Anca M. Pașca

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
20 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Anca M. Pașca is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Anca M. Pașca has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Anca M. Pașca's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (4 papers). Anca M. Pașca is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (4 papers). Anca M. Pașca collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Korea. Anca M. Pașca's co-authors include Sergiu P. Pașca, Daniel H. Geschwind, Steven A. Sloan, Masayuki Yazawa, Joachim Hallmayer, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Ricardo E. Dolmetsch, John R. Huguenard, Jimena Andersen and Nina Huber and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Anca M. Pașca

19 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Functional cortical neurons and astrocytes from human pluripotent stem cells in 3D culture

2015 1.1k citations Anca M. Pașca, Steven A. Sloan et al. Nature Methods profile →
Using induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate cardiac phenotypes in Timothy syndrome

2011 496 citations Masayuki Yazawa, Brian Hsueh et al. Nature profile →
Chromatin and gene-regulatory dynamics of the developing human cerebral cortex at single-cell resolution

2021 219 citations Alexandro E. Trevino, Fabian Müller et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anca M. Pașca United States	15	2.4k	855	774	607	331	20	3.3k
Christopher D. Makinson United States	14	1.8k 0.8×	914 1.1×	715 0.9×	557 0.9×	288 0.9×	24	2.7k
Allison D. Ebert United States	30	2.6k 1.1×	839 1.0×	396 0.5×	421 0.7×	293 0.9×	65	3.4k
Sarah E. Newey United Kingdom	24	2.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	177 0.2×	391 0.6×	503 1.5×	32	4.0k
Mirella Dottori Australia	31	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	312 0.4×	663 1.1×	294 0.9×	96	3.3k
Perry B. Shieh United States	27	1.7k 0.7×	791 0.9×	145 0.2×	238 0.4×	320 1.0×	106	2.8k
Gihan Tennekoon United States	30	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.7×	214 0.3×	584 1.0×	165 0.5×	69	3.2k
Kathie M. Bishop United States	25	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	126 0.2×	510 0.8×	648 2.0×	53	4.2k
Anita Bhattacharyya United States	31	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	179 0.2×	642 1.1×	704 2.1×	67	3.5k
Diana Yu United States	14	2.0k 0.8×	700 0.8×	325 0.4×	460 0.8×	617 1.9×	23	2.7k

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Stevenson, David K., Ronald J. Wong, Jonathan D. Reiss, et al.. (2025). A clinician’s musings on oxygen: Too little or too much with life in the balance. Journal of Perinatology. 45(11). 1649–1652.

Kim, Ji‐il, Yuki Miura, Min-Yin Li, et al.. (2024). Human assembloids reveal the consequences of CACNA1G gene variants in the thalamocortical pathway. Neuron. 112(24). 4048–4059.e7. 23 indexed citations

Sabir, Hemmen, Elke Maes, Farhad Imam, et al.. (2023). Comparing the efficacy in reducing brain injury of different neuroprotective agents following neonatal hypoxia–ischemia in newborn rats: a multi-drug randomized controlled screening trial. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 9467–9467. 23 indexed citations

Pașca, Anca M., et al.. (2023). Anatomical and functional maturation of the mid-gestation human enteric nervous system. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2680–2680. 5 indexed citations

Andersen, Jimena, Jennifer L. Shadrach, Xiaoyu Chen, et al.. (2023). Single-cell transcriptomic landscape of the developing human spinal cord. Nature Neuroscience. 26(5). 902–914. 28 indexed citations

Birey, Fikri, Min-Yin Li, Aaron Gordon, et al.. (2022). Dissecting the molecular basis of human interneuron migration in forebrain assembloids from Timothy syndrome. Cell stem cell. 29(2). 248–264.e7. 91 indexed citations

Coronado, Pamela E. Rios, Mingming Zhao, Martin R. Pfaller, et al.. (2022). Blood flow modeling reveals improved collateral artery performance during the regenerative period in mammalian hearts. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 1(8). 775–790. 11 indexed citations

Michno, Wojciech, Wentao Dong, Yuqin Dai, et al.. (2022). Carnitine octanoyltransferase is important for the assimilation of exogenous acetyl-L-carnitine into acetyl-CoA in mammalian cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(2). 102848–102848. 12 indexed citations

Reiss, Jonathan D., Laura S. Peterson, Alan L. Chang, et al.. (2022). Perinatal infection, inflammation, preterm birth, and brain injury: A review with proposals for future investigations. Experimental Neurology. 351. 113988–113988. 22 indexed citations

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Trevino, Alexandro E., Fabian Müller, Jimena Andersen, et al.. (2021). Chromatin and gene-regulatory dynamics of the developing human cerebral cortex at single-cell resolution. Cell. 184(19). 5053–5069.e23. 219 indexed citations breakdown →

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Crary, John F., et al.. (2020). Increased Tau Expression Correlates with Neuronal Maturation in the Developing Human Cerebral Cortex. eNeuro. 7(3). ENEURO.0058–20.2020. 23 indexed citations

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Pașca, Anca M., Jin Young Park, Hyun‐Woo Shin, et al.. (2019). Human 3D cellular model of hypoxic brain injury of prematurity. Nature Medicine. 25(5). 784–791. 127 indexed citations

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Sloan, Steven A., Jimena Andersen, Anca M. Pașca, Fikri Birey, & Sergiu P. Pașca. (2018). Generation and assembly of human brain region–specific three-dimensional cultures. Nature Protocols. 13(9). 2062–2085. 298 indexed citations

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Yoon, Se‐Jin, Anca M. Pașca, Rebecca M. Marton, et al.. (2018). Reliability of human cortical organoid generation. Nature Methods. 16(1). 75–78. 310 indexed citations

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Pașca, Anca M., Steven A. Sloan, Laura Clarke, et al.. (2015). Functional cortical neurons and astrocytes from human pluripotent stem cells in 3D culture. Nature Methods. 12(7). 671–678. 1079 indexed citations breakdown →

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Penn, Anna A., Wendy A. Koss, Suresh R. Volate, et al.. (2014). Placental hormone contribution to fetal brain damage. Placenta. 35(9). A52–A52. 2 indexed citations

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Clark, Catherine L., Anca M. Pașca, Shellie A. Hyde, et al.. (2013). Neonatal CSF oxytocin levels are associated with parent report of infant soothability and sociability. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 38(7). 1208–1212. 46 indexed citations

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Yazawa, Masayuki, Brian Hsueh, Xiaolin Jia, et al.. (2011). Using induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate cardiac phenotypes in Timothy syndrome. Nature. 471(7337). 230–234. 496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pașca, Sergiu P., Thomas Portmann, Irina Voineagu, et al.. (2011). Using iPSC-derived neurons to uncover cellular phenotypes associated with Timothy syndrome. Nature Medicine. 17(12). 1657–1662. 435 indexed citations

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Pașca, Anca M. & Anna A. Penn. (2010). The Placenta: The Lost Neuroendocrine Organ. NeoReviews. 11(2). e64–e77. 15 indexed citations

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