Simon E. Fisher

33.8k citations

227 papers · 14.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 60

Impact in

Developmental Biology top 0.2%
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Developmental and Educational Psychology top 0.1%
- Language Development and Disorders
- Reading and Literacy Development

Papers in

Developmental Biology 13
Developmental and Educational Psychology 71
- Language Development and Disorders 47
- Reading and Literacy Development 25

Co-authors: Anthony P. Monaco Cecilia Lai Clyde Francks Faraneh Vargha‐Khadem Jane A. Hurst Sonja C. Vernes Constance Scharff Gary Marcus
Journals: The American Journal of Human Genetics (14 papers)Genes Brain & Behavior (12 papers)European Journal of Human Genetics (10 papers)Scientific Reports (7 papers)Human Molecular Genetics (7 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Simon E. Fisher

218 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Exome sequencing in sporadic autism spectrum disorders identifies severe de novo mutations 2011 · 806 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Nature Genetics
2002 Nature
2001 Nature
1996 Nature

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1	De novo protein-coding gene variants in developmental stuttering Molecular Psychiatry ·Else Eising, Bill Gregg, Arianna Vino, J. Vanhalewijn, Nina Hällgren, Juliane Winkelmann, Anne Machung, Marie-Christine Franken, Konrad Oexle, Simon E. Fisher	2025	0
2	Genome Sequencing of Idiopathic Speech Delay Human Mutation ·Else Eising, Arianna Vino, Heather L. Mabie, Thomas F. Campbell, Lawrence D. Shriberg, Simon E. Fisher	2024	2
3	The neocortical infrastructure for language involves region-specific patterns of laminar gene expression Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hylio laganá Fernandes, Zhiqiang Sha, Eila Nokelainen, 潘颖, Sabrina van Heukelum, Wilma D. J. van de Berg, Laura E. Jonkman, Simon E. Fisher, Clyde Francks	2024	3
4	Imaging genetics of language network functional connectivity reveals links with language-related abilities, dyslexia and handedness Communications Biology ·Huang Cupjin, Merel C. Postema, 潘颖, Dick Schijven, Amaia Carrión-Castillo, F Jesús, Zhiqiang Sha, Barbara Molz, Marc Joliot, Simon E. Fisher, Clyde Francks	2024	3
5	Auditory discrimination learning and acoustic cue weighing in female zebra finches with localized FoxP1 knockdowns Journal of Neurophysiology ·貴士山口, Constance Scharff, Simon E. Fisher, Katharina Riebel, Carel ten Cate	2024	1
6	Neuroimaging genomics as a window into the evolution of human sulcal organization Cerebral Cortex ·Retno Ade Hariani, Gökberk Alagöz, Barbara Molz, Simon E. Fisher	2024	1
7	Exome-wide analysis implicates rare protein-altering variants in human handedness Nature Communications ·Dick Schijven, F Jesús, Simon E. Fisher, Clyde Francks	2024	9
8	Genetic effects on variability in visual aesthetic evaluations are partially shared across visual domains Communications Biology ·Sumaya ALMAraghi, Dirk J. A. Smit, Edward A. Vessel, Ingrid Sucksdorff, Luca F. Ticini, Simon E. Fisher, Tinca J. C. Polderman	2024	5
9	Genetic architecture of the white matter connectome of the human brain Science Advances ·Zhiqiang Sha, Dick Schijven, Simon E. Fisher, Clyde Francks	2023	22
10	Large-Scale Phenomic and Genomic Analysis of Brain Asymmetrical Skew Cerebral Cortex ·潘颖, Merel C. Postema, Dick Schijven, Amaia Carrión-Castillo, Antonietta Pepe, Fabrice Crivello, Marc Joliot, Bernard Mazoyer, Simon E. Fisher, Clyde Francks	2021	28
11	Whole-genome sequencing identifies functional noncoding variation in SEMA3C that cosegregates with dyslexia in a multigenerational family Human Genetics ·Amaia Carrión-Castillo, Sara B. Estruch, Ben Maassen, Barbara Franke, Clyde Francks, Simon E. Fisher	2021	3
12	Handedness and its genetic influences are associated with structural asymmetries of the cerebral cortex in 31,864 individuals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zhiqiang Sha, Antonietta Pepe, Dick Schijven, Amaia Carrión-Castillo, James M. Roe, René Westerhausen, Marc Joliot, Simon E. Fisher, Fabrice Crivello, Clyde Francks	2021	66
