Alan F. Wright

72.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
227 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Alan F. Wright is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan F. Wright has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Molecular Biology, 86 papers in Genetics and 47 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Alan F. Wright's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (68 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (37 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (36 papers). Alan F. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (68 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (37 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (36 papers). Alan F. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Croatia. Alan F. Wright's co-authors include Igor Rudan, Caroline Hayward, Craig Higgins, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Patricia A. Jacobs, Andrew D. Carothers, Xinhua Shu, Harry Campbell and Alan C. Bird and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alan F. Wright

224 papers receiving 11.6k citations

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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.

Complement C3 Variant and the Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

2007 650 citations Caroline Hayward, Alan F. Wright et al. profile →
Photoreceptor degeneration: genetic and mechanistic dissection of a complex trait

2010 488 citations Alan F. Wright et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan F. Wright United Kingdom	58	6.9k	3.6k	3.0k	1.7k	1.0k	227	11.9k
Shrikant Mane United States	41	6.5k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	432 0.4×	100	12.5k
Thomas Meitinger Germany	69	11.2k 1.6×	5.5k 1.5×	1.4k 0.5×	772 0.4×	1.7k 1.7×	319	19.1k
Jürg Ott United States	74	10.6k 1.5×	8.5k 2.4×	3.1k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	2.6k 2.6×	343	25.1k
Nicholas Katsanis United States	69	12.2k 1.8×	10.9k 3.1×	1.3k 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	937 0.9×	205	17.4k
Daniel E. Weeks United States	53	3.4k 0.5×	4.6k 1.3×	1.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	554 0.5×	214	10.7k
Max Gassmann Switzerland	74	9.2k 1.3×	3.5k 1.0×	446 0.1×	566 0.3×	973 1.0×	331	21.3k
Val C. Sheffield United States	91	17.1k 2.5×	10.4k 2.9×	6.6k 2.2×	2.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	312	27.6k
Fumihiko Matsuda Japan	54	4.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	514 0.5×	343	13.4k
Andrew D. Paterson Canada	59	5.2k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	359 0.1×	406 0.2×	967 1.0×	329	12.9k
Caroline Hayward United Kingdom	47	2.7k 0.4×	2.3k 0.7×	872 0.3×	871 0.5×	321 0.3×	220	8.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lurain, Kathryn, Ramya Ramaswami, Irene Ekwede, et al.. (2023). 1979P phase I trial of pembrolizumab in HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma (KS). Annals of Oncology. 34. S1056–S1056. 2 indexed citations

Hesse, Friederike, et al.. (2023). Assessment of the sensitivity of ²H MR spectroscopy measurements of [2,3‐²H₂]fumarate metabolism for detecting tumor cell death. NMR in Biomedicine. 36(10). e4965–e4965. 4 indexed citations

Bretherick, Andrew D., Oriol Canela‐Xandri, Peter K. Joshi, et al.. (2020). Linking protein to phenotype with Mendelian Randomization detects 38 proteins with causal roles in human diseases and traits. PLoS Genetics. 16(7). e1008785–e1008785. 21 indexed citations

Luciano, Michelle, Victoria Svinti, Archie Campbell, et al.. (2015). Exome Sequencing to Detect Rare Variants Associated With General Cognitive Ability: A Pilot Study. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 18(2). 117–125. 7 indexed citations

Marioni, Riccardo E., Gail Davies, Caroline Hayward, et al.. (2014). Molecular genetic contributions to socioeconomic status and intelligence. Intelligence. 44(100). 26–32. 86 indexed citations

Shirali, Masoud, Ricardo Pong‐Wong, Sara Knott, et al.. (2014). Using Haplotype Mapping to Uncover the Missing Heritability: A Simulation Study. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. 677.

Lechner, Judith, Louise F. Porter, Aine Rice, et al.. (2014). Enrichment of pathogenic alleles in the brittle cornea gene, ZNF469, in keratoconus. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(20). 5527–5535. 55 indexed citations

Shu, Xinhua, Alan Hart, Zhihong Zeng, et al.. (2012). Functional Characterization of the HumanRPGRProximal Promoter. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(7). 3951–3951. 9 indexed citations

Shu, Xinhua, Zhiqiang Zeng, Philippe Gautier, et al.. (2011). Knockdown of the Zebrafish Ortholog of the Retinitis Pigmentosa 2 ( RP2 ) Gene Results in Retinal Degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(6). 2960–2960. 30 indexed citations

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Girotto, Giorgia, Nicola Pirastu, Rossella Sorice, et al.. (2011). Hearing function and thresholds: a genome-wide association study in European isolated populations identifies new loci and pathways: Figure 1. Journal of Medical Genetics. 48(6). 369–374. 59 indexed citations

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Mitry, Danny, David G. Charteris, David Yorston, et al.. (2010). The Epidemiology and Socioeconomic Associations of Retinal Detachment in Scotland: A Two-Year Prospective Population-Based Study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(10). 4963–4963. 136 indexed citations

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Gornik, Olga, Igor Rudan, Harry Campbell, et al.. (2008). Variability, Heritability and Environmental Determinants of Human Plasma N-Glycome. 190 indexed citations

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Cherninkova, Sylvia, Ivailo Tournev, Naushin Waseem, et al.. (2006). Molecular genetics of retinitis pigmentosa in two Romani (Gypsy) families.. PubMed. 12. 909–14. 19 indexed citations

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Wright, Alan F. & Xinhua Shu. (2006). Focus on Molecules: RPGR. Experimental Eye Research. 85(1). 1–2. 65 indexed citations

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Harris, Sarah E., Alan F. Wright, Caroline Hayward, et al.. (2005). Genetic influences on oxidative stress and their association with normal cognitive ageing. Neuroscience Letters. 386(2). 116–120. 39 indexed citations

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López, I., et al.. (2004). RPGRIP1 mutations in juvenile retinitis pigmentosa: a linkage and mutation study.. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 4727–4727. 1 indexed citations

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Deary, Ian J., Alan F. Wright, Sarah E. Harris, Lawrence J. Whalley, & John M. Starr. (2004). Searching for genetic influences on normal cognitive ageing. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 8(4). 178–184. 58 indexed citations

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Haider, Neena B., Samuel G. Jacobson, Artur V. Cideciyan, et al.. (2000). Mutation of a nuclear receptor gene, NR2E3, causes enhanced S cone syndrome, a disorder of retinal cell fate. Nature Genetics. 24(2). 127–131. 374 indexed citations

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Watson, Michael L., A M Macnicol, & Alan F. Wright. (1990). Adult polycystic kidney disease.. BMJ. 300(6717). 62–63. 18 indexed citations

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Yokoyama, Shigeyuki, K E Isenberg, & Alan F. Wright. (1989). Adaptive evolution of G-protein coupled receptor genes.. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 6(4). 342–53. 14 indexed citations

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