Thomas Lufkin

12.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Lufkin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Lufkin has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Thomas Lufkin's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (37 papers), Congenital heart defects research (20 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (20 papers). Thomas Lufkin is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (37 papers), Congenital heart defects research (20 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (20 papers). Thomas Lufkin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and France. Thomas Lufkin's co-authors include Petra Kraus, Manuel Mark, Marianne LeMeur, Pierre Chambon, Huck‐Hui Ng, John L.R. Rubenstein, Carla Tribioli, Bing Lim, Pascal Dollé and Pierre Chambon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Lufkin

130 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

Function of the retinoic acid receptors (RARs) during dev... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1994 1991 250 500 750
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.

  1. Function of the retinoic acid receptors (RARs) during development: (II) Multiple abnormalities at various stages of organogenesis in RAR double mutants
    1994 784 citations Cathy Mendelsohn, Didier Décimo et al. Development profile →
  2. Disruption of the Hox-1.6 homeobox gene results in defects in a region corresponding to its rostral domain of expression
    1991 593 citations Thomas Lufkin, Marianne LeMeur et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Lufkin United States 46 7.9k 2.4k 848 779 649 133 9.8k
Chi‐chung Hui Canada 51 8.0k 1.0× 2.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 639 0.8× 620 1.0× 121 10.1k
Aris N. Economides United States 54 7.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 926 1.1× 735 0.9× 532 0.8× 114 10.0k
Achim Gossler Germany 47 7.6k 1.0× 1.9k 0.8× 704 0.8× 757 1.0× 562 0.9× 102 9.3k
Henry M. Sucov United States 50 7.4k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 582 0.7× 627 1.0× 88 9.4k
Brian L. Black United States 49 8.5k 1.1× 1.7k 0.7× 938 1.1× 952 1.2× 506 0.8× 103 10.0k
Yumiko Saga Japan 60 9.6k 1.2× 3.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.6× 710 0.9× 748 1.2× 181 13.1k
Chen‐Ming Fan United States 42 6.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 814 1.0× 661 1.0× 92 9.2k
Jill A. McMahon United States 38 9.6k 1.2× 2.4k 1.0× 984 1.2× 428 0.5× 727 1.1× 47 11.4k
David Sassoon United States 57 8.8k 1.1× 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 556 0.7× 694 1.1× 110 11.0k
Lee Niswander United States 56 10.3k 1.3× 3.9k 1.6× 891 1.1× 604 0.8× 684 1.1× 140 13.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Murphy, Kathryn M., Thomas Lufkin, & Petra Kraus. (2023). Development and Degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc—Insights from Across Species. Veterinary Sciences. 10(9). 540–540. 9 indexed citations
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Lufkin, Thomas, Jean‐Luc Vonesch, Jean‐Christophe Olivo, et al.. (2020). Two rhombomeres are altered in Hoxa-1 mutant mice.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).
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Kraus, Petra, et al.. (2013). Making sense of Dlx1 antisense RNA. Developmental Biology. 376(2). 224–235. 34 indexed citations
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Kraus, Petra, et al.. (2012). Mouse strain specific gene expression differences for illumina microarray expression profiling in embryos. BMC Research Notes. 5(1). 232–232. 14 indexed citations
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Lufkin, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Development of the “Three-step MACS”: a Novel Strategy for Isolating Rare Cell Populations in the Absence of Known Cell Surface Markers from Complex Animal Tissue. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques JBT. 23(2). 69–77. 23 indexed citations
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Lufkin, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Embryonic stem cells: protein interaction networks. BioMolecular Concepts. 2(1-2). 13–25. 10 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Sumantra & Thomas Lufkin. (2011). Fishing for function: zebrafish BAC transgenics for functional genomics. Molecular BioSystems. 7(8). 2345–2351. 11 indexed citations
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Simon, Ruth, Thomas Lufkin, & Andrew D. Bergemann. (2007). Homeobox gene Sax2 deficiency causes an imbalance in energy homeostasis. Developmental Dynamics. 236(10). 2792–2799. 7 indexed citations
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Mathavan, Sinnakaruppan, Lance D. Miller, K. R. K. Murthy, et al.. (2005). Transcriptome Analysis of Zebrafish Embryogenesis Using Microarrays. PLoS Genetics. 1(2). e29–e29. 263 indexed citations
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Lufkin, Thomas. (2003). Murine homeobox gene control of embryonic pattering and organogenesis. Elsevier eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Yoshiura, Koh-ichiro, et al.. (1997). Assignment of the murine Hmx1 homeobox gene to the proximal region of mouse Chromosome 5. Mammalian Genome. 8(11). 869–870. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Weidong & Thomas Lufkin. (1997). Short Communications. Chromosome Research. 5(7). 501–505. 3 indexed citations
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Lufkin, Thomas. (1997). Transcriptional Regulation of Vertebrate Hox Genes during Embryogenesis. Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression. 7(3). 195–213. 10 indexed citations
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Mendelsohn, Cathy, et al.. (1994). Function of the retinoic acid receptors (RARs) during development: (II) Multiple abnormalities at various stages of organogenesis in RAR double mutants. Development. 120(10). 2749–2771. 784 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dollé, Pascal, et al.. (1993). 後脳におけるKrox‐20およびHox遺伝子発現の局所的変更は同型配偶子ヌルHoxa‐1(Hox‐1.6)突然変異はいの菱脳の神経小片4および5の欠損を示唆する. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 90(16). 7666–7670. 59 indexed citations
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Mark, Manuel, Thomas Lufkin, Pascal Dollé, et al.. (1993). Roles of Hox genes: what we have learnt from gain of function and loss of function mutations in the mouse.. PubMed. 316(9). 995–1008. 13 indexed citations

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