Gijs Afink

2.2k total citations
59 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Gijs Afink is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gijs Afink has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology and 14 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Gijs Afink's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (20 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (9 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers). Gijs Afink is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (20 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (9 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers). Gijs Afink collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Sweden and United States. Gijs Afink's co-authors include Carrie Ris‐Stalpers, Joris van der Post, Remco Keijser, Monica Nistér, Jiska Jebbink, Sebastiaan Mastenbroek, Marie van Dijk, Rosa Vissenberg, Peter H. Bisschop and Mariëtte Goddijn and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Gijs Afink

56 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gijs Afink Netherlands 23 609 480 357 260 228 59 1.6k
Peter W. Hewett United Kingdom 24 988 1.6× 629 1.3× 458 1.3× 422 1.6× 231 1.0× 42 2.0k
Akihisa Fujimoto Japan 20 502 0.8× 266 0.6× 168 0.5× 122 0.5× 205 0.9× 70 1.5k
H. Kurachi Japan 26 491 0.8× 404 0.8× 99 0.3× 214 0.8× 126 0.6× 56 1.7k
Tetsuro Yahata Japan 25 788 1.3× 367 0.8× 145 0.4× 138 0.5× 212 0.9× 72 1.8k
Laurie K. Bale United States 27 881 1.4× 360 0.8× 498 1.4× 128 0.5× 322 1.4× 63 2.2k
Norio Takamoto Japan 16 400 0.7× 298 0.6× 175 0.5× 281 1.1× 73 0.3× 24 1.1k
Mourad Toporsian Canada 14 437 0.7× 1.3k 2.7× 945 2.6× 682 2.6× 196 0.9× 15 2.2k
Yasemin Seval Türkiye 22 347 0.6× 709 1.5× 233 0.7× 508 2.0× 71 0.3× 44 1.4k
Débora Sinner United States 21 1.1k 1.8× 146 0.3× 109 0.3× 90 0.3× 193 0.8× 44 1.7k
Ping Cannon Australia 22 374 0.6× 926 1.9× 658 1.8× 679 2.6× 188 0.8× 72 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Gijs Afink

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gijs Afink

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gijs Afink

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gijs Afink. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gijs Afink 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 Gijs Afink. Gijs Afink is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Groot, Christianne J.M. de, et al.. (2024). COVID-19 mRNA vaccination during pregnancy does not harm syncytiotrophoblast development. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 140. 95–98.
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Keijser, Remco, et al.. (2024). Generation of Bona Fide Human Induced Trophoblast Stem Cells by Direct Reprogramming of Term Umbilical Cord Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(1). 271–271.
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Keijser, Remco, Geertruda J. M. Veenboer, Marie van Dijk, et al.. (2023). EP300 facilitates human trophoblast stem cell differentiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(28). e2217405120–e2217405120. 14 indexed citations
4.
Fernando, Febilla, Geertruda J. M. Veenboer, Martijn A. Oudijk, et al.. (2021). TBX2, a Novel Regulator of Labour. Medicina. 57(6). 515–515. 2 indexed citations
5.
Keijser, Remco, et al.. (2021). Knockdown of Splicing Complex Protein PCBP2 Reduces Extravillous Trophoblast Differentiation Through Transcript Switching. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 671806–671806. 9 indexed citations
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Keijser, Remco, Sjoerd Repping, Cornelis B. Lambalk, et al.. (2020). High-quality human preimplantation embryos stimulate endometrial stromal cell migration via secretion of microRNA hsa-miR-320a. Human Reproduction. 35(8). 1797–1807. 28 indexed citations
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Visser, Allerdien, Remco Keijser, Ankie Poutsma, et al.. (2020). The bivariate NRIP1/ZEB2 RNA marker permits non-invasive presymptomatic screening of pre-eclampsia. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21857–21857. 5 indexed citations
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Amraoui, Fouad, Léon J. A. Spijkers, Liffert Vogt, et al.. (2019). Plasma ceramide is increased and associated with proteinuria in women with pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. Pregnancy Hypertension. 19. 100–105. 13 indexed citations
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Fernando, Febilla, et al.. (2018). In silico analysis of the Mus musculus uterine gene expression landscape during pregnancy identifies putative upstream regulators for labour. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0204236–e0204236. 1 indexed citations
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Ho, Lena, Marie van Dijk, Daniel M. Messerschmidt, et al.. (2017). ELABELA deficiency promotes preeclampsia and cardiovascular malformations in mice. Science. 357(6352). 707–713. 168 indexed citations
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Amraoui, Fouad, Remco Keijser, Geertruda J. M. Veenboer, et al.. (2015). Placental expression of heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase-3A1 in normotensive and pre-eclamptic pregnancies. Placenta. 36(11). 1218–1224. 10 indexed citations
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Jebbink, Jiska, Geertruda J. M. Veenboer, Remco Keijser, et al.. (2014). Total bile acids in the maternal and fetal compartment in relation to placental ABCG2 expression in preeclamptic pregnancies complicated by HELLP syndrome. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1852(1). 131–136. 18 indexed citations
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Jebbink, Jiska, Rolf G. Boot, Remco Keijser, et al.. (2014). Increased glucocerebrosidase expression and activity in preeclamptic placenta. Placenta. 36(2). 160–169. 25 indexed citations
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Afink, Gijs, et al.. (2012). Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 and soluble endoglin are elevated circulating anti-angiogenic factors in pre-eclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertension. 2(4). 358–367. 22 indexed citations
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Jebbink, Jiska, et al.. (2012). Molecular genetics of preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome — A review. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1822(12). 1960–1969. 74 indexed citations
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Laat, Monique W. M. de, Petronella G. Pieper, Martijn A. Oudijk, et al.. (2012). The Clinical and Molecular Relations Between Idiopathic Preterm Labor and Maternal Congenital Heart Defects. Reproductive Sciences. 20(2). 190–201. 7 indexed citations
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Orrego, Abiel, et al.. (2011). Brain Abnormalities and Glioma-Like Lesions in Mice Overexpressing the Long Isoform of PDGF-A in Astrocytic Cells. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18303–e18303. 21 indexed citations
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Afink, Gijs, Willem Kulik, Henk Overmars, et al.. (2008). Molecular Characterization of Iodotyrosine Dehalogenase Deficiency in Patients with Hypothyroidism. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 93(12). 4894–4901. 51 indexed citations
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Andræ, Johanna, Gijs Afink, Xiaoqun Zhang, Wolfgang Wurst, & Monica Nistér. (2004). Forced expression of platelet-derived growth factor B in the mouse cerebellar primordium changes cell migration during midline fusion and causes cerebellar ectopia. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 26(2). 308–321. 9 indexed citations
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Hu, Xinrong, et al.. (2001). Oncogene lineages of human papillomavirus type 16 E6, E7 and E5 in preinvasive and invasive cervical squamous cell carcinoma. The Journal of Pathology. 195(3). 307–311. 20 indexed citations

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