Stephen Ward

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen Ward is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Ward has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Immunology and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Ward's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (6 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (5 papers). Stephen Ward is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (6 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (5 papers). Stephen Ward collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland. Stephen Ward's co-authors include M. D. Brunner, Ganesh Suntharalingam, Meghan Perry, Andrew Castello-Cortes, Nicki Panoskaltsis, Stephen J. Brett, Johan Hyllner, Panos Kefalas, Natalie Mount and Angus Dalgleish and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and International Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Ward

17 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Cytokine Storm in a Phase 1 Trial of the Anti-CD28 Monoclonal Antibody TGN1412

2006 1.5k citations Ganesh Suntharalingam, Meghan Perry et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Ward United Kingdom	12	1.1k	662	485	299	188	19	2.0k
Andrew Castello-Cortes United Kingdom	3	857 0.8×	451 0.7×	315 0.6×	282 0.9×	89 0.5×	4	1.5k
Nicki Panoskaltsis United Kingdom	21	1.1k 0.9×	721 1.1×	769 1.6×	322 1.1×	479 2.5×	76	2.8k
Christian K. Schneider Germany	25	1.0k 0.9×	541 0.8×	738 1.5×	415 1.4×	215 1.1×	52	2.6k
Brian P. Pollack United States	24	897 0.8×	992 1.5×	712 1.5×	162 0.5×	70 0.4×	45	2.2k
Archana Thakur United States	32	947 0.8×	1.2k 1.8×	1.2k 2.5×	670 2.2×	193 1.0×	128	2.9k
Romain Remark France	18	1.7k 1.5×	1.9k 2.8×	750 1.5×	149 0.5×	173 0.9×	33	3.1k
Hans Schlößer Germany	21	924 0.8×	1.3k 2.0×	623 1.3×	142 0.5×	262 1.4×	65	2.6k
Yan Tan China	31	598 0.5×	911 1.4×	1.0k 2.1×	558 1.9×	105 0.6×	102	2.9k
Ting Niu China	27	607 0.5×	800 1.2×	1.3k 2.7×	130 0.4×	162 0.9×	230	3.0k
Jing Chen China	29	651 0.6×	971 1.5×	969 2.0×	105 0.4×	131 0.7×	172	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Ward

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Ward

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

All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

Nicholas, Nicole S., et al.. (2017). A semi-automated cost-efficient process for the closed expansion and harvest of pluripotent stem cells using a hollow fibre bioreactor and continuous centrifugation. Cytotherapy. 19(5). S158–S158. 2 indexed citations

Baptista, Ricardo P., Nicole S. Nicholas, Nicholas Gaddum, et al.. (2017). Development of cost efficient platforms for the industrial manufacture of pluripotent stem cell-derived products for cell therapy: Cell expansion is the starting point. Cytotherapy. 19(5). S90–S90. 1 indexed citations

Campo, Ana Belén, Rosa Méndez, José Manuel Cózar, et al.. (2015). Frequent HLA class I alterations in human prostate cancer: molecular mechanisms and clinical relevance. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 65(1). 47–59. 39 indexed citations

Mount, Natalie, Stephen Ward, Panos Kefalas, & Johan Hyllner. (2015). Cell-based therapy technology classifications and translational challenges. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1680). 20150017–20150017. 121 indexed citations

Dhondalay, Gopal Krishna, Katherine E. Lawrence, Stephen Ward, Graham Ball, & M. Hoare. (2014). Relationship between preparation of cells for therapy and cell quality using artificial neural network analysis. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 62(2). 119–127. 7 indexed citations

Lawrence, Katherine E., et al.. (2014). An ultra scale‐down analysis of the recovery by dead‐end centrifugation of human cells for therapy. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 112(5). 997–1011. 17 indexed citations

Chapman, Chris & Stephen Ward. (2012). How to Manage Project Opportunity and Risk. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 43 indexed citations

Papantoniou, Ioannis, et al.. (2010). Ultra scale‐down stress analysis of the bioprocessing of whole human cells as a basis for cancer vaccines. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 107(6). 953–963. 8 indexed citations

Ward, Stephen, et al.. (2010). Sub‐population analysis of human cancer vaccine cells—ultra scale‐down characterization of response to shear. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 106(4). 584–597. 11 indexed citations

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Campo, Ana Belén, Natalia Aptsiauri, Rosa Méndez, et al.. (2009). Efficient Recovery of HLA Class I Expression in Human Tumor Cells After Beta2‐Microglobulin Gene Transfer Using Adenoviral Vector: Implications for Cancer Immunotherapy. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 70(2). 125–135. 33 indexed citations

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Derhovanessian, Evelyna, Victoria Adams, Karin Hähnel, et al.. (2009). Pretreatment frequency of circulating IL‐17⁺CD4⁺ T‐cells, but not Tregs, correlates with clinical response to whole‐cell vaccination in prostate cancer patients. International Journal of Cancer. 125(6). 1372–1379. 94 indexed citations

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Hoare, Mike, et al.. (2009). Ultra scale‐down studies of the effect of shear on cell quality; Processing of a human cell line for cancer vaccine therapy. Biotechnology Progress. 25(5). 1448–1458. 11 indexed citations

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Johnson, R. S., et al.. (2008). Cancer vaccines: will we ever learn?. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. 9(1). 67–74. 10 indexed citations

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Ward, Stephen, John Copier, & Angus Dalgleish. (2008). Technical challenges facing therapeutic cancer vaccines.. PubMed. 11(2). 168–77. 12 indexed citations

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Copier, John, Stephen Ward, & Angus Dalgleish. (2007). Cell based cancer vaccines: Regulatory and commercial development. Vaccine. 25. B35–B46. 27 indexed citations

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Ward, Stephen, et al.. (2007). Preliminary Guidelines and Recommendations for the Development of Material and Process Specifications for Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Liquid Resin Molded Materials. 1 indexed citations

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Suntharalingam, Ganesh, Meghan Perry, Stephen Ward, et al.. (2006). Cytokine Storm in a Phase 1 Trial of the Anti-CD28 Monoclonal Antibody TGN1412. New England Journal of Medicine. 355(10). 1018–1028. 1458 indexed citations breakdown →

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Labarthe, Marie‐Christine, Christiane Desel, Stephen Todryk, et al.. (2005). The biological effects of syngeneic and allogeneic cytokine-expressing prophylactic whole cell vaccines and the influence of irradiation in a murine melanoma model. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 55(3). 277–288. 13 indexed citations

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Ward, Stephen, Marie‐Christine Labarthe, Michael Whelan, et al.. (2002). Immunotherapeutic potential of whole tumour cells. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 51(7). 351–357. 85 indexed citations

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