Frans P.M. Cremers

27.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
296 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Frans P.M. Cremers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Frans P.M. Cremers has authored 296 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 254 papers in Molecular Biology, 114 papers in Ophthalmology and 67 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Frans P.M. Cremers's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (202 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (105 papers) and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (34 papers). Frans P.M. Cremers is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (202 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (105 papers) and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (34 papers). Frans P.M. Cremers collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Frans P.M. Cremers's co-authors include Anneke I. den Hollander, Carel B. Hoyng, Ronald Roepman, Robert K. Koenekoop, Rob W.J. Collin, L. Ingeborgh van den Born, B. Jeroen Klevering, Hans‐Hilger Ropers, Han G. Brunner and Klaus Rohrschneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Frans P.M. Cremers

286 papers receiving 16.0k citations

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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.

Retinal gene therapy in patients with choroideremia: initial findings from a phase 1/2 clinical trial

2014 622 citations Frans P.M. Cremers, Andrew Lotery et al. profile →
Leber congenital amaurosis: Genes, proteins and disease mechanisms

2008 603 citations Anneke I. den Hollander, Ronald Roepman et al. profile →
Clinical spectrum, genetic complexity and therapeutic approaches for retinal disease caused by ABCA4 mutations

2020 206 citations Frans P.M. Cremers, Rob W.J. Collin et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frans P.M. Cremers Netherlands	71	13.8k	5.8k	3.9k	2.7k	1.7k	296	16.2k
John R. Heckenlively United States	68	11.0k 0.8×	6.5k 1.1×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	2.7k 1.6×	207	14.2k
Artur V. Cideciyan United States	76	15.4k 1.1×	9.1k 1.6×	3.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	4.7k 2.7×	260	17.9k
Jean Bennett United States	66	11.0k 0.8×	4.5k 0.8×	4.2k 1.1×	628 0.2×	2.5k 1.5×	242	13.2k
Thomas A. Reh United States	73	12.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.3×	2.0k 0.7×	5.3k 3.0×	190	15.2k
Andrew R. Webster United Kingdom	53	8.0k 0.6×	5.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.4×	961 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	341	10.1k
Shomi S. Bhattacharya United Kingdom	56	9.7k 0.7×	3.9k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	170	11.5k
Richard G. Weleber United States	55	7.2k 0.5×	4.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.4×	999 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	215	10.0k
Josseline Kaplan France	41	6.9k 0.5×	2.6k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	911 0.5×	172	9.0k
Robin R. Ali United Kingdom	67	12.0k 0.9×	4.3k 0.7×	3.7k 0.9×	752 0.3×	3.6k 2.1×	254	14.6k
Anthony T. Moore United Kingdom	55	8.4k 0.6×	5.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.5×	1000 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	266	10.7k

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Bruijn, Suzanne E. de, L. Ingeborgh van den Born, Ronny Derks, et al.. (2025). Long-read technologies identify a hidden LINE-1/ERV1 insertion in IQCB1 as causative variant for Senior-Løken syndrome. npj Genomic Medicine. 10(1). 33–33.

Queen, Rachel, Luis Ferrández-Peral, Birthe Dorgau, et al.. (2025). Unravelling genotype-phenotype correlations in Stargardt disease using patient-derived retinal organoids. PubMed. 16(1). 108–108. 3 indexed citations

Cremers, Frans P.M., et al.. (2025). Minigene Splice Assays Allow Pathogenicity Reclassification of RPE65 Variants of Uncertain Significance. Genes. 16(9). 1022–1022.

McKibbin, Martin, Suzanne E. de Bruijn, Andrea L. Vincent, et al.. (2025). Expansion of the ABCA4-Associated Retinopathy Spectrum: Severe Variants Can be Associated With Early-Onset Severe Retinal Dystrophy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 66(6). 19–19.

Català‐Mora, Jaume, Dèlia Yubero, Frans P.M. Cremers, et al.. (2025). Personalised genomic strategies improve diagnostic yield in inherited retinal dystrophies: a stepwise, patient-centred approach. Eye. 39(16). 2899–2911.

