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Lina Basel-Vanagaite

Lina Basel-Vanagaite

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
47
Citations
8659
World Ranking
4121
National Ranking
40

Lina Basel-Vanagaite 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 Lina Basel-Vanagaite sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 118 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lina Basel-Vanagaite 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 Lina Basel-Vanagaite sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lina Basel-Vanagaite is a researcher affiliated with Rabin Medical Center in Israel. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Molecular Biology. The work also touches on Cancer Research and Surgery.

The scientist's main research topics include Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, as well as Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Spectrum of genes for inherited hearing loss in the Israeli Jewish population, including the novel human deafness gene ATOH1, 2020, Clinical Genetics
  • Exome Sequencing and the Identification of New Genes and Shared Mechanisms in Polymicrogyria, 2023, JAMA Neurology
  • Patterns of mosaicism for sequence and copy-number variants discovered through clinical deep sequencing of disease-related genes in one million individuals, 2023, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • When phenotype does not match genotype: importance of "real-time" refining of phenotypic information for exome data interpretation, 2020, Genetics in Medicine
  • Further delineation of auriculocondylar syndrome based on 14 novel cases and reassessment of 25 published cases, 2022, Human Mutation

Lina Basel-Vanagaite frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Idit Maya (12 publications)
  • Reut Matar (12 publications)
  • Lily Bazak (11 publications)
  • Lena Sagi-Dain (10 publications)
  • Noam Shomron (8 publications)

The principal publication venues for their research output are:

  • Prenatal Diagnosis (5 publications)
  • Clinical Genetics (3 publications)
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A (3 publications)
  • Genetics in Medicine Open (3 publications)
  • Genetics in Medicine (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Positional cloning uncovers mutations in PLCE1 responsible for a nephrotic syndrome variant that may be reversible.

    Bernward Hinkes;Roger C. Wiggins;Rasheed Gbadegesin;Christopher N. Vlangos

  • G protein-coupled receptor-dependent development of human frontal cortex.

    Xianhua Piao;Sean S. Hill;Adria Bodell;Bernard S. Chang

  • Impaired glycosylation and cutis laxa caused by mutations in the vesicular H+-ATPase subunit ATP6V0A2.

    Uwe Kornak;Ellen Reynders;Aikaterini Dimopoulou;Jeroen Van Reeuwijk

  • tRNA splicing endonuclease mutations cause pontocerebellar hypoplasia.

    Birgit S. Budde;Yasmin Namavar;Peter G. Barth;Bwee Tien Poll-The

  • De novo SCN1A mutations are a major cause of severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy

    Lieve Claes;Berten Ceulemans;Dominique Audenaert;Katrien Smets

  • Clinical, neuroradiological and genetic findings in pontocerebellar hypoplasia

    Yasmin Namavar;Peter G. Barth;Paul R. Kasher;Fred van Ruissen

  • Dominant mutations in GRHL3 cause Van der Woude syndrome and disrupt oral periderm development

    Myriam Peyrard-Janvid;Elizabeth J. Leslie;Youssef A. Kousa;Tiffany L. Smith

  • Fragile-X carrier screening and the prevalence of premutation and full-mutation carriers in Israel.

    Hagit Toledano-Alhadef;Lina Basel-Vanagaite;Nurit Magal;Bella Davidov

  • The CC2D1A , a member of a new gene family with C2 domains, is involved in autosomal recessive non-syndromic mental retardation

    Lina Basel-Vanagaite;Revital Attia;Michal Yahav;Russell J. Ferland

  • Autosomal Recessive Ichthyosis with Hypotrichosis Caused by a Mutation in ST14, Encoding Type II Transmembrane Serine Protease Matriptase

    Lina Basel-Vanagaite;Lina Basel-Vanagaite;Revital Attia;Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;Limor Rainshtein

  • Twenty-two novel mutations in the lysosomal alpha-glucosidase gene (GAA) underscore the genotype-phenotype correlation in glycogen storage disease type II.

    Monique M.P. Hermans;Dik van Leenen;Marian A. Kroos;Clare E. Beesley

  • Mutations in PIK3R1 Cause SHORT Syndrome

    David A. Dyment;Amanda C. Smith;Diana Alcantara;Jeremy A. Schwartzentruber

  • A Truncating Mutation of TRAPPC9 Is Associated with Autosomal-Recessive Intellectual Disability and Postnatal Microcephaly

    Ganeshwaran H. Mochida;Muhammad Mahajnah;Muhammad Mahajnah;Anthony D. Hill;Lina Basel-Vanagaite;Lina Basel-Vanagaite

  • Multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome is caused by a mutation in PIGN

    Gal Maydan;Iris Noyman;Adi Har-Zahav;Ziva Ben Neriah

  • Mutated nup62 causes autosomal recessive infantile bilateral striatal necrosis.

    Lina Basel-Vanagaite;Lina Basel-Vanagaite;Liora Muncher;Rachel Straussberg;Metsada Pasmanik-Chor

  • Loss-of-function mutations in ATP6V0A2 impair vesicular trafficking, tropoelastin secretion and cell survival

    Vishwanathan Hucthagowder;Eva Morava;Uwe Kornak;Dirk J. Lefeber

  • Exome sequencing reveals SYCE1 mutation associated with autosomal recessive primary ovarian insufficiency.

    Liat de Vries;Liat de Vries;Doron M. Behar;Doron M. Behar;Pola Smirin-Yosef;Irina Lagovsky

  • Bilateral frontoparietal polymicrogyria: clinical and radiological features in 10 families with linkage to chromosome 16.

    Bernard S. Chang;Xianhua Piao;Adria Bodell;Lina Basel-Vanagaite

  • 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

  • Mutation Spectrum in RAB3GAP1, RAB3GAP2, and RAB18 and Genotype–Phenotype Correlations in Warburg Micro Syndrome and Martsolf Syndrome

    Mark T Handley;Deborah J Morris-Rosendahl;Stephen Brown;Fiona Macdonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Mordechai Shohat
Mordechai Shohat Tel Aviv University
Christopher A. Walsh
Christopher A. Walsh Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Doron Gothelf
Doron Gothelf Tel Aviv University
Gideon Rechavi
Gideon Rechavi Sheba Medical Center
William B. Dobyns
William B. Dobyns University of Minnesota
Gudrun Nürnberg
Gudrun Nürnberg University of Cologne
Christian Kubisch
Christian Kubisch Universität Hamburg
Peter Nürnberg
Peter Nürnberg University of Cologne
A. Micheil Innes
A. Micheil Innes University of Calgary
Xianhua Piao
Xianhua Piao University of California, San Francisco

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