Elmar W. Tobi

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Elmar W. Tobi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elmar W. Tobi has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 7 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Elmar W. Tobi's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (19 papers) and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (7 papers). Elmar W. Tobi is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (19 papers) and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (7 papers). Elmar W. Tobi collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Sweden. Elmar W. Tobi's co-authors include Bastiaan T. Heijmans, P. Eline Slagboom, L. H. Lumey, Hein Putter, Aryeh D. Stein, Ezra Susser, Gerard J. Blauw, Dennis Kremer, Rudolf P. Talens and Roderick C. Slieker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Elmar W. Tobi

29 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Persistent epigenetic differences associated with prenata... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2009 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Persistent epigenetic differences associated with prenatal exposure to famine in humans
    2008 2.0k citations Bastiaan T. Heijmans, Elmar W. Tobi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. DNA methylation differences after exposure to prenatal famine are common and timing- and sex-specific
    2009 784 citations Elmar W. Tobi, L. H. Lumey et al. Human Molecular Genetics profile →
  3. DNA methylation signatures link prenatal famine exposure to growth and metabolism
    2014 392 citations Elmar W. Tobi, Jelle J. Goeman et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elmar W. Tobi Netherlands 20 2.9k 2.7k 1.1k 743 618 29 4.9k
L. H. Lumey United States 35 2.6k 0.9× 4.3k 1.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.4k 1.9× 897 1.5× 104 7.1k
Amanda J. Drake United Kingdom 37 1.1k 0.4× 2.2k 0.8× 407 0.4× 980 1.3× 716 1.2× 98 4.5k
Miguel Constância United Kingdom 44 3.3k 1.2× 4.2k 1.6× 2.6k 2.3× 2.4k 3.2× 493 0.8× 78 7.3k
Robert A. Waterland United States 41 4.8k 1.7× 3.9k 1.4× 2.1k 1.8× 1.0k 1.4× 1.3k 2.1× 75 8.8k
Bastiaan T. Heijmans Netherlands 48 5.3k 1.8× 3.8k 1.4× 2.3k 2.0× 978 1.3× 1.4k 2.2× 125 9.7k
Anne Gabory France 24 1.7k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 588 0.5× 670 0.9× 309 0.5× 38 3.2k
Karen A. Lillycrop United Kingdom 48 3.9k 1.4× 4.6k 1.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.7k 2.3× 1.6k 2.6× 168 9.0k
Peter C. Hindmarsh United Kingdom 43 1.8k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 422 0.6× 540 0.9× 172 5.4k
Vardhman K. Rakyan United Kingdom 36 5.0k 1.7× 1.4k 0.5× 2.3k 2.0× 430 0.6× 371 0.6× 60 6.4k
Christine Ladd‐Acosta United States 30 6.1k 2.1× 1.1k 0.4× 2.1k 1.8× 249 0.3× 406 0.7× 77 8.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Conley, Dalton, Chihua Li, Calen P. Ryan, et al.. (2024). Accelerated biological aging six decades after prenatal famine exposure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(24). e2319179121–e2319179121. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jiayi, Chihua Li, Shuang Wang, et al.. (2024). Adults prenatally exposed to the Dutch Famine exhibit a metabolic signature associated with a broad spectrum of common diseases. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 309–309. 5 indexed citations
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Küpers, Leanne K., Sílvia Fernández‐Barrés, Giulia Mancano, et al.. (2022). Maternal Dietary Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load in Pregnancy and Offspring Cord Blood DNA Methylation. Diabetes Care. 45(8). 1822–1832. 11 indexed citations
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Feiner, Nathalie, Reinder Radersma, Louella Vasquez, et al.. (2022). Environmentally induced DNA methylation is inherited across generations in an aquatic keystone species. iScience. 25(5). 104303–104303. 20 indexed citations
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Tobi, Elmar W., Catarina Almqvist, Anna M. Hedman, et al.. (2020). DNA methylation differences at birth after conception through ART. Human Reproduction. 36(1). 248–259. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Chihua, Elmar W. Tobi, Bastiaan T. Heijmans, & L. H. Lumey. (2019). The effect of the Chinese Famine on type 2 diabetes mellitus epidemics. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 15(6). 313–314. 32 indexed citations
