Stephen B. Kovacs

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Stephen B. Kovacs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hematology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen B. Kovacs has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Hematology and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Stephen B. Kovacs's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers), Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (4 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (2 papers). Stephen B. Kovacs is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (5 papers), Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (4 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (2 papers). Stephen B. Kovacs collaborates with scholars based in United States. Stephen B. Kovacs's co-authors include Edward A. Miao, Youssef Aachoui, Changhoon Oh, Ambika Verma, Vivien I. Maltez, Irini Sereti, Bo Wei, Angélique Biancotto, Joseph A. Kovacs and Jamieson H. Greenwald and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, Journal of Virology and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Stephen B. Kovacs

9 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Gasdermins: Effectors of Pyroptosis

2017 1.0k citations Stephen B. Kovacs, Edward A. Miao Trends in Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen B. Kovacs United States	8	943	411	198	152	138	9	1.2k
Natália Ketelut-Carneiro Brazil	11	798 0.8×	391 1.0×	130 0.7×	105 0.7×	170 1.2×	14	1.1k
Joseph K. Rathkey United States	9	1.2k 1.2×	502 1.2×	274 1.4×	76 0.5×	110 0.8×	13	1.3k
Christina J. Thomas Germany	6	794 0.8×	571 1.4×	84 0.4×	90 0.6×	183 1.3×	7	1.2k
Narcis I. Popescu United States	15	554 0.6×	600 1.5×	66 0.3×	138 0.9×	253 1.8×	27	1.3k
Hiroko Kushiyama Japan	8	619 0.7×	308 0.7×	90 0.5×	70 0.5×	79 0.6×	9	819
Chantal S. Colmont United Kingdom	15	469 0.5×	461 1.1×	86 0.4×	101 0.7×	172 1.2×	19	1.2k
Xian Chen China	19	387 0.4×	375 0.9×	97 0.5×	60 0.4×	113 0.8×	64	1.1k
Florian Hoß Germany	9	1.1k 1.2×	1.0k 2.5×	116 0.6×	99 0.7×	243 1.8×	10	1.8k
Wael N. Jarjour United States	18	439 0.5×	380 0.9×	67 0.3×	45 0.3×	130 0.9×	54	1.1k
Hideharu Abe Japan	21	640 0.7×	443 1.1×	578 2.9×	144 0.9×	120 0.9×	69	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen B. Kovacs

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Billman, Zachary P., et al.. (2024). Caspase-1 activates gasdermin A in non-mammals. eLife. 12. 18 indexed citations

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Billman, Zachary P., et al.. (2023). Caspase-1 activates gasdermin A in non-mammals. eLife. 12. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Lupeng, Stephen B. Kovacs, Ine Jørgensen, et al.. (2022). Role of Caspases and Gasdermin A during HSV-1 Infection in Mice. Viruses. 14(9). 2034–2034. 8 indexed citations

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Kovacs, Stephen B., Changhoon Oh, Youssef Aachoui, & Edward A. Miao. (2020). Evaluating cytokine production by flow cytometry using brefeldin A in mice. STAR Protocols. 2(1). 100244–100244. 15 indexed citations

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Kovacs, Stephen B., Changhoon Oh, Vivien I. Maltez, et al.. (2020). Neutrophil Caspase-11 Is Essential to Defend against a Cytosol-Invasive Bacterium. Cell Reports. 32(4). 107967–107967. 53 indexed citations

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Kovacs, Stephen B. & Edward A. Miao. (2017). Gasdermins: Effectors of Pyroptosis. Trends in Cell Biology. 27(9). 673–684. 1017 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kovacs, Stephen B., Virginia Sheikh, William L. Thompson, et al.. (2015). T-Cell Depletion in the Colonic Mucosa of Patients With Idiopathic CD4⁺Lymphopenia. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 212(10). 1579–1587. 9 indexed citations

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Polizzotto, Mark N., Irini Sereti, Thomas S. Uldrick, et al.. (2014). Pomalidomide Induces Expansion of Activated and Central Memory CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells in Vivo in Patients with and without HIV Infection. Blood. 124(21). 4128–4128. 4 indexed citations

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Ciccone, Emily J., Jamieson H. Greenwald, Angélique Biancotto, et al.. (2011). CD4 ⁺ T Cells, Including Th17 and Cycling Subsets, Are Intact in the Gut Mucosa of HIV-1-Infected Long-Term Nonprogressors. Journal of Virology. 85(12). 5880–5888. 66 indexed citations

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