Pierre Bitoun

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Pierre Bitoun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Bitoun has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Pierre Bitoun's work include Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies (6 papers), Ocular Disorders and Treatments (5 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (5 papers). Pierre Bitoun is often cited by papers focused on Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies (6 papers), Ocular Disorders and Treatments (5 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (5 papers). Pierre Bitoun collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Pierre Bitoun's co-authors include Elena V. Semina, Rebecca S. Reiter, Wallace L.M. Alward, John C. Carey, Nancy J. Leysens, Bernhard Zabel, Nicole A. Datson, J.C. Murray, Kent W. Small and Jacqueline Siegel‐Bartelt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, The American Journal of Human Genetics and Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Bitoun

37 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.

Cloning and characterization of a novel bicoid-related homeobox transcription factor gene, RIEG, involved in Rieger syndrome

1996 720 citations Elena V. Semina, Rebecca S. Reiter et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre Bitoun France	17	1.4k	818	239	167	144	39	1.9k
Jill Urquhart United Kingdom	23	1.3k 1.0×	519 0.6×	331 1.4×	89 0.5×	64 0.4×	48	1.9k
Robyn V. Jamieson Australia	27	1.3k 0.9×	844 1.0×	616 2.6×	336 2.0×	72 0.5×	88	2.1k
Arif O. Khan Saudi Arabia	24	845 0.6×	610 0.7×	669 2.8×	396 2.4×	115 0.8×	131	1.8k
James O’Sullivan United Kingdom	22	1.4k 1.0×	510 0.6×	324 1.4×	66 0.4×	39 0.3×	40	2.0k
Nicole Van Regemorter Belgium	24	1.2k 0.8×	532 0.7×	149 0.6×	123 0.7×	380 2.6×	57	2.0k
Sanjeev S. Bhaskar United Kingdom	20	1.1k 0.8×	609 0.7×	252 1.1×	54 0.3×	43 0.3×	31	1.6k
Linda M. Reis United States	24	839 0.6×	770 0.9×	319 1.3×	276 1.7×	49 0.3×	49	1.5k
Hope H. Punnett United States	25	1.2k 0.9×	967 1.2×	124 0.5×	155 0.9×	326 2.3×	66	2.2k
Jacqueline Siegel‐Bartelt Canada	8	820 0.6×	477 0.6×	111 0.5×	95 0.6×	63 0.4×	10	1.1k
Simon D. Bamforth United Kingdom	23	1.3k 1.0×	328 0.4×	97 0.4×	102 0.6×	77 0.5×	43	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre Bitoun

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Gaston, Véronique, Isabelle Meunier, Sabine Sigaudy, et al.. (2020). Confirmation of FZD5 implication in a cohort of 50 patients with ocular coloboma. European Journal of Human Genetics. 29(1). 131–140. 10 indexed citations

Plaisancié, Julie, Pierre Bitoun, Marta Cortón, et al.. (2020). Novel PXDN biallelic variants in patients with microphthalmia and anterior segment dysgenesis. Journal of Human Genetics. 65(5). 487–491. 5 indexed citations

Srour, Myriam, David Chitayat, Véronique Caron, et al.. (2013). Recessive and Dominant Mutations in Retinoic Acid Receptor Beta in Cases with Microphthalmia and Diaphragmatic Hernia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 93(4). 765–772. 74 indexed citations

Delahaye‐Duriez, Andrée, Suonavy Khung‐Savatovsky, Azzedine Aboura, et al.. (2012). Pre‐ and postnatal phenotype of 6p25 deletions involving the FOXC1 gene. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 158A(10). 2430–2438. 37 indexed citations

Bitoun, Pierre, Eva Pipiras, & Florence Rigaudière. (2011). Congenital Macular Dystrophy, Corpus Callosum Agenesis, Hippocampi Hypoplasia – A Novel Neuro-Ophthalmic Syndrome: Case Report. Ophthalmic Genetics. 33(1). 39–43. 2 indexed citations

