Onur Başak

7.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
35 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Onur Başak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Onur Başak has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Onur Başak's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (9 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers). Onur Başak is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (9 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers). Onur Başak collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Onur Başak's co-authors include Hans Clevers, Verdon Taylor, Alexander van Oudenaarden, Kay Wiebrands, Anna Lyubimova, Johan H. van Es, Jeroen Korving, Dominic Grün, Nobuo Sasaki and Lennart Kester and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Onur Başak

35 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

  1. Single-cell messenger RNA sequencing reveals rare intestinal cell types
    2015 847 citations Dominic Grün, Anna Lyubimova et al. Nature profile →
  2. Long-Term Expansion of Functional Mouse and Human Hepatocytes as 3D Organoids
    2018 588 citations Huili Hu, Helmuth Gehart et al. Cell profile →
  3. Quiescent and Active Hippocampal Neural Stem Cells with Distinct Morphologies Respond Selectively to Physiological and Pathological Stimuli and Aging
    2010 549 citations Sebastian Lugert, Onur Başak et al. Cell stem cell profile →
  4. Replacement of Lost Lgr5-Positive Stem Cells through Plasticity of Their Enterocyte-Lineage Daughters
    2016 412 citations Onur Başak, Kay Wiebrands et al. Cell stem cell profile →
  5. Differentiated Troy+ Chief Cells Act as Reserve Stem Cells to Generate All Lineages of the Stomach Epithelium
    2013 395 citations Daniel E. Stange, Bon‐Kyoung Koo et al. Cell profile →
  6. Visualization of a short-range Wnt gradient in the intestinal stem-cell niche
    2016 394 citations Onur Başak, Jeroen Korving et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Onur Başak Netherlands 25 3.0k 1.3k 925 743 739 35 5.3k
Tôru Kondo Japan 36 3.5k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.6× 468 0.6× 221 0.3× 88 6.0k
Qi‐Long Ying United States 28 7.1k 2.4× 443 0.3× 879 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 1.1k 1.5× 64 8.3k
Karl Willert United States 42 7.9k 2.7× 1.3k 0.9× 252 0.3× 1.2k 1.7× 816 1.1× 65 9.8k
Chyuan‐Sheng Lin United States 31 4.3k 1.4× 512 0.4× 462 0.5× 1.3k 1.7× 602 0.8× 70 6.5k
In-Hyun Park United States 26 7.0k 2.4× 462 0.3× 380 0.4× 838 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 32 8.1k
Carol B. Ware United States 41 6.1k 2.1× 1.0k 0.8× 301 0.3× 994 1.3× 826 1.1× 73 9.6k
Keiko Funa Sweden 41 3.3k 1.1× 849 0.6× 701 0.8× 488 0.7× 398 0.5× 99 6.0k
Andrew G. Elefanty Australia 51 7.6k 2.6× 1.2k 0.9× 594 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 2.5k 3.4× 164 11.0k
Gretchen Frantz United States 34 3.7k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 289 0.3× 493 0.7× 390 0.5× 45 6.1k
Igor I. Slukvin United States 38 11.8k 4.0× 1.2k 0.9× 510 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 2.4k 3.3× 120 14.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Onur Başak