Karjosukarso, Dyah W., Lonneke Duijkers, Frans P.M. Cremers, et al.. (2024). Preclinical Development of Antisense Oligonucleotides to Rescue Aberrant Splicing Caused by an Ultrarare ABCA4 Variant in a Child with Early-Onset Stargardt Disease. Cells. 13(7). 601–601. 3 indexed citations

Dhaenens, Claire‐Marie, et al.. (2024). Novel and Recurrent Copy Number Variants in ABCA4-Associated Retinopathy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(11). 5940–5940. 1 indexed citations

Khan, Mubeen, Ketan Mishra, Laura Whelan, et al.. (2023). Targeted sequencing and in vitro splice assays shed light on ABCA4-associated retinopathies missing heritability. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. 4(4). 100237–100237. 7 indexed citations

Blanco-Garavito, Rocío, Laurie L. Molday, Claire‐Marie Dhaenens, et al.. (2023). Stargardt disease-associated in-frame ABCA4 exon 17 skipping results in significant ABCA4 function. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 546–546. 8 indexed citations

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Meglič, Andrej, Mubeen Khan, Aleš Maver, et al.. (2023). ABCA4 Variant c.5714+5G>A in Trans With Null Alleles Results in Primary RPE Damage. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 64(12). 33–33. 1 indexed citations

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Yahalom, Claudia, Oded Volovelsky, Mor Hanany, et al.. (2021). SENIOR–LØKEN SYNDROME. Retina. 41(10). 2179–2187. 11 indexed citations

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Khan, Mubeen, Stéphanie S. Cornelis, Riccardo Sangermano, et al.. (2020). In or Out? New Insights on Exon Recognition through Splice-Site Interdependency. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(7). 2300–2300. 9 indexed citations

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Khan, Mubeen, Marta Del Pozo‐Valero, Stéphanie S. Cornelis, et al.. (2019). Identification of splice defects due to noncanonical splice site or deep-intronic variants in ABCA4.. eScholarship (California Digital Library).

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Bosch, Daniëlle G.M., et al.. (2014). Low vision due to cerebral visual impairment: differentiating between acquired and genetic causes. BMC Ophthalmology. 14(1). 59–59. 37 indexed citations

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Thiadens, Alberta A. H. J., Renate C. Zekveld-Vroon, Bart P. Leroy, et al.. (2012). Clinical Course, Genetic Etiology, and Visual Outcome in Cone and Cone–Rod Dystrophy. Ophthalmology. 119(4). 819–826. 93 indexed citations

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Nikopoulos, Konstantinos, Isabelle Schrauwen, Marleen Simon, et al.. (2011). Autosomal Recessive Stickler Syndrome in Two Families Is Caused by Mutations in theCOL9A1Gene. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(7). 4774–4774. 37 indexed citations

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Boldt, Karsten, Dorus A. Mans, Jungyeon Won, et al.. (2011). Disruption of intraflagellar protein transport in photoreceptor cilia causes Leber congenital amaurosis in humans and mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(6). 2169–2180. 81 indexed citations

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Schraders, Margit, Kwanghyuk Lee, Jaap Oostrik, et al.. (2010). Homozygosity Mapping Reveals Mutations of GRXCR1 as a Cause of Autosomal-Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Impairment. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 86(2). 138–147. 50 indexed citations

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Boon, Camiel J.F., B. Jeroen Klevering, Carel B. Hoyng, et al.. (2008). Basal Laminar Drusen Caused by Compound Heterozygous Variants in the CFH Gene. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 82(2). 516–523. 9 indexed citations

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Cremers, Frans P.M., Alessandra Maugeri, Anneke I. den Hollander, & Carel B. Hoyng. (2003). The Expanding Roles of ABCA4 and CRB1 in Inherited Blindness. Novartis Foundation symposium. 255. 68–84. 15 indexed citations

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