Alan Fryer

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Alan Fryer is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Fryer has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Genetics, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Alan Fryer's work include Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research (11 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (10 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (8 papers). Alan Fryer is often cited by papers focused on Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research (11 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (10 papers) and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (8 papers). Alan Fryer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Alan Fryer's co-authors include David Webb, J P Osborne, J. M. Connor, A H Chalmers, Jill Clayton‐Smith, John R.W. Yates, Ian S. Fraser, S. Povey, Alan D. Yates and Meena Upadhyaya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Alan Fryer

100 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Epidemiology of Tuberous Sclerosis 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Epidemiology of Tuberous Sclerosis
    1991 515 citations Alan Fryer, David Webb et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Fryer United Kingdom 33 1.5k 1.4k 1.2k 667 581 103 4.5k
Dicky Halley Netherlands 36 1.8k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 2.0k 1.6× 383 0.6× 373 0.6× 129 5.2k
E. Schwinger Germany 40 2.7k 1.8× 2.0k 1.5× 971 0.8× 1.0k 1.5× 794 1.4× 210 6.0k
Hope Northrup United States 38 2.0k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 2.6k 2.1× 312 0.5× 875 1.5× 156 6.1k
Bernard L. Maria United States 33 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 261 0.2× 998 1.5× 1.0k 1.8× 104 4.3k
Lionel Van Maldergem Belgium 41 3.8k 2.5× 2.1k 1.5× 600 0.5× 321 0.5× 333 0.6× 153 6.9k
Lodewijk A. Sandkuijl Netherlands 44 3.9k 2.6× 1.9k 1.4× 602 0.5× 316 0.5× 221 0.4× 94 7.7k
Marcy C. Speer United States 38 2.7k 1.8× 1.5k 1.1× 530 0.4× 600 0.9× 683 1.2× 125 8.2k
Hirotomo Saitsu Japan 43 4.2k 2.8× 2.8k 2.0× 487 0.4× 276 0.4× 521 0.9× 430 7.7k
Didier Lacombe France 48 4.0k 2.7× 2.7k 1.9× 583 0.5× 285 0.4× 819 1.4× 322 7.8k
Virginia Kimonis United States 45 4.2k 2.8× 2.6k 1.8× 1.0k 0.8× 2.2k 3.3× 638 1.1× 194 8.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Fryer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Fryer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Parker, Michael, Alan Fryer, Deborah Shears, et al.. (2015). De novo, heterozygous, loss‐of‐function mutations in SYNGAP1 cause a syndromic form of intellectual disability. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 167(10). 2231–2237. 79 indexed citations
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Bailey, Claire, Alan Fryer, & Mark Greenslade. (2015). Warsaw Breakage Syndrome – A further report, emphasising cutaneous findings. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 58(4). 235–237. 27 indexed citations
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Baker, Gus A., Rebecca Bromley, Christopher P. Cheyne, et al.. (2014). IQ at 6 years after in utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs. Neurology. 84(4). 382–390. 166 indexed citations
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Mark, Paul R., et al.. (2013). Narrowing the Critical Region for Congenital Vertical Talus in Patients With Interstitial 18q Deletions. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 161(5). 1117–1121. 7 indexed citations
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Toriello, Helga V., Miriam Erick, Jean‐Luc Alessandri, et al.. (2013). Maternal vitamin K deficient embryopathy: Association with hyperemesis gravidarum and Crohn disease. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 161(3). 417–429. 21 indexed citations
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Pasternack, Sandra M., Elham Paknia, Hans Christian Hennies, et al.. (2012). Mutations in SNRPE, which Encodes a Core Protein of the Spliceosome, Cause Autosomal-Dominant Hypotrichosis Simplex. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 92(1). 81–87. 32 indexed citations
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Fryer, Alan, et al.. (2011). Multiple Malignancies in a Child with de novo TP53 Mutation. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 28(4). 338–343. 3 indexed citations
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Foley, Catherine, Kari E. Roberts, Naïri Tchrakian, et al.. (2010). Expansion of the Spectrum of FLNA Mutations Associated with Melnick-Needles Syndrome. Molecular Syndromology. 1(3). 121–126. 18 indexed citations
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Gibbons, Richard J., Takahito Wada, Christopher A. Fisher, et al.. (2008). Mutations in the chromatin-associated protein ATRX. Human Mutation. 29(6). 796–802. 125 indexed citations
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Fryer, Alan, Ruth Newbury‐Ecob, Matthew A. Kirkman, Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man, & Patrick F. Chinnery. (2008). The clinical spectrum of mitochondrial genetic disorders. Clinical Medicine. 8(6). 601–606. 7 indexed citations
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Musa, Fayyaz, Paulina Ratajczak, Joya Sahu, et al.. (2008). Ocular manifestations in oculodentodigital dysplasia resulting from a heterozygous missense mutation (L113P) in GJA1 (connexin 43). Eye. 23(3). 549–555. 21 indexed citations
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Craigie, Ross, et al.. (2005). Surgical implications of the Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome. Pediatric Surgery International. 21(6). 482–484.
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Little, Julian, M. Ian Gilmour, Peter Mossey, et al.. (2004). Smoking and Orofacial Clefts: A United Kingdom–Based Case-Control Study. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 41(4). 381–386. 83 indexed citations
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McKee, Shane, et al.. (2001). Joint and skin laxity with Dandy-Walker malformation and contractures: a distinct recessive syndrome?. Clinical Dysmorphology. 10(3). 177–180. 4 indexed citations
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Bongers, Ernie M.H.F., John M. Opitz, Alan Fryer, et al.. (2001). Meier-Gorlin syndrome: Report of eight additional cases and review. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 102(2). 115–124. 47 indexed citations
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Günel, Murat, Eric W. Johnson, Louis J. Ptáček, et al.. (1998). Multilocus linkage identifies two new loci for a mendelian form of stroke, cerebral cavernous malformation, at 7p15-13 and 3q25.2-27. Human Molecular Genetics. 7(12). 1851–1858. 253 indexed citations
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Scott, Jennifer A., et al.. (1997). Histopathology and molecular cytogenetics of a corneal opacity associated with the trisomy 8 mosaic syndrome (46,XY/47,XY, +8).. PubMed. 16(1). 35–41. 7 indexed citations
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Webb, David, Alan Fryer, & J P Osborne. (1996). MORBIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS: A POPULATION STUDY. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 38(2). 146–155. 158 indexed citations
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Gregory-Evans, Kevin, Alan Fryer, C.F. Inglehearn, et al.. (1994). Genetic linkage of cone–rod retinal dystrophy to chromosome 19q and evidence for segregation distortion. Nature Genetics. 6(2). 210–213. 93 indexed citations
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Povey, Sue, Mari‐Wyn Burley, Frances Benham, et al.. (1994). Two loci for Tuberous Sclerosis: one on 9q34 and one on 16p13. Annals of Human Genetics. 58(2). 107–127. 196 indexed citations

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