Maayan Baron

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Maayan Baron is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Maayan Baron has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Maayan Baron's work include Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (9 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers). Maayan Baron is often cited by papers focused on Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (9 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers). Maayan Baron collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Maayan Baron's co-authors include Itai Yanai, Dalia Barkley, Reuben Moncada, Cristina Hajdu, Marta Chiodin, Florian Wagner, Bridget K. Wagner, Samuel L. Wolock, Allon M. Klein and Adrian Veres and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Maayan Baron

38 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Map of the Human and Mouse Pancreas Reveals Inter- and Intra-cell Population Structure

2016 913 citations Maayan Baron, Adrian Veres et al. Cell Systems profile →
Integrating microarray-based spatial transcriptomics and single-cell RNA-seq reveals tissue architecture in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas

2020 626 citations Reuben Moncada, Dalia Barkley et al. profile →
Cancer cell states recur across tumor types and form specific interactions with the tumor microenvironment

2022 235 citations Dalia Barkley, Reuben Moncada et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maayan Baron United States	17	1.7k	586	520	439	425	40	2.8k
Valerie Christiaens Belgium	26	2.1k 1.2×	449 0.8×	371 0.7×	382 0.9×	378 0.9×	39	3.0k
Kay Wiebrands Netherlands	9	1.6k 0.9×	393 0.7×	439 0.8×	759 1.7×	313 0.7×	9	2.4k
Samuel L. Wolock United States	10	2.4k 1.4×	559 1.0×	316 0.6×	383 0.9×	935 2.2×	15	3.5k
Antonio Scialdone Italy	25	3.5k 2.0×	594 1.0×	282 0.5×	382 0.9×	546 1.3×	82	5.2k
Sebastian Preißl United States	27	2.9k 1.7×	428 0.7×	599 1.2×	186 0.4×	237 0.6×	44	3.8k
Douglas A. Rubinson United States	22	1.9k 1.1×	470 0.8×	423 0.8×	831 1.9×	288 0.7×	47	3.3k
Martin Enge Sweden	22	5.2k 3.0×	989 1.7×	855 1.6×	1.0k 2.3×	568 1.3×	32	7.0k
Yasutaka Ohta Japan	31	2.3k 1.3×	211 0.4×	222 0.4×	328 0.7×	285 0.7×	61	3.7k
Morris E. Feldman United States	18	3.3k 1.9×	705 1.2×	159 0.3×	377 0.9×	389 0.9×	20	4.2k
Jessica C. Mar United States	28	1.7k 1.0×	376 0.6×	208 0.4×	511 1.2×	656 1.5×	60	3.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Baron, Maayan, Mohita Tagore, Patrick D. Wall, et al.. (2025). Desmosome mutations impact the tumor microenvironment to promote melanoma proliferation. Nature Genetics. 57(5). 1179–1188. 2 indexed citations

Tagore, Mohita, Nelly M. Cruz, Laura Menocal, et al.. (2023). GABA Regulates Electrical Activity and Tumor Initiation in Melanoma. Cancer Discovery. 13(10). 2270–2291. 24 indexed citations

Baron, Maayan, et al.. (2023). 1296 Reconstructing gene expression from clinical and genetic panel data for predictions of tumor microenvironment features and response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A1440–A1440. 2 indexed citations

Baron, Maayan, Mohita Tagore, Miranda V. Hunter, et al.. (2020). The Stress-Like Cancer Cell State Is a Consistent Component of Tumorigenesis. Cell Systems. 11(5). 536–546.e7. 52 indexed citations

Xia, Bo, Yun Yan, Maayan Baron, et al.. (2020). Widespread Transcriptional Scanning in the Testis Modulates Gene Evolution Rates. Cell. 180(2). 248–262.e21. 100 indexed citations

Agmon, Neta, Zuojian Tang, Tobias Schraink, et al.. (2019). Phylogenetic debugging of a complete human biosynthetic pathway transplanted into yeast. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(1). 486–499. 12 indexed citations

Baron, Maayan, Adrian Veres, Samuel L. Wolock, et al.. (2016). A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Map of the Human and Mouse Pancreas Reveals Inter- and Intra-cell Population Structure. Cell Systems. 3(4). 346–360.e4. 913 indexed citations breakdown →

Hao, Yanjie, Marie Hudson, Patrícia Carreira, et al.. (2014). Early mortality in Australian, Canadian and Spanish scleroderma patients: rationale for establishing a multi-national inception cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 5 indexed citations

Jewett, Lisa R., et al.. (2012). Prevalence of current, 12-month and lifetime major depressive disorder among patients with systemic sclerosis. Lara D. Veeken. 52(4). 669–675. 27 indexed citations

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Labrie, Fernand, David F. Archer, Céline Bouchard, et al.. (2011). Intravaginal dehydroepiandrosterone (prasterone), a highly efficient treatment of dyspareunia. Climacteric. 14(2). 282–288. 66 indexed citations

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Mittoo, Shikha, et al.. (2010). Predicting lung function decline in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 69. A27–A27. 2 indexed citations

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Juo, Suh‐Hang Hank, Andrew T. DeWan, Adina Grunn, et al.. (2003). Evidence for a putative bipolar disorder locus on 2p13–16 and other potential loci on 4q31, 7q34, 8q13, 9q31, 10q21–24, 13q32, 14q21 and 17q11–12. Molecular Psychiatry. 8(3). 333–342. 95 indexed citations

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Baron, Maayan. (2002). Manic-depression genes and the new millennium: poised for discovery. Molecular Psychiatry. 7(4). 342–358. 73 indexed citations

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Baron, Maayan, et al.. (2000). Multiple roles of the Dcdc42 GTPase during wing development in Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 264(1-2). 98–104. 15 indexed citations

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Baron, Maayan. (1997). Genes and manic depression. Psychiatric Genetics. 7(1). 49–49. 1 indexed citations

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Baron, Maayan. (1995). Genes and psychosis: old wine in new bottles?. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 92(2). 81–86. 10 indexed citations

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Baron, Maayan. (1995). Searching for complex disease genes. Psychiatric Genetics. 5(2). 89–89. 3 indexed citations

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Handford, Penny A., Mark Mayhew, Maayan Baron, et al.. (1991). Key residues involved in calcium-binding motifs in EGF-like domains. Nature. 351(6322). 164–167. 244 indexed citations

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Dudgeon, Timothy J., Roger Cooke, Maayan Baron, et al.. (1990). Structure‐function analysis of epidermal growth factor: site directed mutagenesis and nuclear magnetic resonance. FEBS Letters. 261(2). 392–396. 46 indexed citations

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Baron, Maayan, et al.. (1989). HLA-B27 testing in ankylosing spondylitis: an analysis of the pretesting assumptions.. PubMed. 16(5). 631–4; discussion 634. 19 indexed citations

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