Lorenzo D. Botto

17.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
172 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Lorenzo D. Botto is a scholar working on Surgery, Rheumatology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorenzo D. Botto has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Surgery, 48 papers in Rheumatology and 41 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Lorenzo D. Botto's work include Folate and B Vitamins Research (47 papers), Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (40 papers) and Congenital Heart Disease Studies (37 papers). Lorenzo D. Botto is often cited by papers focused on Folate and B Vitamins Research (47 papers), Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (40 papers) and Congenital Heart Disease Studies (37 papers). Lorenzo D. Botto collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Lorenzo D. Botto's co-authors include Quanhe Yang, Jon D. Erickson, Adolfo Correa, Cynthia A. Moore, J. David Erickson, Muin J. Khoury, Tiffany Riehle‐Colarusso, Joseph Mulinare, Sonja A. Rasmussen and Marcia L. Feldkamp and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lorenzo D. Botto

160 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

5, 10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene Variants and Congenital Anomalies: A HuGE Review

2000 825 citations Lorenzo D. Botto et al. profile →
Neural-Tube Defects

1999 724 citations Lorenzo D. Botto et al. profile →
Noninherited Risk Factors and Congenital Cardiovascular Defects: Current Knowledge

2007 564 citations Adolfo Correa, Lorenzo D. Botto et al. profile →
Diabetes mellitus and birth defects

2008 497 citations Adolfo Correa, Lorenzo D. Botto et al. profile →
Preventing birth defects, saving lives, and promoting health equity: an urgent call to action for universal mandatory food fortification with folic acid

2022 79 citations Lorenzo D. Botto et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lorenzo D. Botto United States	50	3.5k	3.2k	2.9k	2.6k	2.1k	172	10.6k
Mark A. Canfield United States	47	2.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	2.7k 1.1×	752 0.4×	212	8.7k
Myles Wolf United States	75	2.6k 0.8×	909 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	2.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.3×	247	22.6k
Charlotte A. Hobbs United States	43	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	127	6.1k
Suzan L. Carmichael United States	52	2.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	1.7k 0.6×	3.0k 1.2×	840 0.4×	309	9.2k
M K Javaid United Kingdom	57	4.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.3×	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	859 0.4×	325	11.5k
Quanhe Yang United States	48	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	136	10.1k
Martha M. Werler United States	54	2.3k 0.6×	806 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	3.9k 1.5×	509 0.2×	251	10.7k
Rolv T. Lie Norway	50	1.2k 0.3×	795 0.2×	919 0.3×	4.0k 1.5×	976 0.5×	216	9.5k
Paul A. Romitti United States	46	1.6k 0.5×	847 0.3×	836 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	256	7.9k
David A. Hanley Canada	53	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	666 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	2.4k 1.1×	197	18.6k

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Oghabian, Ali, Kirsi Määttä, Riikka E. Mäkitie, et al.. (2025). Transcriptomic and lipidomic profiling provide novel insight into the pathogenesis of monogenic SGMS2 -related osteoporosis. JBMR Plus. 9(10). ziaf128–ziaf128.

Botto, Lorenzo D., George K. Lui, Jill Glidewell, et al.. (2025). Comorbidity and Multimorbidity in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Findings From a Multi‐Site Population‐Based Study. Birth Defects Research. 117(8). e2515–e2515.

Ingoglia, Filippo, et al.. (2024). MADD-like pattern of acylcarnitines associated with sertraline use. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports. 41. 101142–101142. 6 indexed citations

Strong, Kathleen, Salimah R. Walani, Cecília Mellado, et al.. (2024). Action against birth defects: if not now, when?. Global Health Action. 17(1). 2354002–2354002. 6 indexed citations

Palmer, Elizabeth E., A M Delgado-Vega, N Roberts, et al.. (2024). Equity in action: The Diagnostic Working Group of The Undiagnosed Diseases Network International. npj Genomic Medicine. 9(1). 1 indexed citations

Botto, Lorenzo D., et al.. (2023). A novel RAD51 variant resulting in Fanconi anemia identified in an infant with multiple congenital anomalies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1). e6810–e6810. 4 indexed citations

Carey, John C., Lorenzo D. Botto, Matt Velinder, et al.. (2023). SON -Related Zhu-Tokita-Takenouchi-Kim Syndrome With Recurrent Hemiplegic Migraine. Neurology Genetics. 9(3). e200062–e200062.

Botto, Lorenzo D., et al.. (2023). Novel SLC13A3 Variants and Cases of Acute Reversible Leukoencephalopathy and α-Ketoglutarate Accumulation and Literature Review. Neurology Genetics. 9(6). e200101–e200101. 1 indexed citations

Perrin, Hugo, Heng Li, & Lorenzo D. Botto. (2023). Hydrodynamic interactions change the buckling threshold of parallel flexible sheets in shear flow. Physical Review Fluids. 8(12). 3 indexed citations

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Ingoglia, Filippo, et al.. (2023). MADD-LIKE PATTERN IN PLASMA ACYLCARNITINE PROFILE ASSOCIATED WITH SERTRALINE USE. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 138(3). 107426–107426. 1 indexed citations

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Ewans, Lisa, Fulya Taylan, Lorenzo D. Botto, et al.. (2023). International Undiagnosed Diseases Programs (UDPs): components and outcomes. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 18(1). 348–348. 3 indexed citations

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Danylchuk, Dmytro I., Lorenzo D. Botto, Pauline Terhal, et al.. (2022). Pathogenic variants of sphingomyelin synthase SMS2 disrupt lipid landscapes in the secretory pathway. eLife. 11. 17 indexed citations

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Lui, George K., Lorenzo D. Botto, Tessa Crume, et al.. (2022). Health Care Usage Among Adolescents With Congenital Heart Defects at 5 Sites in the United States, 2011 to 2013. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(18). e026172–e026172. 1 indexed citations

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Groisman, Boris, et al.. (2019). A proposal for the systematic assessment of data quality indicators in birth defects surveillance. Birth Defects Research. 111(6). 324–332. 2 indexed citations

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Groisman, Boris, et al.. (2019). Application of quality indicators to data from the National Network of Congenital Anomalies of Argentina. Birth Defects Research. 111(6). 333–340. 1 indexed citations

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Kurdi, Ahmed M, et al.. (2019). Congenital anomalies and associated risk factors in a Saudi population: a cohort study from pregnancy to age 2 years. BMJ Open. 9(9). e026351–e026351. 27 indexed citations

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Bakker, Marian K., Jorieke E. H. Bergman, Sergey Krikov, et al.. (2019). Prenatal diagnosis and prevalence of critical congenital heart defects: an international retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 9(7). e028139–e028139. 140 indexed citations

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Hoyt, Adrienne T., Mark A. Canfield, Paul A. Romitti, et al.. (2018). Does Maternal Exposure to Secondhand Tobacco Smoke During Pregnancy Increase the Risk for Preterm or Small-for-Gestational Age Birth?. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 22(10). 1418–1429. 20 indexed citations

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Botto, Lorenzo D., Margaret Gallagher, Jan M. Friedman, et al.. (2008). Prevalence and effects of gene-gene and gene-nutrient interactions on serum folate and serum total homocysteine concentrations in the United States: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey DNA Bank. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88(1). 232–246. 118 indexed citations

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Botto, Lorenzo D., Angela E. Lin, Tiffany Riehle‐Colarusso, Sarita Malik, & Adolfo Correa. (2007). Seeking causes: Classifying and evaluating congenital heart defects in etiologic studies. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 79(10). 714–727. 375 indexed citations

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