Stephan Sanders

50.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
107 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Stephan Sanders is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Sanders has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Genetics, 49 papers in Molecular Biology and 36 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Stephan Sanders's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (35 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (34 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (21 papers). Stephan Sanders is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (35 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (34 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (21 papers). Stephan Sanders collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. Stephan Sanders's co-authors include Bernie Devlin, A. Starr, William H. Martin, Ragnar Amlie, Jack A. Kosmicki, Grace Schwartz, Matthew W. State, Kathryn Roeder, Kyle Kai‐How Farh and Siavash Fazel Darbandi and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Sanders

100 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Predicting Splicing from Primary Sequence with Deep Learning

2019 1.3k citations Grace Schwartz, Stephan Sanders et al. profile →
Most genetic risk for autism resides with common variation

2014 774 citations Stephan Sanders, Sven Sandin et al. profile →
Sex and gender differences in autism spectrum disorder: summarizing evidence gaps and identifying emerging areas of priority

2015 407 citations Somer Bishop, John N. Constantino et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Stephan Sanders	2.8k	2.6k	2.3k	449	408	107	6.0k
Rita M. Cantor	3.4k 1.2×	2.8k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	566 1.3×	303 0.7×	90	7.2k
Lauren A. Weiss	2.8k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	325 0.7×	160 0.4×	69	5.2k
Jennifer K. Lowe	2.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	190 0.4×	282 0.7×	48	5.3k
Janine M. LaSalle	4.3k 1.5×	4.5k 1.8×	2.1k 0.9×	282 0.6×	177 0.4×	142	7.5k
Linda M. Brzustowicz	1.8k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	894 0.4×	342 0.8×	432 1.1×	91	4.5k
Matthew W. State	3.6k 1.3×	2.8k 1.1×	4.0k 1.7×	1.0k 2.3×	1.3k 3.1×	99	7.8k
Santhosh Girirajan	3.4k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	380 0.8×	134 0.3×	82	5.0k
Jonathan Sebat	4.7k 1.6×	4.3k 1.7×	1.4k 0.6×	297 0.7×	136 0.3×	62	7.7k
Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	678 1.5×	198 0.5×	45	4.6k
Allison E. Ashley‐Koch	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	599 1.3×	766 1.9×	210	8.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephan Sanders

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Sanders

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephan Sanders. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephan Sanders based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stephan Sanders. Stephan Sanders is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gosar, David, Špela Miroševič, Stephan Sanders, et al.. (2025). Genotypic, functional, and phenotypic characterization in CTNNB1 neurodevelopmental syndrome. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. 6(4). 100483–100483. 1 indexed citations

Kosicki, Michael, Dianne Laboy Cintrón, Max Schubach, et al.. (2025). Massively parallel reporter assays and mouse transgenic assays provide correlated and complementary information about neuronal enhancer activity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4786–4786. 4 indexed citations

Ning, Feng, Nenad Svrzikapa, Yan Dai, et al.. (2025). Targeted BDNF upregulation via upstream open reading frame disruption. Molecular Therapy. 34(3). 1652–1671.

Jeong, Minwoo, Jae Hyun Kim, Il Bin Kim, et al.. (2024). CWAS-Plus: estimating category-wide association of rare noncoding variation from whole-genome sequencing data with cell-type-specific functional data. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 25(4). 5 indexed citations

Sandin, Sven, Benjamin Hon Kei Yip, Weiyao Yin, et al.. (2024). Examining Sex Differences in Autism Heritability. JAMA Psychiatry. 81(7). 673–673. 11 indexed citations

Young, David M., Manuel E. Lopez, Jan H. Lui, et al.. (2024). Prenatal delivery of a therapeutic antisense oligonucleotide achieves broad biodistribution in the brain and ameliorates Angelman syndrome phenotype in mice. Molecular Therapy. 32(4). 935–951. 14 indexed citations

Chardon, Florence M., Troy A. McDiarmid, Nicholas F. Page, et al.. (2024). Multiplex, single-cell CRISPRa screening for cell type specific regulatory elements. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8209–8209. 14 indexed citations

Koshal, Kanishka, M. T. Doyle, Judith Sheridan, et al.. (2024). A Closed-Loop Digital Health Tool to Improve Depression Care in Multiple Sclerosis: Iterative Design and Cross-Sectional Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial and its Impact on Depression Care. JMIR Formative Research. 8. e52809–e52809. 4 indexed citations

Gupta, Nalin, et al.. (2024). The Conundrum of Mechanics Versus Genetics in Congenital Hydrocephalus and Its Implications for Fetal Therapy Approaches: A Scoping Review. Prenatal Diagnosis. 44(11). 1354–1366. 3 indexed citations

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An, Joon‐Yong, et al.. (2023). Characterization of De Novo Promoter Variants in Autism Spectrum Disorder with Massively Parallel Reporter Assays. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3509–3509. 8 indexed citations

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Liszewska, Ewa, Ksenia Meyza, Joanna Urban‐Ciećko, et al.. (2023). Astrocytic β-catenin signaling via TCF7L2 regulates synapse development and social behavior. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(1). 57–73. 12 indexed citations

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Sloofman, Laura, Lindsay Liang, Enrico Mossotto, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal and genetic regulation of A-to-I editing throughout human brain development. Cell Reports. 41(5). 111585–111585. 12 indexed citations

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Levy, Tess, Bari Britvan, Jordana Weissman, et al.. (2022). Assessing the utility of electronic measures as a proxy for cognitive ability. Autism Research. 15(6). 988–995.

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Georgakopoulos‐Soares, Ilias, Guillermo E. Parada, Vikram Agarwal, et al.. (2022). High-throughput characterization of the role of non-B DNA motifs on promoter function. Cell Genomics. 2(4). 100111–100111. 36 indexed citations

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Bove, Riley, Michael C. Gilson, Bruce L. Miller, et al.. (2021). Building a Precision Medicine Delivery Platform for Clinics: The University of California, San Francisco, BRIDGE Experience. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(2). e34560–e34560. 7 indexed citations

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Dong, Shan, Billie R. Lianoglou, Grace Schwartz, et al.. (2021). Exome sequencing of fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia supports a causal role for NR2F2, PTPN11, and WT1 variants. The American Journal of Surgery. 223(1). 182–186. 6 indexed citations

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Gillis-Buck, Eva Mae, Marina Sirota, Stephan Sanders, et al.. (2021). Extrathymic Aire -expressing cells support maternal-fetal tolerance. Science Immunology. 6(61). 19 indexed citations

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Genç, Özgür, Joon‐Yong An, Richard D. Fetter, et al.. (2020). Homeostatic plasticity fails at the intersection of autism-gene mutations and a novel class of common genetic modifiers. eLife. 9. 15 indexed citations

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Uzun, Ece D. Gamsiz, Emma Viscidi, A. Matsen Frederick, et al.. (2013). Intellectual Disability Is Associated with Increased Runs of Homozygosity in Simplex Autism. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 93(1). 103–109. 52 indexed citations

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Starr, Ariel, et al.. (1976). BRAIN-STEM MATURATION IN PRE-TERM INFANTS. Pediatric Research. 10(4). 446–446. 7 indexed citations

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