Chitayat, David, Sarah Keating, Greg Ryan, et al.. (2007). The PDAC syndrome (pulmonary hypoplasia/agenesis, diaphragmatic hernia/eventration, anophthalmia/microphthalmia, and cardiac defect) (Spear syndrome, Matthew‐Wood syndrome): Report of eight cases including a living child and further evidence for autosomal recessive inheritance. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 143A(12). 1268–1281. 33 indexed citations

Verloès, Alain, Dominique Brémond‐Gignac, Bertrand Isidor, et al.. (2006). Blepharophimosis‐mental retardation (BMR) syndromes: A proposed clinical classification of the so‐called Ohdo syndrome, and delineation of two new BMR syndromes, one X‐linked and one autosomal recessive. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 140A(12). 1285–1296. 52 indexed citations

Félix, Têmis Maria, et al.. (2006). CHD7 gene and non‐syndromic cleft lip and palate. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 140A(19). 2110–2114. 24 indexed citations

Brémond‐Gignac, Dominique, Marion Gérard‐Blanluet, Henri Copin, et al.. (2005). Three patients with hallucal polydactyly and WAGR syndrome, including discordant expression of Wilms tumor in MZ twins. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 134A(4). 422–425. 13 indexed citations

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Marie, Sandrine, et al.. (2004). AICA-Ribosiduria: A Novel, Neurologically Devastating Inborn Error of Purine Biosynthesis Caused by Mutation of ATIC. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 74(6). 1276–1281. 120 indexed citations

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Verloès, Alain, Pierre Bitoun, Dina Amrom, et al.. (2004). Möbius sequence, Robin complex, and hypotonia: Severe expression of brainstem disruption spectrum versus Carey–Fineman–Ziter syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 127A(3). 277–287. 8 indexed citations

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Carchon, Isabelle, Pierre Bitoun, Brigitte Benzacken, et al.. (2003). A New Cause of Congenital Blindness: Adenylosuccinase Lyase Deficiency. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 4885–4885.

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Rigaudière, Florence, et al.. (2003). ERGs in female carriers of incomplete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness (I-CSNB) A family report. Documenta Ophthalmologica. 107(2). 203–212. 7 indexed citations

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Semina, Elena V., Robert E. Ferrell, Helen A. Mintz-Hittner, et al.. (1998). A novel homeobox gene PITX3 is mutated in families with autosomal-dominant cataracts and ASMD. Nature Genetics. 19(2). 167–170. 299 indexed citations

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Semina, Elena V., Rebecca S. Reiter, Nancy J. Leysens, et al.. (1996). Cloning and characterization of a novel bicoid-related homeobox transcription factor gene, RIEG, involved in Rieger syndrome. Nature Genetics. 14(4). 392–399. 720 indexed citations breakdown →

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Larget‐Piet, Dominique, S. Gerber, Dominique Bonneau, et al.. (1994). Genetic Heterogeneity of Usher Syndrome Type 1 in French Families. Genomics. 21(1). 138–143. 27 indexed citations

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Bitoun, Pierre. (1994). Glaucoma with a Larsen-like syndrome. Ophthalmic Genetics. 15(3-4). 133–140. 4 indexed citations

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Henry, Isabelle, Anne Puech, A. Riesewijk, et al.. (1993). Somatic Mosaicism for Partial Paternal Isodisomy in Wiedemann-Beckwith Syndrome: A Post-Fertilization Event. European Journal of Human Genetics. 1(1). 19–29. 114 indexed citations

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Bitoun, Pierre, et al.. (1991). A hereditary syndrome with retinopathy and ataxia or deafness in two consanguineous brothers. Ophthalmic Paediatrics and Genetics. 12(3). 149–152. 2 indexed citations

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Bitoun, Pierre, et al.. (1990). A hereditary syndrome association of oculocutaneous albinism, dysmorphic features and short stature. Ophthalmic Paediatrics and Genetics. 11(3). 209–213. 1 indexed citations

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