Andrew Collins

35.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
336 papers, 25.6k citations indexed

About

Andrew Collins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Collins has authored 336 papers receiving a total of 25.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Molecular Biology, 155 papers in Cancer Research and 59 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Andrew Collins's work include Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (155 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (113 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (43 papers). Andrew Collins is often cited by papers focused on Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (155 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (113 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (43 papers). Andrew Collins collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and Spain. Andrew Collins's co-authors include Mária Dušinská, Susan J. Duthie, Amaya Azqueta, Catherine M. Gedik, Rudolf Štětina, Gunnar Brunborg, Robert T. Johnson, Ma Aiguo, Sergey Shaposhnikov and Isabel Gaivão and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Collins

333 papers receiving 24.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Comet Assay for DNA Damage and Repair: Principles, Ap... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2004 1993 2008 1993 1995 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. The Comet Assay for DNA Damage and Repair: Principles, Applications, and Limitations
    2004 2.3k citations Andrew Collins profile →
  2. The single cell gel electrophoresis assay (comet assay): A European review
    1993 777 citations Andrew Collins et al. profile →
  3. The comet assay: topical issues
    2008 776 citations Andrew Collins, Á. Oscoz et al. Mutagenesis profile →
  4. Direct enzymic detection of endogenous oxidative base damage in human lymphocyte DNA
    1993 713 citations Andrew Collins, Susan J. Duthie et al. Carcinogenesis profile →
  5. The kinetics of repair of oxidative DNA damage (strand breaks and oxidised pyrimidines) in human cells
    1995 602 citations Andrew Collins, Ma Aiguo et al. Mutation Research/DNA Repair profile →
  6. The comet assay: what can it really tell us?
    1997 569 citations Andrew Collins, Mária Dušinská et al. profile →
  7. Comet assay in human biomonitoring studies: Reliability, validation, and applications
    1997 561 citations Andrew Collins, Mária Dušinská et al. profile →
  8. Oxidative damage to DNA: do we have a reliable biomarker?
    1996 544 citations Andrew Collins, Mária Dušinská 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
Andrew Collins Norway 82 10.4k 8.9k 5.4k 3.7k 2.8k 336 25.6k
Raymond R. Tice United States 55 7.8k 0.8× 9.3k 1.0× 7.2k 1.3× 4.4k 1.2× 887 0.3× 158 23.6k
Narendra P. Singh United States 60 6.3k 0.6× 5.2k 0.6× 4.3k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 727 0.3× 174 19.7k
Choon Nam Ong Singapore 86 7.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.3× 3.4k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 412 24.0k
Steffen Loft Denmark 88 5.9k 0.6× 4.1k 0.5× 11.6k 2.1× 881 0.2× 2.1k 0.7× 460 26.9k
Takashi Sügimura Japan 113 24.4k 2.3× 13.6k 1.5× 3.6k 0.7× 3.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 50.0k
Xianglin Shi United States 77 7.8k 0.7× 2.8k 0.3× 4.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 311 19.8k
Edward J. Calabrese United States 91 6.4k 0.6× 2.6k 0.3× 5.1k 0.9× 3.9k 1.1× 763 0.3× 660 27.0k
Michael Fenech Australia 67 7.6k 0.7× 9.4k 1.1× 4.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 413 0.1× 273 21.1k
Marián Valko Slovakia 41 9.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.2× 5.9k 1.1× 3.7k 1.0× 4.0k 1.4× 166 34.4k
Aristidis Tsatsakis Greece 78 5.2k 0.5× 1.9k 0.2× 5.3k 1.0× 4.0k 1.1× 939 0.3× 652 24.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Collins

