Cliff Tabin

12.8k citations

31 papers · 9.9k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 26

Impact in

Developmental Biology top 0.1%
- Congenital limb and hand anomalies
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
- Congenital heart defects research
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Papers in

Developmental Biology 8
- Congenital limb and hand anomalies 8
Molecular Biology 28
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation 24
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies 10
- Congenital heart defects research 9
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 4
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer 2

Co-authors: Randy L. Johnson Ed Laufer Robert D. Riddle Bruce Morgan Sean B. Carroll Craig E. Nelson Ann C. Burke Neil Shubin
Journals: Development (7 papers)Cell (6 papers)Nature (5 papers)Developmental Biology (3 papers)Genes & Development (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Cliff Tabin

31 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty 2009 · 548 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2009 Nature
1999 Nature
1997 Nature
1995 Development
1995 Cell
1994 Cell
1993 Cell

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Post-earthquake Nepal: the way forward The Lancet Global Health ·Buddha Basnyat, Cliff Tabin, Cameron T. Nutt, Paul Farmer	2015	19
2	Evolution of hindlimb specialization in the Northern Three-toed Jerboa Developmental Biology ·Kimberly L. Cooper, Shaoyuan Wu, Farish A. Jenkins, Cliff Tabin	2010	2
3	Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty Nature ·Neil H. Shubin, Cliff Tabin, Sean B. Carroll Hit paper breakdown →	2009	548
4	Rethinking the proximodistal axis of the vertebrate limb in the molecular era Genes & Development ·Cliff Tabin, Lewis Wolpert	2007	178
5	Do we know anything about how left–right asymmetry is first established in the vertebrate embryo? The Histochemical Journal ·Cliff Tabin	2005	52
6	p63 is essential for regenerative proliferation in limb, craniofacial and epithelial development Nature ·Annie Yang, Ronen Schweitzer, Deqin Sun, Mourad Kaghad, Nancy M. Walker, Roderick T. Bronson, Cliff Tabin, Arlene H. Sharpe, Daniel Caput, Christopher P. Crum, Frank McKeon Hit paper breakdown →	1999	1836
7	Targeted Gene Misexpression in Chick Limb Buds Using Avian Replication-Competent Retroviruses Methods ·Malcolm Logan, Cliff Tabin	1998	127
8	Control of Dorsoventral Somite Patterning by Wnt-1 and β-Catenin Developmental Biology ·Javier Capdevila, Cliff Tabin, Randy L. Johnson	1998	126
9	Expression of Radical fringe in limb-bud ectoderm regulates apical ectodermal ridge formation Nature ·Ed Laufer, Randall D. Dahn, Olivia Orozco, Chang‐Yeol Yeo, Jacqueline Pisenti, Domingos Henrique, Ursula K. Abbott, Tojiboyeva Tamanno Rahmatjon qizi, Cliff Tabin	1997	216
10	Fossils, genes and the evolution of animal limbs Nature ·Neil Shubin, Cliff Tabin, Sean B. Carroll Hit paper breakdown →	1997	585
11	Surgical Removal of Limb BudSonic hedgehogResults in Posterior Skeletal Defects Developmental Biology ·C.J. Konings, María A. Ros, Cliff Tabin, John F. Fallon	1996	45
12	Cloning, Expression, and Chromosomal Location of SHH and IHH: Two Human Homologues of the Drosophila Segment Polarity Gene Hedgehog Genomics ·Valeria Marigo, Drucilla J. Roberts, D. O. Cardozo, Olga Tsukurov, Tatjana Levi, Julie M. Gastier, Douglas J. Epstein, Debra J. Gilbert, Neal G. Copeland, Christine E. Seidman, Nancy A. Jenkins, Jonathan G. Seidman, Andrew P. McMahon, Cliff Tabin	1995	153
13	The initiation of the limb bud: Growth factors, Hox genes, and retinoids Cell ·Cliff Tabin	1995	142
14	The long and short of hedgehog signaling Cell ·Randy L. Johnson, Cliff Tabin	1995	111
15	A molecular pathway determining left-right asymmetry in chick embryogenesis Cell ·Michael Levin, Randy L. Johnson, Claudio D. Stern, Michael R. Kuehn, Cliff Tabin Hit paper breakdown →	1995	632
16	A complex bilateral polysyndactyly disease locus maps to chromosome 7q36 Nature Genetics ·Olga Tsukurov, Annemie L. M. Boehmer, Jack Flynn, Jean‐Philippe A. Nicolai, Ben C.J. Hamel, Juan Azorín‐Toboso, David J. Zaleske, Henry J. Mankin, Howard B. Yeon, Mikihiro Fujitani, Cliff Tabin, J.G. Seidman, Christine E. Seidman	1994	74
17	Sonic hedgehog and Fgf-4 act through a signaling cascade and feedback loop to integrate growth and patterning of the developing limb bud Cell ·Ed Laufer, Craig E. Nelson, Randy L. Johnson, Bruce Morgan, Cliff Tabin Hit paper breakdown →	1994	679
18	Sonic hedgehog: a key mediator of anterior-posterior patterning of the limb and dorso-ventral patterning of axial embryonic structures Biochemical Society Transactions ·Randy L. Johnson, Robert D. Riddle, Ed Laufer, Cliff Tabin	1994	49
19	Hox genes and serial homology Nature ·Cliff Tabin, Ed Laufer	1993	46
20	Sonic hedgehog mediates the polarizing activity of the ZPA Cell ·Robert D. Riddle, Randy L. Johnson, Ed Laufer, Cliff Tabin Hit paper breakdown →	1993	1920

About Cliff Tabin

Cliff Tabin is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Earth-Surface Processes and Paleontology, having authored 31 papers that have together received 9.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (24 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (10 papers), Congenital heart defects research (9 papers), Congenital limb and hand anomalies (8 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (7 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (2 papers) and Head and Neck Surgical Oncology (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (1.1k citations), Molecular Biology (7.9k citations), Genetics (2.5k citations), Paleontology (564 citations) and Cell Biology (807 citations). Cliff Tabin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Randy L. Johnson, Ed Laufer, Robert D. Riddle, Bruce Morgan, Sean B. Carroll, Craig E. Nelson, Ann C. Burke, Neil Shubin, Neil H. Shubin and Ronen Schweitzer. Their work appears in journals such as Development, Cell, Nature, Developmental Biology and Genes & Development.

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