Kristen Ball

605 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 385 citations indexed

About

Kristen Ball is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristen Ball has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 385 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Surgery and 1 paper in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kristen Ball's work include Congenital heart defects research (4 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (3 papers). Kristen Ball is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (4 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (3 papers). Kristen Ball collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Kristen Ball's co-authors include Aitor Aguirre, Aaron H. Wasserman, Guangming Ni, Yonatan R. Lewis‐Israeli, Mitchell A. Gabalski, Chao Zhou, Jinyun Zou, Brett Volmert, Xanthippi Chatzistavrou and Wen Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Critical Reviews in Toxicology.

In The Last Decade

Kristen Ball

7 papers receiving 375 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.

Self-assembling human heart organoids for the modeling of cardiac development and congenital heart disease

2021 295 citations Yonatan R. Lewis‐Israeli, Aaron H. Wasserman et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kristen Ball United States	5	253	153	142	42	41	7	385
Lika Drakhlis Germany	7	244 1.0×	156 1.0×	154 1.1×	31 0.7×	11 0.3×	8	355
Emiliano Bolesani Germany	6	331 1.3×	171 1.1×	180 1.3×	61 1.5×	8 0.2×	7	461
Yonatan R. Lewis‐Israeli United States	8	286 1.1×	227 1.5×	218 1.5×	55 1.3×	9 0.2×	11	475
Jana Teske Germany	5	219 0.9×	146 1.0×	143 1.0×	27 0.6×	8 0.2×	7	318
Brett Volmert United States	7	247 1.0×	220 1.4×	192 1.4×	46 1.1×	7 0.2×	12	427
Hananeh Fonoudi United States	11	339 1.3×	131 0.9×	123 0.9×	104 2.5×	12 0.3×	22	515
Mitchell A. Gabalski United States	4	206 0.8×	157 1.0×	153 1.1×	35 0.8×	6 0.1×	6	328
Katharina Ritzenhoff Germany	3	206 0.8×	140 0.9×	131 0.9×	26 0.6×	7 0.2×	4	300
Clara Schmidt Austria	4	286 1.1×	169 1.1×	177 1.2×	53 1.3×	6 0.1×	4	410
Yixuan Ming United States	6	200 0.8×	201 1.3×	146 1.0×	34 0.8×	6 0.1×	7	384

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kristen Ball

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kristen Ball

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Kemp, M., et al.. (2025). Evaluating health impacts of exposure to PFAS mixtures: a systematic review of epidemiological studies using mixture methods. Critical Reviews in Toxicology. 55(8). 777–795. 1 indexed citations

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Pérez‐Amodio, Soledad, et al.. (2022). The generation of a lactate-rich environment stimulates cell cycle progression and modulates gene expression on neonatal and hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. Biomaterials Advances. 139. 213035–213035. 19 indexed citations

3.

Lewis‐Israeli, Yonatan R., Aaron H. Wasserman, Mitchell A. Gabalski, et al.. (2021). Self-assembling human heart organoids for the modeling of cardiac development and congenital heart disease. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5142–5142. 295 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ball, Kristen, et al.. (2020). Analysis of Congenital Heart Defects in Mouse Embryos Using Qualitative and Quantitative Histological Methods. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

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Lewis‐Israeli, Yonatan R., Mitchell A. Gabalski, Kristen Ball, et al.. (2020). Generation of Heart Organoids Modeling Early Human Cardiac Development Under Defined Conditions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Asante‐Appiah, Ernest, Kristen Ball, Kevin P. Bateman, et al.. (2001). The YRD Motif Is a Major Determinant of Substrate and Inhibitor Specificity in T-cell Protein-tyrosine Phosphatase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(28). 26036–26043. 45 indexed citations

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Sower, L. L., K. W. Vick, & Kristen Ball. (1974). Perception of Olfactory Stimuli That Inhibit the Responses of Male Phycitid Moths to Sex Pheromones. Environmental Entomology. 3(2). 277–279. 15 indexed citations

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