Winifred Mak

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Winifred Mak is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Winifred Mak has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Winifred Mak's work include Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (9 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (8 papers) and Reproductive Health and Technologies (7 papers). Winifred Mak is often cited by papers focused on Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (9 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (8 papers) and Reproductive Health and Technologies (7 papers). Winifred Mak collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Winifred Mak's co-authors include Neil Brockdorff, Arie P. Otte, Tatyana B. Nesterova, Ruth Appanah, José Silva, Shinya Yamanaka, Zoë Webster, Ilona Zvetkova, Antoine H.F.M. Peters and Thomas Jenuwein and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Development.

In The Last Decade

Winifred Mak

29 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Establishment of Histone H3 Methylation on the Inactive X Chromosome Requires Transient Recruitment of Eed-Enx1 Polycomb Group Complexes

2003 529 citations José Silva, Winifred Mak et al. Developmental Cell profile →
Reactivation of the Paternal X Chromosome in Early Mouse Embryos

2004 428 citations Winifred Mak, Tatyana B. Nesterova et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Winifred Mak United States	16	1.3k	803	361	233	226	32	1.8k
Zhiyuan Chen United States	16	932 0.7×	432 0.5×	329 0.9×	223 1.0×	98 0.4×	21	1.2k
Zongliang Jiang United States	20	802 0.6×	287 0.4×	224 0.6×	491 2.1×	117 0.5×	59	1.3k
Alan Derr United States	7	851 0.6×	199 0.2×	157 0.4×	124 0.5×	272 1.2×	15	1.2k
Yue‐Qiu Tan China	26	999 0.7×	936 1.2×	540 1.5×	810 3.5×	187 0.8×	139	2.2k
Yao Xu China	16	672 0.5×	281 0.3×	275 0.8×	656 2.8×	104 0.5×	30	1.2k
Guangxiu Lu China	25	664 0.5×	500 0.6×	660 1.8×	969 4.2×	126 0.6×	95	1.8k
Joseph Shen United States	16	678 0.5×	598 0.7×	481 1.3×	223 1.0×	47 0.2×	26	1.3k
Liina Nagirnaja United States	15	384 0.3×	359 0.4×	157 0.4×	257 1.1×	58 0.3×	29	861
Manuel Viotti United States	16	720 0.5×	323 0.4×	609 1.7×	358 1.5×	59 0.3×	41	1.3k
Lingbo Cai China	13	792 0.6×	190 0.2×	189 0.5×	447 1.9×	164 0.7×	46	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Winifred Mak

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Álvarez, Mı́riam, et al.. (2025). The Beginning of a Paradigm Shift: Increase in Perioperative Complications Following Vaginal Hysterectomy Compared to Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Using the ACS-NSQIP 2016 to 2019 Database. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 32(7). 629–638. 1 indexed citations

Shaffer, Jennifer N., et al.. (2024). FERTILITY ED: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A TOOL TO INCREASE FERTILITY AWARENESS AMONG GRADUATE STUDENTS. Fertility and Sterility. 122(4). e140–e140.

Goros, Martin, et al.. (2024). Perinatal outcomes of women with recurrent pregnancy loss undergoing frozen embryo transfer from the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology database. Fertility and Sterility. 123(4). 644–652.

Williams, Elizabeth, et al.. (2022). A case series to examine the perinatal outcomes of infants conceived by intravaginal culture (IVC). Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 39(6). 1367–1371. 3 indexed citations

Mak, Winifred, et al.. (2021). Understanding the Needs of Individuals Who Have Experienced Pregnancy Loss: A Retrospective Community-Based Survey. Journal of Women s Health. 31(12). 1805–1811.

Mak, Winifred, et al.. (2021). Growth hormone supplementation during ovarian stimulation improves oocyte and embryo outcomes in IVF/PGT-A cycles of women who are not poor responders. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 38(5). 1055–1060. 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Chen, Hongyan Chai, Qinghua Zhou, et al.. (2020). Exome sequencing analysis on products of conception: a cohort study to evaluate clinical utility and genetic etiology for pregnancy loss. Genetics in Medicine. 23(3). 435–442. 33 indexed citations

Mak, Winifred, et al.. (2018). A role of Pumilio 1 in mammalian oocyte maturation and maternal phase of embryogenesis. Cell & Bioscience. 8(1). 54–54. 12 indexed citations

Luo, Wei, Hanni Ke, Ran Liu, et al.. (2018). Variation analysis of PUM1 gene in Chinese women with primary ovarian insufficiency. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 35(4). 727–731. 2 indexed citations

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Collins, Stephen C., Xiao Xu, & Winifred Mak. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of preimplantation genetic screening for women older than 37 undergoing in vitro fertilization. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 34(11). 1515–1522. 26 indexed citations

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Mak, Winifred, et al.. (2016). An Important Role of Pumilio 1 in Regulating the Development of the Mammalian Female Germline1. Biology of Reproduction. 94(6). 134–134. 49 indexed citations

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Mak, Winifred, et al.. (2016). Natural cycle IVF reduces the risk of low birthweight infants compared with conventional stimulated IVF. Human Reproduction. 31(4). 789–794. 39 indexed citations

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McGraw, Serge, Christopher C. Oakes, Josée Martel, et al.. (2013). Loss of DNMT1o Disrupts Imprinted X Chromosome Inactivation and Accentuates Placental Defects in Females. PLoS Genetics. 9(11). e1003873–e1003873. 50 indexed citations

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Senner, Claire E., Tatyana B. Nesterova, Hamlata Dewchand, et al.. (2011). Disruption of a conserved region of Xist exon 1 impairs Xist RNA localisation and X-linked gene silencing during random and imprinted X chromosome inactivation. Development. 138(8). 1541–1550. 39 indexed citations

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Mak, Winifred, Jamie R. Weaver, & Marisa S. Bartolomei. (2010). Is ART changing the epigenetic landscape of imprinting. Animal Reproduction. 7(3). 168–176. 7 indexed citations

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Mak, Winifred & Anuja Dokras. (2009). Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Thrombosis. Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. 35(7). 613–620. 37 indexed citations

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Poon, Wing‐Tat, et al.. (2008). Factitious thyrotoxicosis and herbal dietary supplement for weight reduction. Clinical Toxicology. 46(4). 290–292. 22 indexed citations

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Mak, Winifred, et al.. (2005). Cerebrospinal fluid to serum glucose ratio in non-hypoglycorrhachic neurological conditions.. PubMed. 11(6). 457–62. 8 indexed citations

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Silva, José, Winifred Mak, Ilona Zvetkova, et al.. (2003). Establishment of Histone H3 Methylation on the Inactive X Chromosome Requires Transient Recruitment of Eed-Enx1 Polycomb Group Complexes. Developmental Cell. 4(4). 481–495. 529 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mak, Winifred, et al.. (2002). Mitotically Stable Association of Polycomb Group Proteins Eed and Enx1 with the Inactive X Chromosome in Trophoblast Stem Cells. Current Biology. 12(12). 1016–1020. 181 indexed citations

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