Robert Somerville

11.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
79 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Somerville is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Somerville has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Oncology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Robert Somerville's work include CAR-T cell therapy research (34 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (14 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (11 papers). Robert Somerville is often cited by papers focused on CAR-T cell therapy research (34 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (14 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (11 papers). Robert Somerville collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Robert Somerville's co-authors include Steven A. Rosenberg, Suneel Apte, John R. Wunderlich, Paul F. Robbins, Yong‐Chen Lu, Eric Tran, Mark E. Dudley, Alena Gros, Simon Turcotte and James C. Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Robert Somerville

77 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Cancer Immunotherapy Based on Mutation-Specific CD4+ T Cells in a Patient with Epithelial Cancer

2014 1.3k citations Eric Tran, Simon Turcotte et al. Science profile →
Immunogenicity of somatic mutations in human gastrointestinal cancers

2015 557 citations Eric Tran, Mojgan Ahmadzadeh et al. Science profile →
Immune recognition of somatic mutations leading to complete durable regression in metastatic breast cancer

2018 544 citations Nikolaos Zacharakis, Harshini Chinnasamy et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Somerville United States	33	3.6k	2.8k	1.8k	874	762	79	6.0k
Katherine N. Weilbaecher United States	46	3.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	2.5k 1.4×	331 0.4×	817 1.1×	124	6.1k
Shimon Slavin Israel	41	2.3k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	561 0.7×	164	9.8k
Roberta Mazzieri Australia	29	1.3k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	2.7k 1.5×	792 0.9×	1.3k 1.8×	60	5.2k
Ivan Van Riet Belgium	44	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	2.4k 1.3×	282 0.3×	574 0.8×	130	5.4k
Barbara Murdoch Canada	29	3.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	4.9k 2.7×	935 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	51	9.0k
Alan L. Epstein United States	51	2.9k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	2.9k 1.6×	527 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	204	9.1k
Mark J. Kiel United States	26	1.7k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	2.9k 1.6×	422 0.5×	646 0.8×	37	7.2k
Conrad C. Bleul Germany	26	3.5k 1.0×	5.0k 1.8×	1.8k 1.0×	394 0.5×	295 0.4×	39	8.0k
Josée Golay Italy	52	2.5k 0.7×	4.2k 1.5×	2.8k 1.5×	598 0.7×	386 0.5×	140	8.8k
Fabio Candotti United States	42	1.7k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.6k 1.9×	220 0.3×	171	5.9k

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Procházková, Michaela, Yihua Cai, Rongye Shi, et al.. (2024). Efficient manufacturing of CAR-T cells from whole blood: a scalable approach to reduce costs and enhance accessibility in cancer therapy. Cytotherapy. 27(3). 400–409. 3 indexed citations

Underwood, Sarah, Jianjian Jin, Lipei Shao, et al.. (2024). T Cell Activators Exhibit Distinct Downstream Effects on Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Phenotype and Function. ImmunoHorizons. 8(6). 404–414. 1 indexed citations

Macdonald, Maryanne, et al.. (2023). The power of role-modelling: White teacher educators normalising anti-racism and cultural reflexivity for White pre-service teachers. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 11(1). 1–18. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Yihua, Michaela Procházková, Yongsoo Kim, et al.. (2023). Assessment and comparison of viability assays for cellular products. Cytotherapy. 26(2). 201–209. 10 indexed citations

Kaczanowska, Sabina, Donna Bernstein, Nan Zhang, et al.. (2023). 621 A phase I study of autologous activated NK cells ± rhIL15 in children and young adults with refractory solid tumors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A708–A708. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Jinxia, Lipei Shao, Hui Liu, et al.. (2023). Reference gene selection for clinical chimeric antigen receptor T-cell product vector copy number assays. Cytotherapy. 25(6). 598–604. 8 indexed citations

Song, Hannah, Alka Dwivedi, Sarah Underwood, et al.. (2023). Manufacture of CD22 CAR T cells following positive versus negative selection results in distinct cytokine secretion profiles and γδ T cell output. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 32(1). 101171–101171. 7 indexed citations

Gedda, Mallikarjuna Rao, Patrick Danaher, Lipei Shao, et al.. (2022). Longitudinal transcriptional analysis of peripheral blood leukocytes in COVID-19 convalescent donors. Journal of Translational Medicine. 20(1). 587–587. 11 indexed citations

Cai, Yihua, Michaela Procházková, Chunjie Jiang, et al.. (2021). Establishment and validation of in-house cryopreserved CAR/TCR-T cell flow cytometry quality control. Journal of Translational Medicine. 19(1). 523–523. 10 indexed citations

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Gedda, Mallikarjuna Rao, Patrick Danaher, Leo Chen, et al.. (2021). 953 Transcriptional analysis of leukocytes from COVID convalescent donors reveals persistent activation of the innate and adaptive immune system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A1002–A1003. 1 indexed citations

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Deniger, Drew C., Anna Pasetto, Paul F. Robbins, et al.. (2018). T-cell Responses to TP53 “Hotspot” Mutations and Unique Neoantigens Expressed by Human Ovarian Cancers. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(22). 5562–5573. 110 indexed citations

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Stevanović, Sanja, Sarah R. Helman, John R. Wunderlich, et al.. (2018). A Phase II Study of Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy for Human Papillomavirus–associated Epithelial Cancers. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(5). 1486–1493. 204 indexed citations

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Assadipour, Yasmine, Nikolaos Zacharakis, Jessica S. Crystal, et al.. (2017). Characterization of an Immunogenic Mutation in a Patient with Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(15). 4347–4353. 28 indexed citations

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Chandran, Smita S., Robert Somerville, James C. Yang, et al.. (2017). Treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma with adoptive transfer of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes: a single-centre, two-stage, single-arm, phase 2 study. The Lancet Oncology. 18(6). 792–802. 202 indexed citations

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Rothermel, Luke D., Arvind Sabesan, Daniel J. Stephens, et al.. (2015). Identification of an Immunogenic Subset of Metastatic Uveal Melanoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(9). 2237–2249. 64 indexed citations

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Tran, Eric, Mojgan Ahmadzadeh, Yong‐Chen Lu, et al.. (2015). Immunogenicity of somatic mutations in human gastrointestinal cancers. Science. 350(6266). 1387–1390. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chandran, Smita S., Biman C. Paria, Abhishek K. Srivastava, et al.. (2014). Persistence of CTL Clones Targeting Melanocyte Differentiation Antigens Was Insufficient to Mediate Significant Melanoma Regression in Humans. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(3). 534–543. 39 indexed citations

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Tran, Eric, Simon Turcotte, Alena Gros, et al.. (2014). Cancer Immunotherapy Based on Mutation-Specific CD4+ T Cells in a Patient with Epithelial Cancer. Science. 344(6184). 641–645. 1278 indexed citations breakdown →

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Silver, Debra L., Ling Hou, Robert Somerville, et al.. (2008). The Secreted Metalloprotease ADAMTS20 Is Required for Melanoblast Survival. PLoS Genetics. 4(2). e1000003–e1000003. 88 indexed citations

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Chernova, Olga, Robert Somerville, & John K. Cowell. (1998). A novel gene, LGI1, from 10q24 is rearranged and downregulated in malignant brain tumors. Oncogene. 17(22). 2873–2881. 152 indexed citations

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