Igor Splawski

15.0k citations

25 papers · 10.8k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.1%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Ion channel regulation and function
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Papers in ⓘ

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 21
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias 21
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments 2
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies 2
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies 2
Molecular Biology 22
- Ion channel regulation and function 21
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 3
- Ion Transport and Channel Regulation 2

Co-authors: Mark T. Keating (21 shared papers)Katherine W. Timothy (16 shared papers)Mark Curran (3 shared papers)Michael H. Lehmann (5 shared papers)Michael C. Sanguinetti (7 shared papers)Eric D. Green (1 shared paper)Donald L. Atkinson (4 shared papers)G. Michael Vincent (6 shared papers)
Journals: Cell (4 papers)Nature Genetics (3 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (3 papers)Circulation (3 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Italy Poland

In The Last Decade

Igor Splawski

24 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

CaV1.2 Calcium Channel Dysfunction Causes a Multisystem Disorder Including Arrhythmia and Autism 2004 · 1.1k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2004 Cell
2000 Circulation
1999 Cell
1997 Nature Genetics
1996 Nature Genetics
1995 Cell
1995 Cell

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1	A molecular basis for cardiac arrhythmia: HERG mutations cause long QT syndrome Cell ·Mark Curran, Igor Splawski, Katherine W. Timothy, G.Michael Vincen, Eric D. Green, Mark T. Keating Hit paper breakdown →	1995	1746
2	Positional cloning of a novel potassium channel gene: KVLQT1 mutations cause cardiac arrhythmias Nature Genetics ·Q. Wang, Mark Curran, Igor Splawski, Timothy C. Burn, John M. Millholland, Terence J. Van Raay, Jiaxu Shen, K Timothy, G. Michael Vincent, Tertia De Jager, Peter J. Schwartz, Jeffery A. Towbin, Arthur J. Moss, Donald L. Atkinson, Gregory M. Landes, Timothy D. Connors, Mark T. Keating Hit paper breakdown →	1996	1321
3	SCN5A mutations associated with an inherited cardiac arrhythmia, long QT syndrome Cell ·Qing Wang, Jiaxiang Shen, Igor Splawski, Donald L. Atkinson, Zhizhong Li, Jennifer L. Robinson, A.J. Moss, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Mark T. Keating Hit paper breakdown →	1995	1249
4	CaV1.2 Calcium Channel Dysfunction Causes a Multisystem Disorder Including Arrhythmia and Autism Cell ·Igor Splawski, Katherine W. Timothy, Leah M. Sharpe, Niels Decher, Pradeep Kumar, Raffaella Bloise, Carlo Napolitano, Peter J. Schwartz, Robert M. Joseph, Karen Condouris, Helen Tager‐Flusberg, Silvia G. Priori, Michael C. Sanguinetti, Mark T. Keating Hit paper breakdown →	2004	1112
5	MiRP1 Forms IKr Potassium Channels with HERG and Is Associated with Cardiac Arrhythmia Cell ·Geoffrey W. Abbott, Federico Sesti, Igor Splawski, Marianne E. Buck, Michael H. Lehmann, Katherine W. Timothy, Mark T. Keating, Steven A. Goldstein Hit paper breakdown →	1999	1006
6	Spectrum of Mutations in Long-QT Syndrome Genes Circulation ·Igor Splawski, Jiaxiang Shen, Katherine W. Timothy, Michael H. Lehmann, Silvia G. Priori, Jennifer L. Robinson, Arthur J. Moss, Peter J. Schwartz, Jeffrey A. Towbin, G. Michael Vincent, Mark T. Keating Hit paper breakdown →	2000	957
7	Mutations in the hminK gene cause long QT syndrome and suppress lKs function Nature Genetics ·Igor Splawski, Martin Tristani‐Firouzi, Michael H. Lehmann, Michael C. Sanguinetti, Mark T. Keating Hit paper breakdown →	1997	581
8	Severe arrhythmia disorder caused by cardiac L-type calcium channel mutations Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Igor Splawski, Katherine W. Timothy, Niels Decher, Pradeep Kumar, Frank B. Sachse, Alan H. Beggs, Michael C. Sanguinetti, Mark T. Keating	2005	456
9	Variant of SCN5A Sodium Channel Implicated in Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmia Science ·Igor Splawski, Katherine W. Timothy, Michihiro Tateyama, Colleen E. Clancy, Alka Malhotra, Alan H. Beggs, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Giuseppe A. Sagnella, Robert S. Kass, Mark T. Keating	2002	358
