Hans T. Björnsson

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Hans T. Björnsson is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans T. Björnsson has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Genetics, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Hans T. Björnsson's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (32 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (27 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (26 papers). Hans T. Björnsson is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (32 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (27 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (26 papers). Hans T. Björnsson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iceland and Canada. Hans T. Björnsson's co-authors include Jill A. Fahrner, Kasper D. Hansen, Andrew P. Feinberg, Joel S. Benjamin, Leandros Boukas, Jón J. Jónsson, Giovanni A. Carosso, Loyal A. Goff, Genay Pilarowski and Martin I. Sigurðsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hans T. Björnsson

60 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Intra-individual Change Over Time in DNA Methylation With Familial Clustering

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans T. Björnsson United States	22	1.7k	1.2k	291	148	128	64	2.3k
Mark Corbett Australia	24	1.4k 0.8×	715 0.6×	428 1.5×	149 1.0×	190 1.5×	72	2.5k
Anna K. Naumova Canada	24	1.3k 0.8×	952 0.8×	230 0.8×	178 1.2×	96 0.8×	59	2.0k
Khaled K. Abu‐Amero Saudi Arabia	33	1.7k 1.0×	791 0.7×	250 0.9×	137 0.9×	197 1.5×	184	4.0k
Ann Nordgren Sweden	29	1.1k 0.7×	997 0.8×	391 1.3×	84 0.6×	246 1.9×	134	2.6k
Bregje W.M. van Bon Netherlands	19	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	404 1.4×	162 1.1×	185 1.4×	43	2.9k
Daria Grafodatskaya Canada	16	1.5k 0.9×	717 0.6×	371 1.3×	79 0.5×	169 1.3×	24	1.9k
Bai‐Lin Wu United States	20	799 0.5×	764 0.6×	543 1.9×	166 1.1×	121 0.9×	41	1.7k
Jillian S. Parboosingh Canada	29	936 0.6×	617 0.5×	306 1.1×	165 1.1×	142 1.1×	85	2.0k
Karin M. Dent United States	15	950 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	137 0.5×	110 0.7×	264 2.1×	29	2.1k
Anders Bojesen Denmark	28	1.8k 1.0×	2.1k 1.8×	253 0.9×	74 0.5×	134 1.0×	53	3.2k

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Gutiérrez-Uzquiza, Álvaro, Paloma Bragado, Michael March, et al.. (2025). N-Acetylcysteine for Hereditary Cystatin C Amyloid Angiopathy. JAMA Neurology. 82(5). 486–486.

Lutz, Cathleen, et al.. (2025). In utero rescue of neurological dysfunction in a mouse model of Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome. JCI Insight. 10(20).

Lin, Wanying, Ryan C. Riddle, Leandros Boukas, et al.. (2024). Growth deficiency in a mouse model of Kabuki syndrome 2 bears mechanistic similarities to Kabuki syndrome 1. PLoS Genetics. 20(6). e1011310–e1011310. 2 indexed citations

He, Jin, et al.. (2024). SMYD5 is a regulator of the mild hypothermia response. Cell Reports. 43(8). 114554–114554. 1 indexed citations

Potter, Sarah J., Li Zhang, Yuehong Wu, et al.. (2024). KMT2D regulates activation, localization, and integrin expression by T-cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1341745–1341745. 2 indexed citations

Harris, Jacqueline, et al.. (2023). Five years of experience in the Epigenetics and Chromatin Clinic: what have we learned and where do we go from here?. Human Genetics. 143(4). 607–624. 14 indexed citations

Ng, Rowena, Hans T. Björnsson, Jill A. Fahrner, & Jacqueline Harris. (2023). Associations Between Executive Functioning, Behavioral Functioning, and Adaptive Functioning Difficulties in Wiedemann–Steiner Syndrome. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 39(2). 186–195. 2 indexed citations

Arnadottir, Gudny A., Brynjar Ö. Jensson, Aðalbjörg Jónasdóttir, et al.. (2023). A population-based survey of FBN1 variants in Iceland reveals underdiagnosis of Marfan syndrome. European Journal of Human Genetics. 32(1). 44–51. 4 indexed citations

Jefri, Malvin, Xin Zhang, Patrick S. Stumpf, et al.. (2022). Kabuki syndrome stem cell models reveal locus specificity of histone methyltransferase 2D (KMT2D/MLL4). Human Molecular Genetics. 31(21). 3715–3728. 3 indexed citations

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Sigfússon, Gunnlaugur, et al.. (2022). Early cardiomyopathy without severe metabolic dysregulation in a patient with cblB‐type methylmalonic acidemia. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 10(7). e1971–e1971. 4 indexed citations

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Han, Sangwoo T., et al.. (2022). A promoter variant in theOTCgene associated with late and variable age of onset hyperammonemia. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 45(4). 710–718. 4 indexed citations

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Luperchio, Teresa Romeo, Leandros Boukas, Li Zhang, et al.. (2021). Leveraging the Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery to systematically map functional epigenetic variation. eLife. 10. 17 indexed citations

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Boukas, Leandros, Hans T. Björnsson, & Kasper D. Hansen. (2020). Promoter CpG Density Predicts Downstream Gene Loss-of-Function Intolerance. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 107(3). 487–498. 6 indexed citations

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Pilarowski, Genay, Li Zhang, Joel S. Benjamin, et al.. (2019). Abnormal Peyer patch development and B-cell gut homing drive IgA deficiency in Kabuki syndrome. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 145(3). 982–992. 16 indexed citations

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Boukas, Leandros, James M. Havrilla, Peter F. Hickey, et al.. (2019). Coexpression patterns define epigenetic regulators associated with neurological dysfunction. Genome Research. 29(4). 532–542. 30 indexed citations

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Carosso, Giovanni A., Leandros Boukas, Jonathan J. Augustin, et al.. (2019). Precocious neuronal differentiation and disrupted oxygen responses in Kabuki syndrome. JCI Insight. 4(20). 39 indexed citations

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Adam, Margaret P, Siddharth Banka, Hans T. Björnsson, et al.. (2018). Kabuki syndrome: international consensus diagnostic criteria. Journal of Medical Genetics. 56(2). 89–95. 130 indexed citations

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Sigurðsson, Martin I., Albert V. Smith, Hans T. Björnsson, & Jón J. Jónsson. (2009). HapMap methylation-associated SNPs, markers of germline DNA methylation, positively correlate with regional levels of human meiotic recombination. Genome Research. 19(4). 581–589. 49 indexed citations

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Wen, Bo, et al.. (2008). Overlapping euchromatin/heterochromatin- associated marks are enriched in imprinted gene regions and predict allele-specific modification. Genome Research. 18(11). 1806–1813. 27 indexed citations

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Wen, Bo, Hao Wu, Hans T. Björnsson, et al.. (2008). Overlapping euchromatin/heterochromatin- associated marks are enriched in imprinted gene regions and predict allele-specific modification. Genome Research. 18(11). 1806–1813. 12 indexed citations

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