Kirk R. Thomas

9.8k citations

46 papers · 7.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 1%
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
- Congenital heart defects research
Genetics top 0.5%
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- Virus-based gene therapy research

Papers in

Genetics 16
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction 9
Molecular Biology 38
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 12
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research 9
- Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer 6
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer 5
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 5
- Congenital heart defects research 5

Co-authors: Mario R. Capecchi Suzanne L. Mansour Dean Y. Li Kim R. Folger Baldomero M. Olivera Lise K. Sorensen Fréderic Larrieu-Lahargue John Puetz
Journals: Nature (5 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (5 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)Development (3 papers)PLoS ONE (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Belgium

In The Last Decade

Kirk R. Thomas

46 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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A mouse model for the delta F508 allele of cystic fibrosis. 1995 · 249 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1995 Journal of Clinical Investigation
1990 Nature
1988 Nature
1987 Cell

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Kirk R. Thomas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	OP0109 SINGLE-CELL RNA-SEQ REVEALS DIFFERENCES IN METABOLIC PATHWAYS OF MYELOID CELLS IN THE PROGRESSION OF SLE Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ·Aleksandra Bylinska, Miles Smith, Kirk R. Thomas, Carla Guthridge, Samantha Slight‐Webb, Susan Macwana, Judith A. James, Joel M. Guthridge	2023	1
2	PI3Ka-Akt1-mediated Prdm4 induction in adipose tissue increases energy expenditure, inhibits weight gain, and improves insulin resistance in diet-induced obese mice Cell Death and Disease ·No-Joon Song, Seo-Hyuk Chang, Suji Kim, Vanja Panic, Byung-Hyun Jang, Ui Jeong Yun, Jin Hee Choi, Zhen Li, Ki-Moon Park, Jung-Hoon Yoon, Sung‐Hwan Kim, Jae Hyuk Yoo, Ling Jing, Kirk R. Thomas, Claudio J. Villanueva, Dean Y. Li, Jee-Yin Ahn, Jin‐Mo Ku, Kye Won Park	2018	19
3	Dietary Vitamin D and Its Metabolites Non-Genomically Stabilize the Endothelium PLoS ONE ·Christopher C. Gibson, Chadwick T. Davis, Weiquan Zhu, Jay A. Bowman-Kirigin, Ashley E. Walker, Zhengfu Tai, Kirk R. Thomas, Anthony J. Donato, Lisa A. Lesniewski, Dean Y. Li	2015	56
4	Mouse Tbx3 Mutants Suggest Novel Molecular Mechanisms for Ulnar-Mammary Syndrome PLoS ONE ·Deborah U. Frank, Uchenna Emechebe, Kirk R. Thomas, Anne Moon	2013	29
5	Interleukin receptor activates a MYD88–ARNO–ARF6 cascade to disrupt vascular stability Nature ·Weiquan Zhu, Nyall R. London, Christopher C. Gibson, Chadwick T. Davis, Zongzhong Tong, Lise K. Sorensen, Dallas Shi, Jin-Ping Guo, Matthew C. Smith, Allie H. Grossmann, Kirk R. Thomas, Dean Y. Li	2012	127
6	Cytochrome P450 2B Diversity and Dietary Novelty in the Herbivorous, Desert Woodrat (Neotoma lepida) PLoS ONE ·Jael R. Malenke, Élodie Magnanou, Kirk R. Thomas, M. Denise Dearing	2012	17
7	Overlapping functions of Pea3 ETS transcription factors in FGF signaling during zebrafish development Developmental Biology ·Wade A. Znosko, Shibin Yu, Kirk R. Thomas, Gabriela Molina, Chengjian Li, Warren Tsang, Igor B. Dawid, Anne Moon, Michael Tsang	2010	53
8	Slit2–Robo4 signalling promotes vascular stability by blocking Arf6 activity Nature Cell Biology ·Christopher A. Jones, Naoyuki Nishiya, Nyall R. London, Weiquan Zhu, Lise K. Sorensen, Aubrey C. Chan, Chinten James Lim, Haoyu Chen, Qisheng Zhang, Peter G. Schultz, Alaa M. Hayallah, Kirk R. Thomas, Michael Famulok, Kang Zhang, Mark H. Ginsberg, Dean Y. Li	2009	177
9	Wnt3 signaling in the epiblast is required for proper orientation of the anteroposterior axis Developmental Biology ·Jeffery R. Barrow, William D. Howell, Michael C. Rule, Shigemi Hayashi, Kirk R. Thomas, Mario R. Capecchi, Andrew P. McMahon	2007	57
10	A Novel Method for Creating Artificial Mutant Samples for Performance Evaluation and Quality Control in Clinical Molecular Genetics Journal of Molecular Diagnostics ·Michael Jarvis, Ramaswamy K. Iyer, Laurina O. Williams, Walter W. Noll, Kirk R. Thomas, Milhan Telatar, Wayne W. Grody	2005	13
11	Maintenance of functional equivalence during paralogous Hox gene evolution Nature ·Joy M. Greer, John Puetz, Kirk R. Thomas, Mario R. Capecchi	2000	204
12	Targeting genes for self-excision in the germ line Genes & Development ·Michaeline Bunting, Kenneth E. Bernstein, Jonathan Greer, Mario R. Capecchi, Kirk R. Thomas	1999	214
13	A mouse model for the delta F508 allele of cystic fibrosis. Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Bernhardt Zeiher, E. J. Eichwald, Joseph Zabner, Julie Smith, Aurita Puga, Paul B. McCray, Mario R. Capecchi, Michael J. Welsh, Kirk R. Thomas Hit paper breakdown →	1995	249
14	The Knockout Mouse: Six Years Old and Growing Stronger American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Kirk R. Thomas	1995	4
15	Impact of Gene Targeting on Medicine PubMed ·Kirk R. Thomas	1994	4
16	High-Fidelity Gene Targeting in Embryonic Stem Cells by Using Sequence Replacement Vectors Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Kirk R. Thomas, Chu‐Xia Deng, Mario R. Capecchi	1992	13
17	Swaying is a mutant allele of the proto-oncogene Wnt-1 Cell ·Kirk R. Thomas, Teresa S. Musci, Paul E. Neumann, Mario R. Capecchi	1991	204
18	Disruption of the proto-oncogene int-2 in mouse embryo-derived stem cells: a general strategy for targeting mutations to non-selectable genes Nature ·Suzanne L. Mansour, Kirk R. Thomas, Mario R. Capecchi Hit paper breakdown →	1988	1393
19	Nonreciprocal Exchanges of Information Between DNA Duplexes Coinjected into Mammalian Cell Nuclei Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Kim R. Folger, Kirk R. Thomas, Mario R. Capecchi	1985	22
20	Formation of Okazaki Pieces at the Escherichia coli Replication Fork In Vitro Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Kirk R. Thomas, Purita Manlapaz-Ramos, R Lundquist, Baldomero M. Olivera	1979	13

About Kirk R. Thomas

Kirk R. Thomas is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Geriatrics and Gerontology, having authored 46 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (12 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (9 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (9 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (6 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (6 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (5 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (5.6k citations), Genetics (2.1k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (260 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (937 citations) and Aging (72 citations). Kirk R. Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Mario R. Capecchi, Mario R. Capecchi, Suzanne L. Mansour, Dean Y. Li, Kim R. Folger, Baldomero M. Olivera, Lise K. Sorensen, Fréderic Larrieu-Lahargue, John Puetz and Paul E. Neumann. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Development and PLoS ONE.

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