Shomi S. Bhattacharya

18.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
170 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Shomi S. Bhattacharya is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shomi S. Bhattacharya has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Ophthalmology and 39 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Shomi S. Bhattacharya's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (95 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (40 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (21 papers). Shomi S. Bhattacharya is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (95 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (40 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (21 papers). Shomi S. Bhattacharya collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. Shomi S. Bhattacharya's co-authors include Anthony T. Moore, Christina Chakarova, Mai M. Abd El-Aziz, Vanita Berry, Fred W. Fitzke, Robin R. Ali, Alan F. Wright, Adrian J. Thrasher, Graham E. Holder and Anthony T. Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Shomi S. Bhattacharya

170 papers receiving 11.2k 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.

Effect of Gene Therapy on Visual Function in Leber's Congenital Amaurosis

2008 1.5k citations Robert Henderson, Graham E. Holder et al. profile →
Photoreceptor degeneration: genetic and mechanistic dissection of a complex trait

2010 488 citations Christina Chakarova, Mai M. Abd El-Aziz et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shomi S. Bhattacharya United Kingdom	56	9.7k	3.9k	2.7k	1.9k	1.4k	170	11.5k
John R. Heckenlively United States	68	11.0k 1.1×	6.5k 1.7×	2.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	1.9k 1.3×	207	14.2k
Frans P.M. Cremers Netherlands	71	13.8k 1.4×	5.8k 1.5×	3.9k 1.5×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	296	16.2k
Andrew R. Webster United Kingdom	53	8.0k 0.8×	5.4k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	341	10.1k
Anthony T. Moore United Kingdom	55	8.4k 0.9×	5.7k 1.5×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	266	10.7k
Bo Chang United States	52	7.3k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	2.1k 1.1×	925 0.6×	162	9.0k
James Bainbridge United Kingdom	51	6.8k 0.7×	3.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.3×	190	9.2k
Stephen H. Tsang United States	53	8.5k 0.9×	5.4k 1.4×	1.2k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	464	10.8k
Paul A. Sieving United States	56	9.5k 1.0×	4.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	3.4k 1.8×	2.0k 1.4×	231	11.1k
Robin R. Ali United Kingdom	67	12.0k 1.2×	4.3k 1.1×	3.7k 1.4×	3.6k 1.9×	2.1k 1.4×	254	14.6k
Josseline Kaplan France	41	6.9k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	911 0.5×	773 0.5×	172	9.0k

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Rose, Anna M., Amna Z. Shah, Giulia Venturini, et al.. (2016). Transcriptional regulation of PRPF31 gene expression by MSR1 repeat elements causes incomplete penetrance in retinitis pigmentosa. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19450–19450. 47 indexed citations

Rose, Anna M., Amna Z. Shah, Giulia Venturini, et al.. (2013). Dominant PRPF31 Mutations Are Hypostatic to a Recessive CNOT3 Polymorphism in Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Novel Phenomenon of “Linked Trans -Acting Epistasis”. Annals of Human Genetics. 78(1). 62–71. 30 indexed citations

Lukovic, Dunja, Miodrag Stojković, Victoria Moreno‐Manzano, Shomi S. Bhattacharya, & Slaven Erceg. (2013). Perspectives and Future Directions of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Therapies: Lessons from Geron's Clinical Trial for Spinal Cord Injury. Stem Cells and Development. 23(1). 1–4. 40 indexed citations

Zeitz, Christina, Samuel G. Jacobson, Christian Hamel, et al.. (2013). Whole exome sequencing identifies mutations in LRIT3 as a cause for autosomal recessive complete congenital stationary night blindness. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 3350–3350. 2 indexed citations

Nie, Jing, et al.. (2012). Cross species analysis of Prominin reveals a conserved cellular role in invertebrate and vertebrate photoreceptor cells. Developmental Biology. 371(2). 312–320. 34 indexed citations

