Kenneth Y. Kwan

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Kenneth Y. Kwan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Y. Kwan has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Y. Kwan's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (12 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (6 papers). Kenneth Y. Kwan is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (12 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (6 papers). Kenneth Y. Kwan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Kenneth Y. Kwan's co-authors include Nenad Šestan, E.S. Anton, Mladen-Roko Rašin, Mandy M. Lam, Sungbo Shim, Mingfeng Li, Zoltán Molnár, Željka Krsnik, Yuka Imamura Kawasawa and Amanda F. P. Cheung and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Y. Kwan

28 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Satb2 Is a Postmitotic Determinant for Upper-Layer Neuron Specification in the Neocortex

2008 505 citations Olga V. Britanova, Camino de Juan Romero et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth Y. Kwan United States	18	1.5k	831	695	477	258	29	2.3k
Marta Florio Germany	16	1.9k 1.2×	833 1.0×	417 0.6×	441 0.9×	155 0.6×	17	2.5k
Gonzalo Álvarez‐Bolado Germany	29	2.2k 1.5×	561 0.7×	759 1.1×	500 1.0×	217 0.8×	69	3.2k
Albert E. Ayoub United States	15	1.1k 0.7×	562 0.7×	450 0.6×	435 0.9×	152 0.6×	16	1.8k
Mollie B. Woodworth United States	12	1.5k 1.0×	342 0.4×	544 0.8×	603 1.3×	273 1.1×	14	2.3k
Alessio Attardo Germany	14	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	870 1.3×	234 0.5×	302 1.2×	18	2.3k
Camino de Juan Romero Spain	17	1.2k 0.8×	810 1.0×	448 0.6×	267 0.6×	248 1.0×	34	2.0k
Maria Grigoriou Greece	16	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	1.5k 2.1×	511 1.1×	204 0.8×	42	3.4k
Yves Jossin Belgium	25	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	331 0.7×	135 0.5×	31	2.3k
Branden R. Nelson United States	26	1.5k 1.0×	600 0.7×	537 0.8×	295 0.6×	140 0.5×	33	2.1k
Jessica Mariani United States	12	1.9k 1.2×	545 0.7×	425 0.6×	534 1.1×	234 0.9×	22	2.4k

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Molnár, Zoltán & Kenneth Y. Kwan. (2024). Development and Evolution of Thalamocortical Connectivity. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 16(1). a041503–a041503. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Hao, Tao Yang, Jacob M. Hull, et al.. (2023). DSCAM gene triplication causes excessive GABAergic synapses in the neocortex in Down syndrome mouse models. PLoS Biology. 21(4). e3002078–e3002078. 11 indexed citations

Lam, Mandy M., et al.. (2022). Postmitotic accumulation of histone variant H3.3 in new cortical neurons establishes neuronal chromatin, transcriptome, and identity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(32). e2116956119–e2116956119. 15 indexed citations

Yang, Tao, Xiaofeng Zhao, Limei Zhu, et al.. (2022). Migrating Pyramidal Neurons Require DSCAM to Bypass the Border of the Developing Cortical Plate. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(28). 5510–5521. 4 indexed citations

Lam, Mandy M., et al.. (2021). Chromatin remodeler Arid1a regulates subplate neuron identity and wiring of cortical connectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(21). 14 indexed citations

Keil, Jason M., et al.. (2020). Symmetric neural progenitor divisions require chromatin-mediated homologous recombination DNA repair by Ino80. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3839–3839. 22 indexed citations

McMahon, Lloyd P., et al.. (2020). Nestin Selectively Facilitates the Phosphorylation of the Lissencephaly-Linked Protein Doublecortin (DCX) by cdk5/p35 to Regulate Growth Cone Morphology and Sema3a Sensitivity in Developing Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(19). 3720–3740. 17 indexed citations

Shi, Lei, Adel Qalieh, Mandy M. Lam, Jason M. Keil, & Kenneth Y. Kwan. (2019). Robust elimination of genome-damaged cells safeguards against brain somatic aneuploidy following Knl1 deletion. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2588–2588. 28 indexed citations

Keil, Jason M., Adel Qalieh, & Kenneth Y. Kwan. (2018). Brain Transcriptome Databases: A User's Guide. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(10). 2399–2412. 53 indexed citations

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Iwase, Shigeki, Emily Brookes, Saurabh Agarwal, et al.. (2016). A Mouse Model of X-linked Intellectual Disability Associated with Impaired Removal of Histone Methylation. Cell Reports. 14(5). 1000–1009. 93 indexed citations

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Akins, Michael R., Kenneth Y. Kwan, Katherine A. Shepard, et al.. (2016). Axonal ribosomes and mRNAs associate with fragile X granules in adult rodent and human brains. Human Molecular Genetics. 26(1). ddw381–ddw381. 46 indexed citations

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Kwan, Kenneth Y., et al.. (2014). Dysregulated nitric oxide signaling as a candidate mechanism of fragile X syndrome and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Frontiers in Genetics. 5. 239–239. 12 indexed citations

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Kwan, Kenneth Y., et al.. (2014). Nitric oxide signaling in the development and evolution of language and cognitive circuits. Neuroscience Research. 86. 77–87. 3 indexed citations

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Kwan, Kenneth Y.. (2013). Transcriptional Dysregulation of Neocortical Circuit Assembly in ASD. International review of neurobiology. 113. 167–205. 30 indexed citations

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Kwan, Kenneth Y., Nenad Šestan, & E.S. Anton. (2012). Transcriptional co-regulation of neuronal migration and laminar identity in the neocortex. Development. 139(9). 1535–1546. 270 indexed citations

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Shim, Sungbo, Kenneth Y. Kwan, Mingfeng Li, Véronique Lefebvre, & Nenad Šestan. (2012). Cis-regulatory control of corticospinal system development and evolution. Nature. 486(7401). 74–79. 141 indexed citations

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Fertuzinhos, Sofia, Željka Krsnik, Yuka Imamura Kawasawa, et al.. (2009). Selective Depletion of Molecularly Defined Cortical Interneurons in Human Holoprosencephaly with Severe Striatal Hypoplasia. Cerebral Cortex. 19(9). 2196–2207. 79 indexed citations

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Britanova, Olga V., Camino de Juan Romero, Amanda F. P. Cheung, et al.. (2008). Satb2 Is a Postmitotic Determinant for Upper-Layer Neuron Specification in the Neocortex. Neuron. 57(3). 378–392. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kwan, Kenneth Y., Mandy M. Lam, Željka Krsnik, et al.. (2008). SOX5 postmitotically regulates migration, postmigratory differentiation, and projections of subplate and deep-layer neocortical neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(41). 16021–16026. 210 indexed citations

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Hegele, Robert A., Kenneth Y. Kwan, Stewart B. Harris, et al.. (2000). NAT2 polymorphism associated with plasma glucose concentration in Canadian Oji-Cree. Pharmacogenetics. 10(3). 233–238. 14 indexed citations

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