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Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Tobias Keßler
German Cancer Research Center
99
2
Maximilian Reichert
German Cancer Research Center
93
3
Luca Gerosa
Harvard University
69

Rising Stars Papers

1
A clinically applicable connectivity signature for glioblastoma includes the tumor network driver CHI3L1
Nature Communications|2024
45 cit.
2
Heterogeneity-driven phenotypic plasticity and treatment response in branched-organoid models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2024
32 cit.
3
Molecularly matched targeted therapies plus radiotherapy in glioblastoma: the phase 1/2a N2M2 umbrella trial
Nature Medicine|2025
9 cit.
4
Computational Modeling of Drug Response Identifies Mutant-Specific Constraints for Dosing panRAF and MEK Inhibitors in Melanoma
Cancers|2024
3 cit.
5
Label-free single-cell phenotyping to determine tumor cell heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer in real time
JCI Insight|2025
3 cit.
6
Computational modeling of drug response identifies mutant-specific constraints for dosing panRAF and MEK inhibitors in melanoma
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Margherita Grattarola
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
99
2
Amanda N. Pope
University of Iowa
99
3
Dragana P.C. de Barros
Laboratório Edol (Portugal)
84
4
Xinpu Tang
Sichuan University
79
5
Qingfeng Li
Gannan Normal University
61
6
Jan Koski
Finnish Red Cross
50
7
Jieling Zhao
TU Dortmund University
50
8
Arturo Tozzi
Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
50
9
Thi Nhu Thao Nguyen
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
50
10
Sound WP
National University of Singapore
50

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Establishment of a mouse hepatocellular carcinoma tumoroid panel recapitulating inter- and intra- heterogeneity for disease modelling and combinatorial drug discovery
Cell Communication and Signaling|2025
3 cit.
2
The interplay between biomechanics and cell kinetics explains the spatial pattern in liver fibrosis
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
1 cit.
3
Development of a 3D Skin Model for Studying Melanoma Progression
Cells|2026
1 cit.
4
Multiscale modeling of the spatial structure of stem cells in neuroblastoma patient-derived tumoroids reveals a critical role for a short range diffusive process
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
0 cit.
5
Stabilizing Long CARs for Optimal Anti-Tumor Responses in Hematological Malignancies
Research Square|2025
0 cit.
6
Brief pulses of high-level fluid shear stress enhance metastatic potential and rapidly alter the metabolism of cancer cells
Cell Reports|2026
0 cit.
7
A Fast L2-1σ Finite Element Method for Time Fractional Keller–Segel Equations with Weakly Singular Solutions
Fractal and Fractional|2026
0 cit.
8
Gömböc-Like Morphogenesis: Topological Constraints and Gradient-Driven Dynamics in Development
Preprints.org|2026
0 cit.
9
Transient contractility attenuation reprograms epithelial cells into a protrusion-driven state that drives tissue fluidization
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
0 cit.
10
Mathematical modeling of ribosome competition informs testable treatment strategies for drug-tolerant cancer persister cells
iScience|2026
0 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Jian Zhou
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
99
2
Dirk Drasdo
Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique
96
3
Darryl Shibata
University of Southern California
92
4
Roeland M. H. Merks
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
80
5
Mathew J. Garnett
Wellcome Sanger Institute
78
6
Jianhua Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
75
7
Kornélia Polyák
Brigham and Women's Hospital
74
8
Helen M. Byrne
University of Oxford
73
9
Shiladitya Sengupta
Harvard University
72
10
Daniel Fisher
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
72

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
p27Kip1, a cyclin-Cdk inhibitor, links transforming growth factor-beta and contact inhibition to cell cycle arrest.
Genes & Development|1994
2k cit.
2
Prioritization of cancer therapeutic targets using CRISPR–Cas9 screens
Nature|2019
1.4k cit.
3
Heterogeneity in breast cancer
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2011
1k cit.
4
Detection of human papilloma virus in paraffin-embedded tissue using the polymerase chain reaction.
The Journal of Experimental Medicine|1988
715 cit.
5
Response and resistance to BET bromodomain inhibitors in triple-negative breast cancer
Nature|2016
629 cit.
6
Genetic determinants of p53-induced apoptosis and growth arrest.
Genes & Development|1996
466 cit.
7
Classifying the evolutionary and ecological features of neoplasms
Nature reviews. Cancer|2017
450 cit.
8
The microenvironment in breast cancer progression: biology and implications for treatment
Breast Cancer Research|2011
412 cit.
9
Intercellular nanotubes mediate mitochondrial trafficking between cancer and immune cells
Nature Nanotechnology|2021
381 cit.
10
Organoid cultures recapitulate esophageal adenocarcinoma heterogeneity providing a model for clonality studies and precision therapeutics
Nature Communications|2018
335 cit.

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