Joseph Higgins

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Joseph Higgins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Higgins has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Neurology and 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Joseph Higgins's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (7 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (7 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (6 papers). Joseph Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (7 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (7 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (6 papers). Joseph Higgins collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Joseph Higgins's co-authors include Britton Chance, William F. Holmes, Linda E. Nee, Joanna Pucilowska, Lawrence I. Golbe, John P. Rooney, Susan Ide, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, Alice Lazzarini and Robert L. Nussbaum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Higgins

60 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Mapping of a Gene for Parkinson's Disease to Chromosome 4q21-q23

1996 548 citations Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, Joseph Higgins et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph Higgins United States	31	1.4k	943	790	551	350	61	3.3k
Masaaki Shibata Japan	43	1.9k 1.4×	338 0.4×	602 0.8×	981 1.8×	213 0.6×	243	5.8k
Steven W. Johnson United States	46	3.0k 2.2×	1.0k 1.1×	3.3k 4.2×	362 0.7×	136 0.4×	154	7.0k
James D. Lechleiter United States	41	4.0k 2.9×	279 0.3×	2.0k 2.5×	833 1.5×	443 1.3×	88	7.0k
Alexander Skupin Luxembourg	28	1.7k 1.2×	254 0.3×	504 0.6×	278 0.5×	455 1.3×	85	3.0k
Takafumi Hasegawa Japan	37	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	872 1.1×	973 1.8×	412 1.2×	168	4.6k
Stephen B. Hladky United Kingdom	33	2.5k 1.9×	415 0.4×	1.3k 1.6×	386 0.7×	395 1.1×	76	4.8k
K Farrell Canada	35	1.6k 1.2×	506 0.5×	1.3k 1.6×	277 0.5×	425 1.2×	125	4.9k
Junko Kimura Japan	40	3.2k 2.4×	295 0.3×	1.5k 1.9×	407 0.7×	152 0.4×	257	6.1k
Tom J. de Koning Netherlands	40	2.2k 1.6×	466 0.5×	492 0.6×	888 1.6×	117 0.3×	153	4.6k
Xuefeng Wang China	31	1.1k 0.8×	431 0.5×	834 1.1×	303 0.5×	213 0.6×	168	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Higgins

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Fujinami, Kaoru, Nadia K. Waheed, Paul Yang, et al.. (2023). Stargardt macular dystrophy and therapeutic approaches. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 108(4). bjo–2022. 9 indexed citations

Krauss, Ronald M., et al.. (2023). VLDL receptor gene therapy for reducing atherogenic lipoproteins. Molecular Metabolism. 69. 101685–101685. 8 indexed citations

Higgins, Joseph, et al.. (2018). Impact of a Nutrition-Focused Quality Improvement Intervention on Hospital Length of Stay. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 34(3). 203–209. 22 indexed citations

Rice, Richard C., Delaney K. Fischer, Amanda K. Fakira, et al.. (2018). Rescue of Learning and Memory Deficits in the Human Nonsyndromic Intellectual Disability Cereblon Knock-Out Mouse Model by Targeting the AMP-Activated Protein Kinase–mTORC1 Translational Pathway. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(11). 2780–2795. 30 indexed citations

Steele, Natasha Z. R., Suzee E. Lee, Jamie Fong, et al.. (2018). Frequency of frontotemporal dementia gene variants in C9ORF72, MAPT, and GRN in academic versus commercial laboratory cohorts. PubMed. Volume 8. 23–33. 8 indexed citations

Goldberger, Amy, et al.. (2017). Clinical Testing for Titin and Ryanodine Receptor Autoantibodies in Myasthenia Gravis Patients (P1.123). Neurology. 88(16_supplement). 1 indexed citations

Gelfand, Jeffrey M., Carolyn Fredericks, Matteo Paoletti, et al.. (2016). Development of a Diagnostic Decision Tree for Rapidly Progressive Dementia (P5.182). Neurology. 86(16_supplement). 2 indexed citations

Ekins, Sean, Nadia K. Litterman, Renée J.G. Arnold, et al.. (2015). A brief review of recent Charcot-Marie-Tooth research and priorities. F1000Research. 4. 53–53. 30 indexed citations

Higgins, Joseph, Hao Jin, Barry E. Kosofsky, & Anjali M. Rajadhyaksha. (2008). Dysregulation of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel expression in nonsyndromal mental retardation due to a cereblon p.R419X mutation. Neurogenetics. 9(3). 219–223. 54 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joseph, et al.. (2005). HS1‐BP3 gene variant is common in familial essential tremor. Movement Disorders. 21(3). 306–309. 20 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joseph, et al.. (2003). Integrated physical map of the human essential tremor gene region (ETM2) on chromosome 2p24.3‐p24.2. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 127B(1). 128–130. 11 indexed citations

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Gasser, Thomas, Susan Bressman, Alexandra Dürr, et al.. (2002). State of the art review: Molecular diagnosis of inherited movement disorders. Movement Disorders Society task force on molecular diagnosis. Movement Disorders. 18(1). 3–18. 33 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joseph, et al.. (2000). Posterior column ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa: A distinct clinical and genetic disorder. Movement Disorders. 15(3). 575–578. 10 indexed citations

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Wexler, Isaiah D., Douglas S. Kerr, Yuefen Du, et al.. (1998). Molecular Characterization of Pyruvate Carboxylase Deficiency in Two Consanguineous Families. Pediatric Research. 43(5). 579–584. 26 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joseph, et al.. (1998). Evidence that a gene for essential tremor maps to chromosome 2p in four families. Movement Disorders. 13(6). 972–977. 76 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joseph, Susan Ide, John S. Oghalai, & Mihael H. Polymeropoulos. (1997). Lack of mutations in the biotin-binding region of the pyruvate carboxylase (PC) gene in a family with partial PC deficiency. Clinical Biochemistry. 30(1). 79–81. 7 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joseph, et al.. (1997). A gene (ETM) for essential tremor maps to chromosome 2p22‐p25. Movement Disorders. 12(6). 859–864. 150 indexed citations

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Polymeropoulos, Mihael H., Joseph Higgins, Lawrence I. Golbe, et al.. (1996). Mapping of a Gene for Parkinson's Disease to Chromosome 4q21-q23. Science. 274(5290). 1197–1199. 548 indexed citations breakdown →

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Higgins, Joseph, Marc C. Patterson, James M. Dambrosia, et al.. (1992). A clinical staging classification for type C Niemann‐Pick disease. Neurology. 42(12). 2286–2286. 54 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joseph, et al.. (1980). Demineralization by electrodialysis of permeates derived from ultrafiltration of wheys and skim milk.. 15(3). 277–288. 11 indexed citations

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