Tomasz J. Nowakowski

15.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
69 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Tomasz J. Nowakowski is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomasz J. Nowakowski has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 18 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Tomasz J. Nowakowski's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (23 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (22 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (18 papers). Tomasz J. Nowakowski is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (23 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (22 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (18 papers). Tomasz J. Nowakowski collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Tomasz J. Nowakowski's co-authors include Arnold R. Kriegstein, Alex A. Pollen, Carmen Sandoval-Espinosa, Elizabeth Di Lullo, Aparna Bhaduri, Daniel A. Lim, Maximilian Haeussler, Marina Bershteyn, Siyuan Liu and Mohammed A. Mostajo-Radji and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tomasz J. Nowakowski

67 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular Identity of Human Outer Radial Glia during Cort... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2017 2016 2017 2016 100 200 300 400 500
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. Molecular Identity of Human Outer Radial Glia during Cortical Development
    2015 556 citations Alex A. Pollen, Tomasz J. Nowakowski et al. profile →
  2. Spatiotemporal gene expression trajectories reveal developmental hierarchies of the human cortex
    2017 519 citations Tomasz J. Nowakowski, Aparna Bhaduri et al. Science profile →
  3. Expression Analysis Highlights AXL as a Candidate Zika Virus Entry Receptor in Neural Stem Cells
    2016 411 citations Tomasz J. Nowakowski, Alex A. Pollen et al. Cell stem cell profile →
  4. Human iPSC-Derived Cerebral Organoids Model Cellular Features of Lissencephaly and Reveal Prolonged Mitosis of Outer Radial Glia
    2017 404 citations Tomasz J. Nowakowski, Alex A. Pollen et al. Cell stem cell profile →
  5. Zika virus cell tropism in the developing human brain and inhibition by azithromycin
    2016 365 citations Hanna Retallack, Elizabeth Di Lullo et al. profile →
  6. Cell stress in cortical organoids impairs molecular subtype specification
    2020 357 citations Aparna Bhaduri, Madeline G. Andrews et al. Nature profile →
  7. Single-cell atlas of early human brain development highlights heterogeneity of human neuroepithelial cells and early radial glia
    2021 214 citations Aparna Bhaduri, Maximilian Haeussler 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
Tomasz J. Nowakowski United States 34 4.0k 1.3k 1.1k 629 621 69 6.1k
Alex A. Pollen United States 24 2.9k 0.7× 877 0.7× 622 0.6× 742 1.2× 412 0.7× 38 4.6k
Hiroshi Kiyonari Japan 62 7.7k 1.9× 806 0.6× 941 0.8× 1.5k 2.3× 1.6k 2.5× 251 13.0k
Karthik Shekhar United States 25 6.9k 1.7× 312 0.2× 1.2k 1.1× 470 0.7× 1.0k 1.6× 52 9.5k
Susan M. Sunkin United States 28 5.3k 1.3× 781 0.6× 1.8k 1.6× 1.1k 1.7× 2.2k 3.6× 44 10.0k
Jeanne F. Loring United States 49 7.1k 1.8× 836 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.3k 2.0× 1.2k 2.0× 121 9.9k
Joseph G. Gleeson United States 48 5.2k 1.3× 2.4k 1.8× 673 0.6× 2.8k 4.4× 2.1k 3.3× 127 9.5k
Maximilian Haeussler United States 26 5.1k 1.3× 439 0.3× 569 0.5× 1.2k 1.8× 321 0.5× 45 6.3k
Elizabeth Di Lullo United States 11 1.7k 0.4× 475 0.4× 308 0.3× 246 0.4× 331 0.5× 12 3.1k
Barbara Treutlein Germany 39 5.6k 1.4× 688 0.5× 818 0.7× 608 1.0× 697 1.1× 73 7.4k
Alysson R. Muotri United States 54 8.7k 2.2× 1.5k 1.1× 880 0.8× 2.7k 4.3× 2.0k 3.2× 172 12.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Teerikorpi, Nia, Micaela Lasser, Sheng Wang, et al.. (2025). Ciliary biology intersects autism and congenital heart disease. Development. 152(12). 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Danqing, David H. Brookes, Clara Fannjiang, et al.. (2024). Optimal trade-off control in machine learning–based library design, with application to adeno-associated virus (AAV) for gene therapy. Science Advances. 10(4). eadj3786–eadj3786. 30 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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Bhaskaran‐Nair, Kiran, et al.. (2023). Transcriptomic cell type structures in vivo neuronal activity across multiple timescales. Cell Reports. 42(4). 112318–112318. 6 indexed citations