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Riga, Danai, et al.. (2025). Neuropeptide Y neurons surrounding the locus coeruleus inhibit noradrenergic system activity to reduce anxiety. Science Advances. 11(30). eadq0011–eadq0011. 1 indexed citations
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Saglam‐Metiner, Pelin, Ender Yıldırım, Can Dincer, Onur Başak, & Özlem Yeşil-Çeliktaş. (2024). Humanized brain organoids-on-chip integrated with sensors for screening neuronal activity and neurotoxicity. Microchimica Acta. 191(1). 71–71. 15 indexed citations
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Başak, Onur, et al.. (2024). GFAP-isoforms in the nervous system: Understanding the need for diversity. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 87. 102340–102340. 12 indexed citations
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Donega, Vanessa, Jacqueline A. Sluijs, Roland E. van Dijk, et al.. (2022). Single-cell profiling of human subventricular zone progenitors identifies SFRP1 as a target to re-activate progenitors. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1036–1036. 23 indexed citations
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Stenudd, Moa, Hanna Sabelström, Enric Llorens-Bobadilla, et al.. (2022). Identification of a discrete subpopulation of spinal cord ependymal cells with neural stem cell properties. Cell Reports. 38(9). 110440–110440. 25 indexed citations
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Garner, Keith M., et al.. (2022). Molecular profile and response to energy deficit of leptin-receptor neurons in the lateral hypothalamus. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13374–13374. 4 indexed citations
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Riga, Danai, Youri Adolfs, Roland E. van Dijk, et al.. (2022). Molecular signatures and cellular diversity during mouse habenula development. Cell Reports. 40(1). 111029–111029. 9 indexed citations
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Akbari, Soheil, Nevin Ersoy, Onur Başak, et al.. (2019). Robust, Long-Term Culture of Endoderm-Derived Hepatic Organoids for Disease Modeling. Stem Cell Reports. 13(4). 627–641. 107 indexed citations
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Başak, Onur, Teresa G. Krieger, Mauro J. Muraro, et al.. (2018). Troy+ brain stem cells cycle through quiescence and regulate their number by sensing niche occupancy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(4). E610–E619. 121 indexed citations
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Hu, Huili, Helmuth Gehart, Benedetta Artegiani, et al.. (2018). Long-Term Expansion of Functional Mouse and Human Hepatocytes as 3D Organoids. Cell. 175(6). 1591–1606.e19. 588 indexed citations breakdown →
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Braccioli, Luca, Stephin J. Vervoort, Youri Adolfs, et al.. (2017). FOXP1 Promotes Embryonic Neural Stem Cell Differentiation by Repressing Jagged1 Expression. Stem Cell Reports. 9(5). 1530–1545. 50 indexed citations
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Başak, Onur, Joep Beumer, Kay Wiebrands, et al.. (2016). Induced Quiescence of Lgr5+ Stem Cells in Intestinal Organoids Enables Differentiation of Hormone-Producing Enteroendocrine Cells. Cell stem cell. 20(2). 177–190.e4. 259 indexed citations
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Grün, Dominic, Anna Lyubimova, Lennart Kester, et al.. (2015). Single-cell messenger RNA sequencing reveals rare intestinal cell types. Nature. 525(7568). 251–255. 847 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vermunt, Marit W., Peter Reinink, Jeroen Korving, et al.. (2014). Large-Scale Identification of Coregulated Enhancer Networks in the Adult Human Brain. Cell Reports. 9(2). 767–779. 59 indexed citations
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Stange, Daniel E., Bon‐Kyoung Koo, Meritxell Huch, et al.. (2013). Differentiated Troy+ Chief Cells Act as Reserve Stem Cells to Generate All Lineages of the Stomach Epithelium. Cell. 155(2). 357–368. 395 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lugert, Sebastian, Onur Başak, Philip Knuckles, et al.. (2010). Quiescent and Active Hippocampal Neural Stem Cells with Distinct Morphologies Respond Selectively to Physiological and Pathological Stimuli and Aging. Cell stem cell. 6(5). 445–456. 549 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sibbe, Mirjam, Eckart Förster, Onur Başak, Verdon Taylor, & Michael Frotscher. (2009). Reelin and Notch1 Cooperate in the Development of the Dentate Gyrus. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(26). 8578–8585. 72 indexed citations
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Başak, Onur & Verdon Taylor. (2008). Stem cells of the adult mammalian brain and their niche. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 66(6). 1057–1072. 41 indexed citations
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Başak, Onur & Verdon Taylor. (2007). Identification of self‐replicating multipotent progenitors in the embryonic nervous system by high Notch activity and Hes5 expression. European Journal of Neuroscience. 25(4). 1006–1022. 127 indexed citations

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