Xavier Estivill

90.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
510 papers, 22.2k citations indexed

About

Xavier Estivill is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Estivill has authored 510 papers receiving a total of 22.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 241 papers in Molecular Biology, 150 papers in Genetics and 104 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xavier Estivill's work include Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (87 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (51 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (48 papers). Xavier Estivill is often cited by papers focused on Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (87 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (51 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (48 papers). Xavier Estivill collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Xavier Estivill's co-authors include Raquel Rabionet, Lluı́s Armengol, Mónica Gratacòs, Paolo Gasparini, Eulàlia Martı́, Virginia Nunes, Juan R. González, Teresa Casals, Josep M. Mercader and Isidró Ferrer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Estivill

506 papers receiving 21.7k 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.

SNPassoc: an R package to perform whole genome association studies

2007 630 citations Lluı́s Armengol, Xavier Estivill et al. profile →
Connexin-26 mutations in sporadic and inherited sensorineural deafness

1998 523 citations Xavier Estivill, Raquel Rabionet et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xavier Estivill Spain	76	10.6k	4.9k	3.1k	2.2k	2.2k	510	22.2k
Richard P. Lifton United States	92	20.6k 1.9×	5.6k 1.1×	5.0k 1.6×	707 0.3×	1.8k 0.8×	276	35.1k
Arnold Münnich France	99	27.4k 2.6×	9.0k 1.8×	2.1k 0.7×	742 0.3×	3.7k 1.7×	651	40.3k
Cynthia C. Morton United States	73	8.7k 0.8×	2.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.4×	464 0.2×	281	18.9k
Lino Tessarollo United States	79	11.0k 1.0×	2.3k 0.5×	875 0.3×	775 0.3×	5.6k 2.6×	247	21.2k
David H. Rowitch United States	93	18.9k 1.8×	4.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	487 0.2×	4.9k 2.2×	200	31.5k
Makoto M. Taketo Japan	111	24.0k 2.3×	7.9k 1.6×	2.2k 0.7×	653 0.3×	2.8k 1.3×	392	39.1k
Val C. Sheffield United States	91	17.1k 1.6×	10.4k 2.1×	729 0.2×	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	312	27.6k
Han G. Brunner Netherlands	65	11.9k 1.1×	9.2k 1.9×	1.1k 0.4×	559 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	278	20.9k
Stylianos E. Antonarakis Switzerland	102	21.9k 2.1×	13.3k 2.7×	2.5k 0.8×	439 0.2×	1.8k 0.8×	602	40.8k
Wolfgang Wurst Germany	82	14.7k 1.4×	3.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	375 0.2×	5.6k 2.6×	372	25.5k

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Borry, Pascal, Timothy Caulfield, Xavier Estivill, et al.. (2018). Geolocalisation of athletes for out-of-competition drug testing: ethical considerations. Position statement by the WADA Ethics Panel. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 52(7). 456–459. 7 indexed citations

Vilahur, Nadia, Mariona Bustamante, Hyang‐Min Byun, et al.. (2014). Prenatal exposure to mixtures of xenoestrogens and repetitive element DNA methylation changes in human placenta. Environment International. 71. 81–87. 48 indexed citations

Ramos, María Dolores Burguete, Daniel Trujillano, Stephan Ossowski, et al.. (2013). Extensive sequence analysis of CFTR , SCNN1A , SCNN1B , SCNN1G and SERPINA1 suggests an oligogenic basis for cystic fibrosis‐like phenotypes. Clinical Genetics. 86(1). 91–95. 17 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Revenga, Laia, Irene Madrigal, Dei M. Elurbe, et al.. (2012). Screening for the presence of FMR1 premutation alleles in women with fibromyalgia. Gene. 512(2). 305–308. 9 indexed citations

Morales, Eva, Mariona Bustamante, Nadia Vilahur, et al.. (2012). DNA Hypomethylation at ALOX12 Is Associated with Persistent Wheezing in Childhood. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 185(9). 937–943. 75 indexed citations

Saus, Ester, Virginia Soria, Geòrgia Escaramís, et al.. (2010). A haplotype of glycogen synthase kinase 3β is associated with early onset of unipolar major depression. Genes Brain & Behavior. 9(7). 799–807. 45 indexed citations

Soria, Virginia, Èrika Martínez‐Amorós, Geòrgia Escaramís, et al.. (2010). Differential Association of Circadian Genes with Mood Disorders: CRY1 and NPAS2 are Associated with Unipolar Major Depression and CLOCK and VIP with Bipolar Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 35(6). 1279–1289. 270 indexed citations

Hüffmeier, Ulrike, Xavier Estivill, Eva Riveira‐Muñoz, et al.. (2009). Deletion of LCE3C and LCE3B genes at PSORS4 does not contribute to susceptibility to psoriatic arthritis in German patients. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 69(5). 876–878. 34 indexed citations

Madrigal, Irene, Laia Rodríguez‐Revenga, Lluı́s Armengol, et al.. (2007). X-chromosome tiling path array detection of copy number variants in patients with chromosome X-linked mental retardation. BMC Genomics. 8(1). 443–443. 48 indexed citations

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Rabionet, Raquel, et al.. (2002). Human connexin26 (GJB2) deafness mutations affect the function of gap junction channels at different levels of protein expression.. Human Genetics. 111(2). 190–197. 84 indexed citations

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Laitinen, Tarja, Vesa Ollikainen, Conxi Lázaro, et al.. (2000). Association Study of the Chromosomal Region Containing the FCER2 Gene Suggests It Has a Regulatory Role in Atopic Disorders. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161(3). 700–706. 33 indexed citations

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Bádenas, Célia, et al.. (1999). Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis in theFMR1. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 84(3). 262–265. 6 indexed citations

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Miró, Óscar, Luís Arias, Antoni Barrientos, et al.. (1999). Mitochondrial DNA LHON mutations in alcoholic patients developing amblyopia. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 35. 23–33. 3 indexed citations

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Sancho, Elena, Maya R. Vilà, Luis Sánchez‐Pulido, et al.. (1998). Role of UEV-1, an Inactive Variant of the E2 UbiquitinConjugating Enzymes, in In Vitro Differentiation and Cell Cycle Behavior of HT-29-M6 Intestinal Mucosecretory Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(1). 576–589. 111 indexed citations

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Puig, Susana, Anna Ruiz, T Castel, et al.. (1997). Inherited susceptibility to several cancers but absence of linkage between dysplastic nevus syndrome and CDKN2A in a melanoma family with a mutation in the CDKN2A ( P16INK4A ) gene. Human Genetics. 101(3). 359–364. 42 indexed citations

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Guimerá, Jordi, et al.. (1997). Minibrain (MNBH) is a single copy gene mapping to human chromosome 21q22.2. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 77(3-4). 182–184. 4 indexed citations

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Morral, Núria, et al.. (1994). Patterns of haplotypes for 92 cystic fibrosis mutations: Variability, association and recurrence. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55. 1 indexed citations

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Kruyer, H., G. Glóver, Pablo Carbonell, et al.. (1994). Molecular analysis of the (CGG)n expansion in the FMR-1 gene in 59 Spanish fragile X syndrome families. Human Genetics. 94(4). 395–400. 21 indexed citations

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Gasparini, Paolo, et al.. (1991). A tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism in the cystic fibrosis gene. Human Genetics. 86(6). 625–625. 33 indexed citations

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Estivill, Xavier, Peter Scambler, Brandon J. Wainwright, et al.. (1987). Patterns of polymorphism and linkage disequilibrium for cystic fibrosis. Genomics. 1(3). 257–263. 115 indexed citations

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