Floor Spaans

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 979 citations indexed

About

Floor Spaans is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Floor Spaans has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 979 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 31 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 12 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Floor Spaans's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (35 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (30 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (8 papers). Floor Spaans is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (35 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (30 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (8 papers). Floor Spaans collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Floor Spaans's co-authors include Marijke M. Faas, Paul de Vos, Sandra T. Davidge, Raven Kirschenman, Christy‐Lynn M. Cooke, Harry van Goor, Anita Quon, Winston W. Bakker, Theo Borghuis and Tom J. Phillips and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Physiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Floor Spaans

40 papers receiving 971 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.

Monocytes and Macrophages in Pregnancy and Pre-Eclampsia

2014 413 citations Marijke M. Faas, Floor Spaans et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Floor Spaans Canada	15	499	435	324	196	138	44	979
Haruki Nishizawa Japan	17	514 1.0×	222 0.5×	420 1.3×	245 1.3×	182 1.3×	50	964
Seiji Sumigama Japan	18	286 0.6×	150 0.3×	289 0.9×	176 0.9×	200 1.4×	50	921
Patrizia Luppi United States	19	244 0.5×	393 0.9×	110 0.3×	246 1.3×	145 1.1×	32	1.3k
Jinli Ding China	20	403 0.8×	594 1.4×	146 0.5×	329 1.7×	304 2.2×	60	1.2k
Talar Kechichian United States	22	458 0.9×	334 0.8×	376 1.2×	224 1.1×	202 1.5×	58	1.2k
Anoop K. Brar United States	17	255 0.5×	667 1.5×	81 0.3×	217 1.1×	176 1.3×	46	1.2k
Christoph Keck Germany	23	259 0.5×	235 0.5×	195 0.6×	351 1.8×	571 4.1×	110	1.7k
Gabriela Barrientos Germany	24	686 1.4×	1.2k 2.8×	197 0.6×	248 1.3×	359 2.6×	62	1.6k
Stella Liong Australia	21	286 0.6×	311 0.7×	119 0.4×	217 1.1×	186 1.3×	49	1.0k
Prodyot K. Chatterjee United States	22	153 0.3×	175 0.4×	126 0.4×	305 1.6×	254 1.8×	38	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Floor Spaans

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Floor Spaans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Floor Spaans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Floor Spaans based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Floor Spaans. Floor Spaans is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Oliveira, Amanda Almeida de, Floor Spaans, Alan F. Stokes, et al.. (2025). Aspirin Improves Uterine Artery Function in Hypercholesterolemic Preeclampsia. Hypertension. 82(5). 859–871.

Oliveira, Amanda Almeida de, Floor Spaans, Amy L. Wooldridge, et al.. (2025). Excessive Hypercholesterolemia in Pregnancy Impairs Later‐Life Maternal Vascular Function in Rats. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(5). e038123–e038123.

Spaans, Floor, Raven Kirschenman, Anita Quon, et al.. (2024). Sex-specific differences in the mechanisms for enhanced thromboxane A2-mediated vasoconstriction in adult offspring exposed to prenatal hypoxia. Biology of Sex Differences. 15(1). 52–52. 5 indexed citations

Oliveira, Amanda Almeida de, Floor Spaans, Christy‐Lynn M. Cooke, & Sandra T. Davidge. (2024). Excessive hypercholesterolaemia during pregnancy as a risk factor for endothelial dysfunction in pre‐eclampsia. The Journal of Physiology. 1 indexed citations

Wooldridge, Amy L., Floor Spaans, Anita Quon, et al.. (2023). Increased stiffness of omental arteries from late pregnant women at advanced maternal age. Bioscience Reports. 43(8). 5 indexed citations

Kirschenman, Raven, Floor Spaans, Tom J. Phillips, et al.. (2023). Sex-Specific Effects of Prenatal Hypoxia and a Placental Antioxidant Treatment on Cardiac Mitochondrial Function in the Young Adult Offspring. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(17). 13624–13624. 9 indexed citations

Kirschenman, Raven, et al.. (2023). The effect of tauroursodeoxycholic Acid (TUDCA) treatment on placental endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in a rat model of advanced maternal age. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0282442–e0282442. 8 indexed citations

Villalobos-Labra, Roberto, Floor Spaans, Tamara Sáez, et al.. (2022). Placenta-derived extracellular vesicles from preeclamptic and healthy pregnancies impair ex vivo vascular endothelial function. Bioscience Reports. 42(12). 16 indexed citations

Villalobos-Labra, Roberto, et al.. (2022). Sex-Specific Differences in the Placental Unfolded Protein Response in a Rodent Model of Gestational Hypoxia. Reproductive Sciences. 30(6). 1994–1997. 7 indexed citations

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Strain, Jamie, et al.. (2021). Programming of weight and obesity across the lifecourse by the maternal metabolic exposome: A systematic review. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 87. 100986–100986. 15 indexed citations

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Wooldridge, Amy L., et al.. (2021). Altered Vascular Adaptations to Pregnancy in a Rat Model of Advanced Maternal Age. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 718568–718568. 8 indexed citations

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Sáez, Tamara, et al.. (2021). Increased oxidative stress and endothelial activation in umbilical veins from pregnancies diagnosed with preeclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertension. 26. 87–90. 2 indexed citations

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Spaans, Floor, Anita Quon, Raven Kirschenman, et al.. (2020). Role of Lectin-like Oxidized LDL Receptor-1 and Syncytiotrophoblast Extracellular Vesicles in the Vascular Reactivity of Mouse Uterine Arteries During Pregnancy. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 6046–6046. 9 indexed citations

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Spaans, Floor, et al.. (2020). Placenta-targeted treatment strategies: An opportunity to impact fetal development and improve offspring health later in life. Pharmacological Research. 157. 104836–104836. 35 indexed citations

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Aljunaidy, Mais M., Raven Kirschenman, Floor Spaans, et al.. (2019). Sex-Specific Effects of Nanoparticle-Encapsulated MitoQ (nMitoQ) Delivery to the Placenta in a Rat Model of Fetal Hypoxia. Frontiers in Physiology. 10. 562–562. 50 indexed citations

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Spaans, Floor, Jude S. Morton, Anita Quon, et al.. (2017). Syncytiotrophoblast extracellular vesicles impair rat uterine vascular function via the lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180364–e0180364. 14 indexed citations

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Taravini, Irene R.E., et al.. (2015). Contrasting gene expression patterns induced by levodopa and pramipexole treatments in the rat model of Parkinson's disease. Neuropharmacology. 101. 576–589. 4 indexed citations

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Faas, Marijke M., Floor Spaans, & Paul de Vos. (2014). Monocytes and Macrophages in Pregnancy and Pre-Eclampsia. Frontiers in Immunology. 5. 298–298. 413 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spaans, Floor, Barbro N. Melgert, Theo Borghuis, et al.. (2014). Extracellular ATP decreases trophoblast invasion, spiral artery remodeling and immune cells in the mesometrial triangle in pregnant rats. Placenta. 35(8). 587–595. 34 indexed citations

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Bakker, Winston W., et al.. (2012). Plasma Hemopexin as a Potential Regulator of Vascular Responsiveness to Angiotensin II. Reproductive Sciences. 20(3). 234–237. 7 indexed citations

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