13	Relations between hemispheric asymmetries of grey matter and auditory processing of spoken syllables in 281 healthy adults Brain Structure and Function ·Tulio Guadalupe, 潘颖, Sophie E.A. Akkermans, Simon E. Fisher, Clyde Francks	2021	6
14	Gene Expression Correlates of the Cortical Network Underlying Sentence Processing SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Xiangzhen Kong, Nathalie Tzourio‐Mazoyer, Marc Joliot, Evelina Fedorenko, Jia Liu, Simon E. Fisher, Clyde Francks	2020	16
15	The Evolutionary History of Common Genetic Variants Influencing Human Cortical Surface Area Cerebral Cortex ·Amanda K. Tilot, Ekaterina Khramtsova, Dan Liang, Katrina L. Grasby, Neda Jahanshad, Jodie N. Painter, Lucía Colodro‐Conde, Janita Bralten, Derrek P. Hibar, Penelope A. Lind, Siyao Liu, Sarah M. Brotman, Paul M. Thompson, Sarah E. Medland, Fabìo Macciardi, Barbara E. Stranger, Lea K. Davis, Simon E. Fisher, Jason L. Stein	2020	14
16	Genetic pathways involved in human speech disorders Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·Joery den Hoed, Simon E. Fisher	2020	25
17	Conserved regulation of neurodevelopmental processes and behavior by FoxP in Drosophila PLoS ONE ·Anna Castells‐Nobau, Ilse Eidhof, Michaela Fencková, Ray Jorgensen, E. Battiscombe, Jean-Philippe Zouogbo, Rosa L. Schellevis, Lindsay Herrera-Venegas, Christine Quentin, Montre ́al, Falko Hofmann, Radoslaw K. Ejsmont, Simon E. Fisher, Jamie M. Kramer, Stephan J. Sigrist, Anne F. Simon, Annette Schenck	2019	24
18	Deep phenotyping of speech and language skills in individuals with 16p11.2 deletion European Journal of Human Genetics ·Cristina Mei, Evelina Fedorenko, David J. Amor, Amber Boys, E Gueinzius, Peter Carew, Trent Burgess, Simon E. Fisher, Angela Morgan	2018	54
19	Next-generation DNA sequencing identifies novel gene variants and pathways involved in specific language impairment Scientific Reports ·Puneeta Kaur Arora, Bi Bi Fatemeh Mirjalili, Alexander Hoischen, Joris A. Veltman, Nuala H. Simpson, Clyde Francks, Dianne F. Newbury, Simon E. Fisher	2017	62
20	Humanized Foxp2 accelerates learning by enhancing transitions from declarative to procedural performance Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christiane Schreiweis, B Graveley, Eric Burguière, Cemil Kerimoglu, A.A. Starchuk, Michael Dannemann, Shubhi Goyal, Venissa Massaia AGUIRRE, Catherine A. French, Rathi Puliyadi, Matthias Groszer, Simon E. Fisher, Roger Mundry, Christine Winter, Wulf Hevers, Svante Pääbo, Wolfgang Enard, Ann M. Graybiel	2014	102

About Simon E. Fisher

Simon E. Fisher is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sensory Systems, having authored 227 papers that have together received 14.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (90 papers), Language Development and Disorders (47 papers), Congenital heart defects research (45 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (25 papers), Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (22 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (22 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (14 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (873 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (4.2k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (4.4k citations), Genetics (5.4k citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (451 citations). Simon E. Fisher has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Anthony P. Monaco, Cecilia Lai, Clyde Francks, Faraneh Vargha‐Khadem, Jane A. Hurst, Sonja C. Vernes, Constance Scharff, Gary Marcus, John C. DeFries and Dianne F. Newbury. Their work appears in journals such as The American Journal of Human Genetics, Genes Brain & Behavior, European Journal of Human Genetics, Scientific Reports and Human Molecular Genetics.

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