Omar Khwaja

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
55 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Omar Khwaja is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Omar Khwaja has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Omar Khwaja's work include Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (18 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (10 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers). Omar Khwaja is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (18 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (10 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers). Omar Khwaja collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Omar Khwaja's co-authors include Joseph J. Volpe, Ieuan A. Hughes, S. Faisal Ahmed, Paulo Fontoura, Basil T. Darras, Giovanni Baranello, Laurent Servais, Ksenija Gorni, Christoph Wandel and Muna El-Khairi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Omar Khwaja

54 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Pathogenesis of cerebral white matter injury of prematurity

2008 497 citations Omar Khwaja, Joseph J. Volpe Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal profile →
Risdiplam in Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy

2021 260 citations Omar Khwaja, Paulo Fontoura et al. profile →
Risdiplam-Treated Infants with Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy versus Historical Controls

2021 160 citations Omar Khwaja, Paulo Fontoura et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Omar Khwaja United States	24	922	684	619	566	382	55	2.5k
Dimitrios Zafeiriou Greece	29	991 1.1×	573 0.8×	510 0.8×	330 0.6×	289 0.8×	171	3.3k
Kerstin Strömland Sweden	27	417 0.5×	960 1.4×	579 0.9×	230 0.4×	289 0.8×	62	2.3k
Elizabeth Wells United States	22	398 0.4×	782 1.1×	222 0.4×	457 0.8×	99 0.3×	49	2.8k
Claudia A. Chiriboga United States	28	1.8k 2.0×	550 0.8×	245 0.4×	1.7k 3.1×	925 2.4×	83	3.5k
Bartlett D. Moore United States	29	267 0.3×	630 0.9×	198 0.3×	625 1.1×	104 0.3×	59	2.7k
Veronica J. Hinton United States	28	1.2k 1.3×	299 0.4×	682 1.1×	96 0.2×	136 0.4×	48	2.5k
Makiko Ōsawa Japan	36	2.4k 2.6×	882 1.3×	818 1.3×	359 0.6×	284 0.7×	196	4.9k
Linda C. Meiners Netherlands	27	333 0.4×	1.3k 1.9×	186 0.3×	173 0.3×	216 0.6×	68	3.1k
Masaaki Kato Japan	31	521 0.6×	403 0.6×	165 0.3×	400 0.7×	500 1.3×	190	3.3k
Mårten Kyllerman Sweden	34	1.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	759 1.2×	209 0.4×	87 0.2×	88	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Omar Khwaja

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Rubido, Marta del Valle, Eric Hollander, James T. McCracken, et al.. (2020). Exploring Social Biomarkers in High-Functioning Adults with Autism and Asperger’s Versus Healthy Controls: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 50(12). 4412–4430. 7 indexed citations

Bolognani, Federico, Marta del Valle Rubido, Lisa Squassante, et al.. (2019). A phase 2 clinical trial of a vasopressin V1a receptor antagonist shows improved adaptive behaviors in men with autism spectrum disorder. Science Translational Medicine. 11(491). 75 indexed citations

Guenther, Andreas, Birgit Jaber, Paul Jordan, et al.. (2018). A phase 1 healthy male volunteer single escalating dose study of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of risdiplam (RG7916, RO7034067), a SMN2 splicing modifier. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 85(1). 181–193. 74 indexed citations

Wolf, Detlef, Juliane Siebourg‐Polster, Christian Czech, et al.. (2018). An Objective and Child-friendly Assessment of Arm Function by Using a 3-D Sensor. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Rofail, Diana, Rafael de la Torre, Jamie O. Edgin, et al.. (2017). Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Down Syndrome: Results from a Non-Interventional Longitudinal Multi-National Study. Advances in Therapy. 34(8). 2058–2069. 13 indexed citations

Umbricht, Daniel, Marta del Valle Rubido, Eric Hollander, et al.. (2016). A Single Dose, Randomized, Controlled Proof-Of-Mechanism Study of a Novel Vasopressin 1a Receptor Antagonist (RG7713) in High-Functioning Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 42(9). 1914–1923. 51 indexed citations

Alexander, M, et al.. (2015). Morbidity and medication in a large population of individuals with Down syndrome compared to the general population. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 58(3). 246–254. 91 indexed citations

Bolognani, Federico, Lisa Squassante, Xavier Liogier D’ardhuy, et al.. (2015). RG1662, a Selective GABAA α5 Receptor Negative Allosteric Modulator, Increases Gamma Power in Young Adults with Down Syndrome. (P6.273). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 5 indexed citations

Dumont, Florent, Malik Khelfaoui, Franck Letourneur, et al.. (2015). Identification of intellectual disability genes showing circadian clock-dependent expression in the mouse hippocampus. Neuroscience. 308. 11–50. 13 indexed citations

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Dobson, Lori, et al.. (2013). Monozygotic Twins With Trisomy 21 and Partial Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum. Pediatric Neurology. 48(4). 314–316. 6 indexed citations

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Poduri, Annapurna, Edward Neilan, Princess C. Elhosary, et al.. (2012). Homozygous PLCB1 deletion associated with malignant migrating partial seizures in infancy. Epilepsia. 53(8). e146–50. 68 indexed citations

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Bolduc, Marie-Ève, Adré J. du Plessis, Nancy Sullivan, et al.. (2011). Spectrum of neurodevelopmental disabilities in children with cerebellar malformations. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 53(5). 409–416. 69 indexed citations

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Khwaja, Omar & Mustafa Şahin. (2011). Translational research. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 23(6). 633–639. 19 indexed citations

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Tarui, Tomo, Omar Khwaja, Judy A. Estroff, Julian N. Robinson, & P. Ellen Grant. (2010). Fetal MR Imaging Evidence of Prolonged Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Decrease in Fetal Death: Fig 1.. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 32(7). E126–E128. 9 indexed citations

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Beeghly, Marjorie, Janice Ware, Janet S. Soul, et al.. (2010). Neurodevelopmental outcome of fetuses referred for ventriculomegaly. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 35(4). 405–416. 59 indexed citations

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Percy, Alan K., Jeffrey L. Neul, Daniel G. Glaze, et al.. (2010). Rett syndrome diagnostic criteria: Lessons from the Natural History Study. Annals of Neurology. 68(6). 951–955. 99 indexed citations

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Khwaja, Omar & Joseph J. Volpe. (2008). Pathogenesis of cerebral white matter injury of prematurity. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 93(2). F153–F161. 497 indexed citations breakdown →

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Khwaja, Omar, Caroline D. Robson, Michael L. McManus, & David K. Urion. (2005). Basilar Meningitis Associated With Ethmoid and Sphenoid Cephaloceles. Pediatric Neurology. 33(1). 57–60. 1 indexed citations

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Ahmed, S. Faisal, Omar Khwaja, & Ieuan A. Hughes. (2000). The role of a clinical score in the assessment of ambiguous genitalia. British Journal of Urology. 85(1). 120–124. 160 indexed citations

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Jones, Michael H., Omar Khwaja, Bronwen E. Lambson, et al.. (1994). A Set of Ninety-Seven Overlapping Yeast Artificial Chromosome Clones Spanning the Human Y Chromosome Euchromatin. Genomics. 24(2). 266–275. 49 indexed citations

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