Samuel L. Pfaff

Active 1993–2025

78
Papers
18,380
Citations
67
h-index
77
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Citations

Citations per year for Samuel L. Pfaff1972: 1 citations1993: 7 citations1994: 25 citations1995: 55 citations1996: 53 citations1997: 85 citations1998: 125 citations1999: 116 citations2000: 139 citations2001: 144 citations2002: 163 citations2003: 200 citations2004: 186 citations2005: 214 citations2006: 217 citations2007: 279 citations2008: 238 citations2009: 232 citations2010: 153 citations2011: 203 citations2012: 221 citations2013: 189 citations2014: 236 citations2015: 187 citations2016: 151 citations2017: 159 citations2018: 125 citations2019: 520 citations2020: 464 citations2021: 420 citations2022: 343 citations2023: 262 citations2024: 389 citations2025: 185 citations2026: 7 citations1973–1992: no citations, so these years are not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,769 citing papers, 36.2% of this breakdownChina: 610 citing papers, 8% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 598 citing papers, 7.8% of this breakdownGermany: 480 citing papers, 6.3% of this breakdownFrance: 375 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownJapan: 309 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownCanada: 291 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownItaly: 219 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownSpain: 201 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 191 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownAustralia: 171 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownSweden: 161 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
0%36.2%Other 16.7%

Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology57.5%
  • Neuroscience18.8%
  • Medicine17.6%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
  • Immunology and Microbiology0.8%
  • Engineering0.8%
  • Other1.1%

Topics

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms5%
  • Congenital heart defects research5%
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation4.9%
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research4.1%
  • Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling3.5%
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation2.9%
  • Other74.6%

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  1. The β1-adrenergic receptor links sympathetic nerves to T cell exhaustion

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2023 cited by 245

  2. Embryonic stem cell potency fluctuates with endogenous retrovirus activity

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2012 cited by 1,126

  3. Isl1 Identifies a Cardiac Progenitor Population that Proliferates Prior to Differentiation and Contributes a Majority of Cells to the Heart

    Authors: , , , , , , - Developmental Cell 2003 cited by 1,605

  4. Conserved genetic signatures parcellate cardinal spinal neuron classes into local and projection subsets

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , - Science 2021 cited by 121

  5. Graded Arrays of Spinal and Supraspinal V2a Interneuron Subtypes Underlie Forelimb and Hindlimb Motor Control

    Authors: , , , , , , , - Neuron 2018 cited by 197

  6. Endogenous retroviruses and neighboring genes are coordinately repressed by LSD1/KDM1A

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , - Genes & Development 2011 cited by 277

  7. YAP regulates neural progenitor cell number via the TEA domain transcription factor

    Authors: , , - Genes & Development 2008 cited by 410

  8. LSD1n is an H4K20 demethylase regulating memory formation via transcriptional elongation control

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Neuroscience 2015 cited by 170

  9. Spinal subpial delivery of AAV9 enables widespread gene silencing and blocks motoneuron degeneration in ALS

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Medicine 2019 cited by 114

  10. SnapShot: Spinal Cord Development

    Authors: , , - Cell 2011 cited by 357

  11. Cell type and circuit modules in the spinal cord

    Authors: , - Current Opinion in Neurobiology 2019 cited by 90

  12. TRIM28 repression of retrotransposon-based enhancers is necessary to preserve transcriptional dynamics in embryonic stem cells

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , - Genome Research 2012 cited by 192

  13. Identification of a cellular node for motor control pathways

    Authors: , , , , , , - Nature Neuroscience 2014 cited by 228

  14. Loss of motoneuron-specific microRNA-218 causes systemic neuromuscular failure

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , - Science 2015 cited by 155

  15. Aberrant GlyRS-HDAC6 interaction linked to axonal transport deficits in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Communications 2018 cited by 116

  16. Spatial organization of cortical and spinal neurons controlling motor behavior

    Authors: , , - Current Opinion in Neurobiology 2012 cited by 101

  17. Topographic organization of embryonic motor neurons defined by expression of LIM homeobox genes

    Authors: , , , , , , - Cell 1994 cited by 1,021

  18. LIM Factor Lhx3 Contributes to the Specification of Motor Neuron and Interneuron Identity through Cell-Type-Specific Protein-Protein Interactions

    Authors: , , , , - Cell 2002 cited by 370

  19. Identification of a MicroRNA that Activates Gene Expression by Repressing Nonsense-Mediated RNA Decay

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , - Molecular Cell 2011 cited by 298

  20. Distinct roles of nerve and muscle in postsynaptic differentiation of the neuromuscular synapse

    Authors: , , , , , - Nature 2001 cited by 526

  21. The Ubiquitin Ligase Phr1 Regulates Axon Outgrowth through Modulation of Microtubule Dynamics

    Authors: , , , - Neuron 2007 cited by 235

  22. Ret Is a Multifunctional Coreceptor that Integrates Diffusible- and Contact-Axon Guidance Signals

    Authors: , , , , , , , - Cell 2012 cited by 149

  23. Local compartment changes and regulatory landscape alterations in histone H1-depleted cells

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Genome biology 2015 cited by 75

  24. Human genetics and neuropathology suggest a link between miR-218 and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathophysiology

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Leonard H. van den Berg, Orla Hardiman, John E. Landers, Jesús S. Mora, Karen Morrison, Pamela J. Shaw, Jan H. Veldink, Samuel L. Pfaff, Ofer Yizhar, Christina Groß, Robert H. Brown, John Ravits, Matthew Harms, Timothy M. Miller, Eran Hornstein - Science Translational Medicine 2019 cited by 62