10	Molecular Basis of the Long-QT Syndrome Associated with Deafness New England Journal of Medicine ·Igor Splawski, Katherine W. Timothy, G. Michael Vincent, Donald L. Atkinson, Mark T. Keating	1997	248
11	A cardiac arrhythmia syndrome caused by loss of ankyrin-B function Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Peter J. Mohler, Igor Splawski, Carlo Napolitano, Georgia Bottelli, Leah M. Sharpe, Katherine W. Timothy, Silvia G. Priori, Mark T. Keating, Vann Bennett	2004	239
12	Compound Mutations Circulation ·Peter D. Westenskow, Igor Splawski, Katherine W. Timothy, Mark T. Keating, Michael C. Sanguinetti	2004	232
13	Spectrum and prevalence of cardiac sodium channel variants among black, white, Asian, and Hispanic individuals: Implications for arrhythmogenic susceptibility and Brugada/long QT syndrome genetic testing Heart Rhythm ·Michael J. Ackerman, Igor Splawski, Jonathan C. Makielski, David J. Tester, Melissa L. Will, Katherine W. Timothy, Mark T. Keating, Gregg S. Jones, Mónica Chadha, Christopher R. Burrow, Jonathan Stephens, Chuanbo Xu, Richard Judson, Mark Curran	2004	213
14	Two long QT syndrome loci map to chromosomes 3 and 7 with evidence for further heterogeneity Nature Genetics ·Changan Jiang, Donald L. Atkinson, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Igor Splawski, Michael H. Lehmann, H. Li, Katherine W. Timothy, R.T. Taggart, Peter J. Schwartz, G. Michael Vincent, Arthur J. Moss, Mark T. Keating	1994	193
15	Genomic Structure of Three Long QT Syndrome Genes:KVLQT1, HERG,andKCNE1 Genomics ·Igor Splawski, Jiaxiang Shen, Katherine W. Timothy, G. Michael Vincent, Michael H. Lehmann, Mark T. Keating	1998	188
16	Long QT Syndrome-associated Mutations in the Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) Domain of HERG Potassium Channels Accelerate Channel Deactivation Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Jun Chen, Anrou Zou, Igor Splawski, Mark T. Keating, Michael C. Sanguinetti	1999	185
17	CACNA1H Mutations in Autism Spectrum Disorders Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Igor Splawski, Dana Yoo, Stephanie C. Stotz, Allison E. Cherry, David E. Clapham, Mark T. Keating	2006	183
18	TRPM1 Forms Ion Channels Associated with Melanin Content in Melanocytes Science Signaling ·Elena Oancea, Joris Vriens, Sebastián Brauchi, Janice Jun, Igor Splawski, David E. Clapham	2009	155
19	Long QT Syndrome-associated Mutations in the S4-S5 Linker of KvLQT1 Potassium Channels Modify Gating and Interaction with minK Subunits Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Laura Franqueza, Monica Lin, Igor Splawski, Mark T. Keating, Michael C. Sanguinetti	1999	91
20	An intronic mutation causes long QT syndrome Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Li Zhang, G. Michael Vincent, Marco Baralle, Francisco E. Baralle, Blake D. Anson, D. Woodrow Benson, Bryant M. Whiting, Katherine W. Timothy, John F. Carlquist, Craig T. January, Mark T. Keating, Igor Splawski	2004	47

About Igor Splawski

Igor Splawski is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics, having authored 25 papers that have together received 10.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (21 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (21 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (2 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (2 papers), Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (2 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (8.9k citations), Molecular Biology (9.2k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.3k citations), Sensory Systems (308 citations) and Aging (64 citations). Igor Splawski has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and Poland. Frequent co-authors include Mark T. Keating, Katherine W. Timothy, Mark Curran, Michael H. Lehmann, Michael C. Sanguinetti, Eric D. Green, Donald L. Atkinson, G. Michael Vincent, Peter J. Schwartz and Jiaxiang Shen. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Nature Genetics, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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