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Kim, Chang N., David Shin, Albert Wang, & Tomasz J. Nowakowski. (2023). Spatiotemporal molecular dynamics of the developing human thalamus. Science. 382(6667). eadf9941–eadf9941. 25 indexed citations
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Popova, Galina, Hanna Retallack, Chang N. Kim, et al.. (2023). Rubella virus tropism and single-cell responses in human primary tissue and microglia-containing organoids. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations
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Popova, Galina, Hanna Retallack, Chang N. Kim, et al.. (2023). Rubella virus tropism and single-cell responses in human primary tissue and microglia-containing organoids. eLife. 12. 14 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Matthew T., Kadellyn Sandoval, Mohammed A. Mostajo-Radji, et al.. (2022). The development and evolution of inhibitory neurons in primate cerebrum. Nature. 603(7903). 871–877. 56 indexed citations
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Allen, Denise E., Kevin C. Donohue, Cathryn R. Cadwell, et al.. (2022). Fate mapping of neural stem cell niches reveals distinct origins of human cortical astrocytes. Science. 376(6600). 1441–1446. 37 indexed citations
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Yu, Diankun, Tao Li, Jean-Christophe Delpech, et al.. (2022). Microglial GPR56 is the molecular target of maternal immune activation-induced parvalbumin-positive interneuron deficits. Science Advances. 8(18). eabm2545–eabm2545. 33 indexed citations
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Speir, Matthew L, Aparna Bhaduri, Nikolay S. Markov, et al.. (2021). UCSC Cell Browser: visualize your single-cell data. Bioinformatics. 37(23). 4578–4580. 144 indexed citations
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Ziffra, Ryan, Chang N. Kim, Jayden Ross, et al.. (2021). Single-cell epigenomics reveals mechanisms of human cortical development. Nature. 598(7879). 205–213. 153 indexed citations
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Pansodtee, Pattawong, Helen Rankin Willsey, Gary L. Mantalas, et al.. (2021). Picroscope: low-cost system for simultaneous longitudinal biological imaging. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1261–1261. 11 indexed citations
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Willsey, Helen Rankin, Cameron R. T. Exner, Yuxiao Xu, et al.. (2021). Parallel in vivo analysis of large-effect autism genes implicates cortical neurogenesis and estrogen in risk and resilience. Neuron. 109(5). 788–804.e8. 58 indexed citations
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Bhaduri, Aparna, Madeline G. Andrews, Walter Mancia, et al.. (2020). Cell stress in cortical organoids impairs molecular subtype specification. Nature. 578(7793). 142–148. 357 indexed citations breakdown →
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Selvadurai, Hayden, Kinjal Desai, Xiaoyang Lan, et al.. (2020). Medulloblastoma Arises from the Persistence of a Rare and Transient Sox2+ Granule Neuron Precursor. Cell Reports. 31(2). 107511–107511. 41 indexed citations
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Bhaduri, Aparna, Madeline G. Andrews, Arnold R. Kriegstein, & Tomasz J. Nowakowski. (2020). Are Organoids Ready for Prime Time?. Cell stem cell. 27(3). 361–365. 25 indexed citations
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Dougherty, Max L., Jason G. Underwood, Bradley J. Nelson, et al.. (2018). Transcriptional fates of human-specific segmental duplications in brain. Genome Research. 28(10). 1566–1576. 41 indexed citations
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Nowakowski, Tomasz J., Aparna Bhaduri, Alex A. Pollen, et al.. (2017). Spatiotemporal gene expression trajectories reveal developmental hierarchies of the human cortex. Science. 358(6368). 1318–1323. 519 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nowakowski, Tomasz J., et al.. (2009). Mikrobiologiczne wytwarzanie wodoru z glicerolu. Inżynieria i Aparatura Chemiczna. 113–114.

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