Nenad Šestan

41.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
106 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Nenad Šestan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Nenad Šestan has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 27 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Nenad Šestan's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (32 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (16 papers). Nenad Šestan is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (32 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (16 papers). Nenad Šestan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Nenad Šestan's co-authors include Pasko Rakić, Kenneth Y. Kwan, Mingfeng Li, Spyros Artavanis‐Tsakonas, Matthew W. State, John Silbereis, André M. M. Sousa, E.S. Anton, Yuka Imamura Kawasawa and Sirisha Pochareddy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nenad Šestan

101 papers receiving 11.2k 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.

Microarray analysis of microRNA expression in the developing mammalian brain

2004 652 citations Nenad Šestan, Pasko Rakić et al. profile →
Satb2 Is a Postmitotic Determinant for Upper-Layer Neuron Specification in the Neocortex

2008 505 citations Nenad Šestan et al. Neuron profile →
The Cellular and Molecular Landscapes of the Developing Human Central Nervous System

2016 489 citations John Silbereis, Sirisha Pochareddy et al. Neuron profile →
Evolution of the Human Nervous System Function, Structure, and Development

2017 292 citations André M. M. Sousa, Kyle A. Meyer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nenad Šestan United States	57	6.6k	2.6k	2.5k	1.9k	1.8k	106	11.4k
Robert F. Hevner United States	62	6.5k 1.0×	3.9k 1.5×	4.7k 1.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	130	11.9k
Flora M. Vaccarino United States	50	4.6k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	122	8.8k
Paola Arlotta United States	42	6.6k 1.0×	3.1k 1.2×	3.1k 1.2×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	88	10.3k
Yi Eve Sun United States	36	6.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	760 0.4×	85	9.6k
Guoping Fan United States	54	10.9k 1.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	3.7k 2.0×	967 0.5×	130	15.7k
Maree J. Webster United States	59	6.4k 1.0×	3.8k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	2.4k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	160	14.1k
Alysson R. Muotri United States	54	8.7k 1.3×	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	2.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	172	12.5k
Stephen C. Noctor United States	34	3.9k 0.6×	2.8k 1.1×	4.3k 1.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	71	8.5k
Zoltán Molnár United Kingdom	63	5.3k 0.8×	5.1k 2.0×	3.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	2.4k 1.4×	249	12.7k
Stewart A. Anderson United States	49	6.0k 0.9×	5.6k 2.2×	5.0k 2.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	96	11.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nenad Šestan

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Fornito, Alex, James C. Pang, Stuart Oldham, et al.. (2025). Transmodal association hubs of the cerebral cortex: maps, models, and mechanisms.

Joyce, Mary Kate P., Fenna M. Krienen, Jude F. Mitchell, et al.. (2025). Higher dopamine D1 receptor expression in prefrontal parvalbumin neurons underlies higher distractibility in marmosets versus macaques. Communications Biology. 8(1). 974–974. 2 indexed citations

Bandler, Rachel C., et al.. (2025). Unique and divergent features of human brain development. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 95. 103133–103133.

Kim, Suel–Kee, Alexandre Jourdon, Shaojie Ma, et al.. (2025). Early developmental origins of cortical disorders modeled in human neural stem cells. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6347–6347.

Micali, Nicola, Shaojie Ma, Mingfeng Li, et al.. (2023). Molecular programs of regional specification and neural stem cell fate progression in macaque telencephalon. Science. 382(6667). eadf3786–eadf3786. 24 indexed citations

Gudelj, Ivan, Gabriel Santpere, Mislav Novokmet, et al.. (2023). Human-specific features and developmental dynamics of the brain N-glycome. Science Advances. 9(49). eadg2615–eadg2615. 9 indexed citations

Chai, Pengxin, Shaojie Ma, Yong Xiong, et al.. (2023). Abl2 repairs microtubules and phase separates with tubulin to promote microtubule nucleation. Current Biology. 33(21). 4582–4598.e10. 4 indexed citations

Sloofman, Laura, Lindsay Liang, Enrico Mossotto, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal and genetic regulation of A-to-I editing throughout human brain development. Cell Reports. 41(5). 111585–111585. 12 indexed citations

Stutz, Bernardo, Michael Waterson, Marcelo O. Dietrich, et al.. (2022). AgRP neurons control structure and function of the medial prefrontal cortex. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(10). 3951–3960. 12 indexed citations

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Glenwinkel, Lori, Seth R. Taylor, Laura Pereira, et al.. (2021). In silico analysis of the transcriptional regulatory logic of neuronal identity specification throughout the C. elegans nervous system. eLife. 10. 15 indexed citations

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Boghdadi, Anthony G., Joshua Spurrier, Leon Teo, et al.. (2021). NogoA-expressing astrocytes limit peripheral macrophage infiltration after ischemic brain injury in primates. Nature Communications. 12(1). 13 indexed citations

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Li, Zhen, William A. Tyler, Ella Zeldich, et al.. (2020). Transcriptional priming as a conserved mechanism of lineage diversification in the developing mouse and human neocortex. Science Advances. 6(45). 44 indexed citations

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Zhu, Ying, André M. M. Sousa, Tianliuyun Gao, et al.. (2018). Spatiotemporal transcriptomic divergence across human and macaque brain development. Science. 362(6420). 232 indexed citations

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Dell’Anno, Maria Teresa, Xingxing Wang, Marco Onorati, et al.. (2018). Human neuroepithelial stem cell regional specificity enables spinal cord repair through a relay circuit. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3419–3419. 59 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meng, Jing Xia, Wenqi Han, et al.. (2017). Post-transcriptional regulation of mouse neurogenesis by Pumilio proteins. Genes & Development. 31(13). 1354–1369. 81 indexed citations

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Meyer, Kyle A., Tomàs Marquès‐Bonet, & Nenad Šestan. (2017). Differential Gene Expression in the Human Brain Is Associated with Conserved, but Not Accelerated, Noncoding Sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34(5). 1217–1229. 8 indexed citations

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Silbereis, John, Sirisha Pochareddy, Ying Zhu, Mingfeng Li, & Nenad Šestan. (2016). The Cellular and Molecular Landscapes of the Developing Human Central Nervous System. Neuron. 89(2). 248–268. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Zhixiang, Can Yang, Ying Zhu, et al.. (2016). Simultaneous dimension reduction and adjustment for confounding variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(51). 14662–14667. 27 indexed citations

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Lun, Melody P., Matthew B. Johnson, Kevin G. Broadbelt, et al.. (2015). Spatially Heterogeneous Choroid Plexus Transcriptomes Encode Positional Identity and Contribute to Regional CSF Production. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(12). 4903–4916. 112 indexed citations

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Bae, Byoung-Il, Ian Tietjen, Kutay Deniz Atabay, et al.. (2014). Evolutionarily Dynamic Alternative Splicing of GPR56 Regulates Regional Cerebral Cortical Patterning. Science. 343(6172). 764–768. 145 indexed citations

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