Karin Lin

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Karin Lin is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Lin has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Neurology, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Karin Lin's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (2 papers). Karin Lin is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (2 papers). Karin Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Karin Lin's co-authors include Saul Villeda, Gregor Bieri, Lucas K. Smith, Jian Luo, Elizabeth Wheatley, Joe C. Udeochu, Rafael Wabl, Tony Wyss‐Coray, Kira I. Mosher and Xinmin Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Neuron and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Karin Lin

6 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Young blood reverses age-related impairments in cognitive function and synaptic plasticity in mice

2014 777 citations Saul Villeda, Jinte Middeldorp et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karin Lin United States	6	520	491	444	228	221	7	1.4k
Rafael Wabl United States	7	467 0.9×	472 1.0×	403 0.9×	245 1.1×	213 1.0×	12	1.4k
Joe C. Udeochu United States	6	524 1.0×	510 1.0×	456 1.0×	200 0.9×	240 1.1×	6	1.4k
Elizabeth Wheatley United States	10	718 1.4×	431 0.9×	461 1.0×	198 0.9×	287 1.3×	16	1.6k
Yingbo He United States	16	437 0.8×	496 1.0×	219 0.5×	256 1.1×	250 1.1×	20	1.3k
Géraldine Gontier France	9	471 0.9×	243 0.5×	400 0.9×	90 0.4×	202 0.9×	10	1.1k
Lida Katsimpardi France	8	627 1.2×	204 0.4×	357 0.8×	81 0.4×	265 1.2×	11	1.2k
Kira I. Mosher United States	11	740 1.4×	1.0k 2.1×	851 1.9×	386 1.7×	373 1.7×	11	2.3k
John V. Pluvinage United States	11	759 1.5×	927 1.9×	483 1.1×	617 2.7×	207 0.9×	14	2.0k
Victoria A. Rafalski United States	10	891 1.7×	269 0.5×	316 0.7×	80 0.4×	302 1.4×	12	1.6k
Dimitrios Papadopoulos Greece	16	336 0.6×	361 0.7×	303 0.7×	162 0.7×	242 1.1×	42	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Karin Lin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karin Lin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karin Lin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karin Lin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karin Lin 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 Karin Lin. Karin Lin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Lin, Karin, Rejani B. Kunjamma, Holly M. Robb, et al.. (2025). Chronic integrated stress response causes dysregulated cholesterol synthesis in white matter disease. JCI Insight. 10(16).

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Litvinchuk, Alexandra, Jung H. Suh, Jing Guo, et al.. (2023). Amelioration of Tau and ApoE4-linked glial lipid accumulation and neurodegeneration with an LXR agonist. Neuron. 112(3). 384–403.e8. 61 indexed citations

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Lin, Karin, Gregor Bieri, Géraldine Gontier, et al.. (2021). MHC class I H2-Kb negatively regulates neural progenitor cell proliferation by inhibiting FGFR signaling. PLoS Biology. 19(6). e3001311–e3001311. 17 indexed citations

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Andreone, Benjamin J., Laralynne Przybyla, Ceyda Llapashtica, et al.. (2020). Alzheimer’s-associated PLCγ2 is a signaling node required for both TREM2 function and the inflammatory response in human microglia. Nature Neuroscience. 23(8). 927–938. 143 indexed citations

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Smith, Lucas K., Evgenia Verovskaya, Gregor Bieri, et al.. (2020). The aged hematopoietic system promotes hippocampal‐dependent cognitive decline. Aging Cell. 19(8). e13192–e13192. 24 indexed citations

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Smith, Lucas K., Yingbo He, Jeong‐Soo Park, et al.. (2015). β2-microglobulin is a systemic pro-aging factor that impairs cognitive function and neurogenesis. Nature Medicine. 21(8). 932–937. 363 indexed citations

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Villeda, Saul, Jinte Middeldorp, Joseph M. Castellano, et al.. (2014). Young blood reverses age-related impairments in cognitive function and synaptic plasticity in mice. Nature Medicine. 20(6). 659–663. 777 indexed citations breakdown →

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