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Koen L.I. van Gassen

Koen L.I. van Gassen

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
49
Citations
6195
World Ranking
4008
National Ranking
145

Koen L.I. van Gassen publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Koen L.I. van Gassen sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 85 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Koen L.I. van Gassen D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Koen L.I. van Gassen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Koen L.I. van Gassen is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has a significant publication record in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their main research areas are concentrated on genetics, molecular biology, physiology, cell biology, and oncology.

Their scientific contributions focus heavily on genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, covering topics such as genomics and rare diseases, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, cellular transport and secretion, metabolism and genetic disorders, RNA research and splicing, and ion channel regulation and function.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Rare deleterious mutations of HNRNP genes result in shared neurodevelopmental disorders (2021), published in Genome Medicine
  • Pathogenic SPTBN1 variants cause an autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental syndrome (2021), published in Nature Genetics
  • Enhanced MAPK1 Function Causes a Neurodevelopmental Disorder within the RASopathy Clinical Spectrum (2020), published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Disruption of RFX family transcription factors causes autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, and dysregulated behavior (2021), published in Genetics in Medicine
  • Characterization of SETD1A haploinsufficiency in humans and Drosophila defines a novel neurodevelopmental syndrome (2020), published in Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators of Koen L.I. van Gassen include Boris Keren, Cyril Mignot, Richard H. van Jaarsveld, Eva H. Brilstra, and Eric W. Klee. These collaborations have been instrumental in shaping the research landscape in their field.

Their publications have been featured across several well-regarded academic venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Genetics in Medicine (11 publications)
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics (9 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (9 publications)
  • Journal of Medical Genetics (4 publications)
  • Genome Medicine (2 publications)

This publication record underscores a consistent engagement with leading journals in genetics and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • A post-hoc comparison of the utility of sanger sequencing and exome sequencing for the diagnosis of heterogeneous diseases

    Kornelia Neveling;Ilse Feenstra;Christian Gilissen;Lies H. Hoefsloot

  • Mutations in DDX3X are a common cause of unexplained intellectual disability with gender-specific effects on wnt signaling

    Lot Snijders Blok;Erik Madsen;Jane Juusola;Christian Gilissen

  • De Novo Mutations in Protein Kinase Genes CAMK2A and CAMK2B Cause Intellectual Disability

    Sébastien Küry;Geeske M van Woerden;Thomas Besnard;Martina Proietti Onori

  • Autosomal recessive Noonan syndrome associated with biallelic LZTR1 variants.

    Jennifer J Johnston;Jasper J van der Smagt;Jill A Rosenfeld;Alistair T Pagnamenta

  • Effectiveness of whole-exome sequencing and costs of the traditional diagnostic trajectory in children with intellectual disability

    Glen R Monroe;Gerardus W Frederix;Sanne M C Savelberg;Tamar I de Vries

  • Mutations in SPATA5 Are Associated with Microcephaly, Intellectual Disability, Seizures, and Hearing Loss

    Akemi J. Tanaka;Megan T. Cho;Francisca Millan;Jane Juusola

  • Genotype-phenotype correlations in spastic paraplegia type 7: a study in a large Dutch cohort.

    Koen L. I. van Gassen;Charlotte D. C. C. van der Heijden;Susanne T. de Bot;Wilfred F. A. den Dunnen

  • De Novo Mutations in CHD4, an ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeler Gene, Cause an Intellectual Disability Syndrome with Distinctive Dysmorphisms.

    Karin Weiss;Paulien A. Terhal;Lior Cohen;Lior Cohen;Michael Bruccoleri

  • Possible role of the innate immunity in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Koen L I van Gassen;Marina de Wit;Marian J A Groot Koerkamp;Marije G A Rensen

  • De novo mutations in beta - catenin (CTNNB1) appear to be a frequent cause of intellectual disability: expanding the mutational and clinical spectrum

    Alma Kuechler;Marjolein H Willemsen;Beate Albrecht;Carlos A Bacino

  • B56δ-related protein phosphatase 2A dysfunction identified in patients with intellectual disability

    Gunnar Houge;Dorien Haesen;Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers;Sarju Mehta

  • Mutations in GABRB3: From febrile seizures to epileptic encephalopathies

    Rikke S Møller;Thomas V Wuttke;Ingo Helbig;Carla Marini

  • Revertant Somatic Mosaicism by Mitotic Recombination in Dyskeratosis Congenita

    Marjolijn C.J. Jongmans;Eugene T.P. Verwiel;Yvonne Heijdra;Tom Vulliamy

  • Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase deficiencies in search of common themes.

    Sabine A. Fuchs;Imre F. Schene;Gautam Kok;Jurriaan M. Jansen

  • Lysosomal Signaling Licenses Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation via Inactivation of Tfe3.

    Florian Villegas;Florian Villegas;Daphné Lehalle;Daniela Mayer;Daniela Mayer;Melanie Rittirsch

  • BCL11B mutations in patients affected by a neurodevelopmental disorder with reduced type 2 innate lymphoid cells

    Davor Lessel;Christina Gehbauer;Nuria C Bramswig;Caroline Schluth-Bolard

  • CHD3 helicase domain mutations cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome with macrocephaly and impaired speech and language

    Lot Snijders Blok;Lot Snijders Blok;Lot Snijders Blok;Justine Rousseau;Joanna Twist;Sophie Ehresmann

  • De Novo Mutations of RERE Cause a Genetic Syndrome with Features that Overlap Those Associated with Proximal 1p36 Deletions

    Brieana Fregeau;Bum Jun Kim;Andrés Hernández-García;Valerie K Jordan

  • Mutations in N -acetylglucosamine ( O -GlcNAc) transferase in patients with X-linked intellectual disability.

    Anke P. Willems;Mehmet Gundogdu;Marlies J.E. Kempers;Jacques C. Giltay

  • De Novo Mutations in YWHAG Cause Early-Onset Epilepsy.

    Ilaria Guella;Marna B. McKenzie;Daniel M. Evans;Sarah E. Buerki

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolph Pfundt
Rolph Pfundt Radboud University
Tjitske Kleefstra
Tjitske Kleefstra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University
Caroline Nava
Caroline Nava Université Paris Cité
Megan T. Cho
Megan T. Cho National Human Genome Research Institute
Bert B.A. de Vries
Bert B.A. de Vries Radboud University
Dagmar Wieczorek
Dagmar Wieczorek Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Slavé Petrovski
Slavé Petrovski AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers
Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers Radboud University
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington

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