John Christakis

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

John Christakis is a scholar working on Genetics, Hematology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Christakis has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Genetics, 20 papers in Hematology and 4 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in John Christakis's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (17 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (14 papers) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (5 papers). John Christakis is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (17 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (14 papers) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (5 papers). John Christakis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United States and Jamaica. John Christakis's co-authors include George Papanikolaou, Dimitris Loukopoulos, Marianna Politou, Domenico Girelli, Antonella Roetto, Federica Alberti, Clara Camaschella, Nikos Sakellaropoulos, Elizabeta Nemeth and Tomas Ganz and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Genetics and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

John Christakis

33 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Mutant antimicrobial peptide hepcidin is associated with ... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Mutant antimicrobial peptide hepcidin is associated with severe juvenile hemochromatosis
    2002 679 citations Antonella Roetto, George Papanikolaou et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Christakis Greece 19 1.4k 1.3k 750 226 122 33 1.8k
Mohsen Saleh Elalfy Egypt 27 2.0k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 251 0.3× 53 0.2× 137 1.1× 130 2.6k
Gérald Le Gac France 22 774 0.6× 678 0.5× 566 0.8× 23 0.1× 227 1.9× 58 1.3k
Paolo Cianciulli Italy 23 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 248 0.3× 21 0.1× 202 1.7× 57 2.0k
Takahiro Kuragano Japan 21 708 0.5× 382 0.3× 119 0.2× 48 0.2× 83 0.7× 62 1.2k
Maria Stella Figueiredo Brazil 21 814 0.6× 864 0.7× 110 0.1× 36 0.2× 143 1.2× 111 1.3k
Patricia Griffith United States 12 1.1k 0.8× 952 0.7× 182 0.2× 11 0.0× 90 0.7× 14 1.4k
Vassilios Perifanis Greece 15 418 0.3× 423 0.3× 66 0.1× 50 0.2× 96 0.8× 55 810
Barry Cooper United States 12 505 0.4× 439 0.3× 85 0.1× 25 0.1× 79 0.6× 25 833
Shouichi Fujimoto Japan 27 277 0.2× 330 0.3× 112 0.1× 171 0.8× 363 3.0× 81 2.0k
Benedikt Schaefer Austria 19 481 0.4× 301 0.2× 150 0.2× 45 0.2× 326 2.7× 44 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by John Christakis

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Christakis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by John Christakis. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by John Christakis. The network helps show where John Christakis may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Christakis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Christakis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Christakis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Christakis. John Christakis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ayesh, Suhail, et al.. (2009). βS-Globin Gene Cluster Haplotypes in the West Bank of Palestine. Hemoglobin. 33(2). 143–149. 14 indexed citations
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Speletas, Matthaios, Anna Kioumi, Gedeon Loules, et al.. (2007). Analysis of SLC40A1 gene at the mRNA level reveals rapidly the causative mutations in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis type IV. Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases. 40(3). 353–359. 16 indexed citations
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Katodritou, Eirini, Matthaios Speletas, Kostas Zervas, et al.. (2006). Evaluation of Hypochromic Erythrocytes in Combination with sT fR-F Index for Predicting Response to r-HuEPO in Anemic Patients with Multiple Myeloma. PubMed. 12(1). 47–54. 11 indexed citations
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Viniou, Nora, Evangelos Terpos, Salem Akel, et al.. (2002). Treatment of anemia in low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes with amifostine. In vitro testing of response. Annals of Hematology. 81(4). 182–186. 5 indexed citations
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Dimopoulos, Meletios Α., Constantinos Zervas, Athanasios Zomas, et al.. (2002). Extended Rituximab Therapy for Previously Untreated Patients with Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia. Clinical Lymphoma. 3(3). 163–166. 56 indexed citations
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Gerotziafas, Grigoris, et al.. (2002). Effective hemostasis with rFVIIa treatment in two patients with severe thrombocytopenia and life‐threatening hemorrhage. American Journal of Hematology. 69(3). 219–222. 63 indexed citations
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Papanikolaou, George, Maria Papaioannou, Marianna Politou, et al.. (2002). Genetic Heterogeneity Underlies Juvenile Hemochromatosis Phenotype: Analysis of Three Families of Northern Greek Origin. Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases. 29(2). 168–173. 14 indexed citations
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Cazzola, Mario, Laura Cremonesi, Maria Papaioannou, et al.. (2002). Genetic hyperferritinaemia and reticuloendothelial iron overload associated with a three base pair deletion in the coding region of the ferroportin gene (SLC11A3). British Journal of Haematology. 119(2). 539–546. 72 indexed citations
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Roetto, Antonella, George Papanikolaou, Marianna Politou, et al.. (2002). Mutant antimicrobial peptide hepcidin is associated with severe juvenile hemochromatosis. Nature Genetics. 33(1). 21–22. 679 indexed citations breakdown →
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Terpos, Evangelos, Niki Stavroyianni, Alexandra Kouraklis, et al.. (2000). Treatment of anemia in myelodysplastic syndromes with prolonged administration of erythropoietin or erythropoietin and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Blood. 96. 1 indexed citations
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Tsatalas, Costas, et al.. (1997). Transfusion-dependent homozygous β-thalassaemia major: successful pregnancy in five cases. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 74(2). 127–131. 23 indexed citations
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Karacostas, Dimitris, et al.. (1991). Case Report: Epidural and Bilateral Retroorbital Hematomas Complicating Sickle Cell Anemia. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 302(2). 107–109. 33 indexed citations
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Christakis, John, N. Vavatsi, Maria Papadopoulou, et al.. (1991). A comparison of sickle cell syndromes in Northern Greece. British Journal of Haematology. 77(3). 386–391. 20 indexed citations
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Loukopoulos, Dimitris, et al.. (1991). The Origin of the Sickle Mutation in Greece; Evidence from βSGlobin Gene Cluster Polymorphisms. Hemoglobin. 15(6). 459–467. 22 indexed citations
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Christakis, John, Maria Papadopoulou, K. Mandraveli, et al.. (1990). Comparison of homozygous sickle cell disease in Northern Greece and Jamaica. The Lancet. 335(8690). 637–640. 30 indexed citations
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Christakis, John, et al.. (1988). The Greek Cancer Patient’s Knowledge and Attitudes toward His Diagnosis and Prognosis. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 49(3-4). 171–178. 19 indexed citations
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Sp, Balcerzak, et al.. (1978). Systolic time intervals in monitoring adriamycin-induced cardiotoxicity.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 62(6). 893–9. 21 indexed citations

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