Vasco Liberal

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Vasco Liberal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vasco Liberal has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Vasco Liberal's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (5 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (2 papers). Vasco Liberal is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (5 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (2 papers). Vasco Liberal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Russia. Vasco Liberal's co-authors include Robert Benezra, Max Dobles, Peter K. Sorger, Vundavalli V. Murty, William L. Gerald, Anupam Chatterjee, Loren S. Michel, Boris Pasche, Steven I. Reed and Charles Spruck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Vasco Liberal

8 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

MAD2 haplo-insufficiency causes premature anaphase and chromosome instability in mammalian cells

2001 610 citations Loren S. Michel, Vasco Liberal et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vasco Liberal United States	6	1.1k	999	439	175	158	9	1.4k
Alain D. Silk United States	10	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	564 1.3×	316 1.8×	221 1.4×	11	1.8k
Björn Bakker Netherlands	19	974 0.9×	583 0.6×	377 0.9×	432 2.5×	151 1.0×	27	1.4k
Weijie Lan United States	13	1.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	373 0.8×	96 0.5×	397 2.5×	18	1.9k
Aruna Purohit United States	7	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	332 0.8×	133 0.8×	69 0.4×	8	1.4k
Saskia J.E. Suijkerbuijk Netherlands	14	1.1k 0.9×	730 0.7×	570 1.3×	187 1.1×	114 0.7×	19	1.6k
Wendy Zimmerman United States	12	1.1k 0.9×	982 1.0×	232 0.5×	74 0.4×	96 0.6×	14	1.3k
Lilian Kabeche United States	12	824 0.7×	571 0.6×	208 0.5×	121 0.7×	177 1.1×	18	986
Benjamin Vitre United States	16	997 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	246 0.6×	166 0.9×	165 1.0×	19	1.3k
Daniela S. Dimitrova United States	15	2.0k 1.7×	278 0.3×	234 0.5×	148 0.8×	234 1.5×	22	2.1k
Annapaola Franchitto Italy	27	1.9k 1.7×	297 0.3×	550 1.3×	554 3.2×	236 1.5×	55	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Vasco Liberal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vasco Liberal

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Vasco Liberal. 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 Vasco Liberal. The network helps show where Vasco Liberal may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vasco Liberal

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Browne, Cecille D., et al.. (2017). Abstract 2758: Comparison of cell-free DNA blood collection tubes. Cancer Research. 77(13_Supplement). 2758–2758. 4 indexed citations

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Browne, Cecille D., Dan Lu, Daniela Roth, & Vasco Liberal. (2016). Abstract 401: Preservation of cells in blood and culture. Cancer Research. 76(14_Supplement). 401–401.

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Liberal, Vasco, et al.. (2011). Cyclin-dependent kinase subunit (Cks) 1 or Cks2 overexpression overrides the DNA damage response barrier triggered by activated oncoproteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(8). 2754–2759. 64 indexed citations

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Liberal, Vasco, María P. De Miguel, Martha Henze, Manuel Nistal, & Steven I. Reed. (2010). Reduced spermatogonial proliferation and decreased fertility in mice overexpressing cyclin E in spermatogonia. Cell Cycle. 9(20). 4222–4227. 5 indexed citations

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Liberal, Vasco, et al.. (2008). Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-Associated Proteins Cks1 and Cks2 Are Essential during Early Embryogenesis and for Cell Cycle Progression in Somatic Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(18). 5698–5709. 101 indexed citations

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Hernando, Eva, et al.. (2001). Molecular analyses of the mitotic checkpoint componentshsMAD2, hBUB1 andhBUB3 in human cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 95(4). 223–227. 84 indexed citations

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Michel, Loren S., Vasco Liberal, Anupam Chatterjee, et al.. (2001). MAD2 haplo-insufficiency causes premature anaphase and chromosome instability in mammalian cells. Nature. 409(6818). 355–359. 610 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dobles, Max, et al.. (2000). Chromosome Missegregation and Apoptosis in Mice Lacking the Mitotic Checkpoint Protein Mad2. Cell. 101(6). 635–645. 441 indexed citations

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Sampaio, Paula, Hélder Maiato, Madalena Costa, et al.. (2000). Mast, a conserved microtubule-associated protein required for bipolar mitotic spindle organization. The EMBO Journal. 19(14). 3668–3682. 96 indexed citations

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