Nikolay Ninov

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nikolay Ninov is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolay Ninov has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Surgery, 15 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Nikolay Ninov's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (24 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (13 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (11 papers). Nikolay Ninov is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (24 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (13 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (11 papers). Nikolay Ninov collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Nikolay Ninov's co-authors include Didier Y. R. Stainier, Enrique Martı́n-Blanco, Donghun Shin, Sharan Janjuha, Tae‐Young Choi, Jan Philipp Junker, Bastiaan Spanjaard, Pedro Olivares‐Chauvet, Bo Hu and Philipp Gut and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The EMBO Journal and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Nikolay Ninov

34 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Simultaneous lineage tracing and cell-type identification using CRISPR–Cas9-induced genetic scars

2018 350 citations Bastiaan Spanjaard, Bo Hu et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikolay Ninov Germany	20	923	606	404	308	279	36	1.8k
Annie‐Carole Tosello‐Trampont United States	11	1.3k 1.4×	214 0.4×	583 1.4×	146 0.5×	63 0.2×	12	2.9k
Lisa Dillard‐Telm United States	10	878 1.0×	114 0.2×	174 0.4×	145 0.5×	64 0.2×	12	1.4k
Göran Levan Sweden	26	1.5k 1.6×	162 0.3×	207 0.5×	874 2.8×	129 0.5×	121	2.6k
Niels H. Gehring Germany	39	3.6k 3.9×	80 0.1×	192 0.5×	207 0.7×	246 0.9×	68	4.2k
Luping Shen United States	16	785 0.9×	314 0.5×	84 0.2×	172 0.6×	28 0.1×	29	1.5k
Masatake Araki Japan	25	1.3k 1.4×	243 0.4×	165 0.4×	364 1.2×	37 0.1×	71	2.0k
Oliver Coutelle Germany	19	934 1.0×	91 0.2×	94 0.2×	318 1.0×	66 0.2×	25	1.4k
Hyeseon Cho United States	21	1.1k 1.2×	61 0.1×	281 0.7×	139 0.5×	77 0.3×	30	1.8k
Quan Yang China	17	1.2k 1.3×	141 0.2×	168 0.4×	135 0.4×	164 0.6×	46	1.7k
Eyal Bengal Israel	29	2.6k 2.8×	121 0.2×	278 0.7×	361 1.2×	148 0.5×	45	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nikolay Ninov

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Delgadillo-Silva, Luis Fernando, Katrin Sameith, Susanne Reinhardt, et al.. (2025). Developmental beta-cell death orchestrates the islet’s inflammatory milieu by regulating immune system crosstalk. The EMBO Journal. 44(4). 1131–1153. 3 indexed citations

Singh, Sumeet Pal, Luis Fernando Delgadillo-Silva, Bastiaan Spanjaard, et al.. (2022). A single-cell atlas of de novo β-cell regeneration reveals the contribution of hybrid β/δ-cells to diabetes recovery in zebrafish. Development. 149(2). 23 indexed citations

Yennek, Siham, Chunguang Chen, Luis Fernando Delgadillo-Silva, et al.. (2022). Wnt4 is heterogeneously activated in maturing β-cells to control calcium signaling, metabolism and function. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6255–6255. 12 indexed citations

Delgadillo-Silva, Luis Fernando, et al.. (2021). Simultaneous Calcium Imaging and Glucose Stimulation in Living Zebrafish to Investigate In Vivo β-Cell Function. Journal of Visualized Experiments.

Reinhardt, Susanne, A. Petzold, Nikolay Ninov, et al.. (2020). Single‐cell transcriptome analysis reveals thyrocyte diversity in the zebrafish thyroid gland. EMBO Reports. 21(12). e50612–e50612. 23 indexed citations

Singh, Sumeet Pal & Nikolay Ninov. (2020). Multicolor Labeling and Tracing of Pancreatic Beta-Cell Proliferation in Zebrafish. Methods in molecular biology. 2128. 159–179. 1 indexed citations

Dickmeis, Thomas, Yi Feng, Marina Mione, et al.. (2019). Nano-Sampling and Reporter Tools to Study Metabolic Regulation in Zebrafish. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 7. 15–15. 9 indexed citations

Spanjaard, Bastiaan, Bo Hu, Pedro Olivares‐Chauvet, et al.. (2018). Simultaneous lineage tracing and cell-type identification using CRISPR–Cas9-induced genetic scars. Nature Biotechnology. 36(5). 469–473. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

Janjuha, Sharan, Sumeet Pal Singh, & Nikolay Ninov. (2018). Analysis of Beta-cell Function Using Single-cell Resolution Calcium Imaging in Zebrafish Islets. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 7 indexed citations

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Singh, Sumeet Pal, Sharan Janjuha, Judith Konantz, et al.. (2017). Different developmental histories of beta-cells generate functional and proliferative heterogeneity during islet growth. Nature Communications. 8(1). 664–664. 51 indexed citations

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Ninov, Nikolay, et al.. (2017). Catching new targets in metabolic disease with a zebrafish. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 37. 41–50. 31 indexed citations

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Ninov, Nikolay & Maximina H. Yun. (2015). Current advances in tissue repair and regeneration: the future is bright. PubMed. 2(2). 84–91. 8 indexed citations

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Ninov, Nikolay, et al.. (2014). Whole Organism High Content Screening Identifies Stimulators of Pancreatic Beta-Cell Proliferation. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e104112–e104112. 67 indexed citations

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Choi, Tae‐Young, Nikolay Ninov, Didier Y. R. Stainier, & Donghun Shin. (2013). Extensive Conversion of Hepatic Biliary Epithelial Cells to Hepatocytes After Near Total Loss of Hepatocytes in Zebrafish. Gastroenterology. 146(3). 776–788. 181 indexed citations

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Ninov, Nikolay, Daniel Hesselson, Philipp Gut, et al.. (2013). Metabolic Regulation of Cellular Plasticity in the Pancreas. Current Biology. 23(13). 1242–1250. 72 indexed citations

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Ninov, Nikolay, et al.. (2012). Different levels of Notch signaling regulate quiescence, renewal and differentiation in pancreatic endocrine progenitors. Development. 139(9). 1557–1567. 178 indexed citations

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Ninov, Nikolay & Enrique Martı́n-Blanco. (2009). Changing gears in the Cell Cycle: Histoblasts and beyond. Fly. 3(4). 286–289. 5 indexed citations

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Ninov, Nikolay, Cristina Manjón, & Enrique Martı́n-Blanco. (2009). Dynamic Control of Cell Cycle and Growth Coupling by Ecdysone, EGFR, and PI3K Signaling in Drosophila Histoblasts. PLoS Biology. 7(4). e1000079–e1000079. 46 indexed citations

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Ninov, Nikolay & Enrique Martı́n-Blanco. (2007). Live imaging of epidermal morphogenesis during the development of the adult abdominal epidermis of Drosophila. Nature Protocols. 2(12). 3074–3080. 19 indexed citations

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Mitov, G, et al.. (1964). [ENCEPHALO-MYELO-POLYRADICULONEURITIS FOLLOWING USE OF SABIN'S LIVE VIRUS ANTIPOLIOMYELITIS VACCINE].. PubMed. 72. 75–9. 1 indexed citations

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