Fernando Kok

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
177 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Fernando Kok is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Fernando Kok has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Fernando Kok's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (33 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (23 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (20 papers). Fernando Kok is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (33 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (23 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (20 papers). Fernando Kok collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and United Kingdom. Fernando Kok's co-authors include Agnes L. Nishimura, Miguel Mitne‐Neto, Susan Middleton, Helga Cristina Almeida da Silva, João Ricardo Mendes de Oliveira, Duilio Cascio, Thomas H. Gillingwater, Mayana Zatz, Jeanette Webb and Antônio Richieri‐Costa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Fernando Kok

164 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

A Mutation in the Vesicle-Trafficking Protein VAPB Causes Late-Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

2004 757 citations Fernando Kok et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fernando Kok Brazil	31	2.1k	1.1k	802	559	544	177	3.9k
Odile Boespflug‐Tanguy France	42	3.7k 1.8×	839 0.8×	576 0.7×	324 0.6×	1.0k 1.8×	193	5.8k
Lodewijk A. Sandkuijl Netherlands	44	3.9k 1.9×	1.9k 1.8×	316 0.4×	602 1.1×	755 1.4×	94	7.7k
Gaëtan Lesca France	33	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	382 0.5×	329 0.6×	610 1.1×	160	3.4k
Mitsuhiro Kato Japan	38	2.4k 1.2×	2.0k 1.9×	357 0.4×	436 0.8×	842 1.5×	214	5.0k
Nicole I. Wolf Netherlands	41	3.1k 1.5×	692 0.6×	411 0.5×	664 1.2×	594 1.1×	169	4.8k
Albena Jordanova Belgium	32	1.9k 0.9×	479 0.4×	518 0.6×	296 0.5×	1.7k 3.1×	87	3.6k
Federico Zara Italy	46	3.0k 1.5×	2.3k 2.2×	878 1.1×	564 1.0×	1.3k 2.4×	242	6.6k
David W. Stockton United States	32	3.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	483 0.6×	429 0.8×	1.3k 2.3×	70	4.9k
Marianna Bugiani Netherlands	34	2.5k 1.2×	273 0.3×	454 0.6×	573 1.0×	320 0.6×	134	3.9k
James Garbern United States	39	2.2k 1.1×	517 0.5×	612 0.8×	296 0.5×	1.4k 2.5×	78	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Fernando Kok

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fernando Kok

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Souza, Paulo Victor Sgobbi de, Pedro Braga‐Neto, Fernando Kok, et al.. (2024). Clinicogenetic characterization of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis in Brazil. Clinical Genetics. 106(6). 721–732. 3 indexed citations

Stephen, Christopher D., Sharan R. Srinivasan, Abby L. Olsen, et al.. (2024). Gerstmann‐Sträussler‐Scheinker Disease Presenting as Late‐Onset Slowly Progressive Spinocerebellar Ataxia, and Comparative Case Series with Neuropathology. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 11(4). 411–423. 4 indexed citations

Moreno, Cristiane Araújo Martins, Karina Carvalho Donis, Jonas Alex Morales Saute, et al.. (2024). Genetic profile of Brazilian patients with LAMA2 ‐related dystrophies. Clinical Genetics. 106(3). 305–314.

Lourenço, Charles Marques, et al.. (2024). A needle in a haystack? The impact of a targeted epilepsy gene panel in the identification of a treatable but rapidly progressive metabolic epilepsy: CLN2 disease. Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. 82(5). 1–8. 3 indexed citations

Silva, Guilherme Diogo, et al.. (2024). Identifying high-risk neurological phenotypes in adult-onset classic monogenic autoinflammatory diseases: when should neurologists consider testing?. BMC Neurology. 24(1). 130–130.

Sampaio, Letícia Pereira de Brito, Maria Luíza Giraldes de Manreza, André Luiz Santos Pessoa, et al.. (2023). Clinical management and diagnosis of CLN2 disease: consensus of the Brazilian experts group. Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. 81(3). 284–295. 4 indexed citations

Barcelos, Isabella Peixoto de, Clarissa Bueno, Luís Filipe de Souza Godoy, et al.. (2023). Subacute Partially Reversible Leukoencephalopathy Expands the Aicardi–Goutières Syndrome Phenotype. Brain Sciences. 13(8). 1169–1169. 1 indexed citations

Pessoa, André Luiz Santos, et al.. (2023). Neuropsychological Characterization of Autosomal Recessive Intellectual Developmental Disorder 59 Associated with IMPA1 (MRT59). Brain Sciences. 13(7). 1048–1048. 1 indexed citations

Gomes, Carolina Cavaliéri, Karen Bindels‐de Heus, Renata Lazari Sandoval, et al.. (2021). De novo TRPV4 Leu619Pro variant causes a new channelopathy characterised by giant cell lesions of the jaws and skull, skeletal abnormalities and polyneuropathy. Journal of Medical Genetics. 59(3). 305–312. 9 indexed citations

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Jorge, Alexander A.L., Lucilene Arilho Ribeiro, Fernando Kok, et al.. (2021). Congenital chromoanagenesis in the routine postnatal chromosomal microarray analyses. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 185(8). 2335–2344. 2 indexed citations

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Alves, Cesar, Jonathan Rodrigues, Isabella Peixoto de Barcelos, et al.. (2020). PEX6: An Imaging Overlap Between Peroxisomal and Lysosomal Storage Diseases. 2(2). 28–32. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Christopher, André Luiz Santos Pessoa, Uirá Souto Melo, et al.. (2019). Loss-of-function mutation in inositol monophosphatase 1 (IMPA1) results in abnormal synchrony in resting-state EEG. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 14(1). 3–3. 5 indexed citations

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Lezirovitz, Karina, et al.. (2013). 7q36 deletion and 9p22 duplication: effects of a double imbalance. Molecular Cytogenetics. 6(1). 2–2. 7 indexed citations

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Otaduy, Maria Concepción García, et al.. (2010). MR Spectroscopy Detects Lipid Peaks in Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 31(7). 1347–1349. 15 indexed citations

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Maegawa, Gustavo, Michael B. Tropak, Tracy Stockley, et al.. (2007). Pyrimethamine as a Potential Pharmacological Chaperone for Late-onset Forms of GM2 Gangliosidosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(12). 9150–9161. 133 indexed citations

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Rocha, Antônio José da, et al.. (2007). Lactate Detection by MRS in Mitochondrial Encephalopathy: Optimization of Technical Parameters. Journal of Neuroimaging. 18(1). 1–8. 27 indexed citations

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Albano, Lílian Maria José, Mayana Zatz, Chong Ae Kim, et al.. (2001). Friedreich's ataxia: clinical and molecular study of 25 Brazilian cases. Revista do Hospital das Clínicas. 56(5). 143–148. 6 indexed citations

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Fridman, Cíntia, Monica Castro Varela, Fernando Kok, Nuvarte Setian, & Célia Priszkulnik Koiffmann. (2000). Prader-Willi Syndrome: Genetic Tests and Clinical Findings. Genetic Testing. 4(4). 387–392. 23 indexed citations

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Kok, Fernando, et al.. (1994). Molecular genetics of adrenoleukodystrophy. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55. 2 indexed citations

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Kok, Fernando, et al.. (1992). Sindrome de rett: achados clinicos e polissonograficos em 2 irmas. Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. 50. 116. 1 indexed citations

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