Nicholas Katsanis

45.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
205 papers, 17.4k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Katsanis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Katsanis has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 17.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Molecular Biology, 130 papers in Genetics and 26 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Katsanis's work include Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (80 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (47 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (38 papers). Nicholas Katsanis is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases (80 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (47 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (38 papers). Nicholas Katsanis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Nicholas Katsanis's co-authors include José L. Badano, Erica E. Davis, Friedhelm Hildebrandt, Philip L. Beales, Thomas Benzing, Norann A. Zaghloul, Jantje M. Gerdes, Edwin C. Oh, Phil Beales and Norimasa Mitsuma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Katsanis

203 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

Ciliopathies 2006 2026 2012 2019 2011 2006 2009 2011 2018 250 500 750
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. Ciliopathies
    2011 976 citations Nicholas Katsanis et al. profile →
  2. The Ciliopathies: An Emerging Class of Human Genetic Disorders
    2006 884 citations José L. Badano, Nicholas Katsanis et al. profile →
  3. The Vertebrate Primary Cilium in Development, Homeostasis, and Disease
    2009 565 citations Jantje M. Gerdes, Erica E. Davis et al. profile →
  4. A transition zone complex regulates mammalian ciliogenesis and ciliary membrane composition
    2011 478 citations Nicholas Katsanis et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  5. Transcriptome-wide association study of schizophrenia and chromatin activity yields mechanistic disease insights
    2018 293 citations Alexander Gusev, Nicholas Mancuso et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Katsanis United States 69 12.2k 10.9k 2.7k 1.3k 1.1k 205 17.4k
Han G. Brunner Netherlands 65 11.9k 1.0× 9.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 917 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 278 20.9k
André Reis Germany 60 7.7k 0.6× 4.4k 0.4× 1.8k 0.7× 744 0.6× 866 0.8× 320 13.6k
Veronica van Heyningen United Kingdom 64 12.3k 1.0× 5.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 849 0.7× 836 0.8× 212 15.9k
Val C. Sheffield United States 91 17.1k 1.4× 10.4k 1.0× 3.8k 1.4× 6.6k 5.2× 775 0.7× 312 27.6k
Paul A. Overbeek United States 64 9.6k 0.8× 3.2k 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 843 0.7× 303 0.3× 166 13.0k
Richard A. Lewis United States 62 7.1k 0.6× 3.9k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 4.9k 3.9× 598 0.5× 255 13.1k
Pascal Dollé France 85 20.6k 1.7× 7.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 324 0.3× 899 0.8× 174 24.7k
Frans P.M. Cremers Netherlands 71 13.8k 1.1× 3.9k 0.4× 2.7k 1.0× 5.8k 4.6× 370 0.3× 296 16.2k
Muriel T. Davisson United States 56 7.2k 0.6× 3.4k 0.3× 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 1.2× 444 0.4× 183 12.0k
Ryoichiro Kageyama Japan 95 20.8k 1.7× 4.0k 0.4× 2.9k 1.1× 346 0.3× 407 0.4× 277 28.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Katsanis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kousi, Maria, Onuralp Söylemez, Niki Mourtzi, et al.. (2020). Evidence for secondary-variant genetic burden and non-random distribution across biological modules in a recessive ciliopathy. Nature Genetics. 52(11). 1145–1150. 21 indexed citations
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Zhang, Peiran, Chuyi Chen, Feng Guo, et al.. (2019). Contactless, programmable acoustofluidic manipulation of objects on water. Lab on a Chip. 19(20). 3397–3404. 35 indexed citations
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Lee, Mi‐Sun, Julien Philippe, Nicholas Katsanis, & Weibin Zhou. (2019). Polyketide Synthase Plays a Conserved Role in Otolith Formation. Zebrafish. 16(4). 363–369. 5 indexed citations
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Edie, Sarah, Norann A. Zaghloul, Carmen C. Leitch, et al.. (2018). Survey of Human Chromosome 21 Gene Expression Effects on Early Development in Danio rerio. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 8(7). 2215–2223. 29 indexed citations
