Javier Simón‐Sánchez

18.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Javier Simón‐Sánchez is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Javier Simón‐Sánchez has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Neurology, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Javier Simón‐Sánchez's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (17 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (14 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (8 papers). Javier Simón‐Sánchez is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (17 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (14 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (8 papers). Javier Simón‐Sánchez collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Javier Simón‐Sánchez's co-authors include Andrew Singleton, John Hardy, Peter Heutink, J. Raphael Gibbs, Sonja W. Scholz, Michael A. Nalls, Thomas Gasser, A. B. Singleton, Andrew B. Singleton and Claudia Schulte and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Javier Simón‐Sánchez

37 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Imputation of sequence variants for identification of genetic risks for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

2011 660 citations Michael A. Nalls, Javier Simón‐Sánchez et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Javier Simón‐Sánchez United States	22	1.4k	916	674	651	622	37	2.5k
Hon‐Chung Fung Taiwan	22	971 0.7×	941 1.0×	437 0.6×	446 0.7×	570 0.9×	56	2.2k
Alexander Zimprich Austria	32	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	1.4k 2.0×	504 0.8×	470 0.8×	76	3.3k
Patrizia Rizzu Netherlands	22	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	490 0.7×	519 0.8×	204 0.3×	44	2.5k
Marcel P. van der Brug United States	17	945 0.7×	2.1k 2.3×	573 0.9×	957 1.5×	413 0.7×	22	3.7k
Una‐Marie Sheerin United Kingdom	13	1.3k 0.9×	495 0.5×	567 0.8×	370 0.6×	241 0.4×	19	1.7k
Ikuko Mizuta Japan	26	891 0.6×	736 0.8×	762 1.1×	478 0.7×	139 0.2×	98	2.0k
Manu Sharma Germany	17	1.0k 0.7×	680 0.7×	552 0.8×	380 0.6×	164 0.3×	41	1.6k
Mario Ezquerra Spain	28	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	782 1.2×	542 0.8×	177 0.3×	85	3.0k
Jason P. Covy United States	12	597 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	608 0.9×	268 0.4×	193 0.3×	14	1.8k
Bruno A. Benítez United States	26	543 0.4×	767 0.8×	371 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	182 0.3×	67	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Javier Simón‐Sánchez

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Karvela, Maria, Pierre De Beaudrap, Sara de Mateo, et al.. (2024). Assessment of the impact of a personalised nutrition intervention in impaired glucose regulation over 26 weeks: a randomised controlled trial. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 10 indexed citations

Menden, Kevin, Margherita Francescatto, Cornelis Blauwendraat, et al.. (2023). A multi-omics dataset for the analysis of frontotemporal dementia genetic subtypes. Scientific Data. 10(1). 849–849. 6 indexed citations

Keßler, Christoph, Haşmet Hanağası, Javier Simón‐Sánchez, et al.. (2017). Role of LRRK2 and SNCA in autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease in Turkey. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 48. 34–39. 9 indexed citations

Blauwendraat, Cornelis, Margherita Francescatto, J. Raphael Gibbs, et al.. (2016). Comprehensive promoter level expression quantitative trait loci analysis of the human frontal lobe. Genome Medicine. 8(1). 65–65. 14 indexed citations

Hanağası, Haşmet, Anamika Giri, Ece Kartal, et al.. (2016). A novel homozygous DJ1 mutation causes parkinsonism and ALS in a Turkish family. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 29. 117–120. 24 indexed citations

Blauwendraat, Cornelis, Carlo Wilke, Iris E. Jansen, et al.. (2015). Pilot whole-exome sequencing of a German early-onset Alzheimer's disease cohort reveals a substantial frequency of PSEN2 variants. Neurobiology of Aging. 37. 208.e11–208.e17. 39 indexed citations

Bochdanovits, Zoltán, Javier Simón‐Sánchez, Marianne A. Jonker, et al.. (2013). Accurate prediction of a minimal region around a genetic association signal that contains the causal variant. European Journal of Human Genetics. 22(2). 238–242. 6 indexed citations

Simón‐Sánchez, Javier, Laura L. Kilarski, Michael A. Nalls, et al.. (2012). Cooperative Genome-Wide Analysis Shows Increased Homozygosity in Early Onset Parkinson's Disease. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e28787–e28787. 20 indexed citations

Groen, J, Javier Simón‐Sánchez, Katja Ritz, et al.. (2012). Cervical dystonia and genetic common variation in the dopamine pathway. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 19(3). 346–349. 9 indexed citations

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Simón‐Sánchez, Javier, Jacobus J. van Hilten, Bart Post, et al.. (2011). Genome-wide association study confirms extant PD risk loci among the Dutch. European Journal of Human Genetics. 19(6). 655–661. 146 indexed citations

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Nalls, Michael A., Rita Guerreiro, Javier Simón‐Sánchez, et al.. (2009). Extended tracts of homozygosity identify novel candidate genes associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Neurogenetics. 10(3). 183–190. 78 indexed citations

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Matarín, Mar, Javier Simón‐Sánchez, Hon‐Chung Fung, et al.. (2008). Structural genomic variation in ischemic stroke. Neurogenetics. 9(2). 101–108. 21 indexed citations

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Brás, José, Javier Simón‐Sánchez, Monica Federoff, et al.. (2008). Lack of replication of association between GIGYF2 variants and Parkinson disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(2). 341–346. 48 indexed citations

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Camargos, Sarah, Sonja W. Scholz, Javier Simón‐Sánchez, et al.. (2008). DYT16, a novel young-onset dystonia-parkinsonism disorder: identification of a segregating mutation in the stress-response protein PRKRA. The Lancet Neurology. 7(3). 207–215. 143 indexed citations

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Simón‐Sánchez, Javier, Sonja W. Scholz, Hon‐Chung Fung, et al.. (2007). Genomewide SNP assay reveals mutations underlying Parkinson disease. Human Mutation. 29(2). 315–322. 41 indexed citations

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Simón‐Sánchez, Javier, Vicente Herranz‐Pérez, Francisco E. Olucha‐Bordonau, & Jordi Pérez‐Tur. (2006). LRRK2 is expressed in areas affected by Parkinson's disease in the adult mouse brain. European Journal of Neuroscience. 23(3). 659–666. 71 indexed citations

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Simón‐Sánchez, Javier, Sonja W. Scholz, Hon‐Chung Fung, et al.. (2006). Genome-wide SNP assay reveals structural genomic variation, extended homozygosity and cell-line induced alterations in normal individuals. Human Molecular Genetics. 16(1). 1–14. 175 indexed citations

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Fung, Hon‐Chung, Sonja W. Scholz, Mar Matarín, et al.. (2006). Genome-wide genotyping in Parkinson's disease and neurologically normal controls: first stage analysis and public release of data. The Lancet Neurology. 5(11). 911–916. 284 indexed citations

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Simón‐Sánchez, Javier, J.F. Martí-Massó, José V. Sánchez‐Mut, et al.. (2006). Parkinson's disease due to the R1441G mutation in Dardarin: A founder effect in the basques. Movement Disorders. 21(11). 1954–1959. 69 indexed citations

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Simón‐Sánchez, Javier, Melissa Hanson, Amanda Singleton, et al.. (2005). Analysis of SCA-2 and SCA-3 repeats in Parkinsonism: Evidence of SCA-2 expansion in a family with autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience Letters. 382(1-2). 191–194. 32 indexed citations

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