Jürgen W. Spranger

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
171 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Jürgen W. Spranger is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jürgen W. Spranger has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Genetics, 51 papers in Molecular Biology and 37 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Jürgen W. Spranger's work include Connective tissue disorders research (67 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (34 papers) and Bone health and treatments (27 papers). Jürgen W. Spranger is often cited by papers focused on Connective tissue disorders research (67 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (34 papers) and Bone health and treatments (27 papers). Jürgen W. Spranger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Jürgen W. Spranger's co-authors include John M. Opitz, P Maroteaux, Bernhard Zabel, Michael Cantz, H. ‐R. Wiedemann, Leonard O. Langer, Andreas Winterpacht, Andrea Superti‐Furga, Enid F. Gilbert and Gen Nishimura and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Cancer and Radiology.

In The Last Decade

Jürgen W. Spranger

167 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Nosology and classification of genetic skeletal disorders: 2015 revision

2015 367 citations Luisa Bonafé, Valérie Cormier‐Daire et al. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jürgen W. Spranger Germany	44	2.7k	2.4k	1.1k	907	678	171	5.8k
P Maroteaux France	36	2.9k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	559 0.6×	650 1.0×	294	5.8k
Beat Steinmann Switzerland	45	3.3k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	632 0.7×	864 1.3×	123	6.4k
Ralph S. Lachman United States	39	3.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	222 0.2×	815 1.2×	181	5.5k
Ravi Savarirayan Australia	39	3.2k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	271 0.3×	629 0.9×	171	5.5k
Yasuteru Muragaki Japan	43	1.1k 0.4×	3.4k 1.4×	677 0.6×	351 0.4×	750 1.1×	145	7.0k
Deborah Krakow United States	44	3.7k 1.4×	3.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	194 0.2×	647 1.0×	141	6.5k
Rudolf Happle Germany	54	5.2k 1.9×	4.0k 1.7×	979 0.9×	542 0.6×	1.4k 2.1×	468	11.6k
Gen Nishimura Japan	41	3.7k 1.4×	3.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	182 0.2×	781 1.2×	344	7.1k
Jan P. Dumanski Sweden	43	2.0k 0.7×	3.6k 1.5×	755 0.7×	236 0.3×	674 1.0×	146	7.4k
Ralph Lachman United States	26	1.3k 0.5×	840 0.3×	595 0.6×	717 0.8×	378 0.6×	68	2.8k

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Zárate, Yuri A., et al.. (2021). Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity in KIAA0753‐related ciliopathies. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 188(1). 104–115. 5 indexed citations

Starr, Lois J., Jürgen W. Spranger, Vamshi K. Rao, Richard E. Lutz, & Anji T. Yetman. (2019). PIGQ glycosylphosphatidylinositol‐anchored protein deficiency: Characterizing the phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 179(7). 1270–1275. 9 indexed citations

Witkos, Tomasz M., Sheila Unger, John A. Follit, et al.. (2019). Hypomorphic mutations of TRIP11 cause odontochondrodysplasia. JCI Insight. 4(3). 61 indexed citations

Louie, Raymond J., Michael J. Friez, Jaime L. Frías, et al.. (2018). Two unrelated patients with autosomal dominant omodysplasia and FRIZZLED2 mutations. Clinical Case Reports. 6(11). 2252–2255. 7 indexed citations

Bonafé, Luisa, Valérie Cormier‐Daire, Christine M Hall, et al.. (2015). Nosology and classification of genetic skeletal disorders: 2015 revision. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 167(12). 2869–2892. 367 indexed citations breakdown →

Superti‐Furga, Andrea, Jürgen W. Spranger, & Gen Nishimura. (2012). Enchondromatosis revisited: New classification with molecular basis. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics. 160C(3). 154–164. 23 indexed citations

Takagi, Masaki, Naoaki Hori, Yasutsugu Chinen, et al.. (2011). Heterozygous C‐propeptide mutations in COL1A1: Osteogenesis imperfecta type IIC and dense bone variant. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 155(9). 2269–2273. 7 indexed citations

Lausch, Ekkehart, Pia Hermanns, Henner F. Farin, et al.. (2008). TBX15 Mutations Cause Craniofacial Dysmorphism, Hypoplasia of Scapula and Pelvis, and Short Stature in Cousin Syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 83(5). 649–655. 46 indexed citations

Pontz, B. F., H Stöß, & Jürgen W. Spranger. (1988). Heterogeneity in Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Clinical and Morphological Findings. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 543(1). 30–39. 4 indexed citations

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Spranger, Jürgen W., et al.. (1987). Lysosomal Sialidase Deficiency: Increased GangliosideContent in Autopsy Tissues of a Sialidosis Patient. Enzyme. 38(1-4). 262–266. 12 indexed citations

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Opitz, John M., Jürgen W. Spranger, H Stöß, et al.. (1987). Sedaghatian congenital lethal metaphyseal chondrodysplasia—observations in a second Iranian family and histopathological studies. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 26(3). 583–590. 13 indexed citations

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Beck, Michael, et al.. (1983). Heterogeneity of metatropic dysplasia. European Journal of Pediatrics. 140(3). 231–237. 29 indexed citations

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Stöß, H, H.-J. Pesch, B. F. Pontz, A. Otten, & Jürgen W. Spranger. (1982). Wolcott-Rallison syndrome: Diabetes mellitus and spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia. European Journal of Pediatrics. 138(2). 120–129. 49 indexed citations

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Horton, William A., David L. Rimoin, Ralph S. Lachman, et al.. (1978). The phenotypic variability of diastrophic dysplasia. The Journal of Pediatrics. 93(4). 609–613. 51 indexed citations

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Cantz, Michael, et al.. (1977). Mucolipidosis I: Increased sialic acid content and deficiency of an α-N-acetylneuraminidase in cultured fibroblasts. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 74(2). 732–738. 128 indexed citations

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Herrmann, J., et al.. (1975). The Stickler syndrome (hereditary arthroophthalmopathy).. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 11(2). 76–103. 66 indexed citations

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Leroy, Jules G., Jürgen W. Spranger, Murray Feingold, John M. Opitz, & Allen C. Crocker. (1971). I-cell disease: A clinical picture. The Journal of Pediatrics. 79(3). 360–365. 128 indexed citations

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Blümcke, S., et al.. (1971). [Comparative ultrastructural investigations of livers in mucopolysaccharidoses and mucolipidoses (author's transl)].. PubMed. 55. 394–9. 1 indexed citations

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Spranger, Jürgen W.. (1970). FAMILIAL METAPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA?. The Lancet. 296(7670). 475–475. 4 indexed citations

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Spranger, Jürgen W. & H. ‐R. Wiedemann. (1967). STUDYING THE MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSES. The Lancet. 289(7487). 443–443. 4 indexed citations

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