Veronica van Heyningen

23.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
212 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Veronica van Heyningen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Veronica van Heyningen has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Molecular Biology, 74 papers in Genetics and 25 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Veronica van Heyningen's work include Renal and related cancers (47 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (45 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (25 papers). Veronica van Heyningen is often cited by papers focused on Renal and related cancers (47 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (45 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (25 papers). Veronica van Heyningen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Veronica van Heyningen's co-authors include Isabel M. Hanson, Nicholas D. Hastie, Dirk A. Kleinjan, Penny Rashbass, Anne Seawright, Jane Prosser, Tim Jordan, Dieter Engelkamp, Wendy A. Bickmore and Andreas Schedl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Veronica van Heyningen

208 papers receiving 15.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Mouse Small eye results from mutations in a paired-like homeobox-containing gene
    1991 984 citations Nicholas D. Hastie, Veronica van Heyningen et al. Nature profile →
  2. Pax6 Controls Progenitor Cell Identity and Neuronal Fate in Response to Graded Shh Signaling
    1997 835 citations Veronica van Heyningen et al. Cell profile →
  3. The candidate Wilms' tumour gene is involved in genitourinary development
    1990 718 citations Kathy Pritchard‐Jones, Stewart Fleming et al. Nature profile →
  4. Positional cloning and characterization of a paired box- and homeobox-containing gene from the aniridia region
    1991 699 citations Veronica van Heyningen, Nicholas D. Hastie et al. Cell profile →
  5. Long-Range Control of Gene Expression: Emerging Mechanisms and Disruption in Disease
    2004 651 citations Dirk A. Kleinjan, Veronica van Heyningen The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

Peers

Veronica van Heyningen
Thomas Gridley United States
Mitchell Goldfarb United States
Rudolf Grosschedl United States
Peter W. Andrews United Kingdom
Hisato Kondoh Japan
Pascal Dollé France
Elizabeth J. Robertson United States
Harold Weintraub United States
Frank Costantini United States
Manuel Mark France
Thomas Gridley United States
Veronica van Heyningen
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Countries citing papers authored by Veronica van Heyningen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Veronica van Heyningen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Veronica van Heyningen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Veronica van Heyningen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Veronica van Heyningen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Veronica van Heyningen. Veronica van Heyningen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bhatia, Shipra, Jack Monahan, Vydianathan Ravi, et al.. (2014). A survey of ancient conserved non-coding elements in the PAX6 locus reveals a landscape of interdigitated cis-regulatory archipelagos. Developmental Biology. 387(2). 214–228. 31 indexed citations
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Hart, Alan, et al.. (2013). The Developmental Regulator Pax6 Is Essential for Maintenance of Islet Cell Function in the Adult Mouse Pancreas. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54173–e54173. 60 indexed citations
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Coutinho, Pedro M., et al.. (2011). Discovery and assessment of conserved Pax6 target genes and enhancers. Genome Research. 21(8). 1349–1359. 37 indexed citations
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Robinson, David, et al.. (2008). Genetic analysis of chromosome 11p13 and the PAX6 gene in a series of 125 cases referred with aniridia. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 146A(5). 558–569. 95 indexed citations
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Fantes, Judith A., Jacqueline Ramsay, Dian Donnai, et al.. (2008). FISH Mapping of De Novo Apparently Balanced Chromosome Rearrangements Identifies Characteristics Associated with Phenotypic Abnormality. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 82(4). 916–926. 31 indexed citations
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Asai-Coakwell, Mika, et al.. (2007). Involvement of GDF6 in Oculo-Skeletal Development. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 48(13). 3211–3211. 1 indexed citations
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Yeyati, Patricia L., et al.. (2007). Hsp90 Selectively Modulates Phenotype in Vertebrate Development. PLoS Genetics. 3(3). e43–e43. 119 indexed citations
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Ragge, Nicola, Birgit Lorenz, Adele Schneider, et al.. (2005). SOX2 anophthalmia syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 135A(1). 1–7. 160 indexed citations
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Crolla, John A. & Veronica van Heyningen. (2002). Frequent Chromosome Aberrations Revealed by Molecular Cytogenetic Studies in Patients with Aniridia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 71(5). 1138–1149. 128 indexed citations
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Sellar, Grant C., Siobhán A. Jordan, Wendy A. Bickmore, et al.. (1994). The Human Serum Amyloid A Protein (SAA) Superfamily Gene Cluster: Mapping to Chromosome 11p15.1 by Physical and Genetic Linkage Analysis. Genomics. 19(2). 221–227. 43 indexed citations
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Browne, D.L., Veronica van Heyningen, Wendy A. Bickmore, & M. Litt. (1993). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the D11S995 locus. Human Molecular Genetics. 2(8). 1332–1332.
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Rassoulzadegan, Minoo, Véronique Paquis‐Flucklinger, Béatrice Bertino, et al.. (1993). Transmeiotic differentiation of male germ cells in culture. Cell. 75(5). 997–1006. 147 indexed citations
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Junien, Claudine, et al.. (1992). Report of the Second Chromosome 11 Workshop. Genomics. 12(3). 620–625. 15 indexed citations
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Pritchard‐Jones, Kathy, Stewart Fleming, Duncan Davidson, et al.. (1990). The candidate Wilms' tumour gene is involved in genitourinary development. Nature. 346(6280). 194–197. 718 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spurr, Nigel K., Alan C. Gough, John R. Gosden, et al.. (1988). Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and assignment of the metalloproteinases stromelysin and collagenase to the long arm of chromosome 11. Genomics. 2(2). 119–127. 48 indexed citations
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Carachi, Robert, Tasleem Raza, Daniel J. Robertson, et al.. (1987). Biological properties of a tumour cell line (NB1-G) derived from human neuroblastoma. British Journal of Cancer. 55(4). 407–411. 17 indexed citations
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Porteous, David J., John Morten, Gwen Cranston, et al.. (1986). Molecular and Physical Arrangements of Human DNA in HRAS1 -Selected, Chromosome-Mediated Transfectants. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(6). 2223–2232. 14 indexed citations
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Jones, Elizabeth, Veronica van Heyningen, E. Solomon, et al.. (1975). Linkage relationships of the HL-A system and beta 2 microglobulin.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 11(3). 162–7. 1 indexed citations
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