Wafik S. El-Deiry’s Career citations exceed 100,000 in Google Scholar

Wafik S. El-Deiry shared the following on X:

“For whatever it’s worth, my career citations have exceeded 100,000 in Google Scholar with an h-index of 129.

We hope to continue to make relevant contributions in the field of cancer research.”

Source: Wafik S. El-Deiry/X

Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, FRSM, is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School and Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University and Director of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology at Brown University and affiliated hospitals. He is the Editor in Chief at Oncotarget.

Dr. El-Deiry discovered p21(WAF1) as a p53 target gene, cell cycle inhibitor, and tumor suppressor that explained the mammalian cell stress response. Dr. El-Deiry’s research is focused on mechanisms of therapy resistance with major efforts in drug discovery and development.