Alex Cunningham

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Alex Cunningham is a scholar working on Oceanography, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Cunningham has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Oceanography, 14 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 12 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Alex Cunningham's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (36 papers), Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (14 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). Alex Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (36 papers), Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (14 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). Alex Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Alex Cunningham's co-authors include David McKee, Robert D Larter, P. F. Barker, Antonis C. Antoniou, Douglas F. Easton, Kevin J. Flynn, Keith Davidson, Nasim Mavaddat, Karsten Gohl and F. O. Nitsche and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Alex Cunningham

69 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

BOADICEA: a comprehensive breast cancer risk prediction model incorporating genetic and nongenetic risk factors

2019 386 citations Andrew Lee, Nasim Mavaddat et al. Genetics in Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Cunningham United Kingdom	24	713	569	402	304	303	72	2.1k
Elizabeth A. Burton United States	24	303 0.4×	48 0.1×	411 1.0×	251 0.8×	113 0.4×	46	2.5k
M. K. Stewart New Zealand	37	229 0.3×	44 0.1×	793 2.0×	99 0.3×	251 0.8×	102	4.6k
Robert E. Sweeney United States	22	587 0.8×	17 0.0×	628 1.6×	139 0.5×	250 0.8×	42	2.6k
Min‐Te Chen Taiwan	34	663 0.9×	42 0.1×	2.7k 6.8×	100 0.3×	209 0.7×	142	3.7k
Eiji Matsumoto Japan	32	626 0.9×	30 0.1×	1.9k 4.6×	67 0.2×	258 0.9×	162	3.8k
A. Katz Israel	25	194 0.3×	66 0.1×	596 1.5×	19 0.1×	222 0.7×	43	1.9k
Zhiguo Rao China	38	180 0.3×	58 0.1×	2.5k 6.3×	288 0.9×	75 0.2×	134	3.9k
Richard E. Dodge United States	36	1.7k 2.3×	28 0.0×	699 1.7×	106 0.3×	73 0.2×	119	4.1k
F. Baltzer France	18	268 0.4×	55 0.1×	303 0.8×	24 0.1×	46 0.2×	44	1.6k

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Archer, Stephanie, Tim Carver, Alex Cunningham, et al.. (2023). Exploring the barriers to and facilitators of implementing CanRisk in primary care: a qualitative thematic framework analysis. British Journal of General Practice. 73(733). e586–e596. 7 indexed citations

Archer, Stephanie, Chantal Babb de Villiers, Fiona Scheibl, et al.. (2020). Evaluating clinician acceptability of the prototype CanRisk tool for predicting risk of breast and ovarian cancer: A multi-methods study. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0229999–e0229999. 44 indexed citations

Kop, Jean‐Luc, Antonis C. Antoniou, Alex Cunningham, et al.. (2018). Clinicians’ use of breast cancer risk assessment tools according to their perceived importance of breast cancer risk factors: an international survey. Journal of Community Genetics. 10(1). 61–71. 10 indexed citations

Lee, Andrew, Alex Cunningham, Marc Tischkowitz, et al.. (2016). Incorporating truncating variants in PALB2, CHEK2, and ATM into the BOADICEA breast cancer risk model. Genetics in Medicine. 18(12). 1190–1198. 58 indexed citations

Cunningham, Alex, et al.. (2013). Relationships between inherent optical properties and the depth of penetration of solar radiation in optically complex coastal waters. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 118(5). 2310–2317. 18 indexed citations

Cunningham, Alex, et al.. (2013). BOADICEA breast cancer risk prediction model: updates to cancer incidences, tumour pathology and web interface. British Journal of Cancer. 110(2). 535–545. 151 indexed citations

Cunningham, Alex, et al.. (2011). Two-component modeling of the optical properties of a diatom bloom in the Southern Ocean. Remote Sensing of Environment. 115(6). 1434–1442. 4 indexed citations

MacCallum, Iain, Alex Cunningham, & David McKee. (2004). The measurement and modelling of light scattering by phytoplankton cells at narrow forward angles. Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics. 6(7). 698–702. 7 indexed citations

McKee, David, Alex Cunningham, & Susanne E. Craig. (2003). Estimation of absorption and backscattering coefficients from in situ radiometric measurements: theory and validation in case II waters. Applied Optics. 42(15). 2804–2804. 7 indexed citations

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McKee, David, Alex Cunningham, Lee Slater, Ken Jones, & Colin Griffiths. (2003). Inherent and apparent optical properties in coastal waters: a study of the Clyde Sea in early summer. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 56(2). 369–376. 16 indexed citations

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Schwarz, J., Piotr Kowalczuk, B. Greg Mitchell, et al.. (2002). Two models for absorption by coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 61 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Alex, P. R. Wood, & David McKee. (2002). Brewster-angle measurements of sea-surface reflectance using a high resolution spectroradiometer. Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics. 4(4). S29–S33. 11 indexed citations

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Larter, Robert D, Alex Cunningham, P. F. Barker, Karsten Gohl, & F. O. Nitsche. (1999). Structure and tectonic evolution of the West Antarctic continental margin and Bellingshausen Sea. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 10(2). 125–133. 6 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Alex, et al.. (1998). Measurement of energy loss profiles during short duration sliding contacts: a computer-compatible instrument based on the British Pendulum Skid Tester. Measurement Science and Technology. 9(9). 1566–1570. 6 indexed citations

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Howe, John, Carol J. Pudsey, & Alex Cunningham. (1997). Pliocene-Holocene contourite deposition under the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, western Falkland Trough, south Atlantic Ocean. Marine Geology. 138(1-2). 27–50. 31 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Alex, G. Levavasseur, Marta Estrada, Dieter Hanelt, & Christian Wilhelm. (1996). Technical Discussion III: fluorescence measurements. Scientia Marina. 60(1). 301–302. 3 indexed citations

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Björn, Lars Olof, Alex Cunningham, Marta Estrada, et al.. (1996). Technical discussion I - Underwater light measurement and light absorption by algae. Scientia Marina. 60(1). 293–297. 5 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Alex. (1996). Variability of in-vivo chlorophyll fluorescence and its implication for instrument development in bio-optical oceanography. Scientia Marina. 60(1). 309–315. 13 indexed citations

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Storey, Bryan, Alex Cunningham, Richard V. Dingle, et al.. (1995). Structural development of the Falkland Islands region. 1 indexed citations

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Droxler, André W., Alex Cunningham, Pamela Hallock, et al.. (1993). Late middle ( ) Miocene Segmentation of an Eocene-early Miocene carbonate megabank on the Northern Nicaragua Rise tied to the tectonic activity at the North America/Caribbean plate boundary zone. AAPG Bulletin. 7 indexed citations

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