Steve Meaney

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Steve Meaney is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Meaney has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Surgery, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Steve Meaney's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (29 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (12 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers). Steve Meaney is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (29 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (12 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers). Steve Meaney collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Ireland and United States. Steve Meaney's co-authors include Ingemar Björkhem, Ulf Diczfalusy, Valerio Leoni, Maura Heverin, Ángel Cedazo-Mı́nguez, Dieter Lütjohann, John Wahren, Karl Bodin, María Hayes and Maria Olin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Steve Meaney

38 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Brain Cholesterol: Long Secret Life Behind a Barrier 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750
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.

  1. Brain Cholesterol: Long Secret Life Behind a Barrier
    2004 800 citations Ingemar Björkhem, Steve Meaney profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steve Meaney Sweden 23 1.8k 1.6k 589 470 342 38 2.9k
Monique Mulder Netherlands 31 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 766 1.3× 328 0.7× 324 0.9× 93 2.9k
Luigi Puglielli United States 35 1.0k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 1.7k 2.9× 505 1.1× 495 1.4× 79 4.1k
Maura Heverin Sweden 15 1.0k 0.6× 846 0.5× 305 0.5× 274 0.6× 178 0.5× 21 1.5k
Iliya Lefterov United States 30 1.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 2.5× 710 1.5× 445 1.3× 57 3.3k
Radosveta Koldamova United States 29 1.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.5k 2.5× 712 1.5× 453 1.3× 56 3.1k
Sasanka Ramanadham United States 41 1.4k 0.8× 2.8k 1.8× 765 1.3× 134 0.3× 256 0.7× 124 4.6k
Ryuichi Tozawa Japan 20 767 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 500 0.8× 139 0.3× 199 0.6× 40 2.2k
Russell Miller United States 14 689 0.4× 2.7k 1.7× 953 1.6× 156 0.3× 341 1.0× 27 3.9k
Ulupi S. Jhala United States 20 1.5k 0.9× 2.2k 1.4× 1.2k 2.0× 205 0.4× 199 0.6× 28 4.0k
Urule Igbavboa United States 29 715 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 2.0× 191 0.4× 420 1.2× 50 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Steve Meaney

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve Meaney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Meaney

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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O’Connor, Jack, Marco García‐Vaquero, Steve Meaney, & Brijesh K. Tiwari. (2022). Bioactive Peptides from Algae: Traditional and Novel Generation Strategies, Structure-Function Relationships, and Bioinformatics as Predictive Tools for Bioactivity. Marine Drugs. 20(5). 317–317. 46 indexed citations
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Wynne, Claire, et al.. (2021). 3-Hexanoyl-7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl-cholesterol (3-NBD-cholesterol) is a versatile cholesterol tracer. Steroids. 171. 108840–108840. 4 indexed citations
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Meaney, Steve, et al.. (2020). Extraction of Protein from Four Different Seaweeds Using Three Different Physical Pre-Treatment Strategies. Molecules. 25(8). 2005–2005. 84 indexed citations
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Meaney, Steve. (2014). Epigenetic regulation of cholesterol homeostasis. Frontiers in Genetics. 5. 311–311. 41 indexed citations
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Shafaati, Marjan, Maria Olin, Ann Båvner, et al.. (2011). Enhanced production of 24S-hydroxycholesterol is not sufficient to drive liver X receptor target genes in vivo. Journal of Internal Medicine. 270(4). 377–387. 55 indexed citations
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Meaney, Steve, et al.. (2010). Platelet Alpha- and Beta- Secretase Activities are not Significantly Affected by Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment in Swedish Patients. Current Alzheimer Research. 7(2). 134–139. 11 indexed citations
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Björkhem, Ingemar, Valerio Leoni, & Steve Meaney. (2010). Genetic connections between neurological disorders and cholesterol metabolism. Journal of Lipid Research. 51(9). 2489–2503. 72 indexed citations
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Björkhem, Ingemar, Ángel Cedazo-Mı́nguez, Valerio Leoni, & Steve Meaney. (2009). Oxysterols and neurodegenerative diseases. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 30(3). 171–179. 235 indexed citations
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Murray, Ann, et al.. (2007). Regulation by SREBP-2 defines a potential link between isoprenoid and adenosylcobalamin metabolism. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 355(2). 359–364. 19 indexed citations
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Panzenboeck, Ute, et al.. (2007). On the mechanism of cerebral accumulation of cholestanol in patients with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis. Journal of Lipid Research. 48(5). 1167–1174. 43 indexed citations
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Hansson, Magnus, Maria Olin, C.‐H. Florén, et al.. (2007). Unique patient with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis. Evidence for presence of a defect in a gene that is not identical to sterol 27‐hydroxylase. Journal of Internal Medicine. 261(5). 504–510. 8 indexed citations
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Meaney, Steve, Maura Heverin, Ute Panzenboeck, et al.. (2007). Novel route for elimination of brain oxysterols across the blood-brain barrier: conversion into 7α-hydroxy-3-oxo-4-cholestenoic acid. Journal of Lipid Research. 48(4). 944–951. 113 indexed citations
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Björkhem, Ingemar, Maura Heverin, Valerio Leoni, Steve Meaney, & Ulf Diczfalusy. (2006). Oxysterols and Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 114(s185). 43–49. 124 indexed citations
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Ohyama, Yoshihiko, Steve Meaney, Maura Heverin, et al.. (2005). Studies on the Transcriptional Regulation of Cholesterol 24-Hydroxylase (CYP46A1). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(7). 3810–3820. 116 indexed citations
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Heverin, Maura, Steve Meaney, Dieter Lütjohann, et al.. (2005). Crossing the barrier: net flux of 27-hydroxycholesterol into the human brain. Journal of Lipid Research. 46(5). 1047–1052. 205 indexed citations
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Meaney, Steve, Tracey L. Bonfield, Magnus Hansson, et al.. (2004). Serum cholestenoic acid as a potential marker of pulmonary cholesterol homeostasis. Journal of Lipid Research. 45(12). 2354–2360. 19 indexed citations
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Meaney, Steve, Amir Babiker, Dieter Lütjohann, et al.. (2003). On the origin of the cholestenoic acids in human circulation. Steroids. 68(7-8). 595–601. 18 indexed citations
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Björkhem, Ingemar, Steve Meaney, & Ulf Diczfalusy. (2002). Oxysterols in human circulation: which role do they have?. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 13(3). 247–253. 71 indexed citations
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Meaney, Steve, Dieter Lütjohann, Ulf Diczfalusy, & Ingemar Björkhem. (2000). Formation of oxysterols from different pools of cholesterol as studied by stable isotope technique: cerebral origin of most circulating 24S-hydroxycholesterol in rats, but not in mice. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1486(2-3). 293–298. 49 indexed citations

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