Kirk Aleck

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

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Kirk Aleck is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk Aleck has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Kirk Aleck's work include Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (7 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (4 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (4 papers). Kirk Aleck is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (7 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (4 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (4 papers). Kirk Aleck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. Kirk Aleck's co-authors include H Robert Baird, David J. Pettitt, Peter H. Bennett, William C. Knowler, Paul E. Grundy, Webster K. Cavenee, Kenneth Morgan, Beatrice C. Lampkin, Alex Koufos and Gregory M. Pastores and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Diabetes Care and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Kirk Aleck

31 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Excessive Obesity in Offspring of Pima Indian Women with Diabetes during Pregnancy

1983 372 citations David J. Pettitt, H Robert Baird et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirk Aleck United States	18	815	775	626	566	323	31	2.0k
Inge François Belgium	23	631 0.8×	592 0.8×	248 0.4×	405 0.7×	109 0.3×	45	1.7k
Isabelle Fajardy France	20	386 0.5×	301 0.4×	293 0.5×	320 0.6×	259 0.8×	44	1.5k
Simon‐Pierre Guay Canada	21	586 0.7×	884 1.1×	467 0.7×	188 0.3×	193 0.6×	45	1.5k
Fredrika Pekonen Finland	30	290 0.4×	670 0.9×	443 0.7×	426 0.8×	102 0.3×	65	2.5k
F. Mondon France	27	721 0.9×	375 0.5×	935 1.5×	220 0.4×	64 0.2×	50	1.6k
Gijs Afink Netherlands	23	357 0.4×	609 0.8×	480 0.8×	109 0.2×	213 0.7×	59	1.6k
Katie A. Woods United Kingdom	15	611 0.7×	654 0.8×	217 0.3×	735 1.3×	209 0.6×	29	2.3k
Michael R. Caudle United States	24	391 0.5×	627 0.8×	844 1.3×	244 0.4×	172 0.5×	52	2.2k
Arturo Mendoza United States	15	359 0.4×	262 0.3×	199 0.3×	148 0.3×	322 1.0×	30	1.2k
S L S Drop Netherlands	16	415 0.5×	437 0.6×	173 0.3×	323 0.6×	133 0.4×	25	1.1k

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Ghosh, Arunabha, Kirk Aleck, Miika Arvonen, et al.. (2018). Experience of the nutritional management of infantile onset lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LALD). Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 123(2). S51–S51. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Guo-Li, Jing Wang, Ganka Douglas, et al.. (2011). Expanded molecular features of carnitine acyl-carnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency by comprehensive molecular analysis. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 103(4). 349–357. 23 indexed citations

Schaaf, Christian P., Robin P. Goin‐Kochel, Kerri P. Nowell, et al.. (2010). Expanding the clinical spectrum of the 16p11.2 chromosomal rearrangements: three patients with syringomyelia. European Journal of Human Genetics. 19(2). 152–156. 35 indexed citations

Schneider, Adele, Sachiko Nakagawa, Joel Charrow, et al.. (2009). Population‐based Tay‐Sachs screening among Ashkenazi Jewish young adults in the 21st century: Hexosaminidase a enzyme assay is essential for accurate testing. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 149A(11). 2444–2447. 18 indexed citations

Taddei, Tamar H., Katherine Kacena, Mei Yang, et al.. (2009). The underrecognized progressive nature of N370S Gaucher disease and assessment of cancer risk in 403 patients. American Journal of Hematology. 84(4). 208–214. 118 indexed citations

Garcia-Barceló, Mercè, Zhengwei Yuan, Vincent Chi‐Hang Lui, et al.. (2005). Population Differences in the Polyalanine Domain and 6 New Mutations in HLXB9 in Patients with Currarino Syndrome. Clinical Chemistry. 52(1). 46–52. 20 indexed citations

Lew, J., et al.. (2004). CDKN1C mutation in Wiedemann–Beckwith syndrome patients reduces RNA splicing efficiency and identifies a splicing enhancer. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 127A(3). 268–276. 10 indexed citations

Aleck, Kirk. (2004). Craniosynostosis syndromes in the genomic era. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology. 11(4). 256–261. 23 indexed citations

Aleck, Kirk, et al.. (2000). Fumaric aciduria: Clinical and imaging features. Annals of Neurology. 47(5). 583–588. 1 indexed citations

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Hodes, M. E., Andrew W. Zimmerman, Sakkubai Naidu, et al.. (1999). Different mutations in the same codon of the proteolipid protein gene,PLP, may help in correlating genotype with phenotype in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease/X-linked spastic paraplegia (PMD/SPG2). American Journal of Medical Genetics. 82(2). 132–139. 23 indexed citations

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Paznekas, William A., Michael L. Cunningham, Timothy D. Howard, et al.. (1998). Genetic Heterogeneity of Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome, Due to TWIST and FGFR Mutations. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 62(6). 1370–1380. 160 indexed citations

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Aleck, Kirk, et al.. (1995). Benign clinical presentation of 3‐methylcrotonylglycinuria. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 18(5). 640–641. 12 indexed citations

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Aytés, Antonio Pérez, John M. Graham, Joseph H. Hersh, et al.. (1993). Urethral obstruction sequence and lower limb deficiency: Evidence for the vascular disruption hypothesis. The Journal of Pediatrics. 123(3). 398–405. 4 indexed citations

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Aleck, Kirk, et al.. (1989). Dominant inheritance of Wiedemann‐Beckwith syndrome: Further evidence for transmission of “unstable premutation” through carrier women. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 33(2). 155–160. 35 indexed citations

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Aleck, Kirk, Allen M. Kaplan, W. G. Sherwood, & B. H. Robinson. (1988). In Utero Central Nervous System Damage in Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. Archives of Neurology. 45(9). 987–989. 11 indexed citations

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Pettitt, David J., et al.. (1988). Congenital Susceptibility to NIDDM: Role of Intrauterine Environment. Diabetes. 37(5). 622–628. 271 indexed citations

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Pettitt, David J., William C. Knowler, Peter H. Bennett, Kirk Aleck, & H Robert Baird. (1987). Obesity in Offspring of Diabetic Pima Indian Women Despite Normal Birth Weight. Diabetes Care. 10(1). 76–80. 123 indexed citations

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Aleck, Kirk, Art Grix, Carol L. Clericuzio, et al.. (1987). Dyssegmental dysplasias: Clinical, radiographic, and morphologic evidence of heterogeneity. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 27(2). 295–312. 35 indexed citations

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Aleck, Kirk, et al.. (1986). Mosaicism for ring and isopseudodicentric chromosome 13. Clinical Genetics. 29(1). 88–91. 3 indexed citations

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Pettitt, David J., Peter H. Bennett, William C. Knowler, H Robert Baird, & Kirk Aleck. (1985). Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Glucose Tolerance During Pregnancy: Long-Term Effects on Obesity and Glucose Tolerance in the Offspring. Diabetes. 34(Supplement_2). 119–122. 168 indexed citations

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