# José‐Alain Sahel

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/jose-alain-sahel/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 41,793 |
| Field | Retinal Development and Disorders |
| h-index | 100 |
| i10-index | 620 |
| Last Known Institution | University of Pittsburgh |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5063516832 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-1153 |
| Works | 1,827 |

## Researcher papers

- [A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-large-genome-wide-association-study-of-age-related-macular-degeneration/)
- [Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration](https://scholariq.org/papers/seven-new-loci-associated-with-age-related-macular-degeneration/)
- [IL-1β induces rod degeneration through the disruption of retinal glutamate homeostasis](https://scholariq.org/papers/il-1-induces-rod-degeneration-through-the-disruption-of-retinal-glutamate/)
- [Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Mutations in GPR179 Leading to Autosomal-Recessive Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness](https://scholariq.org/papers/whole-exome-sequencing-identifies-mutations-in-gpr179-leading-to-autosomal/)

## Researcher topics

- [Retinal Development and Disorders](https://scholariq.org/topics/retinal-development-and-disorders/)
- [Retinal Diseases and Treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/retinal-diseases-and-treatments/)
- [Photoreceptor and optogenetics research](https://scholariq.org/topics/photoreceptor-and-optogenetics-research/)
- [Retinal Imaging and Analysis](https://scholariq.org/topics/retinal-imaging-and-analysis/)
- [Neuroscience and Neural Engineering](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuroscience-and-neural-engineering/)

## Researcher university

- [University of Pittsburgh](https://scholariq.org/institutions/university-of-pittsburgh/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.