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Huston, Sara, Mollie Minear, Azita Sadeghpour, et al.. (2018). Participant-Partners in Genetic Research: An Exome Study with Families of Children with Unexplained Medical Conditions. PubMed. 10(1). e2–e2. 2 indexed citations
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Marconi, Caterina, Christian A. Di Buduo, Serena Barozzi, et al.. (2018). Loss-of-function mutations in PTPRJ cause a new form of inherited thrombocytopenia. Blood. 133(12). 1346–1357. 37 indexed citations
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Gusev, Alexander, Nicholas Mancuso, Hyejung Won, et al.. (2018). Transcriptome-wide association study of schizophrenia and chromatin activity yields mechanistic disease insights. Nature Genetics. 50(4). 538–548. 293 indexed citations breakdown →
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Frosk, Patrick, Heleen H. Arts, Julien Philippe, et al.. (2017). A truncating mutation in CEP55 is the likely cause of MARCH, a novel syndrome affecting neuronal mitosis. Journal of Medical Genetics. 54(7). 490–501. 35 indexed citations
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Mao, Hanqian, Louis‐Jan Pilaz, John J. McMahon, et al.. (2015). Rbm8aHaploinsufficiency Disrupts Embryonic Cortical Development Resulting in Microcephaly. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(18). 7003–7018. 66 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, Daniel D. Lam, Ludmila Francescatto, et al.. (2015). Recessive Mutations in the α3 (VI) Collagen Gene COL6A3 Cause Early-Onset Isolated Dystonia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 96(6). 883–893. 61 indexed citations
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Balasubramanian, Ravikumar, Jin‐Ho Choi, Ludmila Francescatto, et al.. (2014). Functionally compromised CHD7 alleles in patients with isolated GnRH deficiency. PMC. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Nam Y., Christelle Golzio, Catherine E. Gatza, et al.. (2012). Endoglin regulates PI3-kinase/Akt trafficking and signaling to alter endothelial capillary stability during angiogenesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(13). 2412–2423. 41 indexed citations
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Kim, Su Kyoung, Asako Shindo, Tae Joo Park, et al.. (2010). Planar Cell Polarity Acts Through Septins to Control Collective Cell Movement and Ciliogenesis. Science. 329(5997). 1337–1340. 263 indexed citations
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Seddon, Johanna M., Robyn Reynolds, Jesen Fagerness, et al.. (2010). Genome-Wide Association Study of Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration Identifies a New Susceptibility Locus in the Lipid Metabolism Pathway, Hepatic Lipase (LIPC). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(13). 2475–2475. 1 indexed citations
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Tong, Yufeng, Muneer A. Esmail, Edwin C. Oh, et al.. (2010). Bardet-Biedl Syndrome-associated Small GTPase ARL6 (BBS3) Functions at or near the Ciliary Gate and Modulates Wnt Signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(21). 16218–16230. 87 indexed citations
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Zaghloul, Norann A. & Nicholas Katsanis. (2009). Mechanistic insights into Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a model ciliopathy. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 119(3). 428–437. 278 indexed citations
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Katsanis, Nicholas, Stephen J. Ansley, José L. Badano, et al.. (2001). Triallelic Inheritance in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, a Mendelian Recessive Disorder. Science. 293(5538). 2256–2259. 438 indexed citations
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Katsanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2001). Fundus albipunctatus and retinitis punctata albescens in a pedigree with an R150Q mutation in RLBP1. Clinical Genetics. 59(6). 424–429. 55 indexed citations
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Katsanis, Nicholas, Philip L. Beales, Michael O. Woods, et al.. (2000). Mutations in MKKS cause obesity, retinal dystrophy and renal malformations associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Nature Genetics. 26(1). 67–70. 224 indexed citations
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