Alistair G. Rust

19.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
76 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Alistair G. Rust is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alistair G. Rust has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cancer Research and 11 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alistair G. Rust's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (20 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (11 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers). Alistair G. Rust is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (20 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (11 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers). Alistair G. Rust collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Singapore. Alistair G. Rust's co-authors include David J. Adams, Hamid Bolouri, Alan Aderem, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Vésteinn Thórsson, Mark Gilchrist, Martin Korb, Bin Li, Tsonwin Hai and Stephen A. Ramsey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alistair G. Rust

73 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Systems biology approaches identify ATF3 as a negative regulator of Toll-like receptor 4

2006 630 citations Mark Gilchrist, Vésteinn Thórsson et al. Nature profile →
In Vivo Identification of Tumor- Suppressive PTEN ceRNAs in an Oncogenic BRAF-Induced Mouse Model of Melanoma

2011 534 citations Alistair G. Rust, David J. Adams et al. Cell profile →
Ongoing chromothripsis underpins osteosarcoma genome complexity and clonal evolution

2025 20 citations Jose Espejo Valle-Inclán, Sonia Zumalave et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alistair G. Rust United Kingdom	34	3.0k	1.2k	791	646	364	76	4.4k
Pavel Sumazin United States	29	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	454 0.6×	658 1.0×	336 0.9×	68	4.1k
Nicola Waddell Australia	32	2.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	657 0.8×	1.2k 1.8×	360 1.0×	111	3.9k
Hideya Kawaji Japan	40	4.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	927 1.2×	421 0.7×	499 1.4×	126	5.7k
Matthias Fischer Germany	42	3.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	547 0.7×	1.2k 1.9×	410 1.1×	124	5.5k
Ramaswamy Narayanan United States	36	2.4k 0.8×	967 0.8×	916 1.2×	683 1.1×	379 1.0×	104	4.1k
Song Liu United States	41	2.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	821 1.0×	1.3k 2.0×	525 1.4×	167	4.9k
Lisa M. Sapinoso United States	17	3.4k 1.1×	740 0.6×	519 0.7×	841 1.3×	419 1.2×	19	4.8k
Greg Finak United States	23	3.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.8×	316 0.9×	42	5.3k
Mariano J. Alvarez United States	27	2.8k 0.9×	771 0.6×	895 1.1×	723 1.1×	185 0.5×	47	4.1k
Joshua Gould United States	12	2.7k 0.9×	810 0.7×	601 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	152 0.4×	17	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alistair G. Rust

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alistair G. Rust

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All Works

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Valle-Inclán, Jose Espejo, Sonia Zumalave, Carolin M. Sauer, et al.. (2025). Ongoing chromothripsis underpins osteosarcoma genome complexity and clonal evolution. Cell. 188(2). 352–370.e22. 20 indexed citations breakdown →

Francis, Jeffrey C., Alistair G. Rust, Jian Ning, et al.. (2024). Identification of genes that promote PI3K pathway activation and prostate tumour formation. Oncogene. 43(24). 1824–1835. 3 indexed citations

Leavy, Olivia C., Nicola H. Dryden, Sarah Maguire, et al.. (2018). Capture Hi-C identifies putative target genes at 33 breast cancer risk loci. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1028–1028. 72 indexed citations

Weyden, Louise van der, George Giotopoulos, Kim Wong, et al.. (2015). Somatic drivers of B-ALL in a model of ETV6-RUNX1; Pax5 +/− leukemia. BMC Cancer. 15(1). 585–585. 21 indexed citations

Koso, Hideto, Jerrold M. Ward, Alistair G. Rust, et al.. (2014). Identification of FoxR2 as an Oncogene in Medulloblastoma. Cancer Research. 74(8). 2351–2361. 40 indexed citations

Weyden, Louise van der, Angelos Papaspyropoulos, George Poulogiannis, et al.. (2012). Loss of Rassf1a Synergizes with Deregulated Runx2 Signaling in Tumorigenesis. Cancer Research. 72(15). 3817–3827. 43 indexed citations

Weyden, Louise van der, Alistair G. Rust, Rebecca E. McIntyre, et al.. (2012). Jdp2 downregulates Trp53 transcription to promote leukaemogenesis in the context of Trp53 heterozygosity. Oncogene. 32(3). 397–402. 19 indexed citations

Weyden, Louise van der, Mark J. Arends, Alistair G. Rust, et al.. (2012). Increased tumorigenesis associated with loss of the tumor suppressor gene Cadm1. Molecular Cancer. 11(1). 29–29. 34 indexed citations

March, H. Nikki, Alistair G. Rust, Nicholas A. Wright, et al.. (2011). Insertional mutagenesis identifies multiple networks of cooperating genes driving intestinal tumorigenesis. Nature Genetics. 43(12). 1202–1209. 152 indexed citations

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Kool, Jaap, Anthony G. Uren, Jeroen de Ridder, et al.. (2010). Novel Candidate Cancer Genes Identified by a Large-Scale Cross-Species Comparative Oncogenomics Approach. Cancer Research. 70(3). 883–895. 34 indexed citations

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Nykter, Matti, Harri Lähdesmäki, Alistair G. Rust, Vésteinn Thórsson, & Ilya Shmulevich. (2009). A Data Integration Framework for Prediction of Transcription Factor Targets. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1158(1). 205–214. 6 indexed citations

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Litvak, Vladimir, Stephen A. Ramsey, Alistair G. Rust, et al.. (2009). Function of C/EBPδ in a regulatory circuit that discriminates between transient and persistent TLR4-induced signals. Nature Immunology. 10(4). 437–443. 235 indexed citations

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Sun, Yi, et al.. (2006). Using sampling methods to improve binding site predictions. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 533–538. 5 indexed citations

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Gilchrist, Mark, Vésteinn Thórsson, Bin Li, et al.. (2006). Systems biology approaches identify ATF3 as a negative regulator of Toll-like receptor 4. Nature. 441(7090). 173–178. 630 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hwang, Daehee, Alistair G. Rust, Stephen A. Ramsey, et al.. (2005). A data integration methodology for systems biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(48). 17296–17301. 254 indexed citations

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Hwang, Daehee, Jennifer J. Smith, Deena M. Leslie Pedrioli, et al.. (2005). A data integration methodology for systems biology: Experimental verification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(48). 17302–17307. 92 indexed citations

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Brown, C. Titus, Alistair G. Rust, Peter Clarke, et al.. (2002). New Computational Approaches for Analysis of cis-Regulatory Networks. Developmental Biology. 246(1). 86–102. 86 indexed citations

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Rust, Alistair G., Emmanuel Mongin, & Ewan Birney. (2002). Genome annotation techniques: new approaches and challenges. Drug Discovery Today. 7(11). S70–S76. 50 indexed citations

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Bolouri, Hamid, Rod Adams, Stella George, & Alistair G. Rust. (1998). Molecular self-organisation in a developmental model for the evolution of large-scale artificial neural networks. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 797–800. 2 indexed citations

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Rust, Alistair G., et al.. (1996). Artificial Evolution: Modelling the Development of the Retina. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 1 indexed citations

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