John M. Shoffner

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

John M. Shoffner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John M. Shoffner has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in John M. Shoffner's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (47 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (38 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (17 papers). John M. Shoffner is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (47 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (38 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (17 papers). John M. Shoffner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. John M. Shoffner's co-authors include Douglas C. Wallace, Marie T. Lott, Marisol Corral‐Debrinski, Terzah M. Horton, Douglas C. Wallace, Deborah Koontz, A. Kaufman, M. Flint Beal, Antonio Torroni and Ian A. Trounce and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

John M. Shoffner

65 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

Mitochondrial DNA deletions in human brain: regional variability and increase with advanced age

1992 709 citations Marisol Corral‐Debrinski, Terzah M. Horton et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA shows marked age‐dependent increases in human brain

1993 615 citations A. Kaufman, Deborah Koontz et al. Annals of Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John M. Shoffner United States	34	5.2k	2.6k	1.2k	950	635	66	6.7k
Ian A. Trounce Australia	45	5.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	703 0.7×	365 0.6×	106	7.8k
Yu‐ichi Goto Japan	47	7.7k 1.5×	3.3k 1.2×	920 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	1.3k 2.1×	288	10.2k
Laurence A. Bindoff Norway	48	6.3k 1.2×	3.4k 1.3×	696 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	564 0.9×	187	8.0k
Robert McFarland United Kingdom	49	7.5k 1.4×	4.3k 1.6×	512 0.4×	829 0.9×	776 1.2×	181	8.7k
Thomas Klopstock Germany	46	5.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	860 0.7×	1.8k 1.9×	426 0.7×	198	7.7k
Rolf Wibom Sweden	38	5.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	535 0.6×	376 0.6×	80	6.8k
Vincenzo Leuzzi Italy	39	3.3k 0.6×	3.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	667 0.7×	989 1.6×	221	6.0k
Michelangelo Mancuso Italy	41	3.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	902 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	315 0.5×	212	5.6k
Angela Maria Serena Lezza Italy	24	4.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	411 0.4×	263 0.4×	57	5.1k
Amy K. Reeve United Kingdom	29	3.0k 0.6×	984 0.4×	804 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	152 0.2×	50	4.7k

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Wu, Lily, Lauren Brady, John M. Shoffner, & Mark A. Tarnopolsky. (2018). Next-Generation Sequencing to Diagnose Muscular Dystrophy, Rhabdomyolysis, and HyperCKemia. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 45(3). 262–268. 25 indexed citations

Alfadhel, Majid, Yolanda Lillquist, Paula J. Waters, et al.. (2011). Infantile cardioencephalopathy due to a COX15 gene defect: Report and review. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 155(4). 840–844. 26 indexed citations

Morel, Chantal F., Adam Kirton, Susanne M. Benseler, et al.. (2009). Rolandic Mitochondrial Encephalomyelopathy and MT-ND3 Mutations. Pediatric Neurology. 41(1). 27–33. 27 indexed citations

Chitkara, Denesh K., Samuel Nurko, John M. Shoffner, Timothy Buie, & Alejandro Flores. (2003). Abnormalities in gastrointestinal motility are associated with diseases of oxidative phosphorylation in children. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 98(4). 871–877. 22 indexed citations

Shoffner, John M.. (1999). Oxidative Phosphorylation Disease Diagnosis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 893(1). 42–42. 10 indexed citations

Shoffner, John M.. (1999). Oxidative Phosphorylation Disease Diagnosis. Seminars in Neurology. 19(4). 341–351. 12 indexed citations

Mirra, Suzanne S., Jill R. Murrell, Marla Gearing, et al.. (1999). Tau Pathology in a Family with Dementia and a P301L Mutation in Tau. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 58(4). 335–345. 146 indexed citations

Shoffner, John M.. (1996). Maternal inheritance and the evaluation of oxidative phosphorylation diseases. The Lancet. 348(9037). 1283–1288. 60 indexed citations

Wallace, Douglas C., John M. Shoffner, Ian A. Trounce, et al.. (1995). Mitochondrial DNA mutations in human degenerative diseases and aging. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1271(1). 141–151. 190 indexed citations

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Horton, Terzah M., Brett H. Graham, Marisol Corral‐Debrinski, et al.. (1995). Marked increase in mitochondrial DNA deletion levels in the cerebral cortex of Huntington's disease patients. Neurology. 45(10). 1879–1883. 87 indexed citations

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Melov, Simon, John M. Shoffner, A. Kaufman, & Douglas C. Wallace. (1995). Marked increase in the number and variety of mitochondrial DNA rearrangements in aging human skeletal muscle. Nucleic Acids Research. 23(20). 4122–4126. 222 indexed citations

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Shoffner, John M., Michael D. Brown, Stephen C. Pollock, et al.. (1995). Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy plus dystonia is caused by a mitochondrial DNA point mutation. Annals of Neurology. 38(2). 163–169. 85 indexed citations

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Shoffner, John M., M S Brown, & Kirsi Huoponen. (1994). A mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation associated with maternally inherited Parkinson`s disease (PD) and deafness. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55. 2 indexed citations

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Wallace, Douglas C., Marie T. Lott, John M. Shoffner, & Scott W. Ballinger. (1994). Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Epilepsy and Neurological Disease. Epilepsia. 35(s1). S43–50. 44 indexed citations

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Haraguchi, Y, Antonio Torroni, Grzegorz J. Stępień, et al.. (1993). Genetic Mapping of Human Heart-Skeletal Muscle Adenine Nucleotide Translocator and Its Relationship to the Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Locus. Genomics. 16(2). 479–485. 17 indexed citations

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Ballinger, Scott W., John M. Shoffner, Ian A. Trounce, et al.. (1992). Maternally transmitted diabetes and deafness associated with a 10.4 kb mitochondrial DNA deletion. Nature Genetics. 1(1). 11–15. 480 indexed citations

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Corral‐Debrinski, Marisol, et al.. (1992). Mitochondrial DNA deletions in human brain: regional variability and increase with advanced age. Nature Genetics. 2(4). 324–329. 709 indexed citations breakdown →

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Corral‐Debrinski, Marisol, John M. Shoffner, Marie T. Lott, & Douglas C. Wallace. (1992). Association of mitochondrial DNA damage with aging and coronary atherosclerotic heart disease. Mutation Research/DNAging. 275(3-6). 169–180. 289 indexed citations

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Shoffner, John M., Ray L. Watts, Jorge L. Juncos, Antonio Torroni, & Douglas C. Wallace. (1991). Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation defects in parkinson's disease. Annals of Neurology. 30(3). 332–339. 274 indexed citations

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Wallace, Douglas C., Xianxian Zheng, Marie T. Lott, et al.. (1988). Familial mitochondrial encephalomyopathy (MERRF): Genetic, pathophysiological, and biochemical characterization of a mitochondrial DNA disease. Cell. 55(4). 601–610. 401 indexed citations

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