Tim Thomas

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Tim Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Thomas has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Tim Thomas's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (27 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (24 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (14 papers). Tim Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (27 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (24 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (14 papers). Tim Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Tim Thomas's co-authors include Anne K. Voss, Peter Gruß, Mathew P. Dixon, Gerhard Schreiber, Marie Dziadek, Perry F. Bartlett, Rodney L. Rietze, Andrew J. Kueh, Caitlin Collin and Bilal N. Sheikh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Tim Thomas

135 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Purification of a pluripotent neural stem cell from the adult mouse brain

2001 518 citations Tim Thomas, Anne K. Voss et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Thomas Australia	46	4.4k	931	670	634	588	138	6.3k
Stefano Stifani Canada	47	4.6k 1.0×	975 1.0×	184 0.3×	697 1.1×	915 1.6×	99	7.1k
Matthew D. Rand United States	26	4.9k 1.1×	648 0.7×	181 0.3×	572 0.9×	624 1.1×	63	7.6k
Karen R. Prowse United States	17	5.0k 1.1×	895 1.0×	392 0.6×	811 1.3×	427 0.7×	24	8.5k
Carol B. Ware United States	41	6.1k 1.4×	994 1.1×	452 0.7×	1.8k 2.9×	970 1.6×	73	9.6k
Naoki Takeda Japan	38	4.8k 1.1×	946 1.0×	230 0.3×	936 1.5×	656 1.1×	97	7.4k
Maarten H.K. Linskens United States	17	5.0k 1.1×	523 0.6×	277 0.4×	945 1.5×	758 1.3×	27	8.3k
William Biggs United States	27	6.0k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	279 0.4×	712 1.1×	618 1.1×	33	8.1k
Jacques Samarut France	58	5.3k 1.2×	2.4k 2.6×	198 0.3×	698 1.1×	777 1.3×	180	9.5k
Jenny Xiang United States	28	3.4k 0.8×	406 0.4×	1.1k 1.7×	360 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	62	5.6k
Drazen B. Zimonjic United States	40	4.2k 0.9×	855 0.9×	199 0.3×	547 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	91	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Thomas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Thomas

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Bergamasco, Maria, Alexandra L. Garnham, Lachlan Whitehead, et al.. (2025). Loss of KAT6B causes premature ossification and promotes osteoblast differentiation during development. Developmental Biology. 520. 141–154. 2 indexed citations

Bergamasco, Maria, Yuqing Yang, Alexandra L. Garnham, et al.. (2025). KAT6B overexpression rescues embryonic lethality in homozygous null KAT6A mice restoring vitality and normal lifespan. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1958–1958. 2 indexed citations

Bergamasco, Maria, Waruni Abeysekera, Alexandra L. Garnham, et al.. (2024). KAT6B is required for histone 3 lysine 9 acetylation and SOX gene expression in the developing brain. Life Science Alliance. 8(2). e202402969–e202402969. 4 indexed citations

Thomas, Tim, et al.. (2024). High GLP1R gene copy numbers associated with microsatellite instability for multiple cancers and with better survival probabilities for glioblastoma. Cell Cycle. 23(17-20). 913–921.

Burban, Audrey, Ahmad Sharanek, Ariel Madrigal, et al.. (2024). PHF6-mediated transcriptional control of NSC via Ephrin receptors is impaired in the intellectual disability syndrome BFLS. EMBO Reports. 25(3). 1256–1281. 2 indexed citations

Bergamasco, Maria, Hannah Vanyai, Alexandra L. Garnham, et al.. (2024). Increasing histone acetylation improves sociability and restores learning and memory in KAT6B-haploinsufficient mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 134(7). 9 indexed citations

McRae, Helen M., Maria Bergamasco, Alexandra L. Garnham, et al.. (2024). Loss of PHF6 causes spontaneous seizures, enlarged brain ventricles and altered transcription in the cortex of a mouse model of the Börjeson–Forssman–Lehmann intellectual disability syndrome. PLoS Genetics. 20(10). e1011428–e1011428.

Croft, Brittany, Anthony D. Bird, Makoto Ono, et al.. (2022). FGF9 variant in 46, XY DSD patient suggests a role for dimerization in sex determination. Clinical Genetics. 103(3). 277–287. 9 indexed citations

Hickey, Peter F., Waruni Abeysekera, Lachlan Whitehead, et al.. (2021). The histone acetyltransferase HBO1 promotes efficient tip cell sprouting during angiogenesis. Development. 148(20). 5 indexed citations

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McRae, Helen M., Lachlan Whitehead, Warren S. Alexander, et al.. (2020). Downregulation of the GHRH/GH/IGF-1 axis in a mouse model of Börjeson-Forssman-Lehman Syndrome. Development. 147(21). 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Jingjing, Shuo Yang, Xiaocui Zhang, et al.. (2020). Chromatin-Binding Protein PHF6 Regulates Activity-Dependent Transcriptional Networks to Promote Hunger Response. Cell Reports. 30(11). 3717–3728.e6. 6 indexed citations

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Doggett, Karen, Sebastian Markmiller, Stephen Mieruszynski, et al.. (2018). Early developmental arrest and impaired gastrointestinal homeostasis in U12-dependent splicing-defective Rnpc3-deficient mice. RNA. 24(12). 1856–1870. 20 indexed citations

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Sheikh, Bilal N., Natalie L. Downer, Andrew J. Kueh, Tim Thomas, & Anne K. Voss. (2013). Excessive versus Physiologically Relevant Levels of Retinoic Acid in Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation. Stem Cells. 32(6). 1451–1458. 14 indexed citations

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Voss, Anne K., et al.. (2011). Chromatin Immunoprecipitation of Mouse Embryos. Methods in molecular biology. 809. 335–352. 14 indexed citations

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Voss, Anne K. & Tim Thomas. (2009). MYST family histone acetyltransferases take center stage in stem cells and development. BioEssays. 31(10). 1050–1061. 92 indexed citations

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Voss, Anne K., Caitlin Collin, Cheryl Shoubridge, et al.. (2007). Protein and gene expression analysis of Phf6, the gene mutated in the Börjeson–Forssman–Lehmann Syndrome of intellectual disability and obesity. Gene Expression Patterns. 7(8). 858–871. 37 indexed citations

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Voss, Anne K., Danielle L. Krebs, & Tim Thomas. (2006). C3G regulates the size of the cerebral cortex neural precursor population. The EMBO Journal. 25(15). 3652–3663. 41 indexed citations

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Thomas, Tim, et al.. (2001). AN OBJECT-ORIENTED PC-BASED SYSTEM FOR TSPI COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona).

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Thomas, Tim, et al.. (2000). A New Gene Trap Construct Enriching for Insertion Events Near the 5′ End of Genes. Transgenic Research. 9(6). 395–404. 7 indexed citations

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Mansouri, Ahmed, Anne K. Voss, Tim Thomas, Yoshifumi Yokota, & Peter Gruß. (2000). Uncx4.1 is required for the formation of the pedicles and proximal ribs and acts upstream of Pax9. Development. 127(11). 2251–2258. 84 indexed citations

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