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Genetics

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85
Citations
27093
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1309
National Ranking
19

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Miikka Vikkula 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 Miikka Vikkula sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 295 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Miikka Vikkula 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 Miikka Vikkula sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Miikka Vikkula is affiliated with Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research work principally spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a prolific output of publications touching on Surgery, Neurology, Genetics, Oncology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The primary topics of study in Vikkula's work include:

  • Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
  • Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas
  • Lymphatic System and Diseases
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Tumors and Oncological Cases
  • Vascular Anomalies and Treatments

Recent notable papers with publication year and venue are as follows:

  • Lymphatic Malformations: Genetics, Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies, 2021, Circulation Research
  • Genetic Basis and Therapies for Vascular Anomalies, 2021, Circulation Research
  • Guidance for the Management of Patients with Vascular Disease or Cardiovascular Risk Factors and COVID-19: Position Paper from VAS-European Independent Foundation in Angiology/Vascular Medicine, 2020, Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • A review of mechanisms of disease across PIK3CA-related disorders with vascular manifestations, 2021, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • New and Emerging Targeted Therapies for Vascular Malformations, 2020, American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Vikkula frequently collaborates with several other researchers, with notable co-authors including:

  • Laurence M. Boon
  • Pascal Brouillard
  • Raphaël Helaers
  • Nicole Revençu
  • François P. Duhoux

Vikkula's work is often published in the following venues:

  • Cancer Research
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • Journal of Vascular Anomalies
  • Nature Cardiovascular Research
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A

Best Publications

  • LDL Receptor-Related Protein 5 (LRP5) Affects Bone Accrual and Eye Development

    Y. Q. Gong;R. B. Slee;N. Fukai;G. Rawadi

  • Vascular Anomalies Classification: Recommendations From the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies

    Michel Wassef;Francine Blei;Denise Adams;Ahmad Alomari

  • CHROMOSOME INSTABILITY IS COMMON IN HUMAN CLEAVAGE-STAGE EMBRYOS

    Evelyne Vanneste;Thierry Voet;Cédric Le Caignec;Cédric Le Caignec;Michèle Ampe

  • Vascular Dysmorphogenesis Caused by an Activating Mutation in the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase TIE2

    Miikka Vikkula;Laurence M Boon;Kermit L.Carraway;Jennifer T Calvert

  • Capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation, a new clinical and genetic disorder caused by RASA1 mutations.

    Iiro Eerola;Laurence M. Boon;John B. Mulliken;Patricia E. Burrows

  • Somatic mosaic IDH1 and IDH2 mutations are associated with enchondroma and spindle cell hemangioma in Ollier disease and Maffucci syndrome

    Twinkal C. Pansuriya;Ronald van Eijk;Pio d'Adamo;Maayke A. J. H. van Ruler

  • DMP1 mutations in autosomal recessive hypophosphatemia implicate a bone matrix protein in the regulation of phosphate homeostasis

    Bettina Lorenz-Depiereux;Murat Bastepe;Anna Benet-Pagès;Mustapha Amyere

  • Congenital Hereditary Lymphedema Caused by a Mutation That Inactivates VEGFR3 Tyrosine Kinase

    Alexandre Irrthum;Marika J. Karkkainen;Koen Devriendt;Kari Alitalo

  • Mutations in the transcription factor gene SOX18 underlie recessive and dominant forms of hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia.

    Alexandre Irrthum;Koenraad Devriendt;David Chitayat;Gert Matthijs

  • Somatic mutations in angiopoietin receptor gene TEK cause solitary and multiple sporadic venous malformations

    Nisha Limaye;Vinciane Wouters;Melanie Uebelhoer;Marjut Tuominen

  • Parkes Weber syndrome, vein of galen aneurysmal malformation, and other fast-flow vascular anomalies are caused by RASA1 mutations

    Nicole Revencu;Laurence M. Boon;John B. Mulliken;Odile Enjolras

  • Suppressed NFAT-dependent VEGFR1 expression and constitutive VEGFR2 signaling in infantile hemangioma.

    Masatoshi Jinnin;Damian Medici;Lucy Park;Nisha Limaye

  • Autosomal dominant and recessive osteochondrodysplasias associated with the COL11A2 locus

    Miikka Vikkula;Edwin C.M Madman;Vincent C.H Lui;Natalia I Zhidkova

  • Glomuvenous malformation (glomangioma) and venous malformation: distinct clinicopathologic and genetic entities.

    Laurence M. Boon;John B. Mulliken;Odile Enjolras;Miikka Vikkula

  • Mutations in a Novel Factor, Glomulin, Are Responsible for Glomuvenous Malformations (“Glomangiomas”)

    Pascal Brouillard;Laurence M. Boon;John B. Mulliken;Odile Enjolras

  • Mutations in CCBE1 cause generalized lymph vessel dysplasia in humans

    Marielle Alders;Benjamin M. Hogan;Evisa Gjini;Faranak Salehi

  • Venous malformation: update on aetiopathogenesis, diagnosis and management.

    Anne Dompmartin;Miikka Vikkula;Laurence M Boon

  • Genetics of lymphatic anomalies.

    Pascal Brouillard;Laurence Boon;Miikka Vikkula

  • Association of localized intravascular coagulopathy with venous malformations

    Anne Dompmartin;Aurélie Acher;Pascal Thibon;Sébastien Tourbach

  • Chromosome Instability Is Common in Human Cleavage-Stage Embryos

    Evelyne Vanneste;Thierry Voet;Cedric Le Caginec;Michele Ampe

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Mulliken
John B. Mulliken Boston Children's Hospital
Björn Olsen
Björn Olsen Harvard University
Matthew L. Warman
Matthew L. Warman Boston Children's Hospital
Kari Alitalo
Kari Alitalo University of Helsinki
Geert Mortier
Geert Mortier University of Antwerp
Vincent Grégoire
Vincent Grégoire Université Catholique de Louvain
Gert Matthijs
Gert Matthijs KU Leuven
Eric Legius
Eric Legius KU Leuven
Bart Loeys
Bart Loeys University of Antwerp

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