Jonathan Van Blerkom

11.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
96 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Van Blerkom is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Van Blerkom has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 38 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Van Blerkom's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (76 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (22 papers) and Renal and related cancers (17 papers). Jonathan Van Blerkom is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (76 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (22 papers) and Renal and related cancers (17 papers). Jonathan Van Blerkom collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Jonathan Van Blerkom's co-authors include Patrick Davis, Manfred Schliwa, M Antczak, John A. Lee, Pietro M. Motta, Patricia M. Davis, Samuel Alexander, George Henry, Meredith N. Runner and Robert W. McGaughey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Van Blerkom

96 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

The Istanbul consensus workshop on embryo assessment: proceedings of an expert meeting

2011 1.4k citations Jonathan Van Blerkom et al. Human Reproduction profile →
Structural interaction of cytoskeletal components

1981 693 citations Jonathan Van Blerkom et al. profile →
Fertilization and early embryolgoy: ATP content of human oocytes and developmental potential and outcome after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

1995 551 citations Jonathan Van Blerkom, Patrick Davis et al. Human Reproduction profile →
Mitochondrial function in the human oocyte and embryo and their role in developmental competence

2010 507 citations Jonathan Van Blerkom profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Jonathan Van Blerkom	6.0k	3.7k	3.6k	2.6k	807	96	8.8k
Henry J. Leese	7.6k 1.3×	4.6k 1.2×	3.4k 0.9×	3.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	168	10.7k
Barry D. Bavister	8.0k 1.3×	3.7k 1.0×	5.4k 1.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.9k 2.4×	178	10.3k
Heide Schatten	5.6k 0.9×	5.9k 1.6×	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 1.8×	318	10.8k
Peter Šutovský	4.7k 0.8×	4.2k 1.1×	4.7k 1.3×	604 0.2×	2.3k 2.9×	235	9.0k
Qing‐Yuan Sun	7.4k 1.2×	7.9k 2.1×	3.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	2.2k 2.7×	467	13.7k
D. G. Whittingham	7.2k 1.2×	4.0k 1.1×	4.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.4×	2.3k 2.8×	88	9.5k
J. D. Biggers	3.4k 0.6×	2.4k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	891 0.3×	1.3k 1.6×	116	5.9k
John D. Biggers	3.3k 0.5×	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	836 0.3×	1.0k 1.3×	78	5.4k
Gregory S. Kopf	7.8k 1.3×	3.3k 0.9×	8.2k 2.3×	539 0.2×	1.7k 2.1×	137	11.7k
Roger G. Gosden	9.1k 1.5×	4.3k 1.2×	6.8k 1.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 1.9×	137	11.5k

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Ombelet, Willem, Jonathan Van Blerkom, Liesbeth Bruckers, et al.. (2023). Promising Perinatal Outcome after Using a Simplified Low-Cost IVF Culture System Specifically Designed for Resource-Poor Countries. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(6). 2264–2264. 4 indexed citations

Ombelet, Willem, Jonathan Van Blerkom, Geeta Nargund, et al.. (2022). Perinatal outcome of babies born after using a simplified IVF culture system versus ICSI with sibling oocytes: a prospective cohort study. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 45(3). 574–582. 6 indexed citations

Blerkom, Jonathan Van, et al.. (2016). Ganglioside-enriched microdomains define an oolemma that is functionally polarized with respect to fertilizability in the mouse. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 33(4). 458–475. 7 indexed citations

Blerkom, Jonathan Van, et al.. (2013). Sperm attachment and penetration competence in the human oocyte: a possible aetiology of fertilization failure involving the organization of oolemmal lipid raft microdomains influenced by the ΔΨm of subplasmalemmal mitochondria. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 27(6). 690–701. 19 indexed citations

Blerkom, Jonathan Van. (2008). Mitochondria as regulatory forces in oocytes, preimplantation embryos and stem cells. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 16(4). 553–569. 95 indexed citations

Blerkom, Jonathan Van, et al.. (2006). Regulatory roles for mitochondria in the peri-implantation mouse blastocyst: possible origins and developmental significance of differential ΔΨm. Reproduction. 131(5). 961–976. 50 indexed citations

Blerkom, Jonathan Van & Linda Gregory. (2004). Essential IVF : basic research and clinical applications. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 15 indexed citations

Blerkom, Jonathan Van & Patricia M. Davis. (2001). Differential effects of repeated ovarian stimulation on cytoplasmic and spindle organization in metaphase II mouse oocytes matured in vivo and in vitro. Human Reproduction. 16(4). 757–764. 68 indexed citations

Blerkom, Jonathan Van & Patrick Davis. (1998). DNA strand breaks and phosphatidylserine redistribution in newly ovulated and cultured mouse and human oocytes: occurrence and relationship to apoptosis. Human Reproduction. 13(5). 1317–1324. 66 indexed citations

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Blerkom, Jonathan Van, et al.. (1997). The developmental potential of the human oocyte is related to the dissolved oxygen content of follicular fluid: association with vascular endothelial growth factor levels and perifollicular blood flow characteristics. Human Reproduction. 12(5). 1047–1055. 412 indexed citations

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Blerkom, Jonathan Van. (1996). The influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the developmental potential and chromosomal normality of the human oocyte. Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 3(1). 3–11. 54 indexed citations

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Blerkom, Jonathan Van. (1996). Preimplantation embryology: Sperm centrosome dysfunction: a possible new class of male factor infertility in the human. Molecular Human Reproduction. 2(5). 349–354. 32 indexed citations

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Blerkom, Jonathan Van. (1994). The Biological basis of early human reproductive failure : applications to medically-assisted conception. Oxford University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Blerkom, Jonathan Van & Patrick Davis. (1994). Cytogenetic, cellular, and developmental consequences of cryopreservation of immature and mature mouse and human oocytes. Microscopy Research and Technique. 27(2). 165–193. 123 indexed citations

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Blerkom, Jonathan Van. (1993). Development of human embryos to the hatched blastocyst stage in the presence or absence of a monolayer of Vero cells. Human Reproduction. 8(9). 1525–1539. 72 indexed citations

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Blerkom, Jonathan Van & George Henry. (1991). Dispermic fertilization of human oocytes. Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique. 17(4). 437–449. 7 indexed citations

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Blerkom, Jonathan Van. (1990). Occurrence and developmental consequences of aberrant cellular organization in meiotically mature human oocytes after exogenous ovarian hyperstimulation. Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique. 16(4). 324–346. 99 indexed citations

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Blerkom, Jonathan Van, et al.. (1988). Cytogenetic analysis of living human oocytes: cellular basis and developmental consequences of perturbations in chromosomal organization and complement. Human Reproduction. 3(6). 777–790. 47 indexed citations

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Blerkom, Jonathan Van, George Henry, & Richard P. Porreco. (1984). Preimplantation human embryonic development from polypronuclear eggs after in vitro fertilization. Fertility and Sterility. 41(5). 686–696. 55 indexed citations

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Motta, Pietro M., Jonathan Van Blerkom, & Sachiko Makabe. (1980). Changes in the surface morphology of ovarian germinal epithelium during the reproductive cycle and in some pathological conditions: a correlative 3-dimensional analysis by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and high voltage electron microscopy.. 12(3). 407–426. 24 indexed citations

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