Nico Heins

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nico Heins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Nico Heins has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Nico Heins's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers). Nico Heins is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers). Nico Heins collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and Italy. Nico Heins's co-authors include Magdalena Götz, Rossella Galli, Eva Hartfuss, Paolo Malatesta, Kerry L. Tucker, Masato Nakafuku, Prisca Chapouton, Francesco Cecconi, Yves‐Alain Barde and Michael A. Hack and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Neuroscience, Diabetes and Developmental Biology.

In The Last Decade

Nico Heins

9 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Glial cells generate neurons: the role of the transcription factor Pax6

2002 613 citations Nico Heins, Paolo Malatesta et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Characterization of CNS Precursor Subtypes and Radial Glia

2001 587 citations Eva Hartfuss, Rossella Galli et al. Developmental Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nico Heins Sweden	9	1.3k	882	486	263	229	10	1.8k
Alexandra Capela United States	12	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	575 1.2×	247 0.9×	100 0.4×	17	2.1k
David M. Panchision United States	20	1.3k 1.0×	596 0.7×	379 0.8×	391 1.5×	103 0.4×	28	2.0k
Raja Kittappa United States	11	1.2k 1.0×	439 0.5×	458 0.9×	175 0.7×	107 0.5×	16	1.7k
Gregor-Alexander Pilz Germany	15	949 0.7×	697 0.8×	337 0.7×	215 0.8×	115 0.5×	18	1.6k
Tahmina Mujtaba United States	13	1.1k 0.8×	909 1.0×	619 1.3×	151 0.6×	130 0.6×	15	1.5k
Tsukasa Sanosaka Japan	22	1.0k 0.8×	489 0.6×	303 0.6×	221 0.8×	115 0.5×	41	1.6k
Sovann Kaing United States	13	946 0.7×	757 0.9×	311 0.6×	457 1.7×	60 0.3×	14	2.1k
Emilie Pacary France	19	844 0.7×	539 0.6×	446 0.9×	207 0.8×	68 0.3×	31	1.5k
Raffaella Scardigli Italy	21	1.9k 1.5×	652 0.7×	549 1.1×	215 0.8×	87 0.4×	42	2.4k
Carol Hicks United States	13	1.6k 1.3×	358 0.4×	410 0.8×	200 0.8×	233 1.0×	14	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Nico Heins

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nico Heins

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nico Heins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nico Heins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nico Heins based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nico Heins. Nico Heins is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Synnergren, Jane, Nico Heins, Gabriella Brolén, et al.. (2009). Transcriptional Profiling of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Differentiating to Definitive and Primitive Endoderm and Further Toward the Hepatic Lineage. Stem Cells and Development. 19(7). 961–978. 13 indexed citations

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Brolén, Gabriella, Petter Björquist, Monica Ek, et al.. (2009). Hepatocyte-like cells derived from human embryonic stem cells specifically via definitive endoderm and a progenitor stage. Journal of Biotechnology. 145(3). 284–294. 88 indexed citations

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Söderdahl, Therése, Barbara Küppers-Munther, Nico Heins, et al.. (2007). Glutathione transferases in hepatocyte-like cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. Toxicology in Vitro. 21(5). 929–937. 46 indexed citations

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Heins, Nico. (2005). Intrinsic fate determinants of neural and multipotent CNS precursor cells. Electronic Theses of LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München).

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Heins, Nico, Anders Lindahl, Charles Hanson, et al.. (2005). Clonal derivation and characterization of human embryonic stem cell lines. Journal of Biotechnology. 122(4). 511–520. 44 indexed citations

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Brolén, Gabriella, Nico Heins, Josefina Edsbagge, & Henrik Semb. (2005). Signals From the Embryonic Mouse Pancreas Induce Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Into Insulin-Producing β-Cell–Like Cells. Diabetes. 54(10). 2867–2874. 100 indexed citations

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Heins, Nico, Mikael C.O. Englund, Cecilia Sjöblom, et al.. (2004). Derivation, Characterization, and Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells. 22(3). 367–376. 222 indexed citations

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Heins, Nico, Paolo Malatesta, Francesco Cecconi, et al.. (2002). Glial cells generate neurons: the role of the transcription factor Pax6. Nature Neuroscience. 5(4). 308–315. 613 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hartfuss, Eva, Rossella Galli, Nico Heins, & Magdalena Götz. (2001). Characterization of CNS Precursor Subtypes and Radial Glia. Developmental Biology. 229(1). 15–30. 587 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heins, Nico, Federico Cremisi, Paolo Malatesta, et al.. (2001). Emx2 Promotes Symmetric Cell Divisions and a Multipotential Fate in Precursors from the Cerebral Cortex. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 18(5). 485–502. 94 indexed citations

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