Brian G. Skotko

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
113 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Brian G. Skotko is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian G. Skotko has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 34 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 30 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Brian G. Skotko's work include Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (49 papers), Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (31 papers) and Chronic Disease Management Strategies (24 papers). Brian G. Skotko is often cited by papers focused on Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (49 papers), Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (31 papers) and Chronic Disease Management Strategies (24 papers). Brian G. Skotko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Italy. Brian G. Skotko's co-authors include Gert de Graaf, F. Buckley, Susan P. Levine, Richard D. Goldstein, Robert G. Best, Anthony R. Gregg, Komal Bajaj, Kristin G. Monaghan, Michael S. Rafii and Diana W. Bianchi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PEDIATRICS and Hypertension.

In The Last Decade

Brian G. Skotko

103 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Down syndrome

2020 491 citations Brian G. Skotko, Diana W. Bianchi et al. profile →
Noninvasive prenatal screening for fetal aneuploidy, 2016 update: a position statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics

2016 472 citations Anthony R. Gregg, Brian G. Skotko et al. Genetics in Medicine profile →
Down syndrome: Cognitive and behavioral functioning across the lifespan

2015 276 citations Margaret B. Pulsifer, Brian G. Skotko et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian G. Skotko United States	31	1.7k	1.6k	725	690	454	113	4.2k
Brian Neville United Kingdom	38	1.2k 0.7×	426 0.3×	599 0.8×	367 0.5×	241 0.5×	102	4.1k
Pim Brouwers United States	46	1.1k 0.6×	801 0.5×	476 0.7×	173 0.3×	714 1.6×	114	5.8k
Paula Rantakallio Finland	41	1.8k 1.1×	979 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	303 0.4×	591 1.3×	113	5.2k
Eva Alberman United Kingdom	40	2.8k 1.7×	806 0.5×	384 0.5×	729 1.1×	290 0.6×	114	4.9k
Julianne S. Collins United States	21	918 0.5×	851 0.5×	199 0.3×	980 1.4×	343 0.8×	37	3.5k
Michael Kerr United Kingdom	31	793 0.5×	931 0.6×	707 1.0×	610 0.9×	626 1.4×	100	3.1k
Veronica Gomez‐Lobo United States	25	795 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	490 0.7×	319 0.5×	217 0.5×	153	4.5k
Emma J. Glasson Australia	31	679 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.9×	835 1.2×	789 1.7×	71	4.1k
Maya Mascarenhas United States	10	883 0.5×	859 0.5×	403 0.6×	388 0.6×	205 0.5×	18	3.4k
David Shera United States	34	825 0.5×	283 0.2×	1.2k 1.7×	421 0.6×	1.3k 2.9×	68	4.8k

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Oreskovic, Nicolas M., et al.. (2025). Use of the Adaptive Behaviour Dementia Questionnaire in a Down Syndrome Specialty Clinic. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience. 24(1). 25713–25713.

Allyse, Megan, et al.. (2025). Prenatal Care of Parents Who Continued Pregnancies With Down Syndrome, 2003–2022. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 197(5). e63981–e63981. 1 indexed citations

Vieira, Willians Fernando, Brian G. Skotko, Leonard Abbeduto, et al.. (2024). TransPhoM-DS Study Grant Report: Rationale and Protocol for Investigating the Efficacy of Low-Power Transcranial Photobiomodulation on Language, Executive Function, Attention, and Memory in Down Syndrome. Photonics. 11(7). 670–670. 5 indexed citations

Jensen, Kristin M., et al.. (2024). Specialty Care Oases: Utilizing Geographic Information Systems to Evaluate Specialty Care Access for Individuals With Down Syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 197(5). e63977–e63977.

Madan, Neel, Takahisa Mikami, Rajeevi Madankumar, et al.. (2023). Biometric magnetic resonance imaging analysis of fetal brain development in Down syndrome. Prenatal Diagnosis. 43(11). 1450–1458. 2 indexed citations

Chung, Jeanhee, et al.. (2023). Healthcare experiences of patients with Down syndrome from primarily Spanish‐speaking households. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 191(8). 2132–2141. 4 indexed citations

Santoro, Stephanie L., John Patrick T. Co, Melissa L. Constantine, et al.. (2023). Health in Down syndrome: creating a conceptual model. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 67(4). 323–351. 10 indexed citations

Rubenstein, Eric, et al.. (2023). Medicaid Enrollment and Service Use Among Adults With Down Syndrome. JAMA Health Forum. 4(8). e232320–e232320. 12 indexed citations

Diaz, Keith M., Erin Huggins, Marsha Michie, et al.. (2022). Recommendations to improve the patient experience and avoid bias when prenatal screening/testing. Disability and health journal. 16(2). 101401–101401. 13 indexed citations

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Santoro, Stephanie L., Nicole Baumer, Catherine Franklin, et al.. (2022). Unexplained regression in Down syndrome: Management of 51 patients in an international patient database. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 188(10). 3049–3062. 21 indexed citations

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Oreskovic, Nicolas M., et al.. (2022). Brief report: Caregiver perceived physical activity preferences of adults with Down syndrome. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 35(3). 910–915. 6 indexed citations

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Skotko, Brian G., et al.. (2022). Personal social networks of people with Down syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 191(3). 690–698. 3 indexed citations

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Torres, Amy, et al.. (2022). Healthcare experiences of patients with Down syndrome who are Black, African American, of African descent, or of mixed race. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 191(3). 742–752. 8 indexed citations

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Skotko, Brian G., et al.. (2021). Pneumonia and respiratory infection in Down syndrome: A 10‐year cohort analysis of inpatient and outpatient encounters across the lifespan. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 185(10). 2878–2887. 8 indexed citations

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Yun, Hyuk Jin, Patricia Sosa, Neel Madan, et al.. (2020). Regional Alterations in Cortical Sulcal Depth in Living Fetuses with Down Syndrome. Cerebral Cortex. 31(2). 757–767. 20 indexed citations

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Skotko, Brian G., Megan Allyse, Komal Bajaj, et al.. (2019). Adherence of cell-free DNA noninvasive prenatal screens to ACMG recommendations. Genetics in Medicine. 21(10). 2285–2292. 22 indexed citations

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Tarui, Tomo, Kiho Im, Neel Madan, et al.. (2019). Quantitative MRI Analyses of Regional Brain Growth in Living Fetuses with Down Syndrome. Cerebral Cortex. 30(1). 382–390. 37 indexed citations

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Hart, Sarah J., Kanecia O. Zimmerman, Corinne M. Linardic, et al.. (2019). Detection of iron deficiency in children with Down syndrome. Genetics in Medicine. 22(2). 317–325. 13 indexed citations

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Gregg, Anthony R., Brian G. Skotko, Judith Benkendorf, et al.. (2017). Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy, 2016 Update: A Position Statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 72(1). 6–8. 11 indexed citations

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Skotko, Brian G., Susan P. Levine, Eric A. Macklin, & Richard D. Goldstein. (2015). Family perspectives about Down syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 170(4). 930–941. 28 indexed citations

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