Bastiaan B.J. Tops

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Bastiaan B.J. Tops is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Bastiaan B.J. Tops has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cancer Research and 21 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Bastiaan B.J. Tops's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (14 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers). Bastiaan B.J. Tops is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (14 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (11 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers). Bastiaan B.J. Tops collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Bastiaan B.J. Tops's co-authors include René F. Ketting, Ronald H.A. Plasterk, Gregory J. Hannon, Ahmet M. Denli, Uta Flucke, José M. Silva, Amy A. Caudy, Scott M. Hammond, Ruud Berger and Leo W. J. Klomp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Bastiaan B.J. Tops

68 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Processing of primary microRNAs by the Microprocessor complex

2004 2.1k citations Bastiaan B.J. Tops et al. Nature profile →
Ultra-fast deep-learned CNS tumour classification during surgery

2023 96 citations Carlo Vermeulen, Marc Pagès-Gallego et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bastiaan B.J. Tops Netherlands	28	2.7k	2.1k	521	433	361	70	4.3k
Frank O. Fackelmayer Germany	27	2.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	772 1.5×	504 1.2×	413 1.1×	38	4.1k
Min Sup Song United States	25	4.2k 1.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 2.2×	444 1.0×	260 0.7×	53	5.3k
Yiping He United States	25	3.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	556 1.1×	258 0.6×	278 0.8×	70	4.4k
Aaron L. Sarver United States	36	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	488 0.9×	707 1.6×	235 0.7×	76	4.5k
Mhairi Marshall Australia	16	3.3k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	446 0.9×	254 0.6×	296 0.8×	25	4.9k
Edward Fox United States	32	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	802 1.5×	299 0.7×	748 2.1×	94	4.1k
Raj Chari United States	36	3.2k 1.2×	816 0.4×	603 1.2×	473 1.1×	274 0.8×	98	4.2k
Eugene R. Zabarovsky Sweden	41	4.2k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 1.9×	602 1.4×	435 1.2×	134	5.2k
Anamaria A. Camargo Brazil	30	2.4k 0.9×	759 0.4×	906 1.7×	501 1.2×	290 0.8×	128	3.8k

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Boer, Judith M., Marco J. Koudijs, Lennart Kester, et al.. (2025). Challenging Conventional Diagnostic Methods by Comprehensive Molecular Diagnostics: A Nationwide Prospective Comparison in Children With ALL. JCO Precision Oncology. 9(9). e2400788–e2400788. 1 indexed citations

Hiemcke‐Jiwa, Laura S., Jayne Y. Hehir‐Kwa, Nathalie Gaspar, et al.. (2025). Prognostic Value of the G2 Expression Signature and MYC Overexpression in Childhood High-Grade Osteosarcoma. JCO Precision Oncology. 9(9). e2400855–e2400855.

Verwiel, Eugène T.P., Maaike van der Lee, Jesse J. Swen, et al.. (2025). Implementing Pre‐Emptive Pharmacogenetics: Impact of Early Pharmacogenetic Screening in a Pediatric Oncology Cohort of 1,151 Subjects. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 118(2). 438–448. 1 indexed citations

Kranendonk, Mariëtte E.G., Jasper van der Lugt, Nelleke Tolboom, et al.. (2025). Do we need B7-H3 immunohistochemistry for the inclusion of children with high-grade central nervous system tumors in clinical trials targeting B7-H3?. Neuro-Oncology. 27(7). 1864–1877. 2 indexed citations

Kuik, Joyce van, Bastiaan B.J. Tops, Anna Lasorella, et al.. (2024). RT-PCR assay to detect FGFR3::TACC3 fusions in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded glioblastoma samples. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 11(2). 142–149. 1 indexed citations

Wesseling, Pieter, Bastiaan B.J. Tops, Lennart Kester, et al.. (2024). Malignant glioma in L-2-Hydroxy Glutaric Aciduria: thorough molecular characterization of a case and literature review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 11–11.

Vermeulen, Carlo, Marc Pagès-Gallego, Lennart Kester, et al.. (2023). Ultra-fast deep-learned CNS tumour classification during surgery. Nature. 622(7984). 842–849. 96 indexed citations breakdown →

Vermeulen, Cornelis J., Marc Pagès-Gallego, Lennart Kester, et al.. (2023). P13.15.B ULTRA-FAST DEEP-LEARNED CNS TUMOR CLASSIFICATION DURING SURGERY. Neuro-Oncology. 25(Supplement_2). ii104–ii104. 1 indexed citations

Sahm, Felix, Sebastian Brandner, Luca Bertero, et al.. (2023). Molecular diagnostic tools for the World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 classification of gliomas, glioneuronal and neuronal tumors; an EANO guideline. Neuro-Oncology. 25(10). 1731–1749. 39 indexed citations

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Verwiel, Eugène T.P., Lennart Kester, Jan J. Molenaar, et al.. (2023). Systematic discovery of gene fusions in pediatric cancer by integrating RNA-seq and WGS. BMC Cancer. 23(1). 618–618. 9 indexed citations

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Verwiel, Eugène T.P., Ronald R. de Krijger, Hindrik H. D. Kerstens, et al.. (2022). Molecular Characterization Reveals Subclasses of 1q Gain in Intermediate Risk Wilms Tumors. Cancers. 14(19). 4872–4872. 1 indexed citations

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Kerstens, Hindrik H. D., et al.. (2022). Trecode: A FAIR Eco-System for the Analysis and Archiving of Omics Data in a Combined Diagnostic and Research Setting. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1–16. 2 indexed citations

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Steeghs, Elisabeth M. P., Harry J.M. Groen, Eddy Adang, et al.. (2022). Cost-Effectiveness of Parallel Versus Sequential Testing of Genetic Aberrations for Stage IV Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the Netherlands. JCO Precision Oncology. 6(6). e2200201–e2200201. 22 indexed citations

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Tops, Bastiaan B.J., Elisabeth M. P. Steeghs, Veerle M.H. Coupé, et al.. (2021). Micro-costing diagnostics in oncology: from single-gene testing to whole- genome sequencing. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research. 21(3). 403–413. 23 indexed citations

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Halilović, Altuna, Annet Simons, Marian Stevens‐Kroef, et al.. (2019). HER2, chromosome 17 polysomy and DNA ploidy status in breast cancer; a translational study. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11679–11679. 10 indexed citations

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Putten, Louis J.M. van der, Bastiaan B.J. Tops, Marc P.L.M. Snijders, et al.. (2017). Molecular profiles of benign and (pre)malignant endometrial lesions. Carcinogenesis. 38(3). 329–335. 24 indexed citations

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Dienstmann, Rodrigo, Amita Patnaik, Rocio García‐Carbonero, et al.. (2015). Safety and Activity of the First-in-Class Sym004 Anti-EGFR Antibody Mixture in Patients with Refractory Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Discovery. 5(6). 598–609. 58 indexed citations

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Lith, Sanne A. M. van, Anna C. Navis, Kiek Verrijp, et al.. (2014). Glutamate as chemotactic fuel for diffuse glioma cells: Are they glutamate suckers?. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1846(1). 66–74. 45 indexed citations

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Flucke, Uta, Bastiaan B.J. Tops, P. J. van Diest, & Pieter J. Slootweg. (2013). Desmoid‐type fibromatosis of the head and neck region in the paediatric population: a clinicopathological and genetic study of seven cases. Histopathology. 64(6). 769–776. 33 indexed citations

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Beekman, Jeffrey M., Jantine E. Bakema, Joke van der Linden, et al.. (2004). Modulation of FcγRI (CD64) Ligand Binding by Blocking Peptides of Periplakin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(32). 33875–33881. 25 indexed citations

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