Sylvia Μ. Evans

21.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
163 papers, 14.4k citations indexed

About

Sylvia Μ. Evans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvia Μ. Evans has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 14.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 28 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sylvia Μ. Evans's work include Congenital heart defects research (79 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (28 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (26 papers). Sylvia Μ. Evans is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (79 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (28 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (26 papers). Sylvia Μ. Evans collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Sylvia Μ. Evans's co-authors include Ju Chen, Chen‐Leng Cai, Xingqun Liang, Kenneth R. Chien, Yunfu Sun, Yunqing Shi, Samuel L. Pfaff, Thomas Moore‐Morris, Lei Bu and Karl‐Ludwig Laugwitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sylvia Μ. Evans

161 papers receiving 14.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Isl1 Identifies a Cardiac Progenitor Population that Proliferates Prior to Differentiation and Contributes a Majority of Cells to the Heart

2003 1.2k citations Chen‐Leng Cai, Xingqun Liang et al. Developmental Cell profile →
Postnatal isl1+ cardioblasts enter fully differentiated cardiomyocyte lineages

2005 978 citations Chen‐Leng Cai, Sylvia Μ. Evans et al. profile →
Multipotent Embryonic Isl1+ Progenitor Cells Lead to Cardiac, Smooth Muscle, and Endothelial Cell Diversification

2006 765 citations Lei Bu, Yunfu Sun et al. profile →
Myofibroblasts revert to an inactive phenotype during regression of liver fibrosis

2012 615 citations Tatiana Kisseleva, Min Cong et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A myocardial lineage derives from Tbx18 epicardial cells

2008 599 citations Chen‐Leng Cai, Yunfu Sun et al. profile →
Resident fibroblast lineages mediate pressure overload–induced cardiac fibrosis

2014 486 citations Thomas Moore‐Morris, Nuno Guimarães‐Camboa et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Pericytes of Multiple Organs Do Not Behave as Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vivo

2017 361 citations Nuno Guimarães‐Camboa, Paola Cattaneo et al. profile →
Spatially organized cellular communities form the developing human heart

2024 64 citations Qingquan Zhang, Daniel E. Carlin et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sylvia Μ. Evans United States	63	11.2k	3.8k	3.5k	2.0k	1.6k	163	14.4k
Benoit G. Bruneau United States	62	14.1k 1.3×	2.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	133	17.0k
Michelle D. Tallquist United States	43	6.0k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	722 0.4×	747 0.5×	71	10.1k
Margaret Buckingham France	83	21.7k 1.9×	4.2k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	3.6k 2.3×	201	24.1k
Robert E. Poelmann Netherlands	58	7.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	2.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	194	10.3k
José Luís de la Pompa Spain	52	12.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	102	15.4k
Margaret L. Kirby United States	59	8.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	2.8k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	135	10.0k
Andreas Kispert Germany	62	13.4k 1.2×	1.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	874 0.4×	4.0k 2.5×	178	16.4k
Vincent M. Christoffels Netherlands	61	9.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.4×	4.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	224	11.6k
Andrew B. Lassar United States	59	19.6k 1.8×	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	604 0.3×	3.8k 2.4×	88	22.9k
Ángel Raya Spain	44	8.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	696 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	124	11.3k

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Zhang, Zengming, Tongbin Wu, Zeyu Chen, et al.. (2025). Transcriptional readthrough at Atf4 locus suppresses Rps19bp1 and impairs heart development. Cardiovascular Research. 121(18). 2909–2921.

Liu, Xiaoxiao, Baolei Li, Shuyun Wang, et al.. (2024). Stromal Cell-SLIT3/Cardiomyocyte-ROBO1 Axis Regulates Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy. Circulation Research. 134(7). 913–930. 6 indexed citations

Cattaneo, Paola, Michael G.B. Hayes, Nina Baumgarten, et al.. (2022). DOT1L regulates chamber-specific transcriptional networks during cardiogenesis and mediates postnatal cell cycle withdrawal. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7444–7444. 13 indexed citations

Zhang, Qingquan, Daniel E. Carlin, Fugui Zhu, et al.. (2021). Unveiling Complexity and Multipotentiality of Early Heart Fields. Circulation Research. 129(4). 474–487. 55 indexed citations

Tan, Changming, Ze’e Chen, Canzhao Liu, et al.. (2021). Mediator complex proximal Tail subunit MED30 is critical for Mediator core stability and cardiomyocyte transcriptional network. PLoS Genetics. 17(9). e1009785–e1009785. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Shuyun, Li Shen, Catherine Liu, et al.. (2020). SLIT3 deficiency attenuates pressure overload–induced cardiac fibrosis and remodeling. JCI Insight. 5(12). 18 indexed citations

Liu, Canzhao, Simone Spinozzi, Wei Feng, et al.. (2020). Homozygous G650del nexilin variant causes cardiomyopathy in mice. JCI Insight. 5(16). 11 indexed citations

Moore‐Morris, Thomas, Paola Cattaneo, Michel Pucéat, & Sylvia Μ. Evans. (2015). Origins of cardiac fibroblasts. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 91. 1–5. 108 indexed citations

Abboud, Nesrine, Thomas Moore‐Morris, Henry Yang, et al.. (2015). A cohesin–OCT4 complex mediates Sox enhancers to prime an early embryonic lineage. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6749–6749. 21 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Kunfu, Rafael L Gomez-Amaro, David L. Stachura, et al.. (2014). Loss of IP3R-dependent Ca2+ signalling in thymocytes leads to aberrant development and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4814–4814. 50 indexed citations

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Akiyama, Ryutaro, Hiroko Kawakami, Makoto M. Taketo, et al.. (2014). Distinct populations within Isl1 lineages contribute to appendicular and facial skeletogenesis through the β-catenin pathway. Developmental Biology. 387(1). 37–48. 12 indexed citations

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Moore‐Morris, Thomas, Nuno Guimarães‐Camboa, Indroneal Banerjee, et al.. (2014). Resident fibroblast lineages mediate pressure overload–induced cardiac fibrosis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 124(7). 2921–2934. 486 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vliet, Patrick van, et al.. (2014). Cell Labeling and Injection in Developing Embryonic Mouse Hearts. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Banerjee, Indroneal, Thomas Moore‐Morris, Sylvia Μ. Evans, & Ju Chen. (2013). Thymosin β4 Is Not Required for Embryonic Viability or Vascular Development. Circulation Research. 112(3). e25–8. 14 indexed citations

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Liang, Xingqun, Gang Wang, Lizhu Lin, et al.. (2013). HCN4 Dynamically Marks the First Heart Field and Conduction System Precursors. Circulation Research. 113(4). 399–407. 165 indexed citations

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Kisseleva, Tatiana, Min Cong, Yong‐Han Paik, et al.. (2012). Myofibroblasts revert to an inactive phenotype during regression of liver fibrosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(24). 9448–9453. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Friedrich, Felix W., Gisèle Bonne, Lucie Carrier, et al.. (2010). Distinction Between Two Populations of Islet-1-Positive Cells in Hearts of Different Murine Strains. Stem Cells and Development. 20(6). 1043–1052. 27 indexed citations

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Harel, Itamar, Elisha Nathan, Hila Zigdon, et al.. (2009). Distinct Origins and Genetic Programs of Head Muscle Satellite Cells. Developmental Cell. 16(6). 822–832. 190 indexed citations

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Wright, Adam, Joyce Chuang, Kunfu Ouyang, et al.. (2008). Abstract 1429: Defects in Connexin Signaling Underlie Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy in a Novel Mouse Model. Circulation. 118. 1 indexed citations

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Evans, Sylvia Μ., et al.. (2006). Required, tissue-specific roles for Fgf8 in outflow tract formation and remodeling. Development. 133(12). 2419–2433. 199 indexed citations

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