Sonja Kriks

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Sonja Kriks is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Kriks has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sonja Kriks's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (7 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (3 papers). Sonja Kriks is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (7 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (3 papers). Sonja Kriks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Germany. Sonja Kriks's co-authors include Lorenz Studer, Yosif Ganat, Jaewon Shim, Jinghua Piao, Viviane Tabar, Zhong Xie, Christopher L. Antonacci, A. Buch, Lichuan Yang and Dustin R. Wakeman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Kriks

12 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Dopamine neurons derived from human ES cells efficiently engraft in animal models of Parkinson’s disease

2011 1.4k citations Sonja Kriks, Jaewon Shim et al. Nature profile →
Human iPSC-Based Modeling of Late-Onset Disease via Progerin-Induced Aging

2013 549 citations Justine D. Miller, Yosif Ganat et al. Cell stem cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonja Kriks United States	10	2.1k	1.0k	537	363	315	12	2.7k
Anselme L. Perrier France	24	2.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	743 1.4×	344 0.9×	357 1.1×	48	3.4k
Allison D. Ebert United States	30	2.6k 1.3×	839 0.8×	421 0.8×	496 1.4×	378 1.2×	65	3.4k
Agnete Kirkeby Sweden	25	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	592 1.1×	326 0.9×	261 0.8×	42	3.0k
Dustin R. Wakeman United States	13	1.5k 0.7×	946 0.9×	524 1.0×	332 0.9×	237 0.8×	19	2.0k
Jinghua Piao United States	12	1.5k 0.7×	846 0.8×	564 1.1×	274 0.8×	202 0.6×	12	2.1k
Sigrid C. Schwarz Germany	26	1.1k 0.5×	728 0.7×	381 0.7×	324 0.9×	271 0.9×	51	2.2k
Oliver Cooper United States	19	2.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	712 1.3×	686 1.9×	468 1.5×	25	3.4k
Barbara S. Mallon United States	23	1.3k 0.6×	561 0.5×	471 0.9×	262 0.7×	205 0.7×	38	2.3k
Lixiang Ma China	22	1.7k 0.8×	694 0.7×	459 0.9×	144 0.4×	247 0.8×	61	2.3k
Tetsuhiro Kikuchi Japan	15	1.7k 0.8×	909 0.9×	343 0.6×	269 0.7×	356 1.1×	27	2.3k

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Kim, Tae Wan, Jinghua Piao, So Yeon Koo, et al.. (2021). Biphasic Activation of WNT Signaling Facilitates the Derivation of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons from hESCs for Translational Use. Cell stem cell. 28(2). 343–355.e5. 118 indexed citations

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Kriks, Sonja, et al.. (2020). Gbx1 and Gbx2 Are Essential for Normal Patterning and Development of Interneurons and Motor Neurons in the Embryonic Spinal Cord. Journal of Developmental Biology. 8(2). 9–9. 6 indexed citations

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Fattahi, Faranak, Julius A. Steinbeck, Sonja Kriks, et al.. (2016). Deriving human ENS lineages for cell therapy and drug discovery in Hirschsprung disease. Nature. 531(7592). 105–109. 218 indexed citations

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Perna, Fabiana, Ly Vu, Maria Themeli, et al.. (2015). The Polycomb Group Protein L3MBTL1 Represses a SMAD5-Mediated Hematopoietic Transcriptional Program in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports. 4(4). 658–669. 5 indexed citations

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Oricchio, Elisa, Eirini P. Papapetrou, Fabien G. Lafaille, et al.. (2014). A Cell Engineering Strategy to Enhance the Safety of Stem Cell Therapies. Cell Reports. 8(6). 1677–1685. 10 indexed citations

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Piao, Jinghua, Lei Niu, Yosif Ganat, et al.. (2013). Specification of Functional Cranial Placode Derivatives from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Reports. 5(5). 1387–1402. 79 indexed citations

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Miller, Justine D., Yosif Ganat, Sarah Kishinevsky, et al.. (2013). Human iPSC-Based Modeling of Late-Onset Disease via Progerin-Induced Aging. Cell stem cell. 13(6). 691–705. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ganat, Yosif, Elizabeth L. Calder, Sonja Kriks, et al.. (2012). Identification of embryonic stem cell–derived midbrain dopaminergic neurons for engraftment. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(8). 2928–2939. 112 indexed citations

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Kriks, Sonja, Jaewon Shim, Jinghua Piao, et al.. (2011). Dopamine neurons derived from human ES cells efficiently engraft in animal models of Parkinson’s disease. Nature. 480(7378). 547–551. 1376 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kriks, Sonja & Lorenz Studer. (2009). Protocols for Generating ES Cell-Derived Dopamine Neurons. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 651. 101–111. 15 indexed citations

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Mizuguchi, Rumiko, Sonja Kriks, Ralf Cordes, et al.. (2006). Ascl1 and Gsh1/2 control inhibitory and excitatory cell fate in spinal sensory interneurons. Nature Neuroscience. 9(6). 770–778. 154 indexed citations

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Kriks, Sonja, Guillermo M. Lanuza, Rumiko Mizuguchi, Masato Nakafuku, & Martyn Goulding. (2005). Gsh2 is required for the repression of Ngn1 and specification of dorsal interneuron fate in the spinal cord. Development. 132(13). 2991–3002. 42 indexed citations

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