Scott Valastyan

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Scott Valastyan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Valastyan has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Scott Valastyan's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (4 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (3 papers). Scott Valastyan is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (4 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (3 papers). Scott Valastyan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Belgium. Scott Valastyan's co-authors include Robert A. Weinberg, Ferenc Reinhardt, Julie Teruya‐Feldstein, Pieter Mestdagh, Daniel Muth, Jennifer J. Young, Elizabeth Pan, Frank Westermann, Tamer T. Önder and Frank Speleman and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Genes & Development and Nature Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Scott Valastyan

12 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Tumor Metastasis: Molecular Insights and Evolving Paradigms

2011 3.0k citations Scott Valastyan, Robert A. Weinberg Cell profile →
miR-9, a MYC/MYCN-activated microRNA, regulates E-cadherin and cancer metastasis

2010 1.1k citations Li Ma, Jennifer J. Young et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott Valastyan United States	8	2.8k	2.1k	1.5k	451	416	12	4.5k
Ya’an Kang United States	31	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	255 0.6×	366 0.9×	53	3.9k
Adriana Eramo Italy	32	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	460 1.0×	326 0.8×	49	4.1k
Balaji Krishnamachary United States	31	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	927 0.6×	547 1.2×	243 0.6×	87	4.4k
Anna Dubrovska Germany	37	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	2.4k 1.5×	839 1.9×	257 0.6×	94	5.0k
Hilary A. Kenny United States	27	2.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	393 0.9×	430 1.0×	41	5.4k
Florence Monville France	13	2.9k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	4.0k 2.6×	514 1.1×	365 0.9×	17	5.5k
Jinjun Li China	45	4.8k 1.7×	3.1k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	553 1.2×	473 1.1×	137	7.0k
Seth J. Parker United States	25	3.5k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	351 0.8×	445 1.1×	37	5.3k
Andrew H. Sims United Kingdom	39	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	562 1.2×	476 1.1×	127	4.9k
Shi‐Cang Yu China	34	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	540 1.2×	349 0.8×	77	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott Valastyan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Valastyan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Valastyan

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

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Valastyan, Scott. (2012). Endogenous anticancer mechanisms metastasis. Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite. E4(5). 1888–1897. 1 indexed citations

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Valastyan, Scott. (2011). Endogenous anticancer mechanisms: metastasis. Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite. E4(1). 1888–1888. 2 indexed citations

3.

Valastyan, Scott & Robert A. Weinberg. (2011). Roles for microRNAs in the regulation of cell adhesion molecules. Journal of Cell Science. 124(7). 999–1006. 89 indexed citations

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Valastyan, Scott, Amelia Chang, Nathan Benaich, Ferenc Reinhardt, & Robert A. Weinberg. (2011). Activation of miR-31 function in already-established metastases elicits metastatic regression. Genes & Development. 25(6). 646–659. 75 indexed citations

5.

Valastyan, Scott & Robert A. Weinberg. (2011). Tumor Metastasis: Molecular Insights and Evolving Paradigms. Cell. 147(2). 275–292. 3030 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Li, Jennifer J. Young, Harsha Prabhala, et al.. (2010). miR-9, a MYC/MYCN-activated microRNA, regulates E-cadherin and cancer metastasis. PMC. 1 indexed citations

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Valastyan, Scott & Robert A. Weinberg. (2010). miR-31: A crucial overseer of tumor metastasis and other emerging roles. Cell Cycle. 9(11). 2124–2129. 102 indexed citations

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Valastyan, Scott & Robert A. Weinberg. (2010). Metastasis suppression: a role of the Dice(r). Genome Biology. 11(11). 141–141. 7 indexed citations

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Ma, Li, Jennifer J. Young, Harsha Prabhala, et al.. (2010). miR-9, a MYC/MYCN-activated microRNA, regulates E-cadherin and cancer metastasis. Nature Cell Biology. 12(3). 247–256. 1108 indexed citations breakdown →

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Valastyan, Scott & Robert A. Weinberg. (2009). MicroRNAs: Crucial multi-tasking components in the complex circuitry of tumor metastasis. Cell Cycle. 8(21). 3506–3512. 66 indexed citations

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Valastyan, Scott & Robert A. Weinberg. (2009). Assaying microRNA loss-of-function phenotypes in mammalian cells: Emerging tools and their potential therapeutic utility. RNA Biology. 6(5). 541–545. 11 indexed citations

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Valastyan, Scott, et al.. (2007). Novel Transcriptional Activities of Vitamin E: Inhibition of Cholesterol Biosynthesis. Biochemistry. 47(2). 744–752. 42 indexed citations

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