Robert S. Kass

20.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
208 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

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Robert S. Kass is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert S. Kass has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Molecular Biology, 181 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 84 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert S. Kass's work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (177 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (169 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (46 papers). Robert S. Kass is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (177 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (169 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (46 papers). Robert S. Kass collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Robert S. Kass's co-authors include Richard W. Tsien, Michael C. Sanguinetti, Jeanne M. Nerbonne, Colleen E. Clancy, Robert Weingart, Kevin J. Sampson, Michihiro Tateyama, Kenneth B. Walsh, Joseph P. Arena and Junko Kurokawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert S. Kass

207 papers receiving 14.5k citations

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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.

Molecular Physiology of Cardiac Repolarization

2005 757 citations Robert S. Kass et al. Physiological Reviews profile →
Requirement of a Macromolecular Signaling Complex for β Adrenergic Receptor Modulation of the KCNQ1-KCNE1 Potassium Channel

2002 574 citations Junko Kurokawa, Robert S. Kass et al. profile →
Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for the Brugada Syndrome

2002 558 citations Arthur A.M. Wilde, Charles Antzelevitch et al. Circulation profile →
Role of calcium ions in transient inward currents and aftercontractions induced by strophanthidin in cardiac Purkinje fibres.

1978 518 citations Robert S. Kass et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert S. Kass United States	69	12.4k	11.2k	5.5k	512	453	208	15.2k
Wayne R. Giles Canada	65	9.8k 0.8×	10.0k 0.9×	4.7k 0.9×	672 1.3×	406 0.9×	232	14.2k
Michael C. Sanguinetti United States	67	18.5k 1.5×	16.8k 1.5×	7.0k 1.3×	564 1.1×	513 1.1×	166	21.2k
David Eisner United Kingdom	65	9.0k 0.7×	8.3k 0.7×	4.2k 0.8×	801 1.6×	344 0.8×	234	12.2k
Harry A. Fozzard United States	56	6.9k 0.6×	5.5k 0.5×	4.1k 0.8×	462 0.9×	472 1.0×	170	10.1k
Martin Morad United States	56	7.2k 0.6×	5.8k 0.5×	4.8k 0.9×	332 0.6×	240 0.5×	200	9.6k
Ursula Ravens Germany	61	6.8k 0.5×	8.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	439 0.9×	216 0.5×	324	12.3k
Akinori Noma Japan	55	8.7k 0.7×	7.3k 0.7×	5.3k 1.0×	2.3k 4.6×	331 0.7×	191	11.7k
Xander H.T. Wehrens United States	68	10.2k 0.8×	11.2k 1.0×	1.9k 0.4×	637 1.2×	161 0.4×	266	15.3k
H. Réuter Switzerland	53	10.9k 0.9×	6.9k 0.6×	8.3k 1.5×	351 0.7×	621 1.4×	147	14.4k
W. Jonathan Lederer United States	44	8.2k 0.7×	6.6k 0.6×	3.7k 0.7×	770 1.5×	131 0.3×	74	10.3k

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Choudhury, Papiya, et al.. (2025). Decoding polyubiquitin regulation of KV7. 1 (KCNQ1) surface expression with engineered linkage-selective deubiquitinases. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5805–5805. 2 indexed citations

Morgenstern, Travis J., Papiya Choudhury, Meera J. Desai, et al.. (2025). Ion channel inhibition by targeted recruitment of NEDD4-2 with divalent nanobodies. Nature Communications. 17(1). 378–378.

Morgenstern, Travis J., et al.. (2024). Inhibition of ion channel functional expression by targeted recruitment of NEDD4-2 with divalent nanobodies. Biophysical Journal. 123(3). 28a–28a. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Xiaoan, et al.. (2022). Pharmacological rescue of specific long QT variants of KCNQ1/KCNE1 channels. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 902224–902224. 6 indexed citations

Hof, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Regulation of IKs Potassium Current by Isoproterenol in Adult Cardiomyocytes Requires Type 9 Adenylyl Cyclase. Cells. 8(9). 981–981. 20 indexed citations

Bohnen, Michael S., Gary Peng, Seth Robey, et al.. (2016). Molecular Pathophysiology of Congenital Long QT Syndrome. Physiological Reviews. 97(1). 89–134. 116 indexed citations

Eng, George, Benjamin W. Lee, Lev Protas, et al.. (2016). Autonomous beating rate adaptation in human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10312–10312. 143 indexed citations

Iyer, Vivek, Danilo Roman‐Campos, Kevin J. Sampson, et al.. (2015). Purkinje Cells as Sources of Arrhythmias in Long QT Syndrome Type 3. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13287–13287. 26 indexed citations

Iyer, Vivek, Kevin J. Sampson, & Robert S. Kass. (2014). Modeling Tissue- and Mutation- Specific Electrophysiological Effects in the Long QT Syndrome: Role of the Purkinje Fiber. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e97720–e97720. 15 indexed citations

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Nicolas, Céline S., Kyu‐Ho Park, Aziza El Harchi, et al.. (2008). I Ks response to protein kinase A-dependent KCNQ1 phosphorylation requires direct interaction with microtubules. Cardiovascular Research. 79(3). 427–435. 45 indexed citations

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Chen, Lei, et al.. (2007). Mutation of an A-kinase-anchoring protein causes long-QT syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(52). 20990–20995. 236 indexed citations

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Sampson, Kevin J., Cécile Terrenoire, Daniel O. Cervantes, et al.. (2007). Adrenergic regulation of a key cardiac potassium channel can contribute to atrial fibrillation: evidence from an I_Ks transgenic mouse. The Journal of Physiology. 586(2). 627–637. 29 indexed citations

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Kerem, Batsheva, Maya Goldmit, Asher Peretz, et al.. (2005). Clinical, Genetic, and Electrophysiologic Characteristics of a New Pas‐Domain HERG Mutation (M124R) Causing Long QT Syndrome. Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology. 10(3). 334–341. 13 indexed citations

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Kass, Robert S.. (2004). Sodium Channel Inactivation Goes with the Flow. The Journal of General Physiology. 124(1). 7–8. 7 indexed citations

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Wilde, Arthur A.M., Charles Antzelevitch, Martin Borggrefe, et al.. (2003). The Brugada Numbers (reply to letter). Circulation. 107(18). 122–122. 35 indexed citations

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Clancy, Colleen E. & Robert S. Kass. (2002). Defective cardiac ion channels: from mutations to clinical syndromes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(8). 1075–1077. 42 indexed citations

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Clancy, Colleen E. & Robert S. Kass. (2002). Defective cardiac ion channels: from mutations to clinical syndromes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(8). 1075–1077. 44 indexed citations

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Krafte, D S & Robert S. Kass. (1988). Hydrogen ion modulation of Ca channel current in cardiac ventricular cells. Evidence for multiple mechanisms.. The Journal of General Physiology. 91(5). 641–657. 90 indexed citations

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Kass, Robert S. & D S Krafte. (1987). Negative surface charge density near heart calcium channels. Relevance to block by dihydropyridines.. The Journal of General Physiology. 89(4). 629–644. 63 indexed citations

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Kass, Robert S., Steven A. Siegelbaum, & Tsien Rw. (1976). Incomplete inactivation of the slow inward current in cardiac Purkinje fibres [proceedings].. PubMed. 263(1). 127P–128P. 28 indexed citations

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