Al Edwards

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Al Edwards is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Al Edwards has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Al Edwards's work include Biochemical and Molecular Research (4 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (2 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (2 papers). Al Edwards is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Molecular Research (4 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (2 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (2 papers). Al Edwards collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Al Edwards's co-authors include C. Thomas Caskey, Holly A. Hammond, Andrew B. Civitello, Jin Li, Ranajit Chakraborty, P N Nguyen, Richard A. Gibbs, C. Thomas Caskey, Wilhelm Ansorge and Josef Stegemann and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Genomics and Methods.

In The Last Decade

Al Edwards

9 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Genetic variation at five trimeric and tetrameric tandem repeat loci in four human population groups

1992 1.1k citations Al Edwards, Holly A. Hammond et al. Genomics profile →
DNA typing and genetic mapping with trimeric and tetrameric tandem repeats.

1991 880 citations Al Edwards, Andrew B. Civitello et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Al Edwards United States	8	1.8k	1.3k	229	226	201	9	2.7k
Elizabeth S. Russell United States	39	2.3k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	139 0.6×	111 0.5×	100 0.5×	121	5.7k
Masanori Kasahara Japan	49	3.3k 1.8×	908 0.7×	164 0.7×	360 1.6×	129 0.6×	185	8.1k
Holly A. Hammond United States	10	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	302 1.3×	194 0.9×	227 1.1×	13	2.9k
Keiji Tamaki Japan	26	1.6k 0.9×	951 0.7×	215 0.9×	274 1.2×	88 0.4×	123	2.7k
J L Weber United States	21	2.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	298 1.3×	896 4.0×	117 0.6×	31	4.7k
Masako Tanimura Japan	26	1.2k 0.7×	478 0.4×	99 0.4×	194 0.9×	293 1.5×	43	3.0k
Thierry Grange France	33	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	61 0.3×	184 0.8×	203 1.0×	71	3.6k
Debra J. Wolgemuth United States	33	3.3k 1.8×	1.3k 1.0×	135 0.6×	276 1.2×	112 0.6×	75	4.3k
Roy D. Schmickel United States	28	2.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	166 0.7×	429 1.9×	55 0.3×	50	3.4k
James Ireland United States	11	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	136 0.6×	189 0.8×	101 0.5×	13	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Al Edwards

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Fields of papers citing papers by Al Edwards

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Al Edwards

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Al Edwards. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Al Edwards based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Al Edwards. Al Edwards is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Edwards, Al. (1995). Molecular Genetics of Ocular Disease. Retina. 15(3). 267–268. 10 indexed citations

2.

Edwards, Al, Holly A. Hammond, Jin Li, C. Thomas Caskey, & Ranajit Chakraborty. (1992). Genetic variation at five trimeric and tetrameric tandem repeat loci in four human population groups. Genomics. 12(2). 241–253. 1123 indexed citations breakdown →

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Edwards, Al & C. Thomas Caskey. (1991). Genetic marker technology. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 2(6). 818–822. 5 indexed citations

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Huang, Tim H.M., J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Al Edwards, et al.. (1991). Linkage of the gene for an X-linked mental retardation disorder to a hypervariable (AGAT)n repeat motif within the human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) locus (Xq26).. PubMed. 49(6). 1312–9. 31 indexed citations

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Edwards, Al, Andrew B. Civitello, Holly A. Hammond, & C. Thomas Caskey. (1991). DNA typing and genetic mapping with trimeric and tetrameric tandem repeats.. PubMed. 49(4). 746–56. 880 indexed citations breakdown →

6.

Edwards, Al & C. Thomas Caskey. (1991). Closure strategies for random DNA sequencing. Methods. 3(1). 41–47. 28 indexed citations

7.

Gibbs, Richard A., P N Nguyen, Al Edwards, Andrew B. Civitello, & C. Thomas Caskey. (1990). Multiplex DNA deletion detection and exon sequencing of the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene in Lesch-Nyhan families. Genomics. 7(2). 235–244. 283 indexed citations

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Edwards, Al, Hartmut Voss, Andrew B. Civitello, et al.. (1990). Automated DNA sequencing of the human HPRT locus. Genomics. 6(4). 593–608. 291 indexed citations

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Edwards, Al, et al.. (1989). Automated DNA sequencing methods for detection and analysis of mutations: applications to the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.. PubMed. 102. 185–94. 9 indexed citations

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