Robert Samstein

17.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
43 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Samstein is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Samstein has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Oncology, 13 papers in Immunology and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert Samstein's work include Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (15 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers). Robert Samstein is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (15 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (8 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers). Robert Samstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Robert Samstein's co-authors include Alexander Y. Rudensky, Piper M. Treuting, Ashutosh Chaudhry, Aaron Arvey, Yuqiong Liang, Dipayan Rudra, Steven Z. Josefowicz, Arnold Kas, Werner Müller and F. Thomas Wunderlich and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert Samstein

41 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

CD4 ⁺ Regulatory T Cells Control T _H 17 Responses in a Stat3-Dependent Manner

2009 807 citations Ashutosh Chaudhry, Dipayan Rudra et al. Science profile →
Interleukin-10 Signaling in Regulatory T Cells Is Required for Suppression of Th17 Cell-Mediated Inflammation

2011 740 citations Ashutosh Chaudhry, Robert Samstein et al. Immunity profile →
Patient HLA class I genotype influences cancer response to checkpoint blockade immunotherapy

2017 738 citations Diego Chowell, Luc G.T. Morris et al. Science profile →
Osteoclasts degrade endosteal components and promote mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells

2006 582 citations Robert Samstein et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Samstein United States	24	3.3k	1.8k	1.1k	474	434	43	5.3k
Patrizia Scapini Italy	33	3.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	297 0.6×	429 1.0×	50	5.0k
Michael D. Rosenblum United States	36	4.0k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	335 0.7×	298 0.7×	74	6.5k
Matthew Collin United Kingdom	34	4.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	313 0.7×	235 0.5×	102	6.4k
Nicole Joller Switzerland	27	3.9k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	949 0.8×	326 0.7×	416 1.0×	52	5.6k
Katsuaki Sato Japan	38	2.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	530 1.1×	203 0.5×	166	4.7k
Cristiana Guiducci United States	28	4.6k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	429 0.9×	233 0.5×	45	5.7k
Edward Greenfield United States	33	5.6k 1.7×	2.6k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	304 0.6×	212 0.5×	116	7.7k
Winfried F. Pickl Austria	50	4.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.7×	432 0.9×	302 0.7×	200	7.5k
Joël Plumas France	37	3.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	331 0.7×	206 0.5×	104	5.4k
Guy Serre France	57	2.0k 0.6×	859 0.5×	1.8k 1.6×	471 1.0×	498 1.1×	200	9.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Samstein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Samstein

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Patel, Rima, et al.. (2025). The Role of Immunotherapy and Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Biomedicines. 13(9). 2209–2209. 1 indexed citations

Sindhu, Kunal K., et al.. (2025). Transforming Brain Tumor Care: The Global Impact of Radiosurgery in Multidisciplinary Treatment Over Two Decades. Cancer Medicine. 14(6). e70673–e70673. 1 indexed citations

Lei, Yang, Kenneth E. Rosenzweig, Robert Samstein, et al.. (2025). PlanAct: An eclipse scripting API‐based module embedding clinical optimization strategies for automated planning in locally advanced non‐small cell lung cancer. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 26(10). e70304–e70304.

Yang, Lei, Hao Guo, James W. Tam, et al.. (2025). Knowledge‐based trade‐off prediction for NSCLC treatment planning using multi‐output regression. Medical Physics. 52(9). e18068–e18068. 1 indexed citations

Krishna, Chirag, Miriam Saffern, E. A. Wilson, et al.. (2024). An immunogenetic basis for lung cancer risk. Science. 383(6685). eadi3808–eadi3808. 15 indexed citations

Cherry, Daniel, Daniel R. Dickstein, Robert Samstein, et al.. (2023). The incorporation of cognitive-sparing techniques into prophylactic cranial irradiation in the management of small cell lung cancer. Chinese Clinical Oncology. 12(4). 44–44. 1 indexed citations

Dickstein, Daniel R., et al.. (2023). Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer. Biomedicines. 11(6). 1642–1642. 10 indexed citations

Saffern, Miriam & Robert Samstein. (2021). Taking CAR T cells up a synthetic Notch. Nature reviews. Immunology. 21(3). 135–135. 5 indexed citations

Lazarev, Stanislav, Kenneth E. Rosenzweig, Robert Samstein, et al.. (2020). Where are we with proton beam therapy for thoracic malignancies? Current status and future perspectives. Lung Cancer. 152. 157–164. 11 indexed citations

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Luo, Leo Y., Robert Samstein, Chunyu Wang, et al.. (2020). Genomic Analyses for Predictors of Response to Chemoradiation in Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 6(1). 100615–100615. 4 indexed citations

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Vabret, Nicolas, et al.. (2020). Advancing scientific knowledge in times of pandemics. Nature reviews. Immunology. 20(6). 338–338. 35 indexed citations

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Hsieh, Antony, Robert Samstein, Tianshi Lu, et al.. (2020). DNA Repair Gene Mutations as Predictors of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Response beyond Tumor Mutation Burden. Cell Reports Medicine. 1(3). 100034–100034. 52 indexed citations

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Casey, Dana L., Leonard H. Wexler, Kenneth L. Pitter, et al.. (2019). Genomic Determinants of Clinical Outcomes in Rhabdomyosarcoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(5). 1135–1140. 31 indexed citations

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Markovsky, Ela, Sadna Budhu, Robert Samstein, et al.. (2018). An Antitumor Immune Response Is Evoked by Partial-Volume Single-Dose Radiation in 2 Murine Models. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 103(3). 697–708. 67 indexed citations

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Chowell, Diego, Luc G.T. Morris, Claud Grigg, et al.. (2017). Patient HLA class I genotype influences cancer response to checkpoint blockade immunotherapy. Science. 359(6375). 582–587. 738 indexed citations breakdown →

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Samstein, Robert, Aaron Arvey, Steven Z. Josefowicz, et al.. (2012). Foxp3 Exploits a Pre-Existent Enhancer Landscape for Regulatory T Cell Lineage Specification. Cell. 151(1). 153–166. 356 indexed citations

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Chaudhry, Ashutosh, Robert Samstein, Piper M. Treuting, et al.. (2011). Interleukin-10 Signaling in Regulatory T Cells Is Required for Suppression of Th17 Cell-Mediated Inflammation. Immunity. 34(4). 566–578. 740 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chaudhry, Ashutosh, Dipayan Rudra, Piper M. Treuting, et al.. (2009). CD4 ⁺ Regulatory T Cells Control T _H 17 Responses in a Stat3-Dependent Manner. Science. 326(5955). 986–991. 807 indexed citations breakdown →

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Goldberg, Gabrielle L., Christopher King, David Suh, et al.. (2009). Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Enhances T Cell Recovery following Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation. The Journal of Immunology. 182(9). 5846–5854. 64 indexed citations

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Samstein, Robert, et al.. (2007). The use of deoxycholic acid to enhance the oral bioavailability of biodegradable nanoparticles. Biomaterials. 29(6). 703–708. 68 indexed citations

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