2k 1.7×	2.9k 1.0×	135	14.8k
Rong Xiang China	62	622 0.1×	6.6k 1.9×	1.1k 0.4×	3.3k 1.1×	2.9k 1.0×	278	12.0k
Jane L. Messina United States	53	673 0.1×	2.9k 0.8×	689 0.2×	5.6k 1.8×	2.1k 0.7×	260	9.6k
Chae‐Ok Yun South Korea	54	1.0k 0.2×	5.4k 1.5×	1.0k 0.3×	2.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	256	9.6k

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Conniff, Amanda Sales, et al.. (2024). Pulsed Electric Fields Induce STING Palmitoylation and Polymerization Independently of Plasmid DNA Electrotransfer. Pharmaceutics. 16(3). 363–363. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Siqi, et al.. (2021). IL-15/IL-15Rα Heterodimeric Complex as Cancer Immunotherapy in Murine Breast Cancer Models. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 614667–614667. 12 indexed citations

Lundberg, Cathryn, et al.. (2021). Cardioporation enhances myocardial gene expression in rat heart. Bioelectrochemistry. 142. 107892–107892. 1 indexed citations

Edelblute, Chelsea M., et al.. (2020). Thermal Analysis of Infrared Irradiation-Assisted Nanosecond-Pulsed Tumor Ablation. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 5122–5122. 7 indexed citations

Bhatia, Shailender, Natalie Miller, Rima M. Kulikauskas, et al.. (2019). Intratumoral Delivery of Plasmid IL12 Via Electroporation Leads to Regression of Injected and Noninjected Tumors in Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(3). 598–607. 70 indexed citations

Heller, Richard, et al.. (2018). Impulstherapie nach Arlen. Manuelle Medizin. 56(1). 83–85.

Hargrave, Barbara, Robert Strange, Michael Stratton, et al.. (2014). Gene Electro Transfer of Plasmid Encoding Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor for Enhanced Expression and Perfusion in the Ischemic Swine Heart. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115235–e115235. 11 indexed citations

Marrero, Bernadette, Jane L. Messina, & Richard Heller. (2009). Generation of a tumor spheroid in a microgravity environment as a 3D model of melanoma. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 45(9). 523–534. 47 indexed citations

Daud, Adil, Ronald C. DeConti, Stephanie Andrews, et al.. (2008). Phase I Trial of Interleukin-12 Plasmid Electroporation in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 26(36). 5896–5903. 503 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Tianhong, Guilian Niu, Marcin Kortylewski, et al.. (2003). Regulation of the innate and adaptive immune responses by Stat-3 signaling in tumor cells. Nature Medicine. 10(1). 48–54. 923 indexed citations breakdown →

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Niu, Guilian, Kenneth L. Wright, Mei Huang, et al.. (2002). Constitutive Stat3 activity up-regulates VEGF expression and tumor angiogenesis. Oncogene. 21(13). 2000–2008. 1019 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lucas, M. L., Loreé C. Heller, Domenico Coppola, & Richard Heller. (2002). IL-12 Plasmid Delivery by in Vivo Electroporation for the Successful Treatment of Established Subcutaneous B16.F10 Melanoma. Molecular Therapy. 5(6). 668–675. 204 indexed citations

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Lucas, M. L., Mark J. Jaroszeski, Richard Gilbert, & Richard Heller. (2001). In Vivo Electroporation Using an Exponentially Enhanced Pulse: A New Waveform. DNA and Cell Biology. 20(3). 183–188. 26 indexed citations

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Heller, Richard, Jan Schultz, M. L. Lucas, et al.. (2001). Intradermal Delivery of Interleukin-12 Plasmid DNA by in vivo Electroporation. DNA and Cell Biology. 20(1). 21–26. 60 indexed citations

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Jaroszeski, Mark J., Domenico Coppola, Carlos Pottinger, et al.. (2001). Effects of electrochemotherapy with bleomycin on normal liver tissue in a rat model. European Journal of Cancer. 37(3). 414–421. 16 indexed citations

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Jaroszeski, Mark J., Richard Heller, & Richard Gilbert. (2000). Electrochemotherapy, electrogenetherapy, and transdermal drug delivery : electrically mediated delivery of molecules to cells. Humana Press eBooks. 55 indexed citations

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Mir, LM, Gregor Serša, Justin Teissié, et al.. (1998). Effective treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous malignant tumours by electrochemotherapy. British Journal of Cancer. 77(12). 2336–2342. 356 indexed citations

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Chomel, Bruno B., et al.. (1997). Maladie des griffes du chat et infections associées. Bulletin de l Académie Nationale de Médecine. 181(3). 441–450. 1 indexed citations

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Jaroszeski, Mark J., Richard Gilbert, & Richard Heller. (1995). Cytometric Detection and Quantitation of Cell-Cell Electrofusion Products. Methods in molecular biology. 48. 355–363. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangning, Richard Heller, C. Wayne Cruse, et al.. (1994). Detection of Submicroscopic Lymph Node Metastases with Polymerase Chain Reaction in Patients with Malignant Melanoma. Annals of Surgery. 220(6). 768–774. 220 indexed citations

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