Mark Joseph Bitgood

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
5 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Mark Joseph Bitgood is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Joseph Bitgood has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Genetics and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Mark Joseph Bitgood's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (3 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (1 paper) and Congenital limb and hand anomalies (1 paper). Mark Joseph Bitgood is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (3 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (1 paper) and Congenital limb and hand anomalies (1 paper). Mark Joseph Bitgood collaborates with scholars based in United States. Mark Joseph Bitgood's co-authors include Andrew P. McMahon, Liya Shen, M. Hammerschmidt, David H. Rowitch, Nataša Zec, Hannah C. Kinney and C. Patrick Hybarger and has published in prestigious journals such as Genes & Development, Current Biology and Developmental Biology.

In The Last Decade

Mark Joseph Bitgood

5 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

HedgehogandBmpGenes Are Coexpressed at Many Diverse Sites... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1996 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. HedgehogandBmpGenes Are Coexpressed at Many Diverse Sites of Cell–Cell Interaction in the Mouse Embryo
    1995 1.1k citations Mark Joseph Bitgood, Andrew P. McMahon Developmental Biology profile →
  2. Sertoli cell signaling by Desert hedgehog regulates the male germline
    1996 514 citations Mark Joseph Bitgood, Liya Shen et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Joseph Bitgood United States 5 1.7k 693 211 152 148 5 2.0k
Albrecht Röpke Germany 24 1.2k 0.7× 660 1.0× 206 1.0× 560 3.7× 42 0.3× 52 2.1k
Veraragavan P. Eswarakumar United States 14 2.0k 1.2× 626 0.9× 270 1.3× 48 0.3× 132 0.9× 16 2.5k
Keiko Wakui Japan 28 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 2.0× 192 0.9× 29 0.2× 48 0.3× 89 2.3k
Ian Woo United States 7 1.5k 0.9× 464 0.7× 83 0.4× 22 0.1× 67 0.5× 8 1.7k
Keijo Luukko Norway 26 1.4k 0.8× 376 0.5× 222 1.1× 30 0.2× 74 0.5× 52 2.2k
Craig A. MacArthur United States 19 3.2k 1.9× 854 1.2× 275 1.3× 40 0.3× 115 0.8× 27 3.6k
Louise Brueton United Kingdom 24 908 0.5× 604 0.9× 154 0.7× 31 0.2× 38 0.3× 34 1.5k
Mark C. Hanks United States 15 1.9k 1.1× 532 0.8× 185 0.9× 217 1.4× 73 0.5× 18 2.5k
Heiko Peters United Kingdom 23 2.7k 1.6× 1.0k 1.5× 217 1.0× 17 0.1× 119 0.8× 29 3.2k
Ken W.Y. Cho United States 27 2.6k 1.5× 532 0.8× 156 0.7× 23 0.2× 73 0.5× 50 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Joseph Bitgood

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Joseph Bitgood

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All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
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Bitgood, Mark Joseph & C. Patrick Hybarger. (2007). Expanded Applications of the Dorsal Nasal Flap. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. 9(5). 344–351. 7 indexed citations
2.
Zec, Nataša, David H. Rowitch, Mark Joseph Bitgood, & Hannah C. Kinney. (1997). Expression of the Homeobox-containing Genes EN1 and EN2 in Human Fetal Midgestational Medulla and Cerebellum. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 56(3). 236–242. 36 indexed citations
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Bitgood, Mark Joseph, Liya Shen, & Andrew P. McMahon. (1996). Sertoli cell signaling by Desert hedgehog regulates the male germline. Current Biology. 6(3). 298–304. 514 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hammerschmidt, M., Mark Joseph Bitgood, & Andrew P. McMahon. (1996). Protein kinase A is a common negative regulator of Hedgehog signaling in the vertebrate embryo.. Genes & Development. 10(6). 647–658. 315 indexed citations
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Bitgood, Mark Joseph & Andrew P. McMahon. (1995). HedgehogandBmpGenes Are Coexpressed at Many Diverse Sites of Cell–Cell Interaction in the Mouse Embryo. Developmental Biology. 172(1). 126–138. 1141 indexed citations breakdown →

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