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kværner, Ane Sørlie, Hege Berg Henriksen, Christine Henriksen, et al.. (2025). Plant-based diet and oxidative stress-induced DNA damage in post-surgery colorectal cancer patients: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 233. 240–249.
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Ouyang, Zhangxian, Andrew Collins, Yun Li, et al.. (2022). Seasonal Water Mass Evolution and Non‐Redfield Dynamics Enhance CO2 Uptake in the Chukchi Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 127(8). e2021JC018326–e2021JC018326. 10 indexed citations
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Bankoglu, Ezgi Eyluel, Trasias Mukama, Verena Katzke, et al.. (2022). Short- and long-term reproducibility of the COMET assay for measuring DNA damage biomarkers in frozen blood samples of the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 874-875. 503442–503442. 6 indexed citations
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Opattová, Alena, Sabine A. S. Langie, Mirta Milić, et al.. (2022). A pooled analysis of molecular epidemiological studies on modulation of DNA repair by host factors. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 876-877. 503447–503447. 6 indexed citations
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Gajski, Goran, Bojana Žegura, Carina Ladeira, et al.. (2019). The comet assay in animal models: From bugs to whales – (Part 1 Invertebrates). Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research. 779. 82–113. 85 indexed citations
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Vodenková, Soňa, Kateřina Jirásková, Markéta Urbanová, et al.. (2018). Base excision repair capacity as a determinant of prognosis and therapy response in colon cancer patients. DNA repair. 72. 77–85. 27 indexed citations
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Lorenzo, Yolanda, Amund Ringvold, Goran Petrovski, et al.. (2018). Levels of oxidative DNA damage are low in ex vivo engineered human limbal epithelial tissue. Acta Ophthalmologica. 96(8). 834–840. 1 indexed citations
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Sharma, Anežka, et al.. (2017). Different DNA damage response of cis and trans isomers of commonly used UV filter after the exposure on adult human liver stem cells and human lymphoblastoid cells. The Science of The Total Environment. 593-594. 18–26. 39 indexed citations
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Collins, Andrew, et al.. (2016). Acidic horseradish peroxidase activity abolishes genotoxicity of common dyes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 321. 576–585. 10 indexed citations
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Lorenzo, Yolanda, Erik Johnsen, Amund Ringvold, et al.. (2013). Trypsin for Dissociation of Limbal Cells for Engineering of Grafts May Induce DNA Strand Breaks in the Harvested Cells. 1(2). 5 indexed citations
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Azqueta, Amaya & Andrew Collins. (2013). The essential comet assay: a comprehensive guide to measuring DNA damage and repair. Archives of Toxicology. 87(6). 949–968. 379 indexed citations
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Slyšková, Jana, Vlasta Korenková, Andrew Collins, et al.. (2012). Functional, Genetic, and Epigenetic Aspects of Base and Nucleotide Excision Repair in Colorectal Carcinomas. Clinical Cancer Research. 18(21). 5878–5887. 62 indexed citations
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Hudecová, A., Barbara Kusznierewicz, Elise Rundén‐Pran, et al.. (2012). Silver nanoparticles induce premutagenic DNA oxidation that can be prevented by phytochemicals from Gentiana asclepiadea. Mutagenesis. 27(6). 759–769. 41 indexed citations
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Oscoz, Á., et al.. (2010). Human Lens Epithelium in Cataract: Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of DNA Damage, Apoptosis and Evaluation of a System for Intervention Assays. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(13). 2622–2622. 1 indexed citations
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Collins, Andrew, et al.. (2008). The effect of the shape of nanorod arrays on the nanocarpet effect. Nanotechnology. 19(4). 45713–45713. 16 indexed citations
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Collins, Andrew. (2000). Comparison of different methods of measuring 8-oxoguanine as a marker of oxidative DNA damage. Free Radical Research. 32(4). 333–341. 98 indexed citations
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Kelly, Frank J., et al.. (2000). European Standards Committee on Oxidative DNA Damage (ESCODD). Comparison of different methods of measuring 8-oxoguanine as a marker of oxidative DNA damage. Free Radical Research. 32(4). 52 indexed citations
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Collins, Andrew, Ma Aiguo, & Susan J. Duthie. (1995). The kinetics of repair of oxidative DNA damage (strand breaks and oxidised pyrimidines) in human cells. Mutation Research/DNA Repair. 336(1). 69–77. 602 indexed citations breakdown →
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Johnson, Robert T., et al.. (1982). Initial rates of DNA incision in UV-irradiated human cells. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 9 indexed citations

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