Audo, Isabelle, Saddek Mohand‐Saïd, Claire‐Marie Dhaenens, et al.. (2011). RP1 and autosomal dominant rod-cone dystrophy: Novel mutations, a review of published variants, and genotype-phenotype correlation. Human Mutation. 33(1). 73–80. 31 indexed citations

Bujakowska, Kinga M., Isabelle Audo, Saddek Mohand‐Saïd, et al.. (2011). CRB1 mutations in inherited retinal dystrophies. Human Mutation. 33(2). 306–315. 149 indexed citations

Mackay, Donna S., Arundhati Dev Borman, Phillip Moradi, et al.. (2011). RDH12 retinopathy: novel mutations and phenotypic description.. PubMed. 17. 2706–16. 49 indexed citations

Henderson, Robert, Zheng Li, Donna S. Mackay, et al.. (2010). Biallelic mutation of protocadherin-21 (PCDH21) causes retinal degeneration in humans.. PubMed Central. 45 indexed citations

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Audo, Isabelle, José‐Alain Sahel, Saddek Mohand‐Saïd, et al.. (2010). EYS is a major gene for rod-cone dystrophies in France. Human Mutation. 31(5). E1406–E1435. 84 indexed citations

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El-Aziz, Mai M. Abd, Isabel Barragán, Mohamed F. El-Ashry, et al.. (2010). Identification of Novel Mutations in the Ortholog ofDrosophilaEyes Shut Gene (EYS) Causing Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(8). 4266–4266. 51 indexed citations

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Schob, Claudia, Ulrike Orth, Andreas Gal, et al.. (2009). Mutations inTOPORS: A Rare Cause of Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa in Continental Europe?. Ophthalmic Genetics. 30(2). 96–98. 7 indexed citations

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Abu‐Safieh, Leen, Eranga N. Vithana, Irmela Mantel, et al.. (2006). A large deletion in the adRP gene PRPF31: evidence that haploinsufficiency is the cause of disease.. PubMed. 12. 384–8. 57 indexed citations

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Leroy, Bart P., Niki Hart‐Holden, B. A. Lafaut, et al.. (2004). Mutations of VMD2 Splicing Regulators Cause Nanophthalmos and Autosomal Dominant Vitreoretinochoroidopathy (ADVIRC). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(10). 3683–3683. 163 indexed citations

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Aung, Tin, Louise Ocaka, Neil D. Ebenezer, et al.. (2002). Investigating the association between OPA1 polymorphisms and glaucoma: comparison between normal tension and high tension primary open angle glaucoma. Human Genetics. 110(5). 513–514. 47 indexed citations

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Thiselton, Dawn L., Christiane Alexander, Simon P. Brooks, et al.. (2001). A frameshift mutation in exon 28 of the OPA1 gene explains the high prevalence of dominant optic atrophy in the Danish population: evidence for a founder effect. Human Genetics. 109(5). 498–502. 50 indexed citations

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Wilkie, Susan E., Yang Li, Evelyne Deery, et al.. (2001). Identification and Functional Consequences of a New Mutation (E155G) in the Gene for GCAP1 That Causes Autosomal Dominant Cone Dystrophy. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 69(3). 471–480. 90 indexed citations

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Papaioannou, Myrto, Louise Ocaka, David Bessant, et al.. (2000). An analysis of ABCR mutations in British patients with recessive retinal dystrophies.. PubMed. 41(1). 16–9. 55 indexed citations

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Shiels, Alan, Donna S. Mackay, Alexander Ionides, et al.. (1998). A Missense Mutation in the Human Connexin50 Gene (GJA8) Underlies Autosomal Dominant “Zonular Pulverulent” Cataract, on Chromosome 1q. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 62(3). 526–532. 275 indexed citations

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Mears, Alan J., Tim Jordan, Farideh Mirzayans, et al.. (1998). Mutations of the Forkhead/Winged-Helix Gene, FKHL7, in Patients with Axenfeld-Rieger Anomaly. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 63(5). 1316–1328. 267 indexed citations

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