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Li, Chihua, Elmar W. Tobi, Bastiaan T. Heijmans, & L. H. Lumey. (2019). Reply to ‘Chinese famine and the diabetes mellitus epidemic’. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 16(2). 123–124. 6 indexed citations
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Slieker, Roderick C., Matthias S. Roost, Liesbeth van Iperen, et al.. (2015). DNA Methylation Landscapes of Human Fetal Development. PLoS Genetics. 11(10). e1005583–e1005583. 68 indexed citations
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Suchiman, H. Eka D., Roderick C. Slieker, Dennis Kremer, et al.. (2015). Design, measurement and processing of region-specific DNA methylation assays: the mass spectrometry-based method EpiTYPER. Frontiers in Genetics. 6. 55 indexed citations
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Tobi, Elmar W., Roderick C. Slieker, Aryeh D. Stein, et al.. (2015). Early gestation as the critical time-window for changes in the prenatal environment to affect the adult human blood methylome. International Journal of Epidemiology. 44(4). 1211–1223. 108 indexed citations
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Tobi, Elmar W., Jelle J. Goeman, Ramin Monajemi, et al.. (2014). DNA methylation signatures link prenatal famine exposure to growth and metabolism. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5592–5592. 392 indexed citations breakdown →
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Iterson, Maarten van, Elmar W. Tobi, Roderick C. Slieker, et al.. (2014). MethylAid: visual and interactive quality control of large Illumina 450k datasets. Bioinformatics. 30(23). 3435–3437. 98 indexed citations
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Bömer, Nils, Wouter den Hollander, Y.F. Ramos, et al.. (2014). Underlying molecular mechanisms of DIO2 susceptibility in symptomatic osteoarthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 74(8). 1571–1579. 74 indexed citations
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Hollander, Wouter den, Y.F. Ramos, Steffan D. Bos, et al.. (2014). Genome wide DNA methylation profiling of osteoarthritic articular cartilage. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 22. S40–S41. 1 indexed citations
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Obermann-Borst, Sylvia A, Paul H.C. Eilers, Elmar W. Tobi, et al.. (2013). Duration of breastfeeding and gender are associated with methylation of the LEPTIN gene in very young children. Pediatric Research. 74(3). 344–349. 86 indexed citations
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Thijssen, Peter, Elmar W. Tobi, Judit Balog, et al.. (2013). Chromatin remodeling of human subtelomeres and TERRA promoters upon cellular senescence. Epigenetics. 8(5). 512–521. 22 indexed citations
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Obermann-Borst, Sylvia A, Bastiaan T. Heijmans, Paul H.C. Eilers, et al.. (2012). Periconception maternal smoking and low education are associated with methylation of INSIGF in children at the age of 17 months. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 3(5). 315–320. 17 indexed citations
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Tobi, Elmar W., L. H. Lumey, Rudolf P. Talens, et al.. (2009). DNA methylation differences after exposure to prenatal famine are common and timing- and sex-specific. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(21). 4046–4053. 784 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heijmans, Bastiaan T., Elmar W. Tobi, Aryeh D. Stein, et al.. (2008). Persistent epigenetic differences associated with prenatal exposure to famine in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(44). 17046–17049. 2016 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heijmans, Bastiaan T., Dennis Kremer, Elmar W. Tobi, Dorret I. Boomsma, & P. Eline Slagboom. (2007). Heritable rather than age-related environmental and stochastic factors dominate variation in DNA methylation of the human IGF2/H19 locus. Human Molecular Genetics. 16(5). 547–554. 190 indexed citations

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