Bert van der Zwaag

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Bert van der Zwaag is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert van der Zwaag has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Bert van der Zwaag's work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (7 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (6 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (6 papers). Bert van der Zwaag is often cited by papers focused on Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (7 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (6 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (6 papers). Bert van der Zwaag collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Bert van der Zwaag's co-authors include J. Peter H. Burbach, George W. Padberg, Hans van Bokhoven, H. T. F. M. Verzijl, Han G. Brunner, J.R.M. Cruysberg, Luciano Merlini, Hülya Kayserili, Jesús Cruces and David Chitayat and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Bert van der Zwaag

42 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Mutations in the O-Mannosyltransferase Gene POMT1 Give Rise to the Severe Neuronal Migration Disorder Walker-Warburg Syndrome

2002 519 citations Sophie Currier, Alice Steinbrecher et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bert van der Zwaag Netherlands	23	1.2k	704	372	316	267	44	2.2k
Tayfun Özçelık Türkiye	30	1.5k 1.2×	859 1.2×	541 1.5×	317 1.0×	174 0.7×	59	3.1k
Patrick Calvas France	31	2.1k 1.7×	1.4k 2.0×	346 0.9×	348 1.1×	310 1.2×	104	3.9k
A. Micheil Innes Canada	33	2.0k 1.7×	1.1k 1.6×	353 0.9×	325 1.0×	181 0.7×	113	3.5k
X. Shawn Liu United States	24	2.3k 1.9×	631 0.9×	146 0.4×	434 1.4×	164 0.6×	41	3.1k
Pascale Saugier-Véber France	28	1.1k 0.9×	672 1.0×	437 1.2×	156 0.5×	218 0.8×	82	2.3k
Volney Sheen United States	30	1.1k 0.9×	687 1.0×	694 1.9×	517 1.6×	191 0.7×	69	2.7k
Marie‐Christine Birling France	25	1.0k 0.8×	403 0.6×	477 1.3×	205 0.6×	183 0.7×	61	1.8k
Alfredo Brusco Italy	32	2.2k 1.8×	799 1.1×	859 2.3×	188 0.6×	161 0.6×	141	3.3k
Kerstin Kutsche Germany	32	2.3k 1.8×	1.3k 1.9×	358 1.0×	685 2.2×	184 0.7×	118	3.6k
Roberta Biancheri Italy	31	1.3k 1.0×	377 0.5×	350 0.9×	339 1.1×	263 1.0×	100	2.5k

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Berg, Gerrit van den, Bert van der Zwaag, Phillis Lakeman, et al.. (2024). Medullary Sponge Kidney and Its Relationship with Primary Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis: Case Reports and a Comprehensive Genetics-First Approach. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 148(8). 569–577. 1 indexed citations

Eijgelsheim, Mark, Liffert Vogt, Bert van der Zwaag, et al.. (2022). Diagnostic yield of massively parallel sequencing in patients with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology: rationale and design of a national prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 12(4). e057829–e057829. 5 indexed citations

Roy, Noémi, Lydie Da Costa, Roberta Russo, et al.. (2022). The Use of Next-generation Sequencing in the Diagnosis of Rare Inherited Anaemias: A Joint BSH/EHA Good Practice Paper. HemaSphere. 6(6). e739–e739. 14 indexed citations

Kleinendorst, Lotte, Ozair Abawi, Bibian van der Voorn, et al.. (2020). Identifying underlying medical causes of pediatric obesity: Results of a systematic diagnostic approach in a pediatric obesity center. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0244508–e0244508. 4 indexed citations

Snoek, Rozemarijn, Richard H. van Jaarsveld, Tri Q. Nguyen, et al.. (2020). Genetics-first approach improves diagnostics of ESKD patients <50 years old. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 37(2). 349–357. 28 indexed citations

Cooiman, Mellody I., Lotte Kleinendorst, Bert van der Zwaag, et al.. (2019). Genetic analysis in the bariatric clinic; impact of a PTEN gene mutation. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 7(6). e00632–e00632. 3 indexed citations

Zuko, Amila, Asami Oguro‐Ando, Harm Post, et al.. (2016). Association of Cell Adhesion Molecules Contactin-6 and Latrophilin-1 Regulates Neuronal Apoptosis. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 9. 143–143. 24 indexed citations

Nijman, Isaäc J., Joris M. van Montfrans, Marlous Hoogstraat, et al.. (2013). Targeted next-generation sequencing: A novel diagnostic tool for primary immunodeficiencies. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 133(2). 529–534.e1. 95 indexed citations

Zuko, Amila, Asami Oguro‐Ando, Martien J. Kas, et al.. (2013). Contactins in the neurobiology of autism. European Journal of Pharmacology. 719(1-3). 63–74. 75 indexed citations

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Kispert, Andreas, Michael Leitges, Bert van der Zwaag, et al.. (2012). The transcription factor Uncx4.1 acts in a short window of midbrain dopaminergic neuron differentiation. Neural Development. 7(1). 39–39. 12 indexed citations

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Kersten, Ferry F.J., Erwin van Wijk, Lisette Hetterschijt, et al.. (2012). The mitotic spindle protein SPAG5/Astrin connects to the Usher protein network postmitotically. PubMed. 1(1). 2–2. 14 indexed citations

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Hochstenbach, Ron, Martin Poot, Isaäc J. Nijman, et al.. (2012). Discovery of variants unmasked by hemizygous deletions. European Journal of Human Genetics. 20(7). 748–753. 14 indexed citations

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Daalen, Emma van, Chantal Kemner, Nienke E. Verbeek, et al.. (2011). Social responsiveness scale-aided analysis of the clinical impact of copy number variations in autism. Neurogenetics. 12(4). 315–323. 62 indexed citations

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Kersten, Ferry F.J., Erwin van Wijk, Jeroen van Reeuwijk, et al.. (2010). Association of Whirlin with Ca_v1.3 (α_1D) Channels in Photoreceptors, Defining a Novel Member of the Usher Protein Network. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(5). 2338–2338. 47 indexed citations

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Zwaag, Bert van der, Wouter Staal, Ron Hochstenbach, et al.. (2009). A co‐segregating microduplication of chromosome 15q11.2 pinpoints two risk genes for autism spectrum disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 153B(4). 960–966. 80 indexed citations

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Blauw, Hylke M., Jan H. Veldink, Michael A. van Es, et al.. (2008). Copy-number variation in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a genome-wide screen. The Lancet Neurology. 7(4). 319–326. 74 indexed citations

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Wijk, Erwin van, Bert van der Zwaag, Theo Peters, et al.. (2006). The DFNB31 gene product whirlin connects to the Usher protein network in the cochlea and retina by direct association with USH2A and VLGR1. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(5). 751–765. 147 indexed citations

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Zwaag, Bert van der, J. Peter H. Burbach, Han G. Brunner, Hans van Bokhoven, & George W. Padberg. (2005). Nucleotide variation analysis does not support a causal role for plexin-A1 in hereditary congenital facial paresis. Developmental Brain Research. 158(1-2). 66–71. 3 indexed citations

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Zwaag, Bert van der, J. Peter H. Burbach, Curt Scharfe, et al.. (2005). Identifying new candidate genes for hereditary facial paresis on chromosome 3q21–q22 by RNA in situ hybridization in mouse. Genomics. 86(1). 55–67. 16 indexed citations

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Currier, Sophie, Alice Steinbrecher, Jacopo Celli, et al.. (2002). Mutations in the O-Mannosyltransferase Gene POMT1 Give Rise to the Severe Neuronal Migration Disorder Walker-Warburg Syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 71(5). 1033–1043. 519 indexed citations breakdown →

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