Tatum S. Simonson

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Tatum S. Simonson is a scholar working on Genetics, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tatum S. Simonson has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Genetics, 23 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Tatum S. Simonson's work include High Altitude and Hypoxia (41 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (23 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (10 papers). Tatum S. Simonson is often cited by papers focused on High Altitude and Hypoxia (41 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (23 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (10 papers). Tatum S. Simonson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Peru. Tatum S. Simonson's co-authors include Lynn B. Jorde, Josef T. Prchal, Chad D. Huff, Jinchuan Xing, David J. Witherspoon, Qin Ga, Ri-Li Ge, Felipe Lorenzo, Yingzhong Yang and Zhenzhong Bai and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Tatum S. Simonson

64 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Genetic Evidence for High-Altitude Adaptation in Tibet

2010 862 citations Tatum S. Simonson, Yingzhong Yang et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tatum S. Simonson United States	27	2.0k	992	499	478	436	66	2.9k
Rui Mei United States	21	1.9k 1.0×	2.3k 2.3×	153 0.3×	271 0.6×	563 1.3×	42	4.1k
David J. Witherspoon United States	25	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	187 0.4×	260 0.5×	266 0.6×	36	2.3k
Qin Ga China	14	1.1k 0.5×	402 0.4×	258 0.5×	345 0.7×	303 0.7×	34	1.4k
Zhenzhong Bai China	16	888 0.5×	441 0.4×	221 0.4×	328 0.7×	289 0.7×	34	1.4k
Jeffrey R. Smith United States	32	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	96 0.2×	192 0.4×	398 0.9×	96	4.4k
Patrick N. Cunningham United States	28	973 0.5×	750 0.8×	123 0.2×	233 0.5×	183 0.4×	68	3.7k
Callum J. Bell United States	24	1.0k 0.5×	2.7k 2.8×	132 0.3×	323 0.7×	125 0.3×	38	4.5k
M. Peaker United Kingdom	41	1.5k 0.8×	949 1.0×	149 0.3×	319 0.7×	182 0.4×	168	5.2k
David Witonsky United States	22	1.6k 0.8×	627 0.6×	114 0.2×	225 0.5×	147 0.3×	37	2.5k
Yi Zhou China	30	872 0.4×	2.1k 2.1×	99 0.2×	170 0.4×	341 0.8×	150	4.5k

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Gu, Wanjun, Elijah S. Lawrence, A. Mark Evans, & Tatum S. Simonson. (2025). Genetic adaptations shaping survival, pregnancy, and life at high altitude and sea level. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1933). 20240170–20240170. 1 indexed citations

Moya, Esteban A., Theresa J. Ochoa, Pamela DeYoung, et al.. (2025). Improved oxygen saturation and acclimatization with bacteriotherapy at high altitude. iScience. 28(4). 112053–112053. 2 indexed citations

Heinrich, Erica C., Traci Marin, Cecilia Anza‐Ramirez, et al.. (2024). The Effects of Nocturnal Hypoxemia on Cognitive Performance in Andean Highlanders. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 26(4). 347–354. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Jiayang, Sienna R. Craig, Anna Di Rienzo, et al.. (2024). Higher oxygen content and transport characterize high-altitude ethnic Tibetan women with the highest lifetime reproductive success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(45). e2403309121–e2403309121. 7 indexed citations

Simonson, Tatum S., et al.. (2024). Development of multiplexed orthogonal base editor (MOBE) systems. Nature Biotechnology. 43(4). 593–607. 8 indexed citations

Moya, Esteban A., Jinsheng Yu, S. Brown, et al.. (2024). Tibetans exhibit lower hemoglobin concentration and decreased heart response to hypoxia during poikilocapnia at intermediate altitude relative to Han Chinese. Frontiers in Physiology. 15. 1334874–1334874.

Gu, Wanjun, Jorge A. Masso-Silva, David Sánz-Rubio, et al.. (2023). Inflammation biomarkers in OSA, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/OSA overlap syndrome. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 19(8). 1447–1456. 22 indexed citations

Villafuerte, Francisco C., Pamela DeYoung, Wanjun Gu, et al.. (2022). Isovolemic hemodilution in chronic mountain sickness acutely worsens nocturnal oxygenation and sleep apnea severity. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 18(10). 2423–2432. 2 indexed citations

Rodriguez, Marisela, Jiyuan Chen, Pritesh Jain, et al.. (2021). Upregulation of Calcium Homeostasis Modulators in Contractile-To-Proliferative Phenotypical Transition of Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 714785–714785. 7 indexed citations

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Moya, Esteban A., et al.. (2020). Neuronal HIF‐1α in the nucleus tractus solitarius contributes to ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia. The Journal of Physiology. 598(10). 2021–2034. 17 indexed citations

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Simonson, Tatum S., Tracy L. Baker, Robert B. Banzett, et al.. (2020). Silent hypoxaemia in COVID‐19 patients. The Journal of Physiology. 599(4). 1057–1065. 58 indexed citations

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Orr, Jeremy E., Erica C. Heinrich, Pamela DeYoung, et al.. (2018). Adaptive Servoventilation as Treatment for Central Sleep Apnea Due to High-Altitude Periodic Breathing in Nonacclimatized Healthy Individuals. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 19(2). 178–184. 16 indexed citations

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Simonson, Tatum S.. (2015). Altitude Adaptation: A Glimpse Through Various Lenses. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 16(2). 125–137. 116 indexed citations

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Simonson, Tatum S., et al.. (2015). Adaptive genetic changes related to haemoglobin concentration in native high‐altitude Tibetans. Experimental Physiology. 100(11). 1263–1268. 36 indexed citations

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Simonson, Tatum S., Wei Guan, Harrieth Wagner, et al.. (2014). Increased blood‐oxygen binding affinity in Tibetan and Han Chinese residents at 4200 m. Experimental Physiology. 99(12). 1624–1635. 23 indexed citations

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Ge, Ri-Li, Tatum S. Simonson, Robert C. Cooksey, et al.. (2012). Metabolic insight into mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 106(2). 244–247. 70 indexed citations

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Batini, Chiara, Gianmarco Ferri, Giovanni Destro‐Bisol, et al.. (2011). Signatures of the Preagricultural Peopling Processes in Sub-Saharan Africa as Revealed by the Phylogeography of Early Y Chromosome Lineages. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28(9). 2603–2613. 41 indexed citations

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Simonson, Tatum S., Donald A. McClain, Lynn B. Jorde, & Josef T. Prchal. (2011). Genetic determinants of Tibetan high-altitude adaptation. Human Genetics. 131(4). 527–533. 105 indexed citations

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Simonson, Tatum S., Yingzhong Yang, Chad D. Huff, et al.. (2010). Genetic Evidence for High-Altitude Adaptation in Tibet. Science. 329(5987). 72–75. 862 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simonson, Tatum S., Yuhua Zhang, Chad D. Huff, et al.. (2010). Limited Distribution of a Cardiomyopathy‐Associated Variant in India. Annals of Human Genetics. 74(2). 184–188. 14 indexed citations

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