2026 Joseph R. Testa: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	117	288	264	172	156	398	51568
Medicine	118	4051	3795	2218	2054	434	52665

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joseph R. Testa is affiliated with the Fox Chase Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with published work also spanning several related subfields.

The main subfields of study for Testa include pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, and hematology. Their research topics reflect these areas, covering subjects such as occupational and environmental lung diseases, medical imaging and pathology studies, DNA repair mechanisms, pleural and pulmonary diseases, renal cell carcinoma treatment, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, as well as interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Testa has contributed to several frequent publication venues, including Cancer Genetics, Cancers, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cancer Research, and Molecular Cell. They often collaborate with a consistent group of co-authors, among whom are Eleonora Sementino, Yuwaraj Kadariya, Jianming Pei, Mitchell Cheung, and Kathy Q. Cai.

Recent papers attributable to Testa include the following:

The drug efflux pump MDR1 promotes intrinsic and acquired resistance to PROTACs in cancer cells, 2022, Science Signaling
Somatic Epigenetic Silencing of RIPK3 Inactivates Necroptosis and Contributes to Chemoresistance in Malignant Mesothelioma, 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
BRCA1 Mutational Complementation Induces Synthetic Viability, 2020, Molecular Cell
DLX Genes: Roles in Development and Cancer, 2021, Cancers
Asbestos and Other Hazardous Fibrous Minerals: Potential Exposure Pathways and Associated Health Risks, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Joseph R. Testa has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), receiving this distinction in 2011.

Best Publications

Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

7468
Citations
Perturbations of the AKT signaling pathway in human cancer

Deborah A Altomare;Joseph R Testa

1603
Citations
A retroviral oncogene, akt, encoding a serine-threonine kinase containing an SH2-like region

A Bellacosa;Testa;SP Staal;PN Tsichlis

1345
Citations
AKT plays a central role in tumorigenesis.

Joseph R. Testa;Alfonso Bellacosa

1323
Citations
Molecular alterations of the AKT2 oncogene in ovarian and breast carcinomas.

A. Bellacosa;D. De Feo;A. K. Godwin;D. W. Bell

1154
Citations
Germline BAP1 mutations predispose to malignant mesothelioma

Joseph R Testa;Mitchell Cheung;Jianming Pei;Jennifer E Below

1129
Citations
Amplification of AKT2 in human pancreatic cells and inhibition of AKT2 expression and tumorigenicity by antisense RNA

Jin Quan Cheng;Bruce Ruggeri;Walter M. Klein;Gonosuke Sonoda

1067
Citations
Activation of AKT kinases in cancer: implications for therapeutic targeting.

Alfonso Bellacosa;C. Chandra Kumar;Antonio Di Cristofano;Joseph Robert Testa

1028
Citations
AKT2, a putative oncogene encoding a member of a subfamily of protein-serine/threonine kinases, is amplified in human ovarian carcinomas.

Jin Quan Cheng;Andrew K. Godwin;Alfonso Bellacosa;Takahiro Taguchi

992
Citations
BAP1 and cancer

Michele Carbone;Haining Yang;Harvey I. Pass;Thomas Krausz

652
Citations
Genetic dissection of the oncogenic mTOR pathway reveals druggable addiction to translational control via 4EBP-eIF4E.

Andrew C. Hsieh;Maria Costa;Ornella Zollo;Cole Davis

528
Citations
Anti-apoptotic signaling by hepatocyte growth factor/Met via the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways

Guang-Hui Xiao;Michael Jeffers;Alfonso Bellacosa;Yasuhiro Mitsuuchi

509
Citations
AKT and mTOR phosphorylation is frequently detected in ovarian cancer and can be targeted to disrupt ovarian tumor cell growth

Deborah A Altomare;Hui Qin Wang;Kristine L Skele;Assunta De Rienzo

498
Citations
The pathogenesis of mesothelioma

Michele Carbone;Robert A. Kratzke;Joseph R. Testa;Joseph R. Testa;Joseph R. Testa

485
Citations
Amplification and overexpression of the AKT2 oncogene in a subset of human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas

Bruce A. Ruggeri;Lingyi Huang;Moira Wood;Jin Quan Cheng

456
Citations
High frequency of inactivating mutations in the neurofibromatosis type 2 gene (NF2) in primary malignant mesotheliomas

Albert B. Bianchi;Shin-Ichiro Mitsunaga;Jin Quan Cheng;Walter M. Klein

441
Citations
Predisposition to renal carcinoma in the Eker rat is determined by germ-line mutation of the tuberous sclerosis 2 (TSC2) gene

Raymond S. Yeung;Guang-Hui Xiao;Fang Jin;Wen-Ching Lee

433
Citations
p16 alterations and deletion mapping of 9p21-p22 in malignant mesothelioma.

Jin Quan Cheng;Suresh C. Jhanwar;Walter M. Klein;Daphne W. Bell

426
Citations
Prognostic impact of cytogenetic abnormalities in patients with de novo acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.

Charles A. Schiffer;Edward J. Lee;Takafumi Tomiyasu;Peter H. Wiernik

416
Citations
Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma

D. Bell;A. Berchuck;M. Birrer;J. Chien

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Suresh C. Jhanwar Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Michele Carbone University of Hawaii at Manoa

Andres J. P. Klein-Szanto Fox Chase Cancer Center

Robert G. Uzzo Fox Chase Cancer Center

Harvey I. Pass New York University

Alfonso Bellacosa Fox Chase Cancer Center

Jill M. Siegfried University of Minnesota

David L. Wiest Fox Chase Cancer Center

Thomas C. Hamilton Fox Chase Cancer Center

Nancy A. Jenkins The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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