Steve Szabo

15.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
9 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Steve Szabo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Szabo has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Steve Szabo's work include PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (4 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (3 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). Steve Szabo is often cited by papers focused on PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (4 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (3 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). Steve Szabo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Steve Szabo's co-authors include Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Victor E. Velculescu, Natalie Silliman, Janine Ptak, Sanford D. Markowitz, James K. V. Willson, Alberto Bardelli, Yardena Samuels and Steven N. Goodman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steve Szabo

9 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

High Frequency of Mutations of the PIK3CA Gene in Human C... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2008 2005 2004 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. High Frequency of Mutations of the PIK3CA Gene in Human Cancers
    2004 2.7k citations Yardena Samuels, Zhenghe Wang et al. Science profile →
  2. Circulating mutant DNA to assess tumor dynamics
    2008 2.0k citations Frank Diehl, Kerstin Schmidt et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  3. Detection and quantification of mutations in the plasma of patients with colorectal tumors
    2005 939 citations Frank Diehl, Meng Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. The PIK3CA gene is mutated with high frequency in human breast cancers
    2004 519 citations Kurtis E. Bachman, Pedram Argani et al. Cancer Biology & Therapy profile →

Peers

Steve Szabo
Montse Sánchez‐Céspedes Spain
Bijoyesh Mookerjee United States
Fiamma Buttitta Italy
Barry S. Taylor United States
Sarah‐Jane Dawson Australia
Lukas C. Amler United States
Tim Forshew United Kingdom
Sally Bamford United Kingdom
Mark Basik Canada
Charles Lu United States
Montse Sánchez‐Céspedes Spain
Steve Szabo
Citations per year, relative to Steve Szabo Steve Szabo (= 1×) peers Montse Sánchez‐Céspedes

Countries citing papers authored by Steve Szabo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve Szabo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Steve Szabo. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Steve Szabo. The network helps show where Steve Szabo may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Szabo

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Diehl, Frank, Kerstin Schmidt, Michael A. Choti, et al.. (2008). Circulating mutant DNA to assess tumor dynamics. Nature Medicine. 14(9). 985–990. 2024 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wood, Laura D., Eric S. Calhoun, Natalie Silliman, et al.. (2006). Somatic mutations ofGUCY2F,EPHA3, andNTRK3 in human cancers. Human Mutation. 27(10). 1060–1061. 62 indexed citations
3.
Parsons, D. Williams, Tian‐Li Wang, Yardena Samuels, et al.. (2005). Mutations in a signalling pathway. Nature. 436(7052). 792–792. 443 indexed citations
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Diehl, Frank, Meng Li, Devin Dressman, et al.. (2005). Detection and quantification of mutations in the plasma of patients with colorectal tumors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(45). 16368–16373. 939 indexed citations breakdown →
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Samuels, Yardena, Zhenghe Wang, Alberto Bardelli, et al.. (2004). High Frequency of Mutations of the PIK3CA Gene in Human Cancers. Science. 304(5670). 554–554. 2708 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Zhenghe, Dong Shen, D. Williams Parsons, et al.. (2004). Mutational Analysis of the Tyrosine Phosphatome in Colorectal Cancers. Science. 304(5674). 1164–1166. 412 indexed citations
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Bachman, Kurtis E., Pedram Argani, Yardena Samuels, et al.. (2004). The PIK3CA gene is mutated with high frequency in human breast cancers. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 3(8). 772–775. 519 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Zhenghe, Jordan M. Cummins, Dong Shen, et al.. (2004). Three Classes of Genes Mutated In Colorectal Cancers with Chromosomal Instability. Cancer Research. 64(9). 2998–3001. 140 indexed citations
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Bardelli, Alberto, D. Williams Parsons, Natalie Silliman, et al.. (2003). Mutational Analysis of the Tyrosine Kinome in Colorectal Cancers. Science. 300(5621). 949–949. 370 indexed citations

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