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Liquid Biopsy

Last updated May 19, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Irene Casanova‐Salas
Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari
198 cit.
2
Jia‐Wei Lv
Sun Yat-sen University
192 cit.
3
António J. M. Santos
Stanford University
177 cit.
4
Ho Thuy Dung Nguyen
Human Technopole
165 cit.
5
Yoshiaki Nakamura
National Cancer Center Hospital East
141 cit.
6
Jayeon Song
Harvard University
114 cit.
7
Neibla Priego
Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
99 cit.
8
Jinyue Bai
Chinese University of Hong Kong
99 cit.
9
Thomas Powles
Queen Mary University of London
96 cit.
10
Bo Hao
Chinese University of Hong Kong
88 cit.

Rising Stars Papers

1
Circulating tumor extracellular vesicles to monitor metastatic prostate cancer genomics and transcriptomic evolution
Cancer Cell|2024
65 cit.
2
Longitudinal on-treatment circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker for real-time dynamic risk monitoring in cancer patients: The EP-SEASON study
Cancer Cell|2024
63 cit.
3
A human autoimmune organoid model reveals IL-7 function in coeliac disease
Nature|2024
58 cit.
4
Serialized on-grid lift-in sectioning for tomography (SOLIST) enables a biopsy at the nanoscale
Nature Methods|2024
54 cit.
5
Targeted therapy guided by circulating tumor DNA analysis in advanced gastrointestinal tumors
Nature Medicine|2024
46 cit.
6
Amplifying mutational profiling of extracellular vesicle mRNA with SCOPE
Nature Biotechnology|2024
37 cit.
7
TIMP1 Mediates Astrocyte-Dependent Local Immunosuppression in Brain Metastasis Acting on Infiltrating CD8+ T Cells
Cancer Discovery|2024
32 cit.
8
Histone modifications of circulating nucleosomes are associated with changes in cell-free DNA fragmentation patterns
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
32 cit.
9
Pembrolizumab for advanced urothelial carcinoma: exploratory ctDNA biomarker analyses of the KEYNOTE-361 phase 3 trial
Nature Medicine|2024
31 cit.
10
Focused ultrasound enables selective actuation and Newton-level force output of untethered soft robots
Nature Communications|2024
43 cit.

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Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Viktor A. Adalsteinsson
Broad Institute
236 cit.
2
Xiao-Jun Ma
Alamance Community College
124 cit.
3
Matthew L. Freedman
Broad Institute
112 cit.
4
Alexander W. Wyatt
University of British Columbia
109 cit.
5
Ash A. Alizadeh
Stanford Medicine
102 cit.
6
Vinit B. Mahajan
Palo Alto University
98 cit.
7
David A. Lieberman
Oregon Health & Science University
86 cit.
8
Hatim Husain
UC San Diego Health System
85 cit.
9
Chaoyong Yang
Xiamen University
68 cit.
10
Joris Vermeesch
Center for Human Genetics
66 cit.

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Priming agents transiently reduce the clearance of cell-free DNA to improve liquid biopsies
Science|2024
157 cit.
2
NULISA: a proteomic liquid biopsy platform with attomolar sensitivity and high multiplexing
Nature Communications|2023
186 cit.
3
Liquid biopsy epigenomic profiling for cancer subtyping
Nature Medicine|2023
112 cit.
4
Prediction of plasma ctDNA fraction and prognostic implications of liquid biopsy in advanced prostate cancer
Nature Communications|2024
109 cit.
5
Distinct Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes defined by noninvasive genomic profiling
Nature|2023
102 cit.
6
Liquid-biopsy proteomics combined with AI identifies cellular drivers of eye aging and disease in vivo
Cell|2023
98 cit.
7
Comparative Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening With Blood-Based Biomarkers (Liquid Biopsy) vs Fecal Tests or Colonoscopy
Gastroenterology|2024
86 cit.
8
Measurement of ctDNA Tumor Fraction Identifies Informative Negative Liquid Biopsy Results and Informs Value of Tissue Confirmation
Clinical Cancer Research|2024
85 cit.
9
Simultaneous subset tracing and miRNA profiling of tumor-derived exosomes via dual-surface-protein orthogonal barcoding
Science Advances|2023
102 cit.
10
Cell type signatures in cell-free DNA fragmentation profiles reveal disease biology
Nature Communications|2024
66 cit.

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Nitzan Rosenfeld
University of Cambridge
6.1k cit.
2
Calvin J. Kuo
Stanford Medicine
4.3k cit.
3
Jaime Bosch
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
4.1k cit.
4
Alexandra W. C. Einerhand
Boston Children's Hospital
3.2k cit.
5
Daniel D. De Carvalho
University of Toronto
3k cit.
6
Thomas Würdinger
Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc
2.7k cit.
7
Yuk Ming Dennis Lo
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2.2k cit.
8
Kang Zhang
Sichuan University
2.2k cit.
9
Cheng‐Lin Hsieh
Unknown
2.1k cit.
10
Caroline Dive
University of Manchester
2.1k cit.

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Phylogenetic ctDNA analysis depicts early-stage lung cancer evolution
Nature|2017
1.9k cit.
2
Non-invasive analysis of acquired resistance to cancer therapy by sequencing of plasma DNA
Nature|2013
1.6k cit.
3
Organoid Modeling of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment
Cell|2018
1.4k cit.
4
Portal hypertensive bleeding in cirrhosis
Hepatology|2016
2.1k cit.
5
Extracellular Vesicle and Particle Biomarkers Define Multiple Human Cancers
Cell|2020
1.2k cit.
6
Muc2-Deficient Mice Spontaneously Develop Colitis, Indicating That MUC2 Is Critical for Colonic Protection
Gastroenterology|2006
1.6k cit.
7
Sensitive tumour detection and classification using plasma cell-free DNA methylomes
Nature|2018
1k cit.
8
Proposed Revised Criteria for the Classification of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Annals of Internal Medicine|1985
3k cit.
9
Liquid Biopsy: From Discovery to Clinical Application
Cancer Discovery|2021
954 cit.
10
RNA-Seq of Tumor-Educated Platelets Enables Blood-Based Pan-Cancer, Multiclass, and Molecular Pathway Cancer Diagnostics
Cancer Cell|2015
885 cit.

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