Roel Polak

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 451 citations indexed

About

Roel Polak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roel Polak has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 451 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Roel Polak's work include Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (3 papers), Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (2 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (2 papers). Roel Polak is often cited by papers focused on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (3 papers), Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (2 papers) and CAR-T cell therapy research (2 papers). Roel Polak collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Nicaragua. Roel Polak's co-authors include Miranda Buitenhuis, Monique L. den Boer, Rob Pieters, Bob de Rooij, Elisa Zhang, Calvin J. Kuo, Andy I. M. Hoepelman, Edgar Delgado, Marc Bierings and Maaike A. Sikma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature reviews. Cancer, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Roel Polak

9 papers receiving 441 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.

Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment

2024 101 citations Roel Polak, Elisa Zhang et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roel Polak Netherlands	6	190	113	88	60	56	9	451
Jingmei Hsu United States	14	325 1.7×	200 1.8×	262 3.0×	40 0.7×	118 2.1×	50	696
Lan Deng China	15	214 1.1×	212 1.9×	240 2.7×	31 0.5×	85 1.5×	55	594
Vivian Lim United States	9	181 1.0×	158 1.4×	99 1.1×	102 1.7×	54 1.0×	13	539
Sarah Scotland United States	6	240 1.3×	40 0.4×	66 0.8×	75 1.3×	64 1.1×	10	435
Juying Wei China	12	105 0.6×	56 0.5×	212 2.4×	76 1.3×	39 0.7×	44	380
Seyed Esmaeil Ahmadi Iran	10	206 1.1×	76 0.7×	74 0.8×	24 0.4×	33 0.6×	16	364
Anja Germann Germany	13	266 1.4×	25 0.2×	116 1.3×	22 0.4×	21 0.4×	20	491
Hongbing Ni China	14	286 1.5×	59 0.5×	72 0.8×	38 0.6×	12 0.2×	20	464
Etsuko Aoki United States	8	174 0.9×	136 1.2×	54 0.6×	22 0.4×	86 1.5×	16	364

Countries citing papers authored by Roel Polak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roel Polak

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roel Polak

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Polak, Roel, Elisa Zhang, & Calvin J. Kuo. (2024). Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment. Nature reviews. Cancer. 24(8). 523–539. 101 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Bartels, Marije, Anita M.A.P. Govers, Roel Polak, et al.. (2018). Megakaryocyte lineage development is controlled by modulation of protein acetylation. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0196400–e0196400. 4 indexed citations

3.

Polak, Roel, Marc Bierings, Mathijs A. Sanders, et al.. (2018). Autophagy inhibition as a potential future targeted therapy for ETV6-RUNX1-driven B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Haematologica. 104(4). 738–748. 35 indexed citations

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Rooij, Bob de, Roel Polak, Rob Pieters, & Monique L. den Boer. (2015). B-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells Create a Self-Reinforcing Niche Independent of the CXCR4/CXCL12 Axis. Blood. 126(23). 1297–1297. 1 indexed citations

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Polak, Roel, Bob de Rooij, Rob Pieters, & Monique L. den Boer. (2015). B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells use tunneling nanotubes to orchestrate their microenvironment. Blood. 126(21). 2404–2414. 137 indexed citations

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Polak, Roel, Marc Bierings, Mathijs A. Sanders, et al.. (2014). Targeted Therapy for ETV6-RUNX1-Driven B-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Blood. 124(21). 62–62. 1 indexed citations

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Polak, Roel & Miranda Buitenhuis. (2011). The PI3K/PKB signaling module as key regulator of hematopoiesis: implications for therapeutic strategies in leukemia. Blood. 119(4). 911–923. 102 indexed citations

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Polak, Roel, et al.. (2010). Increasing resistance in community-acquired urinary tract infections in Latin America, five years after the implementation of national therapeutic guidelines. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 14(9). e770–e774. 55 indexed citations

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Polak, Roel, A. B. Huisman, Maaike A. Sikma, & Sabina Kersting. (2010). Spurious hypokalaemia and hypophosphataemia due to extreme hyperleukocytosis in a patient with a haematological malignancy. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 47(2). 179–181. 15 indexed citations

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