Denny Sakkas

16.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
255 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Denny Sakkas is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Reproductive Medicine and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Denny Sakkas has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 160 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 105 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Denny Sakkas's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (175 papers), Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (84 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (74 papers). Denny Sakkas is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (175 papers), Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (84 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (74 papers). Denny Sakkas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Denny Sakkas's co-authors include Gian Carlo Manicardi, Emre Seli, Davide Bizzaro, A. Campana, Juan G. Álvarez, Patrizia Bianchi, David K. Gardner, F. Urner, Odette Moffatt and Françoise Urner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Denny Sakkas

246 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Sperm DNA fragmentation: mechanisms of origin, impact on reproductive outcome, and analysis
    2010 520 citations Denny Sakkas, Juan G. Álvarez Fertility and Sterility profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Denny Sakkas 8.5k 8.3k 3.2k 2.3k 1.5k 255 11.4k
Jan Tesařík 7.5k 0.9× 7.7k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 2.3k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 244 10.6k
Y. Ménézo 5.1k 0.6× 4.0k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 232 7.3k
Douglas T. Carrell 5.6k 0.7× 7.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 5.5k 2.4× 3.3k 2.2× 231 12.8k
Michelle Lane 8.0k 0.9× 5.4k 0.7× 4.0k 1.3× 4.5k 1.9× 1.4k 0.9× 153 12.1k
Sergio Oehninger 8.8k 1.0× 10.8k 1.3× 2.4k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 316 13.7k
Sandro C. Esteves 5.4k 0.6× 7.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 269 9.1k
H.W.G. Baker 4.1k 0.5× 6.4k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 152 9.0k
Jeremy G. Thompson 9.4k 1.1× 5.3k 0.6× 2.4k 0.8× 4.5k 1.9× 1.6k 1.1× 227 12.0k
Christopher L. R. Barratt 5.1k 0.6× 6.6k 0.8× 850 0.3× 1.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 214 8.7k
Thinus F. Kruger 6.2k 0.7× 7.9k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 867 0.4× 973 0.7× 130 8.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Denny Sakkas

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All Works

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Domingo-Muelas, Ana, Maria Pardo‐Figuerez, Goli Ardestani, et al.. (2025). Capturing aberrant cell behaviors producing defects in human embryos via live imaging. Science Advances. 11(47). eady6402–eady6402.
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Alison, Marianne, et al.. (2025). Pregnancy outcomes with increasing maternal age, greater than 40 years, in donor oocyte cycles. Human Reproduction. 40(7). 1325–1331. 1 indexed citations
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Sakkas, Denny, et al.. (2024). Metabolic imaging of human embryos is predictive of ploidy status but is not associated with clinical pregnancy outcomes: a pilot trial. Human Reproduction. 39(3). 516–525. 11 indexed citations
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Sakkas, Denny, et al.. (2024). Decision-making in women who considered planned oocyte cryopreservation: decision satisfaction or regret?. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 50(2). 103944–103944. 1 indexed citations
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Fouks, Yuval, Pietro Bortoletto, Jeffrey P. Chang, et al.. (2024). Looking into the future: a machine learning powered prediction model for oocyte return rates after cryopreservation. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 50(1). 104432–104432. 1 indexed citations
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Ardestani, Goli, et al.. (2024). Effect of time post warming to embryo transfer on human blastocyst metabolism and pregnancy outcome. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 41(6). 1539–1547. 2 indexed citations
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Vaughan, Denis A., et al.. (2023). Modified natural and optimized programmed frozen embryo transfers have equivalent live birth rates: an analysis of 6,682 cycles. Fertility and Sterility. 120(1). 80–88. 13 indexed citations
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Patel, Karishma, Denis A. Vaughan, Angie Mae Rodday, Alan S. Penzias, & Denny Sakkas. (2023). Compared with conventional insemination, intracytoplasmic sperm injection provides no benefit in cases of nonmale factor infertility as evidenced by comparable euploidy rate. Fertility and Sterility. 120(2). 277–286. 6 indexed citations
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Skory, Robin M., Goli Ardestani, Yanina D. Álvarez, et al.. (2023). The nuclear lamina couples mechanical forces to cell fate in the preimplantation embryo via actin organization. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3101–3101. 21 indexed citations
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Domingo-Muelas, Ana, Robin M. Skory, Goli Ardestani, et al.. (2023). Human Embryo Live Imaging Reveals Nuclear DNA Shedding During Blastocyst Expansion and Biopsy. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 78(10). 587–588. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Xingbo, et al.. (2023). Noninvasive metabolic profiling of cumulus cells, oocytes, and embryos via fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy: a mini-review. Human Reproduction. 38(5). 799–810. 17 indexed citations
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Patel, Karishma, Denis A. Vaughan, Angie Mae Rodday, Alan S. Penzias, & Denny Sakkas. (2023). Compared With Conventional Insemination, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Provides No Benefit in Cases of Nonmale Factor Infertility as Evidenced by Comparable Euploidy Rate. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 78(11). 651–652. 1 indexed citations
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Resetkova, Nina, et al.. (2023). TIME TO CLINICAL PREGNANCY LEADING TO LIVE BIRTH IN CO-IVF VERSUS IVF CYCLES INVOLVING HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES AND SINGLE FEMALES. Fertility and Sterility. 120(4). e156–e157. 1 indexed citations
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Domar, Alice D., Jaimin S. Shah, Annika Gompers, et al.. (2022). The psychological impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on women who become pregnant after receiving treatment for infertility: a longitudinal study. F&S Reports. 3(1). 71–78. 4 indexed citations
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Shah, Jaimin S., et al.. (2021). Metabolic state of human blastocysts measured by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Human Reproduction. 37(3). 411–427. 24 indexed citations
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Zimon, A., Donald S. Shepard, Jeffrey Prottas, et al.. (2019). Embryo donation: Survey of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) patients and randomized trial of complimentary counseling. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0221149–e0221149. 15 indexed citations
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Sakkas, Denny & Juan G. Álvarez. (2011). Fragmentación del ADN espermático: mecanismos de origen, repercusión en los resultados reproductivos y análisis. 160–175.
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Gerasimova, Tsilya, et al.. (2010). Identification and in Vitro Characterization of Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Receptor Variants Associated with Abnormal Ovarian Response to FSH. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 95(2). 529–536. 40 indexed citations
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