Haluk Topaloğlu

22.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
261 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Haluk Topaloğlu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Haluk Topaloğlu has authored 261 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Genetics and 49 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Haluk Topaloğlu's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (114 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (59 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (33 papers). Haluk Topaloğlu is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (114 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (59 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (33 papers). Haluk Topaloğlu collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, United States and France. Haluk Topaloğlu's co-authors include Beril Talim, Pascale Guicheney, Göknur Haliloğlu, Corinne Cruaud, A. Leclerc, F.M.S. Tomé, Michel Fardeau, Jean Weissenbach, Luciano Merlini and Thomas Voit and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Haluk Topaloğlu

251 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Muscular Dystrophy and Neuronal Migration Disorder Caused... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2001 1995 2021 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Muscular Dystrophy and Neuronal Migration Disorder Caused by Mutations in a Glycosyltransferase, POMGnT1
    2001 536 citations Volker Straub, Beril Talim et al. profile →
  2. Mutations in the laminin α2–chain gene (LAMA2) cause merosin–deficient congenital muscular dystrophy
    1995 506 citations Haluk Topaloğlu, Michel Fardeau et al. profile →
  3. European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on diagnosis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: Report of a joint Task Force—Second revision
    2021 252 citations Peter Van den Bergh, Pieter A. van Doorn et al. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System profile →
  4. European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on diagnosis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: Report of a joint Task Force—Second revision
    2021 237 citations Peter Van den Bergh, Pieter A. van Doorn et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Haluk Topaloğlu Türkiye 49 5.5k 1.8k 1.5k 1.2k 978 261 8.2k
Steven J. Burden United States 54 8.2k 1.5× 3.5k 1.9× 2.5k 1.6× 1.8k 1.5× 646 0.7× 112 11.3k
Luc A. Sabourin Canada 27 4.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 736 0.5× 477 0.4× 686 0.7× 58 5.6k
Marina Mora Italy 41 4.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 393 0.3× 902 0.9× 159 6.7k
Carlo Minetti Italy 50 5.4k 1.0× 805 0.4× 2.4k 1.6× 475 0.4× 617 0.6× 190 7.5k
Christiana Ruhrberg United Kingdom 49 6.8k 1.2× 3.0k 1.6× 2.1k 1.4× 365 0.3× 667 0.7× 113 11.2k
Yoshihide Sunada Japan 39 3.9k 0.7× 973 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 294 0.3× 371 0.4× 144 5.2k
John S. Rudge United States 38 6.4k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 630 0.4× 338 0.3× 512 0.5× 57 10.9k
Caroline A. Sewry United Kingdom 65 10.2k 1.9× 2.0k 1.1× 2.0k 1.3× 521 0.4× 2.3k 2.3× 255 12.2k
Guillem Genové Sweden 27 3.4k 0.6× 689 0.4× 661 0.4× 617 0.5× 759 0.8× 42 7.5k
Alessandra Ferlini Italy 43 5.9k 1.1× 835 0.5× 629 0.4× 299 0.3× 944 1.0× 233 7.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Genetti, Casie A., Tanya Logvinenko, Leslie H. Hayes, et al.. (2025). Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Clinical, Molecular, and Histopathologic Characteristics of 275 Patients With Nemaline Myopathy. Neurology Genetics. 11(4). e200277–e200277.
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Topaloğlu, Haluk, et al.. (2023). The congenital muscular dystrophies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 27–39. 5 indexed citations
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Mroczek, Magdalena, Cheryl Longman, Maria Elena Farrugia, et al.. (2022). FXR1-related congenital myopathy: expansion of the clinical and genetic spectrum. Journal of Medical Genetics. 59(11). 1069–1074. 3 indexed citations
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Bergh, Peter Van den, Pieter A. van Doorn, Robert D. M. Hadden, et al.. (2021). European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on diagnosis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: Report of a joint Task Force—Second revision. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. 26(3). 242–268. 252 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bekircan‐Kurt, Can Ebru, et al.. (2020). A Novel Amplification-Refractory Mutation System-PCR Strategy to Screen MT-TL1 Pathogenic Variants in Patient Repositories. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 24(3). 165–170. 2 indexed citations
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Topaloğlu, Haluk. (2020). Duchenne Musküler Distrofisi: Genel Bilgiler ve Güncel Tedaviler. 6(1). 1–12.
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Laššuthová, Petra, Katharina Vill, Sevim Erdem‐Özdamar, et al.. (2018). Novel SBF2 mutations and clinical spectrum of Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth neuropathy type 4B2. Clinical Genetics. 94(5). 467–472. 7 indexed citations
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Yıldırım, Miraç, Bahadır Konuşkan, Dilek Yalnızoğlu, et al.. (2017). Electroencephalographic findings in anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis in children: A series of 12 patients. Epilepsy & Behavior. 78. 118–123. 19 indexed citations
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McDonald, Craig M., K. Bushby, M. Tulinius, et al.. (2016). Ataluren: An Overview of Clinical Trial Results in Nonsense Mutation Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (P3.162). Neurology. 86(16_supplement). 2 indexed citations
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Alemdaroğlu, İ., et al.. (2016). Turkish version of the Egen Klassifikation scale version 2: validity and reliability in the Turkish population.. PubMed. 56(6). 643–50. 5 indexed citations
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Guissart, Claire, Nathalie Drouot, İbrahim Öncel, et al.. (2015). Genes for spinocerebellar ataxia with blindness and deafness (SCABD/SCAR3, MIM# 271250 and SCABD2). European Journal of Human Genetics. 24(8). 1154–1159. 15 indexed citations
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Hara, Yuko, Burcu Balcı-Hayta, Takako Yoshida‐Moriguchi, et al.. (2011). BRIEF REPORT A Dystroglycan Mutation Associated with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Clement, Emma, E. Mercuri, Mary Rutherford, et al.. (2007). C.P.3.06 Spectrum of brain changes and genotype-phenotype correlations in secondary dystroglycanopathies. Neuromuscular Disorders. 17(9-10). 871–871. 1 indexed citations
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Merlini, Luciano, Christian Dohna‐Schwake, Maria Jędrzejowska, et al.. (2007). G.P.2.15 EUROSMART: European Spinal Muscular Atrophy Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial of acetyl-L-carnitine in spinal muscular atrophy. Neuromuscular Disorders. 17(9-10). 780–781. 2 indexed citations
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Yalçın, Sıddika Songül, et al.. (2007). A Hypotonic Infant With Tachycardia and Fever of Unknown Origin. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 21(2). 115–116. 1 indexed citations
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Haliloğlu, Göknur & Haluk Topaloğlu. (2004). Glycosylation defects in muscular dystrophies. Current Opinion in Neurology. 17(5). 521–527. 18 indexed citations
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Nicole, Sophie, Haluk Topaloğlu, & Bertrand Fontaine. (2003). 102nd ENMC International Workshop on Schwartz–Jampel Syndrome, 14–16 December, 2001, Naarden, The Netherlands. Neuromuscular Disorders. 13(4). 347–351. 10 indexed citations
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Özgül, Rıza Köksal, Caroline Paternotte, Hayat Erdem‐Yurter, et al.. (2001). Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay in Two Unrelated Turkish Families. Neuropediatrics. 32(3). 142–146. 24 indexed citations
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Ferreiro, Ana, B. Estournet, C Laroche, et al.. (2001). Genetic characterisation of multi-minicore disease: identification of a first locus and evidence for genetic heterogeneity. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Topaloğlu, Haluk. (1999). Handbook of movement disorders. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 3(4). 183–183.

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