Koen Theunis

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 662 citations indexed

About

Koen Theunis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Koen Theunis has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 662 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 3 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Koen Theunis's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (3 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (3 papers). Koen Theunis is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (3 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (3 papers). Koen Theunis collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. Koen Theunis's co-authors include Thierry Voet, Parveen Kumar, Niels van der Aa, Elia Fernandez Gallardo, Helen Bolton, Sarah J. L. Graham, Magdalena Zernicka‐Goetz, Stein Aerts, Gert Hulselmans and Valerie Christiaens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Koen Theunis

10 papers receiving 651 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.

Mouse model of chromosome mosaicism reveals lineage-specific depletion of aneuploid cells and normal developmental potential

2016 316 citations Helen Bolton, Sarah J. L. Graham et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Koen Theunis Belgium	7	358	286	167	141	65	10	662
Vincent Gâtinois France	11	269 0.8×	206 0.7×	279 1.7×	51 0.4×	76 1.2×	28	600
Xukun Lu China	16	629 1.8×	123 0.4×	123 0.7×	196 1.4×	93 1.4×	27	771
Manuel Viotti United States	16	720 2.0×	609 2.1×	323 1.9×	358 2.5×	59 0.9×	41	1.3k
Yvonne K. Kwok China	13	216 0.6×	300 1.0×	285 1.7×	36 0.3×	63 1.0×	25	563
Rolf‐Dieter Wegner Germany	16	270 0.8×	227 0.8×	226 1.4×	37 0.3×	85 1.3×	38	626
Yixin Ren China	10	520 1.5×	132 0.5×	98 0.6×	131 0.9×	150 2.3×	15	647
Cheryl DeScipio United States	15	337 0.9×	404 1.4×	334 2.0×	351 2.5×	20 0.3×	18	834
Paolo Guanciali‐Franchi Italy	10	222 0.6×	154 0.5×	144 0.9×	54 0.4×	16 0.2×	24	443
Yifan Gu China	14	283 0.8×	287 1.0×	100 0.6×	365 2.6×	33 0.5×	34	652
Aaron Bogutz Canada	14	566 1.6×	180 0.6×	223 1.3×	51 0.4×	43 0.7×	18	681

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Koen Theunis

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Theunis, Koen, Sebastiaan Vanuytven, Florian Rambow, et al.. (2025). Single-cell genome and transcriptome sequencing without upfront whole-genome amplification reveals cell state plasticity of melanoma subclones. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(6). 1 indexed citations

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Taskiran, Ibrahim Ihsan, Katina I. Spanier, Gert Hulselmans, et al.. (2023). Cell-type-directed design of synthetic enhancers. Nature. 626(7997). 212–220. 69 indexed citations

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Ismail, Joy N., Carmen Bravo González‐Blas, Gert Hulselmans, et al.. (2022). Hydrop enables droplet-based single-cell ATAC-seq and single-cell RNA-seq using dissolvable hydrogel beads. eLife. 11. 44 indexed citations

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Veys, Koenraad, Katharina Held, Ahmed Reda, et al.. (2022). Urine-Derived Kidney Progenitor Cells in Cystinosis. Cells. 11(7). 1245–1245. 5 indexed citations

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Böhm, Anna-Marei, Naomi Dirckx, Robert J. Tower, et al.. (2019). Activation of Skeletal Stem and Progenitor Cells for Bone Regeneration Is Driven by PDGFRβ Signaling. Developmental Cell. 51(2). 236–254.e12. 78 indexed citations

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Werken, Harmen J.G. van de, Josien Haan, Yana Feodorova, et al.. (2017). Small chromosomal regions position themselves autonomously according to their chromatin class. Genome Research. 27(6). 922–933. 27 indexed citations

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Bolton, Helen, Sarah J. L. Graham, Niels van der Aa, et al.. (2016). Mouse model of chromosome mosaicism reveals lineage-specific depletion of aneuploid cells and normal developmental potential. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11165–11165. 316 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bolton, Helen, Sarah J. L. Graham, Niels van der Aa, et al.. (2016). Mouse Model of Chromosome Mosaicism Reveals Lineage-Specific Depletion of Aneuploid Cells and Normal Developmental Potential. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 71(11). 665–666. 5 indexed citations

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Arcolino, Fanny Oliveira, Silvia Zia, Katharina Held, et al.. (2016). Urine of Preterm Neonates as a Novel Source of Kidney Progenitor Cells. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 27(9). 2762–2770. 30 indexed citations

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Esteki, Masoud Zamani, Eftychia Dimitriadou, Ligia Mateiu, et al.. (2015). Concurrent Whole-Genome Haplotyping and Copy-Number Profiling of Single Cells. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 96(6). 894–912. 87 indexed citations

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