Aniek Janssen

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Aniek Janssen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aniek Janssen has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Aniek Janssen's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (9 papers). Aniek Janssen is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (9 papers). Aniek Janssen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Canada. Aniek Janssen's co-authors include René H. Medema, Geert J.P.L. Kops, Gary H. Karpen, Serafin U. Colmenares, Károly Szuhai, Libor Macůrek, Mónica Álvarez‐Fernández, Marvin E. Tanenbaum, Ana Maia and Evelyne Beerling and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Aniek Janssen

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Heterochromatin: Guardian of the Genome 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Heterochromatin: Guardian of the Genome
    2018 320 citations Aniek Janssen, Serafin U. Colmenares et al. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology profile →

Peers

Aniek Janssen
Luigi Nezi Italy
Alain D. Silk United States
Jesse Lipp Austria
Lauren M. Zasadil United States
Saskia J.E. Suijkerbuijk Netherlands
Nathaniel A. Hathaway United States
Matthias Hoffmann Germany
Giulia Guarguaglini Italy
Libor Macůrek Czechia
Scott Davey Canada
Luigi Nezi Italy
Aniek Janssen
Citations per year, relative to Aniek Janssen Aniek Janssen (= 1×) peers Luigi Nezi

Countries citing papers authored by Aniek Janssen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aniek Janssen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Aniek Janssen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Aniek Janssen. The network helps show where Aniek Janssen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aniek Janssen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aniek Janssen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aniek Janssen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aniek Janssen. Aniek Janssen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Lambooij, Jan-Paul, et al.. (2025). Polymorphic transposable elements contribute to variation in recombination landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(12). e2427312122–e2427312122. 2 indexed citations
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Schendel, Robin van, et al.. (2024). Double-strand breaks in facultative heterochromatin require specific movements and chromatin changes for efficient repair. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8984–8984. 2 indexed citations
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Lambooij, Jan-Paul, et al.. (2024). DNA double-strand break movement in heterochromatin depends on the histone acetyltransferase dGcn5. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(19). 11753–11767. 2 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, et al.. (2023). The impact of chromatin on double-strand break repair: Imaging tools and discoveries. DNA repair. 133. 103592–103592. 5 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, et al.. (2021). The Sound of Silence: How Silenced Chromatin Orchestrates the Repair of Double-Strand Breaks. Genes. 12(9). 1415–1415. 8 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, Huiying Ma, Sjoerd J. Klaasen, et al.. (2020). Degree and site of chromosomal instability define its oncogenic potential. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1501–1501. 72 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, Serafin U. Colmenares, Timothy J. Lee, & Gary H. Karpen. (2018). Timely double-strand break repair and pathway choice in pericentromeric heterochromatin depend on the histone demethylase dKDM4A. Genes & Development. 33(1-2). 103–115. 40 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, Serafin U. Colmenares, & Gary H. Karpen. (2018). Heterochromatin: Guardian of the Genome. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 34(1). 265–288. 320 indexed citations breakdown →
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Janssen, Aniek, G. Breuer, Eva K. Brinkman, et al.. (2016). A single double-strand break system reveals repair dynamics and mechanisms in heterochromatin and euchromatin. Genes & Development. 30(14). 1645–1657. 84 indexed citations
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Maia, Ana, Ute Boon, Aniek Janssen, et al.. (2015). Inhibition of the spindle assembly checkpoint kinase TTK enhances the efficacy of docetaxel in a triple-negative breast cancer model. Annals of Oncology. 26(10). 2180–2192. 93 indexed citations
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Koch, André, Ana Maia, Aniek Janssen, & René H. Medema. (2015). Molecular basis underlying resistance to Mps1/TTK inhibitors. Oncogene. 35(19). 2518–2528. 42 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, Evelyne Beerling, René H. Medema, & Jacco van Rheenen. (2013). Intravital FRET Imaging of Tumor Cell Viability and Mitosis during Chemotherapy. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e64029–e64029. 46 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek & René H. Medema. (2012). Genetic instability: tipping the balance. Oncogene. 32(38). 4459–4470. 77 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek & René H. Medema. (2011). Mitosis as an anti-cancer target. Oncogene. 30(25). 2799–2809. 87 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, et al.. (2011). Chromosome Segregation Errors as a Cause of DNA Damage and Structural Chromosome Aberrations. Science. 333(6051). 1895–1898. 429 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, Geert J.P.L. Kops, & René H. Medema. (2010). Targeting the Mitotic Checkpoint to Kill Tumor Cells. Hormones and Cancer. 2(2). 113–116. 29 indexed citations
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Tanenbaum, Marvin E., et al.. (2009). Kif15 Cooperates with Eg5 to Promote Bipolar Spindle Assembly. Current Biology. 19(20). 1703–1711. 217 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, Geert J.P.L. Kops, & René H. Medema. (2009). Elevating the frequency of chromosome mis-segregation as a strategy to kill tumor cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(45). 19108–19113. 244 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek. (2003). Peptide-targeted PEG-liposomes in anti-angiogenic therapy. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 254(1). 55–58. 62 indexed citations

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