Joan C. Han

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Joan C. Han is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan C. Han has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Genetics, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Joan C. Han's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (17 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (10 papers). Joan C. Han is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (17 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (10 papers). Joan C. Han collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Joan C. Han's co-authors include Sue Y.S. Kimm, Debbie A. Lawlor, Grace Han, Jack A. Yanovski, Larry D. Lawson, Pengfei Han, Susan Z. Yanovski, Jenny Morton, Julia M. Keogh and John R. Hodges and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Joan C. Han

83 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Childhood obesity 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 250 500 750 1000
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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. Childhood obesity
    2010 1.1k citations Joan C. Han 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
Joan C. Han United States 32 1.1k 999 884 838 562 88 4.2k
Birgit Stoffel‐Wagner Germany 49 638 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 648 0.7× 812 1.0× 475 0.8× 200 7.2k
Shelley A. Cole United States 42 736 0.7× 2.0k 2.0× 1.6k 1.8× 1.3k 1.6× 469 0.8× 281 6.6k
Annemieke C. Heijboer Netherlands 43 666 0.6× 997 1.0× 481 0.5× 934 1.1× 436 0.8× 235 6.1k
Antje Körner Germany 45 1.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 677 0.8× 2.4k 2.8× 643 1.1× 235 8.1k
Stefan Bleich Germany 51 408 0.4× 2.1k 2.1× 546 0.6× 1.0k 1.2× 751 1.3× 329 7.8k
Xiaoling Wang United States 35 461 0.4× 2.2k 2.2× 608 0.7× 611 0.7× 189 0.3× 132 4.9k
Markus Schwarz Germany 64 437 0.4× 2.7k 2.7× 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 273 0.5× 230 12.3k
Marie Kunešová Czechia 32 1.3k 1.2× 450 0.5× 237 0.3× 1.7k 2.1× 406 0.7× 105 3.6k
Angelica Lindén Hirschberg Sweden 49 1.8k 1.6× 1.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 728 0.9× 277 0.5× 234 7.5k
James Janisse United States 45 593 0.5× 517 0.5× 486 0.5× 641 0.8× 214 0.4× 101 5.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joan C. Han

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joan C. Han

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shafee, Rebecca, Elizabeth Levitis, Kuaikuai Duan, et al.. (2026). Genetic insights on the mechanisms of human cortical folding. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
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Pyle, Laura, Ashley H. Shoemaker, Stephanie T. Chung, et al.. (2024). Prediction of resting energy expenditure for adolescents with severe obesity: A multi‐centre analysis. Pediatric Obesity. 19(7). e13123–e13123. 1 indexed citations
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Han, Joan C., et al.. (2024). The Genetics of Obesity. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 71(5). 897–917. 2 indexed citations
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Stephenson, Erin J., et al.. (2023). Energy expenditure deficits drive obesity in a mouse model of Alström syndrome. Obesity. 31(11). 2786–2798. 2 indexed citations
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Han, Joan C., J.S. Zabinski, Chris Hicks, et al.. (2023). First-Onset Psychosis After COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 64(6). 533–549. 1 indexed citations
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Stephenson, Erin J., Aarti Sethuraman, Alice Meyer, et al.. (2022). Chronic intake of high dietary sucrose induces sexually dimorphic metabolic adaptations in mouse liver and adipose tissue. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6062–6062. 13 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qi, Zunsong Hu, Mehmet Koçak, et al.. (2021). Associations of prenatal metabolomics profiles with early childhood growth trajectories and obesity risk in African Americans: the CANDLE study. International Journal of Obesity. 45(7). 1439–1447. 8 indexed citations
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Hu, Zunsong, Frances A. Tylavsky, Joan C. Han, et al.. (2019). Maternal metabolic factors during pregnancy predict early childhood growth trajectories and obesity risk: the CANDLE Study. International Journal of Obesity. 43(10). 1914–1922. 53 indexed citations
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Peter, Cyril, Atsushi Saito, Yuto Hasegawa, et al.. (2019). In vivo epigenetic editing of Sema6a promoter reverses transcallosal dysconnectivity caused by C11orf46/Arl14ep risk gene. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4112–4112. 37 indexed citations
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Jee, Youn Hee, et al.. (2017). Combined pituitary hormone deficiency in a girl with 48, XXXX and Rathke’s cleft cyst. HORMONES. 16(1). 92–98. 3 indexed citations
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Stephenson, Erin J., Sridhar Jaligama, Jyothi Parvathareddy, et al.. (2016). Exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals during gestation lowers energy expenditure and impairs skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in adult mice. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 310(11). E1003–E1015. 21 indexed citations
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Hellings, Jessica A., Gregory A. Reed, Sharon Cain, et al.. (2015). Loxapine Add-on for Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Irritability. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 25(2). 150–159. 15 indexed citations
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Berg, Linda van den, HA Delemarre‐van de Waal, Joan C. Han, et al.. (2010). Investigation of a patient with a partial trisomy 16q including the fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO): Fine mapping and FTO gene expression study. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 152A(3). 630–637. 32 indexed citations
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Savastano, David M., Marian Tanofsky‐Kraff, Joan C. Han, et al.. (2009). Energy intake and energy expenditure among children with polymorphisms of the melanocortin-3 receptor. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 90(4). 912–920. 41 indexed citations
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Solomon, Benjamin D., Daniel Pineda‐Alvarez, Joan Z. Balog, et al.. (2009). Compound heterozygosity for mutations in PAX6 in a patient with complex brain anomaly, neonatal diabetes mellitus, and microophthalmia. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 149A(11). 2543–2546. 73 indexed citations
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Xu, Suying, et al.. (2008). Characterization of 11p14-p12 deletion in WAGR syndrome by array CGH for identifying genes contributing to mental retardation and autism. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 122(2). 181–187. 70 indexed citations
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Han, Joan C., et al.. (1996). Quantitation of Hydrogen Peroxide Using Tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine. Analytical Biochemistry. 234(1). 107–109. 18 indexed citations
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Han, Joan C., Larry D. Lawson, Grace Han, & Pengfei Han. (1995). Spectrophotometric Method for Quantitative Determination of Allicin and Total Garlic Thiosulfinates. Analytical Biochemistry. 225(1). 157–160. 169 indexed citations
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Chu, Teh‐Ching, et al.. (1993). Allicin-Induced Hypotension in Rabbit Eyes. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 9(3). 201–209. 15 indexed citations

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