Andrew G. Messenger

12.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
148 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Andrew G. Messenger is a scholar working on Urology, Dermatology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew G. Messenger has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Urology, 81 papers in Dermatology and 43 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Andrew G. Messenger's work include Hair Growth and Disorders (106 papers), Dermatology and Skin Diseases (26 papers) and melanin and skin pigmentation (26 papers). Andrew G. Messenger is often cited by papers focused on Hair Growth and Disorders (106 papers), Dermatology and Skin Diseases (26 papers) and melanin and skin pigmentation (26 papers). Andrew G. Messenger collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Andrew G. Messenger's co-authors include J. Rundegren, A.J.G. McDonagh, Valerie A. Randall, M. Julie Thornton, S.S. Bleehen, M.P. Birch, Lloyd E. King, John P. Sundberg, C. Herbert Pratt and Katherine Elliott and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Andrew G. Messenger

145 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Alopecia areata

2017 496 citations Andrew G. Messenger et al. profile →
Minoxidil: mechanisms of action on hair growth

2004 461 citations Andrew G. Messenger et al. British Journal of Dermatology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Andrew G. Messenger	5.2k	3.8k	2.2k	1.1k	663	148	7.3k
Jerry Shapiro	5.2k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	818 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	201	7.2k
Maria Hordinsky	3.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	677 0.6×	656 1.0×	135	4.9k
Amos Gilhar	2.1k 0.4×	1.9k 0.5×	989 0.5×	862 0.8×	470 0.7×	134	4.7k
Bruno Bernard	1.7k 0.3×	2.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.8×	175 0.3×	130	6.0k
Elise A. Olsen	4.1k 0.8×	6.9k 1.8×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	2.9k 4.4×	132	10.5k
Rudolf Happle	2.3k 0.5×	4.7k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	4.0k 3.5×	1.6k 2.4×	468	11.6k
Akemi Ishida‐Yamamoto	723 0.1×	2.3k 0.6×	3.7k 1.7×	3.3k 2.9×	1.1k 1.7×	266	9.0k
Amy McMichael	1.5k 0.3×	2.1k 0.6×	676 0.3×	236 0.2×	383 0.6×	156	3.1k
Taisuke Ito	1.5k 0.3×	1.6k 0.4×	635 0.3×	429 0.4×	328 0.5×	113	3.3k
Salvador Arias‐Santiago	896 0.2×	2.1k 0.5×	354 0.2×	632 0.6×	648 1.0×	322	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew G. Messenger

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thompson, Andrew R., et al.. (2024). Lifetime incidence and healthcare disparities in alopecia areata: a UK population-based cohort study. British Journal of Dermatology. 191(6). 924–935. 7 indexed citations

Messenger, Andrew G., Leila Asfour, & Matthew Harries. (2024). Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia: An Update. American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. 26(2). 155–174. 2 indexed citations

Harries, Matthew, Anna Ascott, Leila Asfour, et al.. (2024). British Association of Dermatologists living guideline for managing people with alopecia areata 2024. British Journal of Dermatology. 192(2). 190–205. 9 indexed citations

Zucchelli, Fabio, et al.. (2023). Establishing the Financial Burden of Alopecia Areata and its Predictors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). e301–e301. 4 indexed citations

Farjo, Bessam, et al.. (2023). Male pattern hair loss: Can developmental origins explain the pattern?. Experimental Dermatology. 32(7). 1174–1181. 11 indexed citations

Zucchelli, Fabio, et al.. (2023). BH07 The socioeconomic burden of alopecia areata. British Journal of Dermatology. 188(Supplement_4).

Messenger, Andrew G., Matthew Harries, A. E. Macbeth, et al.. (2022). Alopecia areata and risk of common infections: a population-based cohort study. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 48(4). 332–338. 1 indexed citations

Harries, Matthew, A. E. Macbeth, Simon Holmes, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology, management and the associated burden of mental health illness, atopic and autoimmune conditions, and common infections in alopecia areata: protocol for an observational study series. BMJ Open. 11(11). e045718–e045718. 13 indexed citations

Cohen, Marta C., et al.. (2018). Coinheritance of 2 New Potentially Damaging Heterozygous COL7A1 Variants in a Family With Autosomal Dominant Epidermolysis Bullosa Pruriginosa. Pediatric and Developmental Pathology. 21(6). 580–584. 1 indexed citations

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Redler, Silke, F.F. Brockschmidt, Rachid Tazi‐Ahnini, et al.. (2012). Investigation of the male pattern baldness major genetic susceptibility loci AR/EDA2R and 20p11 in female pattern hair loss. British Journal of Dermatology. 166(6). 1314–1318. 36 indexed citations

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Glaser, Rebecca L., Constantine Dimitrakakis, & Andrew G. Messenger. (2011). Improvement in scalp hair growth in androgen‐deficient women treated with testosterone: a questionnaire study. British Journal of Dermatology. 166(2). 274–278. 21 indexed citations

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Blume‐Peytavi, Ulrike, Stephen L. Atkin, Jerry Shapiro, et al.. (2009). European Consensus on the evaluation of women presenting with excessive hair growth. European Journal of Dermatology. 19(6). 597–602. 22 indexed citations

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Wilson, Neil, Andrew G. Messenger, Sancy A. Leachman, et al.. (2009). Keratin K6c Mutations Cause Focal Palmoplantar Keratoderma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 130(2). 425–429. 33 indexed citations

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Randall, Valerie A., Nigel A. Hibberts, M. Julie Thornton, et al.. (2001). Do androgens influence hair growth by altering the paracrine factors secreted by dermal papilla cells?. PubMed. 11(4). 315–20. 39 indexed citations

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Cullen, et al.. (1999). Diffuse female hair loss: are androgens necessary?. British Journal of Dermatology. 141(3). 521–523. 70 indexed citations

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Korge, Bernhard, Henning Hamm, Heiko Traupe, et al.. (1999). Identification of Novel Mutations in Basic Hair Keratins hHb1 and hHb6 in Monilethrix: Implications for Protein Structure and Clinical Phenotype. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 113(4). 607–612. 44 indexed citations

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Elliott, Katherine, Andrew G. Messenger, & Timothy J. Stephenson. (1999). Differences in Hair Follicle Dermal Papilla Volume are Due to Extracellular Matrix Volume and Cell Number: Implications for the Control of Hair Follicle Size and Androgen Responses. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 113(6). 873–877. 183 indexed citations

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Korge, Bernhard, Eugene Healy, Colin S. Munro, et al.. (1998). A Mutational Hotspot in the 2B Domain of Human Hair Basic Keratin 6 (hHb6) in Monilethrix Patients. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 111(5). 896–899. 28 indexed citations

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Hibberts, Nigel A., Susumu Katō, Valerie A. Randall, & Andrew G. Messenger. (1996). Dermal papilla cells from human hair follicles secrete factors (e.g. VEGF) mitogenic for endothelial cells.. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 4(106). 862. 4 indexed citations

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Westgate, Gillian E., et al.. (1991). Distribution of Proteoglycans During the Hair Growth Cycle in Human Skin. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 96(2). 191–195. 60 indexed citations

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