Amanda J. Ward

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Amanda J. Ward is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Amanda J. Ward has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Amanda J. Ward's work include RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). Amanda J. Ward is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). Amanda J. Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Amanda J. Ward's co-authors include Thomas A. Cooper, Miriam P. Rosin, Frank Rigo, Wagida A. Anwar, C. Frank Bennett, Christopher B. Burge, Seung Chun, Auinash Kalsotra, Linyan Meng and Arthur L. Beaudet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Amanda J. Ward

25 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Towards a therapy for Angelman syndrome by targeting a long non-coding RNA

2014 378 citations Linyan Meng, Amanda J. Ward et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amanda J. Ward United States	18	2.2k	779	442	326	184	26	2.7k
Jan C. Pronk Netherlands	31	3.4k 1.6×	644 0.8×	237 0.5×	553 1.7×	82 0.4×	77	4.1k
Jan Christiansen Denmark	29	2.9k 1.3×	921 1.2×	184 0.4×	413 1.3×	116 0.6×	75	3.8k
Ching‐Yi Chen United States	29	3.7k 1.7×	823 1.1×	112 0.3×	352 1.1×	322 1.8×	62	4.4k
Chiara Collesi Italy	22	1.8k 0.8×	243 0.3×	356 0.8×	173 0.5×	292 1.6×	34	3.0k
Lena Ho United States	23	3.7k 1.7×	444 0.6×	432 1.0×	402 1.2×	129 0.7×	37	5.0k
Ansgar Santel Germany	27	3.5k 1.6×	534 0.7×	277 0.6×	321 1.0×	130 0.7×	38	4.1k
Hirokazu Kotani Japan	23	1.8k 0.8×	225 0.3×	553 1.3×	217 0.7×	80 0.4×	74	2.9k
Warren E. Zimmer United States	29	1.9k 0.9×	139 0.2×	212 0.5×	606 1.9×	129 0.7×	61	2.7k
Harriet Feilotter Canada	27	1.8k 0.8×	858 1.1×	77 0.2×	513 1.6×	281 1.5×	72	3.0k
Fabrice Soncin France	30	2.0k 0.9×	508 0.7×	108 0.2×	152 0.5×	52 0.3×	67	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Amanda J. Ward

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Amanda J. Ward's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Amanda J. Ward with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Amanda J. Ward more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Amanda J. Ward

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Amanda J. Ward. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Amanda J. Ward. The network helps show where Amanda J. Ward may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amanda J. Ward

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Amanda J. Ward. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Amanda J. Ward 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 Amanda J. Ward. Amanda J. Ward is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Eric T., Daniel J. Treacy, Katy Eichinger, et al.. (2018). Transcriptome alterations in myotonic dystrophy skeletal muscle and heart. Human Molecular Genetics. 28(8). 1312–1321. 91 indexed citations

Germain, Noélle D., Carissa L. Sirois, Amanda J. Ward, et al.. (2017). Disrupted neuronal maturation in Angelman syndrome-derived induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15038–15038. 79 indexed citations

d’Ydewalle, Constantin, Daniel M. Ramos, Shi‐Yan Ng, et al.. (2016). The Antisense Transcript SMN-AS1 Regulates SMN Expression and Is a Novel Therapeutic Target for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Neuron. 93(1). 66–79. 112 indexed citations

Wang, Eric T., Amanda J. Ward, Jennifer M. Cherone, et al.. (2015). Antagonistic regulation of mRNA expression and splicing by CELF and MBNL proteins. Genome Research. 25(6). 858–871. 150 indexed citations

Ward, Amanda J., et al.. (2014). Nonsense-mediated decay as a terminating mechanism for antisense oligonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(9). 5871–5879. 68 indexed citations

Giudice, Jimena, Zheng Xia, Eric T. Wang, et al.. (2014). Alternative splicing regulates vesicular trafficking genes in cardiomyocytes during postnatal heart development. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3603–3603. 5 indexed citations

Dimitrova, Nadya, Jesse R. Zamudio, Robyn M. Jong, et al.. (2014). LincRNA-p21 Activates p21 In cis to Promote Polycomb Target Gene Expression and to Enforce the G1/S Checkpoint. Molecular Cell. 54(5). 777–790. 370 indexed citations

Meng, Linyan, Amanda J. Ward, Seung Chun, et al.. (2014). Towards a therapy for Angelman syndrome by targeting a long non-coding RNA. Nature. 518(7539). 409–412. 378 indexed citations breakdown →

Kalsotra, Auinash, Ravi K. Singh, Priyatansh Gurha, et al.. (2014). The Mef2 Transcription Network Is Disrupted in Myotonic Dystrophy Heart Tissue, Dramatically Altering miRNA and mRNA Expression. Cell Reports. 6(2). 336–345. 78 indexed citations

10.

Orengo, James P., Amanda J. Ward, & Thomas A. Cooper. (2010). Alternative splicing dysregulation secondary to skeletal muscle regeneration. Annals of Neurology. 69(4). 681–690. 52 indexed citations

11.

Ward, Amanda J., Mendell Rimer, James M. Killian, James J. Dowling, & Thomas A. Cooper. (2010). CUGBP1 overexpression in mouse skeletal muscle reproduces features of myotonic dystrophy type 1. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(18). 3614–3622. 110 indexed citations

12.

Ward, Amanda J. & Thomas A. Cooper. (2009). The pathobiology of splicing. The Journal of Pathology. 220(2). 152–163. 288 indexed citations

13.

Stanley, Lesley A., et al.. (1996). Immunochemical detection of arylamine N-acetyltransferase in normal and neoplastic bladder.. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 44(9). 1059–1067. 65 indexed citations

14.

Ward, Amanda J. & E. K. Matthews. (1996). Cytotoxic, nuclear, and growth inhibitory effects of photodynamic drugs on pancreatic carcinoma cells. Cancer Letters. 102(1-2). 39–47. 9 indexed citations

15.

Rosin, Miriam P., et al.. (1994). Involvement of inflammatory reactions and elevated cell proliferation in the development of bladder cancer in schistosomiasis patients. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 305(2). 283–292. 106 indexed citations

16.

Ward, Amanda J. & Miriam P. Rosin. (1994). A protective effect of chromosome 11 against DNA damage by TPA-activated neutrophils but not TPA acting alone. Carcinogenesis. 15(12). 2851–2857. 2 indexed citations

17.

Ward, Amanda J., A. McBurney, & John Lunec. (1994). Evidence for the Involvement of Oxygen-Derived free Radicals in Ischaemia-Reperfusion Injury. Free Radical Research. 20(1). 21–28. 18 indexed citations

18.

Ward, Amanda J., Peggy L. Olive, Aaron Burr, & Miriam P. Rosin. (1994). Response of fibroblast cultures from ataxia‐telangiectasia patients to reactive oxygen species generated during inflammatory reactions. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. 24(2). 103–111. 56 indexed citations

19.

Ward, Amanda J., Peggy L. Olive, Aaron Burr, & Miriam P. Rosin. (1993). A sensitivity to oxidative stress is linked to chromosome 11 but is not due to a difference in single strand DNA breakage or repair. Mutation Research/DNA Repair. 294(3). 299–308. 17 indexed citations

20.

Ward, Amanda J., et al.. (1990). Trauma scoring methods.. PubMed. 44(2). 114–8. 20 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact