Birce Önal

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 925 citations indexed

About

Birce Önal is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Birce Önal has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 925 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Birce Önal's work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (13 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (7 papers). Birce Önal is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (13 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (7 papers). Birce Önal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Slovenia. Birce Önal's co-authors include Atul Verma, David E. Haines, Thomas J. Hund, Brian Howard, Mark T. Stewart, Damijan Miklavčič, Douglas L. Packer, Gerhard Hindricks, Noah Barka and Nicole Kirchhof and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Birce Önal

19 papers receiving 919 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.

Pulsed Field Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: PULSED AF Pivotal Trial

2023 277 citations Atul Verma, David E. Haines et al. Circulation profile →
Dual-energy lattice-tip ablation system for persistent atrial fibrillation: a randomized trial

2024 48 citations Elad Anter, Moussa Mansour et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birce Önal United States	16	668	180	172	156	62	19	925
Christian W. Zemlin United States	18	304 0.5×	110 0.6×	196 1.1×	222 1.4×	185 3.0×	49	762
Gediminas Račkauskas Lithuania	12	309 0.5×	87 0.5×	34 0.2×	68 0.4×	28 0.5×	29	429
Yuanna Cheng United States	21	980 1.5×	69 0.4×	329 1.9×	38 0.2×	75 1.2×	32	1.2k
J.-Y. Le Guennec France	13	303 0.5×	11 0.1×	319 1.9×	35 0.2×	180 2.9×	18	627
Parag Karmarkar United States	14	187 0.3×	48 0.3×	71 0.4×	13 0.1×	202 3.3×	27	732
Catherine Le Quément France	12	14 0.0×	138 0.8×	136 0.8×	43 0.3×	213 3.4×	14	716
G Hofmann Austria	13	13 0.0×	103 0.6×	105 0.6×	423 2.7×	287 4.6×	45	698
Éric Lavallée Canada	11	97 0.1×	92 0.5×	10 0.1×	18 0.1×	57 0.9×	43	366
Jacques M de Bakker Netherlands	11	1.5k 2.3×	25 0.1×	282 1.6×	3 0.0×	33 0.5×	22	1.6k
Alexey Lihachev Latvia	13	73 0.1×	21 0.1×	29 0.2×	36 0.2×	266 4.3×	66	524

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19 of 19 papers shown

Anter, Elad, Moussa Mansour, Devi G. Nair, et al.. (2024). Dual-energy lattice-tip ablation system for persistent atrial fibrillation: a randomized trial. Nature Medicine. 30(8). 2303–2310. 48 indexed citations breakdown →

Verma, Atul, David E. Haines, Lucas V.A. Boersma, et al.. (2023). Pulsed Field Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: PULSED AF Pivotal Trial. Circulation. 147(19). 1422–1432. 277 indexed citations breakdown →

Mattison, Lars M., Atul Verma, Khaldoun G. Tarakji, et al.. (2023). Effect of contact force on pulsed field ablation lesions in porcine cardiac tissue. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 34(3). 693–699. 52 indexed citations

Howard, Brian, David E. Haines, Atul Verma, et al.. (2022). Characterization of Phrenic Nerve Response to Pulsed Field Ablation. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 15(6). e010127–e010127. 51 indexed citations

Howard, Brian, Atul Verma, Wendy S. Tzou, et al.. (2022). Effects of Electrode-Tissue Proximity on Cardiac Lesion Formation Using Pulsed Field Ablation. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 15(10). e011110–e011110. 70 indexed citations

Verma, Atul, Brian Howard, Wendy S. Tzou, et al.. (2022). PO-646-02 EFFECTS OF TISSUE PROXIMITY ON CARDIAC LESION FORMATION USING PULSED FIELD ABLATION. Heart Rhythm. 19(5). S228–S228. 1 indexed citations

Stewart, Mark T., David E. Haines, Damijan Miklavčič, et al.. (2021). Safety and chronic lesion characterization of pulsed field ablation in a Porcine model. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 32(4). 958–969. 69 indexed citations

Howard, Brian, David E. Haines, Atul Verma, et al.. (2020). Reduction in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis and Collateral Damage With Pulsed Field Ablation Compared With Radiofrequency Ablation in a Canine Model. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 13(9). e008337–e008337. 71 indexed citations

Unudurthi, Sathya D., Drew Nassal, Amara Greer-Short, et al.. (2018). βIV-Spectrin regulates STAT3 targeting to tune cardiac response to pressure overload. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(12). 5561–5572. 35 indexed citations

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Gratz, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Synchronization of Pacemaking in the Sinoatrial Node: A Mathematical Modeling Study. Frontiers in Physics. 6. 14 indexed citations

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Önal, Birce, Daniel Gratz, & Thomas J. Hund. (2017). Ca²⁺/calmodulin-dependent kinase II-dependent regulation of atrial myocyte late Na⁺ current, Ca²⁺ cycling, and excitability: a mathematical modeling study. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 313(6). H1227–H1239. 22 indexed citations

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Önal, Birce, Daniel Gratz, & Thomas J. Hund. (2016). LongQt: A cardiac electrophysiology simulation platform. MethodsX. 3. 589–599. 6 indexed citations

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Unudurthi, Sathya D., Lan Qian, Birce Önal, et al.. (2016). Two‐Pore K ⁺ Channel TREK‐1 Regulates Sinoatrial Node Membrane Excitability. Journal of the American Heart Association. 5(4). e002865–e002865. 41 indexed citations

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Hund, Thomas J., Jedidiah S. Snyder, Patric Glynn, et al.. (2014). βIV-Spectrin regulates TREK-1 membrane targeting in the heart. Cardiovascular Research. 102(1). 166–175. 37 indexed citations

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Glynn, Patric, Birce Önal, & Thomas J. Hund. (2014). Cycle Length Restitution in Sinoatrial Node Cells: A Theory for Understanding Spontaneous Action Potential Dynamics. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89049–e89049. 16 indexed citations

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Önal, Birce, Sathya D. Unudurthi, & Thomas J. Hund. (2014). Modeling CaMKII in cardiac physiology: from molecule to tissue. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 5. 9–9. 15 indexed citations

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Lou, Qing, Deborah Janks, Katherine M. Holzem, et al.. (2012). Right ventricular arrhythmogenesis in failing human heart: the role of conduction and repolarization remodeling. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 303(12). H1426–H1434. 23 indexed citations

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Shaker, Anisa, Elzbieta A. Swietlicki, Lihua Wang, et al.. (2010). Epimorphin deletion protects mice from inflammation-induced colon carcinogenesis and alters stem cell niche myofibroblast secretion. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(6). 2081–2093. 47 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Tobias D., Dexing Zeng, Amit V. Desai, et al.. (2010). Microfluidic labeling of biomolecules with radiometals for use in nuclear medicine. Lab on a Chip. 10(24). 3387–3387. 30